I'm still working on getting the next chapters organized. I put this little bonus together slowly as I've gone along, and I thought I'd add a bit at the end to go with it as a true bonus for the continuing storyline.
Some of the stuff in this little narration may feel like old news, but I'll bet most of you haven't guessed what Jones has been thinking all this time.
The bit at the end is text-only because I didn't want to bother with the boring conversation shots, etc.
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Jones
My name is Noah, but everyone calls me Jones. I have no idea why, but it doesn't bother me.
I was attracted to her from the moment I saw her. She had this little lost look to her that made me want to draw her into my arms and tell her everything was going to be all right.
I quickly noticed I wasn't the only one she affected. Desmond, who normally would chase Ginger in his unique way, appeared just as enraptured.
Besides, she worked with me, still does in fact even though the bar has closed temporarily. I've learned to never date anyone from work, especially if I worked for a small business. I liked and still like working there. Bryce made a great boss, but Simon was an ass. When it was just the two of us, he'd sit around talking to everyone and leave the real work to me. I let it go then because it didn't bother me since he would step in and help if things got bad (I'm guessing because he didn't want a bad report sent to Bryce).
Bryce and his idiot-best-friend Jesse would often play twisted games with the tourists and locals alike. I stayed quiet when Bryce dragged Marie into his practical jokes since I knew he wasn't planning anything that would place her in danger.
Besides, I couldn't help myself. I wanted to see what she'd look like in the outfit Bryce convinced her to wear. She looked... hot.
Then, I caught on to the game Bryce and Jesse were playing. Bryce was setting her up with Jesse! Putting her in that outfit, he may as well have placed a blinking sign over her head that read 'Jesse, look here!' Jesse was dressed in his old captain's costume for some 'punishment' thing for kissing Bryce's girlfriend, and Bryce matched Marie's costume with Jesse's.
When I saw Jesse pestering Marie like I knew he would, I did my best to let Marie know that I was there for her if she needed me.
I hate Jesse.
He could have almost any woman he wanted with that charm of his, and he went after Marie. He was allowed to go after Marie.
I'm not normally prone to violence, but I wanted to punch him that afternoon because of his behavior.
Marie beat me to it! I was so happy! She put that man right in his place: curled up and begging for forgiveness that he shouldn't receive.
Then, damn him! He used that charm he has to weasel his way back to a point to where she would speak to him again.
Over the years, I've learned how to read people, and I could see it. It damn near broke my heart. She was attracted to him. It was only a matter of time.
I watched in silent agony as she agreed to let him walk her home. She didn't stand a chance.
My only hope laid in the probability that he would dump her when he got tired of her, and that maybe I could be of some comfort to her then... even if it would've been a bad idea to date her.
So, I kept my nose down and my opinions to myself, waiting for the inevitable.
Her work attire at times would drive me insane, but nowhere near as crazy as watching Jesse's reaction to her. I found it increasingly difficult to keep my thoughts to myself.
I felt furious at Bryce's continued attempts to put Marie in Jesse's path. Enough already!
The only thing that would make me feel better at this point was that Marie would continuously shoot all their efforts down.
I hate Jesse. For years, I've stood and silently watched as he'd seduce women alongside my boss. I did my best to not hate Bryce because he made a good boss, but Jesse, I allowed myself to hate.
No one pays attention to me, and I have never minded this fact.
Jesse caught Simon feeling up Marie or something. Bryce eventually stood behind his best friend's accusations and fired him. I couldn't help but wonder if Bryce did it because it was Jesse that laid the accusations.
Imagine my surprise when Bryce asked me to pick up Marie on the way to his house for a meeting! I was so nervous that I hardly spoke the entire drive there. Marie remained quietly aloof, unaware of my inner struggle. It was hard to be in an enclosed space with her.
At this meeting, Bryce surprised me once again when he offered me the assistant manager position! He had noticed my much-better-than-Simon's work ethic. He even valued my opinions on what to do with the bar when I recommended we have an upper deck open-air dance floor.
Then, Jesse came over.
Bryce told me not to worry about taking Marie home, and I knew exactly what that meant. Bryce went from Bryce, the great boss to Bryce, the dickhead best friend of the idiot. The difference between the two is Jesse's presence.
