"Are you okay?" Mari asked, watching her friend shaking all her limbs in turn.
"I am, just relaxing the best way I can," Julia answered. She then looked at her friend and asked, "How do I look?"
"Like a star in Cabaret," Mari said with a beaming smile before Julia was laughing and slinging her arm around her shoulder.
"How do you know about that movie?" Derek asked in surprise, walking up to them with his fiancée.
"I've seen some of the performances in them," Mari replied.
"Some," Julia echoed, nodding her head. "Not much though since our parents won't let us see the whole thing."
"That's probably a good thing," Hayley said in amusement. "You can watch it when you're older."
"Exactly what our parents say," Peter said, hurrying over to them.
"It's instinct," Hayley said with a shrug before they were all laughing.
"Do I need to go?" Mari asked once they'd calmed down.
"I think so," Derek said. "But you can come backstage when we're finished."
"I think we're going to stay in the Sky Box the rest of the show," Julia said when Mari was looking at her pleadingly. "To watch it."
"That's fine," Derek assured her.
Turning to Julia, Mari smiled at her friend widely and told her, "Break a leg, both of you."
"Thanks," Julia and Peter said at the same time. They were laughing with Mari while she hugged them both swiftly before she was hurrying away to the Sky Box.
"Okay, we're going to be next after the commercial break coming up," Derek said, turning his attention to the two kids. "Do you guys want to practice anymore or is that enough?"
"It's enough," Julia and Peter said at the same time again.
Hayley couldn't help laughing with her fiancé at the way the teens were looking at each other and she said, "I see why you two say you're more like siblings."
Not surprised when the two were merely nodding, Derek and Hayley led the teens to the dance floor since they'd been told by another cast member they'd be on soon. Once they were on the stage he and his fiancée were quickly making sure the two were certain about the changes in partners and when.
Julia waved to her family quickly when she and Peter stood on either side of Derek and Hailey, turning her attention swiftly to Alfonso when the host was introducing them. She took a deep breath since she knew the music was about to begin and as soon as it did focused on Derek and Hayley since they began dancing together for the intro. She and Peter were soon doing kicks and flicks across the stage in front of them until they met in front of the older couple for the first verse.
Can't keep my hands to myself
Think I'll dust 'em off, put 'em back up on the shelf
In case my little baby girl is in need
Am I coming out of left field?
Beckett smiled when she saw the way the two couples were switching partners at the very last line of the verse and Julia and Hayley were making their way down until they were in front of the steps. The chorus was beginning then and the two were dancing the Jive side by side before Peter and Derek were jumping the short distance off the steps and moving back to their partners halfway through.
Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now
I been feeling it sing 1966 now
Might before now, but I feel it still
Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now
Let me kick it like it's 1986 now
Might be over now, but I feel it still
During the next verse, Julia and Peter were moving down the dance floor together, spinning each other around and doing their kicks and flicks before they split to opposite corners.
Got another mouth to feed
Leave it with a babysitter, mama, call the gravedigger
Gone with the fallen leaves
Am I coming out of left field?
At the chorus, all four began dancing towards each other since they'd moved to the four corners of the dance floor. After they met in the middle they began dancing to the center so they would both meet there for the next verse.
Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now
I been feeling it since 1966 now
Might've had your fill, but you feel it still
Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now
Let me kick it like it's 1986 now
Might before now, but I feel it still
Since they'd met at the middle, the two pairs switched partners for the chorus and Julia danced with Derek while Peter was with Hayley. They danced next to each other until the second to last lyric and switched yet again.
We could fight a war for peace
(Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now)
Give in to that easy living
Goodbye to my hopes and dreams
Start flipping for my enemies
Or we could wait until the walls come down
(Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now)
It's time to give a little to the kids in the middle
But, oh, until it falls, won't bother me
During the bridge Julia and Peter walked back to the stage and went up it since a spotlight focused on Derek and Hayley. Once they were on it and it was halfway through the bridge they began dancing at the same time as the other two with the stage being lit up.
Is it coming?
Is it coming?
Is it coming?
Is it coming?
Is it coming?
Is it coming back?
For the pre-chorus, Julia and Peter ran down the steps and rushed to in between Derek and Hayley where they danced the rest of the song there. They danced apart from each other during the rest of the song which ended on the chorus.
Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, yeah
Your love is an abyss for my heart to eclipse now
Might be over now, but I feel it still
Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now
I've been feeling it since 1966 now
Might be over now, but I feel it still
Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks now
Let me kick it like it's 1986 now
Might be over now, but I feel it still
Might've had your fill, but I feel it still
"You're not tired?" Marie asked while they were looking back and forth across the street.
"Who're you asking?" Peter responded with his own question, a smile on his face.
Since they were racing to cross the street then, Marie couldn't answer but once they were in the park she said, "You two, you danced twice."
"I'm not," Julia said, not surprised when her partner was shaking his head as well. "We did get a break in between the two dances so I'm fine."
"I am too," Peter said in a rush when the others were looking at him. "Ready to go home."
"I sort of am," Julia said slowly when they were turning to her and she glanced at Mari who nodded in agreement with her.
"It's nice to be on vacation but I'd like to get back to my bedroom," the girl said.
"That's how I feel," Peter said firmly before they were turning to look at the plane that was flying over them.
"That's Delta from Portland," Marie said loudly as they watched it going to one of the two north runways at LAX.
"Nice," Julia said before she looked at the two oldest McDouglases. "You're going to have to go to school tomorrow."
"We know but we don't mind," Kathleen said firmly. "At least we have only four days."
"But you guys get the whole week off, how come?" Marie asked with a slight frown.
"Not the whole week," Peter said first.
"He's right, we need to go Thursday and Friday," Julia added. "So we'll have tomorrow and Wednesday but we still have to do our homework for those three days."
"I think I'll be able to finish mine tomorrow," Peter said. "After… I guess after lunch."
"We're getting back really early," Julia said with a smile at his expression of consternation.
"Are you going to be able to go home?" Kathleen asked Peter.
"Yeah, I can get into the house," he said in a low tone of voice, looking around.
"Josa, what're you doing?" Julia said suddenly to her baby sister.
"I want to go with you," the toddler said, reaching for her sister once she was near them.
"Alright," Julia said after a moment considering her. She picked her up and said, "But I can't hold you for that long."
"I know," Josie said before they were watching the plane coming in to land above them. "What is it?" she asked her sister.
"JetBlue," Marie answered before Julia responded.
"Do you know where it came from?" Kathleen asked.
"No," Marie said, making a face. "I just knew the Delta one since Mum told us."
"It doesn't matter, it had a pretty tail," Mari said to change the subject. She looked at Peter and asked, "Where are you looking?"
"I have no idea," he said.
"I'm sure we'll eat soon," Julia said, unable to help smiling since she was aware of why he was glancing back at the seating area at In-N-Out. "I'm hungry too."
"Me too," Mari said, nodding. "I feel like we had that snack way back."
"We did," Peter said.
"Hey, don't fall," Kathleen said to the younger kids who were running up to them.
"We were playing tag," Ivy said, breathing hard as they slowed down.
"Better stop, Mum and Mom might not like that," Marie told her three sisters.
Making a face Iris said, "It's not time for dinner yet."
"Oh, I think it is now," Peter said when he saw Castle and Mary nearing where their tables were. "We better go back."
"Don't run," Josie told him sternly.
"Looks like they had fun," Skye said in amusement when they heard the kids laughing across the street. "I thought they'd be hungry."
"They are," Beckett said. She wasn't surprised when the investigator looked at her questioningly and said, "I could see Peter looking over here. Repeatedly."
Smiling Castle said, "I'm not really surprised. Their snack was a long time ago."
"We're fine," Julia said after they had crossed the street back to In-N-Out.
"We still had to watch to make sure," Beckett said firmly. She took Josie from her second oldest and said, "Why weren't you playing too?"
"I can't Mama," Josie replied.
"How come?" Beckett asked, having her clean her hands with sanitizer.
"I am short," Josie said.
"I think your legs are shorter than theirs," Castle corrected her.
"Okay," Josie replied before reaching for a fry. She ate it happily while the others were laughing around her before she was waiting eagerly for her cheeseburger. "Who gets it?" she asked, motioning to the other half of the one her father had divided.
"Peter," Castle said in amusement.
"Thank you," he said after he'd gotten his Double Double and the half of the small cheeseburger.
"He has two of them," Josie said to her parents.
"He eats more," Beckett said, smoothing down the toddler's hair that had been blown around in the wind.
"Are you going to let her hair keep growing?" Mary asked, starting her food after sitting.
