Chapter 38: They Say that PROMises Sweeten the Blow

It was now Thursday. Two days before prom. Nita decided to invite Collin over for dinner to introduce him to the family. Things are looking pretty serious for them. It wouldn't hurt getting him in good with the family. Nita decided to make Zak's favorite meal- autumn salad

Dinner is served. Collin showed up a few minutes later. Talk about perfect timing. The family sat down at the table and had nice dinner conversation. The topic was of course, Prom. Collin was a gentleman and asked Zak and Lotta's permission to take Nita to prom and to have a sleepover with their friends at his house. They liked how upfront and polite Collin was being. Given that, they agreed and continued with the dinner

After Collin left, Lotta took Nita to her bedroom. She asked Nita if she had had a prom dress picked out yet. Nita said no. She was still trying to figure that out. Lotta then offered to help her pick out a dress 

Nita accepted the offer. She needed to get a dress quick. Hours later, they finally found the one 

It was now Friday. After school, Nita took Liv and Haley to the park for some fun 

Nita left Liv at the park to keep playing with her little friend, Corrine. She and Haley went to go to the Mansion to visit Bilinda. Upon walking in the door, she hugged her mother and spoke about all of the good things happening in her life. She talks about the books she's written, the clothing designs she's sewn and of course, her relationship with Collin. Things were really working out for her at Zak's 

A few minutes later, Nita and Haley went on home. The visit with Bilinda was short and sweet. A part of Nita wishes she was home, but she's not ready for that yet.


Now, it's Saturday. Nita is beyond stoked for prom. To help get her mind off of it, she and the rest of the family went out back and had some slip n' slide fun

6 o'clock quickly came. It was now time for prom. Nita changed into her dress and hopped into the limo. She and Collin were having a great time at prom. Nita even won Prom Queen! She was so proud of herself. The fact that everyone voted for her meant a lot. 


After prom, Collin drove himself and Nita to his house for the sleepover. Hours passed and Nita asked why none of their friends were there. Collin said that was just a clever ruse to get Zak and Lotta to let her sleepover at his house. 


Soon, the discussion shifted. Collin became a bit more aggressive. He said Nita only won Prom Queen because he got everyone to vote for her. Without him, Nita was nothing. Because he essentially got her the crown, he demanded that she show thanks by woohooing. At first, Nita resisted. Who did he think he was? He threatened to break up with her if she didn't do what he said.


Nita loved Collin. She didn't want to lose him no matter what. Maybe it was dumb and naive of her, but she needed him. So she complied. They headed into his room and woohoo'd 

Collin immediately rolled over and went to sleep when they were done. Nita on the other hand couldn't. She felt awful about what had just happened. She couldn't sit next to him any longer. She went into the living room and lied down on the couch.


Lying there, she couldn't help but feel a huge wave of regret. She couldn't hold in the tears any longer

But she thought that this was a one-time deal. Collin couldn't do that again. He was too good for that. In the morning, Nita made breakfast for his whole family. She ate with them and then went on home.


Walking in the door, Lotta asked how prom went. Nita said she won Queen and had a blast. And their sleepover went alright. She couldn't tell Lotta the truth. Nita didn't want any trouble in her imaginary paradise.


Nita went over to the television and placed the picture of her and Collin on the stand and put her crown on a shelf in her room 

Lotta and Zak were happy for Nita. She had good friends and a great boyfriend. She won prom queen and was doing really well in school. Nita's life was one of envy. Things can only go up from here. 

Chapter 37: Tones of Home

Zak still has so many more days off. Being in the military, he already has many days off. But dang. The honeymoon period doesn't have an end in sight. 

While his lovely wife was the only one making a living, he sat at home with the girls. Then came a knock at the door. When Zak answered, it was his little half-sister Nita. She sure did grow up since he moved out 

He invited her inside. Right when they walked into the house, Nita hugged Zak and asked if she could move in. She and Brittney have been clashing a lot lately and she just wants some peace and quiet. Zak understands. On both accounts, actually. Living with Brittney isn't easy as she is a very moody person. And when he was Nita's age, his father was one of the most difficult people to ever live with. Zak took a second and texted Bilinda to see if she would be okay with it. She agreed, as it was nonstop arguing with the two. Zak hugged Nita once more and said she could move in and could have the spare room

Nita got her things and redid the spare to suit her tastes. It ended up looking a little something like this 

Once Nita was all moved in, she went to Collin Langerak's house. Collin was one of the most popular boys in school that she was really close friends with. That being said, I think we all know the road in which this is going down

He graciously invited her into his home. When they walked into the kitchen, Nita started flirting her heart out. The flirting really swooned Collin. He was diggin' all of the attention after a while. Soon, it led to Nita's first kiss 

But her sweet moment got interrupted. She got a call from Lotta and Zak saying that they were leaving the house for a mini-vacation and needed her to come home immediately to watch over the tots. On her way home, Nita had a brilliant idea. With the adults gone, she could throw a slip n' slide party for all of her friends. When Zak and Lotta finally left the house, Nita changed into her bikini and called all of her friends over.

