A/N: I recently got The Sims 3 and while playing, I had a ponder for a story, also the title is based off of Cam "Burning House". So here it is, Katie has recovered from loss and has since moved on with her life, even gotten married. She has settled nicely into her new life, but when a gift of a simple computer game turns everything upside down Katie will have to decide if her new life is really what she wants be apart of. Please tell me what you think and yes, I will be updating "Building A Home" before the new year. Thank you all so much for the reviews and love. Here's to an awesome 2016!
Christmas Morning 2015
"Baby," My husbands voice called from our bedroom door, I knew what he was gonna do, so I threw the covers over my head and braced for impact. "Wake up! It's Christmas!" He flung the door open, allowing our German Shepherd Octavia to run full speed and leap up onto the bed, trampling me with her excitement.
"Octavia, get off me!" I laughed as she pulled the blanket off and nuzzled her cold wet nose into my neck. "AH!" I giggled. "Your nose is freezing."
She didn't care, she lifted her head up and licked my face happily. Her breath smelled like gingerbread and peppermint and I knew she had already dug through her stocking and found her doggy gingerbread man. "She liked her gift Santa left her."
I pushed her off me and wiped my face off with the corner of my covers. "What time is it?"
"Eight thirty, just in time for Christmas Cinnamon Rolls?" My husband said with his pleading eyes.
I sighed and rolled my eyes. "Fine, I'll get up and make breakfast. But it's only because I love you." I smiled and made a kissey face.
My husband Steven, was a big kid at heart. Sure he was responsible and worked hard, but it was like living with a five year old sometimes. But God I loved that man, he was so understanding. He had picked up the pieces of my heart even after I all but gave up trying to put it back together. I looked out our bedroom window as the big fluffy snow flakes fell slowly. Kyle. I smiled just like before, just for a moment.
LATER THAT MORNING
"I love it dear!" Steven exclaimed holding up his favorite baseball players' jersey, I didn't know how to say his last name. In fact, I had to call my brother in law to help me even find a place that even sold the thing. But I was glad he liked it. He smiled and hugged it to his chest happily for a few more seconds before setting it aside and handing me my last gift. "I hope you like it dear,"
I smiled and opened up the wrapping my mother surely helped him with, we bother weren't very good at wrapping gifts. I gasped when I saw a familiar green diamond. "The Sims? I haven't played this game in years, how did you know?"
He smiled and gave a little shrug. "You're sister suggested it. Looks like our siblings bailed us out again."
I laughed and looked at the package remembering the countless hours I'd play this game. It made my heart feel all kinds of fuzzy. "I love it."
"Well, go try it out." He said. "I'll pick up in here."
I nodded, got up and kissed him before running of down the hall to our office/spare bedroom where my laptop was. It took nearly ten minutes for me get the dang case open. Stupid cellophane. Finally, I loaded the game and felt the excitement from my teenage days come washing back over me.
I started out with a copy of myself and my husband, bought us a simple one bed and bath home and got straight to work. I don't know why something as simple as a computer game made me so happy. But it did and this was the best Christmas ever.
Six Years Ago...
I felt the snow landing on my face and that alarmed me more than anything. I was just in the car with Kevin a moment ago. Were we fighting? I couldn't remember. It hurt to remember. I could hear sirens and saw the red and blue lights swimming around me as figures dances and weaved in and out of my line of sight.
"Ma'am...don't move...accident..." A voice said. His words terribly distorted.
The next thing I knew I was surrounded by doctors and I was in the hospital...then nothing. My world faded to black.
