Guy rolls a wish to buy something on sale. He's only allowed to go to the bookstore and grocery store (I let him go to the library before- oops) so he takes his shopping there very seriously.
"Anything good?" Lincoln asks, not looking up from his book.
"45% off for a book called 'Physically Trained to Be Fit'. I think I'll get it."
"Why are you so mean!?" Tammi explodes hypocritically at Tina.
Tina here was just standing around, thinking about her lifetime wish (become a level 10 fortune teller, the genuine mystic branch). For once, minding her own business!
She doesn't need to be clairvoyant to see that Tammi's future is a dead-end, she taunts back!
Tammi is confused. "When did fortune telling get involved in all of this?"
Tina scowls, then skulks away without answering her question.
Seriously, more fighting?
Thankfully they just start talking about books instead.
Things go pretty normally for a few days. Dishes pile up...
Guy reads endlessly...
He spends hours talking to Florence on the phone.
"You have no future with that lady," Gregory mutters under his breath. Guy doesn't hear him.
While he can't help Guy with his love life, Gregory helps out with his small garden. (AN: Didn't know sims could autonomously garden! Learning lots of new things).
Ah yes. Bathroom routing failures. I really should have bought a dishwasher for them.
Dove tries her hand at the piano. She's not too bad.
She loses track of time and only stops playing when her bladder is screaming for relief.
Tammi, naturally, takes this opportunity to humble-brag about the amount of paintings her 'suitors' and 'fans' have sent her.
"I'm pretty sure most of those are for Guy," Dove sighs. His co-workers keep sending him things to "spruce up" the place.
"Or maybe it's from his girlfriend," Ti chimes in.
Right. This creep. Hi, Florence.
Looks like she brought her second daughter, Margie, to witness her adultery and general sleaze this time around.
For a while, all they do is talk about work...
But once the sitter is called to take Margie away, Florence gets...handsy.
"Not here..." Guy pulls away, giving Florence a light kiss.
She laughs. "Of course not, in the middle of your...living room?" she's not sure what to call it, "Do you have a bed?"
"Not big enough for two..."
We finally get to see what's in the room at the end of the hallway.
"It's been here since before I moved in," Guy explains nervously, trying to stall for time. He's never done this before!
Doing the deed inside of a wardrobe makes for a confusing experience. There's barely any light, it's cramped, and Guy can't see what he's doing.
"Well, how was it?" Florence asks.
Guy looks away. He's not sure how to describe it. "It was...interesting," he finally lands on, "Wait-what are you wearing?"
Florence looks down. "What the-"
"Oh you must have grabbed the wrong clothes," Guy realises.
"Or did I hand you the wrong ones? Oops," he giggles.
They talk a bit more about work...
"Guy, can I stay tonight? I don't want to go home to an empty house..."
"But...your daughters?"
"They're with a sitter."
Guy feels helpless in the face of Florence's pleading stare. "If you don't mind sleeping on the couch..."
Florence happily passes out in the living room.
When Jinenji voices his discomfort about a married woman spending so much time at their place, Ti is displeased.
"You are such a goody-two shoes. Let Guy have some love in his life! That's hard to come by, here..."
Jinenji frowns. He wouldn't call what those two have love... co-dependency? Is Florence taking advantage of Guy's unique living situation, of the fact that Guy wouldn't be able to meet her husband, or interact with the rest of the town? Could she taking advantage of Guy himself, who's never been in love before and has no gauge for a healthy relationship? He can't tell, but he has his suspicions.
Ti is right about one thing- love is hard to come by here. Dove and Tammi fight frequently, this time over whose turn it is for the pull-up bar.
"You just care about your workout outfits," Dove huffs, "You never actually exercise."
"Who are you to judge what 'real' exercise is? You're wearing jeans to a workout, for Plumbob's sake!"
Lincoln has been pretty quiet lately. He's been obsessed with making food for the past few days- grilled cheese is today's meal of choice.
(AN: I later found out that the reason for this was that the residents would often ask each other to make food whenever they were hungry instead of cooking themselves or getting a quick meal, haha.)
Dove takes a break from her workout to stargaze. Too bad it's day time and cloudy out, she can't see a thing!
For a while, things fall into a routine. The residents, probably tired from living together for so long, spend longer and longer stretches of time absorbed in silent activity. Guy comes home from work and tends to the garden before bed...
And then Florence comes over to "spend some time together."
Which leads to the inevitable.
Today, though, Guy kisses her with a forceful possessiveness she hasn't felt from him before.
"Why can't we date, like normal couples?" Guy says between desperate kisses, "Don't you love me?"
Florence doesn't answer his questions.
She sighs when Guy leaves the wardrobe wordlessly, shutting the door behind him.
Star-crossed lovers, Florence thinks, so tragic! Poor us.
Poor man. He was trying to take a shortcut home when his heart just gave out. Challenge rules dictate that I can't move any grave on the lot, so maybe we'll see his ghost around?
Florence's contented smile turns into a frown as Guy continues to ignore her in favour of doing the dishes.
Jinenji takes this opportunity to strike.
"Florence. As Guy's friend, I'm concerned about him. Will this relationship make either of you happy in the long run?" Jinenji is incredibly blunt and to the point. He doesn't want to see Guy hurt.
"Well, if not with Guy... I can see something between me and...someone else...working out," Florence says with a long, meaningful stare.
Jinenji smiles vacantly at her, either unwilling to catch her meaning or not having noticed it. You can never tell with absent minded sims!
Florence please stop.
Dove laughs hysterically as Gregory shoots Florence down.
"You probably wouldn't like me as much as Guy. Not as much science money!" Gregory mocks her with the expertise of a schoolyard bully.
"What!? You are unbelievable! I would never be so shallow!"
Gregory quickly changes the topic to comic books. "Do you think you could bring some here when you have your next booty call? We're all dying to read issue 465# of Freezer Bunny Adventures."
"You know, most men like to look at very different comics," Florence very inappropriately flirts with Gregory again.
"Wow, lady, you're really hot and cold," Gregory snickers, "Not my style."
Gregory emphasises his point by booing and hissing at her. Mature...
"Oh my plumbob, is that slut back here?" Tammi whispers excitedly to Lincoln. Tammi craves, no, needs the drama!
"Don't know. Don't care. Too tired," Lincoln pushes past her.
Tammi stares in disbelief as Florence tries to flirt with Gregory again.
Gregory decides to see if she has any psychological imbalances.
"We could always use another housemate," he beams.
At this, Florence takes her leave. Maybe this romance is too star-crossed for her tastes.
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AN: Yes, leave Florence. And never come back! (Fun fact: after this, she came back but only twice).
Writing out her and Guy's "relationship" made me feel so icky. Guy really deserves better.
This chapter turned out a lot shorter than the last one. I trimmed a lot of fluff for this update (tons of photos of them reading and cooking). Very close to the end now!
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