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HOLDEN FAM 2.0 | UPDATE 11
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SUNDAY
Darla woke up to her phone buzzing from an incoming call. It was the same unknown number that called her last night. Whoever it was, they left a voicemail, but Darla was too tired to give it any attention last night before she forced herself up the stairs and into bed. She held her phone up to look at the time. 12:51PM it said. With the night she had, she wasn't surprised she spent half her day sleeping. Was she depressed? Who knows, but she can't waste away her day in bed.
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She got up and went into the bathroom to freshen up. She brushed her teeth and picked out a facemask to wear. Although she feels exhausted and cheerless, she doesn't have to look that way. After putting on her facemask she went downstairs to grab some leftover fruit salad.
https://i.imgur.com/jnq1hbd.png
Once she finished her fruit, she went over to the kitchen and loaded her bowl into the dishwasher. Her facemask felt very tight across her skin, so she went into the downstairs powder room and discarded it. She heard her phone buzzing on the kitchen counter. Who the heck kept calling her? She grabbed her phone and tapped the button to decline the call. In curiosity, she opened her voicemail box on her phone. Her phone displayed she had an unheard message. She went over to the couch, laid down and pushed play.
"Hi Darla, this is Cynthia calling on behalf of the Sadness Hotline. We got a tip from an ACS (Anonymous Concerned Sim) letting us know you may be in need of our assistance. Please don't hesitate to give us a call if you're feeling stressy, depressy or lemon-zesty!"
https://i.imgur.com/vpq72qF.png
She felt so unbelievably embarrassed. Were things really that bad she needed assistance from the Sadness Hotline? She cradled her head in her hand and cried, not because she was sad, but she was so mad her only way to release it was in tears.
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After she pulled herself togethersorta, she called the one and only person who could have given the anonymous tip. She heard the phone ring twice and then it went silent for a few seconds. "Hello?"
Darla: "Wade Archer Holden! Why in the world would you call the Sadness Hotline on me?! What good did you think that would do? Do you even understand how embarrassing it is to get a call from them, let alone three?!"
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Wade: "Hey, don't get mad at me! You seemed so upset yesterday after lashing out at me, and then you told me not to call. What was I supposed to do? If you wouldn't talk to me, I thought maybe you'd talk to someone else. The Sadness Hotline was my last resort and only choice!"
Darla: "I would rather you call yourself than do what you did! You blew this entire thing out of proportion!"
Wade: "Oh my gosh, Darla...you're the one blowing all of this out of proportion. We could have resolved everything yesterday, but then you got all offended and told me to leave."
Darla: "You were leaving anyway!"
Wade: "Whatever. Are you done yelling at me now?"
Darla: "......"
Wade: "Ugh, look—"
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Darla: "Nope. I don't wanna hear it. I'm packing your things and you can come pick them up from the house. You wanted your space and you're going to get it."
Wade: "What?! You've got to be kidding."
Darla: "I'm as serious as a heart attack, Wade."
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Wade didn't want anything to escalate any further.
Wade: "Alright. I can swing by in a few hours after I help my dad with the horses."
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Darla hung up in the phone. What did she just do? She really needs to learn to dial back her reactions. She didn't mean for any of this to happen, and now it's all spiraling out of control. Her heart felt even more broken than it was before calling Wade. When she threatened him with more separation, she thought he was going to put up more of a fight— a fight for her. Her emotions were stirring up a frenzy in her head. She was seeing red! She went upstairs to get changed and pack Wade's stuff. If he was coming over to get his things, then she was going to have them packed and waiting for him.
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In the late afternoon, Wade came around the house to pick up his things. Darla was waiting for him on the front porch with a box of his old junk from their university days.
Darla: "Here."
She set the box in front of him and took out an old picture frame. The frame had a picture of them from the day they first met back in Britechester. She threw the frame on the ground behind him. Wade couldn’t believe what he just witnessed.
Wade: "What are you doing? My gosh, can we talk for a minute?"
Darla: "Okay, talk."
She crossed her arms and waited for his response. Her sass was going to ruin everything if she kept this up..
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Wade: "C'mon Darla, I mean can we go inside and talk?"
Darla: "Nuh-uh. You came over to get your stuff, so pick up your things and go back to CR."
Wade: "How about we just breathe for a second?"
He placed his hands on her shoulders and leaned down to make his eyes level with hers.
Wade: "Let's talk about this...please?"
