Sunday, March 2, 2014

Chapter 78: Parenthood


Warning: Language





  "Oh, they have a freezer bunny!"  Luna exclaimed happily.

  "It's kind of scary, like that doll of yours that doesn't have any eyes!"  Skylar shuddered.

  "Mugs is not scary!"  Luna declared.  "He does need a friend though."  She added thoughtfully.

  Colin sighed.  "Alright guys, as promised, one toy each for staying out of trouble for two whole days!"  Two whole days of peace, it didn't seem like much, but Colin would take it.  Some days he really thought maybe he should get married, that the lack of a f*cking mother was what made them so f*cking rambunctious.   He watched as they eagerly headed towards the shelves that were stuffed full of toys.  He might even get five more minutes of peace out of this deal, if he was f*cking lucky.




  He glanced around the store, surreptitiously looking for Janet.  He still had women coming up to him all the time, kissing him, handing him their phone numbers, he had even called a few and went on a few dates.  A couple of them he had even accepted their offer to go inside their house, where they would make out, and his body had been more than eager to just f*ck them against the wall, or the couch or...  Inevitably though, he would pull back, regretfully, his body protesting the whole time.  While he had really wanted to get laid, he just...couldn't.  It felt wrong somehow, which he didn't understand in the least.

  From all that he knew of his former self, he was never serious with anyone, so why the h*ll did he feel like he was...cheating?  He had tried to explain it all to whatever woman he was with, but that f*cking conversation never seemed to go over very well.  So far, though, Janet seemed to be the exception to that rule, she had seemed to understand his conflicted feelings, and they had decided to take things one day at a time.

  He hadn't taken more than a couple of steps into the store when he spotted a doll in a polka dotted outfit.  "Creepy a*s doll." he muttered.


  
  He spotted Janet talking with a customer, and wandered her way, making to sure to keep his eye on his kids, but so far they were behaving.  His older three were so much easier to f*cking parent.  They rarely raised a fuss, and asked very little.  He felt bad about it, partly because he was f*cking sure it was a direct result of the way he had treated them in the past.  Now he just did all he could to connect with them, and whenever they did ask for something, he did his f*cking best to give it to them.  Most times it had more to do with keeping their younger siblings out of their rooms, and away from their f*cking stuff.

  Janet saw him, and gave him a little wave.  He smiled at her, and then leaned against the wall and waited.  They hadn't dated very long.  Maybe two weeks?  She hadn't met any of his kids yet, but that would change today.  He couldn't very well date someone that his kids didn't f*cking like.  He watched as she sashayed towards him, and she greeted him by pressing her body up against his, her lips seeking his.  She smelled so good, like summer peaches, and she felt even better, his lower body started to respond, and he groaned. 


 

  Her hands roamed over his body, and he let his do some exploring as well.  He wanted to get laid in the worst way.   He couldn't even remember ever having sex!  Six kids and no memories of making them, it f*cking sucked.  Then, just like always, the good feelings started to fade, and he felt the awful, crushing guilt.  He reluctantly pulled away.  Sh*t.  He f*cking needed to get over the sh*tty feeling that he was cheating.  He wasn't with anyone! 

  He rubbed the back of his neck.  Sh*t.  "Janet." he murmured.  How the h*ll could he move on, if he didn't know what the f*ck was holding him back?  He really wanted to f*cking move on with his life, but some...thing just wouldn't let him.  Was Janet the cure?  He didn't f*cking know, but he figured that if she worked at a f*cking toy store for kids, that she ought to at least be child friendly.  That had to count for something.

  "Hey handsome, what are you doing here?"  She pulled him back, and kissed him again.  He wound his arms around her and returned the kiss.


  "Not that I'm complaining."  She said when they pulled apart again.
 
  "I brought my kids down here, I promised them a toy."

  "Oh."  Her smile dimmed a little.  "They're here?  How...nice."

  Colin felt unaccountably nervous, over her meeting his kids or over his kids meeting her, he wasn't f*cking sure.  Where the h*ll was the instruction manual on these f*cking types of situations anyway?  Colin was startled out of his thoughts when Janet suddenly started to f*cking scream like a banshee.  He had failed to notice that the triple terrors had spotted him with Janet.

