The New and Improved Christopher Steel

Christopher moved in with Tara shortly after becoming her boyfriend. I was thrilled, because it meant I could address his style issues. First, I knew something had to be done about that hair (not to mention the cow-pattern pajamas).

I gave him something a little less dorky. I'm not a big fan of spiky hair, really, but it seemed to suit him well.

Next I had to do something about his clothes.

Before:

After:

Christopher is an Angler, and his lifetime wish is to have the perfect aquarium, which means he has to have perfect specimens of 13 different types of fish in bowls in his house. So far he's only managed to catch outstanding specimens, but he's working hard and will undoubtedly make it one day.

The first day after moving in with Tara, Christopher set out to Central Park to fish. He caught some amazing fish before meeting Tara by the fountain.

That was a Siamese Catfish.

When Christopher and Tara met up, he reached out to give her a big smooch. Suddenly, someone yelled a loud "Boo!" Christopher's way. It was Sunny Lakshi, and she was not pleased.

It turns out that Christopher and Sunny have a bit of history together...and Christopher had not bothered to tell her that he was seeing someone else. When Christopher and Tara left to go home together, poor Sunny stayed behind to weep over Christopher's betrayal.

Tara's Turn

Have I mentioned yet that Tara makes obscene amounts of money? In one day she brought home over 3,800 Simoleons.

There has been one question burning in everyone's minds ever since I split the Sullivan Sims up. Does Tara have a boyfriend? The first thing that I did was check her relationships for a boyfriend, and lo! She had not yet made the jump with Christopher Steel, but he was definitely a romantic interest. Huzzah! In my eagerness to get Tara some booty, I had her call him up as soon as she got home from work. He told her that he was busy, but invited her to call him back in 7 hours.

To kill some time, Tara played with her new telescope while I took pictures of her house.

The view from Tara's deck

Around 9:00, Tara called up Christopher and invited him over. He came straight over from work, still dressed in his work clothes. Tara could see right away that he was tired, so she invited him to stay the night. He agreed, stating that it would be "fun." Oh, how right he was.

First Kiss!

"Want to be my boyfriend?" "If I say yes, can I go to sleep?"

"Not yet..."

Aaaawwww!!!

Doris Meets a Guy

Doris had two days off, so she went on an extensive guy hunt. I had her go to the beach, the pool, and the park, but she met no one who seemed like a good prospect. The next day, I sent her to the art museum to see if she would fare any better with the intellectuals.

It was there that she met Jack Bunch.

Besides having one of the most awesome names ever, Jack is Creative, a Genius, and a Bookworm. He was with his family, and Doris joined them for a bit to get to know Jack. It didn't take her long to start hitting on him.

Unfortunately, she found out that he's involved with Fiona McIrish. I'm not going to let that deter Doris, though, because at this point in Doris's game, Fiona is old and I think Doris is totally capable of convincing Jack to leave Fiona for her.

The flirting didn't go exceptionally well, so Doris switched tracks and started being really friendly. They talked about everything under the sun: books, art, fine cuisine, TV shows. By the time they separated for the night, they were established as friends and had enjoyed that universal sign of affection: