The Alvi's were easy as I already had them aged down from my other story..I'm using Marianna the mother I made for them in this story too.
Older:
Younger: Gonna miss gorgeous YA VJ...
Erin Kennedy:
*LOL!!* Buster!! He IS single...
Younger:
Sakamoto's:
No before picture, sorry...
Yumi and Leighton were in the story already aged down, I added in Ren, Leighton's dad..
A family I made up when I first started playing, Nate (Connor clone tweaked), and Brandon (Jared Tweaked) were in my brain cousins of Jared and Connor, their parents Lillian (Connor gender switched aged up) and Chester (Jared aged up and tweaked a bit). In this story Chester can logically be Joe's brother...if Joe were still around.
Claire Ursine was as typical as they come, a sweet girl who moved in town when she was 33 years old, drawn to the beauty of Sunset, but mostly for the fishing, being an angler her thoughts always went strait to catching the biggest and the best.
Though fishing never paid much, and bills had to be paid as she had rented out a sweet little house, it wasn't much but it was all she could afford right now. She landed a job in journalism and befriended Fiona Mc Irish who she worked with, and he daughter River. Claire frequently baby sat River when Fiona went to her second job 3 nights per week, the two had a big sister/little sister type bond.
Fiona worried for Claire, she knew Claire was lonely, never being very lucky in love. Claire had a few not terribly serious boyfriends in high school and one in college but they never panned out. It was hard to find someone with Claire's interests, the girl who loved the outdoors and fishing, these were things only a select few guys liked now that computer games were all the rage.
It's not like Claire didn't go out and meet guys, she just hadn't found the "right one" yet..(meeting her across the street neighbor Bryce..)
Fiona was talking a trip out to Bridgeport for a week to visit with her parents and wondered if Claire would like to tag along, there were tons of fun things to do in Bridgeport, and also plenty of single good looking guys..Fiona was determined that Claire would meet someone nice. Claire had no other plans so she agreed to go.
River loved the idea of Claire going with them..
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They arrived on Friday night and Claire immediately asked where there was some fishing spots, Fiona said they were having a little get together with a few of her Bridgeport friends down by the ocean, there was always good fishing there.
Fiona's friend Beau cooked hot dogs for Fiona and River..
Claire was having a ball, when she noticed a nice looking guy cast into the water right next to her..
Claire remained silent as she wasn't sure chatting while fishing was tolerated by the guy, she didn't mind but some do..
After an hour or so Fiona came over and told Claire she and River were leaving as River was tired...
Claire commented that she was going to come back to Fiona's parents apartment too as she wanted to get up early and try a new spot over by the bridge...
They all had a nice sleep...
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Richie had overheard the pretty fishing girl and he assumed her older sister or mother or something...talking about going fishing by the bridge the next morning, Richie wanted to meet the pretty girl so he decided to try and find where she would be the next morning. He woke up at the crack of dawn..
He arrived at his favorite spot at 5:00 but no pretty girl, he was trying to think where else she might be when the pretty girl noticed him just standing there...she recognized him from the night before and decided to be brave and introduce herself..
"Hello.." she said to him..he turned around and she got a good look at him, he was gorgeous she though to herself, the attraction was in fact not one sided, he got a look at Claire and was dazzled...the instant attraction Claire had always heard about but never experienced had finally happened!
"Hello pretty lady...my name is Ritchie...Ritchie Striker.."
Claire blushed at being called pretty..she looked at him and smiled "I'm Claire Ursine..."
"Well lets get fishing, that is what you came here for right.." He smiled at her.
Come to find out Richie was the chatty type while fishing so in the hours they fished they got to know each other petty well.
Richie even caught some nice looking Jellyfish..
They decided on a trip to the diner after they were done fishing.
After lunch they went out back to talk some more, come to find out they both had wicked sences of humor..Claire kept Richie laughing with her funny stories.
Richie was rapidly becoming enamoured with this girl...he wanted to spend much more time with her.
Claire went beck to the apartment and told Fiona all about Richie, Fiona recognized the name, he was a friend of her friends Matthew and Beau. Fiona casually asked if Claire wanted to go to the art gallery that night, Clair said she would love to..Fiona had a plan in mind...and smiled to herself.
Fiona had Beau, Matthew and Richie meet them there, she was going to make sure Claire spent every minute she could with Richie, she could tell the girl was head over heels.
Urinals make Sims amorous...obviously! Great spot for a first kiss...
Not sure Beau likes the gnome...Matthew seems confused by art.
Must be supper time huh Beau??
The next day everyone went to the Butterfly Emporium..
Richie knew what he was feeling for Claire was crazy, he had only know her a few days...
He decided to tell her then and there..(pardon the picture..Claire and Richie look like oompa loompas!)
@Charlottesmom EEEEEKKK! New Chapter!
Ooooo, we get to find out about Claire now! She so skinny.
That's right...she IS friends with Fiona and River.
Hello Beau.
AH! Richie Striker! YES! Hottie premade male in Bridgeport alert! On my top 5 list!
That pic of him getting out of bed... *SWOON!*
They got the hearts! Aww!
So is Richie still a married celeb in this story? Oh wait...this would be before that would happen. Nevermind!
