#adhdstories

The Martínez family has been through a lot since they moved to Willow Creek. Jennifer and Pablo quickly found themselves in a parental predicament. The local principal called Pablo with troubling news, young Sofia and Leonardo were falling far behind in class and acting out. They were warned to get the kids on track or else they would have them taken away.

The two were stressed out by this and wasted no time in making sure the twins had their work done everyday. It was a slow start, but eventually they had found a routine and things seemed to be going well for the two - academically at least.

Jennifer and Pablo were losing their minds over it all. The twins were constantly getting at each other. It didn’t stop at home either as their fights would continue at school and sometimes with the other students.

Things spiraled rather fast after Leo came home angry. Pablo tried to reign the twins in, but they were just too much. Leo swore ate Sofia and she made a mess in his room. He was in the middle of cleaning up their other messes when Jennifer got home. She was outraged and punished both kids immediately before turning her anger to her husband. It was the first of many fights to come.

Leo and Sofia were starting to get worried. They did their best not to upset their parents after, but sometimes it seemed inevitable. For a short time they were able to get along and Jennifer was expecting their third child. It unfortunately ended in a miscarriage. This loss broke them and they ended up getting a separation. 

During the separation the twins finally found a way to be civil with each other. They acted out way less and tried to convince their parents to do the same. Pablo was the one to move out for a while, but after enough time had passed Jennifer invited him back. They were able to talk things out and make amends.

Still wanting another child, they turned to adoption instead as Jennifer could no longer have kids. They were rejected after a long and stressful interview, but they didn’t give up. Finally they found luck in surrogacy. They hired a woman by the name Ahiri Tilo. She was a single woman in her late thirties. 

For nine months the family healed and bonded as they prepared for the new addition to the family. Jennifer was home alone with Ahiri when she went into labor. It was stressful. The labor lasted several hours. Thankfully Jennifer was able to help her deliver the baby, a boy she lovingly named Brandon. 

Brandon was born completely blue, making Jennifer worry that something was wrong. Ahiri knew that he was completely healthy though and reassured of such before running off. Everyone was baffled, but glad nonetheless to have little Brandon in their family. Only a day later the family received some heartbreaking news, Ahiri had passed away to unknown causes. There was no way now to find out more about Brandon.

Time went by fast it seemed. The family had recovered and found a new happiness in caring for Brandon. The twins got a long much better in their teen years, though still had a few bad habits of picking on each other. 

Sofia was still hot headed, but didn’t let it affect her grades. She had straight A’s all through high school. She made fast friends with Jayden Price who took her prom.

Leo on the other hand was doing poorly for a bit. His grades had dropped from A to D. He was just stressed out from school all the time, so much so that he started ditching it sometimes to hang out at the park. 

One of the days he ditched he met a girl named Kyra Nouvel. They got off on the wrong foot, but he managed to somehow turn things around. He opened up to her after a while about his home life and how things were just too much for him sometimes. She was there for him and encouraged him when he felt low. Soon enough his moods were better and he was back to getting A’s like Sofia.

Farrah’s story didn’t end. Paolo turned out to be a stand up man. He got along well with her friends and had been a stand in father for Kyra whenever Marcus couldn’t be around.

They took things slow and waited until they had enough money to buy a house before deciding to get married. Paolo proposed to her by the fountain in Windenburg on their anniversary. 

Everyone was excited for them and chipped in for their wedding. They had it in Tartosa. Kyra was excited to be in her mother’s wedding - she actually gave both of them away to each other, walking Paolo down first and her mother after.

A lot had changed over the years, but the girls were all still close despite how busy their lives had become. Among these big changes was Marcus’s relationship status: It was complicated. He was in an unofficial relationship with Katrina Caliente. They had two sons together Norman and Gerald.

Kyra liked being an older sister, but didn’t get to see them often. Norman was old enough to attend the wedding where Gerald was with a sitter, being that he was still just a baby.

Life for Lewis changed a lot after he lost his job. He reconnected with his best friend, had a bit of a messy situation with her, but ultimately they worked things out. Despite her turning him down on both a relationship and partnership, he still felt like he had a bright future.

He started doing some freelance work to get himself going. On the side he worked on small robotics projects he would sell. Things seemed to be going well, he even managed to score a job as an astronaut. It was a dream come true. Once Nova had given birth to her daughter, Sawyer, he invited her and Akira out for drinks to celebrate (and maybe to butter up Akira who was not the fondest of him). 

He felt like his life had finally turned around. His freelance work had diminished, but his professional life had seen great improvements. He was able to climb the latter rather fast, though he would have to admit he used his programming skills for evil by hacking his work performance a few times. 

On the side he had managed to tinker enough to the point where he created Servo. She was one of his biggest achievements outside of his career. She kept his home in shape while he worked on another project - a rocket ship.

He had managed to get all the scraps and upgrades required for it to function. Nova gifted him her telescope before she had Sawyer, feeling as though she wouldn’t have much time to use it. He was thankful for the gift as it had helped him spot a strange planet - Sixam.

With only a dream to fuel him he worked endlessly, sometimes to the detriment of his health. Finally he finished his rocket. He used it almost immediately to go and explore the strange and far off planet.

It was unlike their home; filled with strange plants and creatures. He was so caught up in his discoveries that he had failed to notice he was being watched. Humans on Sixam was not an everyday thing. 

Lewis returned home, excited by all his discoveries - though some had died upon returning home. His story didn’t end there though. He couldn’t be an Alien Researcher without ever having contact with Aliens, now can he?

Just two nights after he had returned home with his specimens he spotted strange green lights outside his window. He went to investigate them only to find himself being abducted.

His memory upon his return was hazy at best. He knew something had happened, but he couldn’t say what exactly it was.