  "Owwwwww!"  Janet howled.



 "What the h*ll?" Colin said.

  "She's pinching me!"  Janet hollered.  She was trying, rather unsuccessfully, to shake Luna off.  Luna had a good grip on Janet's flesh though, and she wasn't about to let go.

 

   Colin was furious.  "Luna, what the f*ck are you doing?!  F*cking let go of Janet right now, or I'm grounding your a*s for the rest of your f*cking life!"  He felt a tug on his shirt at the same time he recognized Skylar's wail.

  "Daddy, you cursed!" she cried.  "You have your angry voice on Daddy, and I'm scared!"  Skylar began to really cry, fat crocodile tears rolled down her cheeks.  "Hold me Daddy!  I'm scared!" she wailed again, tugging at his shirt.  Colin sighed, frustrated, and leaned down to pick Skylar up.  She hugged him tightly, her little body shook with each sob. 

  "Luna."  He growled.  "Don't f*cking push me!"  Luna looked at her father's face, and let go.

  Skylar sobbed.  "Daddy, you said another bad word!"

 Once Luna had let go of Janet, Colin turned his attention to calming down his other daughter.  "Skye, Skye, calm down, it's okay."

 

  "Okay?"  Janet screeched.  "Okay?  Nothing is okay!  Just look at this huge welt on my leg, put there by your daughter!"

  "Good one Luna!"  Jack crowed, as he clapped his hands.  All it took was one stern look from his father and Jack subsided rather quickly, his smirk remained though.

  Colin raised his voice, trying to be heard over Skylar's sobs.  "Janet, I'm sorry..."  he started to say, but Janet interrupted him.

  "You're sorry!" she yelled hysterically.  "You're sorry!"

  Colin set a sobbing Skylar down, she collapsed in a heap by his feet.  He closed his eyes briefly, then rubbed the back of his neck.  Sh*t, what the h*ll had just happened?  He looked directly at Janet, and tried again.  "Sorry Janet, my kids can be a bit exuberant sometimes, they're not used to the idea of me dating, but with time..."

She screamed. "Exuberant, is that what you call them?  They're f*cking sh*theads, and..."




  Colin glared at her.  "Hey now," he snapped, "there's no cause for name calling.  They're just kids..."

  "Monsters, not kids!" She said shrilly.

  "I think we're finished here."  He said stiffly.  "Let's go kids."

  They all got into the car and headed for home.  "Are we in trouble Dad?"  Jack ventured to ask after several minutes of complete silence.

  "What do you think Jack?"  Colin growled.

 "We'll be grounded forever." Jack said glumly.

  Colin snorted.  "Forever is not nearly long enough."


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 "You can't catch me!"  Skylar taunted Jack.



   Jack splashed and hopped about in the water, just happy to finally be ungrounded.  "I could if I wanted!" he retorted.

  "Could not!"

  "Could too!  Just watch me!"  He tumbled after Skylar, who shrieked happily and tried to get away, but Jack was gaining on her.

 

  "Come on Luna!"  Skylar yelled.  "Join us!"

  Luna dipped a toe in.  "It's freezing!"  she shouted back.

  "Wuss!"  Jack hollered.

  "You'll pay for that Jack!"  Luna waded cautiously into the frigid water.   She shivered, brr, it was so cold!

 

   Colin kept a watchful eye over his kids as they splashed and screeched about in the water.  They were always half a step away from trouble, and he didn't want any of them to get hurt.  They had earned this time at the beach.  They had spent the last few weeks doing community service for the town and for Janet, on top of being grounded as discipline for their behavior at the toy store.  What they had done was unacceptable, and Colin wanted to make sure that message came across loud and f*cking clear.  There would be no repeats.

  They had dutifully pulled weeds, raked grass, picked up trash, anything they were told to do, all while Colin lectured them.  He would date whoever the h*ll he wanted, but that said, if they really didn't like her, then they needed to f*cking come to him and talk to him about it.  Not go behind his f*cking back and scheme and plot, and cause general chaos and mayhem in their wake.