Darla felt herself starting to calm down as she let out a deep breath.
Darla: "Alright."
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They walked into the house together and sat down in the living room. Wade pulled out his phone to text his parents and warn them he may not be coming back so soon. Unaware of who he was texting, Darla felt disrespected when he immediately pulled out his phone as soon as they sat down. Who could be more important to him while he was supposed to be talking to her?
Darla: "Ahem. Are we going to talk or what?"
Wade glanced up at her.
Wade: "I'm texting my mom."
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Wade finished his text and faced his phone down on his stomach.
Wade: "Do you wanna tell me where all of this anger is coming from? Why did you throw our picture on the ground like that? Like what have I done to deserve that?"
Darla: "You didn't fight for me, Wade."
Wade: "What do you mean?"
Darla: "When I told you to come get your things, you didn't even ask why or argue against it. Instead, you agreed. I'll admit I've let my emotions get out of control, but it's not really anger. I feel really hurt. It's like you want nothing to do with me now."
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Wade: "Trust me Darla, I want everything to do with you, but I just needed a little time to myself. Like I said yesterday, wanting to be alone didn't have much to do with you and mostly related to feeling burnt out. I wanted a little break. I get now that you didn't understand that, and I should've done a better job trying to explain how I felt to you. The bottom line is we both could've communicated better, honestly. I should have told you about my burn out a long time ago and you should've told me you felt unhappy with my stance on kids. We're supposed to be a team and work together, but these past couple of days we've been fighting against each other. I'm sick of it."
Darla: "If you're sick of it, then why did you give me the silent treatment after I brought up kids on Friday?"
Wade: "I don't know. I guess you surprised me. It's not like we never brought up kids before, but back when we had that conversation, you said you were okay with waiting. If you felt differently back then, you could've spoke up."
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Darla: "You’re right, I could’ve spoke up, but I didn’t. You wanna know why? Do you remember back in Britechester when I got pregnant? I was scared, but I was more excited than anything. When I showed you the positive test, you looked as pale as a ghost. The thing is Wade, you immediately assumed I wasn't going to go through with it. You didn't even ask me how I felt or what I wanted to do. It was all about you."
Wade: "We were so young though. I mean no 20-year-old guy wants to become a dad that young. I had other things to focus on— soccer, my fraternity, not to mention my degree!"
Darla: "Hey, I had other things going on too, but a baby would've been a welcome addition to that list. It doesn't even matter, the past is in the past, but you still have that mentality. You assume because you're not ready, that I must not be ready either. I never said I wanted to wait, instead I told you I can wait. There's a big difference."
https://i.imgur.com/rr3e1vZ.png
Wade: "I care about how you feel, but I can’t read your mind. You have to tell me if you disagree then and there, otherwise I won’t know and we’ll experience this mess all over again. So you're saying you want kids now?"
Darla: "Well, it doesn't have to happen now exactly, but I don't want to stay in this waiting period for long."
Wade: "Okay. I'm not against the idea or anything, but I hoped we wouldn't try until we were financially..and emotionally both ready. Work has me stressed out right now, and adding a baby to the mix just doesn't seem like the best idea."
Darla: "Wade, life is full of stressors. Part of living life is learning how to deal with them."
Wade: "If it means this much to you, I'm all for it. It's just a little scary, that's all."
Darla: "Well then we can be scared together because I'm scared too."
https://i.imgur.com/xh87JNG.png
It was late as they wrapped up their conversation. They made a lot of progress and ultimately decided to wait a little longer to start trying for a baby. Darla thought the summer would be a good time to revisit the idea. By that time, Wade will have had enough time to get used to the idea without making Darla wait too long to fulfill one of her lifetime dreams of becoming a mother. They went upstairs and changed into their PJ's. Wade was going to stay the night and drive back to Chestnut Ridge in the morning to get his clothes that were still at his parent's house. Darla fell asleep straight away, but Wade had a much harder time relaxing. Someone once told him a lot of people struggle with sleep because sleep requires peace — he felt that.
