Don't forget. This is going to be silliness. Total and complete silliness
I think we need that since we lost our favorite show
As Rick finishes cleaning up the kitchen and putting the breakfast utensils away. Kate has grabbed a quick shower and is finishing getting dressed before the company arrives
Sha wants to be ready when the Edwards children come by as promised by Sara to give Rick and Kate some information about the lighthouse story
She has dresses in an appropriate beach wear. A knee length shorts and cool flower print top and has donned a comfortable pair of sneakers
As she is walking back into the living room looking for Castle she hears the familiar Scooby Do theme song from the television show coming from the television. Kate sees her husband sitting on the edge of the seat on the couch intently looking at the screen
"I didn't know they ran the show during the week" Kate says as she walks toward her husband "Unless you are possible on the cartoon channel"
He never looks up but points toward the shelf "They don't… but I have the DVD"
Beckett walks up to the massive DVD. Blue-ray collection filling the wall and looks at the shelf he was indicating. She grabs a large box "You don't have just a few shows on A DVD" she pulls the box and holds it toward Castle "You have the complete series"
Not removing his eyes from the TV screen "Uh! Yeah I did buy the 'Complete Series' a few years ago"
His response brings a small laugh to his wife and a large smile. She knows that the guy who became her original partner has definitely returned. She now has two little boys in her house to deal with.
"Are you going to watch the entire series before you talk to the Edwards children?"
He still never looks up "No…just the ones with glowing ghosts"
Kate looks at the TV "Isn't that most of them?"
"Not green ghosts"
"And Sara said it was a glowing image…NOT a ghost. She never said ghost…Castle! There are no such things as ghosts"
He points at the television "Tell that to them"
The sound she issues is a one fast HA! As she turns to go answer the knock at the door that occurred just as she laughed
Opening the front entry Kate is met by the twin son and daughter of Brett Edwards and now adopted children of Sara Green-Edwards
"Robin…Brett…come in" Kate indicates for the two to enter as she turns toward the living room "CASTLE…the Brett and Robin are here" she then looks back to the guests
"When Rick heard about the glowing image in the lighthouse he reverted to his childhood self and has been watching all the Scooby Do television shows over again"
The two Edwards, no one can call them children since both are full grown, look at him with smiles on their faces "That's OK Mrs. Castle." Robin responds "we felt the same way after the first time that it happened"
Rick finally comes into the entry "Hi you two"
"Hello Mr. Castle" Brett says
Kate points toward the dining room "Let's go in there
"Thanks" Robin answers as the four moves to the dining room table. In the meantime Castle has picked up a pad of paper and pencil and is ready to take notes about the conversation
Rick and Kate has watched this pair and how they have grown from the two youngsters they first met on the cruise ship to two young adults preparing to fly from the nest and leave for an unfamiliar place and head off to school with hopes to become lawyers
Brett looks so much like his father, that Kate can recall when they knew one another in high school. Unfortunately she and Castle never met their birth mother but she must have been radiant since Robin is herself, stunning. Maybe it is best that she and her brother are going to be living together. He can help keep the wolves away from the door
"So your mom tells us that there have been some strange things happening at the lighthouse"
Robin responds first "The lighthouse is haunted"
Brett looks at his sister. "The lighthouse is NOT haunted, but we did see some strange things out there"
"Is it a glow at the lighthouse that both of you have seen it?" Kate asks
"Yes. In fact several have seen this but we did not tell the authorities"
"Why not?" Rick wonders
"The park is closed after dark and no one was supposed to be there and no one wanted to tell about the glowing thing we saw and get into trouble"
Kate smiles to Rick "You can tell me and Castle all about your ghost…er…glowing image"
"Yes, tell us what you saw" Castle begins. He seems more excited than before…if that is even possible
Robin looks at Brett to let him start "I don't know if you knew this, but the park has a reputation as a favorite parking spot for couples to go and…well do what couples do." He seems embarrassed by answering this question
"Don't worry" Beckett responds "It is well known as a place to go parking" she looks at Castle and smiles "It is not limited to younger people. There a few older couples we know who have been there" she can see Castle is understanding since him and her have been there several times as well
Castle continues the information gathering "OK. We know how you have used the park. So what did you see?"
Robin answers "On more than one night we would notice the light from the lighthouse would go off and stay off"
"What happened then?"
Brett responds "After the lamp went out, a glow appeared and it seemed to pulse. It got bright then dimmer"
"How long did this happen?" Castle asks
"We didn't always pay attention" Robin blushes as she responds "We were usually doing other…" her voice trails off
"Other things?" Kate comments with a smile
"Yeah"
Brett fills in more "I watched one time and the glow kept going for about fifteen minutes then just as suddenly as it started, it ended"
"Have any of your friends seen this?" Rick asks
"Several couples have talked about seeing strange things at the lighthouse but also strange things out on the water as well" Robin answers
Kate seems a little more interested now "Strange things such as?"
"Well a dim glow just off the horizon"
"Was the glow related to the lighthouse light?"
The two siblings look at each other and shrug their shoulders. Then Robin answers" Yeah. It happened at the bout same time"
Castle seems giddier with each added word
Beckett thinks they need to finish this conversation before her husband reverts to the 9 year old
"Thanks Robin…Brett. Castle and I will call you if we need anything more" Kate tell the two Edwards siblings as they stand to leave
After the door closes Castle seems like a child in need of medication for ADD
"Beckett, we need to go to the lighthouse and investigate this"
"CASTLE…we are on vacation. If I wanted to investigate a case, I would have stayed in the city"
"Come on Kate. This will be fun and we can have a cool story to tell our grandchildren"
The term grandchildren catches Kate a little off guard. "Castle, I am too young to be a grandmother"
"Yes you are, but you will be the hottest grandmother at the PTA meetings"
Kate realizes that with Alexis being full grown that she could in fact become a grandmother and Castle is right. She does still look good…good enough to keep her husband coming home every night and she does love having him there every night
"OK Castle…we will go ghost hunting but we will first contact the parks service and see what they can tell us and if it is OK for us to look into this"
His face spreads wide "Great and he rushes out to go get changed
Her face lights up knowing this is the man she loves even when he becomes Mork from Ork and grows younger than their own children