Erika Callery-Aiken

Erika Callery-Aiken

**Erika Callery-Aiken (née Ikeda)** was the daughter of **Ayaka Burnett**. She lived in Brindleton Bay with her husband and her youngest daughter.

## Description

Erika had hazel-brown eyes. She had long red hair for the majority of her life, but after having 2 kids, she cut it into a bob. Erika was known to overdress for every occasion, especially for parties.

Ever since Erika was a child, she was always a friendly, sweet, caring person and always looked out for those around her. This was shown when she found Connor's step-cousin, Abel Villareal, in the forest after he ran away from home and brought him back. Erika had always been a very down-to-earth woman but had a brief moment as a teen when she seemed jealous that Connor was dating other girls and not her. Erika was the one who changed Connor for the better as after dating her, he knew she was his soulmate and he didn't want to "play the field" anymore. Erika was a caring and loving mother, wife and friend.

## Known CC

* Teen hair here
* Bob hair here
* Long straight hair here
* Elder hair here
* Eyelashes here
* V-neck minidress here
* Top here
* Jumper top here
* Suede pencil skirt here
* High-waisted skinny jeans here
* Ripped denim jeans here
* Black ripped jeans here

## Toddlerhood

Erika took her father's name, Ikeda, before her mother, Ayaka Burnett, divorced him. Ayaka then married Roger Burnett, who became Erika's stepfather.

Before Roger married Erika's mother, he was dating Fatima Mandir. However, Roger left her when she got pregnant with his child and married Ayaka. Fatima later gave birth to twin boys: Ezequiel Mandir and Javon Mandir. This makes Ezequiel and Javon Erika's stepbrothers.

## Childhood

Erika was first seen in Episode 43 of the Dreamhouse series, although she was not actually in the series until several years later. Erika met Connor Callery-Aiken at school and they quickly became best friends and partners in crime. Erika frequently came to hang out with Connor at his house. Connor even spent Christmas at Erika's house.

## Teenhood

Soon after Erika aged up into a teenager, Ayaka and Roger had a baby boy named Simon Burnett, Erika's new half-brother. While Simon was still a baby, Erika's new half-sister, Jane Burnett, was born.

Connor and Erika's friendship grew. There was romantic tension, even though Connor pursued other sims. Connor even got one of his girlfriends, an alien called Elisha Black, pregnant, and had twin daughters: Amelia Black and Blanca Black. In the meantime, Erika started to become good friends with Abel. Erika regularly texted Connor about all the new girlfriends he was getting each day and seemed upset about it. Abel also seemed to have a bit of a crush on Erika, even though he saw that Connor liked her, and Erika never showed any interest in Abel as she liked Connor instead. Connor and Erika went on their first date and had their first kiss, but because Connor still had other girlfriends Erika didn't feel comfortable being in a relationship with him. Therefore, they didn't start officially dating until they were both adults.

## Adulthood

Erika aged up into an adult with the big happy family aspiration. Connor broke up with all seven of his girlfriends to be with Erika, knowing she was the only one he wanted to be with. Erika began to date Connor and their relationship got serious. Connor invited Erika around again, giving her a chance to get to know his family better. Erika met Connor's parents, Salma Al Arabi and James Callery-Aiken, his sister, Charlotte-Rose Callery-Aiken, and his adopted sister, Macy Datta. It appeared that Erika was getting along well with Connor's family, especially Salma. Connor wanted to spend more time with Erika and properly introduced her to Amelia and Blanca.

    Deciding to move on with his life, Connor took Erika on vacation to Granite Falls, where he proposed. Erika married Connor sometime between Episode 26 of In the Suburbs and the final episode of Teen Runaway as revealed at their engagement party. Erika changed her last name from Ikeda to Callery-Aiken, to match Connor's. Connor then moved into Erika's house in Brindleton Bay. Clare used MCC to remove the fact that Connor and Erika had married and set them back to the engaged stage. However, to do this, Connor had to propose to Erika again. The two of them tried to elope a couple of times, especially during their dates.

