Romina, Ashley and Sarah Graduate too

Affer Jessica's graduation there was a small celebration with family and friends. As the evening fell, she, Romina and Ashley returned to Island Paradise. 

Only Harold and Troy stayed in the dorm, waiting for Romina to return.

Troy, disappointed, drinking and without saying a word.

He had no idea who this Royce Allani was, or why Jessica hadn't picked him, what he did know was that he wouldn't sit there with his arms crossed. He'd take some time to finish his Physical Education career and they he'd go to Island Paradise to look for her.

The next trimester, very early in the morning, Romina and Ashley returned, this time accompanied by Sarah.

The three of them would live in the same apartment. Harold would live with them; Troy knew that the three girls were on Royce's side and that created an awkward atmosphere, so he moved back to his previous dorm.

One trimester later, the long awaited graduation day arrived. Romina got her Physical Education degree.

Sarah got a Technology one.

And Ashley one in Business.

It was a rather lonely graduation, since most of their friends had graduated previously.

The only ones who attended were Romina's grandpartens, Robert and Camilla, with whom Harold hurried to introduce himself. It was good to start by getting to know his future family, since he and Romina had gotten engaged and planned to move in together when they arrived to Island Paradise. That would be of course after his own graduation.

For Romina, everything was a celebration that day: her graduation, her engagement with Harold, and the presence of her beloved family.

For Ashley it was a sad ocassion, since not even Sean had been able to attend, and Skip had gon on a vacation with his parents.

She and Romina returned immediately to Island Paradise, Sarah left shortly after. Harold would meet Romina at the end of the next trimester. Ashley had no idea what would happen with her and Sean.

A cycle had been completed for Romina, Ashley, Sarah and Jessica. What did the future hold for them in Island Paradise? Only time would tell.

Jessica Says Goodbye to Troy

When Jessica returned to the University, she didn't dare to tell Troy anything at first, but she knew she'd had to do it at some point before her graduation day.

And that day arrived. Troy of course was the first to get there.

Romina's new boyfriend, Harold Assange, attended too.

And Ashley's best friend Skip Taylor too.

Skip had asked Ashley to be his girlfriend, but she say she couldn't accept cause she was still expecting Sean to propose marriage to her. Skip was disappointed, but didn't lose hope that she'd change her mind someday.

Sarah attended the graduation too, along with her little daughter, Savannah. She was still Jessica and Romina's roommate in Island Paradise.

Jessica didn't wait and talked to Troy before the ceremony. The truth, it wasn't a suprise for him. Since the moment Jessica had told him that she had a boyfriend in Island Paradise, she knew something like this could happen.

He of course didn't want to break up with her, but what else could he do? Jessica said she loved Royce, and there was nothing he could do about it, except, perhaps, wait for her to change her mind.

Unable to hide his sadness he accepted the decision and said goodbye to Jessica, with the remote hope that, in time, she would think better of it and return to his side.

"Congratulations on your graduation, Jessi. Good luck and don't forget I love you".

"Thanks, Troy, I love you too, and come what may, I'll never forget you", she answered with tears in her eyes.

And that was it. While her other guests enthusiastically prepared to 

go in for the ceremony, Troy left, not without first telling Jessica that,he'll be waiting for her if she ever changed her mind, 

A Complicated Weekend

Saturday 5:30 am. Sandy couldn't sleep. She had spent what was left of the night and the early morning playing chess at Farah's bedroom.

In the morning the shower broke. Sandy tried to repair it, when all she wanted was to go to sleep.

Fortunately she managed to fix it and in passing she learned the basics about Handiness.

Finally, although it was already noon, she could have a well deserved rest.

Although it was pouring with reain, the University skies were of a deep blue.

Sandy woke up, or should we say, returned to her senses at around 3 pm, feeling her head was about to explode. "Oh, no. I swear I won't drink again in my life".

But she didn't know if she could keep her promise, since she had just been invited to another party, organized by Ludo Vicco. It would be the perfect ocassion to wear the new clothes her mom had sent her.

The new outfit was completely to her liking, now she only needed to change her hairstyle to something more trendy. Of course, that would be some other day cause the party was about to start.

Before leaving she had to do one more fix, this time it was the sink.

"Ugh, I hope this won't ruin my new jacket".

One more malfunction emerged in the kitchen. Was this by chance 'malfunction day'? Sandy was in a hurry to leave, so she called the repairing services to take care of it. "Repair service? Please, come at once or our dorm will fall to pieces. Thank you".

Upon her arrival to the party, it turned out the dress code was swimmingwear. Sandy not only could not wear her new attire, but she had to run home to change. When she came back, Ludo came out to receive her. By the way, Sandy didn't like the way he looked at her. As if it wasn't enough, he threw the typical 'kiss a random sim' challenge at her.  Again?? What a drag!

Sandy chose Harold Assange to carry out the challenge. They hadn't been introduced to each other yet, but Farah spoke highly of him and that was enough. Harold, unsuspectingly, came up to her to ask for an autograph. "Alright, I'll give you the autograph, but you'll have to do me a favor..."

Harold flushed a little, since he was a bit shy, but he gladly accepted and it looks like he was very satisfied.  Sandy completed the challenge, but here was a little inconvenience. 

Mahmoud didn't like Sandy kissing Harold. She defended herself telling him that, firstly, they weren't in a relationship. And secondly, it had been him who had written the rules of those challenges! But he continued to be angry with her, which probably was for the better. Why let him get his hopes up?

That evening, things between Sandy and Mahmoud did not end well and there was no time to fix them.  It was late and Sandy was tired, so she left everything like that and said goodbye.

As she was heading to the exit, Ludo and Debbie wanted to throw another challenge at her, but Sandy didn't want to hear about it. She was exhausted and starting to feel ill. Apparently she had caught a cold for wearing a bathing suit in the cold weather.

When se arrived home she did not only feel bad because of her cold, but for her behavior in general. She was like her father. Now she understood well how he must feel. And that was not a good thing.