Once Simon arrived the first person he saw was Tammy and he spoke to her for a while. She was still not impressed with Humara and mentioned that they had not spoke much during the week.
'Has she been with Nick much then?' Simon asked her.
'I don't know,' replied Tammy 'I had been working with Nick in the canteen but he does not talk to me,'
'I have not spoke to him either,' added Simon 'I have nothing to say to him,'
Just then Simon saw Nick walk past him but Nick avoided eye contact.
'I am not impressed with them,' said Tammy once Nick had gone inside the building.
Just then Dom and Warren appeared and started joking around as usual.
'Oh look who is here!' teased Dom 'Simon is back!'
'Have you heard about Nick?' asked Warren.
'Yeah, you never guess what Nick has done?' added Dom.
'Nick has woohood Humara!' exclaimed Warren.
'Yeah, he gone and got himself a woohoo!' said Dom oblivious to the fact that Humara had been messing Simon around.
'Did you know about this?' Dom asked Tammy.
'No I did not,' replied Tammy wondering if what they were saying was even true.
'She is your friend, she is meant to tell you these things!' added Warren.
Simon was heartbroken. Here was Dom and Warren going around telling everyone what Nick and Humara might have been up to and they had no idea how he really felt. Just then he saw Humara appear in the distance.
'Oh, here she comes!' said Dom.
'Don't say anything to her,' said Tammy 'it might not even be true,'
'Well Nick was keen to brag about it!' added Warren.
Humara walked past them all and said nothing as she headed into the building. Simon felt very awkward and Tammy felt sorry for him. Dom and Warren just laughed and continued to joke around with each other so Simon and Tammy headed indoors. It was going to be an awkward day with Nick and Humara both being there.
Here I was thinking that Simon and Humara would be the ones to actually have a real relationship in this story, but then Humara turns out to be a mean girl.
I guess Simon's anxieties weren't too far-fetched now were they? *sigh* Poor guy. Maybe he and Tammy might be meant for each other?
Thanks for the synopsis post. I had forgotten SO much as there are SO many characters.
You know who Dom and Warren remind me of?
If you haven't ever watched "Chuck" you're missing out.
@emorrill Thanks for the comments. Taking a break for a couple of days but there will be more story soon I might have left some hints around already lol
This might be Dom and Warren:
I saw the original film many years ago which included 'adult scenes' that I had no idea what they meant at the time!
@king_of_simcity7 I've caught up on the story here. Good riddance to Humara I say. Hope Nick doesn't get all weird on her and start going into her social media accounts. But if he does, she gets what she deserves.
Seems like Simon needs some friends, girls and guys just to have fun with, someone to talk to, hang out with and then maybe get a relationship going with one of the friends.....like Tammy.
@king_of_simcity7 Ok, Harry and Lloyd are a better representation of Dom and Warren!
And heavens I didn't know what HALF of the stuff meant in that movie either when my brothers first introduced it into our home. I was quite naive.
My mom didn't like that such an 'inappropriate' movie was brought into the house, but one time we were watching it while she was doing dishes in the kitchen. During one humorous scene we all swore we could hear her laughing and we turned toward the kitchen to see if it was true. It was!
I said, "See mom! You DO like this movie!"
She couldn't deny it after that.
(FYI: My mom is a very refined woman, in a good way, so yeah that kind of potty humor coming into HER domain...you can see why we teased her about it. )
@bekkasan I remember the scene where one of the guys reads writing on the wall saying something and 'Seabass' turns up. That was actually a deleted scene lol Grease has a few scenes like that that I did not notice when I was younger but I know what they mean now!
After an awkward day at the skills centre Simon was glad to be away from Nick and Humara. He kept an eye on them throughout most of the day but they did not give much hints that anything was going on between them. He had avoided them during the breaks and instead hung out with Jamie, Ben, Warren and Dom. There was a plan for a boys night out to watch the football the that night. The guys where to meet Warren and Dom in the town centre and going to a place that Dom thought was apparently good.
Simon thought that a night out might be a good thing and he had hopes that maybe he could meet someone new. He met the guys in the town centre as planned and hoped that Dom would have chosen somewhere cool for them to hang out. Simon had hopes for a busy bar where everyone was enjoying watching the game with a few girls around to talk to. Instead Dom had chosen the working man's club.
'Why are we going to an old man's club?' Ben asked Dom once they had all met up.
'It is cheap,' replied Dom.
'Cheap as chips!' added Warren.
Simon was disappointed. What potential girlfriend would go to the working man's club?
It was an old building and pretty dated inside. Tables and chairs laid out like any bar and a large TV had been installed but most of the members of the club seemed to be middle aged at the youngest. Dom appeared to know a few of them through family members but Simon, Jamie and Ben were not impressed. The whole place was actually depressing despite being completely innocent.
