3.17 Dedicated

warning: NSFW

     There's absolutely nothing to worry about, Ian assured Maya: I'm a great iceskater. 
     Is that so? For some strange reason she didn't seem to believe him. They'd taken an early morning trip to the fair. That way it would be less crowded, and easier to get on to the ice. It was, after all, one of the most popular events. The ponds around town were a bit to small to skate on.
     Yeah. I've been doing this for years, he lied. He really just didn't want to admit it was strange he hadn't fallen yet. He wasn't that terrible ofcourse, but time has a tendency of making sims forget their skills. Especially when they didn't get to work on them all the time.
     You seem a bit wobbly Ian...

     Okay... he grunted... Maybe my skills aren't all that impressive.... No point trying to lie his way out of facapalming the rink; are you okay?
     My butt hurts... she answered: But other than that I'm fine. Ouch... This might be the time to tell that my skills aren't very good either. 
     I figured as much...

     How did your leg take it?
      I don't have a problem with my legs.... Ian did his best to ignore the stiff knee he had. It made him feel older than he was.  
     Okay...Well, we wont get any better if we stop trying. Maya had a good point, and Ian didn't have any plans on telling her that he was to old to learn new stuff. She was older than him, and if she could learn new things, so could he.

     Aino didn't mind that dad and Maya were dating. He'd divorced mum, and it was about time. Well, they were separated, but they'd get a divorce in the end. Now he just needed to take off that weddingring, but Maya didn't seem to care about it. Ofcourse they'd been involved for longer, but for some reason they didn't think she got it. Which was okay with her; grown ups were a bit dumb. She on the other hand never wanted to grow up!
     She'd come to terms with the fact that she'd never figure out how she felt about her own mother. She still loved her, and thought she was the most perfect thing that had ever existed. But she was still scared of her, and mad beause she'd hurt dad. That was probably okay to feel like that..

     She didn't really know what Mayas kids thought about it, she hadn't met them. But they were a lot older than her to, so she didn't care. They'd probably want their mum to be happy. And dad made her happy. As long as they didn't keep up the kissing. It would've been nice if they stopped that.

     EEEWW!! Why did they have to do that infront of her? Dads were so gross!

     Ideally she'd wanted to get something warm to drink, and get away from dad and Mayas smooching. But she was interrupted before she got that far, because; cat. Maybe she could take it home with her? What was the sentence for catnapping? Especially because she was going to be nice to it. She loved cats.

     Unsure of how long she'd spent contemplating catnapping, Hans interrupted her grand scheme. They hadn't shared a word since he'd talked to her when her teddybear was destroyed. Not that he'd told anyone either, but he was a pretty nice guy. He was also a bit shy: Hi
     Hi. Aino didn't have a lot to say to him either. The fair was staring to crowd up, so the noiselevel was higher than earlier. It was one of the problems with weekends; to many sims showed up at the same time.
     So, are you here alone? Hans looked around for a little while, but she wasn't sure who he was looking for.
     It was a bit strange, but she answered anyway: No. My dad and his girlfriend is here.

     He gave a quick and shy smile: I meant if you were here with Stein? 
     Uhm, he's not here. He's probably with his girlfriend. It would've been nice if he was here though. They usually had a lot of fun together. And she hadn't had sex in a while either.
     Girlfriend? Hans looked surpprised for a second: I thought the two of you.... Clearly he wasn't paying attention to school gossip. But it was a pretty big school to, so that might be it.
     No, we're friends. We've known eachother since we were kids. And they slept together once in a while, but that was called friends with benefits.

     Really?! He pulled another small smile, before suffocating it again: So... does that mean that it's a chance you'll go out on a date? With me, I mean! 
     Why wouldn't she want to go on a date with him? Hans was nice enough: Okay
     Really?! He sounded so surprised. Wonder why: damn.. I didn't think you'd say yes... Then he let out a breath she hadn't noticed he'd kept.

