2. Eldest child Bennie may have grown up, moved out and started his family, but that still left
five teens in the house, all doing their own things. Mostly various definitions of fun.
4. But BD and Penny werenât much younger than Bennie really, and it was time for them to
head off to uni too. Though with Pennyâs random and absent-mindedness, her twin
had to nudge her along.
âCOME ON, PENNY, WEâRE GOING NOW!â
âGoing where?â
*Facepalm*
5. They got a goodbye message though.
âSo, like, youâll tell me about all the girls and women right? Like, thereâll be loads of them,
right? The only option I have is the papergirl and sheâs not receptive at all.â
âYeah, I tried for years on her, probably a losing battle. Donât worry, Iâll leave a few for
you.â
âThanks bro!â
6. The clothes the twins grew into werenât too bad really. BD liked red, though that was
rather a lot of it, and Pennyâs outfit was good but not really herâŠ
7. A tank top with bright red trousers and multi-coloured wrist bands was much better, and
when wasnât a man-bag useful? And though green and pink werenât often coupled as
colours, it had just become Pennyâs thing, and with a geeky knowledge-y reference on
the t-shirt, how could it go wrong?
8. As was expected, BD got straight to getting to know his female fellow dormies, and one in
particular caught his eyeâŠ
9. Suzanne Boyle even had a similar fashion sense to him! It must have been fate.
12. Penny was less impressed with the distractions to her reading coming through the wall.
Honestly, so inconsiderate when she was just getting to the good bits.
13. Still, twins were twins and kept a lot in common, sometimes including meal times.
14. And it was sufficient to make Penny think that maybe she ought to give this whole dating
thing a go. But she wasnât just going for any old dormie, she needed a proper love.
Luckily there was someone willing to provide, for a price.
15. âThere you go! All of our money!â
âOh, I do like you university students⊠One true love, coming right up!â
16. Penny didnât know what she was picturing, but probably not this. Still, she was an open-
minded girl.
18. And gave a damn good backrub, both of which counted in his favour, but she wasnât really
sure before sheâd really talked to him about what he wantedâŠ
19. âOh, well, I really want to get married of course. A coupleâs got to have a proper
commitment you know.â
âYeahâŠâ
20. âBut after that the two of you can go crazy with the handcuffs and things!â
PERFECTION.
21. Occasionally, between the romancing, actual studying happened. Fortunately it wasnât too
often though.
22. And as soon as that was done, it was time for more kissing. Penny wasnât shy about her
affections or who she lavished them upon.
23. Nor was she shy about her body. What her professor and fellow students made of it, she
never really noticed.
24. BD was shyer than his sister, but his lover more receptive, so intimate hugsâŠ
25. Swiftly went to the bedroom. And each went secretly to the otherâs heart.
26. But BD was a romance sim! He could not stand for one lover in his entire life, love or not.
36. Warren happily acquiesced and they became very sappy. But nobody had forgotten what
theyâd been up to earlier. Some never would.
37. With that done, there was a lot of cramming of the knowledge variety before finalsâŠ
38. And then wonderful graduation time in the snow! BDâs parents didnât need to know that his
superb grades were down to impressing his professors with a little more than merely
the academic skillsâŠ
39. And he grew up well with a fairly decent outfit.
40. Then it was Pennyâs turn, who had earned her excellent grades in the more traditional
manner (and perhaps a little bit of lecturers staring at her attending in her underwear,
though again, the parents did not need to be made aware of this).
43. Since several of the Beckett kids werenât planning to have big families, an apartment
block seemed more appropriate than a load of individual houses. Plus they got a play
park at the side for any future kids to share. And there would be future kids, with a
family-orientated grandfather and all.
44. BD got the first apartment from the pretty, young landlady.
45. And some other, uh, interesting men showed up to look at the other apartments.
46. But BD was going to give his father at least one grandchild and wasnât adverse to a kid
himself, so invited Suzanne over and moved her in. It wasnât like he was totally
secretly in love with her or anythingâŠ
47. And like she was perfect with loving red as much as he did and being really good in bedâŠ
55. And jumped right to the wedding, where the play park got its very first testing by Tim.
âWheeeeeeeeeeee! Daaaaad, push me!â
The kids may have missed out on some stuff in their childhoods that they wanted to make
up for.
