4.18 Queen

The drysuit kept her warm enough to enjoy her newest board; another birthdaypresent from her parents. Maybe they did spoil her a bit, but she was the oldest one so why not? And she didn't even have to share, because it was to big for Niko to use anyway. No way was she going to wait for summer; only weaklings did that.

Irena still made sure to keep close to the shore, because as much as she trusted herself; she didn't quite trust the wintercold water. The worst thing that could happen was falling into the water, cramp up and drown. And as much as she wished for it as a kid, she'd still not grown gills. Those were still just for fish.

And if she'd been a fish, she'd end up on a sims plate and get eaten. Which wasn't something to strive for. But this was the ideal life- just windsurfing along all year around.

Unfortunately her simbody could only handle so much of the cold water, so Irena eventually went on land again. To avoid getting ill, she always brought a firepit with her and it was the first time she was alone on the beach to. Usually dad would go with her and carry the thing, but she had her lisence now, and sometimes mum and dad let her use the car. It hadn't been an easy battle, but eventually they said "yes". So here she was.

The cold slowly left her body as the fire took. The thought about a fire was always such a tempting idea, but everytime she forgot about the smoke. It's smell got stuck in the hair and skin, and it made  her eyes sting. If she kept this on, her longues would be black by the time she grew up.

You gonna stand there and stare, or are you gonna sit down mate?

Larry pulled a face at the smoke, waving his hands around his face: My eyes are watering. Why do you always light a fire? Can't you put on warm and dry clothes like everyone else does?

Nope. Irena dug in the firepit, to make sure the smoke got heavier. Wondered if she could direct it at him? They'd known eachother since first day at school, so you'd think he'd know she liked annoying him by now: Why don't you sit at the other side instead, the smoke's going the other way. 

As luck always had it, the wind turned as soon as he sat down, making sure Larry got the smoke in his face again: AAARGH! It's following me! 

Maybe it's one of the monsters from your dull roleplaying nerdgames, you nerd.

I'm not a nerd!

You're a nerd. Just move a bit closer to me. He was such a crybaby at times, but they were bestfriends none the less.

After moving a bit closer, the smoke finally gave him a break: It's not a nerdgame. It's like a lifestyle! 

Yes, nerdgame. That's what I'm saying nerd. It wasn't just to bully him, Irena had invited him over. But her fist prom was coming up, and she kind of wanted to see what it was like. That way she'd know if it would be worth going to later in school to.

Are you going to the prom, nerd? Okay, she swore it was the last time she'd call him a nerd today. It wasn't that funny.

No! Larry exclaimed in that way that said he wanted to go, but pretended that he didn't.

Come on! Irena said: Go with me! I really wanna to go!

But can't you get a real date? 

Come on Larry, we just started school. I haven't even figured out who the hot guys are supposed to be yet. Because they're all kind of ugly. It was an unfortunate truth, but the classroom was a bit away from the older students. Probably because the guys were ugly. Atleast that's how she chose to inerpret it.

He giggled a bit: You just indirectly called me pretty...

Yes, Larry. Irena tried sounding like she assumed nerds did when they played roleplayingames: Bring that smexeh hornhead paladin of yours.... That was probably how they talked with eachother.

Thiefling rogue multiclass...

Whatever. Best to interrupt him before he started talking about stats and stuff. That was boring, like everything that reminded her about schoolsubjects: Go with me? Irena tried again.

He nearly tripped over his own words: Okay. But I won't like it!

Sure you won't! She knew he secretly wanted to go: Remeber to wear something sexy though, I refuse to show myself with some shoddy bum.

I'm aaaalways sexy. He answered with such confidence it was impossible to think that he meant it.  

Neda toddled around trying to avoid Laikas new puppies; Hades and Satan. Either that or she was scared of the ugly cat.

Ugh, mum and dad was so embarassing; like two teenagers. And the way mum dressed was just aweful. Why couldn't they understand that they were old, and should start acting that way. They were already standing with one foot in their graves for crying out loud.

Ew! Hadn't they noticed her? They were so embarassing! And again; mums clothes was aweful. She should start dressing her age, and dad really needed to get rid of that septumring. Kids at her school wore those! Eeew!

 
Fine, she had homework to do anyway. Hopefully Neda and Dragan would stay quiet for a little while atleast. This place was to crowded.

Irena made sure to be at her best behaviour up towards the prom. It would probably not be that interesting, but she had to make sure that mum and dad would let her go. Not that they'd withdraw their "yes", though she hadn't told them that she had a proper date. Even if it just was Larry. Who knew though, maybe she'd be noticed by an actual cute guy.

Dragan seemed to be a bit wary of her pure intentions though.

For now, Niko just enjoyed having a big sister to play with. He'd been worried she wouldn't want to play with him anymore when she aged up. But until now there hadn't been any problems. She wasn't quite as fond of playing with him as she used to, but it wasn't difficult to get her to tag along either.

Like everyone else, Daniel wasn't fond of chores, but he couldn't leave it to his wife and kids. With six sims in the house, and five dogs it quickly got dirty at home.

