Lets get pretty

              Sofie rolled over in her bed, slowly reaching over for the alarm clock that was going off, ‘why do I always forget to shut this thing off?’ she said to herself as she looked over to it, ‘oh snap!’ she said surprised that it was 11am. She was never the kind of girl to sleep in, but she shrugged it off knowing it was because of the amazing night she had with her best friends. Speaking of, she realized that Stacey was in the extra bed in her room, normally Cleo, her cat would sleep on that bed, but when Sofie offered Stacey to sleep there, she didn’t seem to mind, either did Cleo. Sofie slowly glanced at the extra bed to see that Stacey was still sound asleep, not wanting to wake her up, she slowly stood up and stretched and quietly went downstairs to start some breakfast.



         Stacey had heard someone quietly shut the door, and knew that it must’ve been Sofie trying to be quiet so she wouldn’t wake her up, ‘how did I end up with such caring friends?’ she smiled to herself as she rolled over. She was an incredibly light sleeper, and just with the sound of the door shutting, she was up. She decided to lie in bed for a few minutes before getting up completely. Thoughts appeared in her head about the night before; she couldn’t believe they hadn’t had a slumber party in over a month, man how life goes by.
   When she finally looked at the clock, it was about 11:30am, she knew she should go see what was going on downstairs, so she got up and made the bed. She looked over to Sofie’s bed and noticed that she hadn’t made her bed yet, so she decided to be nice enough to do it for her. As she finished that up, she wondered if she should change out of her pajamas, but decided against it, since she was more than comfortable at her best friends’ house.



As she slowly made her way downstairs, she could hear noise going on in the kitchen. She rubbed her eyes as she followed the noise. She spotted Sofie at the stove making some breakfast. “Morning, Sofe,” she said.
   Sofie wasn’t paying too much attention to what was going on around her, she was zoned out as usual. She liked to goof off and dance while cooking, or doing anything really, that’s just how she was. So of course, hearing someone say something from behind her shocked her and made her jump a little.
   “Oh my gosh!” she giggled a little bit, “Hi, Stace. You scared me!”
   “Sorry,” Stacey laughed, “what are you making?”
   “Some pancakes!” she smiled, “I made plenty.”
   “Do you need some help?”
   “No, I’m all set, just sit your little fanny down, they’ll be ready in about 5 minutes.” Sofie said smiling.



Stacey took a seat at the table as they continued to talk.
   Sofie had finished making the pancakes, and sat down at the kitchen table to enjoy them with Stacey. She was glad it was a Saturday and she didn’t have to work, she liked a day off every once in a while, especially when she worked as a Convience Store Clerk, thankfully the pay of $210 a day was sufficient for her way of living these days.
   “So, how did you sleep?” Sofie decided to change the subject off of work.
   “It was alright, that bed is pretty comfortable, Cleo has got it pretty nice, huh?”
   “Oh, you bet, I love my kitty,” she said smiling.
   “So where is Jake this morning? Wouldn’t he want some pancakes?”
   “Oh, he’s working today; he started a new job, great huh?”
   “Woah, really?” Stacey said shocked, “it’s about time! Where is he working?”
   “I guess he is starting out in the politics career, he figures that’s got to have good money in it. And hot boys, as he says,” she said rolling her eyes. “I’m not too sure there will be hott guys working in a politician’s office.”
   Stacey giggled, shrugging it off, “good luck to him, I guess.”
   Sofie looked at the clock, “wow, it’s already noontime, and here we are in our pajamas. Do you have any plans with Andrew today?”
   “Oh. No, he was with you know who last night, he’s probably really hung over. Do you have any plans?”
   “Nope, did you want to get together later on?”
   “Sure, let me just shower and stuff at home and see what Andy is up to then I’ll give you a call.”
   Sofie smiled, “that sounds great.”



They both stood up to put their dishes into the sink and Stacey went upstairs to change into her clothes she had from yesterday, she hadn’t planned on sleeping over, so she had to borrow Sofie’s pajamas, oh well. When she got back downstairs, Sofie had already packed the leftover pancakes up and put them into the fridge.
   Sofie walked Stacey to the door and they hugged their goodbyes.
   “Talk to you in a bit!”   



After Sofie had shut the door, she rubbed her hands together while deciding if she should relax and watch some TV or if she should go get ready. She decided to relax and watch TV, she could get ready a bit later, Stacey wouldn't be that quick, and plus she had a 15 minute drive still. Since it was lunchtime, she wasn’t sure if anything good would be on, but remembered that Jerry Springer was normally on around that time, and she always got a kick out of that.
   A half hour had passed and she didn’t want to continue to be lazy anymore, not only that but Cleo had sat next to the seat she was in and started to meow at her. This was normally the time she would feed her, so she figured she just wanted some food. Shutting off the TV, Sofie went to the kitchen to feed Cleo, at least that made her happy.