57. So Tim moved on.
âWheeeeeeee! Benniiiieeee? Push me!â
58. Tim just wasnât going to be having a lot of luck though.
âMerlin pushed Arthurâs soft blonde hair out of his eyes, âIâm sorry I lied, Arthur, but it was
always for you. I just wanted to defend you. I⊠I love you, Arthur Pendragon.â The
young king stared for a moment before gently pulling his friendâs face and lips towards
his ownâŠâ
59. It was almost as if there wasnât a lovely wedding going on at all.
61. The only person who showed up initially wasnât even an official relative, and she then
wandered off too!
62. Eventually, with what might almost have been divine intervention, some people
remembered why they were so dressed up to start with, and they agreed it was lovely.
63. Not that Penny had been paying a lot of attention to other people, just looking forward to
shoving cake in her new husbandâs face.
64. While Warren was a little anxious about his new father-in-lawâs attitude towards a son-in-
law almost as old as he was. Luckily Terry was naturally the kindest and most easy-
going person you were likely to meet. So long as you werenât, like, evil and a danger
to children. Which thankfully nobody around there was.
65. Then, after some spontaneous serenading of an explicit natureâŠ
67. Over at Bennie and Sternâs, there was much doting over beloved little baby Hedwig, as it
turned out babies werenât so bad, even for romance sims.
(Bennie and Sternâs kidsâ name scheme was going to be gay musicians, but âThe Origin of
Loveâ from Hedwig and the Angry Inch was playing on my iTunes when the baby was
born (and I couldnât think of any female names anyway), so it became LGBT
musicians. Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a musical about a fictional M to F
transgender person and her rather interesting life, and you should at least check out
âThe Origin of Loveâ from it because itâs great :D)
68. And Stern was very happy to be close to a family member of his own since he was so far
separated from his birth family. And of course little Hedwig looked just like him.
70. She continued to have the very strong resemblance. Luckily Bennie was very fond of his
husband and his face, because there wasnât a whole lot of Bennie there.
71. Yes, the first grandchild of the OWBC was a proper little sweetheart.
73. And was naturally doted on by Grandpa Terry as his dreams were starting to come true.
74. And grandpa Terry was good to his son and son-in-law, taking care of some chores while
he was over.
âNo cockroaches are going to get my babies and grandbabies ill!â
It was the closest thing to murderous that he had ever been.
75. And Bennie did his best to spend time with his daughter between workdays as he was
getting fairly swiftly promoted.
76. But somehow Sternâs body showed practically no signs of pregnancy before suddenly
going into labour one nightâŠ
77. Until he was finally holding a little girl with skin tone 3, one of her fathersâ brown hair, and
one of his two grandmothersâ green eyes. She was dubbed Elton.
(The reason for the kidsâ name scheme in this house is that, besides having two Dads,
whenever I think of Bennieâs name I also think of âBennie and the Jetsâ by Elton John,
so I definitely wanted to call a kid Elton, but with three daughters- Oh, hang on: )
78. And was swiftly followed up with a second little girl, again with skin tone 3 and brown hair,
but this time dark blue eyes, and this one being called Freddie. Half way to Terryâs
lifetime want!
(⊠with three daughters out of the four kids Stern had been predetermined in Simfield, I
decided that I better use Elton anyway. And how can you not have a Freddie Mercury
either? Good namesakes are good namesakes, regardless of gender :P)
79. Over at the apartments the other couples were happy too, both within themselvesâŠ
80. And relations between them. You wouldnât have thought BD and Warren would have a
whole lot in commonâŠ
81. But they swiftly developed a burgeoning bromance when BD wasnât at work.
(And Tim found excuses to come over and make use of the playparkâŠ)
82. Actually family members were over all the time for one reason or another, especially once
Penny turned out to be pregnant. Helped to keep Warrenâs sanity, given that it
seemed to make Penny even messier, coating the walls with food as she shovelled it
in as fast as possible.
â⊠Iâm not sure I like the idea of getting a girl pregnant anymore.â
âItâll be worth it in the end, Billy my lad.â
83. Not like the boys had to deal with the actual pain anywayâŠ
84. But she was soon holding a little boy â grandchild #4 â with his motherâs skintone, his
grandfatherâs black hair and his grandmotherâs green eyes: Cent Kimbrell.
(With Pennyâs nickname being what it is, her and Warrenâs kidsâ naming scheme is small
forms of currency.)
