Author's Notes: This story is starting to come to an end. I have a few more questions to answer and I still have to finish up and post the M-rated questions in a separate story. I am working on the ending of the story and I am rather pleased by it so far. If you have any questions still, feel free to send them over and I'll see if I can answer them also.

Disclaimers: No I don't own Castle. Sigh.

"What does it take to rebuild trust after it has been damaged?" Castle asked. "Can it be rebuilt?"

"I think it just takes a lot of time but it can probably be done," Ryan said.

"I agree with Kevin," Jenny said. "And it also takes faith. Faith that they won't do what ever it was again."

"See, I don't agree," Esposito said. "Not unless it can be proved that there was a good reason, like Ike. Even then though, I don't know if it will ever be the same between us."

"It may be able to be rebuilt, it just depends on the situation," Lanie commented.

"Some times trust can't be rebuilt, no matter what. I know, that I'll never trust Meredith again."

"And yet you still sleep with her," Ryan joked.

"That's been a while since that happened," Castle insisted. "I forgave her quite often for the little things. She was always a bit flighty and I accepted that. I mean, I grew up with that too. That last time we were together though, neither of us had been in a relationship for a while at that point and well, we've never had a problem in bed. It's just that she forgot that her marriage vows included staying out of any other beds and that, I can't forgive."

"Yeah some thing are unforgivable," Kate said. "Otherwise, I would say that it depends."

"On what?" Castle asked trying to hide his curiosity.

"Lots of things. For example, how important the person is who broke the trust in the first place."

"So it's easier for you to forgive someone that doesn't mean as much to you?" he asked, a bit hurt.

"Actually, no."

"No," he said surprised.

"It hurts worse when someone important breaks my trust but if they are that important to me then they probably deserve another chance."

"Do you have an example?" Jenny asked.

"Well," Kate sighed. "Do you know about my dad?"

"No. I'm sorry. You don't have to say anything else if you don't want to."

"It's okay, Jenny. It's not a secret, I just don't talk about it a lot. My dad is an alcoholic."

"Oh," she said clearly upset that she brought up a topic that was obviously a sensitive one.

"It's okay. He's been sober for 7 years now. He started drinking more and more after Mom died and I didn't realize how much until I graduated from college. Once I noticed, I tried to get him to quit and he did for a while. Then I went into the police academy and September 11th happened. We ended up fighting over his sobriety for about 3 years. Every time I trusted him to stay away from the bars, I would turn my back and he would be right back there. If he were just a friend, I would have given up on him but he's my dad, I love him. He deserves my trust."

Rick just sat there and watched her for a moment thinking that she had forgiven him at least two major blunders and how fortunate he was for that. She noticed his look and was unsure about it so she grabbed a book and quickly flipped to a page.

"Oh, this one should prove interesting," she said causing several raised eyebrows. "Who are on your Freebie Five list?"

"Oh no. Not that," Ryan complained.

"Not that I really have a list but if I did," Esposito began. "I would have to say Beyonce, Rihanna, Jessica Alba, and Zoe Saldana. She was great in the new Star Trek movie. But the number one on my list would have to be Halle Berry."

"You know I wanted her to play me in the Nikki Heat movie, right?" Lanie joked.

"Yes, I know," he looked at her with steamy eyes until someone cleared their throat.

"I would have to say Taye Diggs, Djimon Hounsou, LL Cool J, that guy from the Old Spice commercials, A-Rod, and Taylor Lautner."

"That's six, Lanie," mentioned Castle.

"I know, I can't narrow it down," she said with a smile.

"Isn't Taylor Lautner like 17?" asked Ryan.

"Nope," both Lanie and Jenny responded.

"He's 19," Jenny said.

"Oh, the things I could teach that boy," Lanie said wistfully. "How about you Ryan?"

"I don't have a list anymore," he said before he skipped over Jenny and looked at the last couple to answer the question.

"Prince William," Jenny said softly.

"What?" Kate asked.

"He reminds me of a guy from college."

"Wait, you still have a list?" Ryan asked incredulously.

"It's not like I'll actually ever meet them, Kevin."

"Them?" her fiancé squeaked.

"Yeah, there is also Patrick Dempsey from Gray's Anatomy, Taylor Lautner and Jackson Rathbone both from the Twilight movies. Oh, and Robert Pattenson," she said a bit shyly.

"Who is Robert Pattenson?" Kate asked.

"He's the lead in the Twilight movies," Jenny explained.

"Really?" Esposito questioned with a smile. "The skinny dude from the Twilight movies?"