Dad! That's not how you fix a computer! Irena was certain dad was going to get electrecuted and die.

Ssssh.... I know what I'm doing. Couldn't just phone someone that knew how to fix things.

Everyone was happy and healthy, and with snowflake day coming up, it was as everyone was in a great mood. A little time off to spend with the family was always a welcomed thing.

With snowflakeday, the family decided to have an outing instead of a familyparty. They headed up to the festivalesite so that everyone got what hey wanted from their day off: the parents got to relax infront of a fireplace

The children enjoyed a day of snowballfighting

Niko couldn't wait til he got older, so he'd be able to knock Irena off her feet with a snowball. Then he would finally be able to have his payback

Eventually it got to cold to stay outside, so the family ended the day at the bowlorama.

Neda still had a lot to learn about bowling, but she didn't let the weight of the ball stop her.

Niko rolled the ball into the ditch, and failed again. This really wasn't his day.

Though destiny finally had a little gift for him, and Irena fell face first into the lane. He tried not to laugh to loudly.

The rain had washed winter it away in a short time. Aino tried not to react at Larry, but she kind of thought he got a bit creeepier the older he got. It was probably just her imagination. Him and Irena had been friends since they were kids so he was probably nice enough.

Nice to see you again Aino. He greeted her just as usual. And thankfully he didn't call her "missus" or anything like that; it sounded way to formal.

Hi Larry. Irena will be right downstairs. Just make yourself comfortable in the meantime. 

Hi. Are you ready to go? Irena ran downstairs when she heard him coming. She couldn't stand the way he kept staring at her mother. She was so old!

Uhm yeah. He said nonchalantly, watching her mum as she walked away. Gross.

She showed herself off a bit, for some reason wanting him to notice her the same way. Which was odd, because she didn't even like Larry like that: You promised that you'd wear something sexy! 

This is already to much for most to handle, he answered cryptically.

Well, you do look good.... Don't you think I look nice?

Yeah, I guess...

Irena did her best to keep up a smile as they walked to the waiting limo. "yeah, i guess"? What kind of a comment was that.

It was late night before she got back. Prom had been a lot more fun that she thought it would be. Her and Larry had danced all night, and everyone said they were a cute couple. She'd even been crowned promqueen. It had been a lot more satisfying that she'd ever imagined, especially when she saw some cranky faces in the crowd.

Larry and her had kissed to; she'd gotten her first kiss. No shooting stars or anything, she'd been caught a bit by surprise. He'd been so sweet to her the entire night, so when he asked her to go steady, she had said yes. But she wasn't really sure if she liked him, or just liked him as a friend and didn't want to hurt his feelings. Ah well, it could wait until tomorrow.

She nearly slipped inside her own room before getting caught

You're home late. 

Yeah so? Mum and dad said it was okay. They knew I'd be home late.

Bet they didn't know it would be this late. What took you so long? It was done at 11 and the trip from school isn't this long.

Judging by the bright lights Niko had on, clearly he hadn't been asleep either. Had he waited up for her? She ignored the sound of the tv in the background. It was better to imagine that he'd waited up, instead of him beeing up because he was watching a movie.

What's it to you?

No reason. he said nonchalantly

Irena could have told him that she'd stayed a bit and just talked to some friends, but it wasn't any of his business anyways. She was more than capable to take care of herself, and Niko could keep his giant nose out of her business

The short silence made him a bit more chatty though: How did things with Larry go?

Oh, so that's where the problem was: It went well. Everyone said we were the cutest couple there. 

Niko had never been a fan of Larry, mainly because he was grumpy and whiny: Couple?

Yes Niko, couple. He asked me to go steady, and I said yes. She still wasn't sure if she wanted to be his girlfriend, but she couldn't just break up with him either. That would probably ruin their friendship. Not her smartest idea to be honest.

She could tell he was biting his jaw together, but as long as he didn't say anything else she might leave him alone.

He was so proud when I made promqueen.... Irena had to throw that in there to, she hadn't expected to win the crown, but she was beautiful so who else should've won?

Uhm... congratulations I guess? Why would anyone wote for his sister for promqueen? She wasn't even polite, and even less friendly. 

It's late Niko, and it's a schoolday tomorrow. Get some sleep

Oh, and you should probably wear a jacket to school Niko, it'll cover up how skinny you are. Had to rub it in that he was skinny, especially since Larry was beefy: Good night. 
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Yeah, there's nothing weird about Larry for the record; he's just a grumpy sim so his moods a bit unstable. He can be really easygoing to interact with, and the next day he gets grumpy about everything.

And just so you know, pretty much everyone in my game are loosing their eyebrows! And most kids are completely bald to. I have no idea why, because I haven't changed any cc or anything. They just loose them, even the ones that had eyebrows before. I had some of the problem earlier with Aino, but they just changed eyebrows atleast. Anyway, just get used to see sims without eyebrows, because I'm getting sick of adding them to everyone. Pretend it's a trend or something.

Thanks for reading