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Under Pressure

It's been a few weeks since I found out my aunt Kate was dating Castle, and I'm still over the moon. I'm so happy for them and I hope this blossoms into something epic. I still have to keep this secret, but at least now I have two people to cross off my list. Mrs. Rodgers already figured out that they were dating and Castle eventually told Alexis when she was moving out to go to college.

I was thankful to have two less people to spill the secret to, but the precinct is the hardest and most dangerous one to accidently drop the bomb. I've been making sure to spend less time around there, so I didn't accidently tell everyone the awesome and exciting news. It's very hard, but so far, I think I'm doing a pretty good job.

This weekend my aunt Kate is going to the Hamptons with Castle and she's actually leaving me home alone. She said that she trusted me to stay home alone since I'm ten now. She also gave me a stern warning that if anything was misplaced or destroyed, she will never ever leave me home alone again. I understood her warning and I'm going to make sure this place stays in tip-top shape until she gets back.

These two days were going to be awesome though, being home alone, eating junk food for any meal, and ordering whatever I want because she left me with fifty bucks. This is going to be the most splendid weekend ever. I hope Aunt Kate and Castles weekend are just as good as mine.

Today was Saturday, and I was watching cartoons while eating a bowl of ice cream. Aunt Kate was probably having so much fun in the Hamptons with Castle, I wish I could have gone, I bet it's beautiful there. Maybe next time when they don't want any alone time, they'll actually take me with and have a family fun day, with Alexis and Mrs. Rodgers. That would be so cool.

The phone rang and I quickly picked it up, answering it with a simple, "Hi."

"Hi, Em. What are you doing?" Aunt Kate asked.

"Watching TV and eating some breakfast."

"Uh-huh. What are you eating for breakfast?"

"Cereal?" I said in a form of a question.

"Em, please tell me you're not eating junk food for breakfast."

"Well technically its desert. Plus its strawberry ice cream, so technically it's a fruit."

"Emily, that's not breakfast and it doesn't count as a fruit."

"Well it kind of does," I heard Castle say in the background.

"See Castle gets it," I said.

"He doesn't count. Anyway, please eat something other than junk food for your meals Emily. Also don't order anything to unhealthy with the money I left you," she said.

"Okay I won't. So are you having fun?" I asked.

"Let's just say, I'm working after all. It's something I didn't have in mind when spending the weekend in the Hamptons."

"Really a murder!?"

"Yep a murder. And he stumbled right into Castle's pool."

"Sweet."

I heard Castle speak happily in the background, "Yeah, it's totally awesome."

My aunt sighed and said, "Yeah, but I rather be doing a lot of other things then solving a murder."

"You should be having a vacation Aunt Kate. Sorry it got spoiled."

"Yeah, but at least I'm solving it with Castle."

"Aww…"

I could practically see my aunt rolling her eyes before she said, "Anyway, just be good and remember what I said."

"I know, don't destroy the apartment and eat better food."

"Good, I'll see you when I get back and I'll probably keep checking up on you."

"Okay. Bye Aunt Kate."

"Bye Em."

"Bye mini Beckett," Castle said.

"Bye Castle," I giggled.

We hung up and I finished my ice cream while continuing the cartoon I was watching. A little while after the cartoon ended and I cleaned out my bowl, there was a knock on my door. I opened the door and was surprised to see Ryan and Esposito there with determination on their faces.

"Um, what are you doing here?" I asked.

"We want to know who your aunt is dating," Esposito said as they walked in.

I closed the door behind them and said, "What makes you think she'd tell me?"

I tried to play it cool and hopefully they wouldn't see through any of my lies.

"She has a point. Remember the New Year's Eve party," Ryan said.

"Oh yeah. Guess Kate would definitely keep the secret from her," Esposito said.

"Why does everyone bring that up?" I asked.

"Because you told the one of the deepest darkest secrets about your Aunt Kate," Ryan said.

"Yeah, that wasn't my best moment," I said."

"Nope, I don't think that would be anybody's best moment," Esposito said.

"Well, we're sorry for bothering you mini Beckett," Ryan said.

"Yeah, but if you find anything out. You let us know," Esposito said.

"Sure, uh-huh. I'll keep you two posted definitely," I said.

They both cocked their head to the side and looked at me questionably.

"Do you know?" Esposito asked.

"No, I really don't. She hasn't brought him around," I said.

