Living Without a Mom ~ Chapter 4: Changes
Urgh. I've had like no motivation in the last few days. I'm updating less frequently for like a month because end of term is coming up. Know what that means? Loads of homework and revision. Just what I want. So, chapters will probably be shorter and not as good too. Oh yeah, on the Sims 3 exchange I'm making loads of the characters from my stories and uploading them on there. So far I've made Opal (both teen and YA, kinda teaser for this story), Bella (how she's portrayed in my stories), the triplets and Jessica. Dylan will probably appear in a few days along with many others. If you fancy just having a look in general or even downloading them, my username is Megzah123.
Present time
Sam groaned as it started to rain. Typical, huh? He's still locked out for another hour and a half before grandma Yumi comes home. What the hell was he supposed to do until then? There was no room whatsoever for shelter. He was still refusing to shelter in a neighbour's house. He'd rather get drenched all the way through for hours on end rather than be hit over the head with flying objects from Xander Clavell.
Rolling his eyes at Bella Bachelor and Darlene Bunch running into the Bachelor household screaming, Sam decided to imagine more about his nonexistent mother. Why did she have to die? Why her? Why then, just as he'd been born?
But wait, if she was dead then why didn't she have a grave? And if she was cremated, then surely her ashes would have been scattered somewhere nearby where he could still visit.
Maybe she wasn't even buried in the cemetery, maybe she was buried in the graveyard at Goth Manor? Meh, probably not. Only members of the Goth family are buried there. The only person in that graveyard that didn't die during old age was Lolita.
Anyway, Sam wished that he had access to his sock drawer right now. He could do with another analysis of the picture of his mom. Surely there must be other ones somewhere. He guessed that his dad got rid of them when she died as he didn't want to be reminded of her. The pain would be too much.
Eleven years earlier
After the entire fiasco with Jared, life slowly moved on. Leighton and Opal could now go public with their relationship, a huge plus for them. They were becoming even closer. Opal even had it in her head that this could finally be a relationship where she could stay committed. That was a new record for her.
But it all changed when news arrived that Opal had to move to Bridgeport. Sure it still wasn't that far away, but it wouldn't be the same. She'd have to go to a different school and wouldn't be able to see Leighton as often, only on weekends. Naturally, both were devastated.
Moving day was fast approaching. Before anyone knew it, it had arrived.
Opal and Leighton held each other close as the rest of her family packed stuff into the car.
'Don't forget me!' Opal said, smiling sadly.
'Of course I won't. We'll still talk on the phone every night and meet on weekends. I promise.' insisted Leighton.
'Are you sure?'
'Sure I'm sure.'
'Well, alright then. Guess I'll see you next Saturday.'
The pair had a long kiss before Opal pulled away and skipped over to the car. She waved as it drove away. Leighton stared sadly onwards before turning and walking home, kicking a stone onto the road.
A few weeks later
'LEIGHTON!'
'Yes, mom?'
'Come here. Now.'
'What do you want?'
'Well, are you really serious about your relationship with Opal? I mean, you're in your last year of school now. You have a really bright future. You have the brains to get scholarships to some of the best universities in SimNation. A long distance relation isn't going to help that.'
Leighton rolled his eyes. It was almost like his mom atually wanted him to break things off with Opal.
'No, mom. It's not a long distance relationship. Opal still lives near enough. It's not affecting my education in any possible way. And who says that I even want to go to university? I'm going wherever Opal goes.'
'Well Leighton, mark my words. Stay with her and your life will go to ruins. Not to mention-'
'MOM, SHUT UP!' snapped Leighton. He'd had enough of her nagging.
'Excuse me, young man?! Get to your room right now!'
'Mom, I'm sixteen!'
'I don't care. Room. Now.' growled Yumi. Leighton sighed in defeat and stormed into his room, slamming the door behind him. Nothing was ever gonna happen between him and Opal. Ever.
I'm sorry for the short chapter. I'll try and write a better one at the weekend. By the way, Sam is supposed to be nine in this story.