An unexpected visit

Happy Easter! To take a break from the chocolate eating, I've decided to write my fourth story! Enjoy!

Don sighed as his carpool bumped along the roads of Pleasantview. He was exhausted after a long day at work, he wanted to get home, watch TV and go to bed. Work, TV and sleep seemed to be the only things he did lately! He hadn't gone clubbing in longer than he could remember, and the thing he did best, well him and Nina had been struggling in their relationship lately, and THAT was definately off the list, well in Nina's opinion! He was in a dreamland until the car hit a familiar pothole. "Stop a second!" Don said looking through the grimy window. A familiar house stood glaring at him.
"What's wrong?" asked Amber, his moody driver.
"I'm getting off here today. Thanks for the lift" He leaped out of the car, feeling nervous. He had been planning this for a while now, it was perfect. Nina was at home with Max, sleeping probably, and wouldn't miss him, and he could tell Cassandra was home, the lights were on. He walked quickly up to the door and rang the old bell. It was time to meet his kids!

He watched through the glass in the door as a misty figure walked forward, and the door opened. A woman he barely recognised stood looking at him. She had cut her hair, got contacts and looked GREAT! He smiled.
"Hey Cassie!"
"What are you doing here Don? I haven't seen you in ages!" She looked fairly happy to see him, a good sign. "Come in, we can have a chat!"
As Don stepped into the old mansion, he noticed how different it looked.
"Woah! You've definately done it up nicely."
"Thanks. When the quads were born, I decided that kids probably wouldn't want to live in some gloomy old horror house! So I got Mary-Sue in to help me decorate it." Don noticed Cassandra sighed when she said Mary-Sue's name. He knew she had died a long time ago. He followed her into the living room, and noticed she was wearing her work uniform.
"Sorry, I didn't realise you'd just got home."
"Oh, it's fine!" She said, and sat down on a comfy sofa. He sat next to her. As he chatted to her about how she had been he noticed how different she was. She was a lot less shy, she made a lot more jokes and smiled a lot more.

Cassandra was glad to be on good terms with her kids Dad again, but if she had looked out of her window, she would have noticed that someone wasn't happy Mr Lothario was back in the house!

Don decided it was time to go for it. "So... can I meet the kids?" He noticed Cassandra looked slightly apprehensive when he said this. "I mean, I feel terrible I haven't been in their lives before this, and well, I want to know my own kids." He turned on his best smile. Cassandra was utterly charmed, she didn't realise how much she had missed Don.
"Of course! I'm sorry that you haven't met before today, their just doing their homework at the moment, come on into the dining room!"

Don was shocked. Four children sat quietly at the table discussing things he would never have cared about when he was a kid! They were currently chatting about whether baseball teams were no longer about sport, and more about money. "So...how old are you guys?" He said in a desperate attempt to break the ice.
"We just turned 8." A boy with glasses and a bad haircut said.
"Right...right" Don said and tried to remember their names. He knew the girl was called Bella. And there was definately a Robert, maybe a Michael...?
"Kids, remember how much you confuse people, tell Dad who's who." Cassandra smiled.
"Which one is Michael?" Don blurted, trying to look like he at least knew something.
The boy sitting nearest to him turned and said "There is no Michael, but I'm Martin." The other three exchanged sarcastic glances.
"Great. Just Great" Don thought. "My own kids are smarter than me AND they know it."
Cassandra seemed to know how Don felt and said "Right kids! Bedtime!"

As soon as the children had walked up the stairs solemnly, Cassandra turned to Don. "They're great aren't they?" She smiled proudly.
"Yeah, fantastic." Don sighed.
"Shall I do us something to eat? I'm not the best cook but you know..."
"Sure, I'm famished."
Then before he knew what was happening, Cassandra was suddenly kissing him. The two were too preoccupied to remember the lobster that was in the oven...