     She saw him in the corner of her eye; Kol. They were probably here together! She didn't like him, and she was scared that he was going to make her give him another blowjob. His dick was so gross... But maybe.... Hans was nice. He'd never make her do anything she didn't want to, and he liked her. She wasn't in love with him or anything, but he was nice. And she'd be nice to him to. So maybe, if Kol saw her with his friend, he'd leave her alone: Hans?
    Yes. He smiled at her, he seemed so much lighter than he had when they just met earlier today: Do you want to kiss under the mistletoe? It's tradition.

      He wasn't difficult to persuade in any way, even if they missed eachothers lips. But he got a nice, red lipstick mark on his chin instead. Kol just stared at them with the same expression, but atleast he didn't say anything. With Hans and him beeing bestfriends, he'd never bother her again! Aino was a genious. She knew that it wasn't the right thing to do, taking advantage of Hans. But she'd be nice to him.

     He was a lot of fun to spend time with to. As he wasn't a fan of modern technology, they had to find other ways of entertaining themselves. And that meant they had to find other things to do, than to watch tv.

     The best thing was that he was a genious, but never made her feel stupid. Sometimes they'd do stuff together than not a lot of other teenaged couples did. Hans knew she liked pictures, so they often took the trip to the artmuseum. She liked listening to him when he talked about the art, and the different timeperiods. He was so smart. Mum was smart to.

     For someone as smart, he wasn't great at everything; but he was a very quick learner. Atleast this way she also had something to contribute to the relationship. Hans was also really pale. Wonder if he burned easily in the sun?
     The best part about everything, was that he was really sweet. But she didn't like him that much. He was more like a good friend. But friends with benefits were great to, even if he called her his girlfriend. It was really mean of her though. Maybe using other sims to their own benefits was something everyone did.

     Sekhmet was like most cats, she would groom herself to the point where parts of her fur would fall off. And she didn't like dirty little kittens either, so the little one needed a good wash to. He seemed to enjoy it a lot. Because cats love grooming eacother.

      One thing Sekhmet did not like was strange cats in the house; around her baby! She did her best to scare it off.

      The new cat was terrified! With good right. It didn't belong here!

     Wait a minute? Where was that cat coming from? Ian had never seen it before in his life. It looked well groomed and healthy, so it had to have a owner. This was the problem with having a catloving daughter, she'd let everything with fur into the house. How long had it been in here?

     The cat had to put it's tail between it's legs and went home to it's owners.

     Swimming was still a big favourite to do. Even if Aino didn't have as much time as earlier, she tried enjoying it as often as possible. She couldn't wait until winter was over, and summer came along. Then she could go and swim at the beach. Swimming was the best; it cleared her head, and made her tired in a good way.

     It took a little while before she noticed him, hesitantly waiting: Stein! Hi! They had barely seen eachother after she'd started dating, and she really missed him. Maybe he missed her too?

     Do you want to come and swim with me for a bit? She hadn't seen him, so maybe he'd been in the hottub or the other pool. Unless he'd just showed up, that was ofcourse another option. It was a big poolarea.
     He barely looked at her: Nah. I should go now
     Is something wrong? Aino tried not talking to louddly, but it was a bit difficult in the large room.
     Nah... Even she got that something was wrong.
    Please tell me what it is. They were all alone here anyway, so what was the problem? It had benefits to skip school sometimes.

     After a bit longer of uncertainty, Stein finally sat down on the ledge. He didn't say anything, just stared at her until she got nervous and asked him: So what is it? 
     You're dating
     Yes. Was that a problem? He dated to, he'd even had a girlfriend the entire time they'd seen eachother: Are you sad that we don't sleep together anymore? Hans wouldn't be fine with her sleeping around. He was a bit traditional in that area.
     Nah, that's fine. I just thought...
     Thought what? She had no idea where this were going.

