'Well Stacy said that Humara has been strange with guys before,' replied Tammy 'I don't want to say much though but I think that you had a lucky escape with her,'
@king_of_simcity7 ^Well that's vague. I wonder if Humara uses men to get what she wants and then kicks them to the curb.
In that case, Simon is very much better off!
And Nick will get what he deserves! (Sorry I know that's a little bad... )
See...one things bugs me about Simon commenting this.
'Looks like Nick is still trying to hang out with the populars?' said Simon.
That kind of comment belittles him and his friends and gives those guys power over him whether he realizes it or not. Words are very powerful and I remember the nursery rhyme. Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Not true....words can cut just as deep as a stick or a stone and stay with a person much longer.
Simon needs to have more faith in himself and his friends some of whom are very nice people. (not talking about Dom....he is just strange), but, I'd rather hang with Dom who is honest about what he is, than Nick or Humara who are not honest about what they are. He needs to stop thinking of the other group as more popular or more pretty or more handsome. Personally, I don't think of that group as popular...I think of them as users, bullies and downright nasty at times.
I think Simon needs a good counselor instead of a work program! Bekkasan is up for that!
The next day Tammy had invited Megan around after they finished working for Brenda. The day had been mostly the same as before and once again Humara and Anna had been seen hanging out with their new group. While leaving the kitchen Tammy and Megan walked straight past Humara and Anna while they were talking to Nick outside. They overheard their conversation and they had planned a night out the following weekend themselves.
'We don't need them do we?' Tammy said to Megan once they had walked out of the gates.
'I bet that Anna comes running back to me if something bad happens,' said Megan 'if she breaks up with a guy I am always the one who has to sympathise with her,'
'Would she do the same for you?' Tammy asked.
'Sometimes,' replied Megan 'it depends if she has a better offer or not,'
'Have you had many boyfriends before?' Tammy asked.
'Not many,' replied Megan 'most guys find me boring,'
'That's how I feel about myself,' said Tammy 'My ex Laurence left me because he found someone else I think. Within no time of breaking up with me he was with another girl and now engaged to her. My other so called friend Monica was not there for me at all and is even going to his engagement party,'
'That sounds selfish of her,' said Megan.
'Well I thought that Humara was the one there for me but she has gone off me as well,' added Tammy.
'At least we can be friends though?' said Megan.
'To be honest I think we have more in common,' smiled Tammy.
They arrived at Tammy's house and Tammy introduced Megan to her parents who were both home and they spent the rest of the evening hanging out in Tammy's room.
@bekkasan Thanks for the comments Simon was using the term as a figure of speech. No one thinks that the populars are that popular except themselves lol
See...one things bugs me about Simon commenting this.
'Looks like Nick is still trying to hang out with the populars?' said Simon.
That kind of comment belittles him and his friends and gives those guys power over him whether he realizes it or not. Words are very powerful and I remember the nursery rhyme. Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Not true....words can cut just as deep as a stick or a stone and stay with a person much longer.
Simon needs to have more faith in himself and his friends some of whom are very nice people. (not talking about Dom....he is just strange), but, I'd rather hang with Dom who is honest about what he is, than Nick or Humara who are not honest about what they are. He needs to stop thinking of the other group as more popular or more pretty or more handsome. Personally, I don't think of that group as popular...I think of them as users, bullies and downright nasty at times.
'Well this is my room,' said Tammy as she had invited Megan upstairs.
'It is like my room,' said Megan 'your house is like mine,'
Tammy's room was painted pink and at the front of the house in the middle of a terrace with three bedrooms upstairs. The room next to Tammy's was her brother's and her parents had the room at the back.
'How long have you lived here?' Megan asked.
'Since I was young,' replied Tammy 'I think that I was two when we moved here,'
'Do you like it here?' asked Megan.
'At the moment I do,' replied Tammy 'I wouldn't want to live anywhere else,'
'I used to hate where I lived,' said Megan 'I liked our house and our road but I hated having to go to the school that I went to,'
They continued to talk about things and Megan revealed what had happened to her and Anna at school.
'When I was at school I never had many friends,' explained Megan 'I was friends with a couple of girls who never really did anything out of school. People used to ignore us and I felt that the other girls were only friends with me because they had no one else,'
For Megan things had gotten worse when a boy seemed to be interested in her and he invited her to meet up after school one afternoon. Megan had been excited to meet him but after a couple of meetings he had gone off her. It seemed like one of the 🐸🐸🐸🐸 girls like him and she had become jealous of Megan and a gang of girls had set on her one afternoon.
'The girls would always push me if they saw me and would always say things to me like that I would never get a boyfriend or no one likes me,' explained Megan.
The story was very much the same as what had happened to Tammy when she had been at school as well so Tammy could relate to it.
'It was the same that what happened to me,' explain Tammy 'I remember meeting a guy who told everyone that I had woohooed with him when I hadn't. I was still a woogin at the time but these girls used to target me after that because one of them liked him,'
'I used to hate going to school,' said Megan my Mum had reported it to the school and it got better for a while but every time they saw me they would stare at me,'
'That was what it was like for me,' said Tammy 'I remember being scared all the time in case those girls had done something,'
'Did you have any other friends to talk to?' asked Megan.
'I was friends with Monica at the time but looking back she did seem to care as much as I thought that she did,' replied Tammy 'it was like she was scared of them as well so she did not want to get involved,'
'That is how I felt,' said Megan 'I thought that if people where too scared of being with you then they would avoid you,'
'How did you become friends with Anna?' Tammy asked.
