Chapter 2.21 A New Life Without Jin

**To My Wonderful Readers:  The next few chapters will be more direct and short to get the story rolling along.  I have resisting writing them because the next sequence of events are difficult for me and that may show in the writing as well.  I already miss Jin!  I get way too attached to my sims.  Plenty of story to come so please bare with me as we roll along.

Lying on the beach by the water as the waves slowly rolled in, Sun ran her fingers through the sand that was still warm from the days sun.  It reminded her of the warmth from another sim, and she wiggled herself down into it feeling as if she was being embraced.  It had been several months since Jin left that evening, without even a goodbye and she had struggled with that loss everyday.  Ian and Maya had done all they could to try and fill the void of Jin's absence and she was grateful for it. However no amount of time spent or activities to occupy her mind, could replace the feeling of having him by her side.  She had no idea when he was to return and the information was not forthcoming from her...parents?  Soon to be in laws?  It was all too confusing and at the best of times, overwhelming, to say the least.

Less than a month after Jin's departure, the "parents" sat Sun down to discuss the contents of the letter that had arrived in the mail.  The birth certificate clearly listed that Sun was indeed Sun's daughter, which came as no surprise to Sun herself.  For she knew what information was listed on her birth certificate and it greatly pained her to be so secretive. 

She sat there and listened to Maya talk while Ian stayed by her, observing her more closely than she would have liked.  She hoped that she played her part well, acting disappointed and slightly shocked by what she was being told. 

Unfortunately, the section under father was written "unknown".


Sun truly had no idea who her father was and until meeting Jin, she had no care to either. To her he was just a man who had a brief dalliance with her mother and warranted no more thought beyond that. Now she shared a home with a man that could possibly be that sim she tried all her life to care nothing for, nor give a second thought.  Sun didn't feel her life had been lacking without a father, for her mothers' had been more than generous in their love and attention.  Her life was well fulfilled and then, she met Jin.  

Truth be told, Sun was incredibly disappointed with herself in this matter.  She had gone her whole life, never basing her self worth or self confidence on any male influence and for that she was proud. Yes, she had male friends, but never any boyfriends and she credited her mothers' for her self reliance and confident self esteem. She knew who she was, she believed without a doubt.  So pining for Jin was entirely new to her and because of that, she knew deep in her heart that it was real love she felt for him.  Would fate be so cruel as to take that away from her?

The first few weeks without Jin were incredibly hard and she spent a lot of time waiting for him to come back, searching the water for any sign of a boat that never came.  She wondered if Jin was missing her as much as she was missing him.

Yet, it just wasn't the missing Jin, it was the idea that all this was becoming very REAL and if Ian really was her father, what was she going to do?  Losing her future with Jin would be hard enough, but it was the loss of security that was most alarming.  For she had more than one secret, she hoped she never had to tell.

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Maya and Ian watched the decline in Sun those first weeks with great anxiety.  It had been a very difficult decision to send their only son away, but they knew doing so was better than the alternative. 

The first two weeks Jin called begging to 
come home,

but they stood their ground and after those two weeks, they didn't hear from him again.  












They too were suffering the loss of him, but they made it their mission to do everything they could to help Sun transition to a life without Jin on the island.  Ian decided to introduce Sun to fishing as his father had done for him, taking her out late at night to fish off the bank of the island. 

Sun seemed to like fishing, but had difficulty understanding the concept of fishing in silence.  She talked and talked and talked as if the quiet unnerved her and she felt the need to fill it with endless chatter and dribble.

After the third time taking her out and once again trying to explain the need for complete silence, he gave up and came up with a plan to wear ear plugs. He continued tossing out a word or two; such as "uh huh" or "hmmm" or "really" whenever he thought the timing appropriate.  She never seemed to notice and just kept right on talking.  Then one day, she finally hooked a fish onto her line.  It was a huge fish and before she really had any time to do battle with it, the line snapped, 

plopping Sun down hard 
onto her behind.