"We are, she wants us to," Beckett replied. She couldn't help laughing when Josie nodded rapidly and said, "We had to ask her."
"I showed her some hair styles," Castle said, getting a fry from the pile they were sharing. "Since we wanted her to understand what she could do with her hair."
"We did that for Marie and Kath actually," Skye commented.
"Kath wanted shorter hair but Marie followed her mum," Mary added, smirking at her wife when she made a playful look at her.
"So she just picked growing out her hair?" Skye asked to change the subject.
"She did," Beckett replied. "No thanks to Rick trying to push a bowl cut on her."
"It was not a bowl cut," Castle said in mock exasperation. "It was a bob."
"That was shaped like a football helmet," Beckett said at the same time as him after he had hesitated.
"I was joking," Castle told the McDouglas women.
"I figured you had to be," Skye said with a smile. "As if you'd discourage your daughters to grow their hair like their mom."
"I… weird," Castle started to say before he shook his head as the two McDouglases were laughing.
"What're you going to do after we leave for the airport?" Beckett asked the two when they'd focused on eating for a while.
"Head home, the five of them have to go to school so we'll definitely need to get back," Skye replied.
"I don't want to tell them they're going to need to go to bed," Mary told her wife.
"They know already," Skye replied firmly. She then smiled and said, "Though I'm sure they'll try and get out of it once we're home."
"That's a given," Beckett said, smiling herself.
"Of course," Skye said laughingly. "You're lucky you've got the flight to tire yours out."
Beckett looked with the others at Josie who was eating a fry then, and she laughed with them briefly at how confused the toddler appeared at their stares. While the other three went back to their food, she leaned down and tenderly kissed the top of Josie's head before she was doing the same as them.
"Alright girls," Skye said to hers and Mary's daughters after they were all in the kitchen. "It's getting late so you know what you need to do."
"Go to the game room!" Iris exclaimed before she was giggling with her sisters at the looks on their mothers' faces.
"You're lucky we know you're joking," Mary said wryly before the girl was hugging her tightly. "And you do know what to do, so march!"
"Of all the verbs," Skye told her wife in wryly. "You use that specific one," since their daughters had playfully marched as the doctor had directed.
"I said it because I know how much you love it," Mary said with a smirk.
"Wise ass," Skye said in a murmur though their daughters were already upstairs by then.
"And you love that," Mary replied.
"Yes," Skye said simply before her wife was laughing. She leaned into her and kissed her tenderly before they were parting and moving to go upstairs to their room.
"Are you getting changed too?" Ivy asked, looking down the hall from the doorway of her room when she'd heard the footsteps.
"We are," Mary said first.
"And brushing our teeth," Skye added. She raised her voice and called, "Did everyone hear that? You need to brush your teeth." She smiled when all the kids, including Ivy, called out they would and she and Mary went to their room while they were laughing lightly.
"Grá?" Mary said after she and Skye were changed and were going into their bathroom. "Did you want to do anything tonight?"
"To be honest, no," Skye replied. She hesitated for a moment before she added, "We're going to be alone for a time tomorrow."
"I had the same thought," Mary said. She smiled for a moment and then said, "I could use the sleep."
"Me too," Skye replied with a nod before they were turning their attention to their toothbrushes. As soon as they were finished she told her wife, "Though you know we could spend a little time before we go to sleep…"
Smiling widely in amusement since her wife was exaggerating her tone of voice before trailing off, Mary said, "A little, or else we're going to end up doing something in the end."
"True, but a bit of a póg won't hurt anyone," Skye said.
"And we will," Mary assured her before they leaned into each other to kiss tenderly. It was brief and when they were parting she said, "But it isn't time yet for them to go to bed."
"No," Skye said, since she'd noticed the girls were sneaking into their room. "So should we reward them or give them a talking to for coming in without knocking?"
"Don't be mad," Iris said, hurrying to the investigator and throwing her arms around her.
"We're not, but are you all finished?" Skye asked. She smiled when all five were answering in the affirmative and she then said, "Since you heard us, what would you like to do in the last hour and hour and a half you've got left?"
"Couldn't we stay up for another half hour?" Ivy asked.
"She's right, it's only another half hour," Iris said hopefully.
"You three have school too," Mary replied firmly. "So you're going to bed at your normal time."
"Don't groan, you already knew you were going to have to go to bed then," Skye said.