    In Episode 29 of In the Suburbs when Connor and Erika eloped offscreen yet again, Clare decided to leave them as married. Erika's abdomen was big, revealing she was carrying Connor's child. Connor and Erika's child was born off-screen and was revealed to be a girl called Summer Callery-Aiken. Connor and Erika had a vow renewal at his parent's house where James and Salma had renewed their vows, the day before Salma died. Erika and Connor tried for another baby a couple of weeks before Christmas and were successful. However, Erika had trouble with the pregnancy as she was always having bladder failures and was hungry a lot. Their son Sebastian Callery-Aiken was born during a blizzard, two weeks before Christmas. Connor and Erika decided to try for their third baby on the day Sebastian aged up into a toddler, and were successful. Erika also decided to cut her hair into a bob as she was getting older. Erika gave birth to their third child, later revealed to be a girl called Sage Callery-Aiken. During Sage's toddler birthday, Erika and Connor both found out they were going to be grandparents of Blanca and her husband Dion Bjergsen's child, a boy named Raylan Black. Erika and the family also moved house during the summer of the following year.

    Erika gained fame as a Notable Newcomer after she performed during work. Since Sumner wanted to be a celebrity so badly, she took advantage of her mother's fame and spent time with her to try and gain fame herself. Erika didn't seem to care very much about being famous, but didn't dislike it either.

In episode 39 of Cats & Dogs, Connor and Erika promised to get Sage a cat if her grades improved. When this happened, Abel took Connor and Sage to his wife Holly Spicer's house, since Holly had a lot of cats. Connor bought a cat named Princess for Sage.

## A Little Bit Older, A Little Bit Wiser

Erika aged up into an elder with her husband Connor in Episode 41 of Cats and Dogs, during the summer. Erika's clothing style changed, and she also changed her hairstyle slightly to look a more her age. Erika died in Episode 42 of Cats and Dogs after seeing Macy, her husband Akira Mikitani, and their daughter Airi Mikitani the day before.

## Trivia

* Simon and Jane were babies when Erika was a teenager even though the sisters are the same age now.
	+ Simon and Jane are Erika's half-siblings.
* Erika's mother, Ayaka, divorced her father and married Roger, who became her stepfather.
	+ Before Roger married Erika's mother, he was dating Fatima Mandir. However, Roger left her when she got pregnant with his child and married Ayaka. Fatima later gave birth to twin boys: Ezequiel Mandir and Javon Mandir.
	+ This makes Ezequiel and Javon Erika's stepbrothers.
* Erika was a child in episode 43 of Dream House, walking by, but wasn't actually part of the series until years later, when she became part of In the Suburbs.
* Even though Erika aged up into a teen after Connor, she became a young adult before him.
* Clare has described Erika as a mini-Salma.
	+ Clare has also said that Cerika is a mini-Jalma.
* Erika was the only one of Connor's girlfriends that he took things really slow with and went on dates with.
* Clare planned for Erika to be with Connor since they were children. She also thought they would be together since they were teens, but they didn't actually start dating until they were both young adults.
* Erika is level 9 of the music career, despite not having any musical ability.
* Erika aged up to an adult before Connor, but Clare aged her down to a young adult again so Connor was a day older than Erika.
* Erika's last name changed to Callery-Aiken after she married Connor off-screen.
* She was revealed to be pregnant in Episode 23 of Broken Dream.
* In Episode 29 of In the Suburbs when Connor and Erika eloped offscreen yet again, Clare decided to leave them as married and thought they should renew their vows sometime in the future.
* In Episode 29 of In the Suburbs, Clare said that she thinks that Erika looks a bit like Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex.
* Erika is the only sim to have twin stepdaughters.
* Connor and Erika had a vow renewal at his parent's house where James and Salma renewed their vows, the day before Salma died.
* Erika was camping during Abel’s escape from his family. She helped him through it and took him back to the Villareal Mansion.
* Erika is Japanese.
* Clare described Erika as the curviest sim in the game, even beating Salma in that category.
* Erika's elder hairstyle is the same as Charlie-Rose's elder hairstyle.
* Erika died off-screen during Episode 60 of In the City, but Clare revived her after to give her a proper send-off.

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