The only one I know

Round 34: August 2040 (Winter)

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Anthony Moretti is 23 and Noah Gottlieb is 22.

(Wade is 50 and Mitchell is 21)

Narrated by Noah Gottlieb

Anthony wasn’t too thrilled with my levels of cleanliness when I moved in but thankfully, he’s given up on nagging me now and has hired a maid.

I thought it was kind of ridiculous to spend money on that but Anthony said it was a good investment if it kept the house spotless, the way he likes it.

You would never guess it but he’s a huge neat freak and having the maid around means I have to do less cleaning. Without her, I’d be doing nothing else if Anthony had his way.

So I’m pro-maid now, though I think Anthony was a bit disappointed. He was expecting her to show up in some kind of French maid get-up and what he actually got was very different!

Not that it stopped Anthony from trying it on with her anyway but she is a consummate professional, much to Anthony’s chagrin.

Anthony is a single guy, ever since he ended things with Janette, his college girlfriend. Nothing too traumatic - they just kind of drifted apart.

He hasn’t dated anyone seriously since but he is definitely always on the lookout.

He always wants me to come with him but when he’s heading out for a night on the town, I’m getting ready for work.

I don’t think being on his own deters him much. Anthony is a very confident guy.

Seeing I’m not there though, it’s hard to know how much of what he tells me is true.

The way he tells it, his success rate is pretty high.

But there’s just no way it’s that high. I saw him strike out with our maid with my own eyes, so I know he’s not irresistible to women!

I don’t say anything but he does have a history of stretching the truth about girls so I take everything he says with a grain of salt.

Even if I was available, I don’t think I’d go clubhopping with Anthony. I’ve been with Brigit for about two years now, so it’s not really my thing at the moment.

When I go out these days, it’s usually with her.

She’s still in the police force but she’s not finding it very stimulating these days. She's just realising it's not really what she wants to do.

She entered the force because her parents were both cops and it just seemed like the thing to do. She would actually really like to work in the science field but she doesn’t have a degree.

I keep telling her she could go back to school and get one but she says it might be too late.

It's not, so I told her to think about it anyway. She'd make a really great scientist. She has a passion for it, and a really curious nature.

Brigit can definitely hold her own when Dad comes over and starts talking about the latest study he’s involved with.

He loves having another person to talk shop with, so he and Brigit get along so well.

I love talking science with her as well but in my current position, I don’t get much opportunity to get truly involved with anything. It’s a lot of cleaning up and setting up.

As you may have guessed, I’m working as a lab assistant right now. It’s the field I want to work in, though I’m hoping I’m not in this particular position for too much longer.

I definitely feel ready to advance, which is kind of freaking Mitchell out for next year.

He was hoping to get a position in a good restaurant right after graduation and hadn’t really considered that it might not happen that quickly!

Then there’s Anthony, who is the complete opposite of me and Mitchell. He’s not worried about his career trajectory at all.

He’s been working at a video game store for over a year now and he doesn’t seem to keen to move onto anything else.

I can’t say I really understand that. He’s a smart guy, worked for four years to earn a degree but he’s got no motivation to do anything with it.

He says he’s good at it, which I can believe, and that if he’s set financially, why should he work his ass off to earn even more?

I'm definitely not going to complain too much. Anthony's job lets us take care of the awesome employee discount!

Notes:

• Title is from The Only One I Know by Mark Ronson.
• Well, isn't Brigit a lucky girl? I actually remembered to extract her from Sullivan 1.0, so she gets to live on. Not like poor Dixie, Mitchell's now-ex!
• The maid thing was all game play based. Noah and Anthony weren't friends when I created them as a family and seeing they're both low on nice, they started arguing (note: they still became friends and all is good now). They also both rolled up the want to hire a maid, which I've never had happen with two sims in the same house before!
• Anthony had three bolts with the redhead who he was flirting with and two with the brunette who didn't seem that interested. But who did he roll the want to go on a date with? LOL! I'll keep her in mind for next round, if he's still interested then.
• Brigit's a Science sim with a LTW to be a Nobel Scientist (which is also Noah's LTW). So naturally, the game has decided she should be a cop! If she ever moves in, I'll definitely do something to change that. I may or may not do something before. 
• Next update shouldn't be too long away, as it's a birthday update (Curtis Clarke's first birthday) and I already have all the pics. :)