"What about in the summer?" Marie asked.
"We'll see because that's another two months," Skye told all five of them. She couldn't help laughing with her wife when they were talking together eagerly and she asked, "You didn't realize it wasn't that long?"
"Not really, we're just barely into April," Kathleen replied.
"I can't wait to get to see Japan!" Fleur said happily.
"Maybe you'll meet a pretty Japanese boy," Iris teased her sister.
"No teasing," Mary said sternly.
"And the singer I like is Korean," Fleur said, blushing deeply.
"And the other is from Peru," Skye commented. She smiled when her middle daughter looked at her with wide eyes and said, "It wasn't hard to notice. Now before we get further off the subject, what do you want to do in the time left?"
"The game room," all five said at the same time.
With some laughter, Skye and Mary took their daughters with them out of their room and to the first floor. When they were inside they weren't surprised when the five girls were rushing to different games.
"What're you going to do?" Mary asked, turning to her wife when they were alone.
"I think I'd like to race," Skye said. "Hopefully with you but that's more up to you."
"Let's go," Mary replied with a smile before she took her hand and pulled her after her.
Walking with her wife laughing, Skye was soon sitting at one of the consoles and they were playing the racing game together. They were teasing each other and laughing while they were going through multiple races until she noticed Iris was next to her. "Can we help you?" she asked the girl teasingly, turning to her.
"Are you going to play anything else?" Iris asked shyly.
"Did you want to play something with me?" Skye asked. "Or us?"
"Both of you," Iris replied. "And Ivy wants to play too."
"Come here darling," Skye told the second youngest who was watching them.
"Is that okay?" Ivy asked.
"I think so, but again, what do you want to play?" Skye asked gently as Mary stepped up to Ivy and pulled her back against her to embrace her.
"Air hockey?" Iris asked hopefully.
"Alright," Skye said, looking at her wife who nodded to her. She got up after letting go of Iris and they moved to the table, smiling when their youngest stayed with her and Ivy played with Mary. They were having fun together and they finished their second game to find the other three on the sides watching them. "Well, do any of you want to play now?" she asked them.
"Could we play at the pool table now?" Marie asked.
"All of us?" Mary responded with her own question.
"I think we could, we have some time," Skye said, looking at her phone she had in her robe pocket. She wasn't surprised when she looked back at the girls to find they were hurrying over to the table and she said to her wife, "I guess they approve."
"Of course they do," Mary said laughingly before they were walking to the table with their daughters.
The rest of the time left for the youngest three were spent at the pool table before they were saying goodnight to their older sisters.
Left alone in the game room by their mothers, Kathleen asked her twin, "Do you want to play something else now?"
"Yeah, the skeeball, Fleur was hogging it," Marie said jokingly before they were hurrying to the consoles.
"Are we just going to do this?" Kathleen asked after they'd finished their first games.
"You're bored with it already?" Marie said.
"No I… wanted to play the plane one," Kathleen replied in almost a whisper.
"Why didn't you say that in the first place?" Marie said in mock annoyance.
"I… felt weird," Kathleen admitted at the same volume she'd used before.
"Why would you?" Skye said while she and Mary entered the room. She went straight to their second youngest and took her hands asking, "Do you want to fly?"
"No," Kathleen said firmly since her mother asked all of her sisters that repeatedly to make sure.
"Then do you want to fake fly?" Skye then inquired.
"Yes," Kathleen then said in the same tone before she was laughing with her sister and mothers. She giggled when Skye was pushing her firmly towards the console before she was climbing on. She felt a pleasant glow at her mother's compliments and help as she took her turn first, hoping it would last before she would need to let her twin have a turn.
Turning off the light in the bathroom, Mary looked over at her wife and saw she was on her phone. "Work?" she asked.
"Not at the moment," Skye said, turning it off. "Just checking. But next week I'll need to go in for sure, the meeting with the FAA and the President."
"You're not nervous for that are you?" Mary asked.
Snorting Skye said, "I've been planning this for months but you know what the FAA will say. No budget for more ATC, people don't want to do it… I doubt they'd take my suggestion for a schedule like firefighters have either."
"People might work that," Mary commented, taking off her robe once she was next to the bed. "Also if they raise the wage."
"They wouldn't do that either," Skye replied. "But I'll tell them of course," she added while her wife was climbing into bed next to her. "And say if they honestly want to end all these runway incursions and near misses they need to decide if being cheap is really worth it."
"You're going to use the word cheap?" Mary asked her, her eyebrow raised questioningly.
"I was going to say parsimonious," Skye said. When her wife furrowed her brow she asked, "Stingy? Miserly? Those might work."
Mary couldn't help laughing and said, "Maybe your first choice is better, if they even know what that means."
"They will," Skye said firmly. "But let's stop talking business."
"Agreed," Mary replied before they were leaning into each other. When their lips met she wasn't surprised when it was a gentle kiss, or that it didn't last for very long. Smiling at her wife once they'd pulled apart she said, "We're going to take this as far as we possibly can aren't we?"
"That was my plan," Skye said, smiling herself when her wife began to laugh softly and she moved to instigate their next kiss. Until they were able to pull away from each other they were taking their time with each kiss, unable to resist one another before it became too much and they parted for good so they could get some rest in anticipation for their time alone the next day.
"Thanks for agreeing to go on a walk with me," Castle told his wife.
"I would have gone myself if you hadn't asked," Beckett replied with a smile while she was squeezing at his hand at the same time.
"So you don't really want my company?" Castle asked in a feigned disappointed tone.
"Don't worry, I do," Beckett said, smiling at him. They were in Terminal 7 at LAX, waiting for their flight to board. Her father at that moment was with the older kids, Josie asleep on Martha's lap since it was well past the toddler's bedtime. "I wonder if we should have had an earlier flight," she said then, thinking of Josie.
"She's fine," Castle assured her, aware of where her thought process was. He squeezed her hand and then said, "But if you want to go back-"
"No, that's alright," Beckett said. "I don't want her to wake up," she then added as an explanation. She then smiled and said, "Are we just going to walk around?"
"Oh, did you want to go to a store?" Castle asked his wife.
"I do," Beckett said. She smiled when her husband was laughing and they were heading together to the bookstore where the others were.
"Hi Mommy," Eliza said when she looked up from the book she was flipping through and saw her walking up to her.
"Did you find something?" Beckett asked.
"I… no?" Eliza started to say before she was finishing on a question. She couldn't help giggling when her mother started to laugh and she hugged her back tightly once in her arms before she said, "I like it a lot."
"It looks like it'll be fun to color," Beckett said, holding open the coloring book with her.
"So… could I get it?" Eliza asked since it was about California.
"Yes," Beckett replied firmly. She squeezed the girl to her again and said, "But only one okay?"
"Unless I buy it with my own money?" Eliza responded with her own question.
"You're too much like your daddy," Beckett said with a smile, playfully pinching her cheek.
"Yep," Eliza replied before her mother laughed again and they were hugging one more time. After they'd let each other go she asked, "Could I go with you and Daddy now?"
"Are you lonely?" Beckett asked, smoothing back her hair a little.
"Yeah, I miss Fleur and the twins," Eliza confessed. "And my friends at school."
"We'll be home soon," Beckett assured her before she took her hand and pulled her after her.
"Hey Mom," Julia said, seeing her approaching with her little siter.
"Hey, did you find something?" Beckett asked.
"Not really, you did?" Julia said teasingly, seeing what her mother was holding.
"It's for your sister," Beckett replied wryly before Eliza was getting her attention in a hurry.
"What about Josa? She's asleep," the girl asked in obvious concern.
"Get another copy of this book," Beckett told her.
"Sure," Eliza said before she left them.
"Do you want a coloring book?" Beckett asked Julia as she turned back to her.
"I'm good," the teen replied. She smiled and then said, "But if I found a book I could get it."
"You could," Beckett said. "If you found it."
"I haven't," Julia replied. She paused and then looked around before she said, "I don't think I'm really going to."
"If you do…" Beckett told her. She wasn't surprised when Julia nodded and she said, "Don't stay for too long."
"You're going to leave?" Julia asked in surprise.
"After we pay," Beckett said, taking the other coloring book Eliza was giving her. "And your sister is coming with us."
"Sure," Julia said.
"Are you still going to walk around the gates?" Beckett asked while Eliza was slipping her hand into her own.
"Yeah, but not that far," Julia answered. "Like we promised."
"Good, we'll see you back at our gate. And stay with your grandpapa," Beckett said, adding the last with a smile before she was laughing softly at the face her daughter made.
"We promised that too Mom, don't worry," Julia replied.