Janet had been all smiles and apologies when they had shown up on her doorstep, ready to work.  Colin had told her as nicely as he could, they weren't going to work as a couple.  His kids weren't ready for him to date, and quite frankly, he wasn't f*cking ready either.  He should have f*cking listened to his heart, instead of trying to push himself. Maybe when they were older, they would all be more ready.   It just would have been f*cking nice to have one f*cking memory of sex.  Sh*t.

  "Daddy!  Come play with us!"  Skylar begged.







  They were the only ones on the beach, so why the h*ll not?  "I'm coming to get you!" he threatened as he charged into the water after them.  They all squealed, and scattered into different directions.  Colin grabbed a giggling Skylar first, and slung her over his shoulder as he chased after Luna and Jack.  He got a hold of Luna, "Arrg, my pretties, a dunking it will be with you two!"

  They shrieked, "No!  Daddy!  No!"  Then he dunked himself and both girls under the water, their heads bobbed up out from under the water a few seconds later, laughing.  "Again!  Again!" they pleaded with him.  Colin dove under the water, and grabbed Jack's foot and pulled him under next.  Jack's head bobbed up out of the water, and he splashed back at his dad.

  Colin dove for all three of them, and they all screeched in delight.  Some time later they headed closer for the shore, to play a game of  Stomp Splash.  Jack stomped both feet, and laughed gleefully as the water rained down over his father.  "I got you Dad!"

  "Oh yeah?"  Colin stomped back, and the challenge was on.

 

 
Lots of stomping and laughter later, a tie was declared, by Jack.  "I clearly won, you little imp."  Colin teased his son.

  Jack giggled.  "Nuh uh, I won, but I didn't want to make you feel bad!"

  He grinned down at his son.  "Liar, liar pants on fire!"

 

   Colin stopped for a moment and just took in the scene before him, the smiling, happy faces of his children as they goofed around in the water.  Sometimes, being a parent was a real b*tch, but times like this, made it all worthwhile.  He loved his kids, and couldn't f*cking imagine what his life would have been like without them.

  He noted the darkness creeping in, and with a sigh of regret, called a halt to the beach trip.  It was time to go home.  All three of them tried to get him to change his mind, but he held firm.  In the fading light he helped them gather up all their things and get everything put back into the car.  They all climbed in, and he smiled as he drove down the twisty, windy road.  He loved listening to their childish chatter as they excitedly went over and over the day's events. 

 

 "Dad?"

  Colin glanced at Jack.  "Yeah buddy?"

  "You're the best Dad ever!"

  "I think so too!" Luna chimed in from the back.

  "Me too!" Skylar piped up.

  "Well, I have the six bestest kids ever!" he told them with a grin.


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  Very soon they would be moving into their new house, and Skylar was so excited.  She would have her own room, but she would really miss having her sister so close.  The sisters liked to talk about things, important things while the grown ups were sleeping, and Jack snored away in a nearby bed.  Now how were they supposed to have these important talks without the grownups overhearing them?

  "Lu, do you ever wonder about who you're going to marry when you grow up?"

 

 "I already know who I'm going to marry."  Luna informed her sister.

  Skylar looked over at her sister.  "Really?  Who?"

  "Someone rich and handsome." She said loftily.

  "What about nice?  He ought to be nice Lu."

  "I'll sock him in the nose if he's not nice to me."

  "What about true?  Like Daddy?  I want to marry someone just like Daddy, he's been true to our mother all these years."

  Luna stared out the window.  "He doesn't even remember her."


  "Besides that, he was dating that nasty prune face Janet, that's not staying true to our mother."

  "He said he didn't like her much."  Skylar said loyally.  "He said he was only dating her because he thought we needed a mother.  But I only want our mother."  She sighed wistfully.  "I sure wish we knew more about her.  No one ever talks about her."

  "Grandpa says it's because they never met her, so they can't tell us anything about her.  I think when I get older, I'm going to look for her."

  "But she's dead Lu."

  "Well, I'm still going to look and see what I can find out about her.  She is our mother."

  Skylar nodded.  "I'll help you."  The sisters smiled at each other.


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  Today was their birthday, and Skylar was helping her Gramps make the cakes.  She stirred the ingredients in the bowl.  "Like this Gramps?"

 

  Alder smiled down at his great-grand daughter.  "Just like that.  Great job Skylar, someday you're going to make a great cook."

