Generation 1: Part 15. Left outside alone?

While Chrissi and Stiles were out, still celebrating their first concert and having a few drinks, little Cella aged up all alone. Everybody had completely forgotten about her birthday, as it was such an exciting day! She turned out to have her father’s hair (just like her older sister Brianna), but had her mother’s eyes.

Chrissi and Stiles didn’t think about that at all. They were way too busy making new acquaintances and finding a new member for their band Dark Velvet (*waves at CourtneyHelen at this point – I got inspired by the names you gave your twins*). Manuel Landgraab seemed to be the right guy, as he was not a bad drummer and looked quite young – exactly what they wanted! Happily he accepted and told them he couldn’t wait to tell his mother! (Wait, didn't she...like..die two days ago?)

Could time really go by this fast? That was a thing Chrissi thought about the next morning, when she cuddled her not-so-small daughter after breakfast. She was really sorry for missing her birthday, but her career had just been a little more important to her on that evening. Now she really had to make it up to her by a lot of cuddling and talking to Cella.

This didn’t take very long, as they went out to the local discotheque the very same night. All of a sudden they felt like they had gotten their youth back! They could stay up and dance all night, have drinks and celebrate. It felt great, especially for Stiles who had thought about his age more and more. He was getting old and he felt it. So he wanted to spend every minute he had left with enjoying life as much as possible!

Dancing at night, family in the morning – they were getting on a routine that didn’t allow much sleep! At seven in the morning Cella decided that she’d had enough sleep and demanded attention. Chrissi tried her best to teach her to walk so that she wouldn’t have to stay in her crib the entire time. It was pretty hard at the beginning, but got better every day and soon Cella could walk across the entire room without tripping once. Great progress!

Talking about progress – it was already time for the next birthday! Brianna was about to age up into a teen. Her youth had been pretty good so far, she had spent a lot of time already working on her painting skill and had already mastered 50% of it. That was a good start! In addition, she was already working on her first book, which was supposed to be published in the near future.

But first she aged up. And grew into a beautiful young woman who developed the bookworm-trait. Not only was she looking very handsome, she was also really smart.

Finally, Chrissi had somebody to talk to – somebody female! Although Arvid was a really sweet boy, he just didn’t get what his mother tried to say to him. Brianna was a girl,too, and she mostly knew how their mother was feeling and why she was feeling that way. The two of them were a great team – even if Brianna looked a lot more like her father which made Chrissi a little sad sometimes.

She looked like her father and had the same interests – like music. Whenever Stiles went outside and had his guitar with him, he would play for hours. By now he was really good and often approached on the streets. Here he is addressed by Marty Keaton, who congratulates him on his songs. In his late days he really was becoming someone.

….while Chrissi worked on some old friendships, like the one with Cycl0n3 Hatch-Hart, who came over more and more. Chrissi had never realized that he was quite a bit older than her and therefore was surprised by his new hair color. As long as the stupid sunglasses remained where they were…. Never mind. They were getting along great, as friends. They didn’t talk about their affair once, it was all a thing of the past.

Instead they played together on the home studio they had built in their living room. It was big enough for the expensive yet beautiful piano, the drums and a second guitar. Cycl0n3 turned out to be a natural, which led Chrissi to asking him whether he wanted to join Dark Velvet. Now that they consisted of four band members, they decided it was enough. No more members! They had an amazing guitarist (Stiles), a quite impressive pianist and singer (Chrissi) and two great drummers (Manuel and Cycl0n3). Well, one of them could always animate the audience when he wasn’t needed.

Birthday time again! As they had forgotten about their last birthday completely, Chrissi felt like she had to throw Cella a little party. Only a few friends were invited, like Sunny’s family (who had aged up into an elder as well! Creepy…). And Tammie, Stiles’ daughter, who recently had finished high school and had started a career in the music business. She also had her hair cut (to be seen in the back, next to Brianna).

Isn’t she a cutie?She developed a good sense of humour, just like her mother (and siblings).

Author's notes: Wow, so three birthdays within a few days! I think Brianna and Cella aged up beautifully - it will be so hard to decide! Right now it is between the two of them for me. Arvid is cute, really, but somehow I don't connect with him. Maybe my mind changes. I should really get the second generation going, I guess! But for that, Chrissi has to fulfil her lifetime wish. She still has to gather quite some money, but as she always wants to buy new stuff, it is hard to increase their income! Probably the kids will have to stay in the house, bringing their money back home instead of starting a new life... I don't know. Anyway, I really have to work on the titles for the chapters...and think of some labelling. (And I have a paper for university due Friday, so there will be a lot of sims in the next few days.....)