I missed Marie being around. With her around, I'd at least have someone to talk to. Bryce and Erin were always talking to each other about things that didn't concern me.
Then one day, I heard Bryce tell Erin that Jesse and Marie had 'finally' started dating, and I wanted to die. I worried that Bryce would see something in my demeanor that would give me away. I especially worried about Erin seeing. I noticed that she was the quiet but observant type, and that made me extra cautious.
I had never wanted to leave early so much as I did that day.
What does it matter? What the hell would Marie see in me anyway? I don't have Jesse's charm, and I'm a bit overweight. We don't even have that much in common.
Still... Jesse? He's not good enough for her. The man is an asshole.
As I watched the two of them argue, I wanted to walk over and punch Simon in the face. 'Wrongful termination' my ass! He should've been fired ages ago. I always would worry about Bernadette, but she'd tell me to mind my own damn business. I tried to, but I also felt there were times when I must step in and help. She wouldn't let me.
When I heard about Bernadette threatening to actually take Simon's side in the lawsuit, I knew that I had to do something to help Bryce. I told him that I'd happily tell the judge what I'd seen between Simon and Bernadette. If I help Bryce, I'll finally feel like I did something to help Bernadette - whether she wanted it or not.
If only Marie would help Bryce as well, but she insisted on not pressing charges! Sure, what Simon did to her was tame compared to everything he probably did with Bernadette, but it didn't take a genius to guess that he had the same plans with Marie.
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The trial is set for after Christmas. In the meantime, the bar closes.
As I watch them tear the old structure down, I happen to glance over at Bernadette where she sits watching from her lounge chair a little ways down the beach.
I walk over to her, and she speaks without being prompted.
"I wanted to watch that shithole of a bar crash into the ground," she says in a cold, dead voice.
"Why?" I ask, wanting her to elaborate.
"Bad memories." she answers in that same voice.
"Why didn't you tell me what was going on?" I ask her, reminded of the times when I would practically beg her to confirm my suspicions about her and Simon Cottrell.
She shrugs. "None of your business."
"We could've helped you."
"Nobody gives a shit about me," she snaps as she stands up to, I guess, see the bar's destruction a little better.
"I thought we were friends."
"Humph," she says noncommittally. Then, out of the blue, she asks, "Is Jesse dating that new slut of a waitress?"
"Marie is not a slut," I growl. "And yes."
She watches me closely for a few seconds before she says calculatingly, "Looks like you're not happy about it either."
"Not especially, no. I'm concerned about her," I answer evasively and look away, but she catches on anyway, I think.
"Jones, I think I could use your help with something."
"Not with that," I guess. I've known she's been after Jesse for ages, and her attempts have been really pathetic. All she ever did was make Jesse convinced that she's insane.
"You mean to tell me you don't want Marie?" she asks in a deviously-playful voice.
"It's not going to happen anyway. We work together."
"Not if she quits," she offers up with a smile.
"No, Bernadette. If Marie is happy, then I'm happy for her. If, and I think this is sadly likely, he hurts her, I'll be there to help however I can."
"What if he never hurts her and you never get your chance?" she asks with her eyebrows raised.
"Then, like I said, I'll be happy for her."
She rolls her eyes. "You'll change your mind. I can already see the possibility floating around behind your eyes on how you'd love to help me break them up."
"If they break up, it won't be because of me," I state with finality and walk away without looking back.
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I'm finally doing a bit of a time jump! (a few weeks) Scary, I know, but we can get through this. I have faith. :)
As Jones mentioned, the bar is torn down. (and there was much rejoicing .... yay!) /*
Bryce and Erin slowly broke the news to Adele that Erin was moving in. Adele had already been okay with Erin spending the night, as she told her father, but Erin moving in was a bit more of a surprise than she was ready to handle. She's doing her best because she wants her dad to be happy, and Erin is trying very hard to not be imposing. The two of them are slowly working at establishing a friendship, but they're not quite there yet. Adele is giving Erin a chance, happy that at least Erin's not trying to be her mother. All the same, she's spending more and more time with her friend Todd, making Bryce wary but not knowing what to do about it.
