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{{Fan fiction|name = A Pleasant Tale|image = [[File:a pleasant tale.png|200px]]|genre = Drama|creator = Carman39|numberofchapters =
'''''A Pleasant Tale '''''is a story created by Carman39, set in [[Pleasantview]] and based off of the [[Pleasant family]], specifically [[Mary-Sue Pleasant|Mary-Sue]], [[Angela Pleasant|Angela]], and [[Lilith Pleasant|Lilith]] ([[Daniel Pleasant|Daniel]] is mostly absent in the story). The story deals with the aftermath of Mary-Sue and Daniel's divorce, the intensifying rivalry between the twins, and Lilith's growing connection with Angela's boyfriend [[Dustin Broke]]. The story is told mostly from Lilith's point of view and puts her as the main character, but other characters do have scenes and small portions told from their point of view too. Once this fan story is finished, there will be a sequel.
==Chapter 1: New Lilith, New Attitude==
''7:00am, [[215 Sim Lane]] ''
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"Mooooom!" Mary-Sue heard a shriek coming from upstairs. She rolled her eyes, the twins were both seventeen years old, they were getting closer to graduating, so why did they continue to fight like they were pre-schoolers? Mary-Sue chugged the cup until every drop of the coffee was down her throat, and stormed upstairs, waiting to see the warzone she was going to walk in to. When Mary-Sue entered the bathroom she was greeted by Angela with a red cheek and close to tears, Lilith sulking in the corner, and shampoo splattered all over the linoleum floor. Mary-Sue knew who was responsible immediately
"Lilith
"Oh Mom! All I wanted to do was wash my hair, but I couldn't even do that in peace could I, Lilith?! She came in, hit me, and knocked the bottle out of my hands and on to the floor, and now it's everywhere!" Angela choked up while telling the story, Lilith laughed slightly, knowing fine well Angela was forcing out these tears. Mary-Sue noticed Lilith giggle and fumed.
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"I think I'll eat upstairs." Lilith smiled at Mary-Sue and carried her dinner upstairs. Mary-Sue snapped out of her shocked state to make one last remark.
"Good! And stay up there, I don't wanna see you for the rest of the night, you hear me?!" Mary-Sue yelled. Lilith didn't care, she felt like a boss, a new person with a new attitude. It's amazing what a new look can do to a person. Lilith ate her dinner, humming the tune of Patti LaBelle's "New Attitude" under her breath. Lilith wasn't into old 80's pop music, in fact she only knew the song because of her forced attendance at one of Angela's dance recitals years ago, but at this moment the lyrics of the song struck a chord with her.{{#tag:ref|
''I'm feeling good from my head to my shoes''
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''7:10pm, 210 Wright Way''
When Lilith arrived at the party, the first thing that hit her was a wave of music blasting through. Dustin left her side to talk to Orlando, leaving her virtually alone and helpless. Lilith stood by the door for a full minute, unsure of what exactly to do in this situation. She collected her thoughts and decided to go get a drink, deciding there was no point in spending the duration of the party chilling in the corner by herself. Lilith collected a Dim and Gusty cocktail{{#tag:ref|A cocktail in ''[[The Sims 4]]''. It doesn't actually appear in ''The Sims 2'', but let's just for story's sake.|name=dim and gusty|group=note}} from the refreshments table, a handful of potato chips, and just kinda stayed by the refreshment table waiting for Dustin. The music changed to an old house song called "Dreamer"{{#tag:ref|The song Lilith is referring to is the 1994 single ''
"Requested this for you." Dustin announced with a smile. Lilith about melted onto the refreshment table.
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"Someone saw us!" Lilith shouted back at Dustin. Dustin looked terrified.
"I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry. Aw god Lilith, this can't get out! It was a mistake." he yelled. Lilith looked back at him, she said nothing, she just looked. She knew it wasn't a mistake and so did he, but they needed to tell themselves that in case it got out. Lilith ran out of the house, "Pound the Alarm"{{#tag:ref|''
==Chapter 3: A Scandal in PCHS==
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"''Wat! R U Crazy? We hav to keep their mouth shut, Ang will kill me, literally probs. - L''" Dustin saw how worried Lilith was about Angela finding out, but no matter what she was going to eventually, Dustin couldn't keep this inside forever.
