Series 2.1; Episode 3: Angela Goes To Uni

Series 2; Episode 3: 

ANGELA GOES TO UNI

Chapter 1
Packed Up

We take off directly after the events of last season at the Pleasant household. Lilith, skulking fiendishly about the household, is eager to leave the broken home in her mother's wake. Finally, she gathers up the courage to make the announcement:

'I'ma go lif wiv ma boyfriend! Ain't nuttin' yu can do abowt all dat!'

'Please Lilith, be quiet,' Dad replied, 'I'm trying to help your sister with her exam revision.'

'Besides, he's not your boyfriend anymore', Angela remarked, 'he's with Tosha Go at the moment,'

'Nun o' yall know shit!' and she stormed out the door for the twelfth time that day. Except this time, she didn't come back.

With the annoying reject out of the way, Daniel began spending more time with his preferred daughter. Sim State University announced they were handing out scholarships for high-school students, and Angela, with only a few days of school left, had to prove herself to the board if she were to get that beautiful cheque. Gone were the days of the great outdoors, catching bugs, watching birds and going for hikes along the nature trails. She would now have to stay inside and study like never before. Daniel began tutoring and coaching Angela daily, determined to see at least one of his daughters succeed in life. Cramming for the scholarship was hard work, and she lost a lot of quality sleeping time. The stress with building up within Angela.

Eventually, Daniel found her a study-aid, the Noodle-soother, a high-tech experimental device designed by Mortimer Goth before his death - a device which would help her to stay focused for longer. A seemingly docile and friendly device at first, it worked by shooting highly focused electrodes into the pineal and pituitary glands of the brain. Some people considered the noodle-soother to be a form of brainwashing and/or cheating, but she didn't care.
In her eyes, the noodle-soother was the coolest thing on the planet, and as long as she passed her exam and got into college, she would be happy. Besides, it wasn't illegal. Angela had been acquiring A's and A-'s just days before finishing high school, but she required at least one A+ before graduation. With it being just Daniel and Angela in the house, he was able to provide his daughter with the necessary support. Ah, it was a long, grueling period of Angela's life, one which she wouldn't hasten to repeat, but she managed to survive, although just barely. Her face broke out in acne, she lost strands of hair, her cheeks went gaunt and pale like Lilith's, but by the end up it, she had the distinguished SimCity Scholar's Grant, and Sim State University welcomed her with open arms. She also inherited some money from her deceased Grandpa Herb.

Having gotten off to a good start, Angela was looking forward to college. The Pleasant household had not, until the last few moments of her time living there, been an environment that encouraged learning.  Mum was constantly preoccupied with work, the daughters just did whatever they wanted, and Dad was mostly forgotten about. As a result, Angela embraced the warm, yet down to earth college atmosphere which stood in stark contrast to that of her old home. There were young people everywhere, but they were neither spoiled like Lilith nor trashy like Dustin. Rather, an honest mix in between. Angela enjoyed the company, although her social life wasn't her main priority at Uni. She wanted to study, but that begs the question - study what?

Unlike her father, she had waited long enough in life to decide upon what she was really passionate about, and that was, the outdoors. Her planned major was biology.

But before she could register a major, she would have to find out where she would lodge. Thanks to the scholarship, she could have stayed at one of the nearby Varsity houses. She could have possibly even entered the sorority, but she didn't like the idea of either being shut off from the rest of the school, or sharing a house with some self-righteous sorority girls. In the end, she decided to unpack in one of the college dorms. A cheap single room was enough for her. There were cockroaches all over the dormitory, but she didn't mind. Bugs were one of the love of her life.

Angela had a fulfilling time at college. She made many friends, including Nanae Phillipine and Sadie Oates, she made it onto the Dean's list, and joined Peerless Park - an environmentalist's group. She also found a special someone in her life...

Chapter 2

The New Daniel

One day Angela was taking a shower in the girl's bathroom, and she turned around to notice two red-haired guys watching her. They quickly turned around to pretend they had seen nothing, but it didn't work very well. What a bunch of perverts! The first guy was creepy looking, although the long haired guy was kinda cute, but - what a pervert anyway! It seemed like peeping toms were a factor of Uni life she would have to adapt to. Oh well, she could always close the door in the future. 

As time went by, she began to notice the same long haired guy more and more. His fiery mane and bronzed skin was good at catching her eyesight. As she learned, his name was Daniel LeTourneu, and he was a radical surfer who played by no-one's rules but his own. Despite all this, he always wore the most fancy, three piece suit. Who did he think he is - Angela thought, wearing a suit like that? Sharp suits are for respectable, noble men, not dirty young beach boys like Daniel LeTorneau. It was at this point that Daniel noticed her looking at him, and he approached her.

'I can't help but notice you're looking at my suit.'

'I wasn't looking at your suit.'

'I've had people look at my suit before, I know what it looks like when one looks at my suit.'

'Well, so what if I was looking at your suit?'

'I was just wondering what you think of my suit.'

'I think it's a horrible suit. I don't like suits, they're for people who carry suitcases and work for venture capitalist firms. Wear something else.'

'I plan to be a venture capitalist. That's why I'm majoring in economics.'

The two found themselves arguing every single day. Angela explained, day in and day out, the evils of the capitalist system, highlighting, instead, the benefits of a democratic socialist government. Daniel sat there, preoccupied by her beauty, until everything she said began to sink in. He began going with her on trips to peerless park, he discovered drugs, and his hair began to grow longer. Even though they had had opposing political beliefs, they found they had much in common. They both loved the environment, they both hated politicians and liked healthy food, such as salad with quinoa. Also, they both had big dreams for the future. It was nice for Angela to finally meet someone who had huge ambitions, yet wasn't a complete go-getting snob because of it.

The two began dating, but in order for it to work they had to compromise. Daniel agreed to stop wearing a suit all the time, and Angela agreed to start showering. She felt she had found a soul-mate. Unlike Dustin, whom she saw, in retrospect, she was just dating out of pity, Daniel and her shared a real connection.

Finally, Angela graduated, and during the graduation party, she and Daniel announced their engagement. They had no money and no jobs, but they were young and they had each other. 

And where would they head? Why, back to Pleasantview, to start a new life.

They say that college is the time and place for everything. For some people, everything is just a short fling; a few shots too many and a regrettable incident with a wild animal. For Angela Pleasant and Daniel LeTorneau, everything means the person who you know you will spend the rest of your days with. A happy ending for this couple, or, is it just the beginning? Find out in future episodes of Doug's Declassified History of Pleasantview.