'Well the same thing happened to her,' said Megan 'After a while one of the girls had liked this guy who Anna liked so they set on her instead,'
For Anna the situation had been slightly different. She had a few friends at school and had often tried to become friends with the popular girls. She managed to get some attention off one of the guys who one of her friends had liked and when the other girls had found out they started to target her.
'I remember being in a Maths lesson and these two girls had come to our classroom and told the teacher that Anna had to see the head of the year so the teacher let her leave the classroom. She came back in a couple of minutes later and she looked really worried about something. I hadn't really spoke to her much at that point but there were these two other 🐸🐸🐸🐸 girls sitting near me and I heard one of them say that those two girls were going to give her a warning,'
and I heard one of them say that those two girls were going to give her a warning,'
Megan had remembered it really well as she sensed that there was something wrong but no one else seemed to have noticed. At the end of the lesson she noticed that Anna was the last to leave the classroom and seemed really nervous walking around. Megan had noticed the 🐸🐸🐸🐸 girls were waiting by the stairs and had called her over. Anna had reluctantly walked up to them and they told her to follow them outside. Megan had walked up towards the doors and looked through the window and saw them arguing with Anna and then one of the girls pushed her against the wall and hit her a few times. It made Megan nervous as it had reminded her of what had happened to her but this time it seemed more vicious.
After about a minute the girls had walked off leaving Anna by the door in tears. Megan had gone outside to see if she was ok.
'I asked how she was and she was really upset,' explained Megan 'I knew what those girls could be like but Anna did not want to tell a teacher. She just wanted to go home and be alone. I suggested that I would go to see a teacher with her but she just wanted to leave,'
'Did anyone else see it?' Tammy asked.
'No, it was only me I think,' replied Megan 'She said she was going to say that she was ill and go home but she asked for my number and said that she would ring me later,'
Megan had given Anna her number and later that day once she had finished school Anna had rang Megan's house and they had spoken for a while.
'That was how we became friends,' said Megan 'I was the only person who was there for her at the time. For her it was difference as she had more friends so it was hard for her having people no longer talk to her,'
'How did you both become friends with Jamie and Warren?' asked Tammy.
'Well they were in some of our classes,' replied Megan 'They were also classed as outcasts. Jamie didn't get that much hassle I don't thing but people used to tease Warren,'
'Was Warren difficult at school?' asked Tammy.
'He was annoying then as well,' replied Megan 'Jamie was the only person who bothered with him I think. They were in the same science group as me and Anna and once we had to work in groups of fours. No one else wanted to work with me or Anna or with Jamie or Warren so we all go put together. We actually worked well together so our science teacher always let us sit together so that was how we started hanging out together,'
'Have you slept with many guys?' asked Tammy.
'Only two,' replied Megan 'the first one only once. He wanted to lose his virginity so he used me for that and then a few months later I got a new boyfriend and I thought that he actually liked me,'
'I have only been with three guys,' said Tammy 'two users from short term relationships and then Laurence. I was really happy with him but he chose his friends over me. He thought that I was too clingy and then ends up going off with another girl who he is now engaged to,'
'Do you still miss him?' asked Megan.
'I do but I am trying to forget about him,' replied Tammy.
After a mostly quiet week Friday had finally come around and the two groups had organised nights out by themselves the next day. One group consisted of Simon, Jamie, Dorley, Ben, Tammy, Megan, Stacy, Hana, Shelly and Courtney who had all arranged to meet each other on Saturday.
The second group consisted of Nick, Damien, Humara, Anna and a few from other courses such as Craig, Tony and the 🐸🐸🐸🐸 girls Bianca and Lakesha. Nick was hoping that this would be the weekend that he could ask Humara to be his girlfriend but before the end of the day the tutors had some news for him.
Jean, Sue and Regan had been looking at getting more students placements and Sue was still disappointed that Simon had walked out of Yeates.
'There is this hotel who said that they might take a few students on,' explain Regan 'We can send some of our students there maybe?'
'Anyone in mind?' asked Jean.
'Well I want to see Nick move on from working with Brenda,' said Regan.
'I will need to find something new for Simon,' said Sue 'I am so disappointed that he would not give Yeates another try,'
'How many are the hotel willing to take on?' asked Jean.
'Only two in the kitchen,' replied Regan 'I was thinking of sending Nick and maybe Jamie there,'
'What about Simon?' asked Jean.
Regan thought for a moment and then had an idea.
'If Yeates are still taking people on I could send either Nick or Jamie there instead?' he suggested 'then maybe Simon could work at the hotel instead?'
'That could work,' agreed Jean 'we would just have to keep an eye on Yeates though,'
'Who gets on better to work together?' asked Regan 'as even though Nick and Jamie work together with Brenda they do not actually seem to get on that well. They get along but I sense that they avoid each other,'
'Does Simon get along with them?' asked Jean 'as I have noticed that Simon tends to get along better with Jamie now as there seems to have been some girl trouble with him and Nick,'
'Maybe send Nick to Yeates and have Simon and Jamie work together?' Regan recommended.
'We could try that I guess,' said Sue.
'I think that might work out actually,' agreed Jean.
And with that Nick had been offered a new placement with Yeates. He was not best pleased when he found out the news. He thought that things had been going well for him and Humara but he knew how Yeates was with Simon and the unsociable hours and so now this might makes things difficult.
