Castle blinked, realizing he was in, of all places, a bar. It looked a little like The Old Haunt, if the Old Haunt had been more focused on 20-somethings coming in to buy booze and hook up with chicks. He glanced down and noticed, thankfully, that he was in normal clothes, though he was a bit saddened to see that they were a bit scuzzier than what he was use to.

It was an odd mix, to say the least, of people sitting with him. Esposito was cuddling with Alexis, Ryan was hitting on a waitress (and wearing a suit more expensive than he'd owned in the original world) and Lanie was muttering something about Canada.

"Kids, back in 2012 I was dealing with some major love life issues..."

"I hear voices..." Castle mumbled, looking up at the sky.

"Great, Rick's gone insane," Esposito said.

HAHAHAHAHA!

"And laughter! I hear laughter and voices!"

HAHAHAHAHA!

"Rick..." Ryan said, wrapping an arm around him, "I think I know what you are trying to do."

"And that is?" Castle asked.

"You are trying to get the attention of that lovely lady over by the bar using the old "Act Like I'm Crazy So She Will Become Interested Because Women Love Crazy Men" act. And let me tell you...it works."

HAHAHAHAHA!

"How the hell is laughing?"

"Rick, you need to calm down," Alexis said sweetly, sipping her drink. "You remember what happened the last time you thought you 'heard things'?

_FLASHBACK!_

Castle looked around, suddenly finding himself in his apartment with a drill and an old-timey saw, going at the walls while Alexis and Esposito just shook there heads. "What...how did I...oh God, am I having a stroke?"

HAHAHAHAHA!

_END OF FLASHBACK!_

Castle gripped the table, sweat pouring down his brow as he found himself back at the bar. "Oh God, how does Peter Griffin survive those cutaways?"

HAHAHAHA!

"STOP LAUGHING AT ME!"

The rest of his friends just stared at Castle, concerned that he was, apparently, going nuts.

"You see kids, the problem was that-"

"Why is the dad from Full House talking about me?" Castle screamed in a panic.

"Rick..." Lanie said, frightened (in a very Canadian way...which is similar to an American way, only with more hockey and maple syrup).

Castle looked around wildly, before he broke out into a smile, spotting Beckett wandering around the bar, confused. "Beckett!"

"Rick?"

"Beckett!"

"And that is when I ran into the traveling cirucs..."

Castle began to punch his way through the clowns. "Beckett!"

"and then my Aunt Rose, played by Betty White-"

Beckett struggled to get to Castle, just always seeming to be out of his grasp. "Castle this isn't working! NEXT!"

"Ok, I knew that was a bad idea before we even arrived there... trust a TV show that can't even tell one simple story in a SEASON!" Castle shook his head in disgust.

"Castle, we need to be very, very careful about what we say...what if you had blurted out something about Twilight and..." Beckett blinked. "Oh sh-"

Next time: Twilight: Breaking Caskett