Just because I am trying to get a more objective view - who would you prefer to be heir? Brianna or Cella?

Generation 1: Part 14. Love(s) of your life

Life was definitely back to normal. Well, mostly. With a cranky teenager in the household, everyone was up for a little surprise once in a while. At least the color matched the tiles in the bathroom.

Chrissi and Stiles were back to being happy with each other – the name Cycl0n3 wasn’t even mentioned, as he was a thing of the past. He just didn’t matter anymore!

Stiles wrote lots of songs which he often dedicated to Chrissi. For that he went out to the park or the beach, played for hours (often surrounded by a few fans that stood there and listened for hours)and tried out new melodies, new lyrics. Chrissi was so proud of her creative husband!

Until there was something else she started thinking about. One evening, when she was about to have dinner, she felt something in her stomach. She immediately thought of their conciliation evening and how she had felt sick the days after that. It was pretty clear that she was pregnant again!

 Brianna was so happy for her parents – not only did they make up again, now she was about to have a little brother or sister! All of the grief that had surrounded her every day had completely vanished and she was able to focus on school again. And on making friends, which she succeeded in immediately. She was an amazingly sweet girl and other Sims noticed that, like Eliza Wan. They instantly became friends.

As Chrissi had to stay home because of her pregnancy, Stiles went out to earn some money by playing the guitar. He stood in the park, on the beach or he went to parties. Where he met old fellows (note a certain someone on the right). It turned out that Cycl0n3 really was happy for Chrissi and Stiles that they were having another baby! He was completely happy with his new wife, Tamara Donner and not even thinking about an affair again. That was a great relief.

Another one was that everybody in town grew older! Chrissi and Stiles had noticed that nobody seemed to age up at all, which was quite depressing – the elders never grew new wrinkles and looked as young as ever. But that mysterious phase was now over and Chrissi went over to Sunny’s house to see how Blake, her oldest son, looked now that he was a teenager as well, just like Arvid. He had his father’s hair, that was obvious. Apart from that he looked more like Sunny – their noses were identical!

But she didn’t have much time to think about Sunny and their kids, as her own was on its way! Nothing could stop it from entering the world right NOW.

Friendly and virtuous Cella was born on a sunny Sunday. She was so incredibly cute – almost never screaming, instead looking at her mother and father with her big eyes and her smile that could bright up every single day. Whenever Chrissi and Stiles had a few free minutes, they would spend them with her, cuddling her.

But life still was going on. After a few glasses of wine Chrissi and Stiles had decided to found a band – they both loved music, so that was a good idea, right? Stiles was really good at the guitar and Chrissi often practiced on the piano they had at home. So when the owner of a local pub called to ask whether they would play a gig at his pub, they didn’t hesitate and said yes! Now was the big day. A babysitter was called to take care of Cella (as Arvid and Brianna were in school) and they left to play their first concert. It didn’t matter that there was only one man in the audience, it was the feeling they cared about –being on a stage, playing their own music. They loved it and couldn’t wait for the next time!

Author's notes: So, short chapter. But still a lot happened - Chrissi realised she was pregnant and Cella was born! I guess this will be their last kid, as Stiles is pretty close to the end of the lifespan... Hopefully he will stay alive for a few more days to see his daughter grow up!

And yay, their first concert! There literally was nobody in the pub, except some man playing darts. But still Stiles and Chrissi had a great time - and so did I! Hopefully they will play some more concerts in the future, I really like that. Once again Chrissi turns out like me...

So, there will be two birthdays coming up next chapter! And hopefully no death yet...

Generation 1: Part 13. Making Up

„Dad?“ „Yes, honey,what is it?“ “I am so glad you and Mum made up. I couldn’t stand the both of you fighting all the time. I love you so much!” “I love you too, Arvid. And so does your mother. We just had some problems that had to be fixed, but now everything is just fine. I promise.”

Now that this major problem had been solved, Stiles had a lot of free time on his hands to express his creativity. Mostly he did that by playing on his guitar outside in the park, where he always attracted a few people who stopped on their way to listen. And to give him some money.

Often he would play until the late evening, fascinating people so much that they wouldn’t go home, even if they were really tired. Instead they stayed and danced. And after they were done, they danced some more.

In the meantime, Chrissi decided that working as a police officer was not quite her true calling. She had already been bored by her job as a private investigator earlier in her life –before she got married-, being a police officer wasn’t much better, either. So one beautiful day she went into the nearby building of the local paper and got herself a job as a papergirl! Her first steps in journalism. Maybe she would be happier this time.

