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Dusty couldn't understand what had gone wrong. Mum and Dad couldn't bear to be in the same room together. Dad spent his time at work or chatting to people online and Mum, well she spent her time cooking and cleaning or reading about cooking and cleaning...

Dusty couldn't understand what had gone wrong. Mum and Dad couldn't bear to be in the same room together. Dad spent his time at work or chatting to people online and Mum, well she spent her time cooking and cleaning or reading about cooking and cleaning... ...neither of them would help Dusty with his homework and the results were a D report card, a pile of uncompleted assignments and a Dusty who was just to depressed to do anything. Dusty decided that no one was going to help him, so after given himself an hour of watching the Kidztube he set himself down and started on those assignments.
He had just completed 1 and a 1/2 of them when he was overcome by a wave of exhaustion and just fell asleep right where he was standing. Dusty couldn't believe it, he had been so tired that he had just collapsed into his bed barely being able to put on his pyjamas. He had woke up the next morning and...well to put it bluntly, wet himself. He felt so ashamed and embaressed. Thankfully nobody had been around at the time. Dad was earning good money and Mum was at home teaching herself how to run a good home, but each one of them seemed to think that the bills were the other ones responsibility. With no civilised communication going on the result was...the Repo Man. OK this was getting beyond a joke. Dusty knew that the pile of rubbish was his fault...he had been taking the trash out when he'd realised the school bus was about to pull off and had just run for it...but surely Mum or Dad could have picked it up. Now there were all these disgusting bugs. Dusty had now reached the age where he could take more responsibility for himself. His first act as a teenager was to find himself a decent job, to prepare himself for adulthood. Dusty was beginning to think that a higher power had it in for him. There he was searching for a good job when he remembered (a little to late) that he had decided to cook dinner for everyone.
Was anything going to go right for him?? Dusty didn't want to repeat his first cooking fiasco and had switched the TV over to his Mum's favourite cooking show. He was so engrossed in learning how to make grilled cheese sandwiches that he failed to realise that he was about to miss the carpool. Just after Dusty got home from school he got a phone call from Tiffany Sampson, a college student at SSU which was where Dusty was hoping to go and train as a doctor. They were chatting about courses and life in general. Once again the ill fortuned Dusty failed to see the work car outside his front door. That evening Dusty received the message that he had been fired from his job. What was the point of even trying when everything just went so badly wrong? What had he done to deserve such a rotten start in life?
Dusty was starting to believe that the Somebody had it in for him OK looking back now it hadn't been a good idea. Dusty decided to throw a party to meet a few more people and cheer himself up.
The first thing that went wrong was only two guests turned up.
Then his totally tone deaf Dad decided that he was going to be the DJ
When his Mum started making googoo eyes at the handsome young Bartender Dusty thought that that was the worse that could happen... ...Except dear old Dad decided to prove him wrong and started to chat up Tiffany Sampson, right there in front of everyone... ....Mum totally broke down and started acting really weird, clucking like a chicken and crying, Whilst dad just completely ignored her and continued to flirt with Tiffany.... Dusty saw red and threw his drink straight over his father, he wanted to attack Tiffany as well but she had left... When his Mum attacked his father Dusty had to conclude that this had been the lousiest party ever. Dusty had had enough, without bothering to stop and pack his things he fled from the house vowing never to return... Rainee was distraught...what had they done? Sunny was equally guilt ridden... He decided to use his contacts in the Force and see if they could track Dusty down. Boy those police are good, within a few hours Dusty was standing outside the house with his Mum crying and begging his forgiveness... His Dad added his apologies and vowed that things were going to change... Starting right now. The first thing that Sunny did was to hire a maid so that Rainee could have the career that she wanted. He then made the breakfast omelettes... ...Which they sat down and ate as a family for the first time in forever. This time when Dusty asked his dad for help with his homework, his Dad didn't make excuses about being to tired or bored and answered all of Dustys questions. Finally Dusty knew the secret to doing his homework, no more agonizing for what seemed like hours over the simplest problem With all the petty disputes out of the way Rainee and Sunny just fell in love all over again. Dusty couldn't believe it when he got an A+ the following day and then landed a job in the Medical career. He immediately applied to SSU and was told he qualified for two scholarships: The Sim City Scholar grant and the Quigley Visual Art Stipend.
Suddenly Dusty felt as though the Powers that Be had decided to cut him some slack and anything was possible... ...Although who could know what could happen when he arrived at College!!

The Rhodes Family

Feb 6, 2007 by gil_shalos
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    40 Comment(s) posted so far

    On Feb 6, 2007 bingochao1 wrote:

    sorry i didnt read it coz i had to have dinner but i looked at the pictures looks pretty good i will try and read it if i have time later bye \:D

    On Feb 6, 2007 wrote:

    thank you so much for this story it is a really lovely and good work so lovely\:wub\: \:wub\: \:wub\:

    On Feb 6, 2007 Swt_Pea92 wrote:

    Great story, glad Dusty's Mum and Dad sorted things out!! \:rah\: 5.0!!

