DeAnne had this itchy feeling that she was missing something. So after a review of the households in Edit Town mode she discovered that there was another family that should go before the Dickensons. Kind of sad, considering how cute that one guy is... but rules are rules!
So she headed over to the Chapell family to introduce herself.
There were a bunch of kids that Christy went to school with who had the last name Chapell, but they didn't show up in Edit Town mode when it was time for Christy to move, and Carroll comes before Chapell anyway so I didn't think much more about it. I assumed they had moved from town or something. But apparently not!
A tall drink of water answered the door, things were looking up!
His name is Darrin Chapell.
And he was kind of a jerk!
Holy trait incompatibility, Batman!
DeAnne tried to smooth things over by talking about her Birthday conflagration.
And then she pulled the ol, "Hey, it's my Birthday!" line. Works every time.
But as soon as I let them converse naturally there were problems. Oy vey...
Not even the crazy lady who rang the doorbell seemed to be able to lighten the mood.
DeAnne was not a quitter though. She had an idea! What about a joke or two? Everyone likes jokes!
That seemed to do the trick!
Once things were smoothed over she took a break to brush up on her chess skills.
She asked to spend the night, and he agreed, as long as she slept in the guest room with the kegs of goodness knows what.
The next morning Darrin seemed to be in a better mood. Who wouldn't be with such a lovely sight to greet them?
Hurray! Best friends! And a celebrity star!
Then DeAnne remembered something her mother always said, "A way to a man's heart is through his stomach." She decided to put her Inappropriate but in a Good Way Reward to the test.
See, she knew that grilled cheese would work like a charm! They don't call her a Genius for nothing!
Such charms wouldn't last for long though, seems like it will always be an uphill battle for these two.
