Uncomplicated 1.12: Nick's voice in my head

I forgot to mention last time that I also saved Roger Rao with Fern and their kids. They were still living together even though they'd divorced.

Monika and Moe got married! She got him down to the altar!

Nick gains the commitment issues trait in a minute...

(yes, here we go, 1st person p.o.v.)

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Nick

My parents find out that my big sister got married, and this is how we celebrate. Fine by me! That's all I need: A bunch of old ladies pinching my cheeks and telling me how cute I am. I'd rather stay at home and read a book.

Finally! The day arrives that I can stop being a kid.

I think my parents are more excited about it than I am. 

I'm glad this isn't a big party (I hate those) because my dad never bothered to change out of his boxers.

Their main purpose in life is to embarrass me.

Don't get me wrong, I am happy to finally become a teen so that the world will take me more seriously, but are the stupid horns really necessary?

Dad keeps asking me if I'm okay that they didn't throw me a big party like he feels guilty for it. I keep trying to tell him that it's okay, that I really didn't want a party at all. Mom goes on and on about the big parties they'd throw for Monika and Levi. I don't really remember those much, but that does explain why I have these horrifying memories of not being able to move around in the great room of our old house. I shudder when I think about it. Sometimes, I have nightmares that I'm trapped and everyone is laughing or staring at me.

No, I did not want a birthday party.

Pat acts like he wants a birthday party, so I get him out.

Nobody else comes to his either, but he's just as okay with that as I am. He's happy I don't use one of those stupid horn things, even if I do actually do a little bit of cheesy celebrating.

My parents don't notice Pat's birthday. They're too busy making out upstairs. Gross.

So gross.

I have to get out of this house.

Across the street and down a little ways is the Wonderful Wells Community Garden, and when I get there, it's deserted.

Perfect.

I even tell Pat to stay at home. I want a quiet moment all to myself as I go ahead and harvest some things we don't have in our fridge at home like onions, garlic, limes, and peppers. Mom and Dad haven't gotten a garden going at our new house yet, and I don't think they will any time soon. Well, really, why should they when there's this great garden a short walk away that no one uses?

Still not ready to go home, I decide to take a walk to the small park next to the school. The place is pretty much deserted as well until this guy comes and starts talking on his cell phone. He stays in the parking lot, though, so it's not a big deal.

I wish it could always be this quiet.

Both Monika and Levi are married. Are Mom and Dad going to expect me to get married someday too? What if I don't want to? Why do I get the feeling that I have some sacred duty to my family to get married and have kids?

I can't sleep.

I roll over.

I shouldn't have to if I don't want to.

What I want is to become a writer. I'm going to need my peace and quiet.

My mother does want a big birthday bash. People go everywhere around my house, even in my bathroom! They love the buffet table mom set out, and they turn on all the stereos we have placed here and there.

I quickly put away the french toast and veggie salmon people brought. That's nice of them to bring food, but I'm saving this stuff for later. They can eat the food from the buffet.

Finally, that stupid party ends, and I get to go upstairs and read. I never thought I'd enjoy reading a cookbook since I'm not really one for cooking, but it's not so bad. I like to read after all.

They've announced that prom is coming up soon. I don't think I'll go. I really don't have anyone to take anyway.

Well, there is ... Shayna. Shayna Rao. Rao. Yes, like my half-brother and half-sister's last name. She's my half-siblings' half-sibling. She calls me a lot and is always smiling at me in the halls at school like she's excited to see me or something, I don't know.

I think she thinks I'm going to ask her to prom. I don't think so - too weird.

 So that's her dad and my mom talking. They used to be married. Our parents used to be married, and she wonders why I think her liking me is weird?
Oh. Not saying she necessarily likes me. She might not. But I'm worried she does.

Her dad's new wife is only about 5 or so years older than us. Mom starts showing off pics of my nephew... who is her grandson, I guess, as well. Haha. Yeah, blondie, you're a grandma already!
Shayna's nephew is my nephew. ... yeah.

