What?

I was finishing up a snack in the kitchen when Paul approached me in the kitchen. He was holding a grumpy looking Chelsea. She’d been in a bad mood all morning, but it wasn't Chelsea Paul wanted to talk to me about.

“Did Brody tell you about the kid at school?” He asked.

“No, what kid?”

“Apparently some kid at school has been mean to him.”

“Oh, God. What kind of stuff is he doing?”

“The usual stuff bullies do. Insulting his looks and things like that.”

“That’s just great. I wonder where the teachers are when this is happening?”

“Apparently the kid has done it in front of one of the teachers, but he the teacher didn’t say anything.”

I was livid. “Are you serious? What kind of teacher just ignores that behavior?”

“My thoughts exactly! I figure we can talk to Pablo about it,” Paul replied, referring to Brody’s teacher Mr. Langerak. 

“Good idea. At least we have someone at that school that can keep an eye on things, since apparently some teachers don’t want to do their jobs.”

“Let’s just try not to make too big of a deal about it. We don’t want to make the situation worse by embarrassing Brody on top of everything else.”

“True. Although I have a few choice words for the teacher who ignored the bully.”

“I’m sure you do. Just keep them between us for now.”  

Brody’s perspective

It was time for school and Brody realized when he got there that he’d forgotten to study for his exam. He did the best he could, but he couldn't remember half of what was covered on the exam. 

To make matters worse, after class a boy named Tom came up to him and insulted his clothes for no reason. Brody couldn’t remember having seen this kid before. He tried not to let it get to him, but it put him in a sour mood for the rest of the day.

When he got home, he looked around for his parents. He found Paul in the baby’s room, having just put his brother in the crib for a nap. He wasn’t sure if he should bring up what happened at school, but Paul could tell something was wrong. Brody decided to be honest, and Paul gave him some good advice about how to deal with people who are rude. Brody thanked Paul for the good advice. 

Brody’s perspective

After school, Brody and his friends met up at ThriftTea. His parents let him hang out there once a week, as long as his homework was done.

 Brody was excited when Nadia wanted to talk to him. Unfortunately, their friend Carmelo tagged along. It was hard to get any one-on-one time with Nadia at their gatherings.

Nadia asked him why Mr. Langerak had wanted to talk to him after class. Brody wasn’t sure what to say. He didn’t want his friends to know yet that he was adopted. He wasn’t comfortable talking about such personal things with them. 

He decided to tell her that Mr. Langerak wanted to discuss his grade on a recent project. No one needed to know that he actually did well on it. Luckily, Nadia and Carmelo accepted his explanation. He hated lying to his friends, but he wasn't ready to tell them the truth.

and it starts.... "paywalling script mods is fine because the devs only talked about steam shop mods" SIGHHHHHHH

paralives players parablr please dont let this greed be the norm complain to the devs alot so they make an official announcement not just a discord message

i mean why would the devs be okay with early access or paywalls when they very very clearly said the game will be free with no DLCs

After my talk with Brody, I fill Paul in on what we talked about.

“It seems like he’s opening up a bit,” Paul says.

“Yeah, little by little. I hope he at least feels understood now that he knows I came from a similar situation.”

“I’m sure he does,” Paul assures me. “I bet it means a lot knowing that someone else has been through the same thing, even if he doesn't say it.”

“Man, I’ve always been appreciative of what my parents did for me, but now I have a newfound respect for them.”

“It’s different being on the other side of things, huh?” 

“It sure is. My parents never let on how worried they were about me, and now they don’t have to. I know all too well what they must have been going through. I’m just glad Brody isn’t acting out like I did.”

“I wouldn’t blame him if he did. He’s been through a lot.”

“I wouldn’t either. In fact, I would prefer a little acting out to him bottling everything up.”

“It’s good that he’s talking about his feelings a bit, even if he doesn’t have too much to say. That’s a good sign.”

“Maybe we’re doing something right after all.”

“I think so.”

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The iconic Bailey Kay returns to the stage to celebrate SimDonian Simdependence Day with a global live performance hosted by the Grand Duke and Duchess of Umbrage.

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