Sofie wasn’t sure what she was going to wear yet, but she knew she had to take a shower. So, she walked into the bathroom and shut the door behind her, Cleo loved to follow her in there sometimes, and she would even walk into the shower with her if Sofie would let her. She got undressed and right as her clothes hit the floor, and she turned on the water, she heard her cellphone ringing upstairs. She wasn’t about to run up the stairs naked, even though she was home alone, she figured they’d just leave a voicemail if it was that important. Then, as she stepped into the shower, the house phone rang, she just shrugged it off. ‘oh well, they’ll call back.’
   She took her time in the shower, she always seemed to do that, why was she being so lazy today? It was 1pm and she had just finished up in the shower, she put her bathrobe on and ran up the stairs quickly. She still wasn’t sure what to wear, so she just glanced through her dresser trying to find something comfortable. ‘oh ha!’ she said as she spotted a nice outfit, ‘I’ve been looking all over for you’ she said to herself, or was it.. to her outfit? Man, she is crazy.



She was finally all done getting ready, meaning she did her make up, she did her hair and she got dressed. Remembering that someone had called, she picked up her cell phone to see who it was, it was Stacey, of course!
   Stacey didn’t leave Sofie a voicemail though, kind of strange for her, anyways, she called her right back. “Hello?” Stacey said as she answered the phone.
   “Hey Stacey!”
   “Sofie! I tried calling you an hour ago,” she smiled at the sound of her best friends voice.
   “I know, you know how long it takes me to get ready, what’s going on?”
   “Nothing, Andrew and I were wondering if you wanted to hang out with us?”
   “Of course, maybe we should have a barbeque or something here at my house, does that sound good?” offered Sofie.
   “Yes, that does sound good, we’ll bring some food over, can we bring a friend with us?” pleaded Stacey.
   “Who? Not Clayton, right?”
   “Nope, not him,” Stacey smiled with her fingers crossed, she knew Sofie secretly wanted Clayton to be the one they bring with them, so she just went along with it.  
   “Okay, well .. when can you be here?”
   “In about an hour, see you then!” said Stacey.
   “See you.” They both hung up the phone.

This is the first story I have ever made, so any constructive criticism would be very much appreciated, don’t bash me or anything, but let me know your comments and thoughts on the story. I have tried writing stories in the past (not for the Sims, but in general) and my problem is always how to get to the ending I want and always changing my mind about things. Sorry if it bores you, etc. Let me know if you’re out there and reading it, too.. please. =]

There may be some [adult subjects, violence, cursing etc] in this story, later down in the line, so you're warned.



Chapter 1 - Slumber Party


          Sofie had been waiting anxiously at the front door for her best friend Stacey, she couldn’t help but get excited when she hadn’t seen her best friend in a week. Sure, maybe they talked on the phone every night, but she could still be excited, couldn’t she?! Stacey walked up to the door, and before she could even ring the bell Sofie was outside to greet her.



        “Hi, Stace!” Sofie said as she gave her best friend a huge hug.
      “Sofie!!” she said as she hugged her friend back, “It feels like I haven’t seen you in absolutely forever!”
        “I know! Oh gosh, I missed you so much. And so did Jake!”
       “Aww! I missed both of you guys so much TOO!”
They stood outside chatting for a little bit before going inside to meet with Jake.




 After about ten minutes, Sofie led Stacey into the house. Jake smiled as he seen his friends walk into the room, and greeted Stacey excitedly. Jake, Sofie and Stacey have been best friends since freshmen year in highschool.
   Jake and Sofie decided to move in together two years ago when Sofie’s mother had died in a horrible accident. Her life insurance gave them enough money to buy a house, and since her father was extremely abusive, she wanted to get away from him as quick as possible. Since Jake and Sofie moved in together they had become a lot closer. Nothing had ever progressed further than best friends because Jake wasn’t interested in girls. Not because he was too into his job, or too into school, it was because he liked guys. Oh my!
   “Hey Jake,” Stacey said giving him a hug, “You are looking quite snazzy, you heading out?”
   “No girl, I’m all snazzy for you, of course!” Jake chuckled a bit, “was that a disappointed tone I heard in your voice?”
   “Yes, of course it was, I wouldn’t want you to run away when I just got here. I missed you both, a lot!”  



Sofie smiled while her friends talked, joining in occasionally.
   “Maybe we should order some pizza and make it a TRUE get together!” Sofie exclaimed.
   Both Jake and Stacey had smiled and nodded in agreement to the idea.
“What kind of pizza should we get?” Sofie asked.
“Well, Stacey is a vegetarian, so maybe we should just get plain old cheese,” Jake said with a disgusted face.
“Okay, cheese it is,” Sofie said.
“Thanks guys,” smiled Stacey.
 Sofie then walked into the kitchen to order the pizza.
   “It should be here in about 20 minutes,” she said in a very happy tone.
Nothing could seem to get any better while she was sitting there with her two best friends. What more could she ask for?



