Aja Plots Revenge

"I don't want to hear your voice! I don't want you any where near me!" Aja hissed at Roderick upon their next unpleasant encounter. "The next time we fight, you are the one who will be on the losing end! Just. Stay away from me! Be gone, you headless llama!"

Roderick's face turned red. He looked as though he were about to respond, but instead he simply stormed off.

Aja needed to cool off. Being any where near Roderick simply made her blood boil. She talked herself down in the bathroom mirror.

"Come on, girl! You've got to pull it together. Sure, Roderick is a jerk, but is he worth all the excitement? Let him go his way, you go yours. Just... breathe." Aja breathed in slowly and held it for a moment before slowly letting it out again. In, out. In, out.

It would be time for breakfast soon. Aja decided to go fishing to catch something to eat. Finding something to focus on helped ease her tension and she even began to enjoy herself a bit.

It was hot and Aja decided to eat indoors. Roderick was on the couch, talking with Yuki. Aja remembered that she had been interested in getting to know the girl, but now she wasn't sure. How well did they know each other? Were they just acquaintances, or were they more? Were they friends? What if they were boy friend and girl friend? She didn't know if she liked that idea.

She decided to ignore Yuki and turned to speak with Malcolm Landgraab instead. He looked at her sharply. "You know, I saw how you treated my boy, Roderick earlier. That was not cool!"

"But, you don't even know what that was about," Aja began, "Rod..."

"I don't need to know what that was about. You don't treat Roderick like that. He's a great guy! I don't know you, and I don't want to. You're the one who should do the leaving!"

Aja shook her head, dumbfounded. She set her jaw squarely and stood up. She felt like retorting, but she was outnumbered. There were 3 of them and only one of her. Suddenly, Aja felt lonelier then ever. She strode firmly back out the door.

Aja headed for the gym. She needed to learn to fight to defend herself. She didn't need Roderick kicking her butt next time they fought. Besides, pretending the punching bag was Roderick's head was too much fun and helped alleviate at least some of the stress.

Aja didn't feel like going back to the park. Roderick and his cohorts would probably be there. She decided to go see the park in Willow Creek instead. She ran into a familiar face. A very sad familiar face.

"Hey, what's the matter?" Aja asked Sophie. Sophie just shrugged and shook her head. Aja paused to give Sophie a chance to respond, but she didn't say any thing further. She decided to distract her instead. She looked around for some sort of diversion.

"Hey, you want to watch the clouds with me?" Sophie nodded her head slowly. At first, obligingly, allowing Aja to point out what she saw, but soon she was pointing out cloud formations herself. Aja just listened and let Sophie do most of the talking.

Aja didn't know how long they lay on the ground like that, but at long last, Sophie sat up, brushing off her blouse. "Look at me," she giggled, "I'm a mess!"

Aja laughed wholeheartedly. "I'm not that pristine myself."

"Listen, I've got to go. I'm late for dinner and I still need to get my homework done, but thanks for spending a bit of time with me this afternoon."


Aja smiled, "Any time!" She realized, as she watched Sophie leave, that she had even been able to relax herself. Forgetting her own problems from earlier in the day. Her tummy rumbled. She'd been so distracted by Sophie she'd forgotten to fish for her dinner. She wasn't sure there was any place to cook here any way.


Luckily, she saw some grilled fruit someone had cooked up. Not so fortunately, it wouldn't be long before the food spoiled. Oh well! She had to eat. She shuddered at every bite as she forced herself to swallow each forkful. Fish was better!

It was long past time to be getting back to the park, but as she was preparing to leave, a girl came over.
"Hey, you new around here?"

Aja smiled. "No, I'm just visiting. I live in Oasis Springs. Why, who's asking?" Well, it was a half truth any way. She didn't actually have a home, but this other girl didn't need to know that.

Avery Raines, created by Simmie Sweetness

"My name is Avery Raines. It's nice to meet you."

