Let's go visit the last two homes on the playlist for round 2. First up are Terrence, Sharlene, and Shayelle Cooper.



Little Shay had to put up with the nanny for a day or two, so her parents could go to work, but surprisingly enough she was fairly well taken care of. Is it just me, or does she look very much like her daddy?



It did pay off, though, as Sharlene reached the top of her career. Now if only I could remember which one it was - from the outfit, I'd guess on either culinary or business... She quickly switched to a new one. (ETA: She became a Celebrity Chef, and is now in the criminal career.)



Shayelle grew up into a very obedient little girl, who studies as hard as her parents and almost never objects to the lack of time they have for her, buried in their books as they are. She does have a fascination with aliens - perhaps because her father spends all night, every night staring through a telescope?



The family that learns together...



Sharlene did find the time to teach her daughter to study, though, gotta give her that. But then, she is a knowledge sim. Studying is important to her.



"You know, Terrence, we never woohoo anymore..." Uh, mea culpa, Sharlene. What with working all day and star gazing all night, there has been very little time left over for romance. I'll see if I can find a couple hours for the two of you to spend some quality time together.



See - I'm working him to the bone!



At least Shay has friends, even if her parents are always busy. This is Pearl Antonius she's playing chess with. I wonder if Pearl remembers that her big sister Penelope used to wear the same outfit as Shayelle when she was a child...



At Jonah Black's home, it was a much busier week.



Jonah spent practically all of his time taking care of the twins, Keren and Keziah. Twin toddlers do take a lot out of an elder. But he loved every minute of it.



Including potty training them, apparently.



He may be getting just a bit senile, though, as it seems he can't tell them apart. That's Keziah you're tickling, Jonah, so why are you thinking about Keren?



Ronan was the first to have a birthday, although the other children were soon to follow. Doesn't he have a delightful personality? Oh, wait... wrong pic.



Of course I had him stargaze most of the night, so when I finally let him get some sleep, he had nightmares of being abducted by aliens. Poor Ronnie.



He's a family sim, Aquarius, with cologne and underwear for turn-ons and red hair as a turn-off. It didn't take him long to fall in love with Lexie Nottington. Hey, didn't I predict that a while back? I'm pretty sure I did... Too bad about the nose, but maybe his kids will take after their mother. Or maybe he'll follow in his parents' footsteps and adopt.



The very next day, the twins grew into children. This is Keren...



... and Keziah.



Study, study, study! Yeah, I'm a slavedriver, but it pays off when it comes to scholarships.



Sometimes these kids freak me out. What is a child doing dreaming about how sexy a college student is? They've never even met! I mean, maybe I could see it if we were talking about a movie star, but Adam Nottington?



Next birthday: Tamara. She insisted on adding highlights to her hair to make it less red. But I like red hair! Since I also have this hang-up about letting my sims have a look they cheer for, Tamara won. For now. Just wait until college, mwahahaha...



She's a fortune sim, who likes to see bearded men in their swimming trunks, but finds grey hair off-putting. Don't tell your old man that, Tams! I guess she also likes gelatin.



"It's really important for you to learn to cook," she tells her little sisters. "Not only won't you have to fight over who gets to the Easy Bake Oven first, but you can get scholarships!"



"You call this cooking?" Keren shows no mercy. "Anyone can make jello! I could too, if Dad would let me." Personally, I think she's just fed up with never getting any real food, and taking it out on Tamara.



After giving him a bit of a make-over - adding some stubble - Tamara consents to let Aston Dante be the first boy ever to kiss her. And looking at this pic just made me realize who she reminds me off - Barbra Streisand! It's the profile...



The house turned into quite the teen hang-out spot. Let's see, we have Kayla and Sasha Dante, Priscilla Antonius, Lexie Nottington, and Alon Livingston (the newspaper boy). Seems Sasha is talking about when her hated brother Leeland was abducted by aliens. She's probably wishing they'd kept him.



And since I just realized there hasn't been a single pic of Katerina, well, here you go. She's now a general, and looking for an opening in her field of choice, meaning business.