Eventually more people would arrive, mostly older people and the TV was turned on the watch the game. The atmosphere was decent but hardly the night out that Simon had hoped for. The team that they were watching itself did reality well from the start but Simon was not interested. He actually felt miserable. Is this how his life had now worked out? Sitting in the working man's club while no doubt Nick and Humara were out having the time of their lives?
Simon was bored and so looked through his phone to see who he could text. He decided to text Tammy. She was one of the only people who had been sympathetic towards him recently and he knew that she had been having a hard time as well.
Tammy was at home and was close to tears again. Aside from Humara she only had a couple of friends and one of her friends Monica who had regularly pushed Tammy aside had made other plans for the weekend when Tammy had suggested that they meet up. Tammy then found out what Monica's plans really were. Monica was going to the engagement party for Laurence and his new partner.
Tammy felt incredibly hurt. Did Monica not know how much Tammy had loved Laurence? Tammy had now felt very lonely. Humara had been a better friend for a while but now she was becoming better friends with Anna. This made Tammy feel even worse like there was something wrong with her. She had not felt this bad in a long time.
She was stressed and feeling hurt. Who could she talk to? Her parents cared about her but she thought that they might be ashamed of her and she did not want to worry them. That evening they had gone out to see relatives and her older brother was out with friends. She was alone aside from their pet dogs who Tammy loved.
She was in her room on her bed and decided to get up and go downstairs to the kitchen when she heard her phone go. She had received the text message from Simon asking how she was and what she was up to. She appreciated the text but could not tell him what she was really thinking. She simply replied that she was bored at home while Simon then mentioned how he was bored with Warren and Dom.
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@emorrill and @bekkasan Thanks for the comments I will read the updates on your stories when I get the time. Working split shifts today and tomorrow and only had time to work on an update which I am going to post in a second
Tammy appreciated having someone to talk to. At the moment the only other person that she spoke to was Megan who she was becoming good friends with. Back at the skills centre on Monday Humara ignored Tammy for most of the day and spent most of her time with Anna and Nick. Leanda had also returned and Humara seemed to get along well with her as well. In the canteen during the morning break Humara asked Leanda why she had been off and it seemed that Leanda had family stuff to deal with and had also been on holiday.
'Shall we have a party when my Mum is away?' Cassie asked the group,'
'I am up for that added Humara,'
'Okay, so you lot are up for it then?' asked Cassie 'I will invite you two and Anna,'
'Yeah I am up for it,' said Anna.
'And I guess I will have to invite some guys just to keep you lot happy!' added Cassie 'Nick are you up for it?'
'Yeah, you should come,' suggested Humara.
'I am up for it,' said Nick. He was happy how things had been going for him and Humara and she seemed to want him to come to the party with her. They were not in a relationship yet but he was working on it. Now that he had got Simon out of the way he felt like he had won her over.
'I will invite Tony and Craig as well,' said Cassie.
Further down the table Dom and Warren had been listening to the conversation.
'Are we invited?' Dom asked Cassie loudly.
'Let me think about that,' said Cassie 'how about no!'
The girls and Nick all laughed at him.
'Seriously, Dom, I would not invite you if you where the last person on the planet!' added Cassie.
'You are not going to invite my ex boyfriend Simon are you?' Leanda asked Cassie 'I have not seen him since I got back. I hope that he still does not fancy me,'
'He had a thing for Humara,' said Cassie.
'Yeah, too clingy,' said Humara.
'I feel so sorry for you!' laughed Leanda.
'I tried to warn you both,' said Nick as the girls laughed along.
'Let's go outside,' suggested Cassie and the group got up and followed her outside leaving Tammy and Megan feeling left out. They had clearly not been invited to the party either.
The next day Tammy and Megan were still feeling hurt about being left out but it was also making them become closer as friends. As it was Tuesday they were working with Brenda in the canteen and would be able to work together for most of the day.
'Are you still upset about not being invited to the party?' Tammy asked Megan when they had first arrived in the morning.
'A little bit,' replied Megan 'Anna does this sometimes. She will get a new friend and forget about me and then when she falls out with them she will come back to me again,'
'I hate that,' said Tammy also still feeling hurt that her so called friend Monica had agreed to go to that engagement party.
@king_of_simcity7 Forgive my musical tourettes moment here, but when I read this:
In the canteen during the morning break Humara asked Leanda why she had been off and it seemed that Leanda had family stuff to deal with and had also been on holiday.
This song instantly came to mind. Enjoy the rock out!
The girls and Nick all laughed at him.
'Seriously, Dom, I would not invite you if you where the last person on the planet!' added Cassie.