After that, Sun declared fishing was no longer "fun", never returning again.  Ian was ashamed to admit that he was incredibly glad!











Glad as he was, Ian was still determined to work on his relationship with Sun.  After fishing they moved on to ping pong, setting up a weeks worth of tournaments to help pass the time till Spring finally settled in.

But as it turned out, Sun was a much better player than he had anticipated.  After the third night of very little sleep and no clear winner, they decided on a truce and happily found their beds.

The family was so concerned about their own feelings that no one noticed just how sad the pets were.  Sophie was spending the days wandering the boat and island looking for her best friend and Aria spent more of her day in Jin's room, sleeping on his bed. 

When no Jin was to be found, Sophie went in search of Aria to play, yet Aria still hadn't yet forgiven Sophie for past offenses and so their relationship went south very quickly again.  





Everyone stepped in to give Sophie the love and attention she was missing.

 














Sun had never had a pet before and now that the pets were in such need of attention, she felt drawn to them; especially Sophie.  The two began a fast friendship and spent most of the day together. Wherever Sun would be, you were sure to find Sophie.  

The only person that Aria would respond to was Sun and only then when she herself felt in the mood, which grew less and less as the days went on.

Maya believe that it was age that caused the dramatic change in personality but Sun was not so sure.  So she continued to try and draw Aria out from this miserable demeanor that seems to radiate off her body.  Even her face looked more and more grumpy everyday.  




One by one more and more pieces arrived to furnish the new nursery, carefully chosen by Maya with Sun's assistance.  Even though they had no idea what the sex of the baby was, Maya was decorating the room with a little girl in mind.  

When Sun questioned Maya on the colour choices, Maya responded that it was just money and if the baby turned out to be a little boy, all she really had to do was replace the carpet.  
"Purple works for boys and girls don't you think Sun?" asked Maya.  Sun nodded, while silently thinking the opposite.  Purple for boys?  No, she didn't think so.

Most of the time Sun felt she had all her emotions in check and was getting through the days without Jin just fine.  Yet one little thing would happen, something would remind her of him, of the life together they were to share and she would fall apart.  For example, when the new change table arrived for the nursery, she took one look at it and suddenly burst into tears.

She had no idea, why it happened and she quickly put a stop to it before anyone could hear.

Maya found herself more tired during this pregnancy, than she had with Jin.  She could often be found taking little catnaps all around the boat.

Her most favourite spot was in the lounge chair in front of the fire, the place where she and Ian spent their evenings together talking about their day and the ongoing events of life.  

As spring approached, she declared the boat too hot and took to walking around the house in any outfit that barely covered her body, even though frost still covered the windows from the cold air outside and having the fireplace on for heat was still a necessity.

She had just started to show, with the smallest of baby bump rounding out her middle.  It was then that Sun came up with the best of ideas and she approached Maya with it.  

"We should make a pregnancy record," she said to Maya.  "Something to give to the baby when he/she grows up and show Jin, when....when he comes home?"

"That's a wonderful idea Sun!  Plus you will get a chance to use some of those photography skills I've heard so much about.  Where should be start?"

Sun was happy to do this for Maya and Ian, but the information she was so hopeful to have still eluded her.  Why were they not telling her anything she wondered.  She wanted to get started right away, because Maya was already showing quite a bit and they had missed getting that 'before' pic.  She was so excited, but as the weather was still quite chilly, Maya couldn't stay outside for very long to get pics.

She was a good sport and told Sun the cold wasn't bothering her at all, but the goose bumps on her skin said otherwise.  She snapped three pics and then sent Maya in for a shower to warm up.  Sun previewed the pics on the computer and was surprised to see just how radiant Maya looked.  She was positively glowing!  How had she never seen that before?  For a sim of Maya's age, she looked so young on film.  

When she showed the pics to Ian, the love on his face made Sun's heart hurt and she felt as if she was really seeing him for the first time.  He was such an incredible sim, this man who may be her father and she decided then no matter the outcome of the D.N.A. results, he was someone she always wanted to be in her life.