The party had barely begun when Liv decided to age up into a cute little girl 

On the guest list was Reisa Baker. She and Zak are second cousins or something along those lines. She had a baby boy when she first entered high school and she recently announced she was pregnant with her second child. At the party, she started feeling the effects of the early stage of pregnancy 

Moving on from Teen Mom, a girl named Jolene really had a crush on Minco. She tried to smooch his face off, but he wasn't having any of that 

Nita was having a great time. But that great time came crashing down. She received a phone call from a neighbor who told her to end the party or he'd call the cops. Nita decided it would be best to shout and scream to let everyone know to hit the bricks. During the shouting, Reisa was hit with another bout of morning sickness 

The party broke up too late. Teenagers were running in all directions when the cop showed up. He started yelling at Nita and told her that he had called her brother to let him know about the disturbance. Nita is just relieved the cop wasn't Collin's mom. She routinely broke up parties like these 

Nita did her best to clean up the house before Zak and Lotta got home. If there was no physical proof, they wouldn't have a leg to stand on....right? Wrong. Lotta searched every room in the house for Nita. Once she was found, she screamed at her and grounded her until further notice 

Nita's night is ruined. She hit the hay soon afterwards. There was no use in fighting it right after the grounding happened. Sleeping on it should make everyone calm down.

Before school, Nita went to Zak. Her most favorite, loving and forgiving brother. She asked if he would be so kind as to end her grounding 

Zak held his chin and peered off into the distance. Maybe he tried to give her hope before he dashed it......

......because he laughed at her and said no way, Jose 

Even though she was grounded, Nita sneaked off to Collin's house after school. They got all lovey-dovey. Before she went home, Collin popped the question to be exclusive. Of course Nita said yes! They were hitting it off nicely.

Soon, the grounding was said and done with. To celebrate her new found freedom and to discuss the upcoming prom, Nita called all of her friends over for a sleepover. Unfortunately, the only person who could not make it was Reisa. She was currently close to her due date. Having her baby in her sleeping bag was something she didn't want to risk.

Everyone did show. But the only person she really needed to see was Collin. Not leaving anything up to chance, she asked him to prom. He said sure....the only time he couldn't go anywhere with her was if aliens made a comeback and kidnapped him. 

Soon, everyone was passed out on the floor 

Well....almost everyone. Nita and Collin stepped outside to watch the stars with each other

What a great ending to such a perfect night. 

Chapter 36: A Whole Lotta Nothing

Zak packed up his family and their belongings. They got to a spacious 4 bedroom and 3 bathroom home. There's going to be a lot of setting up to do

Zak redid everything. Carpeting, wallpaper, furniture, plumbing and everything else under the sun. Who knew Zak was so talented? Anyway, once everything was all said and done, Zak and Lotta took a second to get a bit frisky to celebrate everything.

Zak then took a moment out of his boring schedule to call up his family. Moving into a new house for the first time is a big deal. A party is set for later in the evening.

With Zak and Lotta still on honeymoon leave, their lives have been dull. Olivia is off in her corner of the world, Lotta is still trying to perfect her chemistry and Zak sat on the couch looking confused while watching Sim Survivor 

Hours passed into the evening. It was now officially party time. While Zak was shooting the breeze with family members, Lotta was introducing herself to her new family

The party eventually drew to a close. Lotta had to get to bed for her first day back at work in the morning. Poor Zak still had one more day of doing nothing to work through. Guess it'll be another Sim Survivor marathon for him.

When Lotta got off work, she noticed a very questionable woman standing outside of the hospital. It looks like someone was trying to hook it outside of a hospital. What an odd place to work it, but it looked like she got a gentleman anyway 

Moving on, Lotta got a call from Cedric Bunch. He heard that the last party at her house was amazing and asked if she would like to come over to liven up a party he was throwing. She agreed, but thought it was weird. She had nothing to do with the party. It was Zak's party. Oh well. 

When she got there, it was too dead to be saved. As soon as she walked in and examined the room, she walked right back out and went home. 

Good thing she did that, too. It was Haley's first birthday. When Lotta got home, she got to do the honors of bringing the baby to the cake 

Haley looked a lot like Zak. Dark hair. But her dark eyes must come from her grandmother Bilinda. She was too cute for words. 

When she aged, Lotta went to work on teaching her how to talk. It looks like her first word is chicken leg 

When Haley finally learned to speak, Zak taught her how to walk and also potty trained her. When tot-boot camp was over, Haley took out her doll that she named Hesper and held onto him for dear life 

New house and new decor

When Zak and his family moved to a new house, I thought I'd try my hand at completely revamping the house to how I think it should look. After a few hours of decorating torture, it all came together and I must say, I am happy with the end result. Because of my pride, this post is dedicated to the awesomeness of my decorating prowess.


Here is the tiny kitchen

The dining area 

The living room

Bathroom 1 - two views 

Spare room - two views 

Bathroom 2 

The study

Bathroom 3 

Master bedroom - two views 

Patio/barbecue and play area 

And last, but not least. The room I am most proud of. The little girls room