February
Welcome everyone to my little love story.🙂 It began almost two years ago with just one sim, Danielle Chabert. When I started I had no idea it would grow to be as big as it is. I wasn't sure if there was going to be more than a handful of chapters. Now it's my baby and it has a loyal group of readers who've grown to be like my family.
Danielle grew up in Willow Creek along with her best friends Summer Holiday and Liberty Lee, and their guy pal Travis Scott. Their families lived on the same block in Courtyard Lane and both parents and kids became close friends. Danielle's mom inspired her to embrace creativity but where her mother Jennifer painted, Danielle's favorite form of expression was writing. She got her hopeless romantic nature from her mom and dreamed of becoming a romance novelist. Danielle grew restless in the early days of her career and decided to throw caution to the wind and seek her romantic muse in the capital of romance, Tartosa. She found her muse, but she also found the love of her life in Tartosa, aspiring actress Londyn Huntley.
Summer was likewise inspired by her mother but instead of the arts Summer and her mom Brenna live to cook. Summer dreamed of making big in the culinary world and she worked in kitchens all across the foodie paradise of Willow Creek (in my mind a sims New Orleans). She quickly began making a name for herself. After high school she and Liberty decided to share a place with their friend Travis. Summer was attracted to Travis but he barely noticed. Liberty meanwhile was going nowhere fast in her career with the Sims Space Agency. Travis, it would turn out, wasn't the friend they thought. Now, not only does Danielle call Tartosa home, so Summer and Liberty. Liberty even has a new career that is anything but stagnant. Danielle wasn't the only one to find her soulmate, so did Liberty and Summer.
The cast of characters has grown and grown and many of them have found their way, not only into my heart, but those of my readers. I look back and shake my head at how my storytelling has grown and improved. I'm sure as I copy the old chapters from the original Sims forum over here I'm going to cringe at those early attempts at writing, but it's also fun to see how it's changed over that time too. I hope you enjoy the story. It will continue here and on the original forums until the move later this year and then it will be on the new Sims forum and here as well.
I'm going to start out by bringing over two chapters a day from the original forums. As the chapters get longer I'll cut it back to one a day and go from there. If you all like them and don't mind the longer reads I can always step up the pace. And absolutely feel free to leave comments afterwards and I will do my best to reply or at least give some XP to say thank you for reading.
February
My love, my love, my fearless love, I will not say goodbye..
Sea may rise, sky may fall, My love will never die..
My heart, my heart, My drowning heart, Oh all the tears I've cried
Oh I may weep forevermore, My love will never die..
February
It is great that you are going to post your story here. I will look forward to reading it ![]()
February
It will be coming soon, eventually. Converting BBCode image tags to HTML is a lot harder than I thought.😆
Thank you in advance everyone for your patience.😁
February
Chapter One
Danielle has always wanted to be a writer for as long as she can remember. By the time she graduated high school she knew she wanted to be a romance novelist. She wanted to find the perfect muse to help her write the most beautiful romantic stories but she couldn't find that muse back home in Willow Creek, so she decided to take a leap of faith and move to Tartosa, where romance abounds.
But before she leaves there is one last day of fun and sisterly bonding with her long time bestie Summer Holiday. They spent a fun day at Geekcon...
They enjoyed some delicious food, well Danielle did anyway...
Afterwards it was time to hit the nightclub for some drinks. You have to watch out for that Geoffrey Landgraab. He's clearly lurking with intent...
The intent was to steal Summer's glass of Granite Falls Grappo Blanco. Mission accomplished! You can't trust a Landgraab! And you thought it was just Nancy with the sticky fingers...
With that the ladies headed off to bed. Tomorrow is a big day, Danielle is off to Tartosa with Summer in tow, at least for a couple of days to help her best friend get settled in before returning home to Willow Creek.
Now in Tartosa the girls head for the square and the beach. There's always time for a picture to remember the day and celebrate a genuine friendship.
Summer was feeling hungry so she ducked out to get a bite to eat while Danielle decided to sit by herself for a bit to contemplate her future and an idea she's had for awhile...
She doesn't want to leave her best friend behind and she thinks Summer would be a huge success as a caterer in the Tartosa wedding biz. So she decides to pitch her idea to Summer that night.
But Summer isn't convinced enough to make the leap herself, not yet at least. She loves the idea, but she still has unfinished business with Travis Scott to sort out. Will Summer win his heart or will Liberty Lee? If Summer did land her man, would he agree to join her in Tartosa if she decided to go? So many questions.
Meanwhile back in Tartosa Danielle is prepared to embark on her new life and she takes her daily stroll to the beach in town to seek out her muse and to gaze at the vast horizon that is the metaphor for her journey, endless possibilities...
February
It is a lovely first chapter of your story @DaniRose2143
Danelle and Summer had a great last fun day before Danielle moved to Tartosa. All the photos of the ladies are very nice, but the last photo is very beautiful the way that Danielle is walking on the sand, looking into the distance and thinking about what her future will hold.
February
Chapter Two
A few weeks have gone by since Danielle left her old home of Willow Creek for her new one on the Mediterranean island of Tartosa. Danielle couldn't be happier, even if she's left all her life long friends behind in Willow Creek. She's still busy trying to convince her best friend Summer to take the plunge as well and bring her cooking skills to the local catering scene. We’ll come back to Summer in a bit.
Danielle loves her daily stroll on the beach, but when the weather is warm enough, she loves to go for a swim while she's out too.

While she's out she makes it a point to stop and talk. Danielle has a charming personality that people are drawn to. She has quickly become a fixture in town when she comes in for her morning walk.
When Danielle is at home she works on honing her skills as a writer…
Her culinary skillset. Clean up on aisle 1…
And she takes care of herself with some yoga and meditation...
Danielle has been busy writing stories that she has been pitching to publishers in hopes of landing a book deal. She has no shortage of ideas for steamy romances set in all sorts of worlds with a variety of characters, from strong independent women to rogues and gentlemen. She's already sent off a dozen short stories but no takers....yet. In the next part we'll see what's happening in the BFF household and will Danielle finally get her book deal?
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Thank you @rosemow🙂 I was right, up to a point. I did cringe a bit when I went and looked at these again. I wrote these two chapters in April of 2022 when I was taking my first tentative, frightened steps into the world of writing. At this point I still wasn't sure this was going to be something I was going to do long term. I never would have dreamed it would still be going with no end in sight two years later. My screenshot game wasn't very strong either.😆 As the chapter count grows you'll see how, like any other skill, practice makes perfect. The chapters will get a lot, a lot, longer. Some of the later chapters are small novels. I hope you all enjoy the story as it builds. Danielle and her friends do have fairly ideal lives, I will admit, but I wanted to do something positive and centered around romance, strong women, and positive female friendships. There are a couple of moments where the women do encounter some rough patches.
Tomorrow's chapters will be longer. And we will get one of those dramatic moments.😁
February
Your first 2 chapters are great @DaniRose2143
It will be very nice seeing the story develop each day.
February
So glad to see Danielle and Londyn here!!![]()
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