"This the Pensky's humble abode. I do hope you like it," Double D says shutting the front door behind them. His eyes began to readjust from the harsh natural light from the summer sun back to the soft lights of his family's home.
Cool air from the air conditioner hits them immediately. The teenage girl stared eagerly within the new household with bright, hazel eyes. She could spot a living room to her left. There was a rather large bay window with red curtains that softly billowed as a warm summer breeze settled in. A matching red settee and sectional lie not too far away from an unlit fireplace.
On both the mantel and the nearby shelf, it seemed as if Nobel, Wolf, and Lancaster awards seemed to battle it out for dominance for the number of awards received by the Pensky family.
Nanase steps forward and does a little spin around the living room.
"Well shoot. I don't use adobe because it slows down my laptop. But, this here house looks fancier than a dog named Lassie, I do tell ya, "Nanase chuckled.
"Pardon?" Double D asked now stepping into the room with her things still in his hand. He placed her luggage near the recliner gently.
His eyes followed to where she was looking at near the mantle toward the awards. He walked over. He blushed lightly rubbing the back of his head.
"Well, mother, father, and I are only-"
But, Nanase was staring at something else. She went over to the bookshelf and pointed at the books.
"I can't believe you got all the books.! Wow, I am jealous! Y'all must be some real smarties because I've never seen that many books at once," She said in awe not even noticing the awards or even the other books.
"Oh, well. Those are for the baby. Mother is expecting a little girl soon. I'm going to be an older brother finally."
"Aw!"She says taking his hand into hers.
"Congratulations! I bet you'll be a great big brother.
Shoot, you already seem like a pretty nice fella. Though, don't ever tell 'em they're adopted. My big sister did that and that was pretty darned mean."
A girl was holding his hand..a really pretty girl. Double D resisted the urge to faint right then and there. It seemed like it had been so long.
"I-I uh..thank you."He clears his throat. He studies his feet.
"L-let's go fix you portable devi- I mean your 3DS."He suggests. He quickly pulls his hand away.
"I will just lead the way to my room. You can put the bags you're holding down in here near the recliner so you don't have to carry all those things."Nanase nods before fishing her 3DS out of one of the bags.
"Alrighty, Let's go!"
Once they were in his room down in the basement, Nanase's fascination increased.
"My, this is just like an aquarium, but with people in it. "
She gaped at his simulated environment. The little holograms were in their activated state enjoying a little ball game.
"Oooo, that fella hit a home run!Wow, he must be like A-Rod."She declared pointing at the holographic version of Eddy. Her eyes scan the environment some more before she paused on one that looked a lot like Double D talking to some blue haired girl holding her hand.
"Hey, that little guy looks a lot like you. Is that your son and is that his lady ?" She said peering into the the virtual environment closer.
He chuckled but winced when he saw his hologram holding Marie's hand.
"No," he replied. "That is indeed the holographic version of myself and the other individuals of this town. I try approximately correlate the personality traits of the original human with simulated versions within my environment's of the residents of Peach Creek."
Nanase blinked clearly perplexed by his lengthy explanation. She chewed the inside of her cheek.
"Huh, well fella..I have no idea what you said, but I sure do like this here thingy you made."Nanase replied indicating to the environment.
"This is about the coolest thing I've seen since One Direction came out with their first album all those years ago," She declared still on her knees looking from him to the environment.
He blushed at her compliment. No one had seen his Virtual Environment yet nor know one outside of his family knew about it.
He couldn't help but feel people would feel violated or think he was weird for creating such a thing. Months and months of close observations and surveys lead him into recreating everyone as best as he could. But, Alas, doing such things in secrecy did not give him an adequate amount of information to program every single individual accurately.
"Oh well, I just created everyone in this city. Have you ever played Sims?"
Nanase nodded her head vigorously.
"I sure have! Still have all of the games too!"
"Well, this what you see here is like a Peach Creek version of the Sims." Double D explained in layman's terms hoping she would get it.
And she did! She even surprised him with her next question.