She mentioned to Ian how Maya would have made a beautiful model, but then Ian's demeanor instantly changed.  He asked Sun to never bring that up in front of Maya, going so far as to make her promise, which she readily agreed. 

"I promise Ian! No worries."

The next morning Sun woke up with a new sense of purpose and energy.  She knew once the baby arrived, Maya would be very busy and Sun decided she was going to take on as much of the work as she could to help out.  From that point on, she rose early to take care of the chickens, then the garden and finally decided to work on her cooking skills.  
















She was a fair cook and could do the basic things in the kitchen like pancakes, waffles, mac and cheese. However she wanted to really master the cooking skill before the baby arrived.  It was trial and error, some days more error than success, which caused her some moments hanging over the toilet bowl. 

But she was determined to do it all on her own.  Eventually Maya gave her some cooking books, which Sun read cover to cover and after that no one spent any time throwing up over her food.

Finally the warm weather of spring arrived and everyone was thrilled to be able to get back onto the island, which is where they spent most of their time.  Sun, who was normally a very physically active sim, had not returned to doing her ballet since Jin left.  Too embarrassed by what had happened on the beach, she didn't want to remind Ian of what he had seen between her and Jin.  

So she took up playing basketball and found that she was quite good at it due to the muscles in her legs.

She could jump higher than she ever knew and spent hours practicing at the net, relishing at how great it felt to stretch her legs and run.

Ian, who seemed determined to spend time with her and teach her things while he was doing it, approached Sun one day and asked if she would like to try snorkeling.  She was excited at the prospect, never being able to swim in anything but a pool before.  Ian promised her that there was treasure buried in the ocean floor and all it took was a little effort to find it.  Her interest was peeked at the mention of treasure and they spent several days in the ocean swimming together and searching for any goodies they could find.  

  

They didn't find much, but Sun did learn a lot from Ian loving the time they spent together.

About a month later, Sun posed Maya for her next shots in the baby album.  She had finally started wearing maternity wear and although the dress was simple in shape, the pattern made it very beautiful.

Sun couldn't believe how beautiful the pictures had turned out.

"These are wonderful!  

You are the best daughter, I hope you know how much we love you Sun!"

Sun was incredibly touched by Maya's words.

"Well I think this little one in here has the best mommy!"

"Do you hear that little one?  We all can't wait to meet you!  So very loved you are."

This moment would be one that Sun would always remember and when life became too much to bare, she would use it as her guiding strength.  If she had a crystal ball or some sense of the future, she would have pleaded for this moment to last forever.  She had no idea what kind of hurt was coming their way and if she could have done anything to change it, she would have, even giving up her own happiness.  If she only knew.

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Even though several months had passed since Jin left, Sun was content on the island.  Here she had a real family, no matter what fashion they ended up being.  She knew better than anyone, that it just wasn't blood or D.N.A. that bonded family together, for her mothers' in France had made her feel she was truly theirs. Yet somehow, the love she felt in this family was entirely different. A stronger bond, more pure?  If that even made any sense.  She thought perhaps it had to do with how simple they chose to live with no outside influences.  She felt truly blessed that she had met Jin and thankful everyday for being so accepted in this family.

The warmth of the sand had cooled from the breeze coming off the water, and she began to feel very chilled.  She decided it was time to return to the boat.  Besides, Maya and Ian were enjoying a bit of alone time together on the beach watching the stars and she didn't want to intrude. 

And tomorrow was just another day in paradise....

