Hailey Jakobsons

## Hailey Collins

* Adult
* Young Adult
* Teen

● Lazy

● Serious

● Nice

Samantha Collins (daughter)

Becca Collins (daughter)

Elijah Collins (son)

Ricky Collins (son)

Hailey is one of the orphans who resided in the Revale's Children's Home. She was taken care of by Allison Black and Tom Griffin after he married her and moved in to help her take care of the orphan kids.

## **Before Revale**

Hailey had been an orphan for most of her life, always moving from one orphanage to another, sometimes ending up in a group home, always meeting new people, and never getting adopted.

Before Hailey arrived in Revale, she lived in a smaller town where, unfortunately, had stricter policies for its foster and adoption system, and every orphan who became a teenager would age out of the system and would be eligible for a foster home, but Hailey never got accepted into any because of the amount of children already placed in foster homes. Inevitably, she was allowed to leave the place and do her own thing.

Hailey didn't really remember anything about her parents or what had happened to them, so she knew there was no hope in trying to find them. Therefore, she knew she had to do something for herself if she wanted to survive the streets.

Hailey found small jobs in even smaller stores who would take her, as many stores and restaurants she applied for wouldn't hire the homeless. For a while, she managed to make enough money to get by, but she wondered if it would ever be enough to start a life of her own.

After a rough couple of months, Hailey went back to the last children's home she had been in, and tried to talk to the office to see if there was anything they could do to help her out, since it was almost impossible to survive on her own. She wondered how other kids had made it in the past. Unfortunately, the office gave her the same answer they probably gave every other kid; that there was nothing they could do, and maybe they should try a homeless shelter.

However, and luckily enough for her, the same day she went to talk to the office, a social worker from Revale who happened to be there signing paper work, listened to Hailey's struggles and stepped in.

## **Moving to Revale**

Revale's social worker, Allison Black, told Hailey that she could help her out if she'd be willing to go back in the system. Hailey was unsure at first, since that didn't seem like an actual solution, it would only delay the inevitable. However, Allison explained that Revale's foster and adoption system allowed sims to stay until they became adults, and there were programs that gave orphans scholarships and work opportunities in town so they could get back on their feet.

Hailey accepted the offer, and followed Allison as they went back to Revale.

Hailey knew she was too old to be adopted, but she didn't mind too much anymore, especially after coming into a better system that cared for her and allowed her to see there was a future she could think about.

During her time in the Revale's Children's Home, she helped take care of the younger kids that arrived at the orphanage, and learned that she enjoyed helping around and being part of the younger kids' lives. Hailey did like the idea of going to college, but she also started to consider working with Allison in the future and helping out even more.

As promised, Hailey got a scholarship to attend Revale's Community College, which was a huge monetary help. Something that was also of great help, was that Revale offered free housing in the university dorms, only for the orphans living in the children's home, and Hailey took the opportunity.

## **Adult Life**

Hailey attended Revale's Community College, which was a weird experience because she was the only student at the time, seeing as there was nobody her age in Revale at the time. Everyone was either much older or younger than her, which didn't seem to be such a problem before, but it did when she realized that, besides her dream of graduating college and getting to work in the foster system she came out of, she wanted to start a family of her own.

Allison invited Hailey to attend the mayor's wedding at his house, as he wanted the whole town to attend, and Hailey gladly accepted. At the reception of Lincoln and Thalia's wedding, she met a man named Harlan Fischer, and although he was a lot older than her, Hailey had an intense, quick interest in him.

Hailey pursued her interest in Harlan, even after he told her that he was in an open relationship with Zoe Lawan. Perhaps it was naïve of her, but she hoped that he would leave her and get with Hailey instead. Of course, this didn't happen.