Fiona is such a good friend.
First kiss by the urinal!
Oooo! I don't remember that gorgeous octagon looking building by the Butterfly Emporium. Did you build that?
He loves her! Awwww!
Ok, I'm just going to come out and say it: Richie is going to be the heartthrob in my Teen HR story before I even read this. Great minds think alike. Hee hee!
@Charlottesmom Glad to see a new update. Claire looks very good. Richie is cute and they seem to be getting along very well. I vaguely recall him and a brother in Bridgeport, one is a bit of a player, been married multiple times, but, so has most of the rest of the citizens of Bridgeport in my Jared/Alexandra save.
@Charlottesmom Nice seeing the start of Claire's story
Awwww how sweet that Richie wanted to meet the "pretty girl"
Hearts!
They have lots in common!
Good Fiona! I don't normally care for match making meddlers but she does have Claire's best interests at heart
I was single until I was 40 and did people try to match me up with some losers! I kept insisting I was single by choice but some people just can't help themslves
Great spot for a first kiss! LOL
Beau! You have eaten before you left home!
Awwww he loves her!
Claire only had two more days with Richie before she had to go home, she had used up her vacation days and bills to be paid were always in the back of her mind. She didn't know how this relationship would work with her in Sunset and Richie in Bridgeport..she was falling hard for him, she didn't want it to end.
Claire somehow couldn't let her sadness about leaving ruin one of their last nights together so she didn't bring the subject up and decided to enjoy the last few days she had with Richie.
A picture to remember their week together..
Things were getting heated and Richie asked if Claire would like to see his apartment...Claire was no dummy she knew what he was proposing. She decided to listen to her heart and said "Yes..."
No turning back now...she was a bit nervous though...it had been awhile.
They reached his floor and immediately attacked each other...
Claire broke the kiss looked around and nervously declaired "Nice hallway..." Richie just laughed, "You'll like the inside of the apartment much better."
They managed to finally get into the bedroom...not that Claire noticed any of the decor.
"Are you sure about this...I can wait if you're not sure..." Richie always the gentleman asked, he was not one to push a lady into anything.
Claire kissed him....
then...told him to strip!
"Race you to the bed...." Claire grinned playfully
Yeah, Richie kept his socks on...
"Don't leave me..." Richie begged.. "I love you too much to let you leave me.."
Claire being the voice of reason decided that they should discuss it in the morning.
Fiona woke up and looked at Claire's empty bed, she figured Claire had spent the night with Richie, it made her smile to herself thinking of her friend's happiness.
Claire went back to Fiona's parents apartment to pack she would be leaving late that night and wanted everything in order. it was mid aftrnoon when she got a call from Richie telling her to get dressed up he was taking her out for a goodbye supper..he said to meet her at the Town Hall for some strange reason.
Claire was shocked when Richie got down on one knee and took something out of his pocket..
He brain was saying "WAIT! Hold up...you just met him a week ago..!!" Her heart was screaming "YES!!!!!!!"
@Charlottesmom Oh my goodness he proposed!!! I was so not expecting that (coming from the Hopeless Romantic here )
I want to be so happy for them because they are really an adorable couple, but.....I know it won't last. I'm so anxious to find out what happens!
Loved it!
You're awesome at storytelling as always.
Edit: Oh and I love how you recolored that necklace she's wearing. And also how did you get pigeons on the ground like that? Or did the game do it?
@Charlottesmom Beautiful romantic shots with Bridgeport as a backdrop
What a gentleman!
But Claire was obviously ready for some action
Meeting at the Town Hall? Awwww a proposal!
Will they be going inside for a quickie civil ceremony?
@Charlottesmom I love L so much. Would you ever consider letting him be a baby daddy in my 100 Baby Challenge? He's such a cutie. I've gotten a soft spot for him ever since I met him in your other thread I do hope you'll consider it.
@ElijahsBabyGurl9 , I have L's genetic kids on the exchange, Cary is pretty much a clone of him with a few minor tweaks, Bobbie is all L except for his eyes which are Meggie's. If you do put them in your game you will wind up with some funky outfits as I only worried about their everyday outfits.
Bobbie:
Cary:
Is your name on here the same as the sims 3 site? I looked but couldn't find you. I'd be honored to have Bobbie in my game He looks just like his father!
Claire had to go back to her life in SV, she was sad to bid goodbye to Richie, but Richie had a surprise for her up his sleeve...
He showed up at her cruddy rental house 3 days later and dragged her out to his truck, he said he bought her a surprise, she had to come with him to see it.
They drove down by the beach, Claire brimming with curious energy the whole ride, she couldn't imagine what the surprise was...
They pulled up in front of a very pretty Victorian beach front house, Claire got out of the truck throughly confused.
They walked up the steps and into the empty house...that is when Richie announced he just bought the house for them, he was moving to SV from Bridgeport.
Claire was overjoyed!!
They went upstairs to explore the rooms and make plans.
Claire was very happy but a little freaked out at how fast things were moving, she had only known Richie for a week and a half and now they were moving in together.
Richie's furniture was newer and nicer so they agreed that would be how they furnished the house. Richie had a "buddy" moving all his stuff from Bridgeport to SV the next morning, so being bed-less they roughed it with sleeping bags on the floor.