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That's all for now, thank y'all for reading! :)
** Comments are welcome and appreciated! **
** If you'd like to leave a comment, please leave them in the WHIYGT thread (here) to preserve the organization of my thread **
https://i.imgur.com/5UzNEM1.png
SUNDAY
Darla woke up to her phone buzzing from an incoming call. It was the same unknown number that called her last night. Whoever it was, they left a voicemail, but Darla was too tired to give it any attention last night before she forced herself up the stairs and into bed. She held her phone up to look at the time. 12:51PM it said. With the night she had, she wasn't surprised she spent half her day sleeping. Was she depressed? Who knows, but she can't waste away her day in bed.
https://i.imgur.com/mUt9CaD.png
She got up and went into the bathroom to freshen up. She brushed her teeth and picked out a facemask to wear. Although she feels exhausted and cheerless, she doesn't have to look that way. After putting on her facemask she went downstairs to grab some leftover fruit salad.
https://i.imgur.com/jnq1hbd.png
Once she finished her fruit, she went over to the kitchen and loaded her bowl into the dishwasher. Her facemask felt very tight across her skin, so she went into the downstairs powder room and discarded it. She heard her phone buzzing on the kitchen counter. Who the heck kept calling her? She grabbed her phone and tapped the button to decline the call. In curiosity, she opened her voicemail box on her phone. Her phone displayed she had an unheard message. She went over to the couch, laid down and pushed play.
"Hi Darla, this is Cynthia calling on behalf of the Sadness Hotline. We got a tip from an ACS (Anonymous Concerned Sim) letting us know you may be in need of our assistance. Please don't hesitate to give us a call if you're feeling stressy, depressy or lemon-zesty!"
https://i.imgur.com/vpq72qF.png
She felt so unbelievably embarrassed. Were things really that bad she needed assistance from the Sadness Hotline? She cradled her head in her hand and cried, not because she was sad, but she was so mad her only way to release it was in tears.
https://i.imgur.com/mMA5hdL.png
After she pulled herself together
Darla: "Wade Archer Holden! Why in the world would you call the Sadness Hotline on me?! What good did you think that would do? Do you even understand how embarrassing it is to get a call from them, let alone three?!"
https://i.imgur.com/oIa3RhB.png
Wade: "Hey, don't get mad at me! You seemed so upset yesterday after lashing out at me, and then you told me not to call. What was I supposed to do? If you wouldn't talk to me, I thought maybe you'd talk to someone else. The Sadness Hotline was my last resort and only choice!"
Darla: "I would rather you call yourself than do what you did! You blew this entire thing out of proportion!"
Wade: "Oh my gosh, Darla...you're the one blowing all of this out of proportion. We could have resolved everything yesterday, but then you got all offended and told me to leave."
Darla: "You were leaving anyway!"
Wade: "Whatever. Are you done yelling at me now?"
Darla: "......"
Wade: "Ugh, look—"
https://i.imgur.com/vk93ewu.png
Darla: "Nope. I don't wanna hear it. I'm packing your things and you can come pick them up from the house. You wanted your space and you're going to get it."
Wade: "What?! You've got to be kidding."
Darla: "I'm as serious as a heart attack, Wade."
https://i.imgur.com/JvwQ4oG.png
Wade didn't want anything to escalate any further.
Wade: "Alright. I can swing by in a few hours after I help my dad with the horses."
https://i.imgur.com/KNiOXF6.png
Darla hung up in the phone. What did she just do? She really needs to learn to dial back her reactions. She didn't mean for any of this to happen, and now it's all spiraling out of control. Her heart felt even more broken than it was before calling Wade. When she threatened him with more separation, she thought he was going to put up more of a fight— a fight for her. Her emotions were stirring up a frenzy in her head. She was seeing red! She went upstairs to get changed and pack Wade's stuff. If he was coming over to get his things, then she was going to have them packed and waiting for him.
https://i.imgur.com/gX005Zr.png
In the late afternoon, Wade came around the house to pick up his things. Darla was waiting for him on the front porch with a box of his old junk from their university days.
Darla: "Here."
She set the box in front of him and took out an old picture frame. The frame had a picture of them from the day they first met back in Britechester. She threw the frame on the ground behind him. Wade couldn’t believe what he just witnessed.
Wade: "What are you doing? My gosh, can we talk for a minute?"
Darla: "Okay, talk."
She crossed her arms and waited for his response. Her sass was going to ruin everything if she kept this up..
https://i.imgur.com/8Nh4h8Y.png
Wade: "C'mon Darla, I mean can we go inside and talk?"
Darla: "Nuh-uh. You came over to get your stuff, so pick up your things and go back to CR."
Wade: "How about we just breathe for a second?"
He placed his hands on her shoulders and leaned down to make his eyes level with hers.
Wade: "Let's talk about this...please?"
