While the girls had some issues when living together, the Gaines boys were fairing a lot better. They both had completely different schedules and they both had laid down rules before getting settled in, the number one rule was no marrying girlfriends of course.
When Drake wasn't at work he was out spending his time with Latarsha, their relationship was going quite well. And he was content to just be with her after a long day at the military facility.
When Drake was out on his dates, Jacey was usually at home enjoying dinner on his own. While by himself he often contemplated on things that he could do to help him reach his goal to become leader of the free world in a timely fashion. He decided that the best way to do this was to work on his family image so he decided to pay his older sister a visit.
When he first knocked on her door there was no answer, after a while of waiting he heard noises from the back and decided to try using the backyard gate.
As Jacey turned the corner what he saw astonished him, there sitting on the ground was a little boy who looked a little too similar to his sister.
Jacey aproached Marquis and asked him where exactly his sister was. "I'm right here." Serena said as she made her way out of the house. Drake turned to face Serena, there were a million thoughts running through his head.
"Is he my nephew?" Drake asked gravely.
Serena just nodded her head.
"Serena how could you keep something this serious away from us? How could you keep him away from his family?!"
"I wasn't ready to tell anyone about Declan so soon." she said quitely.
Drake was very upset at his older sisters actions. Keeping Declan a secret not only could have ruined his image as a politician but it was also just plain wrong. Even though Declan didn't have the Gaine's name, he was still family. Too upset to speak with his sister Jacey left before he said something too cruel. Before he did though Serena made him swear not to tell anyone until she was ready to let the family know.
Against his better judgement Jacey agreed.
It turned out that Jacey wasn't the only person having issues with people that night, while on his way home Drake spotted in unfamiliar woman sitting alone on the bench outside of the grocery store.It was getting pretty late, so wanting to be nice he offered her ride.
"Ride? Certainly not from you." the lady said with a look of disdain on her face.
Being the childish hot headed sim that he was Drake was immediately pissed.
"Hey lady don't you know how to show appreciation, when someone offers to do you a favor!" Drake screamed.
"First of all my name is Regina, and I would appreciate it if you adressed me as such, and second I would never accept a favor from someone who looks like a hethan for all I know you might try to kidnap me!"
"Kidnap you?! Why would I waste the effort of kidnapping someone as high maintanance, crazy and conceited as you?! If anyone was crazy enough to snatch you up they would surely bring you right back to where they found you in order to keep their sanity."
In all of his years of living Drake had never met anyone as ridiculous as the Regina woman standing in front of him right now.
They both looked at each other with pure and utter disgust. Drake deciding to be the bigger person decided that he would be the first to walk away, but as soon as he turned his back, Regina pounced on him screaming "I'll show you Crazy!!"
Drake knew that it was wrong to fight women but it was all he could do to keep from getting malled by the woman. He tried to go as easy on her as possible but she was relentless, finally he just had to kick her in the butt a few times before she got the message.
After about twenty minutes Regina finally stalked off and Drake angrily made his way home.
The minute he got home the first thing he did was tell his brother exactly what happened.
"I just got attacked by a crazy woman!" he screamed.
After explaning all of the details Drake was suprised to find that his brother got upset with him, of all people.
"Drake how could you be so childish, you do realize that I want to run for office someday right? Who wants to vote for someone whose brother fights with women?!
"What? Are you serious? I get attacked and you're worried about her?"Drake couldn't believe his brother
"I wont apoligize to her for being attacked if thats what you want." he added.
Jacey figured as much but he wasn't going to force the issue, even if his brother did put him in a sticky situation he didn't think it was anything that he couldn't handle. He did have to hand it to whoever the woman was because Drake was no small guy.
"Don't worry about it Drake I'll handle the crazy lady."
Jacey was actually in need of some campain funds, and was going to throw a fundraising party anyway, so he took the oppurtunity to invite the Regina woman as an apoligy for his brothers actions.
She gladly accepted his personal invitaion.
He also decided that it would be a good idea to invite Serena as well, since Drake and Celeste would be there maybe she would be more inclined to tell them about their nephew.
"It's going to be your night I wouldn't think to ruin it with family drama." Serena said
"But Marquis and I will definately be there to support you." she added with a smile.
Jacey didn't want to argue with his sister especially since he had found out about Declan. He was never a kid person but his nephew was the coolest toddler he knew. Even though his aunt and uncle couldn't know about Declans existance, Jacey wanted to let Declan know that he was loved by people other than mommy and daddy.
He even made sure that he was tucked in for the night before running home to get ready for his fundraising party.
Jacey was happy that almost everyone showed up to the party that night, he was sure that he would get loads of cash to help support his campaign.
As he worked the room talking to all the guests there was one that stood out above the all. Jacey was shocked to see the crazy lady actually looked really good in a dress.
Not wanting to be a bad host he immediately made his way over to speak to her.
"I'm glad you came, and I hope my brother hasn't been giving you a hard time." he told her.
"Don't worry he's been on his utmost best behavior, I'm actually shocked that you both come from the same family." she said with a smile.
"Yea he's definately different" Jacey smiled back.
All in all the party went smashingly Jacey managed to raise over 10,000 simoleans and he also got to find out where Regina lived, coincidentally it was right down the street from his own home.
Jace made it his first priority to stop by and make sure he thanked her for her donation.
Staying true to his word Jacey was at Regina's house the very next day. They spent hours just talking about whatever crossed their minds, Jacey learned that Regina was very ambitious and even a little hot headed. He figured that was why her and his brother didn't get along. Jacey couldn't understand why a girl like her was single, she was absolutely stunning, so he decided to ask her on a date.
"But you're in politics." Regina stated, "It wouldn't look good for you to just go dating around."
Jacey smiled he like that she was interested in his image.
"Don't worry I want to date you with the intention to marry you..if thats okay."
Regina quickly areed to Drakes intentions, and they had their first date and kiss that same night. But knowing how people in Sunset loved to gossip he thought that it wouldn't be a good idea to take her home with him, until they were wed.
Even though it was logically a good idea to put their physical relationship on hold, it was still a little difficult to cope with. Especially when your younger brother is getting more action then you. Not wanting to stick around for what he knew was coming next Jacey made his way up to his room alone that night.