During college, Hailey got pregnant with her first child, Dante Jakobsons. Unfortunately, although the town and the system were very understanding, it wasn't allowed for students to have their children, or any other family member who wasn't studying, to live in the dorms with them. Hailey was found in a difficult position because she didn't want to miss out on the experience of becoming a mom, but the moment was asking her to choose between her education and her child. Hailey considered dropping out of college, but she didn't think it'd be a good idea considering all the effort she had already done and everything she had been through.

As much as she didn't want to do it, she made the decision to send her child over to Harlan's house, so he would take care of their child until she graduated, and that's when she realized that her future with Harlan would never happen. Although Harlan and Zoe were in an open relationship, they had lived together for a long time and they lived with their daughter, Marlene, and Zoe's two children, Vivian and Jack; and that made it clear for Hailey that Harlan was not going to leave Zoe. Harlan and Zoe agreed to take Dante in, although they had to move some things around in their home to make space for a new child.

Hailey felt devastated over the loss of her future with Harlan, and having to be apart from Dante, but she remained strong and tried to complete the remaining time she had in college the best she could.

After a while, Hailey and Harlan's relationship picked up again, although this time, they both knew that their romance was simply that, a romance, and it would never lead anywhere further. To Hailey's luck, she got pregnant a second time, and had her second child, Frank Jakobsons.

Swallowing her pride, she asked Harlan and Zoe if they would take in Frank as well, at least for a while until she figured out if she could move out of the dorm and find a place she could live in with her two boys, but Zoe stepped in and said they couldn't. Zoe didn't approve of Hailey's relationship with Harlan, but she still wanted to help her out, just like Harlan, because Harlan had accepted Zoe's children, even though they weren't his, and Zoe wanted to do the same, but they couldn't take in another child as they didn't have any more space in their already cramped house.

Hailey's last resource would be to drop out of college, but before she went that way, she asked one favor she didn't know she was in a position to ask. She talked to Allison about her situation and asked if Frank could stay at the children's home until she graduated. Allison explained that this would not have been done for anybody else, for she would do it for Hailey, so she agreed to take Frank in and take care of him, not as an orphan.

Hailey didn't graduate with high marks because of all the struggling she went through, but it was enough to get her degree in literature. Hailey moved out of the dorm and rented a small apartment from Kimi Specter, which was very nice for her for a while, but she knew she needed to get to work and find a bigger place so she could be reunited with her children.

Hailey visited the unemployment office to find a job she could get with her college degree, and she found a small opening in the entertainment career. However, her job wasn't the only found of the day. That same day, she met a guy named Alvin Collins, a young man who had been visiting Revale from time to time as part of his job as a reporter. He used to review sims' businesses and hand in prizes to the owners when their businesses were "top-notch". Alvin and Hailey talked for a while, and Alvin told her about his career as an athlete that he was about to begin, as he had always loved sports but was stuck working in a company he didn't really like. During that small conversation, Hailey found herself interested in the guy, and started to fabricate a plan in her head to continue seeing him, and maybe get in a relationship with him. Clearly, this behavior came from Hailey's fear of never finding anyone in town due to everyone's age gap with her, but she didn't have any other perspective on her situation. However, after finding out that Alvin was in his last visit to Revale as a business reporter, she did something, feeling like she had to take action.

Hailey visited Thalia's antiques shop and bought a love potion, despite Thalia warning her that it *wasn't really* a love potion, but an infatuation or obsession controller instead. Hailey still bought it and drank it. With the power of the love potion, she convinced Alvin to move in with her and stay in Revale instead of going back to his town. Hailey helped Alvin find a job as an athlete in Revale so he wouldn't feel like leaving, and helped him open up his bank account.

It wasn't long since it happened again: Hailey got pregnant. This time, she didn't have the pressure of being in college, and now she had a partner that could help her out with the baby, so, this time, she experienced a happy pregnancy. After their first child was born, who they named Samantha, Hailey asked Kimi Specter if she could rent her a bigger home so she could have space for her baby, and so the three of them moved out from the apartment and into a slightly bigger house. Not long after, Hailey got pregnant with her forth child, and they had a second daughter, Becca Collins.