Legacy Family Picture Spam

I have nothing to write about them since they've been rather happy (and Elizabeth hasn't stopped by recently *cough*). So I'll share a couple of pics.


I'm not one to fawn over my sims, but a shirtless Green Mellon holding one of the babies is too cute.




I don't have a lot of pictures of the boys, Pierce and Russel. I didn't really realize that both Green and his wife are S4 and they both have dark blue eyes. (I never think about such things when I'm pairing sims up.)

So both the boys have blue eyes and S4 skin. (I feel I should mention their sister here, so now I have.) I can't tell them apart! But it seems Russel is a bit more active. He hardly sleeps when he's put in the crib.



That's why I'm rather SURE (very sure) that this is Russel sitting with his father in the study. (Notice, no "zzz"s.) Cute aren't those? They're by MsBarrows over at TSR. I got them when she set them to free for forever. (But I warn you, if you have a butler, he will not leave the children on the floor. He just can't have it.)

Here's their mutt, Moody. I kept finding puddles in this corner and kept thinking, "Nuh uh!" I finally caught him in the act. I call this piece, "Adding insult to injury."




I can see Amanda saying to Green, "Really? You couldn't put a shirt on?" Oh and notice teh grilled cheese? Haha, I love the Servo Caliburst.



Sorry to anyone who actually reads this. I've been off all week, so I've been playing a lot and updating a lot. All of the story pieces I've posted though were written earlier, probably a couple of weeks ago. I'm just trying to stay ahead of myself?

(Actually, I should probably just take up another hobby like knitting or something.)

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Green says goodbye

"I'm sorry Mom isn't here," Water said to Green as he scooped him up in a "long time seeing you sorry to see you now" hug.



Green only shrugged and turned his head to look over at his wife, Amanda, who was shaking hands and accepting condolences from Richard, The Mayor. "You know, she should be here. She made such a huge deal about the babies. She wanted a girl."

Water only stood silently near his younger brother. There was not much he could think to say. His own wife was due any day now to deliver their second girl. He could only imagine how it would feel if they lost her before they knew her.

But Water expected his wife to deliver a healthy girl. Green had only known about two of the babies for sure, the third one was something of a surprise. Water was sad for his younger brother, but he couldn't help thinking that Green had two other children. Two strong boys who had probably crushed their younger baby sister in the womb. Guilty at his thoughts, Water looked over to his brother.



Green stood still, but his eyes betrayed him. Even with the sun at his back casting a shadow on his face, Water could see the tears brimming in his younger brother's eyes. Water placed a hand over his brother's back, and at his touch Green snapped. His shoulders hunched as he started to cry softly. Amanda glanced over, but seeing Water comforting her husband, she did not move to help.

There wasn't much that could be said. They stood in the grass before the small grave. Water's eyes kept reading over the name imprinted on the tombstone-- Lyrisa Ann Mellon. In the grass next to her tombstone, a small stone fairy sat protecting the young child buried under the ground.

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On watch

Amanda Mellon relaxed in bed. She felt enormous. The doctor had warned her that she had to have plenty of bed rest in the last month. He was sure there was more than one baby, but he was worried there might possibly be even a third.



The time was close. She could feel the babies in her belly jostling for room.



The entire house was still awake. Caliburst, their servo who never needed sleep, was continually cleaning the house, tending the new garden Green had put in for her, and making grilled cheese sandwich platters (which he generally ate all on his own). Normally, the smell of the greasy grilled cheese sandwiches made her sick, but she had actually found an appreciation for Caliburst's tendency to always have a platter of sandwiches ready. When she was ravenously hungry, he would hand her a plate and sit down with her as she swallowed it in one gulp. It was more than Green had done for her.



Green spent his time in the small study working on his novel. Most of his time, at least. This afternoon, Amanda had gone downstairs to see her husband with a strange woman in the house. They had simply been too close for Amanda's comfort. And that strange woman, the way she looked at him. Her eyes were too bright, her smile too large. She said she was Aden Mellon's fiancée, but she hadn't looked attached to anyone when Amanda had caught a glimpse from the door way to the living room.

Ann's seaside shack (How it stays up, I don't know!)

To make matters worse, Ann (or as Amanda was beginning to think, "The mother-in-law from hell") called often. She had moved out to a seaside shack as soon as the decorations from the wedding had been cleaned up. But that didn't stop her from calling every other day anxiously waiting for news about babies. Even Green shuddered when the phone rang. Of course, his response was to take the phone out of the study where he worked.

Amanda closed her eyes as the babies kicked her belly and probably each other. She had laid in bed all day and most of the night, but she had not felt any better. The babies were due any time now.

Clothes-- Amanda felt a need to get dressed. She couldn't stay in bed any longer.

Just as soon as she had put on her newest maternity outfit, her belly began to ache. Sharp pains poked her in her sides, causing her to clutch at her stomach. They ebbed quickly before a newer, stronger onslaught of pain stabbed over her entire belly.

Amanda jumped to her feet and grabbed her large belly. "It's time!"








Silly picture time:


Apparently Elizabeth hadn't left after all. (Perhaps she was coming through to catch that can kicker.)

I love her look of worry, which almost matches Green's. Neither of them are having the babies. (Although Elizabeth is looking over at Green as if she is more concerned for him. Sort of an "awww" moment for me, even if it was a bit stalkerish for her to wait around for the birth.)

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Greetings

Green invited her inside offering her lunch. "Caliburst makes the best grilled cheese." She had gently refused saying that she couldn't stay around long. "Then how about a game of pool?"

