"You are perfectly wonderful little one" Kate smiled as she leant down and pressed a kiss to her son's bare stomach before buttoning up the rest of his blue and white stripped baby grow and lifting him into her arms before sitting back down on the hospital bed and relaxing while she cuddled him close to her. "Has your daddy disappeared sweetheart?" she laughed as she continued to watch him, unable to stop herself from smiling as her baby looked up at her with his father's eyes. She knew Rick hadn't disappeared; instead he had gone to meet Jim who was supposed to be arriving downstairs in order to take them back to the apartment. They'd been given the all clear and Kate couldn't wait to get home and introduce Alexis to her baby brother. "I love you for having your daddy's beautiful eyes" she whispered as she leant down and pressed a kiss to his head before laying him in between her legs and giggling in amazement. Twenty years old and she was a mommy to two wonderful children! Hearing the door creak open, Kate turned to see the writer standing in the doorway with a proud smile covering his face while Jim Beckett stood nervously behind him. "Hey daddy" she smiled as he nodded and slowly entered the room.

"Hello Katie" he whispered, pressing a kiss into her hair before staring down at the baby who was lying in between his daughter's legs in silence. "He's wonderful Kate, he's absolutely beautiful" Jim smiled as Kate nodded and smiled down at her son before running her fingers across his stomach as Rick moved to sit on the end of the bed to watch the interaction between mother and son. "So what's my grandson called?" he asked.

"AJ" Rick and Kate both stated as confusion covered the older man's face while the younger adults laughed.

"Alexander James" Rick explained as Jim watched Kate lift the baby into her arms before lying back against the headboard for a moment. "But AJ is easier to say, especially seeing that Alex is too similar to Alexis" he admitted as Kate nodded in agreement and gently pressed a kiss to her son's forehead. "Are you ready to go Kate?" he asked as she nodded and stood up, holding her son against her as she relaxed and watched Rick smile at her gently. "I love this image" he admitted as she stared at him for a moment, her smile growing as she looked down at the small baby that she was holding in her arms. "I could get used to seeing you with a baby" he sighed.

"Well I do plan on having more in the future, but give me a while to get over this one and to spend time with my beautiful baby born and then we can think about Baby Castle number three" she admitted as she continued to cradle him to her chest. "Let's go home and introduce you to your wonderful sister, I'm sure she'll be excited about meeting you finally" she whispered to the small boy as she followed the writer and her father down the corridor.

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"Welcome home" Martha smiled as she pressed a kiss to Kate's cheek before looking down at the small baby in her arms. "Can I hold the little darling?" she asked quickly, her excitement obvious as Kate slowly moved AJ out of her arms and into Martha's; the older woman's smile growing as she stared down at her grandson in amazement. "Oh he's so beautiful and he's got Richard's eyes. Oh Kate he's absolutely wonderful" Martha smiled proudly as Kate nodded and wrapped her arms around herself before sighing, laughing the moment Alexis ran over and tightly wrapped her arms around the brunette.

"Hey baby" Kate smiled as she held her daughter close to her while Alexis shook her head. "Why are you shaking your head at me?" the brunette asked as the redhead looked up at her and smiled.

"I'm not a baby anymore mommy, I'm a big sister now" Alexis explained as Kate nodded and ran her fingers through the girl's hair slowly before sighing. "Can I hold him yet?" she asked as Kate laughed and nodded, her arms taking AJ back from Martha before she moved to sit on the couch. Following her silently, Alexis slowly sat down beside her mother before Kate gently moved her son into her daughter's arms.

"Support his head Lex" Kate whispered as she kept a hand under Alexander's head before smiling as Alexis watched her brother in amazement. "Lex, this is Alexander James" she explained as Alexis nodded slowly before Kate pressed a kiss into her hair. "We call him AJ for short though sweetheart" Kate added as Alexis giggled and leant down to gently press a kiss to her brother's forehead.