Months went by and he found himself feeling very ill. He went to the hospital where they performed some tests, one of which was an ultrasound. The technician didn’t believe their eyes and thought he had a tumor. Lewis knew better though.

At this point he started to panic. He had no idea what was happening or what he was going to do or how to explain it. His paranoia got to him first. He couldn’t stay in Strangerville. He packed his bags that night and left with Servo to Evergreen Harbor. He quit his job as well and went back to doing freelance work under a fake name.

He researched as much as he could, looking for a solution. Servo had been scanning him constantly and found his stress levels to be too high. She tried to calm him, but he was too frantic. During one of his episodes it finally happened, he went into labor. It was terrifying. He had no choice, he had to go to the hospital.

At the hospital he checked in as a John Doe and was rushed in to surgery. Servo came with him and tried her best to talk him through everything. The doctor performed a c-section on him at Servo’s strong request and was shocked to actually deliver a baby.

Lewis paid him off with 5000 simoleons then took the baby and ran home. It wasn’t human. For days Lewis pondered what to do. He didn’t want to be a father to a human baby, never mind an alien baby!

Eventually he came around to the idea. Servo had been the one to name him Luka and had been taking care of him while Lewis took time to recover. They made for an odd family, but when Lewis reevaluated his situation... it wasn’t so bad.

When Luka aged up he gained the ability to disguise himself. It wasn’t perfect, but it allowed Lewis to take him out and introduce him to Nova.

After graduating from university Nova didn’t have much. She could have gone home, but instead used what little money she had to move to Strangerville. She lived at Slip 42, an abandoned mobile home in a trailer park. 

She wasted no time in applying for her dream job as a Tech Guru. It was a bit of a shock to her when she got a call from none other than Lewis Sancho, her once childhood friend. Once they became young adults he had slowly become more and more of a jerk to her.

Turns out they were going to be working at the same office. Thus began her days of torment and exhaustion. It wasn’t all bad though as she met Akira Kibo, another one of her coworkers. After her first promotion he invited her out to celebrate. It was the start of a passionate relationship between them.

As she worked on side jobs, plug-ins, apps and making her own game; rumors of layoffs started to circulate. It was a stressful time for everyone. She would confide in Akira and see him often for little dates to take their minds off of work. Though they never made anything official he had become her rock.

She was working on a new game when she got a call from none other than Lewis. He had been laid off! While their relationship was less than stellar, she wasn’t heartless and invited him over so they could talk.

He apologized for the distance he caused between them and confided in her just how lost he was feeling. They had pizza and some cheap wine while reconnecting and making up for lost time. They recalled being geeky teens and messing around with her father’s equipment, often sneaking out together alone and dreaming about their great futures. 

Lewis confessed first that he had liked her for years, but didn’t want to ruin their friendship. Years of memories were buzzing in her head and the wine was doing most of the talking now. Lewis ended up staying the night and when the morning came so did the regret. Before he left to go back home she asked him to start over and to remain as just friends. He was a bit heart broken, but agreed, happy to at least have a friend again.

Nova continued to work hard and was avoiding Akira over the guilt. After he called and asked if he should go on a date with someone else she snapped out of her funk. She told him no and invited him over where she confessed to sleeping with Lewis. Akira wasn’t happy, but knew they weren’t together. His jealousy started to come out a bit, but he reigned it back in. After a lot of talking they worked through it and made their relationship official.

Lewis called her up again, this time with a plan to be indie devs together, but Nova declined. Not only had she worked tirelessly to get where she was, but she had just entered into a relationship with Akira and didn’t want to jeopardize it.

The peace was disturbed when she found out she was pregnant. It was a stressful 24 hours for the three of them. They all sighed a breath of relief as it came back that Akira was the father. 

Nova got promoted again and decided to take some maternity leave. She and Akira had a shotgun wedding and moved in together, now living in Oasis Springs. She and Lewis are back to being good friends. Things may have been rocky for a bit, but there’s nothing she and Akira are looking forward to more than the arrival of their baby girl.

Farrah Nouvel moved into San Myshuno and lived alone at 21 Chic Street, apartment 1310 in the Fashion District. Her first friend was Penny Pizzazz who lived in apartment 1312 across from her.

She quickly made friends with fellow artist, Ulrike Faust, while painting a mural at the local Casbah Art Gallery. The three went out for karaoke at the Waterside Warble Karaoke Bar where they then met and befriended Miko Ojo. Farrah later met her workout partner, Nalani at the Skye Fitness Gym. 

While throwing a party at Planet Honey Pop she met the party animal Marcus Flex. The two hit it off and Farrah was beginning to think that it was love at first sight. They hooked up a couple of times and even began dating. 

Farrah was hanging out with her friends when she suddenly felt sick and made a mess of Penny’s bathroom. There she found out she was pregnant. She went to Marcus’s place where she met his roommates and waited for him to get home. She revealed that they were going to be parents, which he wasn’t exactly excited about. She asked him to get married due to having a child together and he finally revealed that he is a non-committal sim. 

She went home sad and heart broken after they decided to call it quits on their relationship. During her second trimester she and Penny decided to live together and moved into the Hakim House Apartments in the Arts Quarter, apartment 122.

She eventually talked things out with Marcus, deciding to stay just friends and co-parent (she reassured him about the pregnancy and he ended up accepting it). Not long after, maybe just before her third trimester, Paolo Rocca started calling her up to hang out. She would see him when visiting Marcus and the two became fast friends, he would even autonomously ask to feel the baby.

Once she hit her third trimester he called her to confess his feelings, then showed up at their door to ask if she wanted to be his girlfriend. She accepted. When she went into labor Penny was the one that went with her. 

The challenge ended with a house warming party they through for everyone to meet her daughter Kyra Nouvel. She ended up getting the Instant Friends ending.