'You are not going to invite my ex boyfriend Simon are you?' Leanda asked Cassie 'I have not seen him since I got back. I hope that he still does not fancy me,'
'He had a thing for Humara,' said Cassie.
'Yeah, too clingy,' said Humara.
'I feel so sorry for you!' laughed Leanda.
'I tried to warn you both,' said Nick as the girls laughed along.
'Let's go outside,' suggested Cassie and the group got up and followed her outside leaving Tammy and Megan feeling left out. They had clearly not been invited to the party either.
^Good gosh that was so sad to read. They are terrible!
Yeah you should give up on your "fair weather friend" Megan ...they are never worth it.
Simon had been spending time at his work placement but things were starting to get worse there. Since Brett had been off sick Simon was now the butt of every joke and the second chef Wes was feeling like pulling pranks.
It had been a slow morning and Wes was bored and was thinking about a prank to pull. Simpson was in on the pranks as well and had suggested a prank called sneaky hat.
'You have not used the sneaky hat in a while,' said Simpson to Wes while Simon was washing some dishes 'see how he reacts to that?'
'Good idea,' replied Wes 'have we any spare plastic buckets?'
Sneaky hat was a prank where Wes would sneak up on someone with a plastic tub and put it on their head without them noticing. It was a pointless prank but Wes was confident that it would give him and Simpson a good laugh. He picked up a plastic tub and waited for Simon to have his back turned. Once the moment was right he went right up to him and placed it on Simon's head which took him by surprise.
Both him and Simpson had a good laugh but for Simon that was the last straw. Two waitresses had also seen it and laughed along. Simon decided to just walk out and with that he just left. Simpson was not impressed and followed him towards the back door.
'Where do you think you are going?' demanded Simpson 'you have to do these dishes!'
'!!!! you are not even paying me to do it!' said Simon and walked out of the door and slammed it behind him. He was furious and felt humiliated but this was a prank gone too far so he now had the perfect excuse to leave. After walking out he decided to walk to the skills centre to explain what happened.
One at the skills centre Simon was in the office and complained about the incident to Jean, Sue and Regan. Sue was disappointed that Simon had walked about but Jean and Regan seemed surprised at what he was telling them.
'You could have just talked about with them,' said Sue 'I am sure that it is a miss understanding,'
'Maybe I could give them a call?' suggested Jean. She picked up the phone and rang Yeates and eventually got put through to Simpson.
'I am sorry, but I am not having people walk out on me like that!' complained Simpson down the phone.
'Yes, but pranks like that are not nice,' explained Jean.
'Well I am sorry but it is all part of the workplace,' added Simpson 'If he cannot take a joke then he won't get along anywhere! I know that he is one of your students but he is no use to me. I cannot have useless people like that working for me,'
'Okay,' said Jean 'let's just write this one off then,' Jean did not like Simpson's attitude so decided to pull Simon out of the placement.
'We won't send you back there,' said Jean 'just come back to the skills centre for the rest of the week,'
'Okay, that's fine,' agreed Simon finally feeling free. He was finally back at the skills centre all week.
'It is such a shame,' said Sue 'I thought that he was getting along really well there,'
'Sometimes things just do not work out,' said Jean 'anyway, Simon, it is the morning break, maybe you could go and visit Brenda?'
Simon made his way towards the canteen and managed to speak to Jamie, Tammy and Megan and explain what had happened. He noticed Nick by the sink washing up. At least no one would give Nick a hard time.
'Well I am glad you left that place,' said Tammy 'that place sounded horrible,'
'Will they let you back in here?' asked Jamie.
'Not sure really,' replied Simon.
Nick overheard the conversation with Simon but it did not matter what Simon did now. He had won over Humara. He would have rather that he was hanging out with her rather than being in the kitchen though.
'I need to go and ask someone something,' Nick said to Brenda when he thought that no one was listening.
'What's that?' Brenda asked him.
'Just need to ask someone in the canteen something, it won't be long,' replied Nick.
'Okay, fine, but no more than five minutes,' replied Brenda. Nick went out of the kitchen and sat with Humara for the rest of her break.
'He is still following her around is he?' Simon asked.
'It looks like it,' replied Tammy 'I am not talking to Humara much anymore anyway,'
'Is she still ignoring you?' Simon asked her.
'Well they have all got another party planned and we are not invited,' added Megan 'Cassie is organising it,'
'No doubt that there will be guys there,' added Jamie. He had also been feeling disappointed in Anna ignoring him.
'We should organise our own night out,' suggested Simon 'now that I have more free time anyway,'
'We can have more fun without them,' said Tammy.
