Kate groggily came to after her surgery to find her husband sitting in the chair by her bed.

"Castle?" She asked, her voice thick from sleep

"Hey." He said with a smile

"Is everything okay?" She asked, "Is she alright?" She placed her hand on her belly

"Everything is fine." He assured her, "It went off without a hitch. Now, you have to stay in bed for about a week. Just to make sure everything is okay."

"A week?" She asked more alert now as she sat up, "I cannot take that much time off from my job."

"Yes, you can." He said, "And that's an order, Captain."

"You're going to be totally annoying the whole week I'm in bed aren't you?"

"Who me?" he said with a grin

/

A couple of days later Kate was at home and staying in bed like a good little girl. But she couldn't stay completely disconnected from the precinct so she had her laptop with her and was Skyping with the boys when Castle came into the bedroom with her lunch.

"Yeah, Espo, can you scan those documents and email them to me? I wanna look at them." She said

"Sure thing, boss."

"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" He asked from the doorway

"I'm talking to Espo." She said looking up at him from her laptop

"You're supposed to be resting, young lady." He admonished as he sat the tray of food on the dresser

"Castle, I am resting." She said

At the precinct Ryan joined Esposito in the conference room and could hear the banter from the computer, "Hey, what's going on?"

"Mom and Dad are fighting again." He joked, "Hey, Castle you're interrupting some important police work, Man."

Castle walked over and grabbed her laptop to look at them on Skype, "And you're interrupting my wife's recovery."

Kate took her laptop back, "Guys, we'll talk later. Let me know what happens after you talk to Talmadge's girlfriend. I know she's hiding something."

"You got it." Esposito said

Kate sat her laptop off to the side, "Babe, you are going overboard."

"You're not supposed to be working." He explained, "You are supposed to be recouperating."

"I am resting. Talking on the phone isn't going to hurt me." She explained, "Rick, I'm bored out of my mind. This keeps me sane."

"You're probably the only girl who's ever said murder keeps her sane." He quipped, "Why don't you read a book or something."

"Because I don't want to read a book." She explained, "Look, I'm not getting out of bed except to go to the bathroom. I'm just talking on the phone and looking at documents. You know I wouldn't do anything to hurt her."

Castle sighed, "I know. I just..."

"You just what?" She prompted

He sat down on the bed beside her and took her hand, "Listen, you want to know why I got so angry about the whole thing with the birth control pills?"

"Castle, I don't..." She began

"Yes, I was angry about you lying to me. But, do you remember back when we had that case with the baby, little Benny?"

"Yeah, I remember." She said

"We had a discussion while we were digging through the garbage and I talked about Meredith. About how she wasn't there."

"And I told you there was no way when the time came I would let you raise our baby alone." She said

"Right." He said, "And then when I found out about the birth control pills I guess I felt like if you were so unsure that...I don't know." he shook his head

"Babe, I love you and this baby so much." She said, "I'm not saying I'm not scared but I'm not Meredith."

"I know you aren't." He said, "When we were at the hospital I was so afraid. I didn't want to tell you that because I wanted to be strong for you."

"You know, you don't always have to the hero." She said, "Look, I'll eat lunch and rest for a while and check in with Javi and Kevin later today, okay?"

He smiled a crooked smile, "Okay." He got up and left and Kate finished her lunch then took out her journal

Hi Baby!

I'm here in bed after coming home from the hospital and your dad is taking care of me. He's being so attentive but like he always does he goes overboard. I had to talk him down a bit. Truth is, I wouldn't have him any other way. He's a passionate man. He loves with everything he has, despite having been hurt in the past. I know that's why he hates secrets so much and I totally understand that. He will be the most amazing daddy. But since you are a girl be prepared to be fussed over and worried about. You should also be prepared for the torturing your future boyfriends will endure. I'll do my best to keep him in line but I can't guarantee anything. I suppose if you were a boy I'd be the one interrogating your girlfriends. I could pull the whole I'm a cop thing and even drag them to the precinct. But don't worry, as a girl, you will have plenty of back up around here. Me, grams, and Alexis. Plus, he's a total pushover. But let's keep that between us. Oh, I hear him calling, so I'll good bye for now. I love you baby girl.

Mommy

/

A couple of weeks later Kate had been back to her normal routine for a few days and Lanie was throwing her a baby shower. All the ladies were gathered at the loft while Rick made himself scarce at monster movie marathon.

"So, How are you feeling Kate? I had the hardest time sleeping because I was used to sleeping on my stomach." Jenny said

"Well, that is getting hard and reaching my feet, I can just about forget that now. But I feel pretty good." She explained

"Richard gave me the worst heartburn of my life and oh the swollen ankles. That was the worst." Martha added with her usual dramatic flair

"Dad drove Beckett crazy while she was in bed." Alexis said

"Sounds like writer boy." Lanie quipped

"Well, I love him for being so attentive but I'm not the best patient either. Staying in bed made me antsy."

"I guess that depends on what you're doing in bed." Lanie joked and everyone laughed

"So where did you send him off to anyway?" Lanie asked

"He's at a monster movie marathon. He's probably having a blast." She said taking another bite of cake

"He's still a little boy at heart." Kate observed

"Aren't they all?"

TBC Christmas and will baby Castle make her appearance?