Aja blinked. What did this girl want any way? "It's... nice to meet you." She said at last.

"Listen, I know it's getting late, but I was wondering if I could get your number. You know, maybe we could hang out sometime?" Wow! Awkward. Aja wasn't sure what to make of this girl.

"I'm sorry, but my folks don't let me give my number to strangers." Aja said lamely.

"Look, I'm sorry. I guess I'm just looking for a friend. You looked like a pretty friendly gal, that's all."

Aja sighed. "Ok, come talk with me in my office."

The girls settled down at the picnic table. Raine began their conversation. "So, tell me about yourself."

"Well, there's really not that much to tell." Aja knew her life was so not interesting. Besides, what could she possibly tell her any way? 'Hi, I'm a runaway. And I was wondering if you wouldn't mind keeping that to yourself?' Yeah right! She'd be back to the system before you could say 'foster care'.

"Come on, there's gotta be something. I mean, I'm sure you have hobbies or... something?"

"Well, I like my coffee with cream and sugar. Oh! And I'd like to be a song writer."

"You play?" Raine looked fascinated.

"Sure..."

The girls became so involved with their conversation, they talked the whole night through. At dawn, Aja made her way back to her encampment. She needed breakfast and a bit of sleep. Today was practically blown already.

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Settling In and- Roderick!

Aja was beginning to figure out the game called survival. She realized if she were to have enough to eat, she would need to get up early every morning in order to fish and cook it.

Trying to meet all the demands made upon herself took a lot of effort, especially roughing it out. Later that evening, Aja played a game with Sophia. It was nice having someone to talk to, even if the girl's ideas of what they wanted out of the relationship varied. Aja only wanted someone to talk to, but Sophia seemed to have other plans.

After the chess game, Aja headed off to use the restroom. She groaned and yawned, stretching; she was so tired! She had finished using the restroom and was headed to bed when she noticed how quickly the world seemed to be spinning. Her vision was turning black as well.

When she awoke the next day, her neck and back ached from having collapsed the night before. At some point, she must have moved to a bench at least, but she was tired and her body ached from the rough night. She desperately needed a bit of fun and social interaction, so she decided to play sea monster with the kids playing on the jungle gym.

She noticed a boy her own age lurking nearby and decided to introduce herself. Unfortunately, he seemed to be a bit of a snob, a class beyond Aja. He seemed to have his head up his... butt!

Aja was stressed to the limit. This boy's prudish behavior was more then she could stand. She was tired, sore, and lonely from the demands life was currently presenting her with. This was the last straw! She snapped the first insult she could think of, something lame about his style of clothes and how the world didn't stand still for prudes like him. She regretted it almost as soon as she had said it. She tried to apologize, but Roderick stormed off.

The next day, Aja was eating her breakfast when Roderick approached her again, implying that her mother was a llama. Aja was taken aback. She didn't have a mother, but she wasn't about to take the insult lying down either. She had a shocking surprise for him.

She smiled sweetly and offered her hand. "I apologize for yesterday. Can we be friends?"
 

She was pleased when he took the bait. "Now you listen here, you rich, stuck up, snob! It's beyond me why you think you have to harass me when I'm minding my own business, short of some menial need for revenge! It takes someone with a weak mind indeed to come up with as lousy an insult as attacking someone's mother. It's not my mother who's the llama, any way, it's yours! She couldn't even teach you how to properly dress or address others like a normal human being, you rich, stuck up, snob!"

Roderick was startled. He didn't know what to make of Aja. The girl actually had the gall to insult himself and his family?! It was more then he could stand. A scuffle ensued.

Unfortunately, with Aja as the loser and Roderick the victor. She needed to get away from this baboon before she suffered any further embarrassment or discomfort. Her pride felt as bruised as she imagined her body was crushed. She stormed off to the lady's room. Then it would be time for bed. Roderick may have won the fight, but he had not won the battle. Not by a long shot! Not if she had any thing to say about it!