@king_of_simcity7 Just caught up. Both girls have had similar problems with other girls and guys. Sure makes for becoming friends fast to have that in common.
Hope they have a great evening out with the others.
I snickered thinking about Nick working with those two clowns at the restaurant. I don't like wishing meanness on anyone, but kinda hope Nick gets a taste of their lousy humor.
The next day Simon had arranged to meet Jamie, Dorley and Ben in the town centre before they went to the bar that they had been to that night that Simon had noticed Nick was first trying to move onto Humara a few weeks before.
'What do you think of these placements that they are offering us?' Jamie had asked Simon once as they walked through the town centre.
'It sounds okay,' replied Simon 'they say we will only do three days a week there,'
'There are thinking about me working for Brenda,' said Ben 'They are moving everyone around I think,'
'I heard that there are sending Warren to Brenda as well?' mentioned Dorley.
'That would be interesting,' said Ben 'I give him a week before Brenda has had enough of him,'
'Is Warren meeting us later with Dom?' asked Jamie.
'I am afraid so,' said Ben 'they had overheard about our night out so we couldn't not invite them,'
'What girls are going?' asked Dorley.
'We are meeting Megan, Tammy, Stacy and Hana,' replied Jamie 'and I heard that Shelly and Courtney are coming later as well,'
'All of the nice girls then,' replied Dorley.
'Is Anna not coming>' asked Ben.
'No, she is with the popular crowd meeting the bad boys,' signed Jamie.
'That is Nick's new group, the populars,' added Simon 'They had decided to turn their backs on us,'
'It is because of Cassie I think,' said Ben 'she looks down on some guys,'
'Cassie has never spoke to me once,' added Dorley 'I said hi to her once and she ignored me,'
'They just like the bad boys,' said Jamie 'idiots like Tony and Craig,'
@king_of_simcity7 Time for me to play catch up! I like to give out my comments on here because there are so many characters and...I forget things with his darn brain of mine, so it's nice to be able to scroll up and read previous posts to get a refresher. (In case you were wondering...)
Looks like Tammy and Megan are developing a stronger friendship.
Poor Megan. I hate bullies! What they say and do to people scars them for a lifetime!
"Woogin?" Is that another term for Virgin?
Anna got bullied too? So that's how she and Megan became friends because Megan could relate. Got it. 👍
Doesn't surprise me that Warren was annoying back then, but still, getting teased for whatever reason is no fun.
I do not like men who use women to get what they want. And vice versa. It should never be like that in any relationship. But sadly, it happens all too often in this world.
Yay! The gang formed their group and are finally getting together.
"Plum Girls" I need to know what got plummed there!
'If Yeates are still taking people on I could send either Nick or Jamie there instead?' he suggested 'then maybe Simon could work at the hotel instead?'
^You know that sounds like a Fab idea to me! (Nick! )
Yay! Jamie is spared!
And with that Nick had been offered a new placement with Yeates. He was not best pleased when he found out the news.
^Well, su'ck it up, Buttercup!
Sorry, I'm getting WAY into the story and the characters again. Perhaps Nick will get a taste of his own medicine soon?
Yup. They are all better off in their own group than trying to fit in with the "Populars."
Meanwhile Tammy had invited Megan over to get ready before they went out. They had continued to become close over the course of the week and once they were ready they went to meet Stacy and Hana. Stacy had invited Hana over to get ready before they went to town. As they had made their way to the bus stop they noticed Anna in the distance with Humara.
'Are they going out tonight do you think?' Hana asked.
'They might be,' replied Stacy.
The girls had arrived at the bar not long after the guys had and everyone found a table. Some of the guys had gone to the bar to buy drinks and they noticed that Tony and Craig happened to be there. The first person they recognised was Dorley and they wasted no time trying to tease him.
'A bit past your bed time is it, Dorley?' joked Craig as soon as he saw him.
'Dorley is out drinking?' said Tony 'well things change!'
'So who are you out with then?' Craig asked 'your goony friends?'
'Just out with a few people,' replied Dorley not impressed with them
Tony and Craig recognised Jamie but did not know him that well.
'So you not out seeing Anna and that lot this night then?' Craig asked him.
'No, out with other people tonight,' replied Jamie.
'We are meeting her later,' added Craig 'She has a thing for my mate Tony,'
Jamie's heart sank. He had been hoping that he could have organised a date for him and Anna at some point but as usual she was being attracted to the unsavory types.
Stacy and Hana had also come to the bar to by drinks and Tony had recommended to Craig that he talk to her.
'A nice one there for you to talk to,' Tony said 'you need to get some fresh numbers don't you?'
'Give me a moment,' Craig said as he went and sat next to Stacy and made conversation with her.
'So you know this lot then?' he asked her.
'Yes, these are my friends,' she replied.
'How do you know them?' asked Craig 'I have seen you around the college,'
'I am on the same course as them,' replied Stacy.
'Isn't it a special needs course though?' asked Craig.
'Not quite,' replied Stacy 'we have various needs so it is a course to help us with social skills and to get into the workplace,'
'But you seem normal though,' said Craig.
'What do you mean?' asked Stacy not impressed with Craig.
'Well you don't seem special like some of this lot are,' said Craig.
'You don't even know me though?' added Stacy.
'Well you cannot be that special,' said Craig 'I mean you are not backwards like Dorley and some of the guys on the course are you?'
'What do you mean backwards?' replied Stacy angrily 'you don't even know any of us and you are just making assumptions,'
'Just wondering,' replied Craig wondering why someone as good looking as Stacy could actually be considered to having special needs.