On her way home from the extremely successful interview she stopped by at Sunny’s house. A few days ago she accidentally had called her right in the middle of Nicklaus’ birthday party, so now she wanted to see how that little boy turned out to look like. Her conclusions after a first look at him: he neither got his hair from Sunny nor Michael. Maybe Michael’s mother had that hair color (she would try to find out about that). He was incredibly cute anyway.

With all the excitement about getting a new job, Chrissi almost forgot about Arvid’s birthday! He was about to age up into a teenager after all. It seemed like he had been a kid forever, but this phase was now over.

The next one didn’t look to bad, either. I think he is pretty cute and will win the girl’s hearts in no time! His fourth trait is Genius, as he decided that he wanted to be a doctor the other day. And not just a doctor – a world renowned surgeon! Wow, that is pretty ambitious!

To get there he had to go through some reaaally bad days, when he all he wanted to do was stay in bed, not noticing anything around him. At least his slippers had a friendly face! Well, his family would just have to deal with that, as he was a cranky teenager now.

Life was too short to worry about a single day anyway. When Stiles went to get another cookbook (as he had read the ones at home yet and still wanted to get better), he had to witness Nancy Landgraab meeting the Grim Reaper right in front of the book store. A very disturbing experience that caused him to think about life a lot. And that life was too short to just throw it away by fighting or acting stupid.

Arvid had different thoughts about this – life was too short to just do whatever you are supposed to do! Instead he decided to have some “fun” as well, sneaked up on one of his neighbor houses and threw some eggs at the front door. The passing household members apparently didn’t mind, because they just kept walking by, looking at him. Unfortunately they seemed to get upset as soon as they entered the house, because only minutes later the police arrived and brought Arvid home. Where a very angry Chrissi waited for him.

He was grounded. (Technically. Didn’t mean he would stick to that.)

While Arvid was sitting at home and pretending to be the nicest teenager in the entire town, Stiles and Chrissi went out to have some fun. They took the e-piano and the guitar out to the park and played a little for the people passing by! One of them was Jamie Koffi, one of Stiles’ ex-girlfriends (Boy, he had a lot of relationships before Chrissi), who apparently still had feelings for him, especially now that her husband Gobias Koffi had just died. She wanted to show him her affection by some pretty flowers – right in front of Chrissi! While I was in shock and not even able to close my eyes for a second,  Stiles rejected. Phew.

Meanwhile at home – like always, Brianna had been painting the entire afternoon and evening. She enjoyed painting so much (almost as much as writing) that she there and then decided that she wanted to be an illustrious author. Just like her mother once had wanted to be! Isn’t that cute?! She was so happy about her decision that she almost didn’t see Arvid sneaking in from his trip to the beach.  (to be seen on the left. The small guy running across the street.)

Luckily he wasn’t detected by his parents either, because they had other things on their mind. A few whispered words, a kiss, a hug and a short way to the shower. And a little melody late in the night.

Author's notes: So the family is officially back to normal after they started aging again (thank God!)! I know that there was not so much happening in the last days, but at least Arvid is a now cute teenager, which is what I really wanted to show you. I still have no idea who the heir is going to be, but as Chrissi is still 45000 $ away from fulfilling her lifetime wish, I still have some time finding out about that.And if you got the last sentence of the chapter, you can see why I don't want to decide now.

Oh, and something I never was able to say before: didn't see Cycl0n3 once in the entire week!!

Generation 1: Part 12. Betrayal

Life was going on in the new house, just as it had been in the old house. The biggest difference was that everybody had his or her own room – especially since Tammie had moved out. Usually Chrissi was taking care of Brianna more than of Arvid, so that Stiles had to jump in, but sometimes they switched for a few hours so that Stiles could spend some time with his gorgeous little daughter. It reminded him of the time he had with Tammie and took away some of the pain she caused by leaving.

Chrissi didn’t have much time to try and take Stiles’ problems away, as she spent her free time with meeting Cycl0n3 wherever she went. She sometimes even thought he was stalking her! One day, when they were standing in the park and talking (and flirting now and then), he told her that Emma had finally thrown him out. Which meant he was single again! Chrissi felt horrible for destroying a family, especially since he had two kids by now. She really never should have started that affair with him. Or continued it after her first kiss with Stiles. She really loved Stiles and never wanted to Cycl0n3 lose everything he had!

She decided to discuss this over dinner. Guess where that led to. Definitely not to them breaking up. Cycl0n3 apparently wasn’t exactly sad about what happened.

Stiles back at home lived his life as if nothing had happened. Chrissi always thought he didn’t know anything about her affair. But if you look at the very brown waffles in his hands, you can guess that there is something going on in his mind, that doesn’t let him concentrate on important things like food.

