Claire Kim; Lifes little twist

houshold; Claire Kim = Adult

Barely a season out of college, Claire found herself with child.  She’d spent most her money on her house that was just barely big enough for her.  She threw herself into her work.  Working as hard as she could to get promotions.  With what money she made she built a second floor to her tiny downtown home.  She put 2 bedrooms and bathrooms.  She removed the downstairs bedroom and bathroom.  Keeping the small front room on the downstairs intake as an office.  She got her baby furniture from storage and put it in the smaller bedroom upstairs.

She spent the majority of her maternity leave sleeping.  She’d gone out a few times.  She’d gone shopping, running into Mel Fancey and his sisters Lizzy and Stacie.  She visited her half brother Danny Lotherio where she got to meet her youngest half sister Neila.  She attended her nephew Rob’s childhood birthday party.  When her half sister Donelle invited her to her graduation party, she couldn’t say no.  She’d had more fun at Donelle’s party the Sam’s.

Sam’s graduation party seemed to cause her more problems.  Dean Caliente had grabbed her and kissed her in front of Mel.  Now Mel was very angry at her.  He knew she was a romance sim and that she was not always faithful to him, but she had always been careful not to let him see her with someone else.

Claire hadn’t spent much time with Mel since becoming pregnant by his youngest brother.  They’d talked a few times, but she knew he was hurting.  She knew it was only a matter of time before Mel would call off their engagement.  She should have never accepted his proposal but she had gotten caught in the moment.  They’d had a wonderful dream date at Sim State’s tower.  He proposed to her at the tower, it had been so romantic; she couldn’t help herself and said yes.  Now she felt like a social out cast while Mel was quickly becoming the most eligible bachelor in Pleasantview. 

When the day came for Claire to give birth she was nervous about being alone.  There was only one person she could think of that she wanted there for the big moment.   Clyde, her twin brother, came right over when she called him.  He was there cheering her on when she gave birth to a baby girl.

“What’s her name?”  Clyde asked gazing at his new little niece.

“Samantha,” Claire whispered cuddling her new born.

“I like it,” Clyde said, “If you need me again give me a call.  I need to get home to Brie and Rob.”

“Thank you for being here,” Claire smiled as she took in the perfection of her baby.

Claire managed to get some sleep the first night.  In the morning she called Sam.

“We have a daughter,” she said over the phone, “would you like to come see our little Samantha?”

“I have a friend over can I bring them with?” Sam asked.

Claire sighed, “I guess”

Claire knew Sam was also a romance sim, and she hoped he wouldn’t bring another girl to see their baby.

When Sam arrived he had Jimmy Phoenix with him.  Claire relaxed.  She didn’t worry when Jimmy held the baby since he was already a father of two girls.  Sam told her to rest and he took the baby from Jimmy and fed her a bottle.

Claire was glad to see that Sam was going to be an involved father.  Claire had barely known her own father, Don Lotherio.  Robert Kim had been a good father to her and her brother.  But Claire had wanted to know Don.  She had tried keeping in touch with him when she was growing up but they’d never had much friendship.

After Sam and Jimmy had left, Claire put Samantha in the crib.  She took a bath then climbed into her own bed for a nap.  She needed fun but rest was more important.  With a sigh she drifted off to sleep.

the kids at sim state

138 Almond Rd. = Neila Lotherio

Neila settled into her little rental house quickly.  It had some basic furniture and with what she brought from home it suited all her basic needs.  Since her rent costed her most of her scholarship money, she got a few money trees to supplement her income.  It only took a few days til she could get some cool new cloths.  House cleaning was a breeze, all she had to do was influence the annoying Lama mascot to do it for her, every

other day.

When she wasn’t studying, she was entertaining guest.  She had a get together of all the sims she knew on campus already, and had them bring anyone else they lived with.  She had all her teen friends over a few times to meet the other college kids.  She even made time to have her Aunt Dina over for lunch.  She was working hard on getting her reputation up.  As a popularity sim she wanted to be big on campus.

*****

Sim State Dormitory =  Brandon Roseland & Bobbie Happiness

Brandon was ready to go.  He had one class left before his final exam.  Even though Bobbie considered them friends, Brandon was still a little upset over Bobbie dating Lizzy.

Brandon graduated with a 4.0 and through a great party.  Bobbie had invited a few people as well.  One of which was his little sister, Love.  Brandon struck up a conversation with the pretty blue eyed teen over some caffatera food.  He found her very intresting and couldn’t help but hope they have strong chemistry when she grew up.  Brandon seldom had any chemistry with other sims and none ever went past one.  Now that he was sure Lizzy was no longer interested in him, he was hoping to find someone.  He wasn’t even apposed to marring a townie.  His mother had been a townie.

Bobbie hated seeing Brandon go.  He had come to enjoy talking with the older boy.  He felt bad about stealing Lizzy Fancey from him.  Bobbie wasn’t sure if he wanted to pursue a relationship with her right away.  Only in his sophomore season in college, it was still a little soon to pick who he would eventully settle down with.  Bobbie’s lifetime aspiration is to graduate 3 kids from college.  He was a family sim, but he had a secoundary romance aspiration.  So he wanted to play the field before settling down and having those 3 kids.

He asked Sindee Crazy out on a date.  He’d known her from his teen years, but never thought of her much before.  The date went better then he’d imagined.  They seemed to have a lot in common.   It was a dream date that ended with woo-hoo in one of the two roof top hot tubs.  She surprised him the next day with a DJ booth.  He put it in storage since his dorm room wasn’t big enough for it.

*****

Pinenut Plaza = Kitten Lames & Sindee Crazy

Kitten was thrilled to have her Aunt in the same dorm as her.  She invited everyone over to meet her, including her cousin Dianna Phoenex.  Kitten wished Dianna had been in the same dorm too, but she planned to have the girl over often enough that it would feel like she lived there.