Oh, here's a funny:
Bryce and Erin slowly broke the news to Adele that Erin was moving in. Adele had already been okay with Erin spending the night, as she told her father, but Erin moving in was a bit more of a surprise than she was ready to handle. She's doing her best because she wants her dad to be happy, and Erin is trying very hard to not be imposing. The two of them are slowly working at establishing a friendship, but they're not quite there yet. Adele is giving Erin a chance, happy that at least Erin's not trying to be her mother. All the same, she's spending more and more time with her friend Todd, making Bryce wary but not knowing what to do about it.
Oh, here's a funny:
so bad things could be coming Jesse's way thanks to the conniving Bernadette and the quiet Noah Jones.
ReplyDeleteAgain I think Bryce should have asked Adele FIRST about how she felt about Erin possibly living with them. To do it as an after thought just doesn't sit well with me, but you already know my thoughts on Bryce right now and his seemingly messed up priorities. :( Ha I think Adele should have thrown a very age appropriate tantrum LOL and if he was really paying attention, he would see she's staying at Todd's because she doesn't want to be home. :( I'm gonna stop now before I really start ranting LOL
I suppose it's possible that Bernadette could get what she wants and break up Jesse and Marie. Jones is just the right advocate in that scheme too since few would suspect the two of them working together. But, Jones claims he wants nothing to do with that kind of thing. He wants the two of them to break up, yes, but he doesn't want it to come about because of some nefarious plot that he helped along. That kind of guilt would eat at him, and that's not how he'd like to "win" Marie if winning her is even a possibility.
Delete:)
Okay, taking this from an outsider's view... is different.
ReplyDeleteWhen we're so upclose and personal with them, to then hear Noah's side...
It's a bit sad that he likes Marie, because he thinks little of himself since he doesn't have a ripped body.
After all that Marie has been through before she came here, who knows, maybe she would've accepted his subtle advances. Because we all know that compared to Jesse's everyone's advances would seem subtle. But now that he knows they're dating, he feels like she wouldn't pick him even more. However, I don't like how he hopes it'll go badly so that he can comfort her in the end.
I had a feeling Adele would kind of freak... Her being at Todd's isn't very comforting either. Bryce should've asked her if she would be okay with it, not TELL her that Erin is moving in. Tactless! So yeah, it's a bit hard on him being a single dad and on top of that not really having the smarts, but come on! :P
I don't know why, but I have a feeling Adele will act out a little (or a lot, that's still debatable)
She'll do that against her father, not no much Erin since she's not trying to replace her mother.
Again, tact! Bryce does you haz it?
I actually really enjoyed writing up Noah Jones' point of view. It kept everything in perspective for me, and in writing it, I kept myself at somewhat of a distance. I was debating ever releasing it because it served me as a background to Jones' character if nothing else, but I thought I'd release it anyway.
DeleteHe doesn't have a good body image. He knows Marie is athletic, and that that's something else that they Don't have in common. He knows his attraction to her is for the most part physical, but he does enjoy chatting with her at work (so that's something more than just physical). Still, yeah, that he looks down on himself is a bit sad.
LOL! Yes, Everyone's advances would've seemed subtle. Marie genuinely likes him, but since she wasn't looking to date anyone, she didn't even wonder if she was attracted to him or not. Jesse just bombarded her to where she Had to make a decision about him. Of course, we know how that went. :)
Jones hates to admit that he hopes they break up. However, he doesn't want to be part of what causes it to happen. He knows that he probably will never get Marie, but if he does, he wants it to be because she naturally chose him and not that she was tricked into doing so. If she naturally chose him, it would be real, and he wouldn't have to constantly worry about Jesse and whether or not Marie really likes him (Jones). Do that make sense?
I did a combo response to the Adele/Bryce/Erin thing below. :)
What Jazen said about Bryce and Adele. :( Poor Adele! Hopefully she and Erin can work on their friendship... Todd, eh? *wiggles eyebrows*
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I have always found Jones creepy. That was because he was always just there in the background and... just there... Watching.
Now he's still creepy, but I feel sorry for him. He has just been there watching, everything :|
I thought he liked Marie, and I knew he hated Jesse, but not on that scale, and to be honest I forgot about him and didn't think about what he'd think about Marie and Jesse being together.
I do sort of like him, though. He's on the right side about Bernie and Dick. (Bernadette and... Well, Dick. Simon the Dick.), and he's helping Bryce win.