'Maybe you should stop assuming stuff about people?' suggested Stacy.
'I am not assuming anything,' replied Craig glumly 'it just seems odd that a good looking girl like you who clearly seems smart would end up on a course like that. I mean I have seen you around and had no idea you where actually on the same course as them,'
Hana was sitting next to Stacy and was not impressed with Craig either.
'Maybe you should back off?' Hana suggested.
'Let me guess?' Craig added 'you are her lover?'
'What do you mean?' asked Hana.
'I am just joking with you all,' added Craig 'I am sorry if I offended you, just wrong words at the wrong times,'
'You cannot make assumptions about anyone you do not know though,' said Stacy.
'Well I could buy you a drink if you want and make up for it?' said Craig now feeling like he had put his foot into it,'
'To be honest,' said Stacy 'I wouldn't want anything to do with you,'
Craig's face dropped. He was thinking that he could smooth things over but it was clearly not working.
'I have seen you around before as well,' added Stacy 'you are not the type of person that I would want to drink with so how about you find some other girls who might actually find you jokes funny?
With that Craig backed off. He did not like being rejected. Usually if a girl it rejected him it was because they had a boyfriend but usually if he saw a single girl at a bar he had no problems talking to them.
Tony however had been watching the whole thing and found it hilarious.
'Bad luck, eh, Craig,' Tony laughed 'come on plenty more fish in the sea!'
'We might as well go and meet the others in a bit,' sighed Craig.
'Might as well head off,' agreed Tony.
@emorrill Thanks for the comments I have another update up already lol
Those pictures of Megan were from a couple of years ago and are the only archived pictures that I have used so far. Things will continue to get more interesting and I am setting up saves for the next parts of part 30 which might be the longest part yet
Wow, Craig really started that conversation with Stacy in an awful way and kept digging himself deeper and deeper! I'm glad Stacy wants nothing to do with him.
Back at the table Stacy had explained the situation that happened at the bar and everyone else was impressed with her. She had really shown Craig up for what he was and everyone managed to get a good laugh out of it.
'I am glad that you told them where to go,' Dorley said to Stacy.
'Thanks, I didn't like his attitude,' she replied.
'I know them from school,' added Dorley 'they were always like that,'
Dorley would spend the rest of the evening talking to Stacy and she was happy being around people who made her happy.
Simon spent most of the evening talking to Tammy. They enjoyed talking to each other and he felt grateful for her being there after being rejected by Humara.
'It is a shame that the group have both split in two,' he said.
'I know but I guess that they just want to go their own way,' replied Tammy.
'I think that we have the better people on our side,' joked Simon.
'I know, I would rather spend time with you lot than the others as we all get along,' agreed Tammy.
Simon mentioned his new placement but he seemed more optimistic about it that the previous one.
'At least you might have some more time for the skills centre,' said Tammy.
'I will be in twice a week I think,' said Simon.
'They want me and Megan to have a part time placement as well,' said Tammy.
'It is funny that they are sending Nick to Yeates,' said Simon 'he won't last long there,'
'I still think that it is strange what they did to you,' said Tammy.
'It was good in a way as I might have not left otherwise,'
'I would have left as well,' said Tammy.
Simon and Tammy would continue to talk for the rest of the evening and Simon eventually suggested that they could meet up one afternoon.
'We could meet one day after college if you want?' suggested Simon 'if you are not doing much?'
'I would be up for that,' agreed Tammy 'I will be going to Megan's one night of the week but I will not be doing much for the rest of the week,'
Jamie was the only one who was not in a good mood as he was disappointed that Anna was enjoying herself with Tony but he soon found her texting him.
After Craig and Tony left the bar after Craig's humiliation they went to meet the other group at another place. Craig wasted no time in finding some girls to talk to and soon forgot about Stacy. Tony was also getting along with the girls when Anna had appeared with Humara, Nick and Damien. For the rest of the evening Tony showed less interest in Anna as she would have liked so she would soon start texting Jamie and Megan for sympathy. Jamie wasted no time in texting her back but Megan was more suspicious.
For Nick the evening had started well with Humara and he had hoped that this could be the night that he would be able to ask her to start a relationship. Not after they had arrived however someone else that Craig and Tony knew turned up.
'So you are actually meeting us then, Taz?' Craig said while they were at the bar.
'I told you I was coming,' replied Taz 'Do I ever let you down?'
'So how is the girlfriend?' asked Tony.
'Girlfriend?' replied Taz 'you know me, that was just a short term thing,'
'You have not changed then!' joked Craig.
'Single life for me,' said Taz.
Craig and Tony introduced him to the rest of the group. He was tall, fairly well built and had a few tattoos. As soon as Nick met him he was not sure if he could trust him. To make matters worse it seemed like he knew Humara as well.
'So, Humara, not seen you in a while,' Taz said to Humara when he recognised her.
'Taz?' replied Humara looking awkward.
'This your boyfriend?' Taz asked referring to Nick.
'Well, not quite,' said Humara awkwardly.
'Alright, I am Taz,' said Taz as he shook Nick's hand and then went on to talk to Cassie and Leanda.
Nick was starting to feel apprehensive. There was something about Taz that he did not trust.
Back at the other bar Jamie was starting to get his hopes up with Anna texting him. Tony was ignoring her most of the night and she said how much she missed hanging out with him and Megan.
'Anna has suggested that we should all meet up at some point,' Jamie said to Megan.
