Tommy and Tyrone weren't happy about Riker poking his nose into Audra's old things and told the boy that had he just come to them when he wanted to bring Puzzle to life, they would have helped. But none of that could be changed now once the deed was done, so they did as the could, bought the newly alive boy a bed and signed him up for school.
"Man, Libby's right, school sucks hairy toes!" Riker lamented after his first day, Puzzle was less vocal about his situation. Just glad that his new guardians were willing to keep him, opposed to putting him out onto the street.
Meanwhile, Tommy had been paid quite a bit of money to eat at a restaurant before he was told about their one stipulation, he had to go about town and get people to go try their restaurant. Tommy, feeling like a tool, decided he'd send the most insane looking people he could find. "No really, flippers are what they want you to wear there. If you show up without them on, they give you the restaurant's flippers to wear. It's kinda like renting bowling shoes, just more rubbery."
Tyrone, on the other hand, won a Sim's Choice award, which one of the laundry gnomes quickly became fascinated by.
The win of the award lead him to once again start working on his Oscar speech.
While Tommy played some tunes at The Grind.
The kids didn't mind that their parents weren't around much, mostly because they could eat cake for dinner. "A writer!? Why would you wanna be a writer? Dude, that's lame, be a cowboy or something."
"Riker, don't be a jerk, i think being a writer is nice." Liberty said as she did her homework.
"Thanks." Puzzle smiled.
Riker's wish is to be a cowboy, but so far this is the only pony he's allowed to have.
He enjoys it while he can.
Being a party animal, Puzzle danced every chance he could, music was always playing in the house.
Liberty found a new passion, baking sweets.
She ended up being really good at it.
Maybe too good at it, seriously, that's enough now Libby.
While Tommy worked on his music, which was his true passion, Tyrone took up an interest in photography.
Could be because now there was a house full of kids and they took cute pictures, although asking them to smile pretty never seemed to work.
Hmm, interesting.
Do you ever feel like you're being watched by a group of tiny men? No, huh, Tommy does, all the time, i wonder why.
The weekend brought with it Liberty's birthday, the girl eating one of her many left over cookies before her father's awoke and could tell her not too since she was going to have cake later.
Puzzle was busy working on some short stories for school.
Riker, as per usual, was lost in a realm of fantasy.
Later that afternoon, it was cake time, yay cake!!
Liberty grew up into a teen that was just as colorful as she had been when she was a child.
Her birthday brought with it many things, like a bigger bed.
Her own computer.
The rec room upstairs being turned into an art studio.
And a better ride to school, Liberty might have been a little spoiled.
Her first day of high school was rather uneventful, although she did agree to go on a date with her friend Chiam.
Chiam was gay, but very much in the closet to everyone at school, which was why she agreed to go on the 'date' with him. To help him get his peers off his back, she was a good friend. "You know, you'll have to tell people eventually." Liberty said as they sat in the backyard after returning home from a popular dance club that all the kids went too, being seen together was what they needed to be done, once they were seen, they left.
"I know." Chiam said, looking up at the dark sky. "But it's just so hard being different, you know?"
"Nah." Liberty said with a shake of her head and a slight smirk. "I don't know what it's like to be different at all, normal as could be, that's me."
Chiam chuckled. "Smart ass."
Later that week, Liberty was assigned a lab partner for Bio, who happened to be her old childhood friend Loretta Wan. Loretta was interesting, she was part fay, part vampire and all gorgeous. Liberty invited her over one afternoon after school, her parents were both out doing whatever they had to do, which left the teens to watch the younger boys.
Well, the did less watching of them and more watching of one another. Loretta taught Libby an old Chinese song that her grandmother had taught her, her voice captivating the sprite.
Liberty decided to take the leap and attempt to woo the vampire.
Things went well.
And as the night fell, the two headed out to the hot tub for a quick dip.
As well as a quick make out session, but soon enough Tommy and Tyrone would be home so Loretta took her leave before Liberty's parents returned, she didn't want to get the girl in trouble.
Soon prom was upon the blossoming couple, and Liberty was more than happy to attend with Loretta, although thanks to after school activities, she got home just as her date was arriving, the poor girl barely getting a chance to change.
"You look pretty." Loretta said with a smile, the girl's ignoring the heavy fog that was rolling in from the shore. It was barely six at night, yet the sky was already dark.
"I hope it doesn't rain." Liberty said.
"If it does, we'll look like colorful drowned rats." Loretta smirked.
"I bet i wouldn't be as pretty then."
"Sure you would."
They hurried into the awaiting limo before they were swallowed by the fog.
As it turned out, it didn't rain and eventually the fog lifted, leaving the night clear later that night.
(none of those windows have curtains, i just noticed, shit, need to fix that)
While Liberty had fun at the prom, Tommy attempted to help Riker with his homework, it didn't work out very well.
Tyrone on the other hand, had a slightly better time helping Puzzle.
Liberty won prom queen, which she enjoyed, it wasn't unexpected but she enjoyed it none the less.
Chapter Notes:
A lot about Liberty in this chapter, i know, i'm afraid that won't end any time soon. I kind of adore her, she's another Sim that you will notice changes her style a lot, although you won't see her in the adorable panda bear hat again. Whenever she wears it, she seems to glitch out, but she looks adorable in every other hair style, so that's fine. Chiam was original suppose to be Liberty's future hubby, but she kept getting wishes to kiss girls and Chiam started dating another boy like two days after they're 'date' so i figured the little beard side story would work and i could still sure the cute picture of them. Loretta aged up a couple days after Liberty did and they instantly hit it off, which makes me happy cause i really wanted them to hook up and i could always force it but i like it when the Sims pick their own lovers. The foggy/over cast/uber dark nights aren't photoshop, i recently put in a mod that give the town's visuals an overhaul, adding the look of weather even though there isn't any.
