Sims 3 The Wards (part 51)

 

 Zawadi finishes up dinner and walks into her bedroom just as her phone rings.  Checking her caller ID, she sees that it’s Mitchell calling.

 

 As soon as she answers the phone, Mitchell’s excited voice drowns out her greeting.  “Michael agreed to attend the local high school!”  He says, just short of shouting.

“You’re attending school with me?”  Zawadi asks just to be sure.

“Yep!  See you tomorrow!” Mitchells says.  Zawadi’s heart flutters at the news.

 

 Meanwhile, Sephora and Miles sit down to enjoy leftovers. 

“I think our daughter is in love,” Miles announces.

 

 “What?”  Sephora asks, although she heard exactly what Miles said.  “What…how do you know?”

 

 “She told me that the prom was coming up.  I asked her about a date and it was written all over her face,” Miles explains.

 

 “Oh God!”  Sephora sighs, not ready to deal with Zawadi dating.

“Exactly,” Miles mumbles, totally relating to Sephora’s dismay.

 

 Sephora steps outside to bring in the freshly dried laundry and to think.  Prom? Dating?  How could all of this be happening so fast? She asks herself.

 

 Meanwhile, Zawadi lies in bed, just about to fall asleep, content that she’ll get to see Mitchell at school tomorrow.

That night in bed, Sephora and Miles lie awake chatting.  “So what do we do about this prom?” Miles asks.

Sephora thinks for a moment before answering.

“We’re going to have to allow ourselves to grow up as parents, because she’s growing up whether we do or not.”

“Yeah, but we’re talking about boys here.  Is she ready to deal with the emotions that comes along with that?”

“We’re just going to have to be her guide…you know, show her what true love looks like,” Sephora answers thoughtfully.

“But how do we do that?”

“Well…” Sephora says in a suggestive tone.

“Oh no…she doesn’t need to know about that,” Miles says responding to Sephora’s tone.

She moves over and cuddles closer to Miles and giggles, “That’s not what I mean…besides I think we’ve done a good job of showing her how to love so far.”

“Well…maybe you can show me again, just so I can be sure,” Miles says seductively.

Miles and Sephora undress and slide under the covers…

Early the next morning, Dazzle makes her way into Zawadi’s bedroom.

She entertains herself by growling noisily and chewing on Zawadi’s bedroom rug.

Dazzle’s noisy play, wakes Zawadi.

Zawadi spots Dazzle tearing at the rug.  “Stop Dazzle!” She scolds in a firm voice.  Dazzle growls softly.

Dazzle runs outside after being scolded and chews on her dog bone instead.

By the time the school bus arrives, Zawadi is wide awake.  She runs to the bus excited to see Mitchell again at school.

She sits in her seat, willing the bus driver to drive faster.  She wants to be the first face that Mitchell and Michael sees as they enter the school.

As usual, the bus creeps along.  Zawadi sits back in her seat feeling defeated.  Surely she’ll miss them as they arrive at school.  But, maybe they’ll share a class.

The bus pulls up at school.  Zawadi hops out of her seat and hurries into the building, looking for her new friends as they arrive on their first day of school.

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 Miles returns from his quick trip to town.

 He looks for Sephora inside.  Sure that she’s avoiding him as much as he’d been avoiding her, he decides to look for her in the garden.

 Sure enough, Sephora is standing outside looking very upset.

 “Hey babe,” Miles says in an apologetic voice.

“Hey,” Sephora answers back.

 Miles puts one hand behind his back and holds the other out toward his wife.  “I…I wanted to apologize for the other night.”

 Sephora places her hand on her hip in a defensive stance.  “Miles, I-”  she begins.

 Miles interrupts her by pulling a dozen red roses from behind his back.  “Oh Miles!” Sephora says instead.

“I’ve been an ass,” Miles begins.  “I should have discussed the advance with you before I took it.”

“Well, I should have trusted your judgment,” Sephora returns.

 “Same here,” Miles says pulling out another gift for Sephora.

 “Oh Miles, how thoughtful!”

“I don’t like it when we’re not getting along,” he says, his voice full of regret.

 Sephora doesn’t respond.  Instead she moves in for a kiss.

 After all of their years together, they still get tingles every time their lips meet. 

 They pull away, but Miles is not yet done expressing how sorry he is.  “Sephora, I promise to make good on the advance.  Our finances will not suffer because of it.”

“I believe you Miles.”

 “Now go inside and enjoy your gift,” Miles commands.

 Sephora complies and turns to enter the house.

 Inside she spots Zawadi.  I’m determined to patch up our relationship also, she thinks to herself.

 Part of the home renovation included a new bathroom makeover, along with a new tub.  Sephora opens her gift discovering that Miles bought her bubble bath to enjoy in the tub.

 Sephora usually avoids baths, because of all the wasted water, but realizes that she could actually use a soak in the tub to relieve her stress.

 Miles settles down at his keyboard to begin working on a new tune…

…as Zawadi sits alone eating dinner; lost in her thoughts about Mitchell.

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 Miles steps outside to practice his guitar and to avoid Sephora.

 Immediately, he feels bad; knowing that he should be making up with his wife, not hiding from her.

 Meanwhile, Sephora is inside enjoying the luxuries provided by Miles’ advance.  The new laundry room is just what she needed.

 She too, feels bad about the disagreement with Miles; especially her part in it.  Miles has always provided for the family and she knows that taking the advance was his way of making sure they had what they need.

 Out of the corner of his eye, Miles watches Sephora as she passes him to hang the newly washed clothing on her clothes line.  He can’t help but chuckle that she refuses to waste energy by using her brand new dryer.

 Aware of Miles outside practicing his guitar, Sephora is careful to avoid looking over at him.  Just knowing that they are not getting along right now threatens to bring fresh tears.

 Sephora hangs the clothes on the clothes line and glances over at the new car in the driveway, realizing that Miles was right, he did need a car.

 Dazzle, totally unaware of the tension within the household, greedily chews the fresh food recently placed in his bowl.

 Miles takes his mind off Sephora for a moment, wondering where Zawadi is and why she isn’t with Dazzle after saying that she was taking the dog for a walk.

 He thinks about the smile on her face this morning and is sure that she is off somewhere with the mysterious boy that seems to have captured her attention.  He grits his teeth in contempt.

 Just as Miles suspects, Zawadi is still hanging out at the Owens household.  She excuses herself briefly to use the bathroom.

 Zawadi is thrilled to have new friends to hang out with, but realizes that she likes Mitchell much more than she’s ever liked a boy before.

 This uncharted emotional territory makes her uncomfortable but at the same time, she likes it.

 In the bathroom she finally gets a chance to let out the joy that she’s been holding in since Mitchell agreed to attend the prom with her.  She stares into the mirror; face threatening to burst from smiling so hard.

 Sephora turns her attention to her neglected garden.

 Halfway through reviving her plants, her emotion gets the best of her and she breaks down in tears.

 She has to find a way to make things right with her family.

 Inside the house, Miles is feeling the same way.  He knows that he should not have gone to bed the other night upset at his wife.

 Sephora throws away a few barren plants from the garden.

 It always breaks her hearts to see her plants die, but this gives her an opportunity to plant something new.

 Miles steps outside, just as Sephora is walking back around the house to her garden.  Seeing his wife, he’s determined to do something to patch up their relationship.

 Miles hops into his car.

On his way to town, he passes Zawadi on her bike.  He waves, but she is in her own world; not realizing that he is passing by. Again, she has a grin on her face that would be unsettling to any father.

She arrives home feeling great about her date to the prom.

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