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Making Friends

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Aja was feeling famished the next morning, so she quickly gobbled down a carrot she had harvested in the area. As she ate, she began to plan what she needed to accomplish. She would have to continue exploring the area to find the resources she needed to survive. She'd have to be wary of accidentally returning to a school she didn't belong to. If she were discovered... Aja shuddered remembering the events of the previous day.

She gathered some sticks together and piled them up in the center of some stones she had piled together in a circle. This would serve nicely as a firepit; so long as someone didn't come along and wreck it, she could eat here as long as she needed to. For the most part, she would have to cook fish. This mornng, she decided to eat a bit of hotdog she had left over from her trip. She lit the fire with a match and blew gently, gently, until the fire caught. She nursed the fire until it jumped to life. When she was satisfied it was not going to blow out, she began fixing her food.

Aja was eating breakfast when the gardener set down at the fire. When he began talking to her, Aja quickly slipped away. He was a danger to her security and she didn't want to talk to him. She quickly gobbled down her hot dog.

She needed to get away from the park for a while and this trip had left her feeling pretty grungy, so she decided to go to the gym and take a shower. Perhaps life would seem a whole lot better after a good, hot shower. Just because she was living in the wilds didn't mean she wanted to smell that way!

Aja wasn't sure where she wanted to go to next, and she didn't have a lot of money for traveling any way. She decided to just go exploring at the park. She would have to hope that gardener didn't catch onto her. She needed to make a little money for expenses so she could travel more. If she wasn't found in the same place twice during school hours, maybe no one would notice she wasn't attending school. For now, she would just have to be careful.

That evening, when she was beginning to feel lonely and bored, Aja decided to play chess with Sofia. She watched her carefully as they played. Sofia had initially flirted with her, but she wasn't doing so now. On the contrary, she seemed to be engrossed in the game. Maybe Sofia wasn't half so bad as Aja had thought. She decided to reserve judgement until she had a better chance to know her. She didn't have many friends; she couldn't afford to be picky.

When Aja curled up that night, she was absolutely exhausted. She was ready for a good night's sleep, even if it was on a hard wooden bench, in the cold desert night air.

However, this time her sleep was disturbed by the sound of someone approaching. She rubbed her eyes and sat up. Who could it be at this hour way back here? She was surprised to discover it was just a teen boy. Curious, Aja initiated a conversation with him. She discovered his name was Zane. They spent the night watching the stars.

She felt absolutely drained the next morning, having gotten only a little before she'd been disturbed. She spent some time at the fire with some other kids before school, cooking a hot dog before lying down to catch a few z's on a nearby log.

She knuckled down to catching some fish for the rest of the day. She needed something to feed on, even if it was nothing more then a minnow from the little pond nearby.

Aja was not surprised, if a little disapointed, that she was only able to catch a single minnow by dinner time. Her stomach grumbled in complaint. Surviving on her own was definitely turning out to be a real challenge. Luckily, she was making friends each day. Several neighborhood kids were beginning to show up around the park; she was beginning to make friends. She'd have to be careful never to let her guard down, but she was grateful for the company.

That evening, Aja shared her camp fire with one more new aquaintence. The girl introduced herself as Cassandra Goth. They shared the warmth of the fire in companionable silence, each girl lost in her own thoughts.

Arriving in Oasis Springs

Aja had been traveling for days. She was tired, sore, and her emotions spent. It had been a while since she'd seen any "kid missing" posters with her face prominently displayed, so when she arrived in Oasis Springs, she decided to lay low a while. Her first task was getting herself something to eat.

When Aja saw the park, she saw a lot of potential. It was quite large, had plenty of fishing holes and even a couple of bathrooms. She wasn't hungry yet, but she knew it wouldn't be long before she was, so she decided to settle in to catch some fish. Maybe she could catch something for dinner! Someone was already fishing at the spot she'd scouted out, but they were so engrossed in the job, she doubted they'd notice her. She'd just have to keep to herself.