I totally see where he's coming from with the two Bryces and that Jesse is the thing that makes him change! From his point of view it is like your best friend suddenly being your enemy. But, Bryce doesn't know, so I don't hold that against him.
Think that's all I have to say. Thanks for this little thing to tide us over :D
Adele/Bryce/Erin combo response below. :)
DeleteHehe, he is a bit creepy. He's so silent for the most part, and I've hinted that he doesn't think much of the people around him by some little things thrown in here and there that are pretty easy to miss.
I feel a bit sorry for him too. He's good at socializing as part of his job as a bartender, but he keeps it at a very shallow level. No one knows what's Really going on in that head of his.
He's not head-over-heels in love with Marie (like Bernadette has convinced herself that she is about Jesse), but he's got more than a general attraction to her.
Right, yes. He doesn't want to be part of a tool to help break up Jesse and Marie. He'd hate himself and always doubt his relationship with Marie if that should happen. He doesn't want that.
He hates Simon Cottrell a million times more than he hates Bryce, so he would naturally want to help Bryce. (not that he really Hates Bryce, it's only that side of Bryce that comes out when Jesse is around. He too notices that Erin is good for Bryce.)
True. Bryce has little idea that a different side of him comes out when Jesse is around as most of us do and not realize it. There's some psychological term for this, but I can't remember what it's called.
You're welcome! hehe. Well, it was just something I had in the background to build Jones' character just in case. :)
I really love this story, but I have to agree with everyone else here that he should have asked Adele about Erin moving in first instead of just telling her. But who knows this could be really good for Erin to get to know what she's in for with children lol if there is any for her in the future :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you love the story! :)
DeleteI did a combo response to the Adele/Bryce/Erin thing below. :)
I hate to say it, but Bryce can be incredibly self-centered. When you have a kid, the kid is the number one priority, ALWAYS. Like everyone said, he should have run it by Adele first, not telling her about it after the fact. Way to make your kid feel like she takes precedence in your life. I predict some acting out as she gets older.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, interesting to see how Jones could go either way in this situation. He has no illusions about Bryce's shortcomings and he hates Jesse's guts. Hopefully he keeps in mind what Simon did was a lot worse and that firing was more than well-earned.
I did a combo response to the Adele/Bryce/Erin thing below. :)
DeleteIt's true that Jones could go either way in this situation, but it's not likely that he'll side with Bernadette in her plots. He doesn't want to "win" Marie should that actually come about. He'd never feel comfortable and would wonder if he only has Marie because of Bernadette and her plots. Does that make sense? I can't really at this moment come up with a better way to say it.
Oh yeah, he hates Jesse.
If you mean is he ever going to make a pass at Marie the way that Simon did then the answer is that he probably won't. He has an excellent work ethic and doesn't want to do something like that. So, I wouldn't worry about it. :)
Fascinating to see what was going on in that brain behind the bar :) I guess all bartenders have to be observant. His take on Bryce is really bordering on dislike. If Bryce wasn't a great boss, then he would not like him. I think that Bryce and Jesse definitely have a lot of work to do to raise people's opinions of them.
ReplyDeleteErin moving into Bryce's home is an adult decision. A parent should never cater to asking permission of a child to make a personal decision like that. What colour do you want your room? Ok. I want to get serious in my relationship with a woman Adele, and she's moving in, can we have your permission? Not ok. Not the child's decision. Adele being jealous that she's not the center of attention anymore is normal. I certainly hope Bryce and Erin don't go all 'aww poor kid' and give in to her for everything because she's moody, they will create a monster that way.
I'm not saying he had to ask her permission, but he could have at least talked to her about where things were headed. It's just been the two of them since Bitchley walked out now he wants to bring in this woman he's only known for a month or so to possibly play mom. If he can tell her to wear headphones to bed (EWWWW) then he can tell her before hand he wanted Erin to move so she had time to adjust to the change.
DeleteHehe. I'm glad you found it fascinating. It's always the quiet ones that you have to watch out for. He doesn't really dislike Bryce per se. He just doesn't like him when Jesse's around. It partly has to do with Jesse's presence period, and then it has to do with Bryce acting like him when he is.
