3:29 Double The Babies, Half The Parents

"These hot wings are excellent, Madison. You must give me your recipe!" Layla was over constantly these days. Although still in her early stages of pregnancy, she had been a big help with Rose and Kaity, and as their due dates approached, she'd make sure she was in when they returned from school.

"Actually, Luis bought them for our wedding present." Layla froze in place, staring at her fork. They were good, but Luis was such an awful cook. She knew he wasn't lying, because he constantly tried to make dinner and she'd have to throw it out.
"This was your wedding present?" She asked, hoping her mother-in-law wouldn't realise it wasn't what she'd been thinking.

Layla slowly took the mouthful of food to her mouth, as Madison replied.
"Yeah, he said he refused to buy from shops. I didn't realise you guys were still doing that, but it's the thought that counts."
"Oh, no, we don't buy from shops. We've had to recently, there's no way we can make all the baby things we need. Although Luis is making the crib and will make a highchair when it's time, we decided it was unhygienic to make our own potty, blankets and bottles."

"Tell Luis I'm proud of him for being provider. But," Layla started giggling as she knew what was coming. "Also tell him that he's an idiot. There's nothing wrong with buying a crib, and if I go round and see that he hasn't sanded the wood properly, or there's nails sticking out..." Madison put her fork down for emphasis. "Tell him I'll make him sleep in it for a month."

Suddenly, Geoffrey was there, eating some soup.
"What are you talking about?" He asked, hoping to join the conversation. Layla pouted at Madison, her way of replying to her last statement.
"Nothing, dear." Madison replied, making the three of them giggle. Madison had decided that now they were married, they should call each other 'dear' as a way of making it seem like they had been married years.
"Ok, dear." Geoffrey smiled to his wife.

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School let out at 2pm, as always. Rose was still showing no signs, but Kaity decided now was a good time to announce.
"My waters broke an hour ago." Rose didn't hear, she was too far ahead.

"Wh-What?" Jake stuttered, drawing Myles' attention.

"What's up, Jake?" Myles asked, stopping at the top of the steps as Rose climbed onto the bus.
"Kaity's having the baby!" Jake screeched.

The boys started panicking as Lisa emerged, her days work done.
"Jeez, guys. It's me who's gotta push this thing out, I dunno what you're screaming about." Kaity scoffed as she made her way to the steps.
"Mrs. Mattell! Help her! She's in labour!" Myles screamed to Lisa, "What do we do?!" The shouting drew the attention of Rose, who realised what was happening and attempted to leave the bus, only to find that the driver was pulling off.

Kaity arrived at the hospital alone. Walking the short distance had been no effort really, and she felt good enough to give the hot vampire who held the door for her a flirty look.
What the hell am I doing? She thought to herself. Hot guys are what got me into this mess, and I can't see a vampire being attracted to a teenager in labour. Though... He was hot. I wonder if I can find him again... NO! Stop it, Kaity! She inwardly scolded herself for her inappropriate thoughts.

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 It had just passed 6am when Kaity returned home. Twin girls, both fairies. They were almost identical, so Taylor told her to swaddle them in different colours for easy identification.
Jaydean was wrapped in a flowery blanket, and the fairy dust surrounding her was a deep purple.

Little Sophie had yellow glitter, like her uncle and grandmother. She was wrapped in a fruity number.

Minutes after she returned home, Rose went into labour herself.

She was lucky, in a way. Baby Lucas was born before his mother could even make it out the door. Rose now knew why her bump had been smaller, and didn't envy Kaity for her twins. Although she would have liked a little girl to dress up, Lucas looked just like his father.

Because of the overload of babies, Taylor, Madison and Geoffrey moved the bedrooms around.

The alchemy station was moved to Madison and Geoffrey's new house, and the room turned into Rose and Lucas' room.

Leaving Kaity in the old room with the twins.

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Taylor agreed to let the girls have the day off school. She wished they could go, because it was their last day, but she hoped it wouldn't affect their grades too much.

It didn't take Rose long to settle Lucas and walk to the next room to visit her neices.
"I'm so jealous that you got girls! I don't envy that you got twins, though. Sorry." Kaity couldn't work out what she was apologising for.

"Sorry? How is this your fault?"
"I dunno. I guess I feel guilty because you have double the babies with half the parents."
"I'd not thought of it like that." Kaity replied, quietly.
"You know me and Myles will always be around to help-"

Kaity suddenly snapped.
"I don't need help. I can do this on my own, and I'll get a job, too. I'm not some weak little girl, and I don't need your pity." She didn't mean it, and Rose knew it. She was still shocked though, and didn't know what to say in reply.

"Look, Kaity... I... I didn't mean it to sound patronizing."

"It's fine" Kaity replied, turning away. "Im sorry, I didn't mean it." She started walking to the door. "I'm having a shower."

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"How was school?" Rose couldn't believe she'd missed her last day of school. No signing yearbooks, no saying one last goodbye to friends who were headed off to higher education, or internships abroad. But the little life she held in her arms made her forget all the 'what if's, and think of the future.
"You didn't miss much, if your Mum would have let me, I'd've rather stayed home with you and Lucas."
"Your Mum would have killed my Mum if she'd let you."

"He's beautiful." Myles marvelled. He couldn't believe he had a son. A healthy little boy. "So, wifey." He grinned at his wife as he realised he was almost all grown up. "When are we moving out?" The couple had a place lined up. Nothing special, just a small house for their small family.
"Not until after our birthday."
"It's our birthday tonight."
"Tomorrow. I'm too tired to move house today, I've already given birth, and then I have to grow up." Myles watched as Rose gently placed Lucas back into the crib.

"Ok. I love you." He said, pulling her into a kiss before she could respond.

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 "Hey baby Jay-Jay. Mummy's going to be all grown up soon." Kaity was taking this last chance to settle her twins, as guests were already arriving downstairs. She'd spent almost the entire day with them, trying to get her head around her new life.

 "Sleepy-time now, Sophie." As she said it, she realised swinging a newborn baby over your head probably wouldn't get them to sleep any better. It was too late now, though.

 She made it downstairs just in time to see Jake becoming a man. It felt like only a few weeks ago that they'd all started school, and now her siblings would be moving out and on to new lives.

 Next was Myles' turn. Rose could feel the heat radiating... Wait...

 The heat wasn't coming from Myles or her burning passion. Luckily, her mother had seen fires before, and was so quick with the extinguisher that Geoffrey and Jake didn't even realise anything was wrong.

 It was Rose's turn next, and Myles was very happy with how she turned out.

 Finally, it was Kaity's turn. Both Rose and Taylor were shocked at how she turned out.

 Kaity thought she looked just the same, just a little taller.







"Suddenly, Geoffrey was there, eating some soup." <-- That seemed so normal when I wrote it, but when I proofed this I nearly died of laughter. I don't know why it's so funny. 
Gen 3 is over. :O

Traits 'n' that:

Jake: Athletic, brave, friendly, loner, loves the outdoors

 

Rose: Absent minded, artistic, clumsy, excitable, great kisser

 

Kaity: Clumsy, family oriented, genius, good sense of humour, virtuoso

 Unfortunately, even though Rose and Kaity were on the honor roll, missing the last day of school while they gave birth dropped their grades to s 'C' and so I couldn't choose their traits. Oh well!

Rose and Jake will be up for download later (about 12 hours I estimate), and a summary of gen 3 will be up later in the week.
Gen 4 starts at the weekend.