'I know,' said Megan 'I guess that things are not going well with her and Tony,'
'She said that she is feeling hurt,' said Jamie.
'Well she has ignored us for a few weeks so what does she expect us to do?' said Megan.
'Maybe we could meet up with her to make it up some time?' suggested Jamie.
'Well she asked me what I am doing in the week,' said Megan 'but I told her that I am meeting Tammy.
'You can still meet her if you want?' said Tammy 'I don't mind,'
'Well I will meet her but I am not putting her first anymore,' said Megan 'and you have been a better friend to me,'
'It would be nice if everyone could be friends again,' added Jamie.
Simon had finished his drink and decided to head to the bar.
'Do you want another drink?' he asked Tammy.
'Okay,' replied Tammy surprised that someone would but a drink for her.
'I need another drink as well,' said Jamie.
'Come to the bar with me if you want?' suggested Simon.
'Do you want a drink?' Jamie asked Megan so that she did not feel left out.
'Okay, thanks,' replied Megan.
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@king_of_simcity7 ^Well that's vague.
In that case, Simon is very much better off!
Yeah I can't blame her there.
You're welcome.
That kind of comment belittles him and his friends and gives those guys power over him whether he realizes it or not. Words are very powerful and I remember the nursery rhyme. Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Not true....words can cut just as deep as a stick or a stone and stay with a person much longer.
Simon needs to have more faith in himself and his friends some of whom are very nice people. (not talking about Dom....he is just strange), but, I'd rather hang with Dom who is honest about what he is, than Nick or Humara who are not honest about what they are. He needs to stop thinking of the other group as more popular or more pretty or more handsome. Personally, I don't think of that group as popular...I think of them as users, bullies and downright nasty at times.
I think Simon needs a good counselor instead of a work program! Bekkasan is up for that!
The Cowboy and the Mermaid
The next day Tammy had invited Megan around after they finished working for Brenda. The day had been mostly the same as before and once again Humara and Anna had been seen hanging out with their new group. While leaving the kitchen Tammy and Megan walked straight past Humara and Anna while they were talking to Nick outside. They overheard their conversation and they had planned a night out the following weekend themselves.
'We don't need them do we?' Tammy said to Megan once they had walked out of the gates.
'I bet that Anna comes running back to me if something bad happens,' said Megan 'if she breaks up with a guy I am always the one who has to sympathise with her,'
'Would she do the same for you?' Tammy asked.
'Sometimes,' replied Megan 'it depends if she has a better offer or not,'
'Have you had many boyfriends before?' Tammy asked.
'Not many,' replied Megan 'most guys find me boring,'
'That's how I feel about myself,' said Tammy 'My ex Laurence left me because he found someone else I think. Within no time of breaking up with me he was with another girl and now engaged to her. My other so called friend Monica was not there for me at all and is even going to his engagement party,'
'That sounds selfish of her,' said Megan.
'Well I thought that Humara was the one there for me but she has gone off me as well,' added Tammy.
'At least we can be friends though?' said Megan.
'To be honest I think we have more in common,' smiled Tammy.
They arrived at Tammy's house and Tammy introduced Megan to her parents who were both home and they spent the rest of the evening hanging out in Tammy's room.
'Well this is my room,' said Tammy as she had invited Megan upstairs.
'It is like my room,' said Megan 'your house is like mine,'
Tammy's room was painted pink and at the front of the house in the middle of a terrace with three bedrooms upstairs. The room next to Tammy's was her brother's and her parents had the room at the back.
'How long have you lived here?' Megan asked.
'Since I was young,' replied Tammy 'I think that I was two when we moved here,'
'Do you like it here?' asked Megan.
'At the moment I do,' replied Tammy 'I wouldn't want to live anywhere else,'
'I used to hate where I lived,' said Megan 'I liked our house and our road but I hated having to go to the school that I went to,'
They continued to talk about things and Megan revealed what had happened to her and Anna at school.
'When I was at school I never had many friends,' explained Megan 'I was friends with a couple of girls who never really did anything out of school. People used to ignore us and I felt that the other girls were only friends with me because they had no one else,'
For Megan things had gotten worse when a boy seemed to be interested in her and he invited her to meet up after school one afternoon. Megan had been excited to meet him but after a couple of meetings he had gone off her. It seemed like one of the 🐸🐸🐸🐸 girls like him and she had become jealous of Megan and a gang of girls had set on her one afternoon.
'The girls would always push me if they saw me and would always say things to me like that I would never get a boyfriend or no one likes me,' explained Megan.
The story was very much the same as what had happened to Tammy when she had been at school as well so Tammy could relate to it.
'It was the same that what happened to me,' explain Tammy 'I remember meeting a guy who told everyone that I had woohooed with him when I hadn't. I was still a woogin at the time but these girls used to target me after that because one of them liked him,'
'I used to hate going to school,' said Megan my Mum had reported it to the school and it got better for a while but every time they saw me they would stare at me,'
'That was what it was like for me,' said Tammy 'I remember being scared all the time in case those girls had done something,'
'Did you have any other friends to talk to?' asked Megan.
'I was friends with Monica at the time but looking back she did seem to care as much as I thought that she did,' replied Tammy 'it was like she was scared of them as well so she did not want to get involved,'
'That is how I felt,' said Megan 'I thought that if people where too scared of being with you then they would avoid you,'
'How did you become friends with Anna?' Tammy asked.