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CC Used In This Chapter

Poses

IMHO /sims3imho.blogspot.ca/p/poses.html
10 Poses Everyday
Do Not Be Sad Baby

Baby on Board by Mashelle
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=512508

Sugarly Sweet Sit by Eternila
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=491225

Other CC

Nursery Carpet Playroom Rug 22 by PralineSims
http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims3-objects-furnishing-decor-rugs/title/playroom-rug-22/id/1235981

Nursery Pictures by Marcorse
http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims3/id/1198887

Maya's white bathing suit-Desire Bikini by Bill Sims
http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims3-clothing-female/title/desire-bikini/id/1304274

Maya's pink/white bathing suit-Sunrise by Metens
http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims3-clothing-female/title/sunrise/id/1245573
(recoloured with a pattern by Marcorse)

Pattern on Maya's Maternity dress- Ms Floral patt 4 by Mutsuraboshi
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8545688

Midnight Sun Challenge Chapter 2.20

Sometime in the middle of the night, Maya had left her bed feeling the all familiar feeling of illness she had been battling for the past year.  Not wanting to disturb Ian, but not trusting her uneasy stomach, she quietly made her way to the basement couch to lie down in the cooler air.  'Not now,' she thought.  'I can't get sick again.  I have too many things to do.'

The last thing she wanted was her family to have to care for her again for another few months while she was barely able to eat, or care for anything in the home.  Sun had never seen her ill and she didn't want to give the young lady any other reasons for feeling any more unsettled about being in a new place with new people.  No matter how sick she felt, she was going to have to just "buck up" and do what needed to be done everyday.  Although if this illness was as bad as it had previously been, she didn't have any idea just how she would actually accomplish that.

All through the night, Maya dozed off and on and in between made trips to the washroom with a nauseous stomach that threatened revolt at anything that may still be left in it.  She managed to make it the whole night with only vomiting once, but the threats in between were severe as she dry heaved with no relief.  In the lower level of the boat she felt cooler than she had in her bedroom on the second floor, but it was clear to her that she was also slightly feverish.  Sleeping next to her husband, who she often referred to as her human furnace, had not helped the state of her head or stomach at all.  Lying on the couch with not even a blanket was comforting and calming.

She had no idea what time it actually was, when she finally awoke the last time and forced herself to sit up and assess her situation. Her head pain, had dulled to a light thud in the back of her head and her stomach felt unsure as to how it really felt.  She took some deep breaths to try and keep it calm.

Gingerly she walked to the washroom in hopes of relieving herself and not making her tummy any worse.  When she finished, she stood up to wash her hands and became dizzy to the point of almost fainting.  Holding her head with one hand and the wall with the other, Maya struggled to stay conscious.  Then slowly the dizziness began to fade and was replaced with another more pleasurable feeling.  A tingling sensation all over that started at her toes and rose all the way to her head; and then she knew.

In a state of shock, Maya walked the spiral stairs to the main floor in search of her husband but when she found him, he was deep in concentration over his latest book.  He was determined to make this new science fiction book a best seller.  She knew not to interrupt him once he was set in front of the computer, fingers typing away his thoughts and words.  She never wanted to be the cause of setting his productive train off course.

She decided that she would keep herself busy till she could get a moment alone with him and her first idea was to make good on her promise to decorate Sun's room.  Ian had taken up the kitchen table for some reason, so Maya and Sun sat in Ian's office to search the sites for furniture and decor.  

Sun was quite timid at first, but once Maya got her to fully understand that she need not be worried about cost or anything else, Sun began to have a lot of fun with it. Maya, who was still in shock about the morning revelation, couldn't do much more than spend a lot of time staring at Sun. Eventually she left Sun to shop on her own so she could take a bath.

A little while later she heard Ian excitedly calling her name, and she emerged from the bathroom to meet him. 

"Oh there you are.  I've been looking all over for you.  It'd done! It's finally done and my publisher thinks from what she has read so far, that it will definitely hit the best seller list!  Best news I could have gotten all day!"  Ian laughed.

"Oh.  Hmmm.  You may be wrong about that."

"Wrong?  What's better than finding out all your hard earned work will pay off?"


"Well," Maya began. "Ian I have something to tell you.










"Ian, you are going to be a father."  

"I don't understand. What do you mean I'm going to be a father? Wait, did you hear back from the test result already?"







"No Ian!  It has only been a few days, how could we know so fast?  No, listen Ian.  I'm pregnant!" Then Maya smiled.  Ian looked to Maya with a blank stare on his face until the news finally settled in. 