 

Don couldn't believe his luck. One moment Cassandra and him were talking about food and cooking and hunger, and then they were up in Cassandra's bedroom. He had really missed Cassandra, and now he realised he was falling for her all over again. When the two had finished their fun, Don fell fast asleep, but Cassandra went downstairs for a snack. She felt elated. Don was such a good lover! She stumbled into the kitchen, half dreaming when she suddenly saw the damage that the lobster had caused.
 

 

 

She ran to the hall, and grabbed the phone, calling the fire department. She told the, exactly what had happened, well leaving out the part that had happened in her room. They told her that they were on their way and to stay away from the blaze at all costs. She collapsed in a chair and watched as firefighters ran into her kitchen.

 

"The kitchen is pretty much destroyed. I think that if you can bear to leave the place, you should, the damage will cost too much to repair, even for your family. I would reccomend you start looking for houses as soon as you can."
"But my whole family is buried outside! My dad, my grandparents, I can't leave them!" Cassandra cried, tears welling in her eyes. Why had she been so stupid?!
"I'm sorry. But you'll have to work a lot from now on if you want to stay. This kitchen will cost at least 600,000 to repair, including repairing the fire damage. I'd say it would be cheaper to leave. Excuse me, but I have other emergencies."

Cassandra climbed the stairs again to try and get some sleep. Now she had thrown her family into turmoil. She didn't want to leave her father's grave! She had planned for herself and her children to be buried alongside him. And if she moved they would no doubt be dug up and put in a community grave. She couldn't let that happen! But 600,000 was more than even the Goth's had. She sighed and then saw Don asleep in her bed. He looked so handsome, but Cassandra regretted what had just happened. Now she had reopened a door with Don, a door which she hadn't wanted to ever see again a few hours ago. What was she going to do?

 

The Wedding

As Darren and Kaylynn turned to the crowd they couldn't help it, identical smiles of glee lit up their faces. They were married! Darren turned to his sweetheart. "I love you" he said and pulled her face to him for another kiss. She smiled.
"I love you so much." Kaylynn whispered. "C'mon, lets go join the toast!"

Seeing Darren stealing what he felt was rightfully his made something snap inside Don. He dropped his glass in the middle of the toast and ran forward. He couldn't help it, he slapped her hard around the face. Kaylynn was shocked. She was never Don's to lose! She looked at him angrily, hoping Darren hadn't seen. Luckily he was busy talking to Delia. And thankfully for Don, Nina was thinking too much about what a horrible hat Donna was wearing.

Don put on a heroic face for the rest of the day. He frankly wouldn't mind spoiling Darren's day, but deep down he realized he still loved Kaylynn and didn't want to hurt her. He spent most of the day as far away from the happy couple as he could manage!

Cassandra wasn't having the best day either. For one thing it was plain awkward with Don there, she knew he ought to see his kids, but she didn't want him hurting them like he had hurt her. And she also got a wierd feeling watching Darren and Kaylynn. She had known Darren loved her, but she thought it would be easier on him to just ignore it, and treat him like her best friend, as she always had. But when she realised how alone she was, she planned that maybe Darren and her could become something more. But seeing him with Kaylynn and knowing that he would never love her again made her feel strangely sad.

But she swallowed her feelings. Darren had been a good friend for her when she was getting married, so why shouldn't she be a good friend to him? She walked over to the wine. "I'd like to make a toast!" she shouted over all the noise. "To Darren, who's always been my friend, and companion, I wish him and his new wife the best of happiness!"
"To Darren!" The guest echoed.

It was the job of Donna and Delia to tidy up after the wedding while Darren and Kaylynn were honeymooning. They were going to a spa for the evening, and Donna had been trusted to look after Delia. However when Darren and Kaylynn got home, they looked through the window, and saw two very tierd girls sleeping in front of the TV.

Very quietly, so they didn't wake the girls, the newlyweds crept to their room. "I love you Mrs Dreamer." Darren whispered and shut the door. I think we should give them some private time so they can enjoy the start of married life!

 

Tragedy at the Pleasant's

I will be doing an entry when I feel like it, which will probably be about once a week, I will give you a particular day when I fall into a routine. Anyway so here's my second story, I'm sorry, it's not to happy, but I had to write about a strange turn of events that happened in the early hours of the morning at the Pleasant household...