'Well the same thing happened to her,' said Megan 'After a while one of the girls had liked this guy who Anna liked so they set on her instead,'
For Anna the situation had been slightly different. She had a few friends at school and had often tried to become friends with the popular girls. She managed to get some attention off one of the guys who one of her friends had liked and when the other girls had found out they started to target her.
'I remember being in a Maths lesson and these two girls had come to our classroom and told the teacher that Anna had to see the head of the year so the teacher let her leave the classroom. She came back in a couple of minutes later and she looked really worried about something. I hadn't really spoke to her much at that point but there were these two other 🐸🐸🐸🐸 girls sitting near me and I heard one of them say that those two girls were going to give her a warning,'
and I heard one of them say that those two girls were going to give her a warning,'
Megan had remembered it really well as she sensed that there was something wrong but no one else seemed to have noticed. At the end of the lesson she noticed that Anna was the last to leave the classroom and seemed really nervous walking around. Megan had noticed the 🐸🐸🐸🐸 girls were waiting by the stairs and had called her over. Anna had reluctantly walked up to them and they told her to follow them outside. Megan had walked up towards the doors and looked through the window and saw them arguing with Anna and then one of the girls pushed her against the wall and hit her a few times. It made Megan nervous as it had reminded her of what had happened to her but this time it seemed more vicious.
After about a minute the girls had walked off leaving Anna by the door in tears. Megan had gone outside to see if she was ok.
'I asked how she was and she was really upset,' explained Megan 'I knew what those girls could be like but Anna did not want to tell a teacher. She just wanted to go home and be alone. I suggested that I would go to see a teacher with her but she just wanted to leave,'
'Did anyone else see it?' Tammy asked.
'No, it was only me I think,' replied Megan 'She said she was going to say that she was ill and go home but she asked for my number and said that she would ring me later,'
Megan had given Anna her number and later that day once she had finished school Anna had rang Megan's house and they had spoken for a while.
'That was how we became friends,' said Megan 'I was the only person who was there for her at the time. For her it was difference as she had more friends so it was hard for her having people no longer talk to her,'
'How did you both become friends with Jamie and Warren?' asked Tammy.
'Well they were in some of our classes,' replied Megan 'They were also classed as outcasts. Jamie didn't get that much hassle I don't thing but people used to tease Warren,'
'Was Warren difficult at school?' asked Tammy.
'He was annoying then as well,' replied Megan 'Jamie was the only person who bothered with him I think. They were in the same science group as me and Anna and once we had to work in groups of fours. No one else wanted to work with me or Anna or with Jamie or Warren so we all go put together. We actually worked well together so our science teacher always let us sit together so that was how we started hanging out together,'
'Have you slept with many guys?' asked Tammy.
'Only two,' replied Megan 'the first one only once. He wanted to lose his virginity so he used me for that and then a few months later I got a new boyfriend and I thought that he actually liked me,'
'I have only been with three guys,' said Tammy 'two users from short term relationships and then Laurence. I was really happy with him but he chose his friends over me. He thought that I was too clingy and then ends up going off with another girl who he is now engaged to,'
'Do you still miss him?' asked Megan.
'I do but I am trying to forget about him,' replied Tammy.
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After a mostly quiet week Friday had finally come around and the two groups had organised nights out by themselves the next day. One group consisted of Simon, Jamie, Dorley, Ben, Tammy, Megan, Stacy, Hana, Shelly and Courtney who had all arranged to meet each other on Saturday.
The second group consisted of Nick, Damien, Humara, Anna and a few from other courses such as Craig, Tony and the 🐸🐸🐸🐸 girls Bianca and Lakesha. Nick was hoping that this would be the weekend that he could ask Humara to be his girlfriend but before the end of the day the tutors had some news for him.
Jean, Sue and Regan had been looking at getting more students placements and Sue was still disappointed that Simon had walked out of Yeates.
'There is this hotel who said that they might take a few students on,' explain Regan 'We can send some of our students there maybe?'
'Anyone in mind?' asked Jean.
'Well I want to see Nick move on from working with Brenda,' said Regan.
'I will need to find something new for Simon,' said Sue 'I am so disappointed that he would not give Yeates another try,'
'How many are the hotel willing to take on?' asked Jean.
'Only two in the kitchen,' replied Regan 'I was thinking of sending Nick and maybe Jamie there,'
'What about Simon?' asked Jean.
Regan thought for a moment and then had an idea.
'If Yeates are still taking people on I could send either Nick or Jamie there instead?' he suggested 'then maybe Simon could work at the hotel instead?'
'That could work,' agreed Jean 'we would just have to keep an eye on Yeates though,'
'Who gets on better to work together?' asked Regan 'as even though Nick and Jamie work together with Brenda they do not actually seem to get on that well. They get along but I sense that they avoid each other,'
'Does Simon get along with them?' asked Jean 'as I have noticed that Simon tends to get along better with Jamie now as there seems to have been some girl trouble with him and Nick,'
'Maybe send Nick to Yeates and have Simon and Jamie work together?' Regan recommended.
'We could try that I guess,' said Sue.
'I think that might work out actually,' agreed Jean.
And with that Nick had been offered a new placement with Yeates. He was not best pleased when he found out the news. He thought that things had been going well for him and Humara but he knew how Yeates was with Simon and the unsociable hours and so now this might makes things difficult.
@king_of_simcity7 Just caught up. Both girls have had similar problems with other girls and guys. Sure makes for becoming friends fast to have that in common.
Hope they have a great evening out with the others.
