Through Me

Round 4: December 2010 (Winter)
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Edna Blackwell is 66, Glen Stevens is 50, Jeanette is 49, and Darren and Dana are 15.

(Alicia Stevens and Kyle Bryant are 18)

Narrated by Jeanette

This past month has been a busy one for everyone. We're all off doing our own things and I hardly see them anymore.

I've been extremely busy at the boutique. I barely have time to create new designs because I'm constantly trying to keep things stocked and helping all the customers.

Alicia and a high schooler named Celeste work for me but I still need an extra pair of hands.

Celeste will be heading off to college next year and she'll probably be too busy to keep her job here.

I can only hope she will need the extra money and decide to stay. I don't want to have to replace her too.

Speaking of Alicia, she dropped by with Kyle a few nights ago for dinner.

We've only met Kyle once before but we let him know that he’s always welcome to our home.

He made a great first impression on my husband when we first met. Glen really likes Kyle and he barely lets him all the way into the house before he begins to talk his ear off. Kyle is nice about it, though.

Alicia always seems so happy when she's with or talks about Kyle.

They are too adorable together. They're always holding hands at dinner or feeding each other. I remember when Glen and I were like that.

That night, Alicia told us that she and Kyle have been thinking about moving in together when his lease ends in a few months. It kind of took everyone off guard, especially Glen. He likes Kyle a lot but didn't think they were ready to move in together.

Kyle assured us that he loves Alicia and doesn't plan on going anywhere. It will be a great way for the both of them to save money and being financially stable is very important to him.

I started to feel a little better about it when I talked to Kyle later. But I do hope getting a better job than cleaning tables at a restaurant is on the list of ways he plans on becoming financially stable.

Ma seems to have found someone to keep her occupied lately. I’ve never seen her on the phone as much as she has been recently. I don't know who's on it more, her or the kids.

She finally told me that she’s been talking to a man named Victor that she met at the grocery store a while back. He asked her out on a date and she almost didn’t know how to react. It’s been so long since she’s been on one.

But she agreed to meet him at a small cafe downtown for lunch.

Ma said she hasn't laughed so hard in a long time. She feels as if she's known Victor for years.

They've been seeing each other for a while, I guess. She's never home for dinner anymore because she meets up with him after work.

She doesn't talk much about it to me but I think she likes him a little more than she lets on.

I don't know why she hasn't told me that they're becoming more serious. She hasn't even introduced him to us yet. I think she may be afraid that I won't approve of their relationship since I haven't seen her with anyone since I was young.

But as long as ma is happy, I'm going to be happy for her. She's been alone ever since my dad left when I was a kid. She deserves some happiness finally.

The kids can tell that their grandmother is happier these days. She's always talking about love and asking them about the boys and girls at school.

Exactly what teenagers want to talk about with their grandmothers. They don't even talk about that stuff with me.

From what I can tell, Dana has started talking to a boy. I can hear her up late talking to someone some nights.

Heck if I know how that's going. She hasn't mentioned him and definitely hasn't had him over.

I don't know what Darren is up to either. I heard he's popular with the girls at school but I hope he's being careful.

He's too much of a sweetheart to break hearts but he could inadvertently do it. Girls his age are hormonal and sensitive and can overreact to the smallest things.

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Extras:
Here are a couple pics of Dana with her mystery boy. His name is Josh and he's a townie. He's pretty shy (I think 2 outgoing points) so Dana probably came on a little strong, in his eyes. He did agree to have some espresso with her, though.

I wanted to post more of these within the update but Jeanette most likely wouldn't know what her teenagers do at the mall. Unless she was spying on them.

Notes:
-Glen was the only family member I didn’t really show this session. You didn’t miss much though. He went to work, came home, played video games, woohooed with Jeanette before bed and went to sleep. Wash, rinse, repeat. Typical man ;-).
-I decided to find Edna a man because she’s had the “fall in love” want for, like, ever. She and Victor had met at some point and they have 2 bolts. Edna was really keen on getting her man, too. Whenever she and Victor were together, she would initiate all the flirt and romantic interactions. He’d never get the chance to make the first move. But he has lots of wants for her, romantic and friendly.
-I think I pushed my game/computer to its limit while playing this household the past couple of weeks. I crashed a few times so some of the pics are of things that "didn't happen." Like the teens' trip to the mall. I crashed after I got those shots of Dana and Josh in the coffee shop, so their relationship score isn't that high anymore, but it wasn’t very high to begin with. All of the hugging between Mei and Darren "never happened" so we'll see where it leads now. And I had to send Edna and Victor out on 2 dates since I crashed during their first one.
-It’s the start of a new sim year so birthdays are up next!