The moving van arrived the next morning...
"Richie, wake UPPPPP!!" the moving van driver yelled...
"Rafael, you're early..."
"Hey, you want your junk or not? I really had to squish it in there, my stuff took almost half the van!"
"Introductions are in order, Claire this is my younger brother Rafael...he's going to be staying with us until he can find a place of his own if that is okay with you."
"That's fine, nice to meet you Rafael.." he seemed a nice guy and Claire was a very mellow girl, if Ritchie had no issues with his brother staying with them for a bit she wasn't going to make waves.
Claire and Rafael had a lot in common and became fast friends..
"We better get the van unloaded" Ritchie stated and the group went outside to get started on a sure to be tiring day of lugging boxes..
It had been a long day but everything got safely moved and set up, Rafael drove the van back to Bridgeport to return it and pick up his car. Richie and Claire had some time to just kick back and relax...
go for a swim.....
and vege out at the beach for a bit.
Both were blissfully happy....
and we shall leave it there....
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A bit on Rafael, he really is Ritchie's brother but they don't know each other on opening a new Bridgeport save, I decided my "it has to be exactly like opening a new SV save when the story ends" rule will not go with other worlds. so Ritchie and Rafael can know each other while I play this out. Maybe Richie bangs his head and gets amnesia and forgets his brother before a new Bridgeport save is opened??
Rafael:
Untweaked:
New hair and tweaked a bit, no close ups I was so busy trying to keep him out of pictures that I got very few good ones of him..!
3 months had passed, Claire, Richie and Rafael were all settling in nicely, Claire's 34th Birthday was looming and Richie wanted it to be a special, he decided a friend for Claire would be a good idea, so he adopted Nips for her. Nips was a elder cat who was brought into the animal shelter by her last family because she was well....nippy! Funny thing though she never bit Richie or Rafael when they were at the animal shelter playing with her for a few hours before bringing her home for Claire.
Claire was overjoyed!
Claire and Richie made a trip to the pet store to get a few thing that Richie wanted Claire to pick out for Nips.
Claire checked out the snake/lizard/turtle room:
A Blue and Gold Macaw in the bird room:
They decided to pick out a bed first then Richie wanted to get her a sleep sack shaped like a fish, Claire wasn't thrilled with that idea..
"Maybe we should get a fish, since we both love fishing.."
They came home with a bunch of toys and some rather expensive food, Nips loved her new laser toy.
All was going well...Claire and Richie seemed very much in love..
Until Richie started bringing up having a baby...
Claire would always change the subject by saying "Why don't we talk about that in the future", in truth Claire had no desire to have a family, she didn't care for kids and never wanted to have any.
Richie on the other had adored children and always dreamed of having at least two...he would love to have a son or daughter someday. One of his best friends in town was the paper girl, she waited for Richie to come out and talk to her every morning.
Nips fit right in she was a snuggly buddy for Claire and took care of Ritchie's "I want a baby" needs as he could dote on her.
2 weeks later Richie had let Nips out for her early morning walk in the great outdoors..
he went to bring her in 15 minutes later but couldn't find her..it was no biggie sometime she didn't come back for hours. He had to leave to work and Claire and Rafael were still asleep so he decided to leave a note for Claire to keep an eye out for Nips as he couldn't locate her.
Nip was having a grand time out...
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Jared was feeling exhilarated he had just made the soccer team at school, he decided to start jogging to improve his speed a bit more..
He heard someone yelling "Nips! Come here kitty kitty..." and slowed down when he saw the source of the yelling...
He asked the lady what was wrong, Claire said she couldn't seem to find her cat and gave Jared a description and asked if he could keep an eye out.
She told him her name and where she lived, he said he would look for awhile for her, he looked all over and there was no sign of Claire's cat.
The next afternnon Jared was running towards home when he stopped in his tracks...he leaned closer, 'Oh Cr*ap' he thought to himself...this was not going to make Claire happy. He felt the body, to see of she was really gone but though the body was semi warm there were no signs of life, she must have gotten hit by a car just a short time ago.
Jared dreaded this, he was going to have to tell Claire about the death of her cat, he was already trying to hold back tears, he loved cats.
All he could say when he saw Claire was "Follow me..." he was really trying to hold back tears now. Claire saw his face and knew exactly what was going on, he had found Nips...
"Oh God...my poor kitty!! Jared maybe we can take her to the vet..." Claire said hopefully..though sobs..though she knew her cat was gone.
Jared couldn't take it, he knew there was no hope, he couldn't bear seeing Claire in such pain, he had just met her but was already fond of her, he tried his best to comfort her.
He asked Claire if they should bury Nips now, Claire said she promised Richie and Rafael she would meet them at Rafael's friend's party tonight even though she now didn't want to go but if jared wanted to bury Nips she would appreciate it. She went in the house and got a few of Nips favorite toys to put in the hole with her and gave them to Jared. She had to get ready for the party...she was crying the whole time.
Claire informed the boys about Nips's death when she got to the party...Richie took it very hard.
Rafael went inside to tell his friend Bryce that they would be leaving early as Claire's cat had just died.
