3.18 Love Day or The Last Day Before The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life

Natalie had been out to check the mail earlier in the morning as the children were leaving for school. She had found a postal card in the letterbox regarding a small crate that the postman had refused to deliver, and decided to collect it on her way to work. Natalie bumped into her brother Dominic on the way to the post office. Between the catch up with her brother and the queue length in the post office, Natalie knew she was going to be late. Today was Love Day, and Nat knew that it was going to be a busy day at work. 

Lilly-Rose's Love Day had started with a fizzle when her boyfriend, now ex-boyfriend, Broderick Burchett-Sands had dumped her, because now that he was an adult, he wanted different things in life. Lilly-Rose wasn't exactly shattered, but it left her confused. It was okay that he was a Vampire, and that she was a Plantsim, but now that he had reached a new age state before her, it was taboo?

 

 Of all her extended family, only Lilly-Rose found herself single in Love Day, except Lil, who had been single since Granma V had passed away almost two decades ago. Even Nick had miraculously gotten a girlfriend.
Janet thought Nick was teasing her when he first asked her out on a date. It was common knowledge at school that Nick could have his pick of girls, even among those that already had boyfriends. What was less common knowledge was that more than half the girls at school had sent him texts of themselves in underwear or less at least once.

Nick liked Janet simply because wasn't constantly throwing herself at him, and he could be comfortable in her presence, the fact that she had a brain and a good sense of humor was also helpful.

 Love day happened to land on the second last day of school before graduation, and the Jettstar siblings decided to invite their significant others over for a picnic in the nearby park.

Nick invited his girlfriend, Janet Wallace.

 

Nathan invited his girlfriend, Eve Jones-Wong.

John invited his girlfriend, Tamara Goodstone.

"Heya Nerd", "Who are you calling Nerd, Fairy-floss ?" 

 Chris invited his girlfriend, Joline Greenwall-Jonas.

Jennifer invited her boyfriend, Oliver Worthington.

Sophia invited her on again, off again, boyfriend, Leonard Ronson (AKA Love Sick Puppy)

Cecilia invited her new boyfriend, Marlon Teppish-Holland.

Ceci had been studying romance among different human cultures,

and was interested in gathering data for her own research.

Lilly-Rose had felt the need to discuss her recent relationship issues with someone her own age but unrelated, and considering almost everyone she knew well enough to pour out her soul to was already in the park sucking face with one of her siblings, she turned to the only otherperson she could think of. 

Nadia Kurilenko was a recent import from a Bridgeport detention facility, and was residing next door with 'Warden' Sparrow. Lilly-Rose and Nadia had become solid friends quickly in the first week. Nadia was rumored to have dated several celebrities in Bridgeport, and if anyone understood relationship, it should be her. The truth of the matter was Nadia liked girls more than boys, misread the signals that Lilly-Rose was sending out, and one thing lead to another. Rapidly.

Lil spent her love day in the garden, then channel surfing with Spot...

 

 And reminiscing in her rocking chair.

Eric and Natalie spent most of their Love Day afternoon together worrying about the future.

Angel and Genevieve spent most of their day locked in their room, only coming

out at early evening to see if the starts where out. 

 "Did you see that?", Jennifer whispered to her brothers, "I am sure Lilly-Rose just kissed that Vamp girl, and I don't mean 'peck on the cheek'. "I'm pretending I didn't see it", Nick whispered back. "I'm pretending Lilly-Rose is not my sister, because it's such a turn on!", John smiled, knowing the reaction he would get from Jen.

Even though Natalie had brought home a package addressed to 'The Jettstar Residence', the stylish writing clearly indicated its origins, and Lil dreaded opening the small crate. Lil's brother, the Fae King had written her several letters offering her a position at court as a Royal advisor, which Lil had politely declined. The crate was clearly a bribe.

As Lil began removing the binding straps, the crate rocked as something inside thumped hard against the inner wall. Lil carefully put her ear to the crate, from within, she could hear faint mewlings, as if the crate contained a litter of kittens. Her brother wouldn't send her kittens though, and she quickly pulled the remaining straps off and opened the crate.

Four extremely rare Dragons tumbled from the crate, and they where all different colors. Lil was shocked, she picked them up one at a time, and touched her forehead to theirs, as is the proper greeting of a Dragon.

Lil noticed that each wore a simple collar with the Dragon's name engraved into it.

The Black Dragon was named 'Midnight', and the Red Dragon was 'Sparky', which was appropriate. The Purple Dragon wore a tag naming it 'Buddy'.    

 

The last Dragon to rumble from the crate was a Dark Green, by the name of 'Daisy', although Lil had to wait until the Green had explored the garden first before it allowed Lil to greet it. 

Authors Note:
Lil has had the dragons since the RLC started, although only Daisy has been used for its gardening powers. The kids are one game day from aging up, except Sophia who is now somehow 11 days off... because a new heir is taking over after my next play session, I am trying to tie up all the loose ends before its officially time to say goodbye to the 'spares'. I had originally planned to introduce the dragons when Angel first come to stay, but it never eventuated. The new heir will definitely be moving to a new town, as I have decided to abandon Elba and build a new house, as everything has become 'too big!'

Also, Im debating wether to send them all to Uni, or just the heir and pretend they all studied at different places... juggling 13 sims and a dog can be hard work!