@king_of_simcity7 I've been catching up over here this evening. I remember cliques like that in school when I was young, but not quite so blatant and rude to talk trash in front of the victims! Tammy and Megan might feel now like they are missing out, but, they are not. They don't need friends like that and maybe then can become good friends.
As pranks go that one seemed pretty mild and glad it was not worse. But, I can see with Simon's temperament and he already disliked working there that it wasn't going to fly. Stick to your guns and yep, if he wasn't getting paid don't blame him for walking out the door. And no...pranks don't happen like that in the workplace. People can get fired if they try stuff like that or arrested. That is actually assault and battery over here.
I hope they do organize a nice night out and enjoy it.
@king_of_simcity7 Poor Simon. I'm one of those that doesn't like pranks or even some jokes (like that one) AT ALL. Most of the time they are more hurtful rather than funny. I probably would've cried under that bucket over my head and stepped out.
Anyway, I think it's a great idea that Simon and his buddies form a new hangout group of their own. I've kinda been thinking they should've been doing that for a while now.
After the end of the day Tammy said goodbye to Megan and had agreed that they would meet up one night in the week. Tammy only lived down the road from the skills centre so she only had to walk home. Megan walked off in one direction towards her bus stop with Jamie while outside another bus stop Tammy saw Stacy say goodbye to Hana and then wait for her bus.
Tammy had hardly ever spoke to Stacy before because Humara always avoided her. She felt guilty but Stacy smiled at her as she walked past her so Tammy decided to talk to her.
'Did you have a nice day today?' Tammy asked her making conversation.
'It was okay,' replied Stacy 'we did not do much in the afternoon as Dom kept distracting everyone and got into an argument with Sue,'
'I find him immature,' said Tammy.
'Are you doing much tonight?' Stacy asked her.
'Not really,' replied Tammy 'everyone else is busy,'
'Are you not seeing Humara tonight?' asked Stacy. She had noticed that Humara had pushed Tammy to one side recently.
'Not really,' replied Tammy. There was a pause for a while and then Tammy asked Stacy a question.
'You used to be friends with her when you were younger?'
'Yes, I was,' replied Stacy feeling sad.
'Why did you fall out?' Tammy asked her.
'It is a long story,' replied Stacy 'but I know what she is doing by pushing you away for Anna. I don't really know Anna that well but they seem to try and be part of the popular girls,'
'Did she ever do anything like that when you were younger?' Tammy asked.
'Well, I might as well tell you,' replied Stacy 'I had a boyfriend when I was younger, I really liked him but then Humara liked him as well. They ended up getting together behind my back,'
'Really?' asked Tammy.
'It really hurt me at the time,' added Stacy 'He just went off me and dumped me and then I later found out that Humara had been seeing him. He later dumped her as well but I could never trust her again,'
'I am sorry, I did not know that,' said Tammy.
'I know what she is like with guys,' said Stacy 'I saw what she did with Simon by choosing Nick over him,'
'Yes, I did not agree with that,' added Tammy 'Nick was your ex boyfriend wasn't he?'
'Yes he was,' said Stacy 'he really hurt me as well,'
'What did he do?' added Tammy 'I thought that he really liked you?'
'He has a lot of trust issues,' explained Stacy 'he went onto my laptop once without me realising and worked out my passwords for things. He would go online and talk to another ex boyfriend of mine,'
Stacy told Tammy the story about what Nick had done by pretending to be her when becoming jealous over an ex boyfriend. Tammy was shocked and felt bad for Stacy.
'They are both really nasty,' said Tammy 'I feel bad for what they did to Simon but they have both hurt you as well and Humara has also hurt me,'
'Sadly you sometimes have to learn the hard way,' said Stacy 'I didn't want to say anything as it would make me look bad. I thought that Humara might have grown up by now but she hasn't,'
'I don't agree with the other girls and what they said to Hana yesterday either,' added Tammy.
'Hana was really upset by those girls,' said Stacy 'she used to get bullied a lot at school because she is mixed race and she is sensitive,'
'It is a shame as she always seems nice,' said Tammy.
'She is,' said Stacy 'She has never had many friends but we have been getting along really well,'
'Maybe you both should meet up with me and Megan?' suggested Tammy 'Simon was suggesting that some of us could form our own group. Jamie is also up for doing something,'
'Yes that would be nice,' agreed Stacy 'maybe you could take my number?'
Tammy and Stacy then swapped numbers and agreed that they would try to arrange something. Stacy then got on her bus so Tammy made her way home but had noticed in the distance that she was being watched. Humara had seen her talking to Stacy and was not impressed.
@emorrill Thanks for the comments I got the idea of 'Sneaky Hat' from Facebook where one guy I used to work with upload a picture of the prank himself. No idea if it was a prank as I did not work there but I borrowed the idea for The Sims.
