Always.

Twenty-Two

"You are also soon to be the proud parents of a baby boy!"

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"What?" Castle and I seemed to say in unison.

"You are pregnant with twins!"

"Wow!" Castle said, ecstatically.

"This is amazing!" I said.

A little while later, we left.

"Wow, I just got really tired. That was weird."

"Well, were about to get in the car. You could sleep on the way home."

I yawned. "Yeah, I think a nap is inevitable."

Castle carried me out to the car again, and I guess that almost right after he put me in, I fell asleep. The next thing I remember is waking up in bed, at the loft.

"Hey, sleepyhead!" Castle was standing next to me as I woke up.

"Hey. What's that smell?" I asked, suddenly becoming aware of my surroundings.

"Dinner. I took the liberty of ordering take-out delivery."

"Awesome. Can I go take a shower first? I feel disgusting."

"Sure." He laughed. "Do you want any company?"

I smiled back. "I would love that, except for the fact that right now, I take up most of the space."

"Ok, I'll be waiting." He smiled, then left and gave me some privacy.

I took a long shower, mainly because I forgot about the food, and I was enjoying the warm rain too much. When I got out, I checked my phone, which had a message. I saw that it was from Ryan, so I listened to it.

"Hey, ah, Beckett, it's Ryan. We have an issue. Uhm, well, I just got word that Josh was released this morning. I don't know what happened there, he was supposed to be in for awhile. Anyway... uh, call me back ASAP."

I dropped my phone when the message was over. I think I screamed, and I'm pretty sure I blacked out for a second, because I was lying on the floor when Castle came running in.

"Kate? Kate! Oh my God, Kate what happened?" He helped me up and on the bed. I was wearing only my towel, which wasn't exactly strategically covering me.

"Ca, Castle..."

"Kate, what's wrong?"

"He's out. Josh is out."