Pleasantview Soapbox ~ UPDATE 03/01 ~ FINAL CHAPTER
brittybe:
It's so nice to read that people are enjoying the story so much! So here's another update. We're getting closer to the grand finale, but to get there I need to make a jump in time. So currently we remain stuck in college, where Delilah Goth (Cassandra and Don's daughter), will tell us what happened to everybody in her diary. And of course there will be a bit of drama along the way! It will take more than one chapter to tell everything that has happened. If somethings aren't clear and you need extra info. Please let me know and I will work it into the story.
P.S: Because I keep getting questions about the lovely c.c. I'm using in my pics, I decided to put up a c.c. section in my first post. So if you have any questions and can't find it there please pm me and I will make sure it will get on the list or I will pm you back with the answer.
Chapter 12 Delilah’s Diary: Higher Education
September, Dear Diary,
I’m really loving my time at Sim State University so far. It’s really living up to my expectations. It has the best professors and facilities for knowledge seekers like me. To save money I got a room at Birch Manor Dormitory. I share the cafeteria, the bathroom and a community room with other students. But that’s really not a problem because for me. I can always retreat back to my own room when I need some peace and quiet.
And I absolutely adore my room! It has some pretty old fashioned yellow flowered wallpaper and clashing green stained carpeting. But it cleaned up pretty nicely after I added some accessories. Mom gave me some of her old pillows with a flowery print that kind of matched the wallpaper. It really feels like home now. Maybe a little bit too much, because I really haven’t talked to much of the other dormies yet. I’m a bit shy like that. I really should try to start a conversation with one of them when I get the chance. I’ll just put that on my to do list.
Anyway, one of the great features of living in a dorm instead of a Greek house or completely on my own, is the cafeteria. No cooking for me! You’re really dependent on the cooking skills of your cook to get a decent meal, but I think we didn’t do too bad. It’s not a genuine chef but she does make a mean macaroni and cheese. Little sister Darcey would definitely love it. The cook is kind of a funny old lady, who likes to keep her eyes on the students of the dorm. She always looks out of the window when one of the dormies is back late from classes. I think it’s because she never had any kids of her own.
Oh, I almost forgot. I have to write my very first term paper this week, so I better get started pretty soon. Luckily, mom and dad got me a computer for my room so I can use it without any hassle with the other dormies. We only have 1 computer in the community room! I don’t know what they were thinking. A computer is essential for getting proper grades and I really don’t want to argue with people who are busy playing computer games all day!
Anyway, I must stop writing in my diary for a little while and start writing for a grade. I want to be on the Dean’s list!
December, Dear Diary,
I just can’t believe what happened to me today! I’m really getting to know my fellow dormies a lot better lately. But I never expected that I would run into a long lost brother. Well a half brother, but that counts too!
I was playing a good game of chess against Brutus Caliente, Nina’s son. He’s a nice guy but really not a chess mastermind. It took him ages before he made a next move with a chess piece. It was kind of boring, until he started making really goofy faces. Boy, did he have a hard time against me!
You got to use your brains when you want to defeat me. I have been playing chess since I could sit straight on a chair. I guess I take after my mother and grandpa with that. My mom is extremely smart and she has a reached a top position in science, just like grandpa before her. I never met my grandfather, because he and my mom kind of had a hard time together after she broke up with my biological dad. She just didn’t want to deal with the “I told you so” discussions so she moved out. He died pretty soon after I was born and they never had the opportunity to apologize to each other. It’s really kind of sad.
But anyway, after I slaughtered Brutus with chess, he wasn’t a bad loser at all. So we started talking about all kinds of stuff like Sim State Uni, our majors, our hobbies and in the end even our families. And that’s when we discovered we are family! It turns out that Brutus’ father is none other than the infamous Don Lothario! I knew that Nina was the cause my mother and my biological father broke up, but I never knew Nina had a kid with him.
He told me all about “the incident”. It turns out Don and Nina didn’t really have a thing together, but dated every now and then for the fun of it. When after a particularly wild date, Nina became pregnant, she was extremely angry. Her pregnancy messed up all the plans she had with her life. Brutus told me she stayed angry with Don for quite a while and always referred to him as “Dirtbag Don” or just “the Dirtbag”. That all changed when she got pregnant again. This time the father was grocery delivery guy Stephan Gothier. But unlike Don, he wasn’t running away from his responsibilities and he actually told Nina he wanted them to become a family. She stubbornly kept pushing him away, but Stephan never gave up on her. In the end she kind of got used to the family idea and they had another child together.
Brutus is so enthusiastic about his family, he even shared pictures. I could see Nina looked very happy with Stephan even though they never got married. I guess that’s just not her thing. Brutus’ eldest half sibling is Cleopatra, but he always just calls her Cleo. She’s a teen now and when I saw her picture, she immediately reminded me of my half sister Darcey. She recently became a teen too and still lives with mom and dad. Darren raised me like his own daughter so I always thought of him as my dad even though he isn’t my biological dad. I showed Brutus a picture of Darcey and he thought Cleo and Darcey could be the best of friends. It turns out both girls have macaroni and cheese as their favorite dish! Brutus’ youngest half sibling is Julius and he’s more of a pancake kind of guy just like Brutus. The little guy looks so adorable!
Things couldn’t be better these days. I made the Dean’s list this semester and my family just expanded with a wonderful new half brother!
Will Delilah be able to make more friends at Sim State University? Can she keep her grades high enough while she's meeting new people? And has Nina really changed her romancing ways?
Find out in the next chapters of Pleasantview Soapbox!
kroft_96:
I love the story
glambabe:
me too :)
xTERRIx:
OMG! PLEEEEZ CONTINUE!!
Miw:
Great update and thank you for the CC list!
I hope you don't mind me pointing this out, but in one line it says 'Dina looked very happy with Stephan', not Nina. :)
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