Bryce came out to offer his condolences, he was a huge cat lover. He recognized Claire from meeting her months before, she lived across the street from him for awhile. Claire tried to put on a happy face but she really just wanted to go home.
"I'm going home, you guys can stay if you want..."
"No, we want to go with you.."
Claire ran out to see what Jared had done, he made a beautiful little grave area for Nips, she was so thankful to him.
Jared was sad seeing Claire so sad, he would help her though this he vowed to himself.
"Are you okay?" Jared asked concerned...
"I'm okay, you really made me happy with this, my boyfriend and his brother don't even seem to care that she died, well they're acting sad but I just met you yesterday and you made this beautiful spot for her to rest. I'm really grateful to you Jared"
@Charlottesmom Misunderstood Update!! YES!!
Aww, Nips is such a cute old kitty!
Honestly, I don't care for the fish mouth beds myself, but it's funny that Claire wouldn't. Mrs. Fish lover.
She and Richie really make a cute couple.
Oh no......she doesn't want kids and he does... (Thornton and Morgana situation reversed anyone? ) That can be a deal breaker in relationships. Poor Richie. I guess I can see Claire not wanting to have kids because of her traits.
Uh oh...I sense something is going to happen to Nips.
Run Jared run!
Oh...so this is how he and Claire first meet. Love it! Noooooo. My fears for Nips came true! (How did you pose that??) My cat was hit by a car when I was a kid and....well...I don't need to go into it.
The "OMGosh my poor kitty" faces! How did you capture those expressions so perfectly??
Jared's being a real sweetie. His longing eyes staring into hers...wanting to make sure she's ok. Lovely picture.
"My boyfriend and his brother don't even seem to care that she died," Umm, Claire, newsflash: Richie ADORED Nips!
Such a sad, but heartwarming update. So anxious for the next one!!
@emorrill , Claire just thinks Richie doesn't care (Rafael really doesn't) you'll see in the next update which will be mostly Jared/Richie/Claire but also some Connor thrown in.
**I specifically picked Richie due to his Family Oriented trait...yup kinda Thronton and Morgana reversed, maybe Richie should hook up with Morgana...no no no no! She will be showing up in a future update...
**Sorry about your kitty, pets getting hit in the road is a terrible way to go and terrible for kids to discover. When I first wrote down Claire gets a cat, Jared meets her when the cat gets run over' I though it would be a great way to meet, but so sad.
Some behind the scenes for you....
For the picture where it looks like she is dead I had to hid the sleeping Zzzzzzz's with Jared's leg.
I actually did have to kill off Nips, she is tucked in my Bin though for safe keeping. Though if I had a brain in my head the gravestones for pets are in buydebug...Nips ghost will visit now though so that could be good.
OMG! I'm so glad that I found this and I'm all caught up! I love this story and I was like where did it go when I wasn't seeing it on the other thread! Can't wait for the next update
Jared and Claire finally meet, whoo!
But Jared is still a teen, yes? Claire the cougar!
Sad that poor Nips had to die to bring them together though.
Looking forward to the next chapter!
Edit: I was also curious... the pet shop, is that one that came with the Pets special edition or did you just create one yourself?
Early the next morning Claire couldn't sleep Richie was not in bed and Claire was wondering where he had gone, though sometimes he went on early morning runs so she wasn't worried. She went out to visit Nips grave and found Richie, he was crying over the grave, it seemed he did miss Nips, this sent a jolt through Claire's heart, she was happy to see he missed her but felt sad for him also.
They were both miserable...
Jared couldn't sleep and decided to go for a walk, Claire's cat dying had stirred up some sadness about his dad's death. Jared still carried around a great deal of guilt, even though his mother told him it wasn't his fault and to never think that every time Jared tried to talk to her about it. It also didn't help cheer him up that every time he tried to talk to Pearl she either hung up the phone or ignored him at school. his life was not in a happy place right now.
He found himself down by Claire's house...and in full view of Claire and her husband or boyfriend kissing over by the grave.
Jared's stomach twisted, he started feeling funny like he may throw up and had to leave, he ran as fast as he could not really understanding what was wrong with him.
Claire called him and asked if he could come over later, Richie and Rafael were both at work and Claire needed to talk to someone.
Jared asked her what they were going to do with Nips cats stuff, would she feel better if he moved the items into the cellar? This of course got Claire started crying again.
Jared was sick of seeing Claire cry, he wanted to see her smile, there was something about Claire he really liked, he already considered her a friend even though they just met.
He told her he would move the items but that he had to leave right after as he had soccer practise, he really had the day off practise but had to get home and call Pearl again, he knew she would reject him yet again but he just kept trying.
He gave Claire a quick hug gathered up the cat items, stored them in the cellar and headed for home, it was nice to hug Claire, he wished Pearl would hug him like Claire did, but Pearl seemed to want nothing to do with him ever since his verbal diarrhea ruined everything.
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Later that night:
Richie was trying his best to cheer them both up:
He and Claire went up to the Bistro to take their minds off of Nips and have a nice quiet dinner..afterwards Richie was getting a bit amorous as he had had a few drinks with dinner...
Claire was okay with it for awhile but then she decided it was not what she needed right now. Richie kept kissing her until she finally kicked him away, he was shocked.