Failing to catch anything, Aja decided to do some scavenging. Maybe she could find some berries or something she could trade for a bit of food instead.

When she took a break to use the restroom, she discovered someone had barbecued some hot dogs and snitched a plate for herself. Feeling a bit lonely, Aja decided to talk to a girl who was sitting nearby.

The other girl did not look impressed that her studies had been interrupted, however. She barely gave Aja a glance, a hard, cold one that said "go away!", before continuing her studies. No further attempts at communication were acknowledged, so Aja was at last forced to give up her pursuit.

Aja was lonely and needed a diversion. Having to constantly fend for and protect herself, she didn't have a lot of time for fun. When no one was around, she played with her guitar.

It had been a long, trying day and Aja was getting tired. She found an out of the way bench and settled in for another difficult night's sleep. This was turning out to be even more difficult then she could have ever imagined, but she was determined to stick it out.

The next day, Aja did a bit more exploring around the park before school. She hadn't intended to go, but she somehow got caught up with the local kids. During a school project, she could tell the other students knew what they were doing and decided to sit back and let them do the work; this wasn't her school and she needed to bail out as soon as she had the chance. If she stayed too long,  it would be discovered she didn't belong and someone would start asking questions she didn't want asked. She grabbed a shower at the gym and brewed about the poor grade the teacher had given her for not participating.

Aja was so disturbed about the grade and about the dangerous situation she had found herself in, she forgot to worry about what she was wearing. She found an inconspicuous corner, though, and lay down to take a nap. She was feeling exhausted and overwhelmed from every thing she had been through recently and needed a clear head to think.

On her way back to the park, Aja made another friend. After speaking with the girl for only a few minutes, she discovered she was a romantic. And she was making advances on her! Feeling uncomfortable, and thinking the local kids seemed a bit strange: if they weren't ignoring her, they were making passes at her! She decided to keep her own company for the time being.

Aja had kept an eye out all day for something she could eat. Her stomach growled at her angrily. If she didn't find something soon, she'd pass out! She noticed someone had just finished barbecuing a meal. Good eats! She dove in, while he was still standing there. He didn't seem to mind, but she became unnerved when he started talking to her. She was polite, so as to appear natural, but spoke as little as possible.

She got away as quickly as she could and headed for bed. It was getting late and she was so tired! Aja was unaware when the creepy old homeless man slept sitting beside her on the park bench.

 

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The Chronicles of Aja Miller

Name: Aja (pronounced Asia) Miller
Aspiration: Musical Genius
Traits: Music Lover, Creative, Muser

Disclaimer: This series is based on the Runaway Teen Challenge. I am not the originator of this challenge. I intend to try the points system. I haven't played based on points before, so this will be a new experience for me. I do not necessarily hold the same principles or thoughts as the characters in this story. This is based on a story as told through The Sims 4. With that in mind, I hope you enjoy the story!

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Back Story

All of her life, Aja Miller has been in the foster care system. After being given up as an infant, Aja suffered from a birth defect. The first several years of her life were spent in hospitals. By the time she was well, she was too old for adoption. She was passed over again and again. To make matters worse, the foster homes she lived in were often abusive or had unrealistic expectations.  Tired of being treated poorly and having no hope for a future, Aja took off on her own.

One day, at a corner store, she saw her picture on a kid missing poster on the store's bulletin board. She glanced around cautiously to be sure no one was watching before snatching the paper off the bulletin board, balling it up, and tossing it in the garbage. She paid for a cheap pair of glasses with what little food she was able to afford that day.

Later, she found a neglected baseball cap on a park bench. She donned it and her disguise was complete. She was relieved... to some degree. If people couldn't see her face, they'd be less likely to recognize her and call her in. Still, Aja is determined not to go back; and so she continues to hide her face and minimizes her contact with others, while nervously hoping to appear like she belongs.

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