Two of the townie kids came home with the twins one afternoon, and promptly started fighting. Orlando here would poke Chloe, she'd walk off and cry, then he'd come after her and poke her again... It went on for ages, until I got sick of it and sent them both home.



After this house, I sent a batch of teens to uni and placed them in dorms. 23 of them. Oh, nect round is going to be fun... And that's not even all of them, because Lexie Nottington and Carmen Vega were on house-sitting duty until Adam and Javier graduated!

I did this so the seniors could befriend and pledge some of the new arrivals before leaving, and so I could check possible matches for those who hadn't met the right one yet. Heading over to La Fiesta Tech, to see how that worked out...




While Paul and Paige were on a date downtown, they ran into Paul's mother Barbara. Awkward. Especially when I realized just how much Paige's and Barbara's outfits resemble each other. Oedipus complex, anyone? It reminded me of that anniversary episode of ATWT with the Munsonsters, where Emily and Babs looked so much alike...



The frat boys throw a toga party, and invite various friends and family members. Ronan "Face" Black - not to be confused with his adopted uncle Ronan "Ronnie" Black - promptly makes a pass at Javier Vega's little sister Dolores. She turns him down.



Yes, Face, she turned you down! The look on his face is hilarious.



Javier doesn't notice this little incident; he's too busy getting to know Face's aunt Tamara in the hot tub. Where she's not wearing anything. These two have two bolts, which go up to three depending on how well they fulfill each others' turn-ons. With Javier in his swimwear, it's three. Good enough for me!



Of course, no toga party is complete without a visit from the streaker!

You may notice that Face hasn't given up on winning Dolores over. Why not? Because they have two bolts, and her LTW is to have 50 dream dates...



Now that they have gotten to know each other a little better, he invites her over again the next day, and now she's more receptive when it comes to flirting. Especially when he tells her how hot she is.



See? Putting in a bit more effort does pay off! Of course, moments later Face was making "Call me" gestures at the pretty uni townie in the hot tub, but what do you expect - he's a romance sim!





The sorority sisters throw parties, too, and pledge new members. Lots of them, since most of the new arrivals are girls. Only a few are chosen to move in, though - and Sasha Dante is one of the lucky ones. She has one bolt with Ronnie Black, and considering that she doesn't have two for a single guy she's met, and that family and popularity sims don't usually like each other much... Well, if she re-rolls as fortune, family or knowledge, they'd make a nice couple. I hope she does, because with no outgoing or nice points, popularity just doesn't seem like the aspiration for her!



"Congrats on making the dean's list, Nadia!" Uh, okay, Kora. All of you have been making the dean's list every single semester, but whatever. Nice of you to congratulate her.



Still, I think getting engaged is a bigger deal. Don't Nadia and Guy look happy? Not sure I'm going to let them have any kids, though - he's not what I would call handsome.


All eight of them graduated Summa Cum Laude, and all were greek house members, secret society members, and big sims on campus. Not bad. Unfortunately, there were some clear fashion don'ts involved in the outfits they grew up into:



Javier hurried home so little sister Carmen could go join the others at uni. Not horrible clothes, per se, but for a future business tycoon? I don't think so.



Adam was in a hurry, too, to relieve Lexie of house-sitting duties. What's that you're wearing, Adam? Did you turn into a lounge lizard when I wasn't looking?



I hate to have to tell you, Paige, but that is not your color. Aren't you the same kid who wore black leather as a teen, and black/white/grey as a YA? Okay, there was the bright pink formal dress, but nothing like this. Trying to look less like Barbara, maybe?


Worst of them all, though, was without doubt Ronan. Just look at him.



It's Goopy! He's taken over Face's body! Somebody save him, quick!!!



Points after round two:

Sims: 74 (2 dead) - 74 pts
Plat graves: 2 - 2 pts
Death at full influence: 2 - 2 pts
Net worth: 1,150,918 - 12 pts
Top of career: 7 - 7 pts
Impossible want: 1 - 3 pts
Summa Cum Laude: 8 - 8 pts
Big Sim on Campus: 8 - 8 pts

Total: 116 pts, up 43 since last round.