They walked over to the living room with the intent to play. Green's memories still searched for the missing piece of information that he was sure would break his memory wide open. Wasn't there something more? He was pretty sure that they all lived in the same dorm for a while, yet he couldn't remember much about her.



"Do you remember the time Aden pulled that prank on the Cow mascot?" She was saying. Her eyes seemed bright, and she moved much more comfortably than she had a second before. "Oh that poor cow mascot, I was sure we weren't going to see him until the end of the school year, and he was back the next day."

Green laughed with her, a natural and easy laugh. Something about her was different, natural and simple. It was easy to laugh with her around.



"I feel bad, you know." He said suddenly. She looked at him, the curiosity clear on her face. "I feel like I should know more about you. But I'm really drawing a blank."

She shrugged with a small smile. "Well, you did have to leave quickly, I don't blame you." There was something in her eyes. Her large green eyes seemed to shimmer in the light that filtered in through the expensive window.

"Hmm.. still." Green looked away, trying to catch the memory that was dancing just out of his reach. "I think I remember you looking differently."



For a second, worry clouded her face. "Oh, true. My hair used to be longer. I'm thinking about growing it out again though."

Worried that he had somehow insulted her (shouldn't he know better then to make comments on the looks of someone he couldn't remember well?), Green said quickly, "Oh well I think it's lovely now. Very pretty." At that she perked up. "I just wonder if I can't remember you because of it."

A throat was cleared as someone entered the room. "Hello." Amanda slunk between Green and Aden's girlfriend. (Green found himself impressed by her slinking abilities even while nine months along with twins and possibly, something in the back of his head added, triplets.)



Green stumbled over a quick introduction. "Amanda this is..."

"Elizabeth," the dark haired girl said quickly. "I'm Aden Mellon's fiancée."

Amanda raked her eyes over Elizabeth. "And I'm Green's wife." She rubbed her belly purposely.

Elizabeth smiled as she nodded. "Well, I do have to get going." With a small wave, she disappeared quickly.




This is all stuff that pretty much just happened while I was playing. Pregnant Amanda snuck up on me too.

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What happened to Green? Part 4

There was a knock on the door and Green poked his head in. He had the classic puppy dog eyes as he looked at her. In a way it made her uneasy.


"I think I love you," he said softly.

Amanda put up a hand and laughed nervously as Ann snickered. "I told you to use friendship. Was your aim off or what?" Green seemed to pay her no mind and only stood there, waiting for Amanda to make a move.

When Amanda caressed his cheek, he shuddered at her touch as if he was working to fight back the urge to pounce her right there in front of his mother. "Well, Green. What made you change your mind?"

Green stepped close to her, his blue eyes in a slight haze. For one so slight, he was very strong and secure in his romancing ability, as if he had often swept female sims off their feet on a whim. He wrapped an arm around her and pulled her in for a kiss she could not resist. "Oh," was all she could say after he let her go.

Their romance moved quickly, and before he left for school again he had asked her to marry him right on the front lawn.

Green stayed at school until the day his father passed. After that day, something in Ann seemed to snap, and she pressed harder for the wedding and made Amanda promise a girl. A girl that she insisted would be especially for Ann. Amanda couldn't help but to feel a bit uncomfortable at Ann's urging, but to her credit she hid it very well.

Amanda found herself slightly worrying that her first child might not be a girl. How would her mother in law react? It already seemed that Ann had split at the seams, part of her had gone with Alec. The part that was left secretly frightened Amanda. But it was not something she could admit to Green without possibly telling him the complete truth which she was sure would break the spell that she had placed over him.

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To the Prince!

Present playing day


"To the 'Prince'!" Everyone raised their glasses to Green in salute. The term "Prince" made him blush. It had started out as a joke on the ship. The Legacy household was compared to a castle, and Ann was the Queen. Everyone had great fun pretending to be peasants and calling Ann "Her Majesty."




Behind everyone, his beautiful bride smiled at him as she sipped from her glass. She had also mercilessly teased that she was marrying a Prince, and that once they were married, and Ann moved out, they would be the King and Queen. She loved to joke about it while he squirmed at the idea. He really hated being heir, and secretly, he wished Water were heir instead.


Richard, Jr., the Mayor, never one to be without attention, tapped his glass to quiet everyone for his toast. "Four phases ago, we crashed upon the rocky shore. Now here we stand together for this joyous occasion." As Richard began talking of the various projects and the hopes for the city, Green tuned out. It was just like Richard to use a public event to plug his various projects to drum up support. "And so, to the newlyweds!"

Green was getting a little tipsy. He kept an arm around his bride who solidly stood next to him. Everyone had seemed about done until his mother, Ann, picked up the tray that held the bottle and poured herself a glass then passed the bottle around so everyone could fill their glasses and those of their neighbors once more.



Ann turned towards Green with her glass raised. "Here's to all our wishes coming true. You have a truly beautiful and cunning bride. Her daughter will only be more so. To the future!"

Green was slightly tipsy, but the words she had chosen seemed off to him. He wasn't quite sure why or what was wrong with her speech. She had always made it clear she wanted lots of grandchildren. But his older brother, Water, already had one child, little Maddy. Why was she in such a rush?

After Ann's toast, the party began to wind down. Sims that had come to the top of the hill just to take part in the wedding were slowly heading home. Eventually, Ann sent the two newlyweds off with the promise that she would see everyone out.

Green wasted no time taking his lovely bride upstairs to his bed.

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