I'm beginning this chapter on a sad note. Roger has died. (The game sort of got glitched for some reason and kept repeating that he had died, so I had to enter the family home for it to actually happen.) His wife Christy is an elder, and Kali has aged up to a young adult.
My little home decorated for New Years Eve.
We were playing basketball and Roberto was being a little flirtatious with me. While I'm flattered, I hope Darryl didn't notice.
Why is Alessandra's ball on fire? I've never seen that before.
Here is where things get a little bit awkward. While in the kitchen with Darryl, he suddenly gave me a big kiss. I saw that Roberto's back was to us and hoped he hadn't noticed.
He noticed...and he wasn't happy. I was friend zoned by Alberto and he immediately broke off any romance between us. My first break up ever. He looks so sad. It is hard to have multiple romances going, especially when we are all friends together.
Alberto stayed for the countdown, but we ended the year broken up and merely friends. I think he was hurt, and I don't feel good about that.
Roberto stopped by the next day and ended up talking with Serenity about the breakup. He didn't stay long.
I tried talking to dad about what happened. He wasn't very happy with me and said I need to be more considerate of how I make others feel. He said it was wrong of me to be involved romantically with Darryl and with Alberto at the same time. Someone was inevitably going to get hurt. He is right.
Dad also said I obviously didn't love Derryl as much as I may think since I also was thinking I was in love with Alberto. He reminded me that I am still young and learning about relationships and a good lesson from all this was I should never mess around with someone else's feelings.
He also reminded me that my birthday is just a few days off and I need to grow up. He encouraged me to break things off with Darryl as well. I am a little older than both of them. I know he's right. He said he will be there to support me if I want him to be when I break it off with Darryl. I do.
Having dad there was a big help when I finally broke off the romance between Darryl and me. He actually took the breakup just fine. Maybe he wasn't as in love with me as I thought. Or maybe he was just putting on a strong facade.
"Trust me on this, Ashley. You did the right thing." Words of wisdom from my dad. I hope he is right on this one. Not only have I broken up with Darryl, but Alberto broke up with me. That's two romantic relationships down the drain. I hope I have learned something from all this.
Darryl and I have remained friends, though not as close friends as before. We still see each other at school, and he occasionally stops by.
Why is he looking at my sister like that?
While the three of us survived our first heartbreaks, I think Alberto took things the worst of all.
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