Beta: digitaldesigner
Character(s): Alexis and Rick Castle
Rating: G
Summary: Alexis is a little scared and Castle has to calm her down.
Disclaimer: If it looks or sounds like something from Castle, I don't own it.
Spoilers: None.
A/N: Written for castle_fic's Changes Challenge.
A scream resounded throughout the Castle home. Rick Castle's heart pounded as he rushed in the direction of the noise.
"Alexis?" he called as he burst into his daughter's room. He spotted her immediately, standing over her bed, staring at something he couldn't see. She looked shaken, but unharmed. "God, sweetie, you almost gave me a heart attack. What's wrong?"
Alexis pointed at the bed, and Castle moved closer. What he saw almost caused his heart-rate to speed up again. He really thought he had a couple more years before this happened.
Gathering his 10-year-old daughter in his arms, he wished for the first time since before their divorce that Meredith was there. "Shh, it's okay."
"Dad, why am I bleeding?" she demanded in a near-hysterical voice.
Sitting her down on the bed, careful to avoid the bloodstain, he kneeled in front of her. "Remember when you asked me where babies come from?" he asked gently.
Alexis wrinkled her nose, not wanting to relive that particular conversation again. "Yeah." Her jaw suddenly dropped open. "I can't be pregnant! I didn't do any of that stuff you said!"
"No!" he hastened to reassure her, taking a deep breath, he tried not to pass out at his little girl even saying the word 'pregnant'. "No, you're not. But remember when we talked about how every month a woman's body gets rid of an egg if she's not having a baby?"
He saw his daughter search her memory, and the dawning realization. "Oh, my comma."
Castle tried really hard not to laugh. "Period, honey."