Also you can see how the friendship groups are changing!
@king_of_simcity7 I enjoyed the update. I'm glad the girls are starting to realize that they don't need to have false friends in their lives and how shallow the other girls and guys are.
The next day Simon was glad to be back at the skills centre. He avoided Humara and spent the morning with Ben, Warren and Dom and during the morning break he would see Jamie, Tammy and Megan in the canteen.
The group had planned a night out for Saturday and Simon was actually able to attend as he was no longer working. They had noticed Humara's new group over on their usual table and once again Nick had gone out to join them.
'Looks like Nick is still trying to hang out with the populars?' said Simon.
'He really needs to be careful,' said Tammy 'I spoke to Stacy yesterday and she told me a few things,'
'What is that?' asked Simon.
'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,'
Simon was still missing Humara but his thoughts were going from feeling lost to feeling angry. He would be thinking about Humara and missing her and would then realising that they had never even been together and that she was just using him until she found someone else. He would feel revolted at the thought of her sleeping with Nick and it made him angry. Perhaps Nick might soon realise what she was like as well?
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Once Simon arrived the first person he saw was Tammy and he spoke to her for a while. She was still not impressed with Humara and mentioned that they had not spoke much during the week.
'Has she been with Nick much then?' Simon asked her.
'I don't know,' replied Tammy 'I had been working with Nick in the canteen but he does not talk to me,'
'I have not spoke to him either,' added Simon 'I have nothing to say to him,'
Just then Simon saw Nick walk past him but Nick avoided eye contact.
'I am not impressed with them,' said Tammy once Nick had gone inside the building.
Just then Dom and Warren appeared and started joking around as usual.
'Oh look who is here!' teased Dom 'Simon is back!'
'Have you heard about Nick?' asked Warren.
'Yeah, you never guess what Nick has done?' added Dom.
'Nick has woohood Humara!' exclaimed Warren.
'Yeah, he gone and got himself a woohoo!' said Dom oblivious to the fact that Humara had been messing Simon around.
'Did you know about this?' Dom asked Tammy.
'No I did not,' replied Tammy wondering if what they were saying was even true.
'She is your friend, she is meant to tell you these things!' added Warren.
Simon was heartbroken. Here was Dom and Warren going around telling everyone what Nick and Humara might have been up to and they had no idea how he really felt. Just then he saw Humara appear in the distance.
'Oh, here she comes!' said Dom.
'Don't say anything to her,' said Tammy 'it might not even be true,'
'Well Nick was keen to brag about it!' added Warren.
Humara walked past them all and said nothing as she headed into the building. Simon felt very awkward and Tammy felt sorry for him. Dom and Warren just laughed and continued to joke around with each other so Simon and Tammy headed indoors. It was going to be an awkward day with Nick and Humara both being there.
Here I was thinking that Simon and Humara would be the ones to actually have a real relationship in this story, but then Humara turns out to be a mean girl.
I guess Simon's anxieties weren't too far-fetched now were they? *sigh* Poor guy. Maybe he and Tammy might be meant for each other?
Thanks for the synopsis post. I had forgotten SO much as there are SO many characters.
You know who Dom and Warren remind me of?
If you haven't ever watched "Chuck" you're missing out.
This might be Dom and Warren:
I saw the original film many years ago which included 'adult scenes' that I had no idea what they meant at the time!
@king_of_simcity7 I've caught up on the story here. Good riddance to Humara I say. Hope Nick doesn't get all weird on her and start going into her social media accounts.
Seems like Simon needs some friends, girls and guys just to have fun with, someone to talk to, hang out with and then maybe get a relationship going with one of the friends.....like Tammy.
The Cowboy and the Mermaid
And heavens I didn't know what HALF of the stuff meant in that movie either when my brothers first introduced it into our home.
My mom didn't like that such an 'inappropriate' movie was brought into the house, but one time we were watching it while she was doing dishes in the kitchen. During one humorous scene we all swore we could hear her laughing and we turned toward the kitchen to see if it was true. It was!
I said, "See mom! You DO like this movie!"
She couldn't deny it after that.
(FYI: My mom is a very refined woman, in a good way, so yeah that kind of potty humor coming into HER domain...you can see why we teased her about it.
After an awkward day at the skills centre Simon was glad to be away from Nick and Humara. He kept an eye on them throughout most of the day but they did not give much hints that anything was going on between them. He had avoided them during the breaks and instead hung out with Jamie, Ben, Warren and Dom. There was a plan for a boys night out to watch the football the that night. The guys where to meet Warren and Dom in the town centre and going to a place that Dom thought was apparently good.
