She was terrified the whole time, and rightfully so- her singing was terrible! She kept waiting for Gavin or another host to yank her off stage with a comically long cane. But Joaquin thought she did great, and that was all that mattered to her.
They went back to her place, and finished off their sakura tea in private.
She bought a souvenir t-shirt, and then Joaquin invited her to try out the new karaoke machine inside before they left.
“I’ve never used this before, how does it work?” Miera scrunched up her nose nervously.
“Oh it’s easy,” Gavin smiled at her. “You pick the song that you want, and the words come up on this monitor for you to follow along.”
To celebrate her new job, Joaquin took her out to the Romance Festival, where (for once) she didn’t even glance at the flowers, much less debate stealing them. They were having a great time, dancing, drinking tea, chatting, when she got a text. From Caleb?
NOW, after everything, now he wanted to be romantic with her? She ignored the message and turned back to the conversation at hand.
“Haha, thanks I guess!”
She got the job! And a snazzy new wardrobe to boot. ;D
She was going to work for a political party trying to help out the less fortunate sims in Windenburg, sims like herself who (whether scammed or not) were homeless or too poor to get a strong grip on their lives. After explaining what she had been through over the last several months, they decided that she was the perfect voice for their campaign and signed her on that day.
Her first day rolled around, and she made sure to eat a good breakfast before heading out.
FINALLY, someone called her back to discuss one of the thousand resumes she had sent out. She had a real, honest, job interview!
“Oh crap, that means nice clothes. That’s fine, this is worth dipping into the funds for!”
In between her gardening and painting, Miera tried to keep up her studies on home remedies- they had helped her out so much in the woods!
It turns out that Joaquin lived on the island just south of her house, and when he returned home he asked around until he found out where she lived.
He came over often, sometimes staying the night, and helped her set the tent back up, for guests… ♥‿♥
Outstanding bill, outstanding bill, yup, she’d missed them both. Oh well, she would make sure to remember next time.
When Miera woke up, she was confused. It was later in the morning than she expected. Why hadn’t the alarm gone off? She got up to turn on the light. No result. “What is going on here!?” she asked the dark room. When she used the toilet, she found that it wouldn’t flush, and the sink wasn’t working either.
After some groggy thought, Miera realized that she had not paid her bills before going on vacation, and the power and water had been shut off while she was gone.
DANG IT. Someone really should have paid attention to those pop-ups in the corner…
Well Granite Falls, I guess this is goodbye, for now.
Sigh. Home sweet home…
Exhausted, she threw her camping gear out behind the house, her keys on the counter, and crawled into bed without further thought.
Frustrated with herself, but determined not to let this chance slip by, Miera followed him and apologized for her faux pas.
He laughed and shook it off. “Don’t worry about it, we all have those moments. Would you like to play horseshoes with me?”
Instead of hunting down more ingredients, Miera spent the rest of the day with Joaquin. He was very chatty, and goofier than anyone she had ever met.
As a matter of fact, he was so distracting that she totally forgot she still had to pack up camp, and like Cinderella, she had to steal a kiss and make a speedy surprise exit.
Sims County 