    On Feb 7, 2007 ReneeFox wrote:

    Oooooo, I thought watching the movie would be fun, but it goes too fast to read the text that pops up. Slow it down some. Otherwise, great story! \:\)

    On Feb 7, 2007 haesle wrote:

    great story...\:wub\: \:rah\:

    On Feb 7, 2007 rockininmyboxerz wrote:

    haha, nice story. oh, poor dysfunctional families...

    On Feb 7, 2007 PimpDiva04 wrote:

    \:rah\: Cute.

    On Feb 7, 2007 SimanthaRat wrote:

    Nice story, I enjoyed it.
    \:D

    On Feb 7, 2007 eschue1 wrote:

    Great Story\:rah\: Please keep us posted for Dusty's college years \:D

    On Feb 7, 2007 Gelika wrote:

    Nice story. More please.\:\)

    On Feb 7, 2007 megirl wrote:

    i really liked this story. well done

    On Feb 7, 2007 ILikeNickzButt wrote:

    good story cant wait for more \:D

    On Feb 7, 2007 floydine wrote:

    Great story! I'm looking forward to read more!

    On Feb 7, 2007 manuela55 wrote:

    good work \:D \:D \:D

    On Feb 7, 2007 ila73 wrote:

    \:\) good story\:\)

    On Feb 7, 2007 savanabonita wrote:

    Great story\:rah\: I really loved it\:wub\: \:wub\: Perfect job!!!

    On Feb 7, 2007 bos02184 wrote:

    Nice work
    I see you completed the "Failure is not an option" Challange
    \:D

    On Feb 7, 2007 susie222 wrote:

    god work,thank you \:rah\:

    On Feb 7, 2007 caclark wrote:

    interesting

    On Feb 7, 2007 wrote:

    wonderfull story...more please^^

    On Feb 7, 2007 Dr-X56 wrote:

    PLZ PLZ have the walls up! it makes the story look better. If you don't know how to to close view then PM me or anything like that. Else it wasnt that bad. \:wub\:

    On Feb 7, 2007 Pippa22 wrote:

    Good story

    On Feb 7, 2007 marsali wrote:

    wow so awsome

    On Feb 7, 2007 SimsBarbie wrote:

    What a fun story.

    On Feb 8, 2007 chardonnayonedge wrote:

    At least he didn't get sprayed by a skunk like he did when I took the challenge....\:rah\: \:rah\: \:rah\:

    On Feb 8, 2007 MinnieMinPin wrote:

    Thanks for sharing!\:rah\:

    On Feb 8, 2007 ladykairo wrote:

    I liked it, thanks! \:\)

    On Feb 8, 2007 MissJay wrote:

    \:wub\:

    On Feb 8, 2007 wrote:

    Nice story.4.5.What about Dusty's time at college?

    On Feb 9, 2007 BadAngel14 wrote:

    good work \;\)

    On Feb 9, 2007 elkew wrote:

    Good story \:rah\:

    On Feb 9, 2007 KaekoPuzifoot wrote:

    Very nice! I'm working on a Dusty Rhodes story, too, only mine is what happened to him after he left home. \:D Dusty is a GREAT character...time for a Dusty fan club, huh? Go, Dusty GO!! \:rah\:

    On Feb 10, 2007 MoriaG wrote:

    WoW!! I think your story was better then mine!! i love to read all the different tsr challanges but this one is my favortite!

    On Feb 10, 2007 happyb8888 wrote:

    Cut story! Can hardly wait to see what happens to Dusty in college.
    \:rah\: \:rah\: \:rah\: \:rah\: \:rah\: \:rah\:

    On Feb 10, 2007 wrote:

    Found your story \:D
    And, like Keako said, it's about time for a Dusty fan club!
    Nice story, a little factual, and the pics could have been better, but all the same. It's still a nice story.
    (have you read mine?)

    On Feb 10, 2007 cajunbelle0731 wrote:

    Nice story\:D

    On Feb 11, 2007 wrote:

    The story was good, but the screeshots need some work. It would really help if you put the walls up and zoomed in more. Most of the time it's really hard to see the characters in the pictures because you're so far away. Your story is well written, but the screenshots just don't do it justice. Thanks for sharing. \;\)

    On Dec 16, 2007 wrote:

    Good Story

    On Apr 21, 2008 wrote:

    Nice story \:D

    On Sep 17, 2008 MissIlly666 wrote:

    Poor Dusty. Well, hopefully it wont be too much of a bumpy ride for him. \:P Good story.

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