Chapter 14- Craig and His Puddle

Chapter 14- Craig and His Puddle

                Craig was startled when walking in the doors Friday to see three birthday cakes set up on tables in the entry hall. It wasn’t his birthday was it? But then why would there be three of them? He finally managed to get his mind off of himself for half a second think back and remembered that this was the day of the birthday party Kiley had set up. He was excited to have a properly planned birthday party in the house again. William’s idea of a party for the triplets was a fiasco and an ordeal he never wanted to go through again.

                Guests began trickling in through the front gates as Velma decided she would go first and not let Daphne steal her spotlight.

                William looked behind her and was surprised to see his little sister Helen there. The triplets had aged up a few months ago though they hadn’t visited the estate since. William still thought his siblings should have stayed there and been raised with him. 

                If only William would have looked behind him, he would have been in for a bigger shock. Heather had shown up as well. Heather was there for Velma. She had struck up an unlikely friendship with Velma and was there to cheer her on.

                Velma made her wish and blew out the candles as more people crowded through the front door. Daphne even managed to force her lips into a smile for her sister.

                This random chick is TOTALLY STOKED to be at this party!

                Kiley shows up a second too late to embarrass her teenage daughter. Daphne, however sees her outfit and is predictably coldly infuriated. Velma is just happy that she is old enough to be out on her own and not under her mother’s protection any longer. She won’t move out until after graduation because William begged her to stay as a favor to him. She agreed as he managed to help her pull her grade up to a C.

                Daphne decides that the attention needs to be back on her, pronto. So before anyone even gets a slice of Velma’s cake, she’s already trying to get the attention to her own eminent aging up. The Ice Queen returns.

                As the crowd gathers around her she again sets her face into its classically bored expression.

                Daphne just wishes to be this beautiful forever.

                She gets her wish. Oscar is stunned he landed her. He can’t wait to melt that iceberg.

                Peter attended at the urging of his sisters. He still hasn’t had a good birthday and resents that these interlopers got the party he should have had. He’s determined to get to talk to his dad that night. He and Kristine have not been getting along and he hopes he can move back to the family estate. Bernadette might not like it, but he thinks Helen might even want to move back too. Helen strongly disapproves of her mother’s amorous activities and is also butting heads with her mother. Kristine thinks her kids should take care of her instead of the other way around, and Helen refuses to pet and dote on her mother as Bernadette does.

                Marcie finally gets a turn at the cake. Her best friend from school, Bianca Black, showed up and cheers her on.

                Marcie has a very particular wish. A boy she’s had a crush on at school recently aged up himself, and Kiley had made sure she had had him invited to the party. Marcie wishes with all her heart that Trenton will show up and wish her a Happy Birthday.

                After blowing out her candles, she carefully scans the crowd gathered. The one person she wants to see most she doesn’t see.

                Just as she gives up and decides to go ahead and have a good time without him, (hey it is her birthday after all,) the door opens to let in the very late arriving guest. It’s Trenton.

                Trenton joins in the festivities as she feels her growth spurt hit.

                To her delight, he’s still cheering after she’s aged up into her athletic clothes. Ugh.

                Craig takes the moment to make another kind of scene. He’s been so caught up in singing the same song over and over and over that he totally overlooks his rather full bladder. To his horror, there it goes…

Marcie focuses on her cake as she smells something odd and hears Craig gasp behind her.

                ‘Do I really look that bad?’ Marcie thinks with a sharp pang of embarrassment.

                Helen and William both caught exactly what was going on. They both look sharply at Craig as he looks the other way, hoping no one else noticed, or will notice.

                Craig hides his face once he catches sight of his kids staring at him in horror.

                “You didn’t see that did you?” He asks.

                He decides that humor is going to diffuse the situation for him.

                In his very best Steve Urkel voice he looks at his kids sheepishly, “Did I do that?”             

                “Yes, dad, you did that. Gross. It’s gross. It’s not funny.” Peter sharply tells Craig deciding on the spot that he’s totally using that to get to move back in.

                Marcie is even more thrilled when Trenton grabs the first slice, overlooking Craig and his puddle on the floor.

                Picture spam of that baby face. *pinches cheeks

                When he sits next to her at the table, Marcie decides on the spot that this is the best birthday ever. After all, how often does your crush like you back?

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                Birthdays Birthdays galore! Daphne’s birthday was actually supposed to take place after William’s but I needed her O-U-T for plot reasons. So she aged up early. She’s frigid man. I’ve never seen a sim so absolutely cold-hearted. I thought she was going to be all peaches and cream… Nooooooo. Not her. I feel for Oscar. She’s also the skinniest sim I’ve ever had. I had to add meat to her bones when I changed her clothes. Her weight slider was ALL the way down. I usually prefer at LEAST a little bit of room there. It looks like Marcie is almost as skinny. After editing Velma and Daphne I wasn’t in the mood to change her look too. Besides, she’s naturally athletic, so I’m just going to go with it. I’ll pretty her up later.

                And Trenton has the cutest little baby face ever! Too bad he’s eeeevil. Lol

                And finally, Craig. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! I see London I see France! I see Craig peed his Pants!