While Dad was at work, he played a bit of putt-putt (working real hard, I know) since there were no scheduled surgeries. He won 1,000 on a friendly wager after sinking a twenty foot putt into the bedpan to clinch the title of bedpan putt-putt champion. Then, he got a raise.

That was just what we needed to redo my bedroom. There's still a bit too much childish things for my liking, but it's a start.

 Mom has started to smell. She never has the green fumes coming from her. She has the "dirt defiant" LTR, but she still winds up smelling. And Dad and I can't stand being around her. We come up with different excuses to avoid her. The above picture is an example of one of a couple of them.

Mom decides she wants to quit her job, so she does. She doesn't take the retirement option because The Maker didn't see that she could be 'retired' by going and registering for it at the courthouse until later, and instead, thought that she couldn't "retire" from a PT job. Oh well. Dad makes several thousand every time he works a normal shift, so we're alright.

Speaking of going to the courthouse to register for some things, I got my butt over there and registered myself as a writer! *big smile*

That's Monika and Moe's house. So, I'm going to talk about my brother Levi and that he and Sunshine had another son named Sebastian. We've still not seen him. Mom has been frantic about trying to complete her LTW so that she can have a nice tombstone. She wants to max out charisma and guitar playing. The charisma is giving her a bit of trouble.
Speaking of babies, Mom's ex-husband and his new bride had a son named Conrad.
More pics of Monika and Moe's house, The Maker giving them a new bed, and a pic of the kitchen that she just liked and took a pic for the heck of it:

To support my hobby and to appease The Maker's curiosity about whether or not the junkyard "salvage" is broken on the laptop as well (something about 'living green' on her desktop, idk), I go to the junkyard to get some more scrap, and I hear this strange conversation going on in the little building...
(oh, and Dad gets another raise. He makes $606/hr now.)

The guy looks like he's talking to his imaginary friend. I didn't know adults could have imaginary friends. His name is Clark Bellamore, and he's the step-dad of the kid on the floor, Kenneth, even though Kenneth's last name is the same.

Ah, no. He's flirting with his wife, Kenneth's mom, Lina, and she's apparently going to be bugging The Maker soon with a 'stuck sim' that needs resetting. She goes ahead and tries to reset, and it doesn't work. So, She resets the whole lot, and that screws up the amount of scrap for me to get. There's none, and now I have to wait. -.-

During dinner, while Mom serenades us with her amazing guitar-playing ability (almost cancels out how much her odor bothers us), Dad tells us about how he saved the girl working the consignment shop.

"I walked into the consignment shop, and I saw the woman walking around the counter when she saw me walk in. She couldn't make it any farther when she started complaining of stomach cramps," Dad says.

"I walked up and talked to her for a minute while Dina Caliente Trebo and her daughter Carolina Trebo Rao looked on. I don't know who that was behind me, but anyway, I decided to do an impromptu scan on her."

"Turns out she just had a case of nausea, so I gave her a shot. Everyone was relieved."

"My hero!" Mom exclaims and puts away her guitar. Then, they start making out right in front of me.

"Guys, do you mind?" I ask. They don't listen to me, so I get out a book.

I go upstairs and decide to continue the Sci-Fi novel I'm writing. The Maker mistakenly put the home video thing next to the computer instead of the television.

I get so into it that I only have a small amount of time to catch a nap on the couch downstairs before school the next day.

^^A few quick pictures to show that more money is coming in, and we're improving things outside as well as inside.

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Turns out Pat is male.

Fern Annan Rao gets engaged to and marries Barry Gilbert. She moves out and leaves the kids with Roger.

The Brewers (my family in case you forgot their last name) get another magic laundry gnome.

Maryann Barbarossa and Trey Caliente get unexpectedly preggers and get married.

Dina Caliente Trebo dies (day after that scene in the shop).
Tim's rep continues to switch from "faithful" to "eternally faithful" while Mia's "cheater" rep will probably follow her to her what-looks-like-will-be-an ordinary grave.
Tim goes around town to stop a dangerously-contagious case of Lolcosis. I had to think about that one for a minute. What the heck is 'Lolcosis'? Hm... Oh. LOL!