DeleteIt's very hard to tear apart a bad rep. It'll take time. Jones is willing to give Bryce more of a chance than he is Jesse.
I did a combo answer to the Adele/Bryce/Erin thing below. :)
I wrote that last paragraph the morning I released this chapter, and I didn't take into account the different connotations that a phrase can posses. I worded it badly, especially the "bit more of a surprise than she was ready to handle". Sorry for that. That 'more than she could handle' was short-lived, and I realize what I put doesn't imply that. I didn't mean for it to mean that she's still freaking out over it. (took her a few days to realize that Erin isn't hard to live with at all, but more on that later)
ReplyDeleteI see that the majority of you all feel that Bryce made a mistake by not running by Adele first the fact that Erin was moving in.
Yes, it would've been nicer if he had; however, I disagree that he should've asked her opinion.
The best thing to have done would've been for him to tell Adele what was going to happen then give her time to adjust to the idea (at least a few weeks). Bryce's eagerness to have Erin move in clouded his judgement. (I'll ready the whip.)
Bryce sometimes acts like Adele is an afterthought, but it's never intentional. I feel I may have fed that belief that he does, but I don't think it was to the amount some may think. He loves her dearly and hopes to spend loads of time with her now that the bar is closed for a while, making it much easier to do so. Remember, he thought to himself that he's missed out on so much already thanks to his own personal 'dark ages', and even if it's past due, he still wants to fix it as much as he can.
However, with Adele going to Todd's frequently, he's not having as easy a time with that as he'd hoped.
About Adele: She's a very selfless person (polar opposite of Bitchley), and when I say that she's doing her best to get used to the idea of Erin now living with them I mean that she's doing pretty well with it. The whole situation Was a shock to her, but she's rolling with it pretty well for an almost-eleven-year-old. She still has her personal space in her room that she's always had, and Erin frequently gets herself out of the way (like going upstairs to work on her book) when Adele is home from school.
That said, there Is a bit more reason to want to hang out at Todd's place or around Todd more. (It's Todd because Helen is driving her crazy.) Adele can only take so much. If it were just Erin moving in, she'd be fine, but she has other things that bother her much more. Going to hang out with a friend helps.
I want to put this separate so that I can answer that part of the comments in one spot. :) I hope I clarified things a little better.
Oh, and Adele has a surprise in store for everyone, even herself.
well that explanation does help. I guess that since the bulk of this story is based on the growing of the relationships (not just Bryce and Erin's) that it does appear that Bryce has put his daughter on the back burner so to speak. It doesn't change my opinion of him right now (LOL you know my feelings from FB) but at least we get to 'see' what you 'see' when writing out his character. Everything doesn't happen on screen, but what does has (imo) painted him in a bad light in some regards.
DeleteIt does appear that way because in large part I don't write about his relationship with Adele. I just know its there. I've tried writing it out better, but those scenes are harder for me to write because they always feel hokey to me. Idk why. Psychoanalyze me if you want. :P hehe.
DeleteYep. I know how you feel. :)
*comes out of the lurker corner*
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to see this chapter from Noah's point of view...but I really just have to say
Bernadette...really? That is like so highschool of you to want to break up Jesse and Maria...like seriously, that is the first thing that I thought. I really hope Noah (...still thinking of him as Jones xD) stays true to his word and doesn't go to Bernadette to break them up!
Now as for Bryce and Adele, I may be a bit late to say this now, but I think that yes, Bryce should've cleared it with Adele before Erin moving in "Hey, just letting you know, in the next couple days/week/weeks, Erin is moving in. Just wanted to let you know" But I am glad to hear, Mypal, that Adele is dealing well with it!
I do have a random question for you, and I was just wondering where you get some of your CC stuff and what mods you have ^^ I am thinking of modding my own Sims, and I know some I want, but I was just curious what you have!