Simon thought that a night out might be a good thing and he had hopes that maybe he could meet someone new. He met the guys in the town centre as planned and hoped that Dom would have chosen somewhere cool for them to hang out. Simon had hopes for a busy bar where everyone was enjoying watching the game with a few girls around to talk to. Instead Dom had chosen the working man's club.
'Why are we going to an old man's club?' Ben asked Dom once they had all met up.
'It is cheap,' replied Dom.
'Cheap as chips!' added Warren.
Simon was disappointed. What potential girlfriend would go to the working man's club?
It was an old building and pretty dated inside. Tables and chairs laid out like any bar and a large TV had been installed but most of the members of the club seemed to be middle aged at the youngest. Dom appeared to know a few of them through family members but Simon, Jamie and Ben were not impressed. The whole place was actually depressing despite being completely innocent.
Eventually more people would arrive, mostly older people and the TV was turned on the watch the game. The atmosphere was decent but hardly the night out that Simon had hoped for. The team that they were watching itself did reality well from the start but Simon was not interested. He actually felt miserable. Is this how his life had now worked out? Sitting in the working man's club while no doubt Nick and Humara were out having the time of their lives?
Simon was bored and so looked through his phone to see who he could text. He decided to text Tammy. She was one of the only people who had been sympathetic towards him recently and he knew that she had been having a hard time as well.
Tammy was at home and was close to tears again. Aside from Humara she only had a couple of friends and one of her friends Monica who had regularly pushed Tammy aside had made other plans for the weekend when Tammy had suggested that they meet up. Tammy then found out what Monica's plans really were. Monica was going to the engagement party for Laurence and his new partner.
Tammy felt incredibly hurt. Did Monica not know how much Tammy had loved Laurence? Tammy had now felt very lonely. Humara had been a better friend for a while but now she was becoming better friends with Anna. This made Tammy feel even worse like there was something wrong with her. She had not felt this bad in a long time.
She was stressed and feeling hurt. Who could she talk to? Her parents cared about her but she thought that they might be ashamed of her and she did not want to worry them. That evening they had gone out to see relatives and her older brother was out with friends. She was alone aside from their pet dogs who Tammy loved.
She was in her room on her bed and decided to get up and go downstairs to the kitchen when she heard her phone go. She had received the text message from Simon asking how she was and what she was up to. She appreciated the text but could not tell him what she was really thinking. She simply replied that she was bored at home while Simon then mentioned how he was bored with Warren and Dom.
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The Cowboy and the Mermaid
Tammy appreciated having someone to talk to. At the moment the only other person that she spoke to was Megan who she was becoming good friends with. Back at the skills centre on Monday Humara ignored Tammy for most of the day and spent most of her time with Anna and Nick. Leanda had also returned and Humara seemed to get along well with her as well. In the canteen during the morning break Humara asked Leanda why she had been off and it seemed that Leanda had family stuff to deal with and had also been on holiday.
'Shall we have a party when my Mum is away?' Cassie asked the group,'
'I am up for that added Humara,'
'Okay, so you lot are up for it then?' asked Cassie 'I will invite you two and Anna,'
'Yeah I am up for it,' said Anna.
'And I guess I will have to invite some guys just to keep you lot happy!' added Cassie 'Nick are you up for it?'
'Yeah, you should come,' suggested Humara.
'I am up for it,' said Nick. He was happy how things had been going for him and Humara and she seemed to want him to come to the party with her. They were not in a relationship yet but he was working on it. Now that he had got Simon out of the way he felt like he had won her over.
'I will invite Tony and Craig as well,' said Cassie.
Further down the table Dom and Warren had been listening to the conversation.
'Are we invited?' Dom asked Cassie loudly.
'Let me think about that,' said Cassie 'how about no!'
The girls and Nick all laughed at him.
'Seriously, Dom, I would not invite you if you where the last person on the planet!' added Cassie.
'You are not going to invite my ex boyfriend Simon are you?' Leanda asked Cassie 'I have not seen him since I got back. I hope that he still does not fancy me,'
'He had a thing for Humara,' said Cassie.
'Yeah, too clingy,' said Humara.
'I feel so sorry for you!' laughed Leanda.
'I tried to warn you both,' said Nick as the girls laughed along.
'Let's go outside,' suggested Cassie and the group got up and followed her outside leaving Tammy and Megan feeling left out. They had clearly not been invited to the party either.
The next day Tammy and Megan were still feeling hurt about being left out but it was also making them become closer as friends. As it was Tuesday they were working with Brenda in the canteen and would be able to work together for most of the day.
'Are you still upset about not being invited to the party?' Tammy asked Megan when they had first arrived in the morning.
'A little bit,' replied Megan 'Anna does this sometimes. She will get a new friend and forget about me and then when she falls out with them she will come back to me again,'
'I hate that,' said Tammy also still feeling hurt that her so called friend Monica had agreed to go to that engagement party.