I snickered thinking about Nick working with those two clowns at the restaurant. I don't like wishing meanness on anyone, but kinda hope Nick gets a taste of their lousy humor.
The Cowboy and the Mermaid
The next day Simon had arranged to meet Jamie, Dorley and Ben in the town centre before they went to the bar that they had been to that night that Simon had noticed Nick was first trying to move onto Humara a few weeks before.
'What do you think of these placements that they are offering us?' Jamie had asked Simon once as they walked through the town centre.
'It sounds okay,' replied Simon 'they say we will only do three days a week there,'
'There are thinking about me working for Brenda,' said Ben 'They are moving everyone around I think,'
'I heard that there are sending Warren to Brenda as well?' mentioned Dorley.
'That would be interesting,' said Ben 'I give him a week before Brenda has had enough of him,'
'Is Warren meeting us later with Dom?' asked Jamie.
'I am afraid so,' said Ben 'they had overheard about our night out so we couldn't not invite them,'
'What girls are going?' asked Dorley.
'We are meeting Megan, Tammy, Stacy and Hana,' replied Jamie 'and I heard that Shelly and Courtney are coming later as well,'
'All of the nice girls then,' replied Dorley.
'Is Anna not coming>' asked Ben.
'No, she is with the popular crowd meeting the bad boys,' signed Jamie.
'That is Nick's new group, the populars,' added Simon 'They had decided to turn their backs on us,'
'It is because of Cassie I think,' said Ben 'she looks down on some guys,'
'Cassie has never spoke to me once,' added Dorley 'I said hi to her once and she ignored me,'
'They just like the bad boys,' said Jamie 'idiots like Tony and Craig,'
Looks like Tammy and Megan are developing a stronger friendship.
Poor Megan.
"Woogin?" Is that another term for Virgin?
Anna got bullied too?
Doesn't surprise me that Warren was annoying back then, but still, getting teased for whatever reason is no fun.
I do not like men who use women to get what they want.
Yay! The gang formed their group and are finally getting together.
"Plum Girls" I need to know what got plummed there!
Yay! Jamie is spared!
Sorry, I'm getting WAY into the story and the characters again.
Yup. They are all better off in their own group than trying to fit in with the "Populars."
Meanwhile Tammy had invited Megan over to get ready before they went out. They had continued to become close over the course of the week and once they were ready they went to meet Stacy and Hana. Stacy had invited Hana over to get ready before they went to town. As they had made their way to the bus stop they noticed Anna in the distance with Humara.
'Are they going out tonight do you think?' Hana asked.
'They might be,' replied Stacy.
The girls had arrived at the bar not long after the guys had and everyone found a table. Some of the guys had gone to the bar to buy drinks and they noticed that Tony and Craig happened to be there. The first person they recognised was Dorley and they wasted no time trying to tease him.
'A bit past your bed time is it, Dorley?' joked Craig as soon as he saw him.
'Dorley is out drinking?' said Tony 'well things change!'
'So who are you out with then?' Craig asked 'your goony friends?'
'Just out with a few people,' replied Dorley not impressed with them
Tony and Craig recognised Jamie but did not know him that well.
'So you not out seeing Anna and that lot this night then?' Craig asked him.
'No, out with other people tonight,' replied Jamie.
'We are meeting her later,' added Craig 'She has a thing for my mate Tony,'
Jamie's heart sank. He had been hoping that he could have organised a date for him and Anna at some point but as usual she was being attracted to the unsavory types.
Stacy and Hana had also come to the bar to by drinks and Tony had recommended to Craig that he talk to her.
'A nice one there for you to talk to,' Tony said 'you need to get some fresh numbers don't you?'
'Give me a moment,' Craig said as he went and sat next to Stacy and made conversation with her.
'So you know this lot then?' he asked her.
'Yes, these are my friends,' she replied.
'How do you know them?' asked Craig 'I have seen you around the college,'
'I am on the same course as them,' replied Stacy.
'Isn't it a special needs course though?' asked Craig.
'Not quite,' replied Stacy 'we have various needs so it is a course to help us with social skills and to get into the workplace,'
'But you seem normal though,' said Craig.
'What do you mean?' asked Stacy not impressed with Craig.
'Well you don't seem special like some of this lot are,' said Craig.
'You don't even know me though?' added Stacy.
'Well you cannot be that special,' said Craig 'I mean you are not backwards like Dorley and some of the guys on the course are you?'
'What do you mean backwards?' replied Stacy angrily 'you don't even know any of us and you are just making assumptions,'
'Just wondering,' replied Craig wondering why someone as good looking as Stacy could actually be considered to having special needs.
'Maybe you should stop assuming stuff about people?' suggested Stacy.
'I am not assuming anything,' replied Craig glumly 'it just seems odd that a good looking girl like you who clearly seems smart would end up on a course like that. I mean I have seen you around and had no idea you where actually on the same course as them,'
Hana was sitting next to Stacy and was not impressed with Craig either.
'Maybe you should back off?' Hana suggested.
'Let me guess?' Craig added 'you are her lover?'
'What do you mean?' asked Hana.
'I am just joking with you all,' added Craig 'I am sorry if I offended you, just wrong words at the wrong times,'
'You cannot make assumptions about anyone you do not know though,' said Stacy.
'Well I could buy you a drink if you want and make up for it?' said Craig now feeling like he had put his foot into it,'
'To be honest,' said Stacy 'I wouldn't want anything to do with you,'
Craig's face dropped. He was thinking that he could smooth things over but it was clearly not working.