“we need some cool college threads.” Kitten said as she woke Sindee in the middle of the night to drag her cloths shopping.  The two got just enough cloths to get them through the fall and winter. “we can come back for our spring out fits when we get some more cash.” Kitten reasoned, more to herself then her Aunt.

Despite Sindee already falling head over heels for Bobbie Happiness, Kitten wanted to introduce her to other elegble sims.  “You never know who could be your 3 chem. Match.”  Kitten winked as she made phone call after phone call.

Sindee was a knowledge sim, where as Kitten was a pleasure sim.  It annoyed her that Kitten didn’t focus more on her studies.  But when they finished their first freshmen semester, Kitten seemed to have done OK getting a 3.8.  Sindee however got a perfect 4.0.

Sidnee appreciated her niece trying to play match maker, yet Sidnee was sure she wanted to get engaged to Bobbie Happiness. 

*****

Landgrabb House = Dianna Pheonex

Dianna had wanted to be in the same dorm as her cousin Kitten Lames, her mother however had a different dream for her daughter.  As a rising star in the culinary world Angela Pheonex often cooked for the college dean at the restaurant and was able to get her daughter not only in the same dorm as she had been in, but the same room.

Dianna was lonely surrounded by so many townie students.  She invited friends over as often as her studies permitted. 

As soon as she got her hands on some extra money she went cloths shopping.  She was so excited to ditch the pink jogging suite her mother had sent her to college with.  Along with her new cloths she changed her hair style, dyeing her hair blonde and flat ironing out the waves.

Happy with her new look she invited Dean Caliente over for a visit.

“I had that room right next to yours” He said. 

“that was my Aunt Lilith’s room,” Dianna giggled.

“Bell Goth had your mom’s room and on the other side of me was Brie Goth,” He pointed to the room next to the bathroom, “Baue Broke was there.”

Dianna followed him around the dorm like a love struck puppy.  She’d met Dean when she was a teen and they had become best friends quickly.  Now as a young adult she realized just how much she liked him.

“I’m glad they got the phone working again.” He said when they entered the cafeteria, “we had a lot of fun here.  Renting the big house was a blast, but this place was full of a lot of laughs.”

Dianna smiled.  It was late and no one was around.  Sure the cafeteria wasn’t the most romantic spot but she didn’t care.  Dean was still in his police uniform with his long blonde hair pulled back.  She couldn’t resist him.  She leaned into Dean for her first kiss.  It was magical.

Large House = Donelle Lothario & Sam Fancey

Donelle couldn’t wait to graduate.  She didn’t want to spend another minute under the same roof as Sam.  The House had been a lot more fun when it was crowded.  There’d been 8 of them living there at one point, With lots of graduations and other parties.  Almost everyday the house was full with other sims partying down.  Donelle had gotten so caught up in it all that he’d missed her first sophomore final and she found herself on academic probation. Slowly everyone else graduated leaving her in the 5 bedroom 3 bath house alone with Sam.  She kept mostly to her room upstairs studing or she tended her garden.  She wanted to plant more seeds but she would be leaving soon so there was no point. 

Sam stayed out of her way, he mostly puttered around the house cleaning.  He was always cleaning.  He would even make her bed when she wasn’t in the house.  They both stopped serving meals and started polishing off the leftovers.  She hadn’t stocked the fridge for a while, Keeping most of her harvest for herself.  Though she felt a little guilty when she saw Sam fix a broken sprinkler for her and he even pulled some weeds.

There was almost no getting completely away from him.  He had the same major as her and was in all her classes.  They just had finals a day apart.

She was over joyed when she finished her last final.  She managed to save her GPA enough to graduate with a 3.6.  not as bad as she had feared.  She quickly paked up all her stuff before throwing her graduation party.  She kept the guest list simple.  Mostly family with a few friends.  Not caring what Sam or her mother thought, she invited the twins, Clyde and Claire. 

Nina spent the entire time sitting at the kitchen table.  Claire, huge with baby waddled around the house talking to old friends and siblings.

“who’s the pregnant girl?”  Nina inquired when Donelle sat down to eat.

“that’s my sister, Claire,” Donelle replied.

“Did her husband come, too?” Nina asked half interested.

“She’s not married,” Donelle answered through a mouth full of food.

“And she’s having a baby?” Nina asked disapprovingly.

“Yes mother, she is having Sam’s baby.”  Donelle rose from her seat and walked away.  She was starting to wonder if she really wanted to move back in with her mother.

The house seemed even bigger to Sam after Donelle left.  He stayed downstairs as there was nothing in need of cleaning upstairs anymore.  He looked in on the garden.  There were a few weeds and some plants where ready to be harvested. 

One last class before final.  He’d gotten use to going with Donelle and it seemed weird her not attending class with him.  After class he finished his term paper and took a nap.  His final was scedualed for 3 am.

Sam graduated with a 4.0.  His party was nothing like the quite gathering as Donelle’s. too many sims were kissing other sims that they shouldn’t have been and a lot of slapping started happening.  Seemed Claire got it the worse.  Sam’s brother Mel had a few choice words to say to his fieancee. Sam stayed out of it.  The party guests were making such a mess leaving buffet plates, chip bags and juice cans every where.  He was having a tough time keeping up with it all.  The downstairs toilet needed to be cleaned twice.  He checked the upstairs bathrooms and discovered someone had taken a bath leaving the tub slightly dirty.

As the party drew to an end Sam gathered up the rest of his things, as well as a few things he wanted from the house.  Including the Piano.  With little fanfare he jumped in the cab and headed downtown.

my legacy sim

just wanted my readers to know that I started a legacy challange.  Her name is Adena Ember.  she might pop up in a few stories but her story won't be here.  her's will appear in the forums along with screen shots.  so you might be able to catch a glimps of your faves.

to read her story, you can find it here;

http://forums.thesimsresource.com/showthread.php?t=385754

Nina (Caliente) Lotherio : Alone at last

household:  Nina (Caliente) Lotherio = adult

Neila Lotherio = teen

Fuzzy Lump = worm rat

“Neila, please take what ever you want from the house,” Nina said to her youngest child, “now that your father is gone, I want to redecorate the house, to my taste.”