"You're pregnant?"  

"We're PREGNANT?!!"  Maya began to laugh in happy giddiness at Ian's reaction to the news!








"Ian, shhhh.  We don't want the kids to hear!"












"Are you kidding me?  Do you know how happy I am right now.  Come here!"

"Whoa!" Maya said as Ian pulled her into his arms.

"Best news I could have gotten all day!"

"Hmmmm," Maya said.  "You don't say!"

"Hello baby!  I'm your daddy!"

"I hear you baby."

"No Ian, don't be silly. That is my stomach grumbling because I haven't had breakfast yet!"

"Peek a boo baby!  We are going to be so happy to meet you!"

"Let's go tell Jin!"  Ian said.

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Shooting hoops all night in the dark had really helped to work off all the anxiety I had been dealing with since the moment I came home with Sun.  By the time the morning light reached the mid morning sky, I felt like I was ready to head back to the boat and make amends with her.  It was our first fight, and not really that bad of one, if I said so myself.  Fine, so she did have a point, I do need to grow up a little, but hey I'm only 17 after all.  Plenty of time to start acting like a grown up when I actually AM a grown up.

I was just tossing in my last shot before heading for breakfast, when I saw my parents emerge from the boat and head in my direction.  Oh this can not be good.  My parents never, ever talked to me together.  It was like they had this agreement in who talked to me about what subject and they never strayed from that. But together?  That never happened.  Their faces appeared to be happy, so how much trouble could I actually be in?  

"Morning Jin," my father said.  "Your mother and I have something to tell you."

"Did you hear about the test?" I said a little too enthusiastically.

My mother rolled her eyes a little and gave my dad this strange look before saying "No Jin, it's only been a few days!  Six months. It clearly said six months before we would know."

"Oh," replied Jin.  "What's up?"  Or more like, what did I do now I thought.

"Jin we do have good news to tell you.  At least I hope you also think it's good news. Your father and I are going to have a baby."

"A baby?  At your age?" I asked.








My father gasped and said "Jin Charles Bell!  Apologize to your mother!  She is still plenty young enough to have a baby."




















"I'm sorry mom.  It just slipped out.  I guess I was just shocked. That's great mom!  Congrats.  When is the little tyke going to get here?" I asked, trying to sound more enthusiastic about it.

"Well I don't know for sure but 
I'm thinking 
in about 7 months from now.  
Are you happy Jin, really?"





"Of course mom.  Who wouldn't be excited about a baby!"  Boy I was going to get a gold star in heaven for that one!

"See Maya, everything is going to be just fine."  Then my father presented my mother with a bouquet of red flowers and they began making out.  Just like they always do.

I wandered away to give them privacy but to give myself some space as well.  A baby?  Are you kidding me!  Could my life get any more turned upside down than it had in the past few days??

Suddenly the idea of returning to the boat was not at all appealing, so I headed to the beach to eat my breakfast at the kitchen there.  I imagined the talk inside, would be all baby this and baby that and I felt I had used up my quota of fake happy for today.  I was sure that Sun would be happy for my parents.  Weren't all girls gaga over babies, no matter who they belonged to?  Come to think of it, I had no idea if Sun wanted children.  I just assumed that all girls did. But, did she?

Then that led me to asking myself all kinds of other questions. Like did she have a life goal?  My parents were very firm with me about contributing to the household.  I wonder if she knew that?  If she had stayed in France, I'm sure she would have pursued a career in dance.  She was also a very accomplished photographer.  But taking pictures would get old really quick in a small place like this.

The more I thought about things, the more uncomfortable I was feeling about the situation.  With Sun threatening to leave and now my mom pregnant, I thought it would be best to remove myself from the situation.  That way, Sun could settle in and get to know my parents more, which I was sure would be easy now with a baby to plan for.  Distance between Sun and I would effectively avoid any more misunderstandings as well. All it took was for me to think about her and my heart beat faster while my skin tingled from my head to my toes.  There was definitely a lot more of that "tingling" going on in the boxer area since I met Sun, something I had never felt before to any real degree.  I didn't know if it was Sun exclusively or perhaps an age thing that had brought on the change, but I had to say that I definitely liked it, and wished I could have more; much more!  Now I knew why my parents spent the days in each other's arms and often disappeared to be together in private. Yes I was thinking I was definitely needing some private time of my own for a little while, just until things cooled down.