"Not a word, bro, not a word."

"Uh huh," he said with an evil little smirk, Ryan knew that Esposito would not drop the subject that easily so he quickly brought the attention to Castle.

"So. Castle what celebrities would be on your list?"

"I don't have a list," he shook his head.

"Really? You are the only one of us who might actually meet some of them."

"That's the thing, I have met celebrities and I'll just say it just isn't always what it's cracked up to be.

"Seriously dude?" Esposito asked amazed. "You actually don't have a list?"

"Seriously. I don't have a list anymore."

"Anymore?" Kate commented.

"I haven't gotten around to making a new one since I checked off all the women on the first one," he said causing a stunned silence to fall. "Besides, sex with celebrities is overrated."

"Really?" Ryan asked disbelievingly.

"Yeah they are usually so wrapped up in themselves it's just not that good. Kate, who's on your list?

"David Boreanaz," she said and noticing the blank look from Ryan she qualified her answer. "He's the guy from Bones, Jason Bateman, Pierce Brosnan, and Mark Harmon."

"That's only 4," Castle mentioned.

"I was going to say you but since celebrities are too selfish, I guess I'll just take you off my list."

"What?"

"I'm just kidding, Castle. Hugh Jackman is number 5."

"Would you like to have a child much more intelligent and attractive than yourself?" Jenny asked.

"That wouldn't be too difficult for me," Ryan said.

"Hey, don't talk like that," Jenny insisted.

"I know I'm not the smartest guy out there or the best looking," Ryan said.

"I think you're pretty smart, you picked me didn't you?" Jenny joked.

"I guess you got me there," he smiled down at his blonde fiancée.

"It wouldn't bother me at all," Lanie said. Everyone else pretty much agreed.

"I certainly wouldn't want my child to be vain about their looks," Kate said. "Or a show off about their intelligence but I figure that if the kid is raised properly, they wouldn't be like that anyway."

"Well, I already do. We all know that I am ruggedly handsome," Castle said with his chest puffed out, one hand pointing to himself. Several sets of eyes rolled. He smiled showing that he was simply joking. "But you've all met Alexis. She beautiful, always has been since she was born."

"So she was one of those adorable newborns? Cause I've seem some cute ones and some well, not so cute ones when they are first born." Esposito asked.

"I thought so but ask anyone else and they'll tell you different. Okay, yes she was red and wrinkly but still she was beautiful and just got more so each day."

"Other than yourself, who do you think would be the first person that your partner would go to and share good news or bad news with?" Ryan asked.

"Javi would tell Ryan first. He might even tell him before he tells me," Lanie said with a soft smile.

"You know that's only because he is always around me though, right?"

"Of course. You're partners, it's not a problem."

"Lanie, you would go to Kate," he said confidently.

"Kevin would go to Javier, of course."

"And Jenny would go to her sister, Megan."

"Rick would tell Alexis first if it was good news, not sure who he would tell if it were bad news."

"I tell her bad news too," Castle said to Kate's disbelief. "Not much admittedly but I try not to shelter her from everything bad in the world, just most of it. Kate would go to Lanie first. But of course, if it were certain news, I think she'd go tell her dad first."

"Certain news?" Ryan asked.

"Yeah, if it had anything to do with the Yankees and meeting Joe Torre, she goes all fangirl then runs right off to call her dad," he grinned but shrank back expecting to be hit.

"What do you expect? It was Joe Freakin' Torre!"

"If tomorrow you found out that you and your partner had just conceived a child, how would you react?" Esposito asked once the laughter calmed down. "How do you think it might change your relationship?"

"It would surprise us but it would be fine," Jenny said confidently.

"I would be way overprotective this time though. I wouldn't let Jenny do anything she wasn't supposed to be doing"

"I don't know. That's not something we've really talked about," Lanie said not looking at Esposito.

"I didn't think you wanted to talk about it," Esposito said suddenly forgetting about their friends listening.

"Maybe we should talk about it, Javi," she said quietly as she turned to look at him.

"You aren't, are you?" he asked. Lanie was pleased to see that he just looked a bit nervous but not terrified.

"No, Javi, I'm not. We'll talk about it later though, okay?" He nodded.

"I would alert the media," Kate said letting Lanie and Esposito realize that they weren't in the room alone.

"What?"

"If I found out tomorrow we had conceived a child," she gestured to Rick, "There would have to be some sort of miracle involved."

Special thanks to Merry-merry- me for the freebie five idea. I had planned on doing that then totally forgot about it. Also special thanks to Teelduo for the help with Rick's list or lack there of.