^Good gosh that was so sad to read.
Yeah you should give up on your "fair weather friend" Megan
Looking forward to more.
Simon had been spending time at his work placement but things were starting to get worse there. Since Brett had been off sick Simon was now the butt of every joke and the second chef Wes was feeling like pulling pranks.
It had been a slow morning and Wes was bored and was thinking about a prank to pull. Simpson was in on the pranks as well and had suggested a prank called sneaky hat.
'You have not used the sneaky hat in a while,' said Simpson to Wes while Simon was washing some dishes 'see how he reacts to that?'
'Good idea,' replied Wes 'have we any spare plastic buckets?'
Sneaky hat was a prank where Wes would sneak up on someone with a plastic tub and put it on their head without them noticing. It was a pointless prank but Wes was confident that it would give him and Simpson a good laugh. He picked up a plastic tub and waited for Simon to have his back turned. Once the moment was right he went right up to him and placed it on Simon's head which took him by surprise.
Both him and Simpson had a good laugh but for Simon that was the last straw. Two waitresses had also seen it and laughed along. Simon decided to just walk out and with that he just left. Simpson was not impressed and followed him towards the back door.
'Where do you think you are going?' demanded Simpson 'you have to do these dishes!'
'!!!! you are not even paying me to do it!' said Simon and walked out of the door and slammed it behind him. He was furious and felt humiliated but this was a prank gone too far so he now had the perfect excuse to leave. After walking out he decided to walk to the skills centre to explain what happened.
One at the skills centre Simon was in the office and complained about the incident to Jean, Sue and Regan. Sue was disappointed that Simon had walked about but Jean and Regan seemed surprised at what he was telling them.
'You could have just talked about with them,' said Sue 'I am sure that it is a miss understanding,'
'Maybe I could give them a call?' suggested Jean. She picked up the phone and rang Yeates and eventually got put through to Simpson.
'I am sorry, but I am not having people walk out on me like that!' complained Simpson down the phone.
'Yes, but pranks like that are not nice,' explained Jean.
'Well I am sorry but it is all part of the workplace,' added Simpson 'If he cannot take a joke then he won't get along anywhere! I know that he is one of your students but he is no use to me. I cannot have useless people like that working for me,'
'Okay,' said Jean 'let's just write this one off then,' Jean did not like Simpson's attitude so decided to pull Simon out of the placement.
'We won't send you back there,' said Jean 'just come back to the skills centre for the rest of the week,'
'Okay, that's fine,' agreed Simon finally feeling free. He was finally back at the skills centre all week.
'It is such a shame,' said Sue 'I thought that he was getting along really well there,'
'Sometimes things just do not work out,' said Jean 'anyway, Simon, it is the morning break, maybe you could go and visit Brenda?'
Simon made his way towards the canteen and managed to speak to Jamie, Tammy and Megan and explain what had happened. He noticed Nick by the sink washing up. At least no one would give Nick a hard time.
'Well I am glad you left that place,' said Tammy 'that place sounded horrible,'
'Will they let you back in here?' asked Jamie.
'Not sure really,' replied Simon.
Nick overheard the conversation with Simon but it did not matter what Simon did now. He had won over Humara. He would have rather that he was hanging out with her rather than being in the kitchen though.
'I need to go and ask someone something,' Nick said to Brenda when he thought that no one was listening.
'What's that?' Brenda asked him.
'Just need to ask someone in the canteen something, it won't be long,' replied Nick.
'Okay, fine, but no more than five minutes,' replied Brenda. Nick went out of the kitchen and sat with Humara for the rest of her break.
'He is still following her around is he?' Simon asked.
'It looks like it,' replied Tammy 'I am not talking to Humara much anymore anyway,'
'Is she still ignoring you?' Simon asked her.
'Well they have all got another party planned and we are not invited,' added Megan 'Cassie is organising it,'
'No doubt that there will be guys there,' added Jamie. He had also been feeling disappointed in Anna ignoring him.
'We should organise our own night out,' suggested Simon 'now that I have more free time anyway,'
'We can have more fun without them,' said Tammy.
As pranks go that one seemed pretty mild and glad it was not worse. But, I can see with Simon's temperament and he already disliked working there that it wasn't going to fly. Stick to your guns and yep, if he wasn't getting paid don't blame him for walking out the door. And no...pranks don't happen like that in the workplace. People can get fired if they try stuff like that or arrested. That is actually assault and battery over here.
I hope they do organize a nice night out and enjoy it.
The Cowboy and the Mermaid
Anyway, I think it's a great idea that Simon and his buddies form a new hangout group of their own. I've kinda been thinking they should've been doing that for a while now.
