Chapter 3 - Gen 12 - Wesley

I am really getting into fishing and want to grow some bait for catching fish - so where do I start??  Firstly I need to learn the gardening skill to be able to grow something as for learning which bait is for wish fish that will have to wait until I have enough money to buy some books.  Onto learning the gardening skill so its a trip to the library for me.

Being so engrossed in reading, I forgot the time, my first day at work and I was late - 

very late - not a very good start was it!!!

Today I earnt $126 - well I am not going to get rich quick at this rate!!!

I probably had enough to pay the bills and a little left over.

When I got home I planted a few seeds to start off my new gardening adventure.

"EEEEWWWWW  I wish someone had warned me human food goes bad!!"

The next few days passed quite quickly, I was enjoying my job and had already earned a promotion to Roadie which earned me a bonus of $252 as well as a pay rise, and even though there was quite a long list of things that I wanted and needed the first thing I bought was an easel.  Quite a useful thing really as I would be able to earn a little extra money from selling my paintings.  I think this was the first time I actually realised I could no longer see in the dark - trying to paint late at night after the sun had gone down I was struggling to see what I was doing, there are a lot more differences between being  a vampire and being human than I realised.

That view is enough to inspire anyone to paint - not that I can actually see any more to paint.

You don't need light to play the guitar - and I really needed to improve on my guitar skill I was two levels behind what I needed for my job.

Not that I am getting sick of salad but I thought it was maybe time I improved my cooking and learnt a new recipe something I could cook. so I ventured off down to the library to do a bit of reading to help improve my cooking skill.

Then after improving my cooking skill and learnt how to cook gloopy something ?? - I still went home and ate left over salad - I really wish I could afford a better fridge - this salad just tastes like the inside of the fridge!!!

I finished my first painting and am ashamed to say it earned me $2!!

Don't laugh - I am trying - I just haven't got the hang of being a slow human yet!!

Maybe my second painting might earn me more - but by the way it is looking - I am not counting on it but you never know - didn't Lowery make his fortune painting matchstick people, cats and dogs!! 

mmmm Painting finished  and sold $19 - I guess you can safely say I won't be making my fortune with matchstick paintings!!  And just to dampen the mood a little, the toilet goes and breaks on me.

AAAAAWWWWWWWWW

Unclogging the toilet is not a fun way to spend the evening I can tell you!!

As I had reached level 5 of my guitar skill I decided to go and earn some money playing for tips.  I didn't do too badly I earned £179 from playing my guitar.
The only problem was, all of a sudden I spotted someone taking a photo of me on their cell phone, unfortunately I was starting to climb up that celebrity ladder again - I had a one star celebrity status which I really did not want.

I spotted Pauline Wan, a workmate,  along the way talking to someone outside the bookshop.
I suddenly got one of those inappropriate moments by wanting to give her some flowers, so I put my guitar away and went over to where she was stood talking to Ethan Bunch.  I gave Paulline some yellow flowers - she squealed and Ethan was not very happy at all.

Pauline being of a flirty nature, suddenly started flirting with me.

Do I or Don't I that is the question - I wanted a first romance but is Pauline really the one.  I was starving - so is it romance or food??  FOOD!!!!!
I gave her a quick friendly hug goodbye and went home to eat.

The next morning Pauline surprised me by phoning me.

"Hiya Wes"

"Pauline"

"Thank you for the flower"

"Your welcome!!"

"Wes I need to say something"

"I am all ears"

"I have a boyfriend his name is Hank, we live together"

"Yes I already know that"

"Just I thought with you giving me flowers ...."

"Don't panic - Yellow flowers - just a friendly jester, the time to worry is when I give you red flowers"

"So you are cool with us just being friends"

"Super cool!!"

"Great!!  I'll see you later at work then!"

I was out tending my little patch of garden when something caught my eye.

The house on the hill behind my house there was someone stood watching me - I could not really see her too clearly - all I could see was purple.
When she noticed that I had seen her watching me she quickly went into the house.
Curiosity got the better of me and I went to be nosey.

She must have seen me coming because she was stood on her pathway waiting for me.

"Hello I'm Wesley"

"Hello Wesley" she replied

A few traits in common, compatible star signs - a good start
Then an awkward silence fell between us.

I get these inappropriate urges, I know its wrong but I really can not help it, and it is not very often that being inappropriate doesn't get me a slap in the face or an argument.  Rarely does being inappropriate actually pay off like at this moment -   I found myself lurching forward to kiss someone I barely knew - shockingly she reacted by kissing me back!!  No screaming, no shouting, no slapped face - she was kissing me back.

Neither of us spoke

I gave her red flowers and she squealed taking them off me
sniffing them made her sneeze which made us both laugh

We just stood staring into each others eyes
My stomach flipped over and I could feel my heart beating faster in my chest
Suddenly I heard a distant BEEP - BEEP
the carpool was outside my house waiting to take me to work - DRAT!!!

"I have to go to work"

"ok - bye then"

"Bye"

I left her swaying on the path

I think I am in love - and I don't even know her name!!

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Chapter 4

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Chapter 2 - Gen 12 -- Wesley Swan

Old habits die hard - grabbing a carton from the fridge, I only realise when I take the first mouthful that this is not plasma juice, this is just juice.  One of these days I will get the hang of being human!!