     I just thought that if I gave you some time, you'd... you know..
     No, she still had no idea what he was talking about: What?
     You know... that you'd fall in love with me to. For a second she worried that she'd drown in mere shock: I don't get it.  
     You never do. He sounded so tired when saying it, like it had been on his mind for a time.
     What?

     I really like you, and I thought that if you just got some time on you, you'd realize it and would like me back....
     Oh... Now she got it: But, I thought you had a girlfriend. He did, they were still a couple.
     I do, but she's not you. And then you go and get together with Hans? Why him, and not me? 
     How was she to have guessed that: But I didn't know that you liked me liked me. I thought we were friends.
     We slept together. 
     So? You said you slept with whoever you wanted. He had said that, or had she misunderstood something?

      I wouldn't have slept with you if I didn't like you like you. Wait? Wasn't that normal for sims to sleep with someone just because they were horny? She had no idea that boys had feelings like that. How was she supposed to know that: I'm sorry Stein. I didn't know. Not to mention that she'd never felt like that towards him: Are you mad at me? 
    It took a little while before he answered, his voice echoing in the empty swimhall: No. I was a bit, but it's not your fault. You can't read my mind after all. But...

But I can't keep beeing your friend. It hurts to much. Then he stood up and left.

     Aino eventually got up from the pool and sat down. She'd had no idea about that, and as a result she'd lost a friend. What was she going to do now? She didn't have any friends to loose, and now Stein was just gone.
     Atleast she still had Hans. She liked spending time with him, but she'd really miss Stein. She'd known him for so long. How could she not have known? He hadn't hinted at anything, had he? Aino couldn't remember anything about it atleast. Maybe she should take a chance on getting a doll to come alive. Wondered if mum could've made a potion for that? Probably.

     It took a while before realizing someone was present. First Stein had called off their friendship, and now Kol was staring at her. She wanted to crawl into the nearby fireplace instead of staying- and suddenly felt very exposed with nothing but swimwear on.
     What are you staring at? He hissed at her. Though, shouldn't she be asking him that, she'd been here all along. Not that she dared answering that, she was scared he'd beat her up. Or that he'd kill her, she'd seen sims get killed before, and it looked painful. So instead she answered: nothing... What did he want anyway? She was dating his friend, so why wouldn't he just leave her alone?

     So you're going after my friend now, are you whore? What? Hans had asked her out, not the other way around: I don't work. Really, sims needed to get that. Especially boys.
    Are you trying to be funny? Kol was in a bad mood even for him: What are you planning on doing to him, psycho? The worst thing about him was that he rarely got furious. It was this cold, calculated anger that simmered beneath the surface. And then it was just a matter of waiting for it to explode; or not. Kind of like mum really.
    Uhm... I don't really have any plans. We're meeting again tomorrow. Do you want to come? She didn't want to spent time with him, but it was the polite thing to do. If she just worked harder, he'd probably stop beeing mad at her. Like she'd tried with mum, but failed at all the time.

     I don't want to spend any time with a whore like you. He looked disgusted at the thought. Aino wanted to say that she didn't work again, but figured it was best not to. He'd gotten closer to her, and he was one of the strongest boys in school.
     Then what do you want? It was best just to get it overwith, because the less time she had to spend with him, the better.
     You know what I want.... 
     Please, not that again: I'm dating.... And he's your friend...

     What? You think I care? I don't give a shit about him. He knows what your mum did, and he still dates you. You deserve everything that comes your way, now more than ever. Had he gotten taller? She was pretty sure he'd gotten taller.
     Not that she understood why he was taking it out on her, if he was mad at Hans. Whatever Kol did, wouldn't affect her kind- of- boyfriend anyway. It would only affect her: I don't get it.
     You're a fucking moron then. He lowered his voice instead of raising it: See, the best way to humiliate a guy, is to do something to his whore.
     But what about mum then? It still didn't make sense. By his logics, he'd be hurting dad since he was mad at mum.
     I can't get to her. And you knew what she was up to. It's your fault. You deserve everything anyone does to you.