After they were walking away Eliza asked, "We couldn't do the same thing Mommy?"
"We could," Beckett answered. "But you know that these are all United planes."
"Yeah," Eliza replied slowly. "I still want to see them though" she then said in a rush. "They're different kinds aren't they?"
"They should be," Castle said since his wife and their second youngest had reached where he was standing. "These two?" he asked.
"That's it," Beckett replied. She turned to Eliza once he went to the register and asked, "Are you getting tired yet?"
"I'm not that little Mommy," Eliza said in protest.
"But it is past your bedtime," Beckett said firmly.
Frowning and wrinkling her nose, Eliza said, "Maybe but I'm not tired. It was really exciting tonight."
"You enjoyed the show?" Beckett asked.
"I hope so," Julia said, walking over to them. "None of us are getting anything," she told her mother since Peter and Jim were with her and Mari. "So we're going to walk around now."
"Go ahead," Beckett said.
"We'll be back for boarding," Jim assured his daughter. He then turned his attention to Eliza and asked, "You don't want to come with us after all?"
For a moment the girl was torn, looking at him and then her mother before she said softly, "Mommy?"
"You were planning to anyway," Beckett told her with a smile before she let go of her hand. She watched her hurry to her grandfather and take his hand before the group was stepping back out into the terminal.
"So… she was going to come with us?" Castle asked, walking over to his wife with a bag holding their purchases.
"She wanted to at first but I think she wanted to be part of the group," Beckett said. "Should we go back to Martha?" she asked him while they left the store.
"I'm fine with this," Castle said, swinging the bag up a little. "But how're we going to walk so it doesn't look like we're following them. The other way?"
"Yes," Beckett said simply before she tugged him in the opposite direction.
After they'd walked for a little Castle said, "I have to ask you something."
"And you're hesitating?" Beckett teased him with a smile.
"No, just a warning," Castle replied laughingly before he grabbed her hand. Entwining their fingers he told her, "Do you mind doing this every Spring Break? Extending our vacation and keeping the girls out of school a little longer."
"No," Beckett said. "And you don't need to ask me anymore," she added firmly. "They have invitations to return to the show so I can't really protest."
"So you were going to?" Castle asked. He couldn't help laughing when his wife rolled her eyes and said, "Okay, that was a no."
"No," Beckett said before they were continuing. She then eventually said, "To be honest I do enjoy coming back."
"That's right," Castle said. "I almost thought we'd be sad about not knowing when we'd come back… besides in August when you and I need to make a stop here for Ireland."
"You said you had everything ready," Beckett replied.
"Yeah, no, it is," Castle said swiftly. He smiled and then said, "And everything else that Skye helped me plan. Though really I wonder if you should have had more say." Seeing the way she was looking at him he said, "But I guess it was enough."
"It was," Beckett said slightly laughingly. She then said seriously, "I want us to focus on her."
"We will," Castle said swiftly and nodding. "That was the point… oh you think I would have changed that?"
"No, I'm telling you this so we don't let Skye do that," Beckett replied.
"True, she'd do that," Castle said absently, thinking it over. He then said with a smile, "But we're agreed it's only going to happen at the amusement parks."
"We are," Beckett said before they looked ahead of them.
"Hi," Eliza said, hurrying to her parents since they were meeting at that point. "Did you see all the planes?"
Castle was about to answer yes when he stopped himself since he realized he hadn't really paid attention to them while they'd been walking by each occupied gate. He looked at his wife and seeing she was thinking the same he said, "We did, but there's more to see so I think we're going to continue."
"He's right," Beckett said when the kids were looking at her. "We'll see you back at the gate." They watched them walking away and she said, "Luckily they didn't ask if I'd taken pictures."
"No," Castle said, shaking his head before they were laughing. When they'd walked again he soon stopped her and said, "I am looking forward to being with you too when we come back."
"Sap," Beckett teased him with a smile. She then paused for a moment before she said, "I am too."
Castle couldn't help himself and he leaned into her, kissing her gently on the lips before he pulled back enough to whisper, "I love you."
"Love you too Rick," Beckett murmured back to him. She took his second kiss and wasn't surprised when he was lingering a little longer that time. But they were soon parting at the announcement of their flight boarding that was suddenly sounding through that section of the building. She smiled and told Castle, "Let's go home," before they were heading hand in hand back to their group so they could board their plane to New York.