I pulled the tent from storage and set it up on the second floor of the barn where I would stay fairly warm.  The nights still dipped down to winter temps, but I didn't care if I had to sleep in my winter clothes.  With the outdoor kitchen, washroom and a place to sleep I had everything I needed. 

I thought now would be a good time to get working on writing my first book, while I had nothing to distract me but the waves washing up on the beach.  This would be good, good all around for everyone.

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Jin had been missing from the family for almost a week when Maya expressed her concern to Ian.  

"Its not right Ian, this hiding thing he is doing. He should be here dealing with things not keeping to himself out there in the cold."

"Leave him be Maya.  I think for once he is truly trying to do the grown up thing.  Yes, I know this must be difficult for him but he is trying Maya and I think we should just let him do it his way.  He will come back in when he is ready.  Its not like we don't know where he is."

"I guess.  But maybe you could just go and talk to him. Make sure he is all right."

"No I'm not going to do that and you aren't either.  Leave him be Maya. He is not your little boy anymore.  He needs to finish growing to a man on his terms and in his own way."

"But what about Sun?  How do you think she feels about being ignored by the person who asked her to marry him?  Its not right Ian, just not right."

Ian didn't want to fight with his wife, especially in her delicate condition so he did what he always did to take her mind off things. He spun her into a dip kiss then started talking to her about the baby.  What they both didn't know, was that Sun had been listening to their conversation from the other room.

Truth was that Sun's feelings had been slightly hurt by Jin's disappearing act, but she hadn't fully considered what Jin was really doing.  He was trying to make things easier on her so she was going to do the same.  He couldn't stay out there for the next six months till the test results came in.  She needed to find a way to settle in to the island and start living her life here without him, for it very well could be that they would never be together romantically again, once that result came in.  Ian had called his good friend Geoffrey Landgraab in Sunset Valley to be in charge of getting the test results to them as quickly as he could.  But no amount of money could change the scientific process, and the time frame they were given was the best Geoffrey could do, even after putting a rush on it.

She had been greatly missing her dancing and she discovered that there was already a dance bar and mirrors installed in the basement. She dug through her suitcase till she found her ballet work out clothes, the ones she had thrown in after much debate with herself about why she was packing them.  She was very glad now she had. After doing many stretches, more than she normally did, she  stood up next to the barre and begin going through the practice moves. Sun felt stiff and very much out of shape, even though she was only away from dancing for about one month.  By the time she was done her toes were bleeding and the bottoms of her feet were on fire.  


This became her new routine everyday.  After waking early, she would take care of the chickens and spend a little time tending to the garden. 

After that, she would head down to the basement level to spend the next five to six hours working on her routines.  There was nothing like the feeling of flying through the air as she leapt across the floor.



















She could only get in three strides before she ran out of room, but she made due with what little space she had.
















About a week after their discussion about Jin, he came back home to stay.  He didn't talk much to Sun, but just the fact that he was staying in the boat gave everyone relief.  Jin started coming down every morning to work out on the equipment while she did her stretches.  







They didn't talk but that 
suited her fine because 
once she started working out she just zoned out, focusing on her muscles and her breathing as she had been taught. 

The more stretches she did the louder Jin banged the weights, till eventually he would storm out of the room, almost slamming the door behind him. 