Before I left Twinbrook I took a trip to the science facility and brought the cure for vampirism, not knowing where I was going to end up, how long it was going to take me to get there, and how long it would be before I had a roof over my head, I would never have survived being a vampire because of the sun.  So now I am human and it is taking some getting used to my new life!!!

I ended up in Sunset Valley - thousands of miles away from Twinbrook, my family and my old life.  I don't really know why I chose Sunset Valley, but now I am here I am so glad that I did, this place was beautiful, at times breathtaking compared to the swampy murky Twinbrook!!  The first night I spent sleeping in a sleeping bag on the beach and that is how I stumbled upon the plot of land that I bought which left me with just $58 in my pocket - I was broke but quite happy!!

You could say my new home - is a joke with three tiny rooms, a bathroom containing a shower, sink and toilet, a bedroom containing just a bed and the kitchen / living area just contained a cheap fridge, cooker and counter.

I could have bought a better house in the middle of town for a lot less than this lot cost me - but it was the view that made me chose this one.   I could not think of a better place to live - it was just beautiful - right on top of the beach, you could constantly hear the waves crashing onto the beach and the sound of birds and crickets, it was actually pretty magical, especially at night when the stars came out and thier reflection danced on top of the water - I felt like I was living in paradise.!!

One day I am going to build a better house here - one day, I hope!!!

I had a total of $58 to my name - worrying about money is pretty stressful when you have never had to worry about money before.   Broke and in need of a job I went straight to the music theatre and applied for a job.   Having the virtuoso trait from an early age, I think I always new my destiny lay in music,  and when I was a teenager I decided that one day I wanted to be a Rock Star.

Walking out of the theatre i had a random thought - I fancied going hot tubbing - but where was I going to find a hottub??  I jumped into a taxi and asked the driver to take me to a place that had a public hot tub and was free.  He dropped me off at a recreational park - that was apparantley pretty new to town.

I met a few new people, they were only two high school girls Lisa Bunch and Kaylynn Langerak, but they were pretty interesting to talk too.  I was quick to realise there was something else I had left behind in Twinbrook - my celebrity status!!  I was loving it - I was a nobody, nobody knew me - it was great - no hassle for photos and autographs, no paps - nothing - peace perfect peace!!  There also was not a vampire to be seen!!

The worse thing about now being human  was the food.  I had to learn how to cook cause all I had managed successfully so far was salad, which I actually found I really liked.  It was so much easier being a vampire as far as hunger / thirst goes, grab a plasma juice and the job is done - being human meant preparing food to eat, that was taking some getting used to.  Standing and preparing a meal when your stomach is already screaming for food is not a nice experience.

In my luxury pad (I was being sarcastic there) I had a choice of where I sat to eat my meals, the toilet or the bench outside and of course, I did not really enjoy sitting on the toilet to eat my meals so I opted for the bench outside most of the time.

One cranky old sink that was constantly breaking.  Its a good job I wanted to imporve my handiness skill.

The way this sink is going - I will end up mastering my handiness skill just repairing this sink!!  Mind you, being human I have lost my speed, I can no longer walk and run quickly, and I certainly don't learn things quickly - life has slowed down to a snails pace, most of the time I don't mind, only occassionally it irritates me.

Sleeping in an uncomfortable bed - dreaming - yes dreaming.  I have never had a dream before, vampires don't dream.  Dreams are another strange experience of my new human life,  which keep waking me sometimes,  I am not used to a restless sleep.

The thing I loved most about being human - being out in the daytime, in the sunlight without my skin stinging and I found myself spending more time outside than inside.

Playing guitar in the park

and I now had a new hobby - fishing.

The first fish I ever caught and I nearly died laughing!!!  Look at the size of it!! 

I doubt that fish would even feed a mouse!!

The next one was not much bigger!!

That is more like it - mind you I really don't fancy eating a goldfish somehow!!

Washing up my cereal bowl I decided I wanted to visit the local Art gallery.  

Not really in the mood for a shower because that shower only spat out cold water -  I decided to take a quick spongebath at the sink as I was getting a little wiffy.

Then took myself off to the Art gallery.

While I was at the art gallery I bumped into Zelda Mae who was also working at the theatre and I noticed was wearing maternity clothes.

While we were chatting about work I was curious about her partner, so I asked her if she was single expecting her to say she was married to whoever, and was pretty shocked to find out she was infact single and had just had a baby.

"So you had a baby out of wedlock - will you be getting married soon to the babies dad?"

These sort of questions do seem to roll off your tongue when you have the inappropriate trait!!

"Oh no - Marty is already married and his wife is none too happy I can tell you!!"

"I bet she isn't!!!"

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Chapter 3

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soooooo thankfully I had Wesley in my studio for me to carry on with my wishacy after losing my wishacy file.  I took the opportunity of dumping the vampire and playing human again - but as I have played way too many generations vampire - the time element is pretty scary for me as with a vampire i never really had to worry about time deadlines for having children and achieving lifetime wishes.  So I am making the most of the snazzy new feature that came with generations - i have adjusted the age groups to add up to 200 days - giving babies 2 days, toddlers and children 7 days - teenagers 20 days and giving young adult, mature adult and elderly over 50 days each.  I had to giggle too - Marty keaton is yet again the love rat - he has 2 children with his wife Justine and a baby with Zelda Mae.  I have also gone full circle because I am using the very same lot I used in my very first wishacy all those generations ago!!