   They heard the doorbell ring, and knew it was the pizza delivery man. Jake got up excitedly to answer the door because he was starving as usual, and he loves to check the guys out.
“Boys,” scoffed Stacey and Sofie.
The girls sat at the kitchen island, waiting for the pizza. Jake seemed to be taking quite a while, they were starting to wonder what was up after ten minutes.
Jake then ran in with the pizza and had a huge smile on his face.
“What took you so long, Jake? Gosh!” Sofie said.
Stacey giggled, knowing what kind of smile he had on his face, “does Jake have a date?”
Jake nodded, “Oh yeah and man was this guy hott!!”
Both girls looked at each other and laughed, “Oh wow, Jake.”
“What? Can’t a guy just get another mans number and not have his friends poking at him about it?”
They shook their heads with a smile on their face, “Yes, Jake.” They said in unison as they all dug into the pizza.
They sat there enjoying their pizza and chit chatting as if they hadn’t seen each other in years.



“So..” Stacey said and paused a little bit.
   “So..?” both Jake and Sofie looked at Stacey awkwardly.
   “I don’t know if this is the exact right time to let you know this.”
   “To let us know what, Stace?” Sofie said, skeptically.
   “I just don’t know if right now, while eating pizza, it’s the best time to tell you my big news.”
   “Oh GOD! You’re not pregnant, are you?!” Jake threw in.
   “No, no, silly..” laughed Stacey.
“Well? Oh come on, just tell us!”
“Yeah, come on, Stace just tell us already!”
Stacey smiled big, “Andrew asked me to marry him last night!!”
   “Oh my GOD!” They all jumped up and hugged her.
“Wow, it’s about time.. it’s only been about 3 years of you guys being incredibly serious,” said Sofie.
   “Yeah, I know, you’re telling me, I had been waiting for this moment, forever it seems!”
   Jake ran to get the champagne, “I knew we would be opening this up tonight!”
   Sofie smiled, “Yes, lets celebrate!!”
   They all grabbed a glass of champagne and started to celebrate, happily.
“We’re so happy for you, Stace!”



“Are you spending the night, Stacey? Please do!” Sofie asked.
   Stacey didn’t even have to think about it, “Yes yes! Of course I will!”
They all went and got their pajamas on, they couldn’t wait to start their amazing slumber party, they always had so much fun. They all met back up in the living room with some popcorn, glancing at the movies.
   
         Stacey had told Andrew that she might not be coming home tonight, but she still wanted to give him a call. Looking at the clock, she realized it was 10pm, and knew that it was getting late, and that Andrew was probably already going crazy worrying about her, she decided she needed to give him a call.
   “Hey guys,” said Stacey, “I’ll be right back, I need to let Andrew know about my plans for the night.” She smiled as she walked into the kitchen to use that phone, and dialed her house number.
   Andrew picked up after three rings, “Hello?”
   When he heard it was Stacey, he lit right up, “Hey babe!”



“Hi, hunny,” she smiled, “what are you up to?”
   “Oh nothing, just chilling with Clayton, we’re having a few drinks.” He said.
   “Cool, I’m glad! Tell him I say hi.. Babe, listen, I’m planning on spending the night over here with my buds, is that okay?”
   “Oh.. okay,” he said sounding disappointed.
   “Don’t have too much fun with Clay, I love you, sweetheart.”
   “I love you, too.”



Stacey hung up the phone and stood there for a few minutes. She could not help but think about the life she had to lead with this perfect man, she kept going back in her head about how she needs to find Sofie a good man, she was sick of watching her best friend pretend that she was happy all the time. It’s not like she had to worry about finding Jake a man, he was just boy crazy and didn’t want to settle down just yet.
    “Hm,” She said outloud, as she walked into the living room. A huge smile appeared on her face as she spotted Jake and Sofie having a pillow fight. No matter how old they were, things never seemed to change.



Once the craziness of the pillow fight died down, Stacey had offered the idea of watching a movie. Jake started singing, “Grease lightning” in a very loud tone, he even threw in a few dance moves.
   Sofie and Stacey slowly glanced at each other and giggled. Who were they kidding, they knew that was coming. Jake was obsessed with that movie, even in high school, it was almost as if things hadn’t changed at all between any of them.  



Sofie went to the movie display case and searched for “Grease.”  While she was doing that, Jake got up and stole the comfortable seat that Sofie was sitting in. When Sofie had turned around with the movie she sighed and rolled her eyes, “we should’ve just bought two of those,” she smiled as she put the movie into the dvd player. She then took the seat next to Stacey, happy to be closer to her anyways.
   Jake was mesmerized by the movie, so Stacey took this as a signal to start girl talk. She whispered over to Sofie, “Psst.. Sofe,” when she noticed she got her attention, she continued to whisper, “guess who is at my house with Andrew right now?” As she had finished that one little sentence, she could see Sofie’s face turn red.
   Sofie could feel that her face was turning red and she giggled a little bit, “..uh, let me guess.. Clayton?”
   “Yes ma’am,” said Stacey.
At the murmur of Clayton’s name, Jake snapped his head over to the girls. “Clayton? Did I just hear the name Clayton? Ooo! He is HOTT!” Jake then turned back to the movie, “Lets pay attention to the hotty with a body, that’s right! John Travolta!” The girls both laughed at Jake and then turned back to the movie.