'I have seen you around before as well,' added Stacy 'you are not the type of person that I would want to drink with so how about you find some other girls who might actually find you jokes funny?
With that Craig backed off. He did not like being rejected. Usually if a girl it rejected him it was because they had a boyfriend but usually if he saw a single girl at a bar he had no problems talking to them.
Tony however had been watching the whole thing and found it hilarious.
'Bad luck, eh, Craig,' Tony laughed 'come on plenty more fish in the sea!'
'We might as well go and meet the others in a bit,' sighed Craig.
'Might as well head off,' agreed Tony.
Those pictures of Megan were from a couple of years ago and are the only archived pictures that I have used so far. Things will continue to get more interesting and I am setting up saves for the next parts of part 30 which might be the longest part yet
GO STACY!
Craig was being horrible!
I'm with Tony, I was laughing too!
Also I forgot the mention that a woogin is a Sim who has never woohooed before
Ooohh I get it!
Back at the table Stacy had explained the situation that happened at the bar and everyone else was impressed with her. She had really shown Craig up for what he was and everyone managed to get a good laugh out of it.
'I am glad that you told them where to go,' Dorley said to Stacy.
'Thanks, I didn't like his attitude,' she replied.
'I know them from school,' added Dorley 'they were always like that,'
Dorley would spend the rest of the evening talking to Stacy and she was happy being around people who made her happy.
Simon spent most of the evening talking to Tammy. They enjoyed talking to each other and he felt grateful for her being there after being rejected by Humara.
'It is a shame that the group have both split in two,' he said.
'I know but I guess that they just want to go their own way,' replied Tammy.
'I think that we have the better people on our side,' joked Simon.
'I know, I would rather spend time with you lot than the others as we all get along,' agreed Tammy.
Simon mentioned his new placement but he seemed more optimistic about it that the previous one.
'At least you might have some more time for the skills centre,' said Tammy.
'I will be in twice a week I think,' said Simon.
'They want me and Megan to have a part time placement as well,' said Tammy.
'It is funny that they are sending Nick to Yeates,' said Simon 'he won't last long there,'
'I still think that it is strange what they did to you,' said Tammy.
'It was good in a way as I might have not left otherwise,'
'I would have left as well,' said Tammy.
Simon and Tammy would continue to talk for the rest of the evening and Simon eventually suggested that they could meet up one afternoon.
'We could meet one day after college if you want?' suggested Simon 'if you are not doing much?'
'I would be up for that,' agreed Tammy 'I will be going to Megan's one night of the week but I will not be doing much for the rest of the week,'
Jamie was the only one who was not in a good mood as he was disappointed that Anna was enjoying herself with Tony but he soon found her texting him.
After Craig and Tony left the bar after Craig's humiliation they went to meet the other group at another place. Craig wasted no time in finding some girls to talk to and soon forgot about Stacy. Tony was also getting along with the girls when Anna had appeared with Humara, Nick and Damien. For the rest of the evening Tony showed less interest in Anna as she would have liked so she would soon start texting Jamie and Megan for sympathy. Jamie wasted no time in texting her back but Megan was more suspicious.
For Nick the evening had started well with Humara and he had hoped that this could be the night that he would be able to ask her to start a relationship. Not after they had arrived however someone else that Craig and Tony knew turned up.
'So you are actually meeting us then, Taz?' Craig said while they were at the bar.
'I told you I was coming,' replied Taz 'Do I ever let you down?'
'So how is the girlfriend?' asked Tony.
'Girlfriend?' replied Taz 'you know me, that was just a short term thing,'
'You have not changed then!' joked Craig.
'Single life for me,' said Taz.
Craig and Tony introduced him to the rest of the group. He was tall, fairly well built and had a few tattoos. As soon as Nick met him he was not sure if he could trust him. To make matters worse it seemed like he knew Humara as well.
'So, Humara, not seen you in a while,' Taz said to Humara when he recognised her.
'Taz?' replied Humara looking awkward.
'This your boyfriend?' Taz asked referring to Nick.
'Well, not quite,' said Humara awkwardly.
'Alright, I am Taz,' said Taz as he shook Nick's hand and then went on to talk to Cassie and Leanda.
Nick was starting to feel apprehensive. There was something about Taz that he did not trust.
Back at the other bar Jamie was starting to get his hopes up with Anna texting him. Tony was ignoring her most of the night and she said how much she missed hanging out with him and Megan.
'Anna has suggested that we should all meet up at some point,' Jamie said to Megan.
'I know,' said Megan 'I guess that things are not going well with her and Tony,'
'She said that she is feeling hurt,' said Jamie.
'Well she has ignored us for a few weeks so what does she expect us to do?' said Megan.
'Maybe we could meet up with her to make it up some time?' suggested Jamie.
'Well she asked me what I am doing in the week,' said Megan 'but I told her that I am meeting Tammy.
'You can still meet her if you want?' said Tammy 'I don't mind,'
'Well I will meet her but I am not putting her first anymore,' said Megan 'and you have been a better friend to me,'
'It would be nice if everyone could be friends again,' added Jamie.
Simon had finished his drink and decided to head to the bar.
'Do you want another drink?' he asked Tammy.
'Okay,' replied Tammy surprised that someone would but a drink for her.
'I need another drink as well,' said Jamie.
'Come to the bar with me if you want?' suggested Simon.
'Do you want a drink?' Jamie asked Megan so that she did not feel left out.
'Okay, thanks,' replied Megan.