It took her a bit to understand what was going on, but once she did, she wasn't sure how to handle the situation. She decided to go to Ian and ask him if he could remove the ping pong table, under the idea that she needed more room for her routine.  He gladly agreed and moved it to the other empty room in the basement.  Then she asked him to also move the equipment to another room, but he told her there was no where else to put it.  She then suggested the equipment could go where the ping pong table had been, and while he moved it, she made sure he turned the equipment facing away from the mirrors.  This way, she was hoping that Jin could still use the equipment, but focus on his work out instead of other things!   If Ian understood what was going on with all the changes, he never said a word to her.  He did however declare that the room was as big as a stage, after it was all done and sorted.

After that, Sun wasn't sure how to be around Jin and avoided him as much as possible, but Jin wasn't making it easy.  Once Jin figured out the equipment had been moved, he started coming down to practice routines at the barre with her. 

He was a really good dancer, although no where near the level she was.  He had been away from it for too long and was much too stiff in the beginning.  

Sun no longer felt comfortable wearing her traditional workout clothes and switched to her martial arts uniform.  It weighed her down a bit, but at least she felt more comfortable around Jin.  They spent many days dancing to the music, mostly in silence yet a good silence and even though they barely spoke things began to feel more normal for them as before.  

Sun became frustrated trying to practice in her baggy clothes and ultimately had to switch back to her ballet clothes.  It was then Jin decided he was going to coach her, however his version of coaching was like nothing she had seen in a ballet studio before.

  

(little writer side note-this was completely autonomous. I was busy watching Ian and Maya when I heard this yelling and couldn't figure out where it was coming from.  It was funny to watch)

Finally and after she was utterly annoyed, she turned to Jin and said "What are you doing?"

"What do you mean what am I doing?  I'm cheering you on!"

"First of all, I don't need a cheering coach and secondly that is not what I meant.  What is going on with you Jin?  You have been acting extremely weird since you returned to the boat."

"No I haven't!" he replied.  "Weird how?"

"Jin, I'm not an idiot you know.  I know what is going on with you, what you are thinking and that, it just can't happen Jin.  Not yet anyway."

Jin threw up his hands is defense.  "Sun I have no idea what you are talking about.  I'm just trying to find a way to be your friend."

"Then BE my friend and stop trying so hard.  You are starting to really creep me out and that is not a good feeling considering I am maybe engaged to you."

"Oh NO!  None of that talk.  We ARE engaged until that piece of paper tells us otherwise and that is how I choose to look at it.  I mean, don't you ever think of me in that way?  The way I think about you?"

Sun sighed and shook her head.  "Please Jin, this isn't right.  We shouldn't be talking this way, not until things are settled."

"Oh c'mon, be honest.  No harm can come from that."

"Fine!  Of course I think of you that way.  I would be crazy not too, but I am choosing not to for fear of what that test will tell us.  Don't you get it Jin?  I don't need this from you.  I need a friend.  Can't we just try to be friends and leave it at that for now?"

"We are friends," said Jin.

"Good! Then show me what that means to you."

CC Used In This Chapter

Poses

IMHO
badboy
8 Poses Sorry
http://sims3imho.blogspot.ca

Prima 24 Ballet Poses by Spladoum
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=541099


Other CC

Fireplace Rug by PralineSims


Maya's Hairs

Long and sides pulled back-NewSea Sunset
http://simmingitout.blogspot.ca/2013/07/newsea-j150-sunset-glow.html

Long with braids-NewSea hair-TBA later

Jin's Hair-Joey by Cazy at TSR
http://www.thesimsresource.com/artists/Cazy/downloads/browse/category/sims3/search/joey

Ian's hair by Cazy (Nicholas)
http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims3-hair-hairstyles-male/title/nicholas-hairstyle--adult/id/1231401

Sun's Hairs

Ballet-SkySims 036
http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims3-sets-hair/title/skysims-hair-036/id/1160488

Later Ballet-SkySims 224
http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims3-sets-hair/title/skysims-hair-224-set/id/1247662

Long, pulled back-Anto (Blohm)
http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims3-hair-hairstyles-female/title/anto--blohm-%28hair%29/id/1284027

Long with Bangs-Anto Alesso (Wings)
http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims3-hair-hairstyles-female/title/alesso--wings-hair/id/1240830