Hi guys! I'm currently working on a story called 'And then, there you were..' but I also started out with a legacy a few days ago, and so I decided to start writing a story to go along with it.

Right now it's kind of boring because of the fact that I started her off in college, and it's so hard to find cute townies, etc, anyways. But this is probably gunna bore some of you, haha. It's meant to be just for fun.

& unless I can figure out how to get this sim to my new computer when it comes in, this might end up being pointless and I may have to delete the thread eventually. I'll be getting my new computer in within 2 weeks, or so. Anyways, enjoy!

Hi! My name is Amelia Bartlett, and I decided to take you through my life as it is going down. Sit back and enjoy the ride!



This is my college… dormitory that is! I am attending Sim State University, and I am unsure of what to study at the moment, so I’m undeclared. Any suggestions?



This apparently is a lady who runs a garden club and wanted to share some information with me. I don’t think so lady! As if! Seriously, I’m a college student, pfft. Don’t they pay people to take care of the garden?



I never claimed to be good at anything but college was exploring whats inside, so I decided to paint. Who knows, maybe someday I’ll be an artist!



I even made a friend named Dagmar Lewis, we play chess together.



I guess today isn’t so bad for a first day.


Woah woah! What is this creep doing in my room!?



After some studying, and watching a spooky movie, I decided to go to bed.. but FIRST I’m putting a lock on that door.



On my second day I went to this cool place downtown. I decided to play some basketball when some guy named Elmer decided to join in. I wasn’t okay with it at first, who was this guy? But it ended up being a blast.



While we were playing, I felt a bit different and stopped for a second. When I stopped I suddenly shrunk! I am more fit! WOO! Check out these muscles!



When I got home finally I was starving so I sat down to eat some macaroni and cheese from the cafeteria, not too bad. I pretty much dug right in, and apparently I need to learn some table manners because I have none what so ever.



Homework assignments never seem to stop.. but why am I doing them in my under garments? I’m not very modest, I suppose.



The next day, I went downtown again or rather to the campus lounge. I need to make some close friends, perhaps some male friends, no such luck so far. I did help out working as a barista though.



Man, here I was worrying about everything that I nearly missed my final exam. I had to speed home, change and run to class.



Phew, I made it in time.. & I made deans list!!

This is my second story, the other one I wasn't able to finish, but this one I am determined to finish, no matter what. I'm excited to write it and I hope that you all will love it and comment it, leave me some feedback, etc, it will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
xx- Danielle



Introduction [/u]

-Ring Ring-

Running to the phone, Laura nearly tripped over Joshua, she answered the phone with a simple but out of breath “Hello?” trying to block out the noise of her screaming toddler.

“Hey baby,” Steven said in a low husky voice, jokingly, until he heard Joshua crying and his wife out of breath. “What’s going on there?”



“Hi hunny!” she smiled, “Oh, nothing is going on, I’m cooking dinner and Josh is exhausted, he didn’t nap today..” after a few caring words from Steven, she looked around the room. “So when are you coming home, babe?”

“I’m actually up the street right now and I was wondering if you needed anything at the grocery store for dinner, but hearing you are already cooking… I guess I’m a bit late on that one, huh?”

“Oh, crap!” she said, running to the kitchen with phone, “I forgot I was cooking, hopefully I didn’t just burn it!”

She heard Steven laugh a bit on the other end of the phone, “enough of that!” she said firmly then laughed herself. “I’ll see you in a bit.” They both hung up.

She hugged Joshua, trying to comfort him, and put him down in the kitchen. He went straight to where his toy was and played quietly, or as quiet as a nearly two year old could be.

Satisfied, she looked in the fridge to see what she could do for some dessert, when she heard the car door slam shut.



The house was a pretty cozy home, two bedrooms, a living room, an office for her and Steven, a kitchen, a dining room and one bathroom. She wasn’t sure if she’d ever have room for more kids, but seeing as Steven didn’t want kids at all, she didn’t really worry too much. Laura is always surprised that Steven didn’t want kids because he is just such an awesome father to Joshua, sometimes she thinks she is invisible when they are together. He loves that baby, and so does she, he was all they needed to make their family whole.




Steven came inside the house and right away Joshua ran up to his father, saying “dah-dah” as loud as he could with his tiny lungs. At his age, Laura had a theory that he talks as if he’s even younger than he is for attention, especially with his father.

Laura set the table for Steven and her, while Steven washed up for dinner. Josh went back to playing with his toys in the kitchen so he wouldn’t be too far away from his parents.
 


They sat down at the table and started to eat the delicious catfish that Laura made, Steven started telling his wife about his day at work.
“Can you believe it?” he said, a bit frustrated.

“No, hunny, I can’t believe it, and you let them get away with that?” She said with a smirk on her face.

“well..”

She knew that Steven enjoyed telling her about his day, and she didn't mind hearing about it, but sometimes while he was talking about his clients, she would have her own thoughts going on inside her head.



All of a sudden there was a knock on the door, and then the doorbell rang. They both looked at eachother shocked because none of them were expecting any visitors. “What the…” Laura said.

Steven got up, “I’ll see who it is.”



Footsteps sounding towards the door, the door creaked open and a gasping sound came from his mouth. “Hunny…. Come here.”

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.