The only time he could get his mind off things was when he was painting. Standing on their porch, looking out on the beautiful ocean right across the street inspired him and gave him the peace he really needed. And although the tree on his picture didn’t exactly look like the palms out there,  the pictures perfectly fitted into the peaceful life that was going on out there.

Until he couldn’t take it no more. For weeks he had been hearing about Chrissi and Cycl0n3, making out in front of the restaurant, in the park, next to the movie theater… it was too much to take. He gave her an ultimatum that lasted five days – if she managed to show him that she only loved HIM, he would carry on their marriage. Otherwise the solution was divorce. Chrissi was devastated at first, but then decided that she really could live without Stiles as well. Why not get divorced and start all over?

The next days were awful. Chrissi and Stiles avoided talking whenever they could – instead they looked into different directions and walked past each other. It looked like they were back in elementary school – which was what the kids were thinking , too. They hated the silence back at home.

Arvid even stayed on the schoolground after classes were over, did his homework there and played on the playground the school owned. He rather was alone all the time than being in the middle of the awful atmosphere at home. So he rarely came home before curfew.

Sometimes, when he was too sad to be on his own anymore, he would walk over to a friend’s house and spend some hours there. Jerri Keaton and her family always welcomed him, offering him food and even a place to sleep. But Arvid didn’t want his little sister all alone overnight, so he left late in the evening, hurrying home, kissing his sister goodnight.

In the meantime, Chrissi decided that she should write a book about what she felt and thought. And as she was alone most of the time anyway, she had lots of free time on her hands. Her work as police officer didn’t take that much time and she had plenty ideas. Her first book was a novel called “between two stools” and a bestseller.

  

It was a warm Sunday when Stiles decided that the kids shouldn’t be suffering from the icy atmosphere back at home – so he took them to the local pool where they had a blast. Brianna took some of her toys, so she wouldn’t be bored (as of course she couldn’t go into the water) and the boys went swimming for hours. They had so much fun that they all forgot about what was going on at home. Until Stiles’ phone rang – it was Chrissi, telling him that the oldest Keaton boy, Percy, was on his way over. So they quickly packed up their things and left towards home, where Percy was already waiting.

As soon as the rest of the family was home again, Chrissi left. She couldn’t pretend to be a happy family right now. So she headed over to Sunny’s house, where a big surprise was waiting for her – Sunny by now had three children, too! Next to Blake there was now Dexter and his younger brother, Nicklaus, who had just been born. Chrissi instantly fell for Nicklaus (although she asked herself what medication Sunny had been on to choose a name like this).

The next day, Brianna aged up into a kid. For days it would have been her turn, but she just clung to her little bed and her teddy bear, refusing to age up. Now there was no time left and she didn’t have a choice. She developed a good sense of humor, just like her mother (and Sunny, who came over for a little birthday party).

Percy Keaton also came over again, this time directly after school. And as he was really tired when it got darker and darker outside, he asked Chrissi to read him a bedtime story. Something she hadn’t done for ages. And while she sat on Arvid’s bed, reading a story to Percy, she thought of all the good things that had happened since she founded the family.  She didn’t want to throw all of this away! Cycl0n3 had been this wonderful possibility to her, all the time. But that was over now – she didn’t want him anymore. She wanted Stiles and she wanted her children, more than anything else in the world! Now it was up to her to show Stiles that.

Stiles had been thinking. For the last few days, Chrissi had acted like there was no other man beside him. That was good, wasn’t it? Maybe she had really found out what she wanted. In that case he would instantly forgive, as he loved her from the bottom of his heart and didn’t want to lose her. When he ate the salad that she made the last evening – with extra peppers on it, just llike he always ate it – he made a decision. They would make it, together.

Author's notes: WOW! So much has happened! Stiles apparently found out about Chrissi and Cycl0n3, as he straightly went to confront her when she got home from work. For five days I have been seeing Chrissi's wishes - be mean to Stiles, get divorced... at the same time he had the wish to have another baby with her, which I cancelled as I needed the spot and didn't think they would make it. But then Stiles decided to give their marriage a second chance. Yay!! I would have hated to see them get divorced.And Cycl0n3 won't be a problem anymore - first of all, their romantic interest has disappeared (now they are best friends) and he has a new relationship and even is engaged already! (Which caused Stiles to wish to congratulate him on that :D )

Also, I am having trouble with my game - all of my sims refuse to age! For about a week the age hasn't changed at all (and yes, aging is activated in my game). I even think that nobody in the entire town ages up anymore. That really sucks! Do you have an idea how I could possibly fix that? I don't want to go to every person in town and make him/her age by using a cheat on him...