''8:39am, Pleasantview Community High School''
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"I'm staying at [[Coral Oldie|Grandma]] and [[Herb Oldie|Grandpa's]] tonight." Lilith calmly, stated. She walked out the door and didn't look back, knowing that she'd be returning the next morning anyways.
"Don't come back!" Angela yelled from her window. Lilith just kept walking. As she walked to her grandparent's house, she put her earbuds in. "Monster" by Gabbie Hanna{{#tag:ref|
''5:31pm, 50 Middle Lane''
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''10:18am, 215 Sim Lane''
It had been a whole week and a day since that fateful Friday that wrecked Lilith's life. So here's just a little recap; Lilith made out with the love of her life/her sister's (ex)boyfriend Dustin Broke, admitted that she had feelings for him and he told her he felt the same but needed space, Angela wrecked her room, and Lilith spent the weekend at her Grandma Coral and Grandpa Herb's house until Mary-Sue basically dragged her back home on the Sunday morning. Since that dreadful Friday, eight days have passed. Angela is still FUMING with her but has been oddly silent, Lilith is absolutely convinced Angela's coming up with some sort of plot or voodoo spell or whatever it is crazy sisters think of doing. Lilith and Dustin are still apart but flash each other an awkward smile in the hallway everyday while Angela seethes. Lilith still has hope there's something there, and she knows Dustin feels the same. Her current priority
It was a Saturday morning, and Lilith had just woken up from a well-earned long sleep. Lilith needed to forget about the absolute horror of last week and get back to how she was feeling the day she got herself a new look. She felt like a whole new person with a better outlook on life, ready to show Angela who's boss. But first, some music.
"Alexa, shuffle music." If Lilith was to get herself back together, she was to start her day to music. The small electronic device resting on her dresser complied and shuffled a random playlist. A song titled "How Will I Know"{{#tag:ref|''How Will I Know'' is a 1985 hit single by American singer Whitney Houston.|name=whitney|group=note}} began to play, not exactly Lilith's music, but she shrugged and went with it. Getting herself in front of her mirror, she applied her makeup and brushed her hair, gussying up for the day ahead.
"How will I know, if he really loves me? I say a prayer with every heartbeat!"{{#tag:ref|Lyrics from "How Will I Know".|name=whitney2|group=note}} Lilith sang into her hairbrush. That song really grows on you as it goes on honestly.
After that improptu karaoke session, she ran downstairs, grabbing a croissant and heading for the door.
"And where are you going?" Angela was standing by the living room door frame, raising her eyebrow. She'd noticed Lilith's skip in her step and was confused as to what had changed, Lilith spent a considerable amount of time moping in her room (after about two days of fixing it back up) and suddenly was...happy?
"Out. Toodles!" Lilith simply said. To be quite honest, Lilith didn't know where she was going. Her legs were moving her towards the direction of Dustin's house, but her heart was telling her she needed to let him come to her. But after a week and a day without speaking to each other, she was doubting the possibility of that even happening. Lilith didn't have friends to go hang out with, all she could do was think of Dustin. She almost turned back into the direction of her house, but if she was to take charge of the day she needed to grow a pair and actually make the first move.
"''Hey I know it's been a while but r u still grounded? L x''" She whipped out her phone and texted Dustin. She had to talk to him, it's like everytime they'd been within two feet of each other at school there was this huge elephant in the room and they needed to sort this out.
"''Naw just got ungrounded yesterday. I'm ready to talk if u r? D.''" This was the best news Lilith could read. She was finally gonna get to sort things out with Dustin. Still with a spring in her step, she headed off to Dustin's house.
''11:09, 55 Woodland Drive''
Now that she was actually outside Dustin's house, she felt nervous. What if the day went badly? What if they decided to just stay friends or worse just continue avoiding each other? Lilith sighed, and knocked on the door. She waited for a few seconds and Dustin soon answered. In a towel.