“Sure mom, but I don’t think I need much.  And I don’t want to take much, you might need the money,” Neila replied.

“I’ve got enough saved, I’ll be fine, just me and Fuzzy Lump.” Nina laughed.

Neila spent the weekend packing up all the things she need for college.  She was planning on renting a small house on her own rather then moving to a dorm or moving into the house her sister was at. 

Nina could hardly wait for the teen to leave for Sim State.   It had been to long since she was on her own.  She’d been living with her sister Dina before she married Don.  It seemed so long ago.  After their little flings with the Kim family, they moved to the other side of Pleasantview.  They’d bought a Tidy Tudor on the last street over looking the river.  Their closes neighbor had been Kitty Crazy up till recently when she moved.  Now Nina was far from everyone else and her youngest of three kids was getting ready to move out. 

Sunday morning she brought in the newspaper to read the sports section, when the headline on the front page caught her attention: Cassandra Goth, The Princess of Pleasantview, She will be missed by many.

Nina started to skim the article.  Cassandra died at a birthday party for her brother’s twins.  Survived by 3 kids, 4 grandchildren, 2 siblings, 1 niece, 2 nephews and all her step brother’s families.  Nina laughed to her self to read about Cassandra’s daughter Sunday being married to her mother’s youngest stepbrother Gilly Broke.  She shook her head when she saw the parts of Cassandra’s life involving Don and the scandals within the Goth family involving the Caliente sisters.  She giggled over the scandal of the older daughter Bell marring one of her college professors.  When she got to the parts about Cassandra’s half sister, Brie being married to an outstanding police officer named Clyde Kim, she abruptly stopped reading.  She didn’t want to know anything about Clyde or his twin sister Claire. 

Nina was nothing like Mary Sue Pleasant had been.  Mary Sue had actually helped her husband’s mistress raise his child.  She had seen Mary Sue at Kitty’s house more then Daniel after the baby had been born.  Nina had asked her about it once and all Mary Sue said was, “it’s not the boy’s fault for what happened, and my daughter’s have a right to get to know their brother.”

Nina didn’t agree with that attitude, not completely, anyway.  Sure it wasn’t the twins’ fault that Don was a spiteful man and there were plenty of chances for the twins to get to know Nina’s kids, so long as Nina herself didn’t have to see them.  She didn’t object to Neila meeting them at her brother, Danny’s house.  She just didn’t want to know what they were like.

By Sunday evening Neila was about ready to leave for college.  She invited some friends over and told them to bring friends or family if they wanted.  Donella brought her house mate Sam Fancey who instantly became enchanted with Nina.

“Who is he to you?”  Nina asked her older daughter.

“Ugh, a lower life form,” Donella hissed, “after what he did to my sister, I can hardly wait to get out of that house.’

“What did he do to Neila?”  Nina asked concerned, ready to throw the charming young man out.

“Not Neila, my other sister, you know, Claire Kim..”Donella mocked.

“Oh, I’m sure whatever it is isn’t as bad as she probably makes it sound.”  Nina said waving it off.

“How can you say that? You don’t even know her.” Donelle protested to her mother’s back.

Nina found her self enjoying Sam’s company.  He stayed long after everyone else had left and Neila was  long gone to Sim State.

Nina wasted no time changing around the house.  She tossed some of Don’s old furniture into what had been the master bedroom.  She bought a heart shaped bed and created a smaller, but more romantic master bedroom out of Niela’s old bedroom.  She moved the weight bench out of the room where Fuzzy Lump’s cage was and turned it into a sewing room.  She sold Don’s kitchen table and replaced it with a smaller one.  She moved the bar and rearranged the living room.  She ever created a little reading nook behind the big screen TV.  She expanded the downstairs some by simply doing away with the landing.  She closed off the arch by hanging the front door there, and tore down the walls around it.  She repainted and changed the flooring.  The house finally felt like a home to her. 

Since Don’s death she noticed she had few friends.  She had spent most of her time working.  She had risen to the top of the military career while raising the kids.  Don had reached his goal to become a professional party guest.  Something Nina had wanted too.  Since Nina still had at least two seasons left till she became an elder, she switched jobs.  It was a huge cut in pay but Nina only had herself and a worm rat to support.

She spent a lot of time on the phone getting to know old and new friends.  She went on outings and she spent a lot of time with Sam.  Nina knew the two words to get Sam to come over; free food.

So Nina spent her fall keeping Sam well fed and Sam kept Nina feeling young and content.  All the times Nina had knocked back the Elixir of Life before it was regulated had paid off.  She was free.  No more working hard.  No more taking care of kids while Don goofed off.  No more ugly house because Don didn’t want to change it.  Nina was going to make the most of her new found life.  She even called her sister for the first time in years.

Megan (Pleasant) & Dirk Dreamer; not the fairly tale life after all

household:  Tara (Kat) Dreamer = elder

Dirk Dreamer = Adult

Megan (Pleasant) Dreamer = Adult

Turk Dreamer = Toddler/child

JD Dreamer = Toddler/ child

Tiger = male elder cat

Bailey = male adult cat

Benny = male puppy

Put Turk in high chair..feed Turk..get JD..put JD in high chair..feed JD..potty train Turk..potty train JD..put Turk in crib..bath JD..put JD in crib…sleep….get up..get Turk..bath Turk…clean pet dishes..feed pets…put Turk in high chair..

Megan’s days blended together.  The two toddlers consumed her days.  Dirk and Tara helped, when they weren’t working or painting or engaged in other hobbies.  They had both painted portraits of her pregnant.  They had done paintings of the boys as infants and were working on toddler paintings. 

