Title: Lives Forever Changed

Disclaimer: I do not own Castle, ABC does.

Special Thanks to many of you who read this story and made it a favorite! A big thank you to LuckyLaugher, prajushwin, red lighting, rpaula, divamercury, , TappinCastlefan, castlefang for the first reviews and to Beckett NYPD for all of the reviews!

Beta'd by: underarrest39

Genre: Angst/Romance

Rating: T

Chapter 8: Five Years Later

-May, 2015-

It had been five years since Kate and Rick's life changed significantly.

At the reading of the will (which Kate had to put a hold to when the lawyer if there was Richard Castle present so she could go get him) she found out that not only did the Williams give her and Rick the custody of Larissa and Lucas but both she and Rick had inherited everything the Williams had including his business and the house that became Kate's second home. Apparently they had it rewritten to include Rick after meeting him as they also thought he would be the one for her.

As Kate was getting ready to go to Alexis' graduation from NYU she saw hers and Rick's wedding pictures in the picture frames on the night stand; she smiled. It was one of many best days of her life.

One picture was the two of them sneaking in kisses and the wedding photographer managed to capture the moment.

The other picture was them standing cheek to cheek with his left arm around his waist and her arms wrapped around his waist and surrounded by her bridal party (which consisted of Lanie as the maid of honor, Alexis as the bridesmaid, and Larissa as the junior bridesmaid/flower girl) and his groomsmen (Montgomery, Ryan, Esposito, and Lucas) as well as Martha and her dad Jim.

She vividly remembered the look on his face when he saw her walking down the aisle in her curve hugging strapless wedding gown.

A year and a half later she gave birth to two kids, Darren James Castle and Johanna "Joey" Lilac Castle. They were the babies of the family and had everyone wrapped around their fingers from the day they were born.

She lost in her trance and did not hear the knock on the door. It took the Lucas' voice to get her out of her reverie she went to open the door.

"Mom, are you ready?" asked now fourteen year old Lucas Castle, and added, "I don't think we want to keep Alexis waiting for us. Larissa is downstairs with Darren, Joey, and dad. We are all ready to go."

Kate smiled at Lucas. He had grown so handsome in a short amount of time. She was also proud of Lucas and Larissa taking the news well when she and Rick told them a few months ago Rick was indeed their biological father.

"You're right; Alexis would not want us to be late. Let's go!"

With that she and Lucas walked out of the bedroom and were on their way to Alexis' NYU commencement ceremony.

Meanwhile up in heaven

Johanna Beckett smiled as she watched her daughter from above. She knew her only child, her baby girl was set for life. She was proud she had a hand in making it happen. She knew that Richard Castle would be the one to help change their lives forever.

A/N: Thanks for reading "Lives Forever Changed". I hope you had as much fun reading as I did writing it. Please checkout the story "Girl Time" and the story for TV movie Stana was in The Librarian: Curse of Judas Chalice titled "Love Always Lives".

A/N 2: As always reviews are appreciated!