About The Douglas Legacy

I started this story over at Live Journal and then later remembered that I had a blog here as well that I used to write stories in. I'm way far ahead of the storyline as far as game play goes. Generation seven are children right now. I'll get caught up eventually.

The Douglas Legacy 2.0

The Douglas family was devistated by Pearl's bad stroke of luck as she attempted to repair the radio....



Ruby took it extremely hard; the shock of it turned every hair on her head instantly grey. The Grim Reaper came, laughing at the whole thing. Apparently to him it was all a big laugh.


He said that he couldn't wait to see Pearl die again so he brought her back from the dead just in case she felt like having another accident or two.


Soon afterwards was a cause for much celebration among the Douglas family. Jack was especially pleased at the birth of his first grandchild! Pearl and Karim had a little boy that they named Cody.


Jeremy wasn't quite sure what to think of being an uncle. He sat on the couch with an older friend watching tv as his dad stood nearby cuddling little Cody as he watched tv.


Before long, though, he was mature enough to handle it. He still kept in close contact with his brothers


Chris


and Chace. Chris gave Jeremy an uncertain look from across the room.


Jeremy had just asked if he could move in with him and Chace when he was old enough to move out. Chris said maybe, but he just found out that he is going to be a father. Jack overheard, unsure how to feel since he knows that Chris is not married.


Jack said that he was exhaused and excused himself to go to bed. He really wanted some time to think about what to say to Chris.

Before long Karim and Pearl were expecting a second child. Pearl wanted a big family just like her father, but she also wanted to be a surgeon so she had mixed emotions about missing so much work for maternity leave.


Karim decided to surprise his family by cooking dinner for them...only he forgot that he isn't exactly the best and safest cook. Fear struck Jack as his kitchen started to blaze with hot burning fire. Ash stung his eyes as he grabbed a fire extinguisher to try and put the blaze out.


Jeremy bravely jumped in and helped his father fight the blaze. He wasn't sure if that was grey in his father's hair or if it was just covered in ash.


Luckily everyone was safe and the fire was quickly extinguished. Jack sat down with Chris that day and had a serious man to man talk about fatherhood. He said that the girl just wasn't ready to settle down but she agreed to sign over custody of the child to him, so Chris remained a single dad. Jack was glad, at least, that his grandson would have a strong father. He wished very much that Chris was willing to speak about who the mother was, but he refused. He said that Chace would help him raise the boy.


It wasn't long before Pearl's second child, a little girl, was born. She named her Emily.


Jack sat alone in the livingroom, his wife and daughter were both still asleep in the early morning hours. He had to face the fact that before too much longer either he or Ruby wouldn't be there any longer for the family. He hoped that the legacy he left behind had a strong foundation that would be strong enough to endure through the generations.


Later that day, Ruby and Karim sat down to watch their favorite show together. Little Cody crawled into the room behind them and also sat down to watch, but he was scared so he kept ducking behind the big chair for protection.


Pearl came in, explaining to Karim that two children just weren't enough. She wanted to have one more.


Karim was happy to comply. The creation process was easy enough!


Emily spent much of her time playing with blocks and all the numerous other toys scattered all over the nursery. She knew nothing of the hardships that Jack and his children faced as they scratched out a life.


Cody grew up swiftly, eager to face the world, though he found it very difficult to stand still and listen to uncle Jeremy's ramblings when he wanted to be out playing.


Jeremy went over to Chris and Chace's house to visit often.


He gradually realized that their life seemed pretty settled.



He began to think about getting a place by himself when he was a young adult rather than living with them.


Emily was uncertain about the whole potty training business, especially when her momma's big baby bump about knocked her over!


Somehow, instead of giving his niece her bottle, Jeremy managed to Epoxy it to the back of his hand.

The Douglas Legacy 1.2

Before they knew it, Chris and Chace had another birthday. For some reason, though, the excitement got to Chace just a little bit too much....



Jacked looked at his son who was plotting ways to high-tail it out of the room to hide in embarrassment from the fact that he was so excited to finally be a teenager like big sis Pearl that he wet himself. Jack stared intently, shocked by the sight, wondering if he really had a teenage son with apparent bladder problems. Chris saw how freaked out Chace already was so he wasn't very pleased with the way Jack was dressing Chace down with his eyes.


