At the Bonaccord house, baby Julius grows into a toddler, and he does have the same chinless look his cousin Rhea (Cantrell) does. I see very little resemblance between him and his mother Laura, but then he doesn't look much like Remus, either. Strange. In any case, he's quickly taught to walk, talk, and go potty, then set to play with his wobbly wabbit.


I'd be unhappy, too, if my teeth were hanging out through my lower jaw. Poor chinless wonder.


Please don't tell me Ramsey had a want to talk to Laura about woohoo!


Laura reaches the top of her career, becoming a business tycoon, and quickly switches to science to get her LTW.


I have this strong urge to warn Ramsey that his face might stick like that...


Tired, Remus? Yeah, he has a right to be - three shifts in one day will wear on you. Still, I'd say it was worth it... I love cars. Remus started at 8, came home at 1 pm with a promotion. His new job had him working until 3, and he had all the necessary skill points and was in platinum, so I put him in the car and sent him back to work. Came home at 3 with another promotion, and a new job that had him working until 5. Had all the skill points needed for that, too, so back he went... And arrived home with yet another promotion. Three in one day - not bad.


Ramsey grew up into a nice-looking teen, and rolled romance. (Sigh.) He wants to be a professional party guest, just like his uncle Romulus, so I can have him be faithful if I want to; and with this shortage of boys in the neighborhood, every one of them needs to be paired up! Let's see, a Gemini romance sim with fitness and custom hair as turn-ons - that reminds me of someone. Oh yeah, Mercedes Vega! I hope I can get them to meet, because they should have great chemistry, given their identical personalities, same aspiration, and easy-to-fulfill turn-ons!

They might make cute kids, too. Hopefully without that chinless look, since Ramsey didn't have it as a toddler.


Speaking of chinless toddlers, Ramsey is really good with his little cousin.


So I send my little teen downtown, hoping to run into Mercedes. Instead, he meets a number of other girls he has two bolts for, and one - Priscilla Antonius here - he has three with! Why oh why must they mess up my plans this way? It's not fair!


I think Mrs Crumplebottom is on my side.


Hanging out with the guys. Here we have a knowledge sim, one fortune, and one romance - and the romance sim is the one who wears the most clothes. Hah.


Julius grows up into a child. While he's not quite as chinless as he was, he's still decidedly odd-looking. What's with those bags under his eyes? The very round face and weak chin? Aaghh, sim genetics...


Different angle. He is a weird child, this one.


I'm sure Priscilla would love to know that her twin sister and her boyfriend are gossiping about her! Not to mention flirting, kissing... Romance sims.


Ramsey, you'd better be looking at her face and not up her skirt! And Brandon, you're an adult - stay away from teenage girls. At least until she's in college.


Laura has put on some weight. I must say she carries it much better than some other sims I've seen! But she hasn't maxed her body skill yet, so she'll lose the weight once she gets around to that.


Don't you just love it when sims play with the fishies? This is Renee Black stopping by for a visit.


Over to the Forsythe house...


For some reason, the maid hates this family. Don't ask me why, unless it has something to do with having to mop the whole bathroom floor every time Bryony has taken a shower. Still, she is getting paid for it, and stealing the newspaper from four orphaned girls seems a bit low.


And so the twins hit their teens. Lily rolls romance, with a LTW of having 20 lovers. Oh boy. Better get busy working on friendships for the future, hon. She's attracted to blond and brown hair, but turned off by redheads.


Rose is a knowledge sim and wants to max all her skills. She likes brown hair and formal clothes, but is put off by cologne. Hmmm, do I know any one who'd be a good match for her...?


Bryony continues to date Leeland, and about halfway through the week, she reaches her LTW of having 50 dream dates. Well, that settles the matter - dream dates that take place when you're playing the other sim do count towards this want. I thought they would, but now I know for sure.

The sisters decide to take a day off from school. Rebecca and Rose are anxious to build skills for scholarships, Lily wants to go downtown and meet new people - get that first kiss! - and Bryony wants to jump on the couch. Well, they'll lose a grade at school, but they'll bring it back up the next day, so it sounds like a good idea to me. Before school starts, Rebecca calls her boyfriend Tavarez up and invites him over to join them.


Rebecca greets him with a kiss; then he walks right past her into the house, into the bedroom, where he sits down to hang out with Rose. Um, okay. Do they even know each other? I quickly check Rose's relationship panel, and nope, he's not there. That's interesting... Oh, there he is now. And they have three bolts for each other!

Oops.


Lily spends a lot of time getting to know future prospects. Kilt man Brandon is here, too? Well, he is romance, and should do for a conquest... Doesn't mean she has to marry him or have his children.


Playing pool with Goopy? Oh, Lily. Looks like even she realizes the depths she's quickly sinking to - gotta love that look on her face.


Her first kiss goes to a downtownie teen whose name I don't even remember. Serdar, maybe? Or was that one of the others? Oh well...


Rose can't seem to stop herself from flirting with her sister's boyfriend. Poor Rebecca is clueless. I feel bad for her, but at the same time - three bolts! How can I say no to that?


Seriously, Tavarez and Rose just can't keep their hands off each other. Look at Rebecca sitting their studying hard for her scholarships, while her sister and her boyfriend are all over each other in the next room...


I guess Rose really hates herself for what she's doing to her sister...


She asks Tavarez to meet her somewhere else, so they can sort things out once and for all. I don't think this was how she intended it to turn out. But what can you do about a three-bolt relationship?


Meanwhile, back home, Rebecca is showing Jade - Tavarez' sister - some tricks she's learned. Jade is suitably impressed. As you may or may not remember from the Knight house, she has had the hots for Rebecca for some time. You don't suppose she knows about her brother's feelings for Rose, and plans to be there for Rebecca when she finds out?

Bryony and Rebecca are nearly adults, and are getting ready for uni. Rose has decided to go now, too - wonder if Tavarez has anything to do with that decision? - but Lily will be staying to housesit, and to enjoy her teen years. Gotta practice her romancing skills on all those teenage boys!


Over at La Fiesta Tech, the sorority sisters were mostly focused on studying and building skills. Except Nadia, who felt left out that she was the only one without a man in her life. She decided to go downtown to see if she met anyone interesting... Unfortunately, the pics I know I took of that trip seem to have disappeared into thin air.

Anyway, she kept scoping room after room without finding anyone appealing - until HE walked in. Count Craig Wong, the grand vampire. Nadia swooned as soon as she laid eyes on him - and he was heading her way! Did he feel it, too? Did he... just bite her?!?!


Unfortunately for Nadia, once the Count bit her, he wanted nothing more to do with her. He even had a crossed out bolt for her! Clearly, the attraction was very one-sided... So she headed home and called up the gypsy for some vamprocillin.


The transformation was quick, but not exactly painless.



Since the matchamaker was already there, Nadia thought she might as well try a blind date. Out of the sky dropped Guy Wrightley, one of the frat boys from the other fraternity.

He's a popularity sim, too, and they have two bolts for each other. They've had a couple of dream dates so far.


Kora Knight, on the other hand, was ready to take things one step further in her relationship. She asked Ravi to marry her, and was delighted when he accepted! Now they're busy planning what to name the many babies these two family sims want to have...