    He got way to close to her for her liking, leaning over whispering in her ear: I still remember how it smelled when I got home. They didn't have the time to hide his body before I saw it. I will stop, when you have nightmares each night; when you cant sleep because you never knows what waits. I don't like you. And I'll make sure that you'll remember me for as long as you live, just as I will remember what your mother did. Now; get down on your knees and open your mouth, because you won't get away.

     Floor was a bit moist and sticky, the constant steam had probably done that. It was an old bathouse, so it wasn't easy cleaning it either. She hoped someone showed up, and she hoped no one showed up. It was a lot easier just to get it over with.

     Daddy! Do something! Aino did her best screaming over the alarm, but to no avail. It was really loud. She'd already phoned the police even before the alarm went off, so why hadn't she just hidden under the bed?

      Officer Per- Arne was the first one to arrive. This wasn't his first season in the force: Okay. We can do this the hard way, or the easy way. It's up to you. He had to shout to be heard over the alarm.

     The burglar launched at the officer, but he was having none of it; using a special sim- fu trick, that didn't work. But it looked really neat.

     Ian couldn't watch. There was no way the officer would walk out of this. They always lost fights.

     But to his surprise, it was veteran officer Per- Arne that stood victorious in the end; the most awesome officer in simnation.

     It was impossible to know who was most shocked, but they all guessed it was equally shared between the cop and robbe.

     Though Ians biggest shock was that Aino had phoned the police before the burglar had touched the door. Didn't that girl ever sleep? However it was nothing compared to the beautiful sight that awaited them.

     Meowing outside, Gilbert had the door slammed in his face when the officer arrived; his heroic rescue of his beautiful Sekhmet and his son rudely interrupted.
     Gilbert! Sekhmet ran to her brave furry hero, rubbing her catnose against his: Sekhmet! I finally found you! It just sounded like a bunch of meows to the sims, but that was unimportant.

     Running outside as fast as his kittenlegs could carry him, Nefertum had waited for this moment forever: DAD! He ran up and sniffed his father, that looked a bit like a dog. Sekhmet was happy, finally her family was whole. Just as it should be.
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Gilbert showed up all on his own. That was so cute, so I added him to the family. Because I had to. Come on, it doesn't get cuter. And I have no idea where the other cat came from, it just stood there all of a sudden

And for the record, officer Per- Arne is awesome, because they were robbed a second time just a few days after. He showed up, and wins again. This officer deserves a sim- medal


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1.29: Lord of the sims

    

     It was a cool and dry basement, perfect for his hobby. Gard hadn't taken up gardening only by chance. Growing up in a brewery, he'd always dreamed of having a well stocked nectar cellar. And he finally did.

     Slowly matured nectar just laying there waiting to be savoured and enjoyed. He was going to make nectar until the day he died.
     His days as an adult was quickly coming to an end, and he felt himself eagerly waiting for those days. He was going to drink nectar every single day, and just enjoy what life he would have left in him. Not out in the sun though, the sun could go away and never come back!

       But it was still a while away, as he was reminded answering the phone. The voice belonged to someone he tried avoiding thinking about; his youngest sister Evelyn. He hadn't seen her in years and years, and the request was a bit unexpected.

      Evelyn was still his sister, so when she had problems with the stereo, he picked it up at her place and fixed it. To his sons big surprise, for some reason Marco didn't think he knew his way around any tools.

     It was easier than anticipated, so he nabbed her at a break at the hospital, and shared some common courtesy. They simply talked about the weather.
     When a family is struck by tragedy, they tend to get closer or drift apart. And his had drifted apart. There wasn't any animosity between them, but Evelyn looked so much like Nora, he could feel himself dying all over again. It was hard meeting the family, as it always reminded them of the incident.
     Gard had never regretted getting into the prison, tearing those creatures apart. He'd do it all over again if he could. Beeing a genious had it's advantages, and he still didn't feel he'd done anything wrong. But that's how it is beeing a vampire.

