Luna

Round 29: January 2029 (Summer)

last update/Nick's next update/Troy's next update

Troy Clarke and Nick Moretti are both 26.
(Caleb is 47, Josie is 27 and Sarah is 24)

Narrated by Nick Moretti

Troy somehow managed to get a promotion at work. The position was really supposed to go to someone who had basic knowledge about fixing computers, which Troy doesn't have.

But he was on the phone with his boss for a little while and when he got off, he'd been promoted!

I think I'll keep working my way up the traditional way but I have to admit, I was pretty impressed!

Because Troy and Josie both have a little more money coming in now, they've decided to bring their wedding forward a little.

They're still not getting married until February next year but Josie's already dragging him around looking at flowers.

I think he's already over it. He doesn't really care about flowers.

He's not really interested in cake either, unless he can eat it. He just wants to get married and doesn't particularly care how they get there.

He's pretty invested in choosing the honeymoon destination though and he's trying to convince Josie that camping in Three Lakes is the way to go.

Josie is really not into the idea. She wants to go to Takemizu Village, which Troy thinks sounds completely boring.

I ran into some money myself a little while ago, though it wasn't from something great like a promotion. When my grandma died, she left me a couple of thousand dollars in her will.

I decided to spend it on an engagement ring for Sarah.

Grandma died before I got to introduce her to Sarah, which made her death sadder for me. But I think she would have really liked her, so I like to think she'd be pleased.

I guess, compared to most couples I know, Sarah and I haven't really been dating that long. We've been together almost two years and my friends have all been with their partners since college.


But it feels like we've been together longer than that. It feels right and I just don't see the point in waiting. I already know Sarah is perfect for me.

I almost asked her when we went out to dinner last week but I sort of chickened out. I'm pretty sure Sarah will say yes but I'm not quite confident enough to propose in front of so many people.

So I decided to propose at home instead. I told Troy what I was planning and he made himself scarce and took Josie out for the night.

I asked Dad to come over and help me with dinner. I'm actually okay in the kitchen but I just wanted to make sure I did everything right and Dad's obviously much better than me.

I ended up doing most of the more involved stuff on my own though. Dad just made the salad.

We finished about 10 minutes before Sarah was due to arrive so Dad just wished me luck and got out of there.

I was still nervous but not as nervous as I thought I'd be. I was excited-nervous, not about-to-throw-up-nervous.

I've never made dinner for Sarah before, so I wondered if she had an inkling what was going on.

If she did, she didn't let on. She was acting totally normal.

I was hoping to surprise her, so I was glad she didn't seem to know what was coming.


Sarah was definitely surprised!

She was so excited that it looked pretty likely she was going to say yes, but it was still torture waiting for her to actually say the word!

She did put me out of my misery, eventually!


And soon, we were toasting our engagement. We're both so happy!

We called our parents to tell them the good news and we got positive reactions all around! I think Dad was the happiest- I think he feels like he helped a little.

And after we got that over with, we went upstairs. Troy stayed at Josie's place so we had the whole place to ourselves all night.

We won't be getting married until next year but we're talking about it. The guest list is already looking kind of insane and that's just on my side!

None of our parents have suitable houses to host a wedding, and we can't have it here, so we'll probably need to lock in a venue as soon as we decide on a date.

There's so much to plan with the wedding but we're both more excited about what will come after that - setting up a home together and then hopefully starting a family.


Notes:

• Title is from Luna by the Smashing Pumpkins.
• Sarah rolled the marriage want really early. Maybe on their first date! Nick took a little longer and he didn't roll it until this round. Lately, most of my Sims have been waiting to get married till they're much older than Sarah and Nick. But this seems right for Nick and Sarah. They've both had the baby want for a while too, so they're keen to start a family. I haven't set a date for them yet but it will definitely be this round.
• The champagne Nick and Sarah are toasting with was a gift from Josie! It was so funny; Nick had just proposed and I got a pop-up with Josie leaving a toasting set for Troy as a gift for one of their dates. The timing was impeccable, especially seeing I have never had a Sim leave that as a gift before!
• Nick keeps rolling the want to buy a vacation home, which seems bizarre for a Knowledge/Family Sim. I guess he wants to take Sarah on a nice honeymoon.
• Troy at the florist and the wedding centre was fun for me. I used Jaydee's OFB box, which has a a few options under "customer" if you want your Sim to look bored and fed up, lol! I was hoping he'd do his lazy slouch pose for me of his own accord but I've never seen this guy stand up so straight in his life!
• Josie keeps changing her mind about the honeymoon, because she wanted to go to the beach last round. Maybe I'll roll dice?