"Hoo." Lilith made out, flustered at the sight of a towel-only Dustin standing right in front of her. Dustin giggled.
"Sorry, what was that?" He laughed, he really thought her shock was so adorable.
"I meant hoo-ello! Sorry I uh- I just- why are you in a towel Dustin?"
"Just had a shower, Mom and the boys are at the park so I've got the day to spend with you, if you want that is." Dustin smiled, Lilith tried her best to keep her composure.
"Of course, just uhhhh... put some clothes on and we can go to the café." Lilith said, Dustin smiled at her again and went into his room to change. Lilith sat down on the step.
"Oh. My. God. That's a sight." Lilith kept thinking about Dustin, lost in her own world until he came back out.
"Ready to go?" he suddenly startled Lilith. She jumped and fell off the step. Dustin helped her up and laughed.
"God you're adorable." He said. They stared into each other's eyes for a moment. Dustin turned bright red, not quite sure why he said that out loud.
''12:31, [[One-Twenty-Five Café]]''{{#tag:ref|A restaurant from [[Downtown (The Sims 2)|Downtown]].|name=downtown|group=note}}
Dustin and Lilith sat across from each other, each devouring a plate of syrup covered pancakes.
"Best breakfast ever honestly." Dustin said to break the silence.
"Yep, you can never go wrong with pancakes." Lilith replied. There was still some tension, not only because of the events of that morning, but because of the last few days of not communicating at all. Lilith was about to bring it up, and then Dustin spoke.
"I'm sorry." He simply said.
"For what?" Lilith wanted him to elaborate.
"For just not talking to you for the last week or so. I knew people would be talking about what happened at the party and I just didn't wanna add fuel to the fire. But now people have stopped gossiping, and even then I was stupid to care. I really don't wanna push you away." Dustin reached his hand over the table and invited Lilith to take it. Lilith obliged.
"Don't worry I know you won't push me away. You think I'm adorable." Lilith joked. For a second she thought she broke the mood, but when Dustin laughed and she laughed alongside him, she knew she'd just made it better. They didn't finish their pancakes, they just spent the rest of the morning together talking, and then in the afternoon they went to the park and did the typical teenager thing of sitting on the swings and talking to each other.
''4:52, 215 Sim Lane''
Dustin walked Lilith back to her front door. They stood there for a moment. After a moment of silence Lilith spoke.
"Well, this is me then." Lilith put her hand on the door handle, ready to walk inside. Dustin grabbed her arm and pulled her in close and kissed her deeply. She returned the kiss. This was really the first time they'd kissed without drama. With Dustin finally away from Angela and no-one watching them, it felt real. Like the first one but better.
"I really don't wanna be just friends anymore, I wanna make this official. I don't care who knows." Dustin said, face right up to Lilith's. Lilith could have done a little weep of joy there and then. Dustin took a step back and yelled out.
"Lilith Pleasant is my girlfriend!" He yelled out into the neighborhood. Lilith laughed and kissed him again, then watched as he left. Lilith gave out an infatuated sigh as he left, and then turned the handle and walked inside. She was greeted by a stream of water hitting her face, and she looked up to find Angela holding a crumpled water battle, looking absolutely furious.
"So, official now are we? Oh, sister dear, this is a new low. And just when I thought he came to his senses and realised what actual trash you are." Angela's words didn't affect her, Lilith simply started to walk off to her room to dry off.
"You know what, Lilith Marlena Pleasant, you have won this battle but you will NOT win the war!" Angela shouted up at her as she left. Lilith rolled her eyes, too happy to care. It's Angela's problem if she wants to be so dramatic.
After drying off, Lilith spent the rest of the evening in her room, texting Dustin. Dustin Broke was her boyfriend, it felt so good for her to finally say it.