"Mm-hmm, sure. Well if you do know, you're breaking our hearts," Ryan said.

"Yeah, we thought we were close," Esposito said.

I rolled my eyes and said, "I don't know anything."

They both sighed and Esposito said, "Fine, but we're going to find out. We're good detectives."

"Yep, Beckett won't be able to hide this guy from us," Ryan said.

"Okay… Well, good luck with that," I said.

"Thank you mini B. We'll see you around and next time we'll know who your aunt's boyfriend is," Esposito said.

"Sure," I said.

I walked them to the door and waved goodbye as they headed towards the stairs. I closed the door and leaned against it with a heavy sigh. That was a close one and if I would have told them the secret, Aunt Kate would be furious with me. This is definitely going to be harder than I thought, but hopefully Ryan and Esposito find out with their own snooping instead of me blabbing to them.

The next couple of days went off without a hitch until I got another unsuspected knock on our apartment door. I opened it up and it was Ryan, but Esposito wasn't with him. He gave me a small friendly smile and said, "Hi Emily."

"Hi Ryan. Where's your partner in crime?" I asked.

"Probably at home. I wanted to ask you something."

"What?"

"Is your aunt dating Castle?"

"What!?" I said surprised.

"I was interrogating someone in our investigation and he said Castle was dating Kate. Is it true?"

"Yeah, but you didn't hear it from me."

"Nah I wouldn't rat you out. I already knew anyway."

"True. Did you tell Esposito?"

"No, I don't think he'd be able to keep his mouth shut."

"How comes you are?"

"Because I know they want this to be a secret. They should have their privacy."

"Thanks Ryan. Well at least I have another person off my list of people to not tell. That's definitely a relief."

He chuckled and said, "Well, I'm glad. I'll see you around mini Beckett. Have a goodnight."

"You too, Ryan," I said.

I'm happy that Ryan knows and I wasn't even the person to tell him. Hopefully, he'll be able to keep this large secret, and maybe Esposito will drop it. I went to bed feeling slightly at ease, knowing that there are only three more people that I need to keep the secret from.

The next day, Aunt Kate and Castle came back. He helped bring the small bag she brought to the Hamptons into the house and placed it by the couch.

"Hi, guy's. How was the trip?" I asked.

"It was actually pretty good. We helped solve the murder and we even had some time to ourselves," my aunt said.

"Sounds like a great time."

"It definitely was. Now I have inspiration for my next book," Castle said happily.

"That's good," I said.

"So did anything happen while I was gone?" my aunt asked as she looked around.

"Nope, everything was normal," I said with a shrug.

"Looks like it. Ooh, pizza," Castle said as he took out a slice from my box I got last night.

"Eww… Castle," my aunt said disgusted.

"What? It's fine. It still tastes really good. I love this place anyway," Castle said as he ate the pizza.

"He's right I had some for breakfast," I said.

"You two are going to drive me crazy," she said.

"I think we already have," he said with his mouth half full.

"Yeah, that's definitely true," she said with a small chuckle.

"I'm glad you two are dating," I said.

"I know you are," my aunt said, hugging me to her side.

"Yeah, it's great. We even figured out a couple name," Castle said.

"Like Brangelina?" I asked.

"Yep, but its Caskett," Castle said with a smirk.

"Cool, because of the murder thing," I said.

"Exactly," he said smiling.

"It's actually pretty cool," my aunt said.

"Yeah it is. That should totally be on your wedding invitations," I said.

My aunt gave me a small glare and said, "Stop trying to plan our wedding."

"Sorry, I can't help it. It's exciting," I said.

"That would be pretty cool. You're invited to a Caskett wedding," Castle said.

"It sounds morbid and depressing," she said.

Castle chuckled and said, "I guess it does. Still kind of cool though."

"Yeah it is," I said.

"Okay you two. Castle I'll see you soon and Emily, I'm making you a healthy lunch," she said.

"Yay," I said sarcastically.

She gave me a pointed look and I smiled up at her sheepishly.

"Okay, see you later my Beckett's. Have a good day," Castle said.

He gave Aunt Kate a soft kiss and then he gave me a big hug. She walked him to the door and said another goodbye, before we went off to the kitchen to make a healthy lunch. It's great having Aunt Kate back, but it was kind of fun not having her around. At least she got to have an awesome romantic vacation with Castle. Now I have to make sure I don't tell her that Ryan knows that they are together. Great, another secret to keep.