The Sims 2 Shenanigans: Finding (and Keeping) Bella Goth
When I first played The Sims 2, I freaked out when Bella Goth was walking past one of my sims’ houses in Strangetown. Sure, I saw her in the Strangetown story images, but I had no idea she’d actually be there walking around!
I saved the game and trawled the net for a way to move her back to reunite her with her husband in Pleasantview. I used a relationship cheat so my sim could have Bella move in, then I moved the entire house to Pleasantview. I moved Bella to the Goth residence, made Mortimer young again, and they lived happily ever after.
I decided to do it again when I reinstalled Sims 2 into my PC a few months back… only things didn’t go quite the way I planned.
![Sims 2 - Bella Goth portrait](http://fangirlisms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sims-2-strangetown-bella-goth-vincent-lebeau-1.png)
I made this fairly attractive male sim named Vincent le Beau to find her. (Yes, he is named after Remy le Beau; and yes, I usually grab last names from my fandoms when I’m feeling uninspired.)
![Sims 2 - male sim laughing at portrait](http://fangirlisms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sims-2-strangetown-vincent-lebeau-1.png)
Our dear would-be rescuer didn’t seem too keen on the idea, though. I didn’t know when Bella would come walking past Vincent’s house, so he got a bit distracted by other things.
![Sims 2 - male sim playing the piano](http://fangirlisms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sims-2-strangetown-vincent-lebeau-3.png)
![Sims 2 - male sim burning dinner](http://fangirlisms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sims-2-strangetown-vincent-lebeau-2.png)
![Sims 2 - male human sim and female alien sim kissing](http://fangirlisms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sims-2-strangetown-lola-singles-vincent-lebeau-1.png)
Bella did saunter past Vincent’s house after a few days, and I managed to get them close enough to have her move in. I figured I’d make them go out on a date for a little fun before moving the whole house (with them inside) to Pleasantview. I forgot the name of the club I had them go to, but…
…I do remember them enjoying themselves at the karaoke machine and on the dancefloor! They seemed to like each other’s company so much that I started having second thoughts about giving her back to Mortimer.
![Sims 2 - Bella Goth leaving bouquet](http://fangirlisms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sims-2-strangetown-bella-goth.png)
Bella apparently enjoyed her date with Vincent so much that she left an entire bouquet of flowers at his doorstep afterward. I normally only get one rose from successful dates, so I figured it was a sign.
![Sims 2 - Bella Goth kissing male sim](http://fangirlisms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sims-2-strangetown-bella-goth-vincent-lebeau-4.png)
I was still undecided when I moved Bella Goth and Vincent le Beau off to Pleasantview’s Nightlife area, but they looked so darn cute together that I decided not to split them up. Sorry, Morty, but Vincent is keeping Bella for good.
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El Santos is a marketing & advertising professional by day and gamer/bookworm/tarot reader by night. She’s prone to sudden fits of fangirling over her varied interests: video games, fiction, art, folkore, anime, and tarot. She currently lives with her husband and 2 rescue cats.