 

Lilith was forced to move her family to a different home. Her debts were piling up, so she sold the big house they lived in, and they moved to a much smaller one. She had other things to worry about, as well as moving though. Darleen had always been a weak baby. She had had to stay in the hospital for a while after she was born, and always seemed to have a cough. When she grew up to be a toddler, Lilith was more hopeful, maybe it was just a phase, and Darleen definitely seemed to get better. But one night, Lilith was worried about her, her breathing seemed off and she was unable to stop coughing. She took her to the hospital, and the staff rushed her away to theatre. The Pleasant family (what was left of them) got some bad news that night.

 

“I can’t believe she’s gone. I miss her so much!” cried David. Freya put her arms around him and sighed.

“We all miss her David, don’t worry she’s happy.” Lilith just cried next to the grave. She didn’t say much for a few days after, and wore black all the time. David and Freya were upset, but Freya had her best friend, Donna Langerak to help her and David had Joseph Goth. Their friends meant a lot to them in this sad time, and they helped them move on. One day Lilith came down the stairs smiling.

 

“I’m sorry I’ve not been much help for a while guys.” She said and tears brimmed in her eyes again. “She was almost the only piece of Dirk I had left and now she’s gone. Now I just have you David.” Freya cleared her throat noisily. “No it’s not like that!” Lilith said. “Freya I love you just as much as David, but Dirk wasn’t your biological father, David I’m sorry, but having you is like having Dirk around here again!” Freya nodded. It was true, David was just like Dirk in appearance, and had the same bookish nature, but David was a lot more social that Dirk, a trait he had inherited from Lilith.

 

The next day, the doorbell rang. Lilith opened it, and Angela stood there. She was blushing quite a lot. “Lil, I’m sorry about Darleen. And I’m sorry about everything. We were so stupid, why can’t we just be friends? I realized when Mum and Dad died how fragile family is and Darleen dying has just made me open my eyes more, I really think we shouldn’t stay angry at each other for how we annoyed one another when we just silly teenagers. Please forgive me?” Lilith smiled.

“Thanks Angie. I’m sorry too!” Then she burst into tears.

“Whoa! What’s wrong?”

“I’m sorry, I’ve just been crying a lot at nothing recently.”

“C’mon, I can sort that out. Go inside, I’ll make you a drink, and we’ll have a chat. I haven’t seen Freya and David in ages!”

 

So the positive thing that came out of the death of Darleen was the fact that the Pleasant sisters stopped hating each other. They may never have been the best of friends before, but they definitely were now. They were always visiting each other; Lilith was even made Olivia’s godmother. Lilith also worked out her grief when she discovered her new passion, writing. When she wasn't at work, she wasfound tapping away at the keys of her computer. Her first novel even made a lot of money, she spend this money on a gardener to take care of Darleen's flowers.

 

Through all the tough times the Pleasant family had been through, they realized that they would be fine as long as they loved each other. The moment they all realized this, a little ray of sunshine shone through the leaves of the willow tree by the pond and landed on Darleen’s grave, where it shone for a very long time.

Don's Plan

Hey readers! I'm not exactly sure how many of you there are yet,but I hope you will enjoy this blog, and maybe write your own. Please comment if you like it, and if you have any suggestions.
 

BEEP BEEP BEEP. Don's rusty old alarm clock made its aggravating noise. He looked over, hoping Nina would get it, but remembering she was at work. He wished there was enough money to get a new one; this one's noise drove him nuts! But he had spent the whole of his 'Goth money' (as he called it) on Nina's exercise machine. It was his morning off, and he planned to make the most of it! There were several TV programmes he had missed because of his late work hours, and he planned to catch up on all of them. He got out of bed, leaving it unmade; Nina could sort that out later.