     They didn't really rely on gardening as a big income anymore, as Iva earned grotesque amounts of simoleons. So he'd found some unknown seeds and planted them just for the fun of it. Sometimes he was in for an unpleasant surprise, like this terrible plant.
     Feeling sickly over the smell, and trying to avoid the terrible white things clinging to it, he violently pushed his hands around the stem and ripped it up by the roots.

      Garlic, blech. The only disgusting, and useless plant that actually exsisted. A feeling of happiness filled him as he stuffed it into a plastic sack. This wouldn't be recycled, it would be tossed together with the rest of the trash. Garlic... like anyone actually liked that...

     Gard had also gotten a new friend, as mister Evilgnome seemed to take a liking to him.

     Mister Evilgnome also liked his plants.....

     Gard wasn't the only one that had gotten strange phonecalls. Iva had been contacted by the research facility. The nerds needed her helps observing the sky. She couldn't understand how that tiny telescope could be better than that monster they had down at the plant, but whatever....

 
     She actually discovered a tiny whitegiant star, and maturly named it "Iva rocks". When she informed them, they were so happy they arranged Hawaiian labcoat Friday. When asked to join, Iva rudely declined. Nerds!

     Contemplating getting a new cat, Iva went down to the petstore. A little kitty, or a fat and old one, would be a welcome addition to keep them company on their older days.
     But she forgot all about it when she bumped into Lukas. They talked for a long time, until a pretty young lady with an increasingly irritated smile started coughing.

     With a hard handshake, and deep voice the lady said: Hi, I'm Nawar. Lukas wife. It turned out that after a lifetime of having older women, Lukas had finally gotten a younger one. But why did she sound so jealouse? Jealouse people was really unattractive!

     Lukas was having a seizure!! Or so Iva thought, but it turned out he was just really nimble. No wonder he was capable of keeping a young wife happy!
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     Finally reaching top level of her writing careere, Iva was released from all her bonds of a publisher. That meant she could finally start that book she always wanted: Lord of the sims!!
     It was about tiny, fat sims that smoked and ate to much, a completely new and original concept! For real! She pulled a face to celebrate, and immedeately started writing it.

     Ofcourse Gard still worked as a gardener, which meant he delivered fresh vegetables to the local store. As usual he met a lovesick lady about half his age.
     Oh my! You're a vampire aren't you? I can give you the love you need! You're not bad, you're just misunderstood!! Lonelylady pretty much jumped him.

 
     Get away from me lady! Gard growled, he didn't need another crazy lady coming to his house. Why did these things always happen when it was raining? Did all the lonely ladies crawl out of hiding then? And always outside that damed groceryshop!! Maybe they nested there, drawn by all the diapers and babybottles.

     Confused, the lady said: But surely you're looking for love! From an ordinary woman that turn out to be extrodinary!!
     Go away lady! Gard had noticed he didn't have the same patience with lovesick ladies anymore.

      Lonelylady was sad, and surprised. What had just happened? Vampires was always really looking for love! That's what all the books said. And that guy had looked just like an older, ginger, beefier version of the villain in that book she just finished: Greywood, by an I.Sleitinn!

     Well at home, he was pretty much jumped by his wife
     What's happened? She sounded dark and suspicious. How did she always know when someone had been hitting on him? Iva was really a jealouse woman.

     Clapping her hands so hard together, that he actually jumped, she said: If another bitch crawls up those stairs, I'll strangle her with her bimbo hair and beat her until a bloody pulp! She sounded surpisingly calm and calculated. Then I'll rip out her silicone and shove it down her throat! 

      Her jealousy was flattering in a strange way, and disturbing, very disturbing: You're still as beautiful as the day we first kissed. Gard knew how to calm down his wife. It that didn't work he'd do laundry.

