James Callery-Aiken

James as an adult.

The first-born of the Callery-Aiken Clan, James has been involved in the main Dreamhouse series and two spin-offs: In The City and In The Suburbs, where he and his partner Salma pursued two different yet equally successful careers, and together they have three children: Charlotte-Rose, Connor and Macy. When he became a teenager, he got the Bodybuilder Aspiration. He continued his life with having the Self-Assured, Good and Active traits.

## Description

James was quite a balanced combination of his sim parents, Clare and Ali. He had Ali's long face, his skin tone (though both his parents were quite pale), and his muscle composition/body type. From Clare, he inherited the trademark giant eyes that were carried on to his son Connor, and from there to his granddaughter Sage. Though he was born with blonde hair, this did not make any sense as both his parents had brown hair. Interestingly enough, when Clare was young she also had very blonde hair, and both her parents had darker hair (real-life events, not the Sims!). Though James had a muscular physique, he was always quite gentle. This made him and his soulmate, Salma, the perfect yin and yang. She was the fiery spirit in a delicate but striking body. James was the gentle soul inside a giant dude - quite like a teddy bear. While Salma had fire in her eyes, behind James's you could see calm pools of water. Because his personality wasn't as bold as Salma's, he sometimes fell into the background. However, he was known as the anchor of the Callery-Aiken family.

## Toddlerhood

When James was born, he was delivered by a doctor called Claudia Marin. James was the first child of sim Clare & Ali. Clare became pregnant with James on a Friday night at 10:00 pm. He was delivered on a Monday night at 11:38 (think of a day in the sims as being 3 months). As a toddler, James was inquisitive and maxed out his toddler skills. He was also quite rambunctious and was known for throwing food around instead of eating it. He always enjoyed a good book and was ready from a young age to discover more in life.

## Childhood

    His childhood aspiration was to be a rambunctious scamp. His child trait was self-assured. He started playing the violin as a child and kept with it for the rest of his life. He also became friends with Salma & Diya, later on discovering he would spend the rest of his days with one of them.

He had a spaceship in the back of his house that his parents kindly bought him despite their savings, and his friends would often come and play on it. When James aged up into a child, he had blonde hair. Before ageing up into a teenager, Clare gave him brown hair to match his parents.

When James was a child, the family finally moved into the Dreamhouse. The Dreamhouse was also where his sisters Jessica, Emma, Emily were born.

## Teenhood

His aspiration was to be a bodybuilder. He picked up the active trait as he aged up. He helped raise his sisters as his parents were always busy with their jobs and making sure that they could pay the bills. This is how James became the idyllic parent; from learning with his siblings. He slowly became better in violin, until he mastered the skill. He became the only Sim in the series to achieve that.

He had to decide between Salma & Diya, who were his best friends from childhood, who to become his girlfriend. He decided to take things slow with Salma but didn’t officially date her in the beginning. Later he met another girl named Layla. She was a bookworm and a barista who James took a liking for as well. Salma became jealous of Layla as James was falling for her. One night Salma came over and wanted to talk things through with James. The next day he invited Layla over and kissed her. A few days later, he invited both girls on a date and left them both heartbroken, especially Layla, who didn’t talk to him at all after that. He eventually started dating Salma, who was putty in his hands.

James had his first date with Salma at a rooftop bar in San Myshuno, a world that came with City Living, where later in the series he ended up proposing to her.

## Adulthood

When James became a young adult, he picked up his last trait - good. James moved to the city where he lived with his girlfriend Salma, who eventually became his fiancée, and afterwards his wife. He started off with a career as a detective but got fired after wrongly arresting every female in the area including his own sister Jessica. He then decided to pursue a career as a professional athlete.