He heard a loud, angry wail and groaned. This parenting lark wasn't easy! He walked into Max's room, and sighed. There was a rather nasty smell and Max looked wide awake, and hungry! He changed Max's diaper keeping his general body as far away from the toddler as possible. As soon as Max was in his high chair he washed his hands very vigorously. Most mornings he felt like taking off and getting a house or apartment somewhere else. He loved Max, but surely changing and feeding and cuddling was motherly stuff right? Then he thought of when Max was older, when he could teach him to be a little heartbreaker like himself and smiled. He wanted to be able to meet and teach all of his children how to be like him, but he wasn't allowed to see 5 of them! He wanted to find some way of meeting Cassandra's 4, but he wouldn't be too involved, no! He'd just be cool dad who sometimes drops round. He knew there were 3 boys and a girl, but he had no idea of their names.

He didn't pay much attention to Kaylynn's two girls. He liked them enough, but they were too clingy, and always wanted him to play with their doll house. Besides, that stupid Dreamer bloke made him uncomfortable. Whenever he went over, he wanted to get Kaylynn alone, to maybe see if they could reignite the old spark, but Darren was always at her side. Don didn't know what she saw in that guy. He sighed. Then there was Violet. Dina had sent him a picture, and she looked beautiful. He wished he could meet her. Even though she was only 3, she had a face that could break any man's heart. "I expect her and Max to be the ones that inherit my gift" he muttered to himself, as he finally finished washing his hands, and turned the clunky tap off.

He took Max out of his chair, gave him some toys, and started watching the recording of SimCity General Hospital. It was his favourite soap, all the nurse actors were very pretty, but this morning he wasn't getting into it as much as he normally did. He was still thinking about his 8 children. He wanted to be a part in all of their lives, well, not the diaper and cuddly part, but he felt bad that his children didn't know him. They might even hate him for not being there as they grew up. He made a decision to drop round to Cassandra's when he and Nina next had a day off. He wouldn't take Nina, but he would need her to take care of Max. It seemed like a brilliant plan. Just as he has thought of this, Max began to shriek and cry. He looked over and found that Max had broken his Wobbly Rabbit's ear, and was now bashing it against the TV. He paused the recording of SimCity General Hospital, and sighed. Don was not cut out for parenthood, too bad he had 8 kids!

Introductions to the Pleasantview Sims!

I often get bored with the characters I create on The Sims 2, becuase they lack history and depth. So I reinstalled my game and thought it would be a lot more interesting to play The Sims 2 with the ready made Sims. I was right! Unfortunately, this blog begins after I have played around with quite a few things, so this post is just so you can catch up on The Sims and their changed lives. And sorry that everone in the pictures is so far away, I just wanted you to be able to see their houses, you'll see close ups of people later. Sorry if this entry isn't great, it's taken a long time to make, and it's only introducing, the stories will start soon. So without furthur ado, here is The Progression in Pleasantview!...

Catching Up...

The Caliente Household

The Caliente Sisters have long since gone their seperate ways. We'll come to Dina in a minute, but now let's discuss Nina. She had a pretty serious makeover to try and get Don to ditch his fiancee, but at first it didn't work. Don Lothario became Don Goth, and got a pretty big share of the fortune! But with Don being Don, he couldn't resist a bit of excitement, and invited over Nina for some 'fun', ended up getting caught by Cassie, getting Nina pregnant and dumped all in one day! Luckily, Nina's door was open, and the two of them brought a house together, where baby Max Caliente was born, and grew up to be a very attractive toddler. Neither of them fancy getting married, so they're perfectly happy to live together and be a couple, but the two of them still are considering other people!

The Other Caliente Household





After changing her look considerabley, Dina decided it was time to make a move of Mortimer Goth. Before long she and Mortimer were married, and Dina was pregnant. She gave birth to a girl named Willow and she was a suprisingly good mother. But before long, Mortimer wasn't enough for her, and she and Don Lothario began to mess around. Mortimer caught her, and kicked her out, but she assumed Don would put a roof over her head. However she was wrong, and seeing her sweetheart move in with her sister, and have a baby with her was too much, and she severed all ties with Nina. She also found she was pregnant, and soon after gave birth to Violet Caliente, who was the spitting image of her dad, Don. Violet has never met her dad, but dreams of him being the sort of dad who plays with her. Oh how wrong she is! Dina moved in with a friend, Brandi Broke after she had had Violet, and watched as Dustin went through his teenage years. He broke up with his girlfriend Angela when she started to change, and Dina comforted him. When he grew up, there was no other woman for him, and the two got married and moved into a house together. They live with Willow and Violet, but Dina has recenty found out she is pregnant again, this time with the father being a man she loves.

