Er, Breanna? I Know You And Gil Were Getting To Be Friends Last Time, But I Dont Remember You Being Close

Er, Breanna?  I know you and Gil were getting to be friends last time, but I don’t remember you being close enough to sit on his lap...Eh, he doesn’t seem to mind.  

Later that evening

Malcolm had just finished restocking the shelves when his phone rang. He fumbled to get it out of his jeans’ pocket and looked at the caller ID.  He couldn’t help feeling disappointed that it wasn’t Abby.  It read “Fleming”.

“Hello?”

“Good afternoon, Mr. Landgraab.  This is Howard Fleming, of Fleming, Moss, and Knight.  I assume you remember me?”

“How could I forget,” Malcolm muttered.  “Didn’t I ask you to keep out of my affairs?”

“You did indeed, sir. However, as it has been a season since our last conversation, the firm requires me to call you and ask about your progress on fulfilling the terms of your family legacy.”

“I’m doing fine.”

“You’ve found a young lady, then?”

“I don’t think I need to give you any details,” Malcolm snapped.  “You asked how I’m doing.  I said fine.  Now we can hang up and you don’t have to bother me anymore.  I have a lot of other things to do today, including a date with my girlfriend, and I don’t want to be in a bad mood when I go to pick her up.” He snapped the phone shut and stuffed it back into his pocket.  

“I guess I’d better get you home,” Malcolm said with a sigh.  

“I don’t have to work tomorrow,” Abby said.  “I could stay a bit later.  Maybe you could show me the rest of the house?”

End of Round 1

Yay!  We’re done with Round 1 of Bluewater Challenge 2016!!!  

I had so much fun playing this!  I liked trying to find a balance between what i’d done before and trying new things.  I loved the stories that developed.  I did get frustrated with some of the families but overall it was just a lot of fun!  

Originally I was going to include the SSU premades as well, but a variety of circumstances have changed my mind on that. Instead, let me welcome you to  Bright Lake University, which is the uni we’ll be using for this challenge from now on. I “built” it using a few premade lots, a couple of lots that I built, and a bunch of the lots that @penig created for her Land Grant University.  (I would have just used LGU, but I wanted a slightly different neighborhood layout.  I really like the lots Peni created, though, so I hope it’s okay that I copy/pasted them into a new hood. They really are fantastic and I can’t wait to send sims to them.) I’ll give you more of a campus tour once Melody Tinker is at University.  (That’ll probably be after Round 2.) 

I made all the SSU premades into dormies, so hopefully they’ll show up and Melody can get to know a few of them. I still want them to be in the Bluewater story, but the prospect of adding so many more sims to the playable rotation (among other issues) convinced me that this was the right way to go. 

In the meantime, let’s review where everyone left off in Round 1 and then we’ll jump into Round 2 of Bluewater Challenge 2016!

Malcolm led Abby into the den.  They flipped through his DVDs and found something to watch and sat together on the couch.  As the movie went on, they snuggled closer and closer. 

They turned the topic to other things and finished the rest of their meal. 

“Since we missed the movie at the theater, do you want to come back to my place and watch something?” Malcolm asked as they got up. “I’ve got a bunch of DVDs, or we could get something on SimFlix, if you want.”

“Sure.”  Abby grinned.  “You know, I haven’t actually been to your house.  I’m kind of excited to see it.”

“It’s nothing special,” Malcolm said.  

“Of course not,” she laughed.  “You’re just the heir to the local legacy.  Why would your house be anything special?  I bet you have a robot butler and a secret crime-fighting lair in the basement, right?  Right?”

“Even if I did, I wouldn’t be able to tell you about it,” Malcolm said.  “I’d have to deny it to keep my alter ego safe.  Don’t go all plucky girl reporter on me, okay?”

“I’m glad you think I’m plucky!”