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And it was fine back then because they didn't really know each other yet.

Then months went by, she worked on his family's ranch. She was high maintenance and she complained a lot, but she tried hard despite that. She could be sassy, but she was confident, and funny, and nice when she let herself be

The very shock of the moment made a thousand thoughts, a thousand feelings race through Wren's head.

Was Jordin Schaefer really kissing 𝘩𝘪𝘮? Sure they've had moments before, like back in his barn when they really talked for the first time. But it was always a tease. She was never serious.

"I'd like to do something to make you feel special."

"Something like what?"

"Something like this." Jordin stepped toward him and cupped both her hands against his cheeks before planting her lips on his.

In all of Wren's years, he never anticipated that his 16th one would be that of his first kiss

"That's not—I mean—it isn't—" Wren stammered.

"It's OK. I think it's sweet." Jordin's smile softened. "You made me feel really special."

"Well, I just, didn't want you to get hurt is all. I didn't mean to ruin the party for you."

"You didn't. In fact, as thanks for making me feel special—"

"Yeah, I get it." A small smile crept onto Jordin's face. "You were worried about me."

"Somebody has to be! I mean get that you've known that guy forever, but he was being careless. You have to be discerning about the company you keep."

"And you're jealous." Her smile widened.

"Wha—jealous?"

they probably figured it's cheaper to air reruns of 14 years of this show then to keep funding making more. I mean if the comments are anything to go by, apparently a bunch of people already thought what they were watching was reruns, so what would they really be losing

"Do you mean—I mean, can he..."

"Walk? Yeah. He was lucky. But he's got a half a dozen screws in his spine and he'll never have the mobility he once had. So do you get it? From that height you fell you could've really gotten hurt. I don't find anything funny about that."

"That's not good enough! My dad had a friend who used to play around too much like that. He'd ride at our ranch. He was always rowdy, riling the horses up and one day he went too far. His horse bucked him and he fell off. Fractured his spine in 3 places. He'll never ride again."

this is why it sucks that large company's that can afford to finish their games but will sell them as "early access" to get their customers to be their playtesters is such a shitty new precedent cause now people have unreasonable expectations for actual indie games using early access the right way 😮‍💨

waffle is so insufferable. I can't stand people who are obnoxious pricks to people and then when they get called out for it, they hide behind their neurodivergence as if that's what makes them an asshole instead of them just actually being terrible human beings who should know better 🙄

"No, I don't." Jordin dropped her playful lilt. "Explain it to me."

"He was reckless! You shouldn't let someone play with your life like that."

"That's just how D is. I've known him forever. He's a goofball. All jokes, nothing malicious. He'd never hurt me on purpose."

It's giving weirdo behavior. This isn't a triple A company like the sims or inzoi. It's an tiny indie team of less than 15 people making a game and they've done it purely through patreon subscriptions. That's unheard of and unprecedented. Let them do what they need to do to fund their game 🙄

The is so MUCH public information you can read about the games development what's been finished and what's been shown off. It's not even hard to find. It's on their public posts on patreon, they've shared public stuff on their bluesky and twitter, and there's a whole reddit dedicated to public info

"Oh come on, you know you can't stay mad at me! I'll let you dance with me. You can even place your hands below the waist."

"This isn't a joke!" He finally broke his silence.

"I know, but I told you. D, didn't mean to drop me, so don't be grumpy."

"No, you don't get it!" Wren's temper flared.

tbh, it may be a blessing in disguise that gameplay will be limited at launch. I always find the prospect of setting up a world to be so daunting because I'd rather be playing, but this creates a new unique opportunity for people to make custom saves while they wait for more gameplay 💁🏿‍♀️

As she walked away from DeShawn, she knew that she was hurting him and that in turn hurt her. But Wren needed her more right now. She could patch up things with D later.

"Hey." Jordin caught up with Wren, but the atmosphere around him was still icy. "I see you haven't left yet."

He didn't respond.

LOL, I had to, I was so blown away, I wasn't expecting them to look that good out the box like that 😄

Jai in Wendy's McBurger Queen catching strays 🫠

I am so impressed by how the eyelashes look. I say this as someone who was extremely underwhelmed by the ones the sims gave us when they finally gave us a lash category, and these look far nicer

But she just couldn't revisit whatever was going on between them right now.

"D, he's my friend, and he's upset. I can't just let him go like this. You get that, right?"

DeShawn clicked his tongue. "I get that you're into him."

"It's not like that."

"Just go. It's what you're gonna do anyway."

"Look, I know I messed up when we were going out before, but I won't make that same mistake again. I miss you Jordin, and I was hoping tonight we could reconnect and officially give this another go, so whadaya say?"

It wasn't that she didn't feel it too, a spark reflickering between them.

"DeShawn, the whole reason why he's here is because I begged him to come with me. And then we get here and I hardly spend any time with him. He probably thought I was ignoring him."

"Good. The guy's a third wheel!"

"D!"

"It's true! We were really reconnecting there. I know you feel it too."

"Wren, you know that's not true. We'll do something you like next. Please?"

"Sorry, but I think I'll just go. This is more your scene than mine."

Wren walked off as Jordin watched, regret creeping in.

"Oh no. I should go after him."

"Why? He said this isn't his scene, so let him leave."

"I'm glad that you think practically breaking your necks is so funny." Wren's voice cut thru their laughter.

"Wren, it was all in good fun. D dropping me was just an accident. Don't be mad." Jordin tried to reassure him, but he moved past her.

"I guess you and I have different definitions of fun."

"Oh my gosh, no I would not!" Jordin started laughing harder. "You big goof! Now it's your turn to keg stand, so I can laugh at you when you tap out in 2 seconds."

"Nuh uh!"

"Bet you would."

"Oh yeah, what's the wager?"

"Well—" But before Jordin could put a wager on the table—

Then her mouth contorted into a smile and giggles.

"Oh my gosh, I can't believe I really did that! I bet I looked so uncool. Did it look really bad, all of that shooting out of my nose?"

"Of course not, babe, I told you'd look hot and you did. You'd look hot even if it was boogies shooting out."

"I swear I didn't mean to drop you, but your face, if you could just see your face right now!" He could barely contain his laughter.

"What is wrong with you? You think this is funny?" Wren was not amused.

"Oh my watcher," Jordin winced. "D, you're unbelievable." She was almost frowning, but—

The shooting liquid startled DeShawn, making him lose his grip on Jordin, and down she went!

"Babe, oh my watcher, I, I'm so—" But once he saw her face, back on the ground, wincing from the thud, he couldn't help but start laughing. "I'm so sorry, babe!" He said between chuckles, "But your face!"

For a moment, Jordin was really feeling herself. She was downing like a champ, but then the fluid stream started to rush too fast. She tried to kick at DeShawn to signal him to put her down, but instead he tipped her forward more, the flow quickened and in seconds alochol was squirting out her nose.

"There," He steadied her with his other hand, "You got it?"

"If by got it you mean chugging with my nose, then sure! You have to lift me a bit higher, D."

"How's this?" DeShawn lifted her high enough that she could start to chug. "You're doing it, babe! Chug, chug, chug, chug!" He started to chant