"Richie knock it off..I'm just not in the mood right now."
"Fine!" was all he said..Claire took that as her cue to sleep on the couch.
Rafael heard the rucus from his room and decided to go talk to Claire..
"You lovebirds fighting?"
"No not really your brother just had a bit too much to drink at the restaurant tonight and was being a bit of a je'rk.."
"Richie can be quite a je'rk at times" Rafael stated bluntly..
"He's only ever been nice to me....until now" Claire countered.
"You don't even know him Claire...you two don't want the same things out of life."
"How the He*ll would you know Rafael?" Claire asked in a harsh tone.
"I listen..." was all he said then he got up and started making breakfast..
Claire sat at the table stunned...what did Rafael mean...she would have to have a long talk with Richie.
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This was going to be much longer but Flicker is messing up yet again.
@Charlottesmom Interesting update I realised that at some point I got Rafael mixed up with Claire when I asked where you got that hairstyle. It was Claire's hairstyle I was interested in lol
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The Alvi's were easy as I already had them aged down from my other story..I'm using Marianna the mother I made for them in this story too.
Older:
Younger: Gonna miss gorgeous YA VJ...
Erin Kennedy:
*LOL!!* Buster!! He IS single...
Younger:
Sakamoto's:
No before picture, sorry...
Yumi and Leighton were in the story already aged down, I added in Ren, Leighton's dad..
A family I made up when I first started playing, Nate (Connor clone tweaked), and Brandon (Jared Tweaked) were in my brain cousins of Jared and Connor, their parents Lillian (Connor gender switched aged up) and Chester (Jared aged up and tweaked a bit). In this story Chester can logically be Joe's brother...if Joe were still around.
Aged down:
*Fairy Jared and Vampire Connor*
Claire Ursine was as typical as they come, a sweet girl who moved in town when she was 33 years old, drawn to the beauty of Sunset, but mostly for the fishing, being an angler her thoughts always went strait to catching the biggest and the best.
Though fishing never paid much, and bills had to be paid as she had rented out a sweet little house, it wasn't much but it was all she could afford right now. She landed a job in journalism and befriended Fiona Mc Irish who she worked with, and he daughter River. Claire frequently baby sat River when Fiona went to her second job 3 nights per week, the two had a big sister/little sister type bond.
Fiona worried for Claire, she knew Claire was lonely, never being very lucky in love. Claire had a few not terribly serious boyfriends in high school and one in college but they never panned out. It was hard to find someone with Claire's interests, the girl who loved the outdoors and fishing, these were things only a select few guys liked now that computer games were all the rage.
It's not like Claire didn't go out and meet guys, she just hadn't found the "right one" yet..(meeting her across the street neighbor Bryce..)
Fiona was talking a trip out to Bridgeport for a week to visit with her parents and wondered if Claire would like to tag along, there were tons of fun things to do in Bridgeport, and also plenty of single good looking guys..Fiona was determined that Claire would meet someone nice. Claire had no other plans so she agreed to go.
River loved the idea of Claire going with them..
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They arrived on Friday night and Claire immediately asked where there was some fishing spots, Fiona said they were having a little get together with a few of her Bridgeport friends down by the ocean, there was always good fishing there.
Fiona's friend Beau cooked hot dogs for Fiona and River..
Claire was having a ball, when she noticed a nice looking guy cast into the water right next to her..
Claire remained silent as she wasn't sure chatting while fishing was tolerated by the guy, she didn't mind but some do..
After an hour or so Fiona came over and told Claire she and River were leaving as River was tired...
Claire commented that she was going to come back to Fiona's parents apartment too as she wanted to get up early and try a new spot over by the bridge...
They all had a nice sleep...
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Richie had overheard the pretty fishing girl and he assumed her older sister or mother or something...talking about going fishing by the bridge the next morning, Richie wanted to meet the pretty girl so he decided to try and find where she would be the next morning. He woke up at the crack of dawn..
He arrived at his favorite spot at 5:00 but no pretty girl, he was trying to think where else she might be when the pretty girl noticed him just standing there...she recognized him from the night before and decided to be brave and introduce herself..
"Hello.." she said to him..he turned around and she got a good look at him, he was gorgeous she though to herself, the attraction was in fact not one sided, he got a look at Claire and was dazzled...the instant attraction Claire had always heard about but never experienced had finally happened!
"Hello pretty lady...my name is Ritchie...Ritchie Striker.."
Claire blushed at being called pretty..she looked at him and smiled "I'm Claire Ursine..."
"Well lets get fishing, that is what you came here for right.." He smiled at her.
Come to find out Richie was the chatty type while fishing so in the hours they fished they got to know each other petty well.
Richie even caught some nice looking Jellyfish..
They decided on a trip to the diner after they were done fishing.
After lunch they went out back to talk some more, come to find out they both had wicked sences of humor..Claire kept Richie laughing with her funny stories.
Richie was rapidly becoming enamoured with this girl...he wanted to spend much more time with her.
Claire went beck to the apartment and told Fiona all about Richie, Fiona recognized the name, he was a friend of her friends Matthew and Beau. Fiona casually asked if Claire wanted to go to the art gallery that night, Clair said she would love to..Fiona had a plan in mind...and smiled to herself.
