The blonde girl behind Etta almost screamed. Billie was the sweetest co-worker she could ever wish for, but she could be a real oddball sometimes.
Etta’s heart did a backflip at the mere sound of his name. She looked up without realizing what she was doing and it was true. Dante stood right there in the middle of the café.
She smiled instictively when she saw him, but then she noticed a particularly attractive girl next to him and quickly came to her senses. Trying to sound as indefferent as possible, she turned her attention back to dirty dishes.
Billie couldn’t believe her ears.
Etta shrugged as she washed a hundredth mug that morning. Billie rolled her eyes at her lack of enthusiasm and went back to work. Mondays were always particularly busy and customers were quickly accumulating in front of the counter, forming a rowdy, nervous crowd.
Against her better judgement, Etta looked up and saw Dante standing at the end of the line. And he looked really good.
She managed to look away and decided to change filters in the coffee machine. It kept her focused for a while. At least until she overheard Billie taking Dante’s order. She tried to fight it but she couldn’t help herself. She looked up again, turning her head towards the sound of his voice.
He stood on the same spot as before, looking better than ever and Etta felt like her brain just melted.
Her wild train of thoughts was interrupted suddenly when the boy spoke.
He walked around the counter and sat on a bar stool there while Etta tried to contain the emotions she felt lately.
‘You have no idea,’ she thought to herself, her heart beating louder than a marching band. She was really glad the café was crowded and noisy that day.
Etta would love to stand there forever and watch how his perfect lips formed perfect sounds into the perfect words he spoke, but unfortunately, Mondays were truly extremely busy and they’ve just run out of cocoa.
Dante just smiled and nodded. Etta sighed as she watched him leave, unable to take her eyes off him.
Billie’s voice brought Etta back to earth. And back to work.
The blonde girl didn’t stop talking, but Etta quickly got away and hid in the stock room so she couldn’t hear her.
Dante was notorious ladies’ man. Girls were crazy about him and he was more than okay with it. Rumours had it that it ran in their family – his grandfather Don used to be quite a playboy, too.
Etta later caught a glimpse of that girl of his, Michelle. Billie told her she was a freshman in college and a lingerie model. She surely looked like one.
She looked like a kind of girl Dante would actually date. ‘Unlike me,’ Etta sighed.
Billie had a lot of information about the girl. She kept talking about Michelle and her botox and surgeries and extentions for the next hour. Etta couldn’t wait for the shift to end.
But it didn’t bring her any relief. On her way to school, she ran into Aleksey.
Etta’s heart sank. She suspected the text wasn’t from Dante, but while it was anonymous she could at least fantasize about it. Now that she knew who sent it, the magic was gone.
Etta was like paralyzed. She didn’t know what to do. Aleksey was so great. And kinda cute, too. But she had feelings for somebody else.
‘For somebody who will never be interested in me,’ she thought bitterly.
And with an excuse about running late, she turned around and rushed down the street, leaving the dissapointed boy behind.
She felt really bad for turning him down like that, but she had to. It would be unfair to go out with him, given the circumstances.
Lost in thoughts, she bumped into someone at the end of the street.
She immediately started apologizing when she realized it was her brother Amon with a satisfied, cocky smile on his face. Expecting him to mock her or tease her by pinching her cheecks or do some other childlish thing, she instinctively flinched.
But then she noticed someone else – a girl crawling out of a bushes behind him and her cheecks reddened in the sudden realization.
She didn’t really know why, but she snapped.
And with that she stormed off. She couldn’t put her finger on what exactly bothered her the most – Billie’s trash talk about Dante, Aleksey’s inability to read between the lines or Amon’s absolute lack of class. But she was sure of one thing.
This chapter was packed with funny moments. 😀 Can’t decide if I ship Dante and Etta or not. Should we built a Detta ship or not? Amon’s a riot. 😀
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That’s the exact feeling I was going for! He doesn’t seem like an obvious choice for Etta, does he? 🙂
I like the ship name, though! Very stylish.
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Oh Etta. Boy trouble is the worst! I love Aleksey, but the heart wants what it wants…I don’t blame her, Dante’s quite the looker.
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I actually love Aleksey, too, he’s very sweet. But you know how I like letting my sims lead the way – I found her chemistry with Dante better. 🙂
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That’s fair enough! 🙂
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What a perfect chapter ! Great timing and comedy ! And I really feel for Etta , too .
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Thank you! I’m glad you liked it – I had a lot of fun writing it. It felt very teenage-y 😀
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Oh my gosh, Etta really has it with the boys now! I’m soo curious what Dante had wanted to ask her before she cut him off… I wonder if he’s actually interested in her? Well I guess we’ll se sooner or later 😀 now am I seeing this or are you using custom skins in your game? I’ve never realised it before but your sims look really cute with that!
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I’ve been using Kijiko’s skin overhaul for quite some time – it makes them a bit smoother and catches the light nicely. It’s nothing major, though. (I think they would still look cute if I removed it. 😛 )
And you’ll find out about Dante’s question soon. And I think he could be interested in her – he’s known for loving female company, after all. 🙂
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True
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Right? 😀
Also, welcome!
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So much teenage angst and emotion in this chapter! It felt just like the day in the life of a real teen- I don’t miss those days!
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Hehe, neither do I, to be honest! But I’m having lots of fun writing it – I’ve never thought having four teenagers in the house could be so wild! (In Sims, I mean.) These four feel like real teenagers when I play – they are snapping at each other, yelling when they’re tense and they are so moody! It’s intense. 😀
In my previous experience with the game, sims tended to led mostly very idyllic, Stepford-like lives, so I’m enjoying the change.
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Yes, I would love for some of my Sims to act like this! I haven’t had teens in my legacy yet, obviously, but my teens in my 100 Baby barely interact, let alone fight. Maybe I should leave them alone a little more to see what they would do.
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What helped in my game was a mod – it cancels positive environment moodlets. My teens often get all kinds of moodlets in school – angry, embarrassed, flirty – but before the mod, their moods were overshadowed by the overwhelmingly positive ‘Nice environment’ buff. Now that it’s gone, they can experience all these other emotions and it’s fun!
And it also depends on their traits a lot – I got kinda unlucky rolling traits for Seth, so he’s causing all sorts of drama 😀
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Ooh I’ve heard about this mod. I might have to give that a try. My family’s all tend to be way too perfect and happy all the time, even when they do get the more negative traits.
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I can only recommend it. 🙂
And negative traits can be tricky – some of them are just much more negative than others. Mean, Evil, Insane and Hot Head and also the Mischief Aspirations are the best for drama from my experience – sims with these traits have whims to make enemies or to be mean to somenone and they also insult and yell at others autonomously.
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