Can't wait to see what the bar looks like and I can't wait till the next update! As for now...*goes back to the lurker corner*
*waves hi*
DeleteLOL on the crack about Bernadette. That IS so high school! Still, she reminds me of a vindictive bitch you might see on a soap or something. :)
Jones (It's weird to think of him as Noah, but I wanted everyone to know his first name anyway) doesn't want to be part of what breaks up Jesse and Marie if they're going to break up. He doesn't want that to be the only reason that Marie would go out with him. (and that would only happen if Marie stopped working at the bar)
I use mostly the nraas mods since there are several and I can pick and choose which ones I want. I get a lot of CC from TSR, some from MoTS3, and some made by R2M (the guys' shirts especially). I have a tab up top labeled 'credits' that I post links to where you might find the CC I use. :)
http://s111.photobucket.com/user/yangthecat/library/Bryce%20Bar%202?sort=3&page=1
^^ link to the photobucket album of Bryce's new bar done by yangthecat/caterpillar. It's about damn time I started using it. :)
Thanks for reading my story and letting me know that you're enjoying it! It's great to hear from you! :)
I'm glad we got to see what Jones has been thinking. In his position, I'd probably hate Bryce too. The old Bryce anyway, who we luckily didn't get to see much of since his meting Erin set him on a whole new course. I mean, working for someone who is that unprofessional about his business. And the way Bryce used Marie as bait for Jesse, tricking her into wearing that costume...yeah, whenever I think about Bryce as a boss like that, I kind of seethe. But I have crappy boss issues, lol.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'm glad Noah isn't going the route of Bernadette and agreeing to interfere with Marie's relationship. I hope she doesn't end up snaring him in.
I think it's neat to show different perspectives the way I sometimes do. Hate is a strong word. He hates Jesse. He doesn't so much hate Bryce as not like him when Jesse's around.
DeleteBryce was a jerk, but he was mostly professional when working; he'd just tag on flirting with being professional. Fine line, I know.
LOL as for the Marie thing, that was just a practical joke. I guess your opinion is based upon crappy bosses. I hate crappy bosses.
Jones doesn't want to be part of the reason those two break up. He too worries that Bernadette will get to him at some point, but that worry has also made him more determined to stay out of it.
:)
Yeah, for me, for a boss to play that kind of a joke on an employee, especially a new employee where there's been no rapport established, is a form of humiliation. And iirc, Marie actually did feel humiliated when she found out what was going on.
DeleteTrue, very good point. Yes, she was embarrassed but not wanting to give even a hint that she was.
DeleteThis was neat! It made Jones really seem like a real person. I'd kinda picked up on his dislike of Jesse-almost-typed-Jessie a time or two. His loyalty to Bryce, but ability to see his human flaws, is nice. I had no idea that he had a crush on Marie, but he seems pretty honest with himself about that. He seems like an overall good person, however placed or misplaced some of his perceptions may be.
ReplyDeleteBernadette, on the other hand, almost-but-not-quite surprised me. I guess I hadn't realized just how not-good of a person she is. She has the capacity to cause a lot of trouble, and I've a feeling she will....just hopefully without help from Jones :-/ It would suck to have to not like him so soon after 'getting to know' him.
:) I did it to help me build his character in my head, adding pics in it just because (and realizing that most likely I'd release it somewhere down the line).
DeleteHaha! Well, now you know the struggle, if you could call it that, I have to type Jessie instead of Jesse. It still kills me that we both have a Jesse(ie) and Annie. :)
Yep! He's loyal to the 'good boss Bryce', and he knows that his real dislike is aimed at Jesse.
That crush came about when I brought Marie into that neighborhood and the first attraction thingy to come up was from him, so I'm like 'hm....'
He is a good person with a clear idea of right and wrong and yet the temptation to do wrong for his own personal gain... he fights with that like anyone else.
Yeah, she's a crazy, vindictive bitch. What she really needs is someone to love her for who she is, but she's blinded by this idea that she wants Jesse (or Bryce, but mostly Jesse). She now knows just what to tempt Jones with and how convenient his crush on Marie is for her.
Jones has no plans at all to go along with Bernadette's plans. Hopefully, she won't find a way to implement them while using him without his knowledge... if that makes any sense.