"Hello AJ, I'm your big sister Alexis and I'm never going to let anyone hurt you ever, I'm going to teach you so much" the redhead promised as Kate smiled at her daughter, knowing that Alexis was completely in love with the baby even if this was the first time that she'd met him properly. "I love you AJ" she whispered as Kate smiled and gently turned around to see Rick watching her beside Martha while proud smiles covered their faces. Hearing the baby start to scream, Kate quickly looked back down to see her son screaming while fear covered Alexis' face.

"I didn't do anything, I promise mommy, he just started screaming" Alexis said, her voice full of panic as Kate laughed and nodded, lifting her son slowly before standing and humming gently.

"I'm going to go and feed him, I think he's hungry" Kate whispered as Rick nodded and watched as she snuck off towards Alexander's nursery while Martha smiled across at her daughter in law. Turning to look at her son after Kate had disappeared from sight, Martha smiled as she gently pressed a kiss to his cheek before turning to look at her granddaughter who was staring at them from her seat on the couch.

"Sweetheart why don't we go and buy something for dinner for everyone?" Martha suggested as Rick smiled at her, knowing that his mother was trying to give him a moment alone with his wife and new born son. Nodding slowly, Alexis quickly stood up and grabbed her coat before hugging her father and taking hold of her grandmother's hand. "Chinese okay?" she asked as Rick nodded again before his mother held her hand out.

"What?" he asked.

"Credit card darling" Martha stated as the writer laughed and dug into his jeans pocket before passing the card to his mother and sighing as the older redhead began to lead her granddaughter out of the apartment. Closing the door behind them, Rick slowly began to approach his bedroom; smiling when he heard Kate's light singing voice from within the nursery as he walked through the bedroom and pushed the door open.

"I thought I heard someone singing" he smiled as he looked across to see his wife sat in the rocking chair they'd bought while their son rested against her breast. "Mother and Alexis have gone out to buy Chinese for dinner, they'll bring you back lots of food of course because of you being gone for so long and they probably didn't feed you enough" he explained as she nodded, not wanting to disturb their son as he continued to suckle.

"Hopefully they've found out some more out and we can end this" she explained as he nodded and pressed a kiss into her hair before looking down at his son. "He's a hungry little monkey, he must take after his daddy" she giggled as her fingers brushed across his head before she relaxed and shut her eyes for a brief moment. "Like father like son" she commented, laughing when AJ moved away from her. "Can you?" she asked quietly as he nodded and took him from her as she began to sort her clothes out. Burping their son slowly, Rick smiled as he found the brunette watching him, pride covering her face as she took in the sight of her husband with their tiny baby pressed against him. "I love you Rick" she whispered.

"I love you too mommy" he admitted as she kissed him gently and took hold of him, unable to stop herself from smiling as the writer walked towards the crib and rested their son in his bed before smiling across at her as she stood up and walked towards him, his arm wrapping around her as they both watched their son for a moment. "He's perfect isn't he?" he smiled as Kate stared up at him for a moment.

"He's better than I could have ever imagined and he's completely ours" Kate said happily before running her fingers across her son's cheek. "How much sleep do you think we'll get tonight?" she asked as he shrugged and pressed a kiss to her temple gently.

"I don't know sweetheart" he admitted before holding her close. "But I'll help you, I'll support you through his one hundred per cent Kate because we're in this together" he smiled as she relaxed back against him before sighing. "Thank you" he whispered into her hair as confusion covered her face.

"For what?" she questioned.

"For making my family bigger, for loving me and Alexis, for just being my extraordinary wife" he began as she turned in his arms and kissed him gently before smiling against his lips.

"Always Rick" she muttered before lacing her fingers with his, falling in love with him more than ever as they stood beside their sleeping son.

This was a pitifully short chapter and I also am sad to say but this is the last chapter of Coffee and the Unknown. However, I will be starting a new story about the whole family from probably the following day to this chapter but I thought this would be a nice place to end this particular area of their lives.

Thank you for being so wonderfully and giving me the fantastic reviews and comments along with all the favourites and alerts this has been given. You've made writing this story much more interesting and I can't wait to see what you think about this last chapter and also about the story continuing. Hopefully I'll see you with the next story!

Many thanks

Jessie