Story of Bella Bachelor ~ Chapter 37: Greetings

So, my Sims 2 game decided to uncorrupt itself. Win! My childhood is back! I made a neighborhood called Fanfiction, but so far it's only for roleplay.

Darlene POV

Here we are, Sim State university campus. Now to find out where to check in, then I'm off to Ethan's place. I've missed my oldest brother. Shame that Bella didn't come here. She's been my main supporter throughout the last few months.

Ah, here we are. The sign-in place. There's Jennifer and Brandi waiting for me. I can see Dylan chatting with Sam and Scott. They're all staring as I hop out of my car. Don't know why. Well, Jennifer's looking behind me, scowling. I turn around to see Stephanie standing there. Oh no. I forgot all about her. As much as I'm glad that she came to Sim State, I remember that Jennifer, Brandi and Dylan all hated her with a burning passion. Before I could think of what to do, Dylan runs over to me.

'Hey, Darlene. Want a father for your kid?' he asks.

'Um... yeah.' I reply, confused. He better not be hooking me up with some random guy who he just met.

'Well, you got one!'

'What...?'

Dylan didn't reply. Instead he grabbed hold of me and gave me a huge kiss. Forget it. I like him again, he's that good of a kisser.

Bella POV

I smiled as I received a message from Brandi, letting me know that Darlene and Dylan were back on. But I then scowled when she added that Stephanie came to Sim State. Hopefully she doesn't stir up trouble there.

Anyway, we're finally approaching the Académie Le Tour campus. There's the Lam Plaza dorm, where Kaylynn and I are staying. I don't know where exactly Morty and Malcolm are going. I don't think they actually do either.

Upon arriving at sign-in, we had to go to the booths for our chosen dorms. Kaylynn and I left Mortimer and Malcolm standing there gormlessly in search of the Lam Plaza area. We approached a friendly looking lady with black hair scraped back into a bun. She must only be a year or two older than us.

'Hey there freshmen! Welcome to Académie Le Tour! Are you registered for Lam Plaza?' she asked, a little over-enthusiastically.

'Hi, thanks. Yeah we are.'

'Alrighty. Well, my name's Mary-Sue Oldie and I'll be your campus tour guide for the rest of today. Names please?'

'Kaylynn Langerak and Isabella Bachelor.' said Kaylynn.

'Okay, got you both. Now let's go on a tour!'

Kaylynn and I followed Mary-Sue as she started to walk away. Kaylynn flashed a look over at me, imitating her enthusiastic face and I snorted.

'We start the tour at the Lam Plaza dorms, which is obviously where you guys are staying. You have been assigned dorm number three.'

'Next up, here's the library...'

'And, we're done with the tour! Now we're gonna make our way to the student center for the freshmen welcome. So, I'd best be on my way. Nice meeting you, see you around!'

As Mary-Sue jogged away, I turned to Kaylynn.

'I couldn't actually understand a single word she was saying.' I whispered. Kaylynn burst out laughing.

'Me neither. She seems a little fake.'

'I agree. Now let's go to... where was it again?'

We eventually found the student center and saw Mortimer and Malcolm there.

'Did you ever find what dorm you were staying in?' I joked.

'Yeah, eventually. We're in the Boggs Hall dorms.'

'That's not far from where we are. Anyway, I don't wanna be late to this welcome thing. We should get inside.'

The welcoming thing was quite boring. Afterwards, we finally got to go inside our dorms and decorate. Kaylynn and I were given a bunk bed to share, along with a small wardrobe and desk each. The entire room is a little small once everything's in, but I could get used to this.

We stuck posters and pictures up all over the walls and also heaved in a mini fridge. Perfect.

The next day

First day of classes. Great. We're all off all over to different sides of campus. I'm studying arts, Kaylynn's studying economics, Morty's studying sciences and Malcolm's studying engineering. All on different campus corners.

I finally found where my classes are. It's a grand old building with a fountain outside. Yup, I'm in the right place.

I was one of the first ones to show up. I sat a few rows from the front by myself. Eventually, another girl sat next to me. I smiled at her.

'Hi. I'm Darleen. You?'

So Darlene might be getting replaced with Darleen.

'Hi, I'm Bella. Nice to meet you.'

'Nice to meet you too. Where you from?'

'Sunset Valley, just outside of Riverview.'

'Sweet! I've heard all about that place. There's that family with seven kids, including triplets that the parents had at forty...'

'Oh, that's my family! I never knew people outside of town talked about that.'

'No way! So, where are all your siblings and how old are they now?'

'Jessica's 28 and she's on the other side of the country. Michael's 25 and still lives in town. Dylan is of course 18 and he started Sim State yesterday. He actually got one of my best friends pregnant, and she's actually called Darlene. Anyway, Taylor, Louise and Victoria are 8 and are still at home.'

'Wow. You're all over the place!'

'Yeah. So where are you from?'

'A place called Lucky Palms, heard of it?'

'Yeah, I think I have.'

'Yup. I came with my boyfriend, Darren. Did you come here by yourself, or?'

'Nope. I came with my boyfriend Mortimer, my lifelong friend Kaylynn and her boyfriend Malcolm. We're all on scholarship.'

'Same with Darren and I.'

We mainly spent that class introducing ourselves and finding out what we would be doing throughout the course of the year.

So, Darleen and Darlene. That might get a little confusing. I've never actually played TS2 University, so I'd like to thank Sims Wiki. Haha. I'll probably do a Sim State update every chapter or something. Stephanie is back, though only minor. She's too annoying to work with. Things in chapters may be squashed together now, plus I still need to kill off a character that hasn't appeared for quite a lot of chapters now. Teaser. And, I'll see you guys next Wednesday or Thursday! Tomorrow I'm busy all day, on Saturday it's Top Gear first then we're driving down to Portsmouth until Wednesday. On that night I'm going to my friend's Halloween party, so I don't know if I'll have time to write a chapter.