Zoe Zimmerman - Junior Year

Zoe's Sophomore year is here.

The last name on my alphabetical list and the last household to play for this round - YAY!! That name is of course Zoe Zimmerman, and she still lives here at No. 116 Aridestra Drive, in a rented property on the campus of Strangetown's La Fiesta Tech.

You know the house as being home to The Shifting Paradymes. According to Maxis, the three band members "have bonded over their love of music and moved into their own place to focus on their art. Will living outside the dorms inspire them enough to create the masterpiece they desire?" 

Well, we can safely say that a masterpiece is not in sight. In fact, one of the Shifting Paradymes truly has shifted; Gunnar has graduated and lives now in Strangetown, where he pursues his lifetime want of having woohoo with 20 different Sims. 

Jasmine Rai (back) and Zoe Zimmerman (front) have only just started their Junior Year. Both girls study history and need to acquire one or two skills for this semester. They aspire to become sorority members, but so far they have not succeeded.

"Zoe joined the band to get out of the dorms and make some new friends, but her real focus is on her studies. As much as she likes music, Zoe wants to graduate and get a job." That is what Maxis have written about her. 

The job she has in mind is in the culinary career, as she fancies herself as a future Celebrity Chef, a typical lifetime want for a Popularity Sim like her. Maybe majoring in History will be helpful when it comes to the history of cooking :-)

The girls have been doing well during their Sophomore Year and intend to spend some of the 5,221 Simoleons they have saved on new clothes - spring is here, and they have "nothing to wear". Therefore, after class they walk to The Mirage Shopping Center. 

Both make their choice of outfits in their preferred colours and then stay on for a bit of socialising with fellow students. 

Back at their house, Jasmine invites Gunnar over (his room with the double bed has been left untouched since he moved out) and helps him towards his lifetime want. If my count is correct, she is the 4th Sim he has woohoo with, aiming for 20. 

You can guess what happens the next day, can't you? Zoe reasons that, seeing how she and Gunnar have been best friends for life, there is nothing wrong with helping him with his lifetime want, too.

Jasmine doesn't see it that way, though! She comes storming in on them - I didn't think she'd notice, since I was deliberately keeping her busy in another part of the house.

Gunnar hardly saw what hit him...!

Zoe apologises multiple times. She still has a 100/100 relationship towards Jasmine, but her friend is really hurt. 

She agrees to sit with Zoe for a spot of lunch before class, though, and listens to Zoe talking about how there are now just the two of them left for the rest of their time at uni, and that she really, really wants to patch things up between them. 

Jasmine has been wanting to join the sorority for about a year and thinks that this would be one way of her not sharing a house with just Zoe anymore. She asks Tiffany Riley over, the only "sister" she is friends with, and hopes to pass the assessment by the other girls.

She even tips Danielle Smith very generously when the girl discovers the instruments on the roof top and plays the bass for bit. Still to no avail; Jasmine really needs to work a bit more on her relationship to the other girls.

After her repeatedly negative experience with the sorority girls, Jasmine realises that making and keeping friends is not quite so easy... and that friends are really precious. She smiles at Zoe when the next morning they sit down for their cereal. She is still somewhat mad at Zoe, but slowly coming round, much to Zoe's relief. 

This also helps with their exams, and both girls get good grades: Zoe an A, and Jasmine an A+. 

This semester, it's all about Mechanical, and Zoe achieves her required skill point on the very first evening.

By now, Jasmine is as good as over "Gunnargate"; she feels she really does not want to lose her best friend, and makes peace with Zoe.

Just going to class is not enough once a student reaches Junior Year, it seems. Zoe writes her Term Paper (as per my wish, not hers), which gives her grade a big boost.

Jasmine has only written one or two assignments; she'll pass, but certainly not with an A+. In her spare time, she has been diligently making calls to the girls at the sorority house. 

She tries again the next day and invites the girls over. Only one of the "sisters" needs some convincing, but then... 

...Jasmine can hardly believe it herself: She is now a full member of the Tri-Fruhm Sorority! 

Not much later, Zoe follows suit. Now both ladies can think about moving to the sorority house for their Senior Year.

First, though, they need to get through their end of year exams. Both of them succeed; Zoe achieves an A+ and proudly sees her name on the Dean's List. Jasmine has still managed to get a B+, which is good enough for her (she has not wished for any college-related things all year). 

It was nice to play the two friends and finally getting them into the sorority! Jasmine's jealousy over Gunnar nearly cost them their friendship, but they managed to patch things up and are now as close as ever. 

And wow - this round is over...!! I can hardly believe it myself. It has taken me so long! Next I will begin at the top of the list again with the Aspir family.