AN: Sooooooooooo, A friend of mine is staying with me until Friday and I don't really have time to write on my other stories until she leaves because I have to do some serious thinking to get everything straight so I can work on the next chapters but, last night I was laying in bed and this story just came out of no where and I had to write it down.

Story starts with a slightly altered version of "Tick, Tick, Tick..." and continues along the story line all the way through "Deadly Game" though Castle never talked to Gina and she never even thought about going to the Hamptons with him. He plans to go by himself.

I DON'T OWN CASTLE

The morning after he stayed the night to protect her with his "vast arsenal of rapier wit", both Castle and Beckett whole heartedly agreed that they would never speak of what had happened later that night to anyone, not even to each other. It was a secret between them and they agreed that nothing would change after that night and, it didn't for the most part. There were no stolen kisses in the break room while no one was looking, and no meaningful looks thrown at each other. If someone had asked Ryan and Esposito, they'd say that they were the same as always.

But it wasn't the same. The jokes, the banter, and even the sexual tension were still there, but there was a subtle change between them. They invaded each other's space more often than not and neither had any qualms about stealing or sharing each other's food. As much as they denied it, things had changed, even if it took Elli Monroe for Beckett to realize it.

Before all this, she wouldn't have blinked an eye at who he slept with let alone get irritated at him for it. And maybe she was just the tiniest bit jealous and she felt just the tiniest bit used as he had already moved on to someone else even though their decision to forget about what had happened between them was completely mutual.

Then when she found out that Elli was just using him, she was actually mad at a woman she had never even met before. Despite it all, Castle was a friend, and she didn't want to see him being used like that. Of course she was also irritated at him for being stupid enough to sleep with her in the first place, and to keep doing it.

And then came Detective Tom Demming. He was everything that she always thought she wanted in a man yet, there was a small part of her that felt guilty being with him but she firmly pushed those thoughts away. After all, it's not like her and Castle were actually together, no matter what happened that night.

When Castle asked her to go to the Hamptons with him, she automatically said yes, but then quickly retracted it when she realized that she had already made, and forgot about, plans for the weekend with Demming. She started to feel a little sick to her stomach as she realized that she would rather spend the weekend with Castle than Demming but attributed the nausea to the stomach virus that she's had for a few days now and pushed thoughts of the Hamptons aside.

Later, the nausea came back full force when Esposito pretty much flat out tells her that she has to make a choice between Castle or Demming, that she can't have both. Beckett doesn't even hesitate to make her choice and immediately heads to the robbery division to break things off with Demming.

Rounding the corner she can hear the laughter of her friends as talk in the break room and she smiles to herself as she walks in and is greeted as she grabs a beer.

"Don't get into a contest with her, she will put you under the table." Despite Lanie's warning, Beckett saw the mischievous glint in his eye and the smirk on his face.

"Oh really? I've been known to hold my own, you know."

Eyebrow raised she replied. "We will just have to see about that won't we?"

Lanie groaned loudly, she knew this wasn't going end well but thankfully before the contest could get started, Castle's pocket started singing.

He quickly pulled out his phone and answered it and the rest of the occupants of the room got treated to a one-sided conversation that consisted of "no" and "but Gina" and various other unhappy sounds until he finally hung up the phone.

"Well looks like this party isn't needed at all. Apparently, I'm banned from going to the Hamptons this weekend and next. Gina planned some publicity stuff without me knowing."

They all looked around at each other then shrugged and the captain spoke up. "Well, we already got everything out so, might as well have it. Just don't expect another one when you finally do go."

Everyone agreed and Beckett turned back to Castle. "Now-" She got cut off as Lanie walked over. "No, you two are limited to three a piece. I don't want to drag your drunk ass home."

"Kill joy."

It was a little over a week since the 'going away' party and everything was normal as ever. Castle found out a few days after the party that Beckett had broken things off with Demming and decided to go ahead and keep shadowing her though, he still intended to take some time off after all the publicity things were finished so that he could get some writing done.

They had just finished another case, involving an intentional hit and run, and Beckett was heading down to talk to Lanie about something that has been bothering her for a while now.

When she walked into the morgue, Lanie was working on another body so Beckett walked over to the side, just enough to get her attention but not enough to disturb her autopsy. Lanie noticed her and told her it would be a few minutes so Beckett leaned against the wall and settled in for a wait.

While she was waiting, she watched Lanie work like she had done hundreds of times in the past. The blood and gore never bothered her before but as she watched Lanie remove a random organ, Beckett felt the now familiar feeling bubble in her stomach but instead of riding it through, like normal, she had to run to the bathroom, leaving a very confused Lanie behind.

Couple minutes later, Beckett came back and found that Lanie had finished her autopsy and was waiting for Beckett to come back.

"Are you okay? I've never seen you run away from a little blood before, girl."

"Yeah I'm okay, I'm used to it but, that's kind of the problem." Beckett moved to one of the tables and hopped up on it while Lanie came and sat next to her.

"Okay… So what's up? You said you wanted to talk about something earlier, right?"

"Yeah, I think I'm sick."