86. Though BD spent more time reassuring himself through Warren than comforting Suzanne
about it. Warren wasnât always over since he had his own kid to care forâŠ
87. But then BD totally had to work on his career by skipping outside in his underwear.
89. She could shout loud enough to summon the father to the scene. Soon she was holding a
little girl â grandchild #5 â with her motherâs pale skin tone, her grandfather Terryâs
black hair, and her fatherâs green eyes. She was given the name Leona Boyle.
(With Suzanneâs full name being what it is, her and BDâs kidsâ naming scheme is reality
TV show singers â it was going to be from the same programme, but LOL, I donât
watch enough of that stuff to distinguish â so little Leona is named after Leona Lewis,
who won the UKâs third series of the X Factor.)
90. Even where parents were working, there was plenty of offers for babysitting services from
the younger aunt and uncles for a couple of hours or so.
âSquee!â
91. And the parents were around sufficiently for the babies to know and get attached.
92. If anything, the problems were more likely to come from their jobs, as Penny suffered a
setback to her own lifetime want of becoming the Education Minister.
93. âPenny! Your father thinks the perfect way to cheer you up would be having another baby!
What do you think?â
94. Well, it was certainly worth a go, and that was cheering in itself.
95. And it turned out that Penny was very fertile indeed.
96. And they were sure little Cent would love a baby brother or sister, and there was plenty of
space in their house and care available. Cent didnât know what was going on, but he
was getting more attention, so he was happy.
97. And Penny decided she quite liked being pregnant with the kickings and baby hiccups
and everything.
98. Then it was Centâs first birthday, with his daddy bringing him to the cakeâŠ
99. But he greatly took after his mother in appearance and was massively adorable.
100. Most of the aunts and uncles loved the party (and appreciated each other)âŠ
101. But Suzanne didnât appreciate her baby being woken up by the party next door; the one
drawback of living in their apartment block. Warren couldnât care much when it was his
first childâs birthday. Suzanne should have sent BD instead, had he had the will to talk
to his friend.
102. Over at Bennie and Sternâs the girls were growing up quicklyâŠ
103. With everyone having to get in their time with the little babies before they got too big.
104. Hedwig was becoming a child a little ahead of her little sisters becoming toddlersâŠ
105. And she grew up in a rather appropriate outfit for her tastes, because she was very
curious about Daddy Bennieâs cooking.
106. And she got to go to her first day of school, the only child in the neighbourhoodâŠ
107. Before it was party time again for Elton and Freddie.
108. Elton looked a lot like her big sister and Papa SternâŠ
109. But Freddie finally showed more signs of looking like Bennie, with his nose and eyes at
the least.
110. And Hedwig and Terry used the opportunity to bond some more while the little twins had
to be put to bed.
111. Though perhaps Hedwig should have been put to bed too.
âOh god, Iâm a failure of a father! Bennie! Our babyâs fallen asleep in the kitchen!â
112. Back over at BD and Suzanneâs, BD was doing his best to both skill for his job and spend
time with Leona, giving Suzanne a rest after the birth.
113. Babies were pretty cool, really. Most people complained about the smell, but BD wasnât
so bothered about that or the mess. It was his little baby and she was adorable.
114. Plus they lived in an awesome kitted-out house; everything was perfect.
115. All of which was exactly how Suzanne felt too. Leona could not express emotions so
eloquently, but was a very happy baby.
116. And then it was time for Leona to join three of her cousins as a toddler.
117. Leona may have been BDâs little girl, but she didnât look a whole lot like him. Most of her
features were her mothers, and the colouring that wasnât came from her grandparents.
123. And Warren spent as much time with his G-DA son as possible. He was aware of his age
and never certain of how long he had left, and feared that perhaps he might not last as
long as heâd like. It was pretty much the worst thing that was likely to happen in happy
little Heaven.
124. But, for the meantime, there was another child coming!
125. And thus was brought into the world grandchild #6: Fen (1/100 of a Yuan, of the Chinese
currency Renminbi) Kimbrell with his motherâs skintone, his grandfatherâs black hair
and his great-grandfather Birchâs light blue eyes (which his mother should also have
had, if I hadnât messed up the coding before she was born).
And not so far away there was much rejoicing by a certain Terry Ryman-Beckett.
~~~ End of Chapter 6 ~~~