Fiona had Beau, Matthew and Richie meet them there, she was going to make sure Claire spent every minute she could with Richie, she could tell the girl was head over heels.
Urinals make Sims amorous...obviously! Great spot for a first kiss...
Not sure Beau likes the gnome...Matthew seems confused by art.
Must be supper time huh Beau??
The next day everyone went to the Butterfly Emporium..
Richie knew what he was feeling for Claire was crazy, he had only know her a few days...
He decided to tell her then and there..(pardon the picture..Claire and Richie look like oompa loompas!)
Stopping here...
*Fairy Jared and Vampire Connor*
Ooooo, we get to find out about Claire now!
That's right...she IS friends with Fiona and River.
Hello Beau.
AH! Richie Striker!
That pic of him getting out of bed... *SWOON!*
They got the hearts! Aww!
So is Richie still a married celeb in this story? Oh wait...this would be before that would happen. Nevermind!
Fiona is such a good friend.
First kiss by the urinal!
Oooo! I don't remember that gorgeous octagon looking building by the Butterfly Emporium. Did you build that?
He loves her!
More soon please!
The Cowboy and the Mermaid
Though I have a sneaky suspicious her heart will be broken as well...
Awwww how sweet that Richie wanted to meet the "pretty girl"
Hearts!
They have lots in common!
Good Fiona! I don't normally care for match making meddlers but she does have Claire's best interests at heart
I was single until I was 40 and did people try to match me up with some losers! I kept insisting I was single by choice but some people just can't help themslves
Great spot for a first kiss! LOL
Beau! You have eaten before you left home!
Awwww he loves her!
Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
Claire only had two more days with Richie before she had to go home, she had used up her vacation days and bills to be paid were always in the back of her mind. She didn't know how this relationship would work with her in Sunset and Richie in Bridgeport..she was falling hard for him, she didn't want it to end.
Claire somehow couldn't let her sadness about leaving ruin one of their last nights together so she didn't bring the subject up and decided to enjoy the last few days she had with Richie.
A picture to remember their week together..
Things were getting heated and Richie asked if Claire would like to see his apartment...Claire was no dummy she knew what he was proposing. She decided to listen to her heart and said "Yes..."
No turning back now...she was a bit nervous though...it had been awhile.
They reached his floor and immediately attacked each other...
Claire broke the kiss looked around and nervously declaired "Nice hallway..." Richie just laughed, "You'll like the inside of the apartment much better."
They managed to finally get into the bedroom...not that Claire noticed any of the decor.
"Are you sure about this...I can wait if you're not sure..." Richie always the gentleman asked, he was not one to push a lady into anything.
Claire kissed him....
then...told him to strip!
"Race you to the bed...." Claire grinned playfully
Yeah, Richie kept his socks on...
"Don't leave me..." Richie begged.. "I love you too much to let you leave me.."
Claire being the voice of reason decided that they should discuss it in the morning.
Fiona woke up and looked at Claire's empty bed, she figured Claire had spent the night with Richie, it made her smile to herself thinking of her friend's happiness.
Claire went back to Fiona's parents apartment to pack she would be leaving late that night and wanted everything in order. it was mid aftrnoon when she got a call from Richie telling her to get dressed up he was taking her out for a goodbye supper..he said to meet her at the Town Hall for some strange reason.
Claire was shocked when Richie got down on one knee and took something out of his pocket..
He brain was saying "WAIT! Hold up...you just met him a week ago..!!" Her heart was screaming "YES!!!!!!!"
Her heart won out...
I love this shot of them...
*Fairy Jared and Vampire Connor*
I want to be so happy for them because they are really an adorable couple, but.....I know it won't last.
Loved it!
You're awesome at storytelling as always.
Edit: Oh and I love how you recolored that necklace she's wearing.
The Cowboy and the Mermaid
*Fairy Jared and Vampire Connor*
What a gentleman!
But Claire was obviously ready for some action
Meeting at the Town Hall? Awwww a proposal!
Will they be going inside for a quickie civil ceremony?
Zumi and the Winchester Brothers
The Watcher's Caretaker - A Limited ISBI
Is your name on here the same as the sims 3 site? I looked but couldn't find you. I'd be honored to have Bobbie in my game
*Fairy Jared and Vampire Connor*
^ This is me!
Claire had to go back to her life in SV, she was sad to bid goodbye to Richie, but Richie had a surprise for her up his sleeve...
He showed up at her cruddy rental house 3 days later and dragged her out to his truck, he said he bought her a surprise, she had to come with him to see it.
They drove down by the beach, Claire brimming with curious energy the whole ride, she couldn't imagine what the surprise was...
They pulled up in front of a very pretty Victorian beach front house, Claire got out of the truck throughly confused.
They walked up the steps and into the empty house...that is when Richie announced he just bought the house for them, he was moving to SV from Bridgeport.
Claire was overjoyed!!
They went upstairs to explore the rooms and make plans.
Claire was very happy but a little freaked out at how fast things were moving, she had only known Richie for a week and a half and now they were moving in together.
Richie's furniture was newer and nicer so they agreed that would be how they furnished the house. Richie had a "buddy" moving all his stuff from Bridgeport to SV the next morning, so being bed-less they roughed it with sleeping bags on the floor.