 

The Broke Household

 

Brandi has finally begin to move on from her deceased husband Skip, who's child she realized she was pregnant with just a month after his death. The baby was born, and it was a boy. she named it Christopher. The bungalow they lived in was getting far to small, so she saved up, got a job and was able to a buy a two bedroomed house. Chris and Beau share a room, and she has the smallest one. With Dustin moved out, life is a lot easier!

The Langerak Household

 

With all the messing around she did with Don, was it really any suprise Kaylynn got pregnant with his child? She quit her job as a maid, and got a rather more sensible job in the Culinary carrer, a job that she shone at, and moved up quickly to the top. She worked for as long as possible, but after a while she was too big. The baby was born, a girl, and she named it Donna after her father. However, when she planned a suprise visit to Don's house, she found he was now with Nina, and she had no idea. She was angry, and decided to forget all about him. However, when he came to visit his daughter, they had a one night stand, and Kaylynn was pregnant again. This time, she called the new baby Delia, as it was still D, but not too close to Don! She met a man online, called Darren, who she invited over, only to realize it was Darren Dreamer, her neighbour! After realizing how much in common they had, they became best friends, then fell in love. They are now engaged, and the wedding is planned!

The Pleasant Household

 

 

After a certain age, Angela got bored of living up to her name. She began to flunk school, and sneak out every night with Dustin. However, Angela soon grew too bad for Dustin, and he broke up with her. She moved straight onto Alexander Goth, who calmed her down a bit, but she still finished school with a F. The only job she could find was in the army, but Alexander moved into her house with her, bringing a lot of the Goth money and his own well paid job. The two of them are deeply in love, and have a daughter named Olivia. As for Lilith...

 

The Other Pleasant Houshold

 

Mary-Sue and Daniel were both dead by the time Lilith and Angela were adults. However before that, Lilith looked in the mirror one day, and didn't like the girl she saw. She changed her ways, got a cooking job, and finished school with an A+ and as an Overachiever. The Pleasant Sisters both seemed to to have swapped places! Lilith married her teen sweetheart, Dirk Dreamer, and had a little boy named David. They then decided to adopt, they took care of a little girl named Freya. Then one day, Dirk came home from work with a cold, which turned into pnuemonia. Sadly has passed away, leaving Lilith alone, pregnant with his second child and penniless. The second child was born, Lilith named her Darleen like Dirk always wanted. Though she works every hour she can, Lilith still struggles to get by.

 

The Goth Household

 

 

Soon after he broke up with Dina, Mortimer died. He was buried in the Goth Graveyard in their garden with all his ancestors. Alex grew up and moved out leaving Don and Cassandra alone. She had been doubtful for a while, but after catching Don cheating with Nina, she sent him away. Too bad she was pregnant! As her pregnancy went on, she was a lot bigger than normal, and finally gave birth to quads! Martin, Joseph, Bella and Robert have never met their dad, as Cassandra knows he's a heartbreaker, he already has 8 children, with 4 different women! she is still searching for a man, and is rather disappointed Darren is off the market.

 

The Burb Household

 

The Burbs are finally moved in! They had to wait a very long time to find a house in Pleasantview, and the one they did find is very small, but they're here now and very happy about it. However, Lucy seems to be heading down the Angela route, and is completely flunking school! John and Jennifer are trying to get her more interested in school work, but so far they're failing, miserabley!

That is all for this month's Progression in Pleasantview, but please come back soon to see the proper Pleasantview stories begin. Thank you for reading, see you next month.

Mrs Pleasantview