Megan couldn’t remember the last time she got to turn on the radio and dance.   She was lucky to find the energy to climb into the shower or even get some leftovers from the fridge.  She wanted to call Mel and invite him over.

‘I’m just like dad’, Megan berated herself.  ‘a cheater’

Megan cuddled Turk, kissing him gently before lowering him into his crib.  She heard the front door open.  Foot steps on the stairs.  As she walked out of Turks room, she saw Mel at the warm up bar.  She let her eyes run over his body.  He was so muscular.  His long black hair moving with his movements. 

‘Just like dad’  she thought and head for the stairs. 

She fought against the urge to sleep as she waited for JD to finish on the potty.  When he was done, she scooped him up and carried him to his room.  She sighed as she passed Mel in the hallway.  She tickled JD and kissed him gentle.

‘I’m a family sim.’ She thought as she carefully placed the toddler in his crib, ‘I can’t be anything like dad.’

The unmistakable sound of a helicopter landing roared through the house.  Dirk was home.  Tara wouldn’t be much longer.  Megan headed out of JD’s room.  She paused briefly to take a long loving look at Mel.  She fought back all her urges and went to her room.  She flopped down on the bed.  She didn’t care if Mel and Dirk talked.  She didn’t care if Mel told Dirk about the night he spent with Megan.  All Megan cared about at the moment was sleep. 

When Megan woke up, Mel was gone.  She found Dirk in the hallway working on his painting of JD.  Tiger and Bailey were playing at the top of the stairs.  JD was playing with the doll house.  Megan was so hungry but she couldn’t get past the cats to get downstairs.  Tiger stopped playing and looked at Megan then he was gone, leaving with the grim reaper. Only a little white urn left where the cat had been playing.  Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the urn.  Megan picked it up and took it downstairs.  Tara was in the kitchen crying, Turk at her feet looking confused. 

Tiger had been Tara’s cat.  She had adopted him as a kitten before Darren had passed away.  Megan handed her the urn so she could put Tiger out back to rest with Tara’s other cats.  Megan got something to eat then bathed Turk. 

“Now that Cassandra has passed away do you plan to move in with Gina,”  Megan asked Tara after the twins were put to bed.

“Did you want me to leave Dear?” Tara asked from across the chess table.

“Oh no, not at all,  I just thought that with Gina also having twins and Alexander working so much that you might have wanted to be with her,”  Megan moved one of her pawns forward, “plus, Turk and JD will become children tomorrow, so they won’t require as much care.”

“I hadn’t really planned on it.  I guess if Gina feels she needs me then I will go,” Tara said with a smile, “you should go get some sleep dear, those boys will be up soon.”

Megan nodded, she had wanted to pass out when the boys went to sleep but she had wanted to talk to Tara too.  Megan wasn’t sure if she really did want Tara to move out or not.  Megan slipped into her PJs then crawled into bed next to a snoring Dirk. 

Megan wasn’t sure how she felt about anything.  She loved Dirk, but felt like he was ignoring her.  Tara was always taking charge of everything when she was around.  The boys were still so little but Megan wanted another child.  Then there was Mel Fancey, how did he fit into her life.  She didn’t want to think about her sisters Angela or Lilith.  Especially Lilith; not after stealing Dirk away from her and then cheating on him.

The boys woke in the middle of the night.  Dirk got up, feeling well rested and attended to Turk.  Megan dragged herself from the bed to tend to JD. 

‘Last night of this’ Megan thought, ‘I need to do something special for them’.   She picked up the phone and called the pet adoption service. 

“they don’t need a puppy.” Dirk yelled when Megan walked in with the little dog, “and who’s going to take car of it?  Bailey is suppose to be your cat and Tara takes care of him more then you do.  Are you even going to find Bailey a job yet?”

“Are you ever going to finish that junk car?” Megan snapped back, then snuggled the puppy, “his name is Benny.”

She put the puppy down and headed upstairs to bed.  She could hear Dirk cursing in the kitchen as she headed into her room.

The day of the boys’ birthday was a long day with them and with Benny.  She did manage to get on the computer to find Bailey a job.  He was able to start right away. 

Megan called some guest and prepped for the boys’ party.  She was exhausted.  She tried to get some coffee in her but it wasn’t enough help.  The party guests were a sea of faces.  Gilly Broke, Alexander Goth, Danny Lotherio and Dan Crazy.  Her half-brother, Dan had come despite her barely giving him the time of day.  He had come to celebrated his nephews.  Angela had also come, but not Lilith. 

Megan helped Turk grow up while Dirk helped JD.  The boys grew up well.  Megan smiled, then headed to bed.  She was awaked to the sound of construction.  Dirk had built a detached garage for his broken down car. 

“I put work benches in there for the boys” he exclaimed, self satisfaction in his voice.

“they’re not old enough to use those, you know.” Megan chided.  Walking away from the window.  She took a quick shower.  It felt so good to relax under the hot water and not listen for the cry of a baby.  She still wanted another one.  A little girl would be nice.  Not twins.  She defiantly didn’t want another set of twins.

Dirk called her to their bedroom.  She found him relaxing on the bed.

“I’ve missed you,” he whispered patting the bed beside him. 

She climbed on next to him.  He kissed her.  She had missed him too.   It had been so long since the last time they had woo-hooed. 

She fell into a deep restful sleep in has arms.

In the morning Megan had to return to work.  she found her way to the kitchen.  Tara had cooked Breakfast.

“I decided to retire,” Tara announced. “I can be here when the boys get home from school.  This way you won’t need a nanny.”

Megan nodded,  she got two bites of her omelet before the car pool arrived.  Megan shuffled out the door.  Tara was obviously not planning to leave.   