  Skylar nodded.  "Just like you!"  She barely had time to finish her own birthday cake, before her birthday was upon her.  She couldn't wait to be bigger, and have more privileges.  Like dating boys.  She wanted to get married, and have a hundred kids.  She really wanted to marry her Daddy, but he told her it just wasn't possible. 

  She had time for one last birthday wish.  She closed her eyes, and wished with all her might.  She wished for true love.  When she opened her eyes up, she felt different, more grown up.

 

  Luna was more than ready for her birthday, and happily embraced it.  Her teacher, Mr. Landgraab, after catching Luna painting on the hallway walls for the bazillionth time, said she had artistic talent, and if she would quit painting on inappropriate surfaces, when she got older, he would let her join the exclusive Art Club.  She was totally stoked over that, and she would make sure he kept his word.  Or he would certainly regret it. 



  Jack thought birthdays were bothersome.  He was right in the middle of a very important experiment, he didn't have time for the nonsense.  Time or not, his body didn't listen, and forced him to stop, so that the birthday could commence.

  He still wasn't happy about it though.

 

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Notes:  Hooray---I am getting close to catching up!  That means that I'll be able to play my Kahekili family again, lol  I've been making myself wait, and try to catch up story wise first, but then I end up playing a good dozen or so different saves/challenges, which I quickly grow bored with.  I miss my Kahekili family. =)

  And looky here---another happy chapter!  Two in a row!  Woot!  The trips have a pretty happy childhood overall, and they are very close to their Dad. (Stark contrast to Ivory's childhood, and even Colin's.) Not much about the older kids in this chapter, but next chapter we'll see what they are up to.  This one was about Colin and the trips mostly.

  Also, I think I managed to convey that their childhood was longer than 7 days, haha

  Colin is struggling a little bit, even though he doesn't consciously remember Ivory, part of him does still remember.  So while he wants to have a relationship ( and remember what sex was, lol  I thought that would be a fun irony for him, haha  I'm so mean!!), he just isn't able to get past whatever the block is.  Janet is no loss though, she was very mercenary, and she wasn't really interested in playing mommy.  She would be the type to try to ship them off to military school or something, lol  Not that Colin would ever allow that. =)

 Luna is quite serious about looking for information about her mother, and Skylar will help.  It affects them the most, Jack has his head in his books and experiments, and can't be bothered by such silly nonsense.

  The next few chapters---everyone might change clothes/hairstyles a bit.  Sorry about that, but as I stated last chapter, it was during all this I discovered I had huge game issues, which ultimately I ended up using Porter and rescuing sims.  I thought it might be a CC problem for a while, so I was dumping CC, and made a general huge mess out of everything, lol  Not just once, but three times!  Oy vey!

  This was the birthday that killed the save though---here are some outtakes to illustrate this, lol

  Yes Luna---I was quite tired of it all too!  So if her proportions (pic above) looked a little off--it was totally the game's fault!  She does make a pretty cute midget though, lol

 

No matter how many times I tell him how dangerous it is, Jack insists on being his own lab rat.




    This just goes to prove, that Luna is the shortest of the three, lol  Here Skylar grows long and lean, easily towering over her shorter sister.

 


   Thanks for reading!  Next chapter---they were terrors as toddlers, rambunctious as children, what will they be like as teens?  And how does Colin deal with---*gasp*---boyfriends?!


19 comments:

  1. So I admit to having to do a double take at the first shot of Colin. I'd forgotten the guns are attached to the pants and I half expected him to blow that creepy doll to bits. :/ My apologies to New Colin.

    Phew! He needs to quit pushing himself out there. Though I think his kids might know that better than he does even. She was quite a b*tc# wasn't she? It's also really sad that he's still hung up on Ivory, even though he doesn't remember her at all. And if he was going to remember her...

    Good grief Luna looks just like her mom doesn't she! Wow. Just beautiful too. And so is Skylar. I love that hairstyle on her. And then there's Jack. That boy is all Kahekili isn't he? lol

    I really hope that Luna's quest to find out about their mother doesn't backfire on her too badly.

