Picket Fences! Part 35
Over at Claudia's house . . .
Today is her son Noah's birthday.
She called Rhys . . .
"Today is our son's birthday. I didn't know if you remembered or not", she said.
"Yeah, I remembered, but I didn't know if you wanted me to come over", said Rhys.
"You and I might not always agree on everything, but I'd like for you to be here for Noah", she said.
"Alright, I'll be there in a few minutes", he said.
Rhys arrived a few minutes later.
"Noah will be gald to see you", said Claudia.
"Does that mean you're not?", said Rhys.
"What do you think?"", said Claudia.
When he walked into the house, picked up Noah and gave him a hug.
"Happy birthday son", he said.
"You can take him to his birthday cake", said Claudia.
"You ready to grow up little buddy?", said Rhys.
"Yes!", said Noah.
Rhys took Noah over to his cake and Claudia blew the birthday horn to celebrate.
He helped the toddler blow out the candles.
Rhys put Noah down on the floor, he did the "toddler dance"and grew up into a cute child. He looks a lot like his two half-brothers Ryan and Kevin.
Noah grabbed a big slice of his birthday cake, then took his plate to the kitchen when he finished eating. .
Shannan came home from her job as a Management Firm Representative in the Film Industry and grabbed a slice.
While Rhys and Noah were playing in the bedroom with the toy ship . . .
"Shannan received a telephone call from Jonathan.
"Hey sweetheart. I'm off work tonight. Can you come over?", he asked.
"Yes, I'd love to see you. I'll be right there", she said.
"That was Jonathan on the phone. I'm going over to his place. I'll probably be late, so don't wait up", she told Claudia.
"It won't be much longer before you can move in", said Claudia.
"Yes, next Saturday, I'll be Mrs. Jonathan Henry", said Shannan.
Then she changed into her everyday clothes and left to go to Jonathan's.
Claudia went into Noah's bedroom.
"Our son went to bed without being told", said Rhys, "He's a good little boy. You're doing a good job raising him."
"I guess I'll be going on home, unless you want me to stay", said Rhys.
"I wouldn't mind some company tonight", she said.
"In that case, let's get comfortable", said Rhys.
"Now that Noah is a child, do you think he could come stay at my place some weekends? I'd like for him and Ryan to become friends", said Rhys.
"I think that can be arranged. Afterall, they're all each other has", she said.
"Claudia, I need to tell you something", said Rhys.
"You see, when I first moved to Buford Falls, I met someone and . . . well, to make a long story short, we had a baby", he said.
"You mean Ryan's mama. Your maid?", asked Claudia.
"No, I mean Joy Anderson. Kevin's my son, not Larry's", he said.
"Does Larry know?", she asked.
"Sure, Joy told him when Kevin was a child. Me and Larry talked about it and came to an understanding. He lets Kevin come to my place every other Saturday as long as I promise not to tell him I'm his father", said Rhys.
"Joy's a lucky woman to have such an understanding husband", said Claudia.
"Yeah, well anyway, if you let Noah come to my place on the Saturdays Kevin is there, then all three of my boys will get know each other better", he said.
Then Rhys gave her a romantic kiss . . .
And they madeout.
"Rhys, do you want to do woo hoo?", she asked.
"What do you think?", he said.
Later . . .
"I love you Rhys", said Claudia.
"I know, but you deserve better", he said.
"There isn't anyone better", she said.
Rhys stayed until Claudia went to sleep.
Then when he got up to leave . . .
Noah came into the bedroom and gave him a hug.
"I love you Dad", he said.
"I love you, too", said Rhys.
Then Noah crawled into his mama's bed and went back to sleep.
And Rhys left to go home.
A few days later at Mary Lou's house . . .
The family and their best friends (Joy, Larry and Kevin) celebrated their youngest daughter Carrie's birthday. Peter brought the toddler to her birthday cake.
He helped her blow out the candles.
When he placed her on the floor, Carrie did the "toddler dance" and . . .
Grew up into a cute child who favors her mama Mary Lou.
Kevin grabbed Carrie and gave her a "noogie".
"Ow that hurts!", she screamed.
"What did you do that for?", she cried.
"Because I wanted to", laughed Kevin.
When they were in the livingroom a few minutes later, Kevin got mad, but not at Carrie.
He was watching Larry flirting with Joy and was mad at Larry.
(Note: As all Simmers know, a Sim child gets upset when they see their parent doing romantic actions with someone other than their other parent)
Kevin gave Larry a dirty look as he walked out of the room.
Carrie was playing with her doll and didn't even notice when Kevin left.
He went outside and sit in the swing on the backporch.
Julie came out on the porch and sit down beside him.
"What's wrong with you?", she asked
"I don't know. It sounds stupid, but when I saw my dad flirting with my mom, I got mad at him", said Kevin.
"Well, whenever I see my mom and dad doing stuff like that, I feel happy. Because I know they love each other", said Julie.
"See, that's how I should feel, but I don't. It don't make no sense for me to feel this way. I'm not normal."
"I think you should tell your mom how you feel. Talking to her about it might help. It can't hurt", said Julie.
"I'll wait. Arlene's wedding is tomorrow and Mom's got enough on her mind already", said Kevin.
To be continued . . .
Subject: Picket Fences! Part 35 
Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:33 pm
. It will be interesting to see what happens if Kevin and Joy have a conversation about his feelings. I also think that Kevin and Julie would make a cute couple. And, 
to Noah on his age transition to child. Another cute kid but how could one go wrong with Rhys wonderful genes. 
for sharing. Lilly 
I usually play with "Jealously Off" on any lots Rhys might be on, but since I knew he wouldn't be coming to MaryLou's house, jealously was on. This was the first time Kevin showed this reaction to his parents' affection. Evidently, having jealousy off keeps the kids from being jealous, too. Kevin also got mad once when he saw Rhys flirting with the maid, but Ryan was OK with it because the maid is his mother. 
Glad you had the "Jealousy On". I think it makes the story more interesting and adds to the story line. Now the question is "how is Joy going to respond since Larry doesn't want Kevin to know the truth?" 
You are really doing a great job with you story. Excellent work and I am very glad that you are a 