Amin (Sims) & Heart Happiness; life with Dustin

household;

Dustin Broke = elder

Heart Happiness = adult

Amin (Sims) Happiness = adult

Love Happiness = child/ teen

The news of Cassandra Goth’s passing spread quickly through the neighborhood.  Heart hadn’t known Cassandra well, but she knew her step-father Dustin Broke was very fond of the pretty pinked hair woman.  It didn’t bother Heart that her step-father had begun warming the bed of his step-sister, Cassandra.  She knew he was also warming the bed of Dina Caliente.  Heart was for anything that kept the bitter old man happy and out of her hair.

As a teen, Dustin was the first sim Heart met when she moved to Pleasantview with her mom, Hope.  Dustin had came home with Heart after school, but any attempt at friendship turn sour fast and the two had a fight in her living room.

Like so many others, Heart went off to college.  Dustin, having been left behind by all his friends moved out of the Goth house and next door to Hope.  They’re shared love of cats drew Hope and Dustin close.  Soon Hope and Dustin married.  Heart had been happy for her mom.  She had worried about her mother being alone with only her cat, Honey, to keep her company.  At the wedding, Heart and Dustin had gotten along great for the first time. 

Despite Dustin’s cat Bonkers and Hope’s cat, Honey, discord, it was no reflection of the their owners marriage.  Dustin and Hope had a happy life.  They weren’t a lovey dovey couple, but they were very much in love.  They had only had one child together, Brian, despite having tried many times for more. 

Heart had visited often, attending all her brother’s birthdays, having lunch with her mom and she had even been there when Dustin became an elder.

After college Heart bought the house next door, where she had once lived with her mom.  Being a popularity sim Heart often had a house full of other sims.  She’d dated Justin Kim a few times at college and now on her own things got serious.  Things had been more serious for Heart then for Justin and soon Heart found herself a single mom. 

Hope and Dustin started visiting Heart daily.  Dustin stepped up to role of grandfather quickly and often cared for the infant while Hope cleaned up.  Finally, worried about her raising a child on her own, they insisted Heart move in with them. 

Heart tried to care for Bobbie on her own as much as she could so as not to be a burden on the elder couple, but Dustin dotted on the child.  Heart started dating townie named Amin Sims and fell madly in love.  Dustin didn’t approve, not for anything about Amin other then he was a townie.  Dustin hated townies.

For Hope’s sake, Dustin kept quite about how Heart was living her life but all that changed after Hope passed away.  Only a few days after her mother’s death, Heart married Amin.  Dustin couldn’t keep his true feelings to himself any more.  The moment the couple finished their ceremony Dustin marched up to the alter.  He slapped Amin first before turning on Heart.  He slapped her several times and through out the reception he followed her around poking her and starting arguments with her.  Life with Dustin wasn’t bare able after that. 

Heart had asked Brian to take him in but his wife found it to awkward given her history with him.  Having promised her mother to make sure Dustin was well tended to, Heart sucked it up.  She threw herself into her work, rising quickly in the slacker career. Amin  pluged away in law enforcement while Dustin continued on as a All Star sports talent.  The household income tripled quickly.  Shortly after Love was born, Heart found a large estate for the family.  Hopping the bigger house would make Dustin happier the family moved.

Heart fixed a room up for Dustin on the second floor of the three story house.  There was a large open room on the second floor she fixed up as a game room complete with a pool table.  She put a big screen TV in a small sitting room next to Dustin’s room.  She fixed up a part of the yard for him to have his green house and added lots of fruit trees.  

Amin was slowly winning Dustin over by repairing sprinkler heads in the green house, hour long games of chess and now rounds of pool.

Shortly after moving into the house, Bobbie left for Sim State and Love was close to becoming a teenager.   Heart pushed her memories from her mind as she hurried about the house cleaning for the surprise party for Love.

Heart tried not to think about her two recent affairs.  Her night with Justin Kim was just one more in a line of many.  She just didn’t even want to contemplate her night with Mel Fancey.  She’d known Mel since college, he’d lived in the same dorm as her, but he had not been as good looking then as he was now. 

Heart pulled off a great party for Love who grew up well and very beautiful.  She had her father’s soft brown complection and her mother’s big green eyes.  She had soft red hair like both her father and her grandmother. 

As fall progressed, the men continued to become friends.  They also started spending money.  First Amin bought a flashy sports car as a token of his affection for Heart.  Dustin bought a tent and stuck it out back, which Heart didn’t understand as he never went in it.  Then Amin took Love cloths shopping in the middle of the night.  Dustin decided to add to his garden by putting in more plots next to the green house.  Amin hired both a maid and a gardner, which Heart had to admit would make her life easier.  Taking care of a 5 bedroom / 4 bath house was a bit much to care for along with all the yard work that needed to be done.  The gardener turned out to be a bad investment, as she spent the whole day complaining about the placement of some shrubs on top of a hill and she still charged them for the time despite doing nothing.

As the days grew short and the nights longer the chilly air made Dustin feel his age more and more.  Working in the cold weather left him little desire to spend time with his plants.  He finally gave it to Heart’s and Brian’s pressure to retire.

Heart had mixed feelings about Dustin being home with her all day.  She dreaded that her stepfather would spend his time annoying her but she also felt he’d worked so hard to get so far he deserved to sit back and enjoy his life more. 

The first day home with him she busied herself raking leaves.  He worked in his garden and tended his fruit trees.  He gathered her leaf piles for composting.  The second day was more of the same.  Both working quitly.  Both giving each other space.  The third day was a repeat of the other days.  Heart knew fall would end soon.  All she could do was hope that the green house would be able to keep him busy all winter.      

me: update and a question

sorry the stories are getting kinda spread out.  I didn't play for a little while cause I was actully trying to build some houses in the game.  managed to get one done for the monthly compation in the forums.  It's not the best looking house ever but for me, it's actully really nice.  Maybe some day I'll get my zip file software to work right and I could up load it.

also had back to school, my younger two kids are in high school and school started back up.  shopping, getting scheduals, and band practice for them.  which means a lot of running around for me. 

had a job interview the other day.  still waiting to hear.  I really really want the job.  I think it would be great for me.  but we shall see what happens.  hopefully will find out soon.  :)

I asked about screen shots with CC in it, and so long as I don't take credit for the work (Which I would never do, since I would be the first to say I can't create)  it's ok for me to show what my sims look like.  so, those of you who read my stories. I will leave the decision up to you.  would you rather read my stories as I've been doing, leaving it to your imaginations?  would you like me to add one or two screenshots to my blog to give you an idea what everyone looks like?  or would you like to see it worked out in story mode?  figure I'd put it to you all and go with what you all would prefer. 

