#harmony ring

[des-dabbles]

Later that night, we received a knock on the door. There had been an accident and Cloe... she was gone. She wasn’t coming home. My sister, my only friend was taken from us in a blink of an eye. 

[doodlesimss]

Family Dynamics Crossover

So, I’m sure many of you already know of the wonderful @desira-sims, who is also playing the Family Dynamics Challenge. We decided to do this little collab type thing, as we realised we had unknowingly ended up with some very simiar sims for Generation 5 of the challenge. You can check out Des’ post here. So, without too much more rambling from me, enjoy this little au story of Carrie and Naomi meeting Salene and Harmony.

Carrie: hey honey, I need to ask you something...

Naomi: sure, what is it?

Carrie: well, I met this girl at work today. Well, rather I walked straight into her. She’s new around here and she reminded me a lot of myself. Anyway, I was thinking of asking her if she wanted us to show her and her girlfriend around, make some new friends here. What do you think?

Naomi: Of course! I’m always up for meeting new people? Is there anywhere you were thinking of going?

Carrie: Well, I was thinking of taking them to the park in Newcrest. It’s a pretty special place for us, and it’s a lovely spot. I can check and see when there’s a concert on next, and we could go then?

Carrie: I really hope we get on well. Obviously I know Salene, but you don’t and neither of us know Harmony...

Naomi: Carrie! Come on, I’m sure it will all be fine. And it’s just an afternoon! I love you dearly, but heck you’re a worry wart!

Salene: hey Carrie! And you must be Naomi?

Carrie: oh hey, you snuck up on us there! How are you doing? And yes, this is my wife, Naomi.

Salene: Nice to meet you, Naomi! I’m sure you know I’m Salene. Oh, and this here is my girlfriend, Harmony.

Before we got started with the afternoon, we took a few minutes to cloudgaze and chat. It’s one of Naomi and I’s favourite pastimes, so we thought we would take the opportunity to share that.

Salene: I’m curious. Is there any particular reason you guys asked us here?

Naomi: well, this is a pretty special park to us. We went to out first pride festival together here. Oh yeah, and we got married riiiiight over there!

Harmony: wait really? That’s super cool! We actually happen to have done our first performance together here too!

Carrie: well, we’re both the musical types too, although we’re not so keen on performing. Although this one here has been chipping away at convincing me to head to a karaoke night...

Salene: wait one second. You say you got married here? How long ago?

Naomi: about two years ago? why do you ask?

Salene: well, my second cousin’s partner attended a wedding as a sort of best man here about that long ago. Although I’m sure there are a fair few weddings here, it’s probably just a coincidence.

Carrie: maybe. Just out of interest, what’s their name?

Salene: Kira, Kira Wilder. She’s with Nate Edmonds?

Carrie: No way? Nate’s my little brother! So I guess in some roundabout way, we’re related?

We spent the first part of the afternoon enjoying the live music. And just like last time, we may have gotten a little distracted. Hey, what can I say? My wife is just too cute.

All in all, we had a pretty great afternoon at the park. It was so nice to spend some time with like-minded people, and show them one of our favourite spots. We agreed that we would have to spend some more time together in the future, especially as our families grew and we moved through life. It would be fun to have some friends that were so similar to us, and that we could so easily spend time with. 

[des-dabbles]

It all came to a head the night my mothers pulled me aside to have a conversation. It seems, unexpectedly, Mom had found herself pregnant. Something in me snapped. I spent hours yelling and screaming. How could they do this? Cloe could never be replaced this easily.

It didn’t matter that they visited Cloe’s grave weekly and were still struggling themselves with trying to overcome their grief. As much as I saw all these things, I truly didn’t see it. I was too lost in my own grief. 

It was that night, while my mothers were asleep, that I snuck out of the house. All I took were a few changes of clothes and these journals. I didn’t know where I was going, but I knew I had to get out of that house. 

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Momma was so excited over the news. There was never a moment that she wasn’t finding an excuse to love on Mom’s belly. They were counting down the days until my sister and I were born. 

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I was ready to be a teen. I felt so grown up. So invincible. It didn’t matter how much I fought with Mom. I was bidding my time until I could move out.

Cloe would shake her head at me. She really tried to be my ear to vent to, even if she didn’t understand why I lashed out so much. I don’t know if I quite knew.  

[des-dabbles]

And in another blink of an eye, my sister and I were ready to start school. 

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As I said, looking back at these photos, it’s kind of hard to believe everything goes to shit.  

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My parents had that typical fairy tale romance that most members of my family seem to experience. They met in high school but it wasn’t until college that they decided to to take their relationship to something more than friends. 

Momma (Harmony) loved to tell the story of their first kiss. The two of them had met up at their favorite park. Mom (Salene) was shy and stumbling over her words, trying to ask Momma out. Momma eventually took Mom’s chin in her hand and forced her to look into her eyes. Both would say everything seemed to click in that moment, that they knew this moment would be the beginning of the rest of their lives.