"Can you make one of me? You know..since I'm now technically apart of this town."
He scratched his head sheepishly and chuckled.
"Well, I will have to know more about you to program your hologram accordingly. I just wouldn't want to give you some boring, lifeless hologram like mine without a personality."He said hitting himself with a self-deprecating joke. Three years with Marie saying she was bored of their relationship did that to him.
Nanase scoffed. "Pish, Posh. You ain't boring. Why, this right here proves you're an interesting fella." She responded to what he said about himself. "And if you want to know more about me, You can just ask. I'm like an open diary." She says getting off the floor to sit in a chair.
"B-but what about repairing your 3DS?"
"What about it? I can get that ol' thing fixed anytime. This right here is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I'll just pay someone to fix it if it's too much for you to do it another day," she insisted eagerly.
Double D shakes his head.
"No, no I will fix it. I have time after studies." he reaches for it and she hands it to him. Their fingers make contact causing him to nearly drop it.
"You okay there?"
Nanase asked him smoothening out the fabric of her skirt. It was one of her favorites. Her aunt had gotten it from a vintage store. The skirt was a soft pink with a little poodle at the end of it. Nanase felt in a 50s mood..minus all the terrible things at happened in the 50s. She wore a little white sweater along with a headband that coordinated with the poodle.
"Ah, yes, yes, I am fine. Um.."He placed the 3Ds on his neatly organized desk, He paused seeing that she was at the chair at his desk. He goes into his closet and to grab a large towel. He folds it in half and places it on his bed. He takes a moment to smooth the towel out before he sat on it.
"Where should I begin?"She asked him. She watched him take a pen and a notebook from behind him.
"Why not the beginning?" he asked. He decided he would not bore her with a survey or a string of questions.
"Well….it all started when I was born. See, I wasn't born in just any old , I was born on a cruise ship right after one of my mama and daddy's shows just like my older brother and sister. My youngest sister Jade was born in a regular that's why she's so cranky all the time…."
Four hours later.. She was gone. She wasn't the brightest, but she sure knew how to talk without it making it seem like an eternity.
Her favorite color was pink.
She loved to sing and play the guitar.
She loved Peaches.
Ghosts or Haints as she called them were her biggest fear.
And the middle part of Bridge to Terribithia made her cry like a baby.
Those were only very few of the things he had learned about her.
"Oh, you said you needed a picture of me? Well, give me your number and I can send, ya a selfie." She said to him before leaving.
"Oh, a-alright."
He gave her his phone and let her key in her number.
"Bye, I sure do hope I see you around."She said waving at him before taking off with her father who had come to retrieve her and her bags.
See him around?That was a 50/50 expression to him. See him around on accident or mere chance through town or did she mean actively seeking him for the possibility of hanging out with him.
Gah, girls were confusing. More importantly, why did HE care if this girl was confusing? Marie still had his heart.
But, her name is Nanase Marie.
He blushed at the invasive thought and grabbed a pillow to hide his face in. What was this? A mere crush on the new neighborhood girl? She was not his usual type in the slightest.
No, she was not the type he could get. She'd probably ignore him 10000 times if they went to high school together. She was a cheerleading, popular type. He was..a recluse with friends who he still wondered to this day pitied him to be friends.
Yes, she was out of his league. She probably wouldn't talk to him or look his way when guys like Kevin returned from the -
His phone buzzed with a media file.
Curiously, he clicked it
His heart is immediately thrown into a tizzy.
She's so cute!
He thought. There was Nanase in pink mermaid style prom dress with an expression of pure jubilancy as she was crowned prom queen. Her eyes seemed to light up along with her smile. There was no falsifying anything with her. He could tell.
Under the picture was a text message that read,
'Srry it took me so 2 unpack and get mama 2 send me the perf you like it?Is it ok?'
Double D sighs before responding.
'It's perfect.'
His phone buzzed seconds later.
'Gud :) so what r u doing? I'm watching the craziest movie right now'
And with that, the two began a conversation that went well into the late night.