The moving van arrived the next morning...
"Richie, wake UPPPPP!!" the moving van driver yelled...
"Rafael, you're early..."
"Hey, you want your junk or not? I really had to squish it in there, my stuff took almost half the van!"
"Introductions are in order, Claire this is my younger brother Rafael...he's going to be staying with us until he can find a place of his own if that is okay with you."
"That's fine, nice to meet you Rafael.." he seemed a nice guy and Claire was a very mellow girl, if Ritchie had no issues with his brother staying with them for a bit she wasn't going to make waves.
Claire and Rafael had a lot in common and became fast friends..
"We better get the van unloaded" Ritchie stated and the group went outside to get started on a sure to be tiring day of lugging boxes..
It had been a long day but everything got safely moved and set up, Rafael drove the van back to Bridgeport to return it and pick up his car. Richie and Claire had some time to just kick back and relax...
go for a swim.....
and vege out at the beach for a bit.
Both were blissfully happy....
and we shall leave it there....
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A bit on Rafael, he really is Ritchie's brother but they don't know each other on opening a new Bridgeport save, I decided my "it has to be exactly like opening a new SV save when the story ends" rule will not go with other worlds. so Ritchie and Rafael can know each other while I play this out. Maybe Richie bangs his head and gets amnesia and forgets his brother before a new Bridgeport save is opened??
Rafael:
Untweaked:
New hair and tweaked a bit, no close ups I was so busy trying to keep him out of pictures that I got very few good ones of him..!
Something wrong with his feet!
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3 months had passed, Claire, Richie and Rafael were all settling in nicely, Claire's 34th Birthday was looming and Richie wanted it to be a special, he decided a friend for Claire would be a good idea, so he adopted Nips for her. Nips was a elder cat who was brought into the animal shelter by her last family because she was well....nippy! Funny thing though she never bit Richie or Rafael when they were at the animal shelter playing with her for a few hours before bringing her home for Claire.
Claire was overjoyed!
Claire and Richie made a trip to the pet store to get a few thing that Richie wanted Claire to pick out for Nips.
Claire checked out the snake/lizard/turtle room:
A Blue and Gold Macaw in the bird room:
They decided to pick out a bed first then Richie wanted to get her a sleep sack shaped like a fish, Claire wasn't thrilled with that idea..
"Maybe we should get a fish, since we both love fishing.."
They came home with a bunch of toys and some rather expensive food, Nips loved her new laser toy.
All was going well...Claire and Richie seemed very much in love..
Until Richie started bringing up having a baby...
Claire would always change the subject by saying "Why don't we talk about that in the future", in truth Claire had no desire to have a family, she didn't care for kids and never wanted to have any.
Richie on the other had adored children and always dreamed of having at least two...he would love to have a son or daughter someday. One of his best friends in town was the paper girl, she waited for Richie to come out and talk to her every morning.
Nips fit right in she was a snuggly buddy for Claire and took care of Ritchie's "I want a baby" needs as he could dote on her.
2 weeks later Richie had let Nips out for her early morning walk in the great outdoors..
he went to bring her in 15 minutes later but couldn't find her..it was no biggie sometime she didn't come back for hours. He had to leave to work and Claire and Rafael were still asleep so he decided to leave a note for Claire to keep an eye out for Nips as he couldn't locate her.
Nip was having a grand time out...
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Jared was feeling exhilarated he had just made the soccer team at school, he decided to start jogging to improve his speed a bit more..
He heard someone yelling "Nips! Come here kitty kitty..." and slowed down when he saw the source of the yelling...
He asked the lady what was wrong, Claire said she couldn't seem to find her cat and gave Jared a description and asked if he could keep an eye out.
She told him her name and where she lived, he said he would look for awhile for her, he looked all over and there was no sign of Claire's cat.
The next afternnon Jared was running towards home when he stopped in his tracks...he leaned closer, 'Oh Cr*ap' he thought to himself...this was not going to make Claire happy. He felt the body, to see of she was really gone but though the body was semi warm there were no signs of life, she must have gotten hit by a car just a short time ago.
Jared dreaded this, he was going to have to tell Claire about the death of her cat, he was already trying to hold back tears, he loved cats.
All he could say when he saw Claire was "Follow me..." he was really trying to hold back tears now. Claire saw his face and knew exactly what was going on, he had found Nips...
"Oh God...my poor kitty!! Jared maybe we can take her to the vet..." Claire said hopefully..though sobs..though she knew her cat was gone.
Jared couldn't take it, he knew there was no hope, he couldn't bear seeing Claire in such pain, he had just met her but was already fond of her, he tried his best to comfort her.
He asked Claire if they should bury Nips now, Claire said she promised Richie and Rafael she would meet them at Rafael's friend's party tonight even though she now didn't want to go but if jared wanted to bury Nips she would appreciate it. She went in the house and got a few of Nips favorite toys to put in the hole with her and gave them to Jared. She had to get ready for the party...she was crying the whole time.
Claire informed the boys about Nips's death when she got to the party...Richie took it very hard.
Rafael went inside to tell his friend Bryce that they would be leaving early as Claire's cat had just died.
