Generation Two: The Mermaid, The Babysitter and the Werewolf Part ThreeMartha's death hit me hard but my family were incredibly supportive during this time.
To distract myself I started working on my handiness challenges, first the upgrades, honestly I think I changed our doorbell about thirty times by the end.
Then with some more help from Megan the electrician challenge.
I'm sure it was pretty annoying trying to watch television with me hammering away in the background but dad never complained.
I decided I would upgrade seven microwaves for my collection, they got added to the special room along with my athletic and handiness certificates.
I also treated myself to a body sculptor, I have curves at last, small ones I'll grant you but well it's something. I admit I set it on low in case I came out too large.
Despite my issues with Billy I managed to max my career, I then took two days off, which pretty much worked out as two weeks, I needed that time to complete my final challenges, time was running out and so was I, for days and days on end.
I saw parts of town I'd never even been to before, I just ran and ran and ran, when I needed to I'd stop for a dip in the river and a bite of kelp, potent invigorating elixirs kept me awake and my fathers moodlet manager got rid of my fatigue then I would be off once more. But time was running faster and after finishing the marathon runner challenge I took to the treadmill at home, only I had to stop as it was my birthday.
But as soon as it was over I got right back on again.
The treadmill was pretty boring though so I headed back out on the road, only I forgot what I was meant to be doing for a moment, I could blame senility but I've always been like this, mother has watched me like a hawk over the years to make sure I went to school and work when I should and didn't just forget half way there.
But eventually I had run enough, all my requirements were now complete and as a late birthday present my mother gave me the best gift ever, my youth.
Yes it felt good being back to my young self once more, but now I had the toughest decision of my life to make, what to do about Billy.
It felt too much like settling, trouble is there just wasn't anybody else, but my feelings for him hadn't really changed and I'm not sure he ever really had any for me, he just kissed me because he felt like it, it's what he does.
Did I really want to let this inappropriate man near my sister, or my mother even, if he even dared to try it on with her there's no telling how my father would react, much worse than MaryKay did I would imagine, not that I think my mother would even let him, my eternally faithful parents are just that, faithful.
Weird thing is people around town consider me to be the same, oh Billy is a total cheater and the whole town knows it, but they consider me to be eternally faithful to him. Am I really though when in my heart I have always loved somebody else? But Martha is gone and Billy is all I have so I did the only thing I could and asked him to move in.
I thought to myself that maybe he might be different given the chance to really be himself, get back to painting and music, the things that he really longed to do, and maybe just maybe I could grow to love him in time.
He's been friends with my parents for years so really they should have got along fine but Billy just can't help being, well being Billy really. Their dad was being all nice and friendly to him and yet he had to go and say something nasty about Megan, well dad wasn't having that so he accused him of being a poodle.
And then there's the forum posting, he spends hours just writing inappropriate forum posts.
But I also discovered he can be quite sweet when he wants to be, he wrote me a song on his new guitar.
And well it inspired me to do something I didn't think I would ever do, at least not with him. But his reaction told me that perhaps this was the right choice after all.
Despite the poodle incident dad and Billy are still friends, for now anyway. And he soon learned not to stand around lost in thought for too long, it's a valuable lesson when my father is around.
We decided on a small garden wedding with just my parents and sister attending, Billy is a loner so not really a party guy and also there was that awkward business with my aunt, it just seemed better this way.
I think Billy was happy about it, but right after the ceremony he had a distinct look of 'oh no, what have I done' on his face.
Surprisingly I felt rather contented and happy about it all, they say you never forget your first love and I know I wont ever forget Martha but I discovered that there was room in my heart for Billy as well.
Before long we were expecting our first child.
It was around this time Megan started behaving a bit strange, I never dreamt my sister could be jealous of me, up till now if it wasn't a plumbot she wasn't interested but she developed a bit of a crush on Billly, which in itself was harmless but the love charms she started casting on herself weren't.
Mum made her go to her room and told her not to come out until it had worn off, she got an extended stay when she cast yet another one on herself but eventually she was let out again. With luck it's just a passing infatuation that she will grow out of, perhaps being an auntie will distract her.
Billy wanted a girl but I didn't mind so we just let nature decide, and despite spending my entire pregnancy listening to kids music we only had the one, this is William our clumsy athletic little puppy.
I guess this means we will have to hide the exercise equipment, and I hope I don't become one of those neurotic mothers always worrying he will hurt himself, werewolves are tough aren't they? yes I'm sure he'll do fine, well he can tell you all about that himself when he's old enough.
For now though my story is done, it was a long road, a very long road and I ran most of it, but at least now I can finally stop and relax.
Generation Two Stats:
Name: Marissa Shallow
Life state: Mermaid
Traits: Brave, Absent Minded, Adventurous, Frugal, Dramatic
Toddler: Best Friends, Xylophone, Peg box
Child: Pile of Permission slips, Honor roll
Teen: Honor Roll, Martha Hudgins, Lvl 3 cemetery
One Best Friend: Lakeisha Morse (Fairy)
Two Career Rewards: Athletic Certificate, Handiness Certificate (Military Career)
Three Ops: Flightless birds, You can be my wingwoman, A H.O.R.S.E of course
Four LTRs: Permanent Mermaid, Body Sculptor, Jetsetter, Learned Relic Hunter
Five Wishes: Be worth more than 1,000,000, reach level 10 military career, master athletic, master handiness, upgrade 50 objects
Six Skill Challenges: Electrician, plumber, tinkerer, body builder, marathon runner, fitness nut
Seven Items: Upgraded microwaves (faster cooking)
Travel Days Used: None
I'm a firm believer in letting my sims choose their partners, well Marissa wanted Martha, she
really liked her, Billy not so much, it took her getting married and pregnant to start rolling wishes for him, and after that she rolled them pretty consistently, but Billy only ever rolled the one, to serenade her, that was it for the entire time he was in the house
They got together because he kept kissing her mainly and he was conveniently a werewolf too, but if it had been an ordinary game I'd have left her with Martha I reckon, clone or not. Of course the entirely wrong sister decided that she did like Billy, I had a lot of trouble with Megan when he first moved in, I literally had to lock her in her room for two days straight, I could have just had her go kiss someone I suppose but I didn't want to do that.