After the end of the day Tammy said goodbye to Megan and had agreed that they would meet up one night in the week. Tammy only lived down the road from the skills centre so she only had to walk home. Megan walked off in one direction towards her bus stop with Jamie while outside another bus stop Tammy saw Stacy say goodbye to Hana and then wait for her bus.
Tammy had hardly ever spoke to Stacy before because Humara always avoided her. She felt guilty but Stacy smiled at her as she walked past her so Tammy decided to talk to her.
'Did you have a nice day today?' Tammy asked her making conversation.
'It was okay,' replied Stacy 'we did not do much in the afternoon as Dom kept distracting everyone and got into an argument with Sue,'
'I find him immature,' said Tammy.
'Are you doing much tonight?' Stacy asked her.
'Not really,' replied Tammy 'everyone else is busy,'
'Are you not seeing Humara tonight?' asked Stacy. She had noticed that Humara had pushed Tammy to one side recently.
'Not really,' replied Tammy. There was a pause for a while and then Tammy asked Stacy a question.
'You used to be friends with her when you were younger?'
'Yes, I was,' replied Stacy feeling sad.
'Why did you fall out?' Tammy asked her.
'It is a long story,' replied Stacy 'but I know what she is doing by pushing you away for Anna. I don't really know Anna that well but they seem to try and be part of the popular girls,'
'Did she ever do anything like that when you were younger?' Tammy asked.
'Well, I might as well tell you,' replied Stacy 'I had a boyfriend when I was younger, I really liked him but then Humara liked him as well. They ended up getting together behind my back,'
'Really?' asked Tammy.
'It really hurt me at the time,' added Stacy 'He just went off me and dumped me and then I later found out that Humara had been seeing him. He later dumped her as well but I could never trust her again,'
'I am sorry, I did not know that,' said Tammy.
'I know what she is like with guys,' said Stacy 'I saw what she did with Simon by choosing Nick over him,'
'Yes, I did not agree with that,' added Tammy 'Nick was your ex boyfriend wasn't he?'
'Yes he was,' said Stacy 'he really hurt me as well,'
'What did he do?' added Tammy 'I thought that he really liked you?'
'He has a lot of trust issues,' explained Stacy 'he went onto my laptop once without me realising and worked out my passwords for things. He would go online and talk to another ex boyfriend of mine,'
Stacy told Tammy the story about what Nick had done by pretending to be her when becoming jealous over an ex boyfriend. Tammy was shocked and felt bad for Stacy.
'They are both really nasty,' said Tammy 'I feel bad for what they did to Simon but they have both hurt you as well and Humara has also hurt me,'
'Sadly you sometimes have to learn the hard way,' said Stacy 'I didn't want to say anything as it would make me look bad. I thought that Humara might have grown up by now but she hasn't,'
'I don't agree with the other girls and what they said to Hana yesterday either,' added Tammy.
'Hana was really upset by those girls,' said Stacy 'she used to get bullied a lot at school because she is mixed race and she is sensitive,'
'It is a shame as she always seems nice,' said Tammy.
'She is,' said Stacy 'She has never had many friends but we have been getting along really well,'
'Maybe you both should meet up with me and Megan?' suggested Tammy 'Simon was suggesting that some of us could form our own group. Jamie is also up for doing something,'
'Yes that would be nice,' agreed Stacy 'maybe you could take my number?'
Tammy and Stacy then swapped numbers and agreed that they would try to arrange something. Stacy then got on her bus so Tammy made her way home but had noticed in the distance that she was being watched. Humara had seen her talking to Stacy and was not impressed.
Also you can see how the friendship groups are changing!
@king_of_simcity7 I enjoyed the update. I'm glad the girls are starting to realize that they don't need to have false friends in their lives and how shallow the other girls and guys are.
The Cowboy and the Mermaid
The next day Simon was glad to be back at the skills centre. He avoided Humara and spent the morning with Ben, Warren and Dom and during the morning break he would see Jamie, Tammy and Megan in the canteen.
The group had planned a night out for Saturday and Simon was actually able to attend as he was no longer working. They had noticed Humara's new group over on their usual table and once again Nick had gone out to join them.
'Looks like Nick is still trying to hang out with the populars?' said Simon.
'He really needs to be careful,' said Tammy 'I spoke to Stacy yesterday and she told me a few things,'
'What is that?' asked Simon.
'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,'
Simon was still missing Humara but his thoughts were going from feeling lost to feeling angry. He would be thinking about Humara and missing her and would then realising that they had never even been together and that she was just using him until she found someone else. He would feel revolted at the thought of her sleeping with Nick and it made him angry. Perhaps Nick might soon realise what she was like as well?