I haven't done a lot of screen shots, and have two more households that would still need to be written out here; Heart Happiness' and Meagan (pleasant) Dreamer.  I took some screen shots of Nina, and her daughter Niela.  so I could start with them on the screen shots. 

I try not to let my story up dates here be more then two pages in word.  keep them light and short for easy reading.  just post me a comment on what direction you want me to go.  and thank you for reading!!

Gina (Dreamer) and Alexander Goth: circule of life.

Household; Cassandra Goth = elder

 Alexander Goth = Adult

 Gina (Dreamer) Goth = Adult

 Simon Goth = infant/ toddler

 Abby Goth= infant/toddler

Bubba = Adult cat, male

Gina was quickly becoming the princess in a fairy tale life.  As a child Gina had grown up in the house behind the Goth Manor.  Her own family home was by no means small but was still a modest size in comparison.  Her Father, Darren Dreamer had bought the house when he married her mother, Tara Katt.  Dirk, Gina’s half brother was a teen when she was born.  She was barely a toddler when he left for Sim State.

Gina had been to the Goth Manor several times as a child to play with the twins, Saturday and Sunday.  The twins Uncle Alexander was at Sim State and Gina had only seen him from time to time.  She had hardly paid him much mind.  He was a silent and over weight young man.  All of Pleasantview had wondered if and who he would eventually marry.  Even Gina herself had wondered.  Never in her wildest dreams had she imagined it would be her. 

Alexander had struck up a brief romance with Sydney Roseland while he was still at Sim State.  After his graduation she fell for someone closer to her own age, Stanley Caliente.  Alexander had begun spending time with a teen aged girl, Donella Lothario.  The neighbor- hood was sure when she grew up the two would be a couple.  Gina had gone to Sim State only a few seasons before Donella. 

Alexander often visited his old dorm at Sim State as some of his old dorm mates where still in college.  He’d heard that some new girls had moved in and one of them was in his old room.  He’d stopped in on one of the mingle parties that had become a tradition at the university.  He got to meet the girl who was now living in his old dorm room, the sweet Gina Dreamer. 

Everyone said it must have been destiny that had placed Gina in Alexander’s old dorm room.  Both being knowledge sims they fell in love quickly but Alexander took his time charming the young girl.  Their courtship lasting as long as her college stay.  The neigh- borhood watched with approval to see if Alexander had finally picked his future bride.

Gina was visiting with Cassandra Goth, as she had grown found of her during her many visits to the Goth Manor when a snow storm hit.  With childish delight Gina wondered into the back yard of the Goth Manor and started building a snow man.  She was knee deep and covered in snow when Alexander returned home from work.  She was a vision of loveliness to him and he proposed to her in the star lit snowy night.

As soon as she graduated they were married in the back yard at Goth Manor, and Alexander whisked her off to the most expensive Beach resort. 

The Honeymoon was like a dream.  Their room was right on the beach.  They spent hours combing the beach and building sand castle.  One night they enjoyed a bon fire on the beach.  They shopped and went sight seeing.  They even conceived a child.  The only thing they had found disappointing about the honeymoon was there had not been a restaurant at the hotel and they had to rely on room service for their meals.  Gina also grew tired more frequently from her pregnancy.

They returned home to the Goth Manor with bowels of beautiful glass, some sea shells, lots of jewelry they had found and a few store bought souvenirs.  Alexander returned to work and Gina took to her bed.  Her pregnancy made her so tired.  Cassandra, who had moved to the third floor apartment that had been built for Brandi, looked after the house. 

Although Alexander had a love for nature and tried to keep Benjamin’s garden well tended he often returned home from work very tired.  Cassandra pitched in to help and she still had a gardener coming.  Cassandra also made time for her own hobby, tinkering.  She surprised Alexander with an unexpected wedding present of a car she had rebuilt herself. 

When Gina wasn’t resting she helped Cassandra around the house and worked towards achieving her life long goal of maxing out her skills.  When the day finally came for her to give birth she was relieved that Alexander had the day off.  He and Cassandra where both there for the delivery.  Gina gave birth to a set of twins; a boy, Simon and a girl, Abby.

Gina was thankful for Cassandra’s help.  It seemed to take all three adults to care for the infants.  Gina depended on Cassandra’s experience with raising twins. 

The twins’ birthday seem to come up fast.  Cassandra took charge of inviting the guest.  Wanting to keep the party from being to overwhelming for the babies Cassandra stuck to inviting Family, And it still made for a large party.  Bell was there with her son Gunny.  The weekend twins, Saturday and Sunday both had to work but their husbands Dude Lames and Gilly Broke came with their kids.  Gilly had his twins Betsey and Jim-bob. And Morty arrived with his dad Dude.  Brie and Clyde Kim attended with their son Rob.  Dustin Broke came by himself.  Beau Broke couldn’t make it.  Gina’s family showed up.  Her mom Tara and her Brother Dirk both came.  Dirk’s wife Megan had chosen to stay home to watch over her set of twin boys, Turk and JD.

The party was in full swing when the proud parents brought their infants to the cake.  As they leaned in to blow out the candles an uninvited guest arrived.  With the candles blown out the twins were set down with growing up as everyone turned to face the unwelcomed party crasher; the Grim Reaper. 