    On no! Not the midget teens! I had one kill my game before too. Long long time ago. And that's awful that it killed yours too, but it sounds like you're up and running again which is awesome! Can't wait to see what those three get up to as teens!

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    1. Haha---he might have---except I didn't even think of it. I'm not a fan of the IF dolls, unless I am playing a particular challenge--then they make convenient spouses!

      Yeah poor Colin---he doesn't want to be alone...but so far his girlfriends are not working out at all, lol :P

      Luna is pretty much a carbon copy of her mother, but Ivory was a great looking sim so I don't mind much. Skylar favors her father in looks, and Jack...is Jack, lol A surprise, I swear he resembles his grandmother Spring, even though supposedly genetics don't go that far back.

      We'll see some of the results of Luna's quest next chapter. =)

      It created a mess, that's for sure. I'm glad I haven't seen that problem since, and I hope it stays that way!

      Thanks for reading Sunny, and for your comments. I always enjoy reading them. =)

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  2. Colin with his kids <3 It was so sweet. So. Sweet. Especially him playing with them at the beach. Janet sure turned out to be a sod though, didn't she? I could see someone being put off by kids, but her reaction was nuts, especially since she works in a toy store of all places. She might need to find a new line of work!

    Skylar and Luna are so different! Sky crying over his cursing made me laugh though. Luna is going to be a real handful.

    Though with how Colin has been feeling about these other women, and now the girls determining to track down their mother, I'm wondering if Ivory will be reintroduced into the story soon. It will be interesting for sure to see what Colin makes of his memories, if and when they return.

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    1. He is sweet, isn't he? Haha He would so cringe over that comment... Janet should find a new line of work, but she's oblivious, because everything is about Janet. So, she still works there. She makes a convenient fight(verbal) for Colin for his roll though, lol

      lol, well, I plan to make Colin work for it---all three will be a handful, just in their own ways, haha *rubs hands* Skye is more sensitive though, and the main reason he tries to curb his tongue.

      Well, the girls searching for their mother is going to attract attention...

      Thanks for reading Misty, and for commenting, I always look forward to reading them! =)

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  3. The kids are great, and Colins doing a good job. They think he's the best dad ever :) And they grew up so beautiful. It's going to be great seeing Colin handling the girls dating. Especially if he's gotten his memory back of how he's been treating women. Not that I doubt the two of them can't handle it themselves.
    Skylar and Luna looking for their mother will be interesting, considering Ivorys history. But for the more important stuff: LunaMidget :D Never had one of those in my games.

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    1. Colin is doing a really good job, isn't he? <3 Colin is not thrilled with the idea of his girls dating, not at all, haha I touch a little bit on the boyfriends next chapter, but we'll see more of it, the one after that.

      Luna is obsessed over finding her mom, and Skye is just along for the ride. She's curious, but not to the same degree as Luna. As I said in the above comment, it does draw some attention to them...

      Thanks for reading Urunwa, and for leaving a comment. =)

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  4. LOL at shorty Luna and the oblong twins! Such a sweet update. My heart was melting. <3 It was sort of a good thing Luna pinched Janet. Colin got to see the kind of woman she really was. A part of me wanted the old Colin back at the moment when Janet called the kids shitheads. LOL she would have gotten a cursing of a lifetime. The triplets grew up to be more beautiful. Luna looks just like her mother!

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    1. lol, it was sort of a good thing that Luna pinched Janet, it let Colin see her true character much quicker than he would have otherwise. Except Colin wants his kids to know what is appropriate behavior, and what is not. None of them are likely to forget that day, lol

      I like how they all look different, and Colin/Ivory breed well!

      Thanks for the comments Nicky, and for reading! =)

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  5. Love the kids! All three of them are trouble all right, just in different ways! Luna pinching Janet was just brilliant. Poor Colin, feeling guilty over something he can't remember!
    In a way it's a good thing the girls want to find out about their mother, but considering Ivory's past it could lead to a ton of trouble.
    And wow, Luna looks so much like Ivory!

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    1. They are fun to write for---and as they get older, the different ways they are trouble will be more apparent, lol

      Colin does feel guilty, so there is some part of him that remembers...

      Looking for Ivory will draw some attention to the girls, what kind of attention, well, we'll just have to wait and see, lol ;)

      Luna is a carbon copy of her mother, thankfully Ivory was a very pretty sim!

      Thanks for reading, and for leaving a comment! =)

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  6. *mops up drool*
    Sorry, I forgot how hot Colin was. I guess I've not really been looking at him properly the last few chapters with all the drama.... Daymnn...

    Anyway. Those kids are nightmares! So glad I'm not him, and its really cruel making him forget ever having sex!! Poor guy. If he subconciously can't get over Ivory, what will happen? *silently hopes Jack makes a potion that brings his mother back to life*

    The kids are all so pretty as teens! I don't envy you chosing between them! <3

    And Janet... Well, I'm glad that's over.

    That beach scene. <3 Omg I loved it so much. Could picture it all perfectly in my mind and I just wanted to be there and have Colin have had quads and be the fourth. Colin, you be my daddyy!!! <3 :D

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    1. *gets a bucket* I did have a fair amount of drama going on, lol But, yes, I find Colin very pleasing to look at myself, very pleasing, haha!

      Hahaha!!! I know it was cruel to make him forget having sex---but I though to myself---how appropriate! That would be one of the things that he wouldn't remember, I am so mean sometimes... Well, technically---Ivory is alive and well in the town (they had such cute kids, I had them try for more, lol Ivory is raising them though, in another household)---whether or not she could come back from the dead or not in the story, well...

      For me, the choice of heir wasn't too hard, since I go with who inherited the Kahekili nose and mouth, and Skye was the only one. If I chose on looks alone, it would be a really tough choice!

      Yes, Janet was short lived, but suited her purpose, lol

      Aww, thanks, what a compliment! It was my favorite scene to write---and one that I hoped really demonstrated how much Colin had changed.

      Thanks for reading Gemma, and for your comments, they made me smile. =)

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  7. I loved seeing Colin as such a doting dad, even if he WAS making out right in front of his kids. :) Janet deserved that pinch!

    Luna is still my fav! She's so purdy! Hopefully she finds her mom & gets her parents back together somehow! :) Do they have blue zombies in Sims 3?!

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    1. Haha---well, Colin is still Colin... I agree, Janet did deserve that pinch, but it's probably best that Luna learns early not to resort to violence. Goodness only knows what would happen if she thought violence was always the answer...

      Blue zombies? I must be missing something there, lol Sims3 does have zombies, not sure what color they are, since I ban them from my game via mod, lol Luna is obsessed with finding out more about her mother, just what she starts with her search, well, that is for another time...

      Thanks for reading Megan, and for commenting! =)

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  8. I actually feel somewhat sorry for Janet, I don't like her swearing in front of the kids, but I have to admit that if a kid attacked me like that I'd have some very choice words for their parents on the subject of their upbringing and I like kids!

    I did love the beach scene, they looked like they were having so much fun and I love the way you've given the three of them such well defined personalities.

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    1. I probably would too, if the truth be known! It's one thing to have it in a story, but in RL, I would be like---what the heck?! lol

      Thanks Ali! The beach scene is my favorite, it shows Colin at his best I think. There's a big difference between Colin before losing his memory, and Colin after losing his memory. Losing his memory has made him happier in so many ways, it would almost be a shame if they came back...

      Thanks for the comments, and for reading! =)

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  9. I finally caught up!

    Oh, I love the triplets! Especially Luna. I'm partial to the name, and I love her personality. Janet had the pinches coming! Both the girls grew up really pretty.

    I'm interested to see what Luna finds out about her mom, but I don't want her to be crushed or anything. :/

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    1. Yay to catching up!

      Yeah, I had forgotten you had your own Luna, until I was reading your story the other day--week--whatever it was, lol When she was born in game, I was looking for a celestial type name to go with Skye, and I thought of Luna. It is a great name! =)

      Luna won't find out too much about her mother really, because Ivory was good at covering her tracks. However, it is the searching that might just bring more than Luna (or anyone else) would expect.

      Thanks for reading Owly---and for commenting! =)

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  10. I'm so behind, but working on catching up!
    Anyway, I love the triplets. It's sad that Colin is hung up on Ivory without even remembering her.
    That Janet was quite the bitch! I'm glad Colin dumped her.

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