A/N: I love you all so much. Really, I do. I would have been happy to get 10 story alerts, but NO, I got 60! And your reviews really got me inspired, and I am so glad you guys like my idea. I'm filling up here. *tears*

Anyway, I just wanted to point out that Castle is using Sims 2, not Sims 3. Personally, I really don't like Sims 3, and the layout of Sims 2 is a hell of a lot more easy to explain. I just don't want to get angry comments from actual Sims players. XD Well, on with the chapter!

Disclaimer: Yeah, right.

Chapter 2

Castle seemed to be scrambling for an answer as their virtual counterparts ended their kiss. As soon as they parted, both 'Rick' and 'Kate' sighed and put their hands over their hearts. Oh, brother.

He ended up simply smiling and said, "Well, yeah. My character decided to marry yours, Kate. It happens sometimes." By his shifting eyes, I knew he knew what he was saying was bullshit.

"Oh, really? And how did this just… come to be?"

"I… uh… it's a long story."

I continued to glare at him, my cheeks still blazing with a god awful blush. This game made me feel violated. "I think I can keep up. Spill." I somehow managed to keep my voice even.

His cheeks began to flare crimson. "It happened on its own!"

Oh, wow. I spun the chair to face him directly. "Do you really expect me to believe that, Castle?"

His brow furrowed and he said, exasperated, "Yes! I left the game open for an hour and they had already met, fallen in love, and married each other! I did nothing to speed that along!" Micro expressions of guilt ran across his face as we both looked at the screen.

I laughed coldly. "You are SO lying!"

"I am not!"

I dropped the subject as the action continued. Both 'Rick' and 'Kate' were entering the house now. 'Rick' went back to the table, grabbed the virtual book and went back to reading. 'Kate' went over to the guitar and starting playing it, music notes springing from her fingers on the guitar. A blue bar had appeared above her head.

"Well, why aren't they divorced yet?" I challenged, with a smirk.

A smug smile ran from ear to ear on the writer's face. "Well, I guess, she just finds him irresistible." He gestured back at the screen. "Isn't he so ruggedly handsome?"

I scoffed while attempting and failing to hide the new shades of red betraying me.

Well, of course you are… Wait a minute. Stop thinking like that immediately. Now is not the time for that.

I made a show of looking at the fake Castle. "Oh, sure. What a sexy fake man." I deadpanned.

He frowned at my dry humor. "Haha, you are so funny." He chuckled darkly.

Suddenly, a rapid change of events was unfolding on the screen. The camera zeroed in on Kate's character and she had stopped playing the guitar. An icon of a toilet appeared in the upper left hand corner.

I cocked my eyebrow at Castle again. "What does that mean?"

He shrugged his shoulders. "Beats me."

Suddenly 'Kate Castle' ran into the bathroom. She stood still in front of the toilet, and then kneeled down and puked green vomit into it. My eyes widened in horror.

"That was attractive." I responded, snickering. Bleh. "Now what does THAT mean?"

Castle at first didn't answer, but stared back at the screen. "You may have the stomach flu. Alexis got it once after eating rotten food."

I gasped in mock horror. "You let Alexis eat rotten food?"

"I had left it on fast-forward for too long, and I didn't see the green smoke over the plate of spaghetti." He grasped his chest. "I know. I am a terrible parent. She actually had to miss two days of pretend school in a row."

"The world may just end." I continued.

We both chuckled and continued to watch.

Wait a minute. What happened to my disagreeing and hating this prospect? Castle had made a fictional version of me that was married to his, and I was okay with this, and actually interested in watching it?

What the hell was wrong with me?

In response to my inner pondering, I continued the conversation that was interrupted earlier. "So how did it only take an hour for them to go from complete strangers to living together and married?"

Castle groaned, and kneeled down to get closer to the screen. His closer proximity set my stomach uneasy, but he didn't need to know that. "See the day timer down at the bottom?"

In the menu that stretched along the bottom, there was a timer that resembled a day counter. "Yeah, I see it."

"Well, every second in real time is approximately a minute in Sim time. So when I spent an hour away, it was about 60 hours of time that lapsed. Actually, I did have it on two times fast-forward, so it was more like 120 hours."

I did the calculations in my head. "Still, Castle, that's only 5 days."

He shrugged. "The heart wants what the heart wants." I bit my lip and looked away in response. "Besides, Beckett, Sim years are different too. My character only has 26 more days of being an adult."

I furrowed my brow in frustration. To prove his point, he had pointed the mouse at the life stages at the bottom. Sure enough, when he dragged the mouse over the bar, it read '26 Days until Elder'.

"That's just weird."

He chuckled. "That's just how it works, Kate." He looked dramatically into the distance. "Sims just tries to make you understand how life is so short, and you have to make the best of it."

I rolled my eyes. "I think it's just saying you're old, Rick."

Rick? Now it was Rick? I need to calm down.

"Meanie." He mumbled. I snickered and continued to watch the fictional version of me. At least, I hoped was fictional.

'Kate' was now clutching her stomach and swaying from side to side. She was still in the stylish bathroom, and she looked awful.

Castle stared intently at the screen. "That's really odd."

"What?" I looked closer. Was there a glitch or something that was causing it?

"There is no information bubble. When Alexis got sick, there was a bubble saying she needed rest and so on. Why has it not come up yet?" He seemed very confused as he looked over at me.

"I don't know, Castle." I swiveled in the chair a little. "This is the first time I've even seen this game. Maybe it's your laptop having issues with the graphics."

He petted the keyboard lovingly and I smirked. "Don't insult my computer. It runs perfectly fine."

We both looked at 'Kate Castle' in curiosity. What else could make her respond that way?

Suddenly the camera focused in on her again, but she was facing the other way. She waved her hand and spouted some gibberish. She turned around real quickly and different clothes appeared on her body. They looked like ugly, but comfortable clothes.

"What is happen-" The action continued before I could finish.

A bouncing sound sent the fictional version of me back a step. Suddenly she was clutching her stomach in a different way, and not swaying side to side in pain.

"Castle, what happened?"

Before he could respond, I moved the mouse to look at 'Kate' from a profile view.

There was something wrong with her stomach alright. The 'Kate' in the game was now caressing an extended abdomen.

"Oh shit." I heard next to me. He looked nearly as surprised and embarrassed as I was, with his hand covering his mouth in disbelief.

"Richard Castle, does that mean what I think it means?"

TBC

HAHA! I know, another cliffhanger. But seriously, I updated pretty early for someone like me. I deserve to torture you. XD (Maybe not but that's my story and I'm sticking to it.)

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