Chapter 30

Welcome back! When we left off, things in the family were starting to calm down. They were finally able to sit and bond.

 

Of course the calm wouldn’t last long, though; Ziyi soon realized she was pregnant while visiting with a couple of friends.

 

 

Ziyi should’ve been excited, but she knew she’d have her hands full what with Ryan still a baby. She dully resigned herself to her situation at first…

… but quickly began to look forward to the new arrival.

Nate wasn’t too fond of Ryan; however, he was still a great father to him. Nate figured he’d just need some time to foster a bond with the baby.

 

Nate was surprise that he was becoming a father again. He was slightly concerned about what the other kids would think about a little brother or sister. After all, Ryan wasn’t really their sibling.

Ziyi decided to tell Alana right away.

 

Alana couldn’t have been happier!

 

She even gave her blessings right then and there.

 

Chase hardly even noticed anything going on in the house anymore. He was always too busy with friends.

 

Chase and Ericka became very close, and hung out together constantly.

 

After a couple failed attempts, Chase was finally able to kiss her.

 

Feeling like he was on a winning streak, Chase asked Ericka to be his girlfriend. She said yes!

 

The downtown spotlights lit up as the two lovebirds stared lovingly into each other’s eyes.

 

Meanwhile, back at the house, Ryan’s birthday arrived unnoticed.

 

He grew up into a cute little toddler.

 

When home, Chase stepped in to help out with Ryan. With Ziyi heavily pregnant and Nate always off taking pictures, Ryan was often alone.

 

He was a pretty happy little kid, though. He would play for hours, pretending to squeeze his blocks to death.

 

He also tried desperately to destroy the xylophone. His evil trait appeared at a very young age.

 

Late one evening, while working as an investigator, Ziyi went into labor.

 

Nate was so overjoyed when he found out, that he broke into some impromptu dance moves.

 

A quick trip to the hospital, and soon Ziyi and Nate were headed home with two new baby boys! All the two could think about was celebrating the new births.  The baby Ziyi is holding is Greg, who rolled the Genius and Disciplined traits. His favorites are: music-Egyptian, food-Hot Dogs, color- Aqua. The baby Nate is holding is Alex, who rolled the Perceptive and Clumsy traits. His favorites are: music-Rockabilly food-Egg Rolls, color- Orange.

 

Life resumed as normal; however, only one baby could have a crib at a time. For some reason, the room kept blocking any extra cribs.

 

Soon, it was time for Alana’s birthday. The whole family and all of the friends were invited.

 

Alana wasn’t too pleased to see Aaron. Really no one was pleased to see him, but he WAS a member of the family.

Part of the reason everyone was so upset was that Aaron brought his new wife, Trudy.

 

Finally, Alana was able to step up to the birthday cake.

 

Alana grew up into a very beautiful teenager. She rolled Flirty as her fourth trait.

 

Ericka was immediately jealous. She knew that there’d be competition in the neighbor now for her role as most beautiful teen. At least Chase was Alana’s brother!

 

Alana enjoyed the rest of the party, and personally thanked each guest. She and Tomika quickly became friends, and agreed to throw another party soon.

 

Alana finally went to bed, and dreamt of fashion.

 

The first thing Alana did when she woke up in the morning was design a few outfits for herself. She then strutted her stuff around the house, as though the whole place was a catwalk.

 

Alana strutted back and forth all day; the only thing that stopped her was a baby in her pathway. She demanded that Nate remove it before continuing.

 

Nate and Ziyi had grown slightly distance since the twins were born. With at least one of the babies crying at any given time, they were a little too busy to spend quality time together. Neither seemed to notice, though.

 

Once all the babies were finally asleep, Nate and Ziyi snuck out of the house and toasted some marshmallows. They thought the evening would be relaxing…

 

… however, Nate burned his marshmallow. He was NOT pleased.

 

He was so exhausted that he then promptly passed out.

 

The next day, when the babies were all crying in unison, Nate and Ziyi decided they needed some time to themselves.

 

Thus, a babysitter was called and they went off to have some fun.

 

Ziyi stopped in at Charlie’s, and discovered his wife was pregnant!

 

Nate scootered around the neighborhood, enjoying his rare freedom.

 

Eventually, he ended up at the bistro with Charlie.

 

It just so happened that Ziyi ran into Aaron, and they decided to go to the bistro at the exact same time.

 

Nate was actually excited to see his wife and brother there. He wasn’t the jealous kind, and sensed that for the family to finally be in harmony again, Ziyi had to settle her differences with Aaron.

 

Unfortunately, Charlie quickly had to leave for work.

 

Aaron, Nate, and Ziyi sat at separate tables and had a slightly awkward dinner after that.

 

Back at home, Alana went to the nursery, only to find the babysitter. She called Lyle immediately, to say there was a very ugly intruder caring for her brothers.

 

The babysitter was more than a little upset, considering they’d gone to school together for quite some time. He also had been working hard on growing his hair out. He thought he was looking pretty good up until that point.

 

Once Alana realized these facts, she did apologize to the babysitter.

 

She got that out of the way just in time, as Xi decided to come for a visit. Alana couldn’t have been more excited.

 

Xi sat down with her children and had a nice visit with them.

 

As Xi headed back to her grave at sunrise, she was happy. Her family was doing well without her, she technically had grand kids, and life was great! Will things continue this way? Check back for the next chapter to find out!

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