Not caring that no one wanted him there the Grim Reaper went about doing his job and took Cassandra away leaving a small silver urn next to baby Simon.  Everyone started crying, except for Rob Kim who was more interested in getting a slice of cake.

When everyone started to get their composure back, Alexander put two more cakes out. 

“Let’s get these babies grown, shall we,” Alexander said.  He scooped up Simon and had him grow up.  Then he got Abby and she grew up. 

Gina was in a daze.  She had come to depend heavily on Cassandra’s help.  She didn’t know how she would manage two toddlers without her.  Then there was all the other stuff required to run the Goth Manor.  Gina realized that she was now the lady of the house.  Her eyes drifted upwards.  There was an age difference between her and Alexander.  Would she one day find herself living in the attic. 

A soft meow snapped Gina from her thoughts.  Bubba, Cassandra’s cat would need to be cared for as well. 

After the party, Alexander helped Gina get the toddlers feed and put to bed.

“Let’s get some sleep while we can.” He instructed his wife. “I’ll take care of everything tomorrow. Don’t worry.”

With a gentle kiss he sent her to bed, he checked the cat’s food dish then joined his wife.   

Lilith (Pleasant) and Brian Broke ; going throught the motions

household : Lilith (Pleasant) Broke = adult

Brian Broke = Adult

Kendra Pleasant = teen

Maggie Broke = infant/toddler/ child

When Kendra came home from school to find the nanny she was complete outraged.  How had her parents forgotten Maggie’s birthday?  The teen rushed about making preparations to throw the tiny infant a birthday party.  She got two of her aunts to come, Heart Happiness and Angela Phoenix; along with some of her cousins, Love Happiness, Bobbie Happiness, Jaymie Phoenix and Kitten Lames. Her best friend, Stacey Fancey also came.

Kendra was so tired and hungry when she brought little Maggie to the cake.  She helped her sister blow out the candles but had to put her down right away to get something to eat, the little infant didn’t grow up.  Kendra didn’t know what to do.  She heard the sound of her father’s car pulling up and breathed a sigh of relief.

Brian Broke went straight to his youngest daughter and helped her grow up.   The toddler had her mother’s natural red hair just like her older sister.  Brian mingled with the guest.  He was tired from work but needed to help make Maggie’s party a success.

Lilith didn’t arrive home till the party was almost over.  She’d still been grieving over the loss of her cat, Lemon, that she’d lost track of time.  She apologized to everyone and gave some extra appreciation to Kendra.  Maggie’s party ended as a good time.

Kendra wasn’t sure how much of her mom’s claim of still grieving over Lemon was true.  Her parents always seemed to be distracted.  They were good parents, they took good care of her and Maggie, but it seemed as if they were just going through the motions of life.  Kendra couldn’t help but wonder if her parents loving marriage was just and act.

Lilith had already finished college when she met Brian.  He was only half done his studies.  Lilith hadn’t been serious about Brian at first.  She was still trying to get over Dirk Dreamer.  When her and Dirk had started college they had plans for a future together, until Megan came along.  It had been difficult enough to loss the man she loved but having lost him to her own little sister had made things worse.  It had been Dean Caliente who finally got her to get over Dirk.  Lilith fell deeply in love with Dean, sharing three chemistry with the blonde haired dark eyed man.  Dean was not the marring type.  His ambition in life was to woo-hoo with 20 different Sims.  Lilith was heart broken again. 

“You should meet my brother.” Heart Happiness told her. 

At first Lilith was hesitant.  She knew Heart’s step-father was Dustin Broke.  It was a little odd for Lilith, but realized it was just as odd for Heart. Heart had never dated Dustin when they were all teens.  It had been just the opposite.  Heart and Dustin fought all the time.  When everyone else got to go off to college, Dustin had grown up bad and was left behind.  Heart assured Lilith that Dustin’s marriage to her mother had changed him. Lilith agreed to meet Brian.

Brian had been beginning to think he was going to spend the rest of his life alone when his half sister, Heart introduced him to Lilith.  He didn’t have sparks with her right away, the attraction being a mere one chemistry, but it was more then he felt for any other sim.

They got along well and begun dating.  She dyed his long blonde hair blue to match her hair.

“Now everyone will know we’re in love,” she giggled. 

His step-cousin, Saturday Goth hadn’t approved of his new hair color.  She felt Lilith was being too controlling.  She had tried to get their dorm mates to help her convince him to find someone else. 

“Would you rather he got involved with me?”  Claire Kim had teased.

Despite Saturday’s claims that Lilith was still dating Dean, Brian continued to pursue Lilith.  Nothing had made Brian happier then when Lilith told him she was pregnant by him.  He had offered to leave college to help her raise the baby but Lilith wouldn’t hear of it.  Her mother had left her a decent size house and plenty of money; she could afford to stay home with the baby. 

After Kendra was born, Brian spent as much time over Lilith’s house as he could.  He hated not being there for his daughter.  She was nearly a teen when he finished college.  He moved in with Lilith right away and they were married the next day.  They had a short honey moon at a cabin in the mountains.  Brian felt so in love with his new bride.

Lilith wasn’t quite as happy as her husband.  He’d never loved anyone before her.  She however had been in love a few times and missed the magic of more chemistry.

She went out a lot.  She went to parties or just hung with friends.  She was trying to stay away from Dean, but she kept finding herself hanging out with other romance driven sims.  Justin Kim was forever charming and Steve Fancey always threw great parties if you didn’t mind the police breaking up the fun. 

She was being faithful to Brian but she could feel the distance between them growing.  With the birth of Maggie, Lilith hoped her in Brian would grow closer.  He’d been very supportive when Lemon died.  And she was there for him when his mother Hope passed away.

Brian was a big help with the girls.  now that Maggie was a toddler, it seemed they lived on different schedules. Kendra helped with her baby sister as much as she could.  As fall grew closer to a close, Maggie was ready for another birthday party.