Bryce came out to offer his condolences, he was a huge cat lover. He recognized Claire from meeting her months before, she lived across the street from him for awhile. Claire tried to put on a happy face but she really just wanted to go home.
"I'm going home, you guys can stay if you want..."
"No, we want to go with you.."
Claire ran out to see what Jared had done, he made a beautiful little grave area for Nips, she was so thankful to him.
Jared was sad seeing Claire so sad, he would help her though this he vowed to himself.
"Are you okay?" Jared asked concerned...
"I'm okay, you really made me happy with this, my boyfriend and his brother don't even seem to care that she died, well they're acting sad but I just met you yesterday and you made this beautiful spot for her to rest. I'm really grateful to you Jared"
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Aww, Nips is such a cute old kitty!
Honestly, I don't care for the fish mouth beds myself, but it's funny that Claire wouldn't.
She and Richie really make a cute couple.
Oh no......she doesn't want kids and he does...
Uh oh...I sense something is going to happen to Nips.
Run Jared run!
Oh...so this is how he and Claire first meet.
Noooooo.
The "OMGosh my poor kitty" faces! How did you capture those expressions so perfectly??
Jared's being a real sweetie.
"My boyfriend and his brother don't even seem to care that she died," Umm, Claire, newsflash: Richie ADORED Nips!
Such a sad, but heartwarming update. So anxious for the next one!!
**I specifically picked Richie due to his Family Oriented trait...yup kinda Thronton and Morgana reversed, maybe Richie should hook up with Morgana...no no no no! She will be showing up in a future update...
**Sorry about your kitty, pets getting hit in the road is a terrible way to go and terrible for kids to discover. When I first wrote down Claire gets a cat, Jared meets her when the cat gets run over' I though it would be a great way to meet, but so sad.
Some behind the scenes for you....
For the picture where it looks like she is dead I had to hid the sleeping Zzzzzzz's with Jared's leg.
I actually did have to kill off Nips, she is tucked in my Bin though for safe keeping. Though if I had a brain in my head the gravestones for pets are in buydebug...Nips ghost will visit now though so that could be good.
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But Jared is still a teen, yes? Claire the cougar!
Sad that poor Nips had to die to bring them together though.
Looking forward to the next chapter!
Edit: I was also curious... the pet shop, is that one that came with the Pets special edition or did you just create one yourself?
Early the next morning Claire couldn't sleep Richie was not in bed and Claire was wondering where he had gone, though sometimes he went on early morning runs so she wasn't worried. She went out to visit Nips grave and found Richie, he was crying over the grave, it seemed he did miss Nips, this sent a jolt through Claire's heart, she was happy to see he missed her but felt sad for him also.
They were both miserable...
Jared couldn't sleep and decided to go for a walk, Claire's cat dying had stirred up some sadness about his dad's death. Jared still carried around a great deal of guilt, even though his mother told him it wasn't his fault and to never think that every time Jared tried to talk to her about it. It also didn't help cheer him up that every time he tried to talk to Pearl she either hung up the phone or ignored him at school. his life was not in a happy place right now.
He found himself down by Claire's house...and in full view of Claire and her husband or boyfriend kissing over by the grave.
Jared's stomach twisted, he started feeling funny like he may throw up and had to leave, he ran as fast as he could not really understanding what was wrong with him.
Claire called him and asked if he could come over later, Richie and Rafael were both at work and Claire needed to talk to someone.
Jared asked her what they were going to do with Nips cats stuff, would she feel better if he moved the items into the cellar? This of course got Claire started crying again.
Jared was sick of seeing Claire cry, he wanted to see her smile, there was something about Claire he really liked, he already considered her a friend even though they just met.
He told her he would move the items but that he had to leave right after as he had soccer practise, he really had the day off practise but had to get home and call Pearl again, he knew she would reject him yet again but he just kept trying.
He gave Claire a quick hug gathered up the cat items, stored them in the cellar and headed for home, it was nice to hug Claire, he wished Pearl would hug him like Claire did, but Pearl seemed to want nothing to do with him ever since his verbal diarrhea ruined everything.
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Later that night:
Richie was trying his best to cheer them both up:
He and Claire went up to the Bistro to take their minds off of Nips and have a nice quiet dinner..afterwards Richie was getting a bit amorous as he had had a few drinks with dinner...
Claire was okay with it for awhile but then she decided it was not what she needed right now. Richie kept kissing her until she finally kicked him away, he was shocked.
"Richie knock it off..I'm just not in the mood right now."
"Fine!" was all he said..Claire took that as her cue to sleep on the couch.
Rafael heard the rucus from his room and decided to go talk to Claire..
"You lovebirds fighting?"
"No not really your brother just had a bit too much to drink at the restaurant tonight and was being a bit of a je'rk.."
"Richie can be quite a je'rk at times" Rafael stated bluntly..
"He's only ever been nice to me....until now" Claire countered.
"You don't even know him Claire...you two don't want the same things out of life."
"How the He*ll would you know Rafael?" Claire asked in a harsh tone.
"I listen..." was all he said then he got up and started making breakfast..
Claire sat at the table stunned...what did Rafael mean...she would have to have a long talk with Richie.
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This was going to be much longer but Flicker is messing up yet again.
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