“I don’t care if it’s ‘only for the summer’! I look uglier than before!”
“The Jacoban Girls Academy’s uniform is what all the other girls will be wearing. Not just you.”
“I’m not going to this stupid Jacoban summer school, especially if I’m going to be surrounded by girls who’ll make fun of how ugly I am!”
“Renee, you keep saying you’re ugly, but if you’d just take care of yourself, maybe we wouldn’t need to do this! Now tell me, what do you think is ugly about you?”
“Just… Just everything! Now leave me alone!”
“… What the hell is wrong with me?”
“Honey, I’m worried about Renee. Her first year of high school has just been a complete disaster: She never looks happy, she doesn’t care at all about her appearance, I have to fight tooth and nail just to get her to wash her hair! Kids make fun of her, honey. They’re merciless at this age.”
“I think, maybe, we should pull her out of public school and maybe send her to a Jacoban Girls Academy like my mother went to. They have programs for troubled girls and I really feel like it could help her.”
“Angie, Renee is fine. She doesn’t need some uptight, snobby Jacoban indoctrination prison to succeed.”
“Then what about therapy?”
“That’s an even worse idea! They’ll put her on drugs or send her away! There is nothing wrong with our daughter!”
“We both heard her crying last night, honey. We need to do something!”
“You know what? I’d rather not discuss this further.”
“Ugh! Dustin!”
“Can you believe it, Renee? In less than a week you’ll be a teenager, just like your cousins Louis and Isabelle. I’m so excited for you! Becoming a woman is a big deal! Aren’t you excited, dear?”
“Heh, yeah I guess. You said my interests will change too, right? I want to understand all the things that’ll help me fit in.”
“I can’t wait to be a teenager! Renee, tell me all about it!”
“Angela! It’s your mother!”
“Mom! How’ve you been?”
“Wonderful, now-”
“Heyy! Let’s not forget the stepmom!”
“Oh, welcome, welcome!”
“Mom, I had no idea you and Kaylynn would be here so early. Don’t you have to set up the apartment?”
“Ah-ha-ha! I knew you’d ask that! We actually moved in just before we had the most wonderful vacation in Twikki Island! Your father was never interested in truly enjoying our vacations. Even on our honeymoon, he’d wander off to wherever whenever and I’d have to wait for him!”
“San Myshuno is so nice, from what I’ve seen so far! There’s even an LGBT seniors club at the community center. Pleasantview was never so friendly, but I guess I have some of the blame for that, huh?”
“Why, just the other day, I saw one of those transvestite people! You know, the ones who get that surgery?”
“Mom, they’re transgender, not transvestites.”
“And how would you know?”
“One of the parents at Caitlin’s preschool is transgender. His name is Sam Thomas, if you’ve met him.”
“Now look who’s being politically incorrect! I would at least respect her wishes to be a woman!”
“Mom, no. He transitioned to a man, not to a woman.”
“Now why would anyone want to do that? Men are smelly and messy! They never know what you want in bed! You know, for a romance sim, your father was terrible at Woohoo!”
“Mom, I don’t think that’s how-”
“I’m just glad we don’t have any of that going on in our family! Imagine what grandma and grandpa Oldie would say if they were alive! Why, they’re probably rolling in their grave just from me and Kaylynn alone!”
“Mom, can we not-?”
“Now, let me tell you about how I found out your cousin’s husband gave birth to one of those green people!”
“Lovely to meet you, Mrs. Broke. Glad you came just in time before the sunset. Our butler has a bit of an issue with visitors after dark. Now, come in. Have some tea.”
“I was curious about my daughter’s audition. Lately she’s been having a lot of self-esteem issues; saying she’s ugly and no one likes her. You’ve got to have some kind of program to give her a boost, right?”
“Mrs. Broke, it’s perfectly natural to be concerned about your daughter’s self-esteem, but our casting methods rely purely on talent, not on who needs the boost most. Besides, it’s just a commercial for non-toxic glitter nail polish, not a blockbuster film.”
“But you have to at least have some idea whether or not Renee got the spot, right?”
“Mrs. Broke, we are still in the very early casting process. I can’t say anything yet.”
“Hey kiddo!” Dustin was quick to greet his wife and daughter at the door. “How’d the audition go?”
“It was kinda boring, but the director was nice! He let me play Voidcritters while the other kids were reading the scripts, even though mom said he wouldn’t!” Renee was more excited about playing Voidcritters than the audition itself, but as long as she was content, her parents didn’t mind.
“Well, I am so proud of you! And you didn’t even get your dress dirty!”
“Yeah! ‘Cause mom said if I didn’t get my dress dirty at the audition, we can go to Sim Burger when we find out the results, whether I got the part or not!”
“I see…”
Dustin pulled Angela into a hug, so proud of their little girl.
“She was very well behaved.” Angela commented. “Kaylynn also set her up for a modelling photoshoot this Sunday.”
“That’s great!”
“Uh, mom? Can I get out of this dress? It’s itchy and I’m all sweaty!”
“Fine, but you look so pretty!”
“Nuh-uh. I’m ugly.”
“Now, who said that?”
Renee spent too much time out in the snow, but thawed out in time to celebrate Caitlin’s birthday after a bowl of comfort soup!
Caitlin looks so much like both of her parents she’s so CUTE!
Welcome to the world, Caitlin Broke. She has red hair, which is surprising again ahahaha. I named her after the character from 6teen, one of my guilty pleasure shows hehe
Angela teaches Renee how to blow out candles!
Renee as a kid is more concerned with never taking a “nice” picture, much to Angela’s dismay.
Angela tries to turn maternity leave into maLEARNity leave.
The Sims of San Myshuno 