A few weeks passed since Abraham and Vickie committed to one another. They kept it from the family for a little while due to the remnants of guilt that clung to them, but they couldn't keep their relationship a secret forever, so one day after everyone had finished breakfast Vickie pulled Abraham close and kissed him.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49654801663_a5b6893770_c.jpghttps://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49655340861_6b750ee829_c.jpgAbraham was about as surprised as his family was, but since the cat was out of the bag anyways he asked Vickie to be his girl then and there.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49655340806_244b6a011c_c.jpgFrom there everyone went to his formally delayed high school graduation and went out to a bistro for dinner to celebrate. Thelma, Maggie-May and even Florence were more than okay with the relationship.
Thelma pulled him to the side after dinner and whispered to him, "It's about time."
A few more months passed and Abraham's attention once again turned to the future, but this time with a much happier light and decided something needed to be done to really symbolize the fact that he and his family were moving on, as bittersweet as it was. However, he needed to discuss his plans with Vickie first. So, early that summer he invited her out to a lovely pier in town. The fact that it was also one of the prettiest days they had all year seemed symbolic as well.
They enjoyed each other's company for a while and then Abraham asked her, "Do you like it here in Salmon Woods?"
"Of course, I grew up here, it's my home," she said.
"I do to but I was thinking that perhaps it's time to leave. As much as we've moved forwards the scars are still there, the absence of my brothers and father is still there. I know they always will be, but perhaps it would be better to start over somewhere truly new," he said.
Vickie moved a little closer to him. "That isn't a bad idea," Vickie said. "But, what about Thelma and your mother?"
"They can move with us, although maybe not in the same house," he said.
"Why not?" Vickie asked as if offended by the very notion of her in-laws living anywhere else but with them.
" Before we know it, Florence will be a teenager and I doubt she'll want to share a room with her mother forever. Besides I want to add to our family," he said and dropped down on one knee, a ring box in his hand.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49679712776_7cb5f1114a_c.jpg"Oh my," said Vickie a little startled and for a moment Abraham worried that she wasn't ready to move forward that much, but then she said, "Yes, I will marry you and yes I want to add to our family and raise them away from Salmon Woods and all the scars that the war left behind."
Abraham breathed a sigh of relief and the two of them sealed the proposal with a kiss.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49679181838_39eb04edb2_c.jpgAfter about a month of speaking to people around town and taking a few drives outside Salmon Woods, they decided that they would move to an up and coming city called Roaring Heights with the family, although Thelma and his mother would no longer live with them. Eventually, they got everything together besides the wedding itself since they couldn't get a house together unless they were married. The move would be a little expensive, so they decided to keep the wedding simple.
There was a wedding arch on the pier where Abraham proposed, so they decided to just hire a parson and use their immediate family as witnesses to a short and sweet ceremony.
Despite the simplicity, it was a beautiful wedding.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49679712761_32acafb53d_c.jpghttps://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49679181743_7894a72108_c.jpgThe inexpensive wedding allowed them all to get to Roaring Heights that very night. The house itself would require a little fixing up, but none-the-less they were more than happy to spend their wedding night in their brand new home.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49679181678_34a7a548c5_c.jpgThat night both of them had better dreams than they had in a very long time. The future was brighter than it had ever been before.
Author note: apologies for the inconsistent outfits when Abraham asks Vickie to be his girl, I probably should have maybe done a time skip, but the way I wrote it sounded so much better than randomly skipping time between Vickie kissing him and him asking her to be his girl, just because sims change outfits randomly sometimes. Anyways Happy simming and stay safe.