==Chapter 5: Gossip Folks==
{{#tag:ref|Title is a reference to Missy Elliott's 2002 hit of the same name.|name=missy|group=note}}
''7:39am, 215 Sim Lane''
Lilith avoided Angela for most of the morning, in fact for the rest of the weekend. It was a Monday morning, where most of the drama between the twins happened. The morning was oddly drama-free, Mary-Sue was busy collecting some important documents for work, and Angela was blasting music from her bedroom. Lilith was half expecting Angela to burst out of her room and slap her completely unprovoked as per their Monday tradition, but she's been very quiet. Maybe since Lilith is now official with Dustin, Angela is backing off... or maybe this complete silence is her planning something. Either way, Lilith was focused on gussying up in front of her mirror. This was her first day at school going public with Dustin, or at least she wanted to go public. Dustin's a popular boy, and Lilith is basically only known for being the popular girl's weird twin sister.
''"I really don't wanna be just friends anymore, I wanna make this official. I don't care who knows." ''Dustin's words from Saturday rang in Lilith's ears. She was sure he meant it, but when push comes to shove is he really willing to show Lilith off as his girlfriend especially after all the very publicised party drama? All logical thinking said yes, he is, but Lilith's anxious brain went into overdive. When she was with Dirk, things were simple, neither were really notable in school and their relationship went under the radar. But with Dustin, things weren't simple, which was good because Lilith didn't want simple. Lilith wanted excitement, something she gets in excess with Dustin.
''7:45am''
"Oh she's sweet but a psycho, a little bit psycho." Angela paced around the room singing along to her music, texting Meadow and Tosha at the same time.
"''They're official now. Can you believe it?!''"
"''Honestly IDK what he even sees in her. She's such a freak.''" Tosha replied.
"''Guess she's just a rebound. Total downgrade imo.''" Meadow chimed in.
"''I need to think of a plan to get back at them. Seeing them together makes me sick to my stomach.''" Angela was right when she said she'll win the war. Dustin and Lilith are welcome to each other, Angela doesn't care about splitting them up. She wants them to suffer, she wants them to hurt like they hurt her.
"''I might have something...''" Tosha texted.
"''Ooh, are you thinking what I'm thinking?''" Meadow replied.
"''The [[Randy London]] expulsion scandal?''"
''"Bingo.''"
"''If all goes to plan, Lilith will be expelled, and she won't have her precious Dustin to stick by her.''"
Angela smiled at the texts coming through. Lilith was about to get what was coming to her. She took Angela's boyfriend, now Angela is going to take everything Lilith has.
''8:01am''
The bus pulled up outside the Pleasant residence, and the twins started heading towards it. Neither of the girls got a goodbye from Mary-Sue, still sorting out her important documents. Lilith put her hand on the bar to get up the steps, when she heard a car beeping. Behind the bus was a black Smoogo Minima, with Dustin in the driver seat. Lilith grinned and rushed away from the bus, knocking Angela over in the process.
"Watch where you're going you freak!" Angela shouted back. Lilith contemplated turning around, but she was drawn into Dustin's car. Angela watched as the couple kissed and drove around the bus and off to the school. Angela looked up and saw some snickers from inside the bus. Furious, she got inside the bus and sat next to Tosha, with Meadow in the seat behind.
"Girl, you okay?" Tosha asked. Angela turned to her and pointed to her grazed elbow.
"That little witch isn't going to humiliate me any more after tonight. First she takes my boyfriend, gets me put in detention, and now embarrasses me in front of all the neighborhood kids." Angela started ahead intently, she was absolutely enraged.
"Tonight? I didn't think we'd do this tonight, I have a nail appointment!" Meadow pleaded. Angela swiftly turned around.
"Well. Cancel. It." she said through gritted teeth. "I know exactly what the plan is, meet me under the bleachers at lunch break."
''8:04am''
Dustin drove down the highway, ready to drop them off at school. "100% Pure Love" blasted on the radio with the windows open. Lilith had never been more happy.
"Since when do you have a car?" Lilith asked, looking out the window. She didn't see Dustin gulp and cough in response.
"It's my mom's work car... I'll need to return it later. Just thought we could escape from the gossip on the bus this morning is all." Dustin flashed Lilith a smile. Lilith smiled back, but in her mind she felt like maybe he didn't want to take the bus so he didn't have to be seen as her boyfriend. Logically, it was because Dustin didn't want to subject Lilith to all the ooh-ing and ah-ing of the Pleasantview High students, but Lilith couldn't be sure. She just spent the rest of the journey laughing with Dustin and bopping out to the music.
Once they arrived outside the school. Dustin took Lilith's hand in his, and she felt her cheeks go red and a great big grin came across her face. Dustin did want to show her off. Together, they got out of the car and walked towards the school entrance. Some classmates wolf whistled, some stared in shock, one kid even yelled "I knew it!", but for the most part everyone just got on with their day. Dustin lead Lilith over to three fellow teens.
"Lilith, I want you to meet my friends[[Sophie Miguel (Pleasantview)|. Sophie]], [[Ricky Cormier|Ricky]], and [[Patrick Teens|Patrick]]. Guys, this is Lilith, my girlfriend." Dustin introduced Lilith to them. The three stared at her for a second, then Sophie reached out and fist bumped Lilith.
"Wassup! So, you're the infamous "Lil" huh?" she said.
"Infamous?" Lilith responded.
"Haha, yeah, all he's done for the last few days is talk about you." Patrick said. Lilith looked over to Dustin and saw him blush and scratch his head.
"You guyyyysss..." he said sheepishly.
"Yeah. Not seen him this happy in ages." Ricky said. Lilith's heart almost skipped a beat.
Across the school yard, Angela, Meadow, and Tosha looked on as they got off the bus. Angela saw Dustin and Lilith laughing with Dustin's freak friends. Angela scoffed, she never really got along with Dustin's friends, what was a guy of his status in the school doing chilling with those losers? But still, seeing Lilith perfectly getting along with them made Angela's blood boil.
"Lunchtime. Remember girls." Angela said to Meadow and Tosha, and then stormed off.
''11:49am, Pleasantview Community High School''
Lilith fit in well right away with Sophie, Ricky, Patrick and Dustin. They spent the lunch break sitting on the grass behind the school, Lilith cuddled up to Dustin under the blue sky.
"Honestly I'm just glad to have more female energy here. Being the only girl gets a bit tiring." Sophie said with a laugh.
"Don't lie Soph, you love the attention you get from other girls." Ricky replied.
"Other girls? Oh you're-" Lilith began.
"Gay? Yep." Sophie said with a smile. Lilith smiled back. "Bet you'd make a great wingwoman though, Lilith."
"It's settled." Lilith giggled. She had a great guy on her arm, and some fantastic friends, and Angela was leaving her alone? Lilith could never have seen this happening to her.
"Bro, why'd you ever go for that Angela chick? Lilith is waaaay cooler!" Patrick said. The group laughed, except Dustin. Of course Dustin was really into Lilith, but he still cared for Angela and wanted to be her friend, and he hated that he hurt her feelings, no matter how happy he was with Lilith.
Just around the corner, Angela was gathered under the bleachers with Meadow and Tosha. They both waited with baited breath to hear her master plan, like witches waiting to hear from the Grand High Witch.
''Will finish chapter later...''
==Soundtrack==
''A Pleasant Tale'' features a lot of music in the story to help paint a clearer picture of the story. The songs that are featured throughout the story (so far) are:
#Patti LaBelle - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWfZ5SZZ4xE New Attitude]
#Livin' Joy - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VuyQuRAsHI Dreamer]
#Paramore - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCyGvGEtOwc Misery Business]
#Nicki Minaj - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdrqA93sW-8 Pound The Alarm]
#Gabbie Hanna - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG4dGZTMDU4 Monster]
#Whitney Houston - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3-hY-hlhBg How Will I Know]
#Missy Elliott featuring Ludacris - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYKI8tAELXY Gossip Folks]
#Ava Max - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXBHCQYxwr0 Sweet but Psycho]
#Crystal Waters - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RDzQX2q6WCrbE&v=zQX2q6WCrbE 100% Pure Love]
==References==
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