 
     And once again, all bimbos and lonelyladies were safe from Ivas wrath.
     Gard... I can't breath....
     It wasn't all that strange that Iva was more unstable than usual. Not only was their own birthdays coming up quickly....
   

      ...Oriana had made it very clear, that she had no intent to celebrate her birthday with her parents! She didn't want anyone from the family there!
     She'd gotten the cake herself, and met her friends at the bowlingplace! It was so exciting having a birthday!! Oriana was totally going to be sooo pretty, and successful, and tall!! She'd totally be tall.

      But what if she turned out to be really gnomeshort? And didn't turn out successful, or rich? Maybe she'd end up looking like mister Evilgnome! What would she do with her life? Was she going to move out, or stay with her parents?

     Or maybe her parents could stay with her?! That would be kind of neat, or maybe she and all her friends would move in together, like in tv- series, and they could get their own realityshow! Oh! Or maybe she could be a modern ninja, like a secret agent or something! Agent double O-riana!!!

     To the fanfare of birthday trumpets, clapping and cheering from her friends, and others she had no idea who was, Oriana decided it was time to turn into an adult! Four candles met their end at her breath. Four, was that a magic number or something?

      This was so exciting, she just couldn't wait! Beeing an adult was going to be so awesome!!

     No wait! I've changed my mind!! Oriana didn't want to turn into an adult, she looked weird enough already! But sparkles are always relentless. When they have seized your body, there is no turning back.

     Turned out it wasn't so bad as she feared, and she didn't turn gnomesized! Even if she still looked like female version of her dad. Atleast she didn't look like mister Evilgnome.

     The birthday tasted even better as an adult! Even better, the day still wasn't over!!

    She wasn't the only one aging up today!

     All of her friends did too! It was so cool!
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     Oriana hadn't had a single drink, but still didn't get home until the early morning hours. Diving into bed, she quickly fell into a heavy and much needed sleep.
     She hadn't been sleeping for long when not one, but two visitors decied to drop by.

     Gard wondered why both his wife, and daughter was outside in their underwear. Now he had to injure both the cop and burglar for looking at them.
     He forgot all about it when the policeman actually won the fight. But then the guy wanted to check the house, even if the thief never had entered.

     For some reason, green lonelyladies was drawn to his home, instead of the groceryshop.
     Greetings earthling, the lonely alienlady said with metallic voice: What a nice piece of species you've got there! She'd taken the spaceship through the galaxy to find herself a manlyman, for some reason.

     
Go away lady! Gard swore the citys lovesick ladies got weirder every day.

     This was so typical!! It was supposed to be Orianas big day, and then everyone else gets attention! Now her birthday would always be rememberd as the day her dad got hit on by an alien! The cop even caught the burglar! What was this world coming too?

     Atleast no one could take away her beeing voted best in class! And most likely to become mediocre, but that wasn't important! Oriana was going to have an AWESOME life!!!
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And heres a picture of Milo, because I know you're all curious how he'd look. (That, and I wanted to show him off) Sure you all can recognize the corners of his mouth, even if he lost a lot of Alders looks on age up :(
I thought it was cute how all of Orianas friends had birthdays the exact same day, including Selim. He's with them, but hid next to a door and stayed there, just to ruin the picture. He's also at the bowling place, but hid behind some unknown sims just to ruin those pictures too.

And I am so sick of all the women that walks up to Gard and start hitting on him. Leave the man alone!! He's not interested!! Can't leave that guy alone for a second....

Iva rolled "opportunist", but doesn't really get a lot of opportunities. So I let both her and Gard do it, as it became more challenging that way. It just haven't been mentioned a lot, but finally managed to put it into the story. Ivas challenges has been writing two books, paint one picture and that stargazing thing. And that's it, as far as I can remember.

Next chapters will be all about Marco, since he's younger. I always let all kids grow up until I let the next generation "officially" take over. Might change that later, but for now I'll do it the old- fashioned way.

Thanks for reading.