Darla felt herself starting to calm down as she let out a deep breath.
Darla: "Alright."
https://i.imgur.com/eFSZSA0.png
They walked into the house together and sat down in the living room. Wade pulled out his phone to text his parents and warn them he may not be coming back so soon. Unaware of who he was texting, Darla felt disrespected when he immediately pulled out his phone as soon as they sat down. Who could be more important to him while he was supposed to be talking to her?
Darla: "Ahem. Are we going to talk or what?"
Wade glanced up at her.
Wade: "I'm texting my mom."
https://i.imgur.com/dkSYDTQ.png
Wade finished his text and faced his phone down on his stomach.
Wade: "Do you wanna tell me where all of this anger is coming from? Why did you throw our picture on the ground like that? Like what have I done to deserve that?"
Darla: "You didn't fight for me, Wade."
Wade: "What do you mean?"
Darla: "When I told you to come get your things, you didn't even ask why or argue against it. Instead, you agreed. I'll admit I've let my emotions get out of control, but it's not really anger. I feel really hurt. It's like you want nothing to do with me now."
https://i.imgur.com/bVmTbXT.png
Wade: "Trust me Darla, I want everything to do with you, but I just needed a little time to myself. Like I said yesterday, wanting to be alone didn't have much to do with you and mostly related to feeling burnt out. I wanted a little break. I get now that you didn't understand that, and I should've done a better job trying to explain how I felt to you. The bottom line is we both could've communicated better, honestly. I should have told you about my burn out a long time ago and you should've told me you felt unhappy with my stance on kids. We're supposed to be a team and work together, but these past couple of days we've been fighting against each other. I'm sick of it."
Darla: "If you're sick of it, then why did you give me the silent treatment after I brought up kids on Friday?"
Wade: "I don't know. I guess you surprised me. It's not like we never brought up kids before, but back when we had that conversation, you said you were okay with waiting. If you felt differently back then, you could've spoke up."
https://i.imgur.com/Bei0cji.png
Darla: "You’re right, I could’ve spoke up, but I didn’t. You wanna know why? Do you remember back in Britechester when I got pregnant? I was scared, but I was more excited than anything. When I showed you the positive test, you looked as pale as a ghost. The thing is Wade, you immediately assumed I wasn't going to go through with it. You didn't even ask me how I felt or what I wanted to do. It was all about you."
Wade: "We were so young though. I mean no 20-year-old guy wants to become a dad that young. I had other things to focus on— soccer, my fraternity, not to mention my degree!"
Darla: "Hey, I had other things going on too, but a baby would've been a welcome addition to that list. It doesn't even matter, the past is in the past, but you still have that mentality. You assume because you're not ready, that I must not be ready either. I never said I wanted to wait, instead I told you I can wait. There's a big difference."
https://i.imgur.com/rr3e1vZ.png
Wade: "I care about how you feel, but I can’t read your mind. You have to tell me if you disagree then and there, otherwise I won’t know and we’ll experience this mess all over again. So you're saying you want kids now?"
Darla: "Well, it doesn't have to happen now exactly, but I don't want to stay in this waiting period for long."
Wade: "Okay. I'm not against the idea or anything, but I hoped we wouldn't try until we were financially..and emotionally both ready. Work has me stressed out right now, and adding a baby to the mix just doesn't seem like the best idea."
Darla: "Wade, life is full of stressors. Part of living life is learning how to deal with them."
Wade: "If it means this much to you, I'm all for it. It's just a little scary, that's all."
Darla: "Well then we can be scared together because I'm scared too."
https://i.imgur.com/xh87JNG.png
It was late as they wrapped up their conversation. They made a lot of progress and ultimately decided to wait a little longer to start trying for a baby. Darla thought the summer would be a good time to revisit the idea. By that time, Wade will have had enough time to get used to the idea without making Darla wait too long to fulfill one of her lifetime dreams of becoming a mother. They went upstairs and changed into their PJ's. Wade was going to stay the night and drive back to Chestnut Ridge in the morning to get his clothes that were still at his parent's house. Darla fell asleep straight away, but Wade had a much harder time relaxing. Someone once told him a lot of people struggle with sleep because sleep requires peace — he felt that.
https://i.imgur.com/KSltp2W.png
That's all for now, thank y'all for reading! :)
** If you'd like to leave a comment, please leave them in the WHIYGT thread (here) to preserve the organization of my thread **
