Chapter 49: Modification

It's Aislin and Trent's shared birthday today, and Thessaly has arranged a small family party for them. Not that they've noticed.

Quinn is first to arrive, and she has important news of her own. She and Tina used the money Thessaly and Riley gave them as a wedding present to get an expensive in vitro fertilization treatment allowing the two women to have a biological child together. Quinn is so excite to be pregnant, she's wearing maternity clothes before she's even showing.

Tina has finally submitted to the makeover Quinn had been pestering her about. At least she wasn't forced into wearing pink.

The family gather for the cake.

Aislin becomes an adult.

Followed by Trent.

"What do you think?" Aislin asks Trent about the redecorating job she's done on her grandfather's old bedroom, now hers. Gone is Sheridan's sunny yellow decor; Aislin prefers a more nocturnal palette.

"It looks great," Trent answers. She used his favorite color, purple, as much as she used her own favored black. They go well together, as do Aislin and Trent.

As they kiss, Trent feels Aislin's hand moving up his thigh.

"Now?" he whispers in her ear.

"Now," she whispers in reply, and they move over to the bed. Trent has been waiting for this, and now that the time has come, he takes it slowly, making every moment a memory to last forever. You only ever get one first time.

"Can we talk?" Trent asks as they disentangle themselves.

"Now?" Aislin sighs, "You wore me out. I'm exhausted."

"I'm not a minor anymore, I don't need to be living with a guardian," Trent says, needing to get this conversation over with before they sleep, "So I was thinking I'd get my own place."

Aislin's eyes narrow, "So you tell me this after you fuck me?"

"Ouch, that's crude, Ash," Trent winces, "I love you, you know that. But I don't want to be dependent on your family, living on your money for the rest of my life. I need to make it on my own."

Aislin sighs and runs her fingers through his hair, "I thought I'd tamed your wild streak."

"Tamed me?" Trent laughs, "But that's just it, Ash, I'm not a pet, I don't want to be kept like one."

"Trent, I want you to stay here with me. If you move out, it will be like we're breaking up."

"It won't," Trent protests.

"It will," Aislin insists, "I'll be miserable. You don't want to make me miserable do you? And it's not like the money is important, anyway. You'll eventually be bringing in your own income, I don't see what the big deal is."

She wouldn't see, Trent thinks, because she's been rich all her life. "Why don't we move out together, then?" he suggests a compromise. Her older siblings all moved out from the family nest, and while he doesn't relish the idea of living in a house bought for them by her parents, he also doesn't want to tank his relationship with her over it.

Aislin shakes her head, "I don't want to leave my parents. Please, Trent, do this for me. Because you love me."

"All right, Ash," Trent says, knowing he's beat.

So Trent stays with her in her family's house. Being able to work in their studio is a huge consolation.

And he gets along well enough with her parents. At night they jam in the rehearsal space above the consignment shop. Riley and Santos; band never really got anywhere. mostly because the only gigs they could get were in the daytime, which was too risky for the vampire.

Thessaly dances, and Riordan even drops by to listen.

Soon, a curious crowd gathers, and the jam turns into a birthday party.

Thessaly becomes an elder.

Riley follows shortly after her. He hopes arthritis doesn't interfere with his ability to play his instruments.

And now that he's reached his golden years, Riley's first concern is seeing Aislin married and providing him with grandchildren.

Aislin has been pursuing a career in acting, and her agent insists she go out to the local hotspots to be seen. Tonight, she's been instructed to be at Cog. Trent comes along to keep her company.

Even while she's out doing her agent's bidding, he's calling her with more opportunities to be in the limelight. "Be at Cathedral tomorrow night," he instructs her.

Just because it's work doesn't mean it can't be fun.

Of course it's even more fun when she and Trent are back at home where they aren't being watched by the paparazzi.

Riley visit's Quinn and Tina and their new son Daron.

The couple have also adopted two girls, Emilie and Abigail.

As instructed, Aislin goes out to be seen dancing at Cathedral.

Her agent didn't instruct her to have sex with Trent in the elevator, but he didn't say exactly not to, either.

Her agent's latest piece of advice is more difficult than just going out to a club for drinks and dancing. After hanging up with him, Aislin checks herself out in the mirror. He's right, she thinks, and wonders how she's going to break it to Trent. Maybe he'll like the idea, she thinks to herself. Though she's pretty sure he won't.

Aislin gets Trent to sit before she says anything. Once he's seated, she says, "My agent says I should have my breasts augmented."

"Your agent is a dick," Trent says. That's pretty much what Aislin expected him to say.

"I think he has a point," Aislin says, "Actresses with bigger breasts get better roles. And my breasts are almost non-existent. As I'm sure you've noticed."

"Ash, your breasts are perfect," Trent says, "Don't do this to yourself."

"It's my body," Aislin points out.

"I think I have an interest in what you do to it," Trent answers, "And I don't want you to do this."

"And what about your piercings?  I come home to find bits of metal stuck into you, and you don't consult me first about those."

"They are all removable, Ash. And they don't require risky surgery."

Trent grabs her suddenly for a deep kiss. "You are so beautiful," he whispers, nuzzling her neck, "And I love you so much. So, for me, don't do this."

"All right," Aislin sighs, "No surgery, I promise."

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Challenge Notes:
Gen 8 is officially on. The roll again is Couple, one child. Primary career in Film/acting, secndary career as artist. The Goal is Opportunist and the Misc Fun is Fashion Diva.

Trent is registered in the sculpting career. His original LTW (which he got as a teen, I think getting LTWs as teens is an SP thing) was to be a rock star. When he earned the points, I changed it to master of Arts (master guitar and painting). And I must say, it sucks that EA never made good LTWs around the sculpting skill, or around the other instruments. With sculpting, there's just the one to master sculpting, painting and invention (and I don't see Trent as the inventor type), and for the other instruments, it's the one to master them all, which would be a huge grind even for a born-in-game Sim you could get a head start with. There's no way I'm putting a spouse through that. So, Trent has the same LTW as Riley.

Aislin's LTW is to reach level 10 of the acting career.
I started her opportunist goal as a child.
Fashion Diva is a repeat, I just did that with Thessaly. It will be fun, I think. Aislin will be getting a lot of hairstyle changes as well as clothes.
Trent isn't required to do Fashion Diva, but he does have two casual outfits, one for doing his art work in, and one for regular wear. And I plan to switch that one up a bit, though maybe not as often as Aislin.
It's not easy to see in the pics, but Trent has two piercings, one in his eyebrows, and a nose stud. I also gave him a tongue stud, but it wouldn't stay with the eyebrow piercing, and you don't see his tongue that often, anyway.
I'm hoping to find more CC tats for him.
In RL, I love ink and piercings, but I'm usually too lazy about DLing CC to have my Sims be into that. But the tattoo addict roll forced me to find more tats, and then I picked up the piercings, and now I want more, lol.