Kelsi Fontaine

## Kelsi (Fontaine) Grimes

* Elder
* Adult

● Active

● Playful

● Nice

Derek Grimes (son)

Kelsi Grimes is one of the first 28 sims to live in the newly named Revale.

## **Before Revale**

Mary was born in Oak Hill, inside a family who had just arrived, following the great accessibility of their community college. Kelsi's parents got pregnant with her when they were teenagers, and agreed to take the challenge of becoming young parents as they still finished their studies. At the time, Oak Hill had a highly accessible program for college students who couldn't pay their own education, so they left their old town and moved to Oak Hill right before Kelsi was born.

Kelsi's childhood was that of any other kid who calls their home life "normal". She went to school, met other kids, came home to a babysitter, and went to bed. Ever since she was little, her parents always talked about the importance of school and education, as they were trying to give her the best possible future so she wouldn't struggle like they were, although they were doing pretty good. However, Kelsi was never really interested in school herself. She attended and did her work, because that's what was expected of her, and she found it pretty easy, although it was never a great passion like her parent's would've wanted it to be.

In high school, Kelsi learnt she had a great ability for music, and it was really easy to find an easy class she could take that would effortlessly give her high marks and she would actually enjoy. Her parents were just happy she was doing great in school.

Socially, she liked hanging out with his classmates and going out, and she had many crushes all throughout high school, although she always liked to keep things casual, and soon learnt she needed to be very clear with what she was looking for because she didn't like hurting people's feelings when they wanted to have serious relationships.

Near her last semester of high school, Kelsi's parents started having a hard time in both their careers, and Kelsi felt like they had never been more strict about her going to college and studying something big. Therefore, just as she had anticipated, they didn't take it well when she told them she wanted to go to the Oak Hill Music Academy instead, which was very popular at the time. Her parents tried to convince her to take a different path, but Kelsi has always had a strong character, and she refused. Music was the only thing she could see herself doing as a career, and if her parents didn't agree, she wouldn't try to please them instead of following her own path.

While Kelsi attended the Music Academy, her parents decided to move back to their old town to see if they could find better jobs, and Kelsi didn't go with them because she wanted to finish her career in Oak Hill, which she did. After graduating, she got a part-time job as a music teacher in an elementary school, but that didn't last long.

## **During Oak Hill's Migration**

Unfortunately, one of the first business to go bankrupt was the Music Academy. Some of the first people to leave town were families with children as they were worried for their well-being, and there weren't many sims who were interested in taking classes, especially in the middle of a town crisis. Thankfully, being a teacher had never been Kelsi's cup of tea, and she didn't mind much when she had to leave her job.

Kelsi considered moving back with with her parents, as things in Oak Hill weren't looking too well and she wondered if it would really get as dangerous as people were suspecting. but things cleared up quickly, and the new mayor in town reassured that things were only going to get better from there, so she stayed.

## **After Oak Hill's Name Change**

Kelsi had been waiting for the opportunity of becoming a musician to be handed to her, but since there weren't many people in town, and nobody who was in the music business, she decided to start on her own, like most people were. For a while, she would go to the newly built park, take her guitar and start playing for everyone. Tips from her playing were her only source of income at the moment, and although it wasn't much, it was enough to barely get through.

Kelsi was very interested in getting to know the new sims in town, being the social sim she's always been, and as she made some friendships quickly, she also had her eyes on some people rather quickly.

During a visit to the hair stylist, she met Tom Griffin, whom she was immediately interested in. Tom and Kelsi got very comfortable with each other very quickly, and found themselves in a very casual relationship. Luckily for Kelsi, Tom was also a guy who didn't want to get too serious with anyone just yet, and was completely fine with Kelsi not wanting to move forward.

As time went by, Kelsi realized she couldn't continue living off tips from her playing guitar in the park, especially with little people in town. It was almost embarrassing being there and expecting the same people to tip her every single day and waiting for them to never run out of money. Therefore, she decided to get an actual job in the music career. Thanks to Lincoln Schneider and his new unemployment office, she was able to find something that would help her out.

During that journey, she met another interesting sim, Ben Grimes. Ben was very different from Tom, but she was still intrigued by the guy. Although she still didn't want a serious relationship, she still wanted to pursue Ben.

Kelsi's relationship with Tom ended slowly as she stopped being interest in him and Tom starting to follow other things, but Kelsi didn't feel hurt nor minded too much because she was becoming more interested in Ben every day. Thanks to Ben's successful desserts business, Kelsi felt inspired to start a business of her own someday. She wasn't ready to start with it right away, but she made it a life-time project she wanted to accomplish at some point.

After a while, Kelsi felt something she had never experienced before; she wanted to get in a serious relationship for a change. Every day that passed she felt more interested, intrigued and devoted to Ben, and although she knew it was a risk, she told him how she felt and asked him if he would consider marrying her. Ben didn't agree to it right away because he didn't want to get married at the time, but Kelsi was able to convince him.

They got married quickly, and Kelsi moved in with Ben. Not too long after that, they had their first two kids, Enid Grimes, and Beck Grimes quickly after.

Kelsi realized Ben was having affairs with other women, and she did feel hurt and betrayed, but she didn't want to confront him about it too much, because she knew what kind of sim Ben was, and she simply ignored it. Realizing that Ben was also having kids with those women made her feel worse, but she still didn't do anything about it.

One day, Kelsi realized she was pregnant again, and she wasn't very happy about it. It wasn't because she didn't want to have another baby, it was because she didn't want to have another baby with Ben, Although they were still married and she was trying to put up a happy face and a smile for her children especially, she had begun to feel more devastated every day. Their third child, Derek Grimes, was born, and Kelsi hopes she would not have more kids again.