Ben and Nick walked into the furnished two bedroom apartment that was to be their home for the next four years. Ben looked around and groaned. It reminded him too much of the shabby apartments he lived in for those two horrible years of his childhood.
Nick walked in grinning from ear to ear and flopped on the stained yellow couch. “Home sweet home!” he sighed.
Ben sat down next to Nick. “This place is a dump, Nick. How can you be happy about living here?” he asked.
“It’s our dump Benny. Ours! No parents or little sisters tagging along. It’s freedom man!”
“Freedom? I thought you wanted to ask Val to get married. What happened to ‘I’m gonna miss her Ben’? Guess you got your going away present and now you’re ready for some new?” suggested Ben with a smirk.
“Just because I’m happy to be here doesn’t mean I won’t miss her – asshole,” he said still smiling.
“Whatever dude,” said Ben and picked up a pillow off the couch and threw it at Nick. “I get first pick of a bedroom!” he said over his shoulder and ran off to check out the rooms.
“Asshole!” called out Nick as he got up to answer the knock on the door.
Ben walked back in and Nick was talking to two girls. Two smokin’ hot girls.
“Hey Ben,” called out Nick motioning him over, “time to meet the neighbors.” Nick nodded towards the short haired girl, “Emma and Rachael, this is my asshole roommate Ben Murdock. Ben meet Emma Rapp and Rachael Palumbo.”
Ben flashed a smile at the two girls and poked Nick in the arm. “This dump just got a helluva lot better!”
Ben reached out and shook hands with each girl. “Nice to meet you Emma and Rachael. You lived here long?”
“About a month,” said Emma with a thick southern drawl, “we all just moved in durin’ the summer.” Ben could swear she was blushing. It was so damn cute. She was cute.
“Well, Nick,” said Ben smirking, “looks like we have our tour guides for San Myshuno.” Then he addressed Emma and Rachael, “And for the record ladies, I’m not really an asshole, Nick’s just mad because I got the biggest bedroom – the one with a balcony.”
Emma just giggled. It was the cutest thing he had ever heard. Ben wanted to see more of this girl.
Rachael smiled up at Nick and said, “Hey, there’s a party this weekend before classes start at Johnny’s. He lives right next door. If you want to come you can meet a few of the other students.”
Both Nick and Ben replied in unison, “Sure!”
Rachael grinned at Nick. “Awesome! Johnny is in number 302 and we are across the hall in 301. It starts at at nine. See you Saturday!”
Emma turned to Ben. “We’ll meet you boys here so they won’t think you’re crashin’,” she said and grinned at Ben, “Bye ya’ll.”
“Wait,” called out Ben, “Let me see your phones.”
Emma blushed and handed him her phone. Rachael gave hers to Nick. They quickly sent messages to each other’s phones and handed them back.
After the door closed Ben said, “Like I said, this place just got a lot better! I rescind my earlier assessment of this dump. Oh, and you get the room closest to the bathroom so don’t bitch about getting the smallest room. Let’s get unpacked. We have been here all of an hour and we have a party to go to this weekend. And Nick, I think Rachael likes you.”
“Not interested Ben,” said Nick frowning.
“I’m calling bullshit,” said Ben laughing and clapped him on the back. He grabbed a box and started unpacking feeling much better than he did an hour ago.
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Not interested in Rachel? HA For how long Nick?
The start of something right here … 🙂 can’t wait to see how their time begins to unfold!
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Ha! Yes…for how long? Out of site, out of mind?
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Indeed. Well arent val and him in different area codes? Lol
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Yes they are!
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Men dont believe its cheating if they are in different area codes lol
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Of course not. They are thinking with the wrong head😂
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Dont most men? Lol plus ben is defintetly a ladies man. I can see him stomping on a handful if hearts
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Yes. A ladies man. He likes the ladies and they like him…or will they? Haha! Yes probably.
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I likes him!
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Nick, don’t be a Ben! Stay faithful! 😉 Can’t wait to see what happens at the party!
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He will be a Ben if Ben has anything to do with it! Lol. Hopefully he will stay strong. 😄
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LOL awesome first day guys … how fortunate for you that there are cuties around!
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~ I love it so far,the two boys seem nice, but I guess Ben will be trouble!LOL! 😉
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When has Ben ever NOT been trouble! Lol.
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~ Emma looks so pretty BTW Short hair does suit her! LOL!
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She was already pretty!
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Maddie has joined the partay! I’m excited to see how all of this will play out! Already, I can see one direction the story could take. Hopefully Ben and Gemma used protection!
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Welcome to the partay! That’s definitely what Ben would say for sure! Life’s just one big party as far as he is concerned!!!
I hope they used protection too! I’m not ready for any little Bens or Gemmas for that matter running around! Lol. 😂
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Hum…Let’s see how this thing goes, I’m not so sure this ”Lady’s man” thing… might be a big city, but, sometimes, people run into each other, and, before we know, everyone thinks that Ben is a…not so ”romantic” person. Stay like that,Nick!
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Yes, he’s going to get a reputation. Nick needs to stay strong.
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Temptation came knocking!! 😉
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Yes it did! 😁
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Hmmm… I believe Nick wants to stay strong, but something tells me the big city temptations will just be too much! And Ben must be in paradise right now, lol!
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Gaga! Ben is very much liking the new batch of ladies. 😂
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Temptation has arrived and I also call bullshit! But I shall see!
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So two smokin’ hot girls and no plans on doing anything with them…at least for Nick. I don’t believe that, darlin’. Let’s see what’s in store for the two friends.
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Hehe! Yes, we will see how that does or doesn’t go…😂
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Seems like they are going to have a fun four years!!
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It will be interesting is all I can say! 🙂
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Your sims are so beautiful! I need to get on your level. 😀
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Thank you. ❤️ I got most of them from casting calls.
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I hadn’t planned on taking such a huge break in between reading chapters to catch up, but here I am, haha. Time flies XD I’m planning on full on binging now though so just a heads up for your notifications! Wow, it didn’t take long for some romantic interests to come into play 😂 I kind of got a feel for the ladies man Ben is, but I expected Nick to be a bit better. But I guess all the excitement of being in a new place sometimes gets to one’s head so we shall see how it goes~
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Yep. Sorta outta sight outta mind. Have fun and thank you for reading ! ❤️
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Wow Ben, save some for the next 4 years…or at least arm wrestle your buddy for the room selection, like a sir!
10/10 this boy is going to catch something genital related 😱
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Ohhh…that’s not a good thought. Oh, this is sims. They don’t have stds…do they?
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…do they? O.o idk, that “itchy” one could qualify 😈
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So true!
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So Nick is a dedicated one…
still. He’s gonna discover a lot of new things (incl. girls! xD) so hopefully he won’t regret being so dedicated.
Or lie.
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Hi! Nick’s the “good one” hah. 😮
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Well, if those two were interested in pimping their “dump”, it would be wayyy better soon! It’s amazing what a few hours of work can do to an old place
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So true.
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