:)
Awww I feel so bad for Jones. You have to find him someone nice quick :( He doesn't deserve to be alone. (I'll make a sim-self and he can date her if need be LOL) I totally understand why he hates Jesse, and I get why he doesn't hate Bryce, but I also understand that he seems to dislike him at times. Jones's point of view just reminds me of what I don't like about Jesse and Bryce. It's really hard to like them sometimes when you know about their past. OMG I really hope Jones doesn't go against Bryce. I mean I'm sure he won't, but I know the idea is tempting for him..Adele and Todd? Woah..And Bryce just lets her go over there? I don't like that. They are still too young to have anything more than a friendship. I hope Adele isn't starting to act out :(
ReplyDeleteHe's really a bit of a loner except when he's at work. Maybe there's someone out there for him, maybe not. Hehe... maybe it's your sim self. :)
DeleteExactly. I'm glad you can get why he totally can't stand Jesse and really doesn't like Bryce when Jesse's around.
Aw, I still love them even when they're being little assholes. :D
I don't see Jones going against Bryce. That doesn't suit his ethics. As long as Bryce doesn't do anything seriously wrong, he won't. Sure, Bernadette's probable plan is very tempting, but he knows he'd never feel like he really 'won' if he did it that way.
Adele and Todd are just friends. Just friends. Still, Bryce should be more cautious since often Todd's parents aren't at home. Well, most of the time if they're not home then Adele and Todd go off somewhere in town, like the food truck, etc.
Adele has her say coming up soon....
I thought I had commented, but apparently I hadn't *shrugs*. Okay, I'm doing it now.
ReplyDeleteIt was nice and interesting to learn some things about Jones, and I feeel so sorry for him right now, he's just that kind of guy who never gets the girl, and that's so sad :-(. The poor thing is in love with Marie, hopefully he won't side with Bernadette now that he knows she's with Jesse: he doesn't look the type to do so, but who knows what spite can do to a person's attitude?
As for Adele's reaction to Erin's moving in with them, I'd like to hear it from herself to make a more educated guess, as I'm still rather doubtful about the whole situation (but you already know that). And as for whether Bryce should have told Adele beforehand or not, I think he should have. I'm not saying he should have asked for her permission -or her opinion even- but he should have at least let her know so she could get used to the idea (that was the "kind" thing to do, imo).
That happens to me a lot. :)
DeleteYeah, unfortunately, he's that guy, and what's worse is he knows he's that guy, thereby making himself that guy even more.
It's not likely that he'll side with Bernadette because he has good ethics. Even so, the temptation is there, and anyone can be pushed past their limits. Just like you said.
You'll hear from Adele soon. :)
Stupid Bernadette, you really want to be with a guy who doesn't like you? You want a one sided love? What the fuck is wrong with you?! Ok rage over. LOL. I'm glad at least Jones has a head on his shoulders that he won't have anything to do with a break up. A secret crush, I feel sad for Jones a little, especially when all the "hot" guys always get the girls.
ReplyDeleteShe's just not thinking with a full deck of cards lol.
DeleteJones is a good guy even if Bernadette's offer has its temptations. :/ Yeah, a secret crush, but he knows that it wouldn't work out anyway because they don't have much in common. It's mostly a physical thing. :)
Time jumps are fine, and you bridged it well so no worries there ^^ Bernadette really is a bitch, they'll do better without her. Does she have the evil or mean spirited trait by any chance?
ReplyDeleteYou know, I really don't remember. She only came into the story because the game brought her to work at the bar. Somebody (I think Valpre, actually) mentioned that she might could be attracted to Bryce and jealous of Erin when she showed up. At first, I threw that idea out, but it slowly got to me. I switched it, though, to mostly Jesse because it suited my purposes. I'm not sure about her traits.
DeleteI think Jones has it for Marie a little more than he realizes. She isn't perfect either, but he still sees her that way. As much as he likes Bryce, he still sees that /he's/ not perfect. Very few things in life ever go very smoothly, but he's had a rough ride of it for sure. It's really tough when you know something is wrong and want to help but can't. His being on the sidelines for so mcuh and for so long has given him a very unique perspective on everything. I'm glad he's planning to stand by Bryce's side with the lawsuit too. Too bad Bernadette doesn't see things the same way.
ReplyDeleteAnd speaking of Bernadette: I sense an ear worm, despite Jones' protests. I can only imagine that the thought is going to dig down and embed itself deep in his mind. Here's hoping he can resist. :/
He's a good guy with low self-esteem. He knows he's attracted to her but doesn't want to let himself admit to more than that.
DeleteI really liked putting together this sideline.
She'd love that.