This time Lilith and Brian did it right.  They both used a vacation day to stay home and invited all there relatives.  Only a few of Brian’s uncles couldn’t come, but their wives came.  Maggie grew up well into a child.  Her looks however were a bit odd.  She looked a bit like Kendra only thinner and with a rather oddly shaped mouth.

While the party was in full swing, Kendra pulled her little sister into her room and quickly applied make up to her.  She used some dramatic eye shadows to draw attention away from the girl’s mouth.  She tried lipstick, but it just drew the focus back.

Maggie was puzzled why her sister seemed so anxious to put make up on her.

“I just want to give you a special look for your party,” Kendra lied, “I just don’t want you to miss all the fun.”

With a deep sigh, Kendra decided that eyeliner and eye shadow was the only make up her sister should wear.  It drew attention to the girl’s beautiful eyes and away from her mouth.  She just hoped that as her sister grew up, she would grow into those lips. 

Angela (Pleasant) and Jimmy Pheonex : the girls are growing up

household; Angela (Pleasant) Pheonex = adult

Jimmy Pheonex = adult

 Dianna Pheonex= teen

Jaymie Pheonex = Child/teen

It’s not that Angela didn’t like her sisters, she just didn’t approve of how they lived their lives.  Lillith had her oldest child long before she got married to the father.  Brian Broke was much younger then Lillith and the son of Dustin Broke.  Despite all the flaws Angela saw in Lillith’s life, it was Megan that upset her the most.

Megan just seemed to impulsively act on every want to pop in her head.  She stole Dirk from Lilith, had put the moves on Angela’s husband, Jimmy before the wedding and now there were rumors of another scandal.  It was because of Megan that Angela ended up moving in with her Grandmother, Coral Oldie.  Coral and Herb had moved to back to Pleasantview incase Mary-sue was to die before Megan went to college.  After Herb passed away, Coral left her cozy apartment and bought a big house for Megan to move to after college.  Only Megan decided she no longer wanted the house, moving with Dirk in with his stepmom.  Angela and Jimmy moved in with Coral who had found herself with more house then she needed.

It had worked out for Angela though.  Coral had been a big help with their older daughter Dianna.  Coral had hoped to live long enough to see Angela’s second child born but she had died just before Jaymie was born.

Jimmy took everything in stride.  He hadn’t been attached to the little house he’d bought out of college.  He did miss the dinner parties that he and his wife use to have.  He often laughed when he tried to imagine Beau Broke’s reaction to all the pink walls and floors when he moved into that house.  Angela liked pink.  Every where she lived she redecorated in shades of pink, but she had toned it down some in their current home.  He liked see her happy.  What would make her happy now was getting the yard cleaned up before Jaymie’s birthday. 

They normally left the yard work for the gardner but Angela thought there was too much to do to leave for the gardener.  She didn’t want anyone seeing her house like that on a special occasion.  She couldn’t prevent how they saw the house when Dianna had paries while they were at work.

Dianna and Jaymie gave some help to their parents with the yard work but they had what they felt was more important things to do.   Messing around on the computers,  calling their friends, and watching TV  instead of focusing on their homework.  Jaymie would usely manage to get all hers done before bed, but Dianna was constantly trying to get hers finished before the school bus arrived. 

Now that her parents had Monday, Tuesday and Wenseday off, Dianna spent more time on her homework.  She had to bring her grades up if she was going to be able to go to college and she was running out of time. 

Jaymie’s Birthday party was a hugh success and she grew up well into a teenager with knowledge asperations.  She didn’t get a chance to talk with all the party guest.  She made sure she talked with her Uncle Dan.  She gossiped a little with her Aunt Megan.  She spent a good part of the party play chess with her Aunt Lillith.  After the party she finished her homework, worked a little on Dianna’s, took a shower and went to bed.

Dianna had gone to bed before the party had ended.  When she woke in the morning she dreaded her homework.  she was surpised to discover Jaymie had gotten a good bit done and she was able to get it finished before the school bus came.  Angela and Jimmy had the day off.  They slept in and spent the day working on their skills.  They were both chefs and very close to reaching the top of the profession.  When the girls got home they were set to work on their homework. 

By Thrusday  Dianna had brought her grades up to an A minus. 

“let’s celebrate”  she told her sister as they put their homework on their desks in the downstairs playroom. 

Jaymie got started on her homework while her sister called some friends.  The house party was in full swing when Jaymie finally finished.  She got a plate of the burnt food her sister had made and joined the conversation at the table.  She’d never bothered talking with her sister’s friends before.  They turned out to be a lot of fun.  Even their cousins Kitten Lames and Kendra Pleasant had come.   A guy named Sam Fancey kept trying to clean up the ever growing number of chip bags.  Another guy named Dean Calentia was flirting with all the girls.  Bobbie Happiness and Brandon Roseland where watching TV.

Just as the party was winding down, Angela and Jimmy arrived home from work.  Jimmy went right to bed and Angela started cleaning up. 

After their parents went to bed, Dianna found her sister studying cooking in the den.  She put music videos on and talked to her sister for a bit. 

“I’m gonna move to college tonight,” Dianna said, “try to have some fun while your young, ok. There is more to life then books.”

Jaymie laughed, “there’s more to life then being popular.”

“Like what?”  Dianna said pretending to be shocked.

“Well, books of course” Jaymie teased.

The two girls laughed.  They shared a quick hug.  Jaymie went back to reading as her sister called a cab.  They’d never been very close but Jaymie thought about what her sister said.  She reasoned that her sister had a point.  There where many things she could learn that wasn’t in a book.  She turned the page as the front door clicked closed behind her sister.  With a deep sigh, Jaymie closed her book and headed upstairs to bed.  She took her usual short cut through her sister’s now empty room.  She realized she was going to miss her sister more then she had though.