"If you are sick then you should be in bed, not down here in the morgue talking to me about it."

Beckett shook her head. "No I mean, like sick sick. This has been going on for like two weeks now. I randomly get sick to my stomach. Sometimes its like earlier and sometimes I can be eating something I love, like take out from the Chinese place I love, and I'll get sick."

Instantly Lanie's mind started conjuring up lots of horrifying diseases that she could possibly have but, she pushed them aside until she had more info.

"Man, this could be serious girl! Why haven't you gone to a doctor?"

Beckett gave her a blank look. "I'm talking to one now, aren't I?"

"A doctor that deals with live people… Fine, anything else unusual?"

She thought for a few minutes before replying that the only thing she could think of was that she seemed to more tired than normal lately.

"Hmm, that could be any number of things Kate. You really should go see a normal doctor."

They argued for a good ten minutes until Beckett finally gave in and decided to make an appointment with a doctor. She really hated hospitals and hospital like places so Lanie knew that she must be pretty worried about this if she actually agreed to go.

They talked for a little while longer before Beckett decided to head home since Lanie had just gotten a call that they were bringing in another body for her. Right when Beckett was heading out the door, Lanie suddenly thought of something.

"Hey, promise you won't get mad at me for even suggesting this?"

With a raised eyebrow she gave a nod.

"When was your last period?"

Beckett stood there blinking at Lanie for a full minute with a blank expression on her face. That was not something she normally kept track of since she wasn't dating anyone and it was usually pretty regular so it wasn't really something she bothered with. It came when it came but, now that she thought about it…

"Oh god… Lanie…"

"Oh hell, girl! Seriously?"

Beckett nodded since she couldn't concentrate enough to form words, and Lanie lead her back over to a table and instructed her to get on it.

"You stay here. I'm gonna make a quick stop at the store and you better still be right here when I get back. If they come in with the body just tell them I'll be right back, he's already dead so he can wait."

Ten long minutes later, Lanie came back with a small sack, carrying two small boxes, in her hand and then handed it to Beckett.

"You know where the bathroom is. Do them both so we can be double sure."

Sometime later Beckett sat in her car, driving towards her apartment.

I'm just going to go home and take a nice hot bath with a glass of wine, oh wait scratch that, a nice glass of something nonalcoholic and try to forget about those two positive pregnancy tests sitting in my purse.

At the same time down in the morgue, Lanie was fighting with herself. She prided herself on knowing Beckett very well and she knew that since she had already broke up with Demming, there was no way she would let him help her with the baby or even tell him about it if she could help it. There was no way she would even think about having an abortion either. So what was left for her to do? Lead the lonely life of a single mother? There had to be a way to help her. And Lanie was going to find it.

The next day Beckett came to work like normal and acted like nothing life changing had happened yesterday afternoon. They didn't have a new case yet so she spent the day doing paper work with Castle watching her. Around noon Lanie called Castle and asked for him to meet her down at the morgue without Beckett knowing. Confused, but very interested, he complied and slipped out of the precinct without Beckett paying him much attention.

The minute he stepped through the double doors leading into the morgue, he was cornered by Lanie.

"I've only got a few minutes left of my break since you took your sweet time getting here so listen up. I've thought all night about what I could do and telling you is the only thing I can think of even though she is so going to kill me when she finds out. Kate is going to needs your help. She needs you to be there for her during all this." She would have said more but Castle was starting to freak out and interrupted her.

"Is something wrong with her? Why would she need help? Why hasn't she told me this herself?"

"There's nothing wrong exactly… She…She is so going to kill me but… She is pregnant and she won't tell Demming about it. We found out yesterday afternoon."

Emotions flashed across his face faster than she could read them. Lanie knew he had feelings for Beckett so it had to be hard on him to hear that she had gotten pregnant with someone else's child but she thought it would be for the best, even if Beckett decided to never speak to her again after all this.

"How… How did she find out?"

"She has been having morning sickness for a while now so she took a pregnancy test. How else would she have found out?"

He didn't answer her, only stared off in space for a few minutes. Lanie was just about to tell him that she had to go, that her break was over when he suddenly spoke up with an eager tone to his voice.

"I thought morning sickness doesn't start till at least a month in?"

Odd question to be asking here, Castle. "Um usually, but it can vary a lot. Some get it really early on and some don't get it till much later or not at all."

"But, its more likely for it to happen around four to six weeks along instead of two to three weeks along right?"

"Yes, but…" She didn't even get to finish her sentence as he gathered her up in a hug.

"Don't worry. I'm going to go talk to her. Thank you for telling me! I promise to try and keep her from hurting you!"

And then he was out the door, leaving a very, very confused Lanie behind.

Okay, what the hell just happened here?

Okay, the timeline for this story has got me so confused but it kinda of goes like this. Two weeks after the Dunn case, Demming shows up and stays for about two weeks then its two weeks after that is when the last part of this chapter takes place. So pretty much its six weeks after the Dunn case.

So in case you didn't get that... ITS NOT DEMMING'S... Just felt I should point that out...