James and Salma often moved around the city. They have lived in the Spice Market, in 19 Culpepper House, where Salma had a small garden on the balcony. Then they moved to 1310 21 Chic Street Apartments in the Fashion District. He eventually had his first child with Salma in the apartment; a girl named Charlotte Rose. Her name “Rose” is ironic as she was conceived in a rose bush after James and Salma's wedding, which was not intentional. After that, they moved to the Arts Quarter, in 122 Hakim House, which was convenient due to the location of Salma's restaurant, Fire and Flames. Eventually, they moved to the Summer Home in Windenburg, leaving the apartment to his sister Jessica, her girlfriend Roxy, and their teenage daughter Ciara. It was here that he and Salma had their second child, a boy named Connor.

## A Little Bit Older, A Bit Wiser

James aged up into an elder right after his wife, Salma. He adopted Macy following the death of his childhood friend, Diya. He retired from being a hall of fame athlete after experiencing his glory days.

James was briefly worried about Connor and his career when he thinks Connor doesn't care much about being an athlete like James was so advised him to join the business career instead, which he did. James became a widower after his wife Salma died.

Clare made the heartbreaking decision of letting James die because she didn't want him to be sad forever. So she decided to let James die and he ended the era by doing so. He is now known well for his extremely long lifespan which was rather similar to Seiji (the butler who worked for his parents) who could not be killed and eventually Clare deleted him using MCC Command Center . He will be missed so much and he will go down in Clare Siobhan's history for being the best : son, dad, brother, grandfather, great-grandfather and husband. He was a game changer.

## Traits/Aspiration

* Self-Assured
* Active
* Good

### Bodybuilder Aspiration

James gained the Bodybuilder aspiration when became a teenager, an aspiration he would keep into his adulthood. James succeeded quickly with this and became the strongest sim in the game even up until his elder years. James cared a lot about fitness because of this aspiration and his love for working out would then be passed onto his son Connor and his son Sebastian. However, with the bodybuilder aspiration it meant James would end up living a lot longer than his wife Salma and his sisters. It got to the point where James had to die of old age via MCC, otherwise he would have lived longer than most generations of the Callery-Aiken's.

## Trivia

* James was originally blonde, but Clare changed his hair colour to match his parents.
* The name James is a Hebrew name derived from Jacob meaning the one who follows.
* On Salma and James' first date, a funny moment was created when Clare realized she had given James boobs when he took off his shirt for the swimming pool.
* James so far, is the longest living Sim due to completing his aspiration and having under 400 days left. However, this is likely a glitch with MCC.
* It is later revealed that this is a glitch with MCC as it was revealed in the 33rd episode of In the Suburbs that James was not near the end of his life.
* He was the first child of Clare & Ali.
* If James was born a girl his name would have been Lilly
	+ Both names are connected to the Harry Potter series as those were Harry's parents names.
		- However he was male and as such, he was named after the Team Rocket member.
* His younger sister Jessica, was the other member of Team Rocket.
* James is the most travelled sim throughout the series and has so far lived in 6 different homes, including: Daisy Hovel/The Clare and Ali starter home, Dreamhouse, His first Apartment in the Spice Market, The slightly larger apartment where Charlotte-Rose was born - Arts Quarter -. The final apartment Jalma lived in where Jessy moved in.
* Hajar died in the Fashion District, and the In The Suburbs home.
* James was a widower. In fact he was the second Sim in the series to become a widower, the first being Max.
* He technically adopted a foster child that was Macy.
* On the day of his wedding Layla, his former Love interest, texted James and asked to go on a date with him.
* He was the first child born and last child to pass away of Clare and Ali.
	+ He was also the last to die in the second generation.
* James was a part of In The Suburbs series.
* Clare had to use MCC to kill James in episode 40 of In the Suburbs, as he would have been alive for technically hundreds of years and would have outlived many generations of the Callery - Aiken's.
* As a teenager, he could choose between Salma, Diya and Layla to date. And he chose Salma.
* He was a teen when Emma and Emily were born like when is daughter Charlie Rose was a teenager when her brother Connor was born.
* He is British and Irish.
* In Clare's tea episode, it was revealed that James had cheated on Salma with Diya.
	+ Clare decided to edit that out of the episode, since she really didn't want James to cheat.
* He was good friends with his mother-in-law Hajar Al Arabi.
* James was the first sim in the series to have a mother-in-law.