Chace made a mad dash for the shower and Jack headed off to check on Jeremy. Chris decided to surprise his family by charring some waffles for breakfast for them.


After eating, he went back to his bedroom and got dressed. Chace laughed when he saw that his brother was wearing the same shirt that their babysitter had when they were kids.


Chace picked out a similarly styled shirt and a pair of shorts then went to move the play table from his and Chace's bedroom to Jeremy's. He certainly wouldn't be using it anymore.


One day after she got home from her after-school job, Pearl invited Karim over to visit. She was shocked when she saw how he had seemed to grow up overnight. He said that he was too old to "play house" with her anymore. She felt hurt and confused and told him she thought he really liked her. He said he had, and still did but with their age difference things had to be different now. Secretly what he hadn't told her, however, was the fact that he was using that as an excuse to back off from their relationship. She was starting to get much too serious than he was comfortable with. He saw his dad go from woman to woman and he wanted to be sure that if he ever really did get serious about someone she was really 'the one'.


Jack took some money he had been saving up as a safety net and built some new additions onto the house. The first thing he did was build a second bathroom onto the master bedroom. Then he expanded the living room so that there was enough space for a small study for the kids to do their homework more comfortably. He was pretty happy with how things were turning out for his family, though the rocky road that Pearl and Karim's relationship seemed to be on troubled him. He hated to see his little girl hurting and confused.


To get his mind off things, Jack took Jeremy outside and told him all about the importance of exercise.


He wanted to enjoy every last moment of his youngest's toddlerhood because later that day they had a private party planned for the little lad.


Chace really didn't want to be around all the commotion so he sat outside and did his homework....in the middle of the street!


When Jack saw him, he went outside to lecture him about it. Sometimes he thought that Chace just didn't seem comfortable in his own skin. Chace told his dad that he was too exhausted to figure out what the heck that meant.


The inevitable day came when Chris started to become interested in girls. He brought one girl home from school with him and told her all about some flowers that he wanted to buy for her...once he got a job to pay for them that is. Ruby eavesdropped, silently cheering her son on. Chace brought a girl home from school, too, but he really didn't seem interested in chatting her up.


Pearl came went home from the community pool one day, still clad in her bathing suit for reasons only she could fathom, when she saw her parents being particularly lovey-dovey. It made her feel uncomfortable as she thought about how things were fizzling quickly with Karim.


She had a fleeting thought about drowning herself in the bathtub, but then thought about the mess it would leave.


Her birthday was just around the corner and thoughts of rekindling things with Karim lifted her spirits. She invited him over to celebrate with her family. Jeremy stood between Karim and Pearl, wanting to protect his big sissy.


She quickly scarfed down a piece of her cake and met Karim privately behind the house to try and rekindle the flame.


She didn't realize, however, that Chris and Jeremy could see through walls.


Karim said if they did get back together, he didn't want to have to hide things from her family so they headed back inside.



When things really started to heat up, Jeremy had mixed emotions over it. Clearly he could tell that his sister was happy, but he also felt very protective of her. He planned to nail Karim to a tree if he ever heart Pearl again.


Karim easily seduced his way into Pearl's new big double bed.


Jack was too busy with other things to notice the goings on between Karim and Pearl or he definitely would have put a stop to it. They weren't even married after all!


The next morning, Ruby got some of Chris's charred waffle leftovers from the fridge just as Pearl got down on one knee and proposed to Karim.


Karim said he was shocked by her sudden proposal. They just got back together after all. He wasn't really sure what to tell her without hurting her.



Pearl was determined to not lose Karim this time so she asked him again, going on about how deeply in love she had been with him all along. Karim felt his heart fluttering. He did love her...perhaps he should take the chance that his father never had the guts to take.



He said yes! Pearl knew better than to put things off. She immediately had a private wedding ceremony.


Pearl reassured him of her love for him as he got a slightly sick look on his face after the shock of what just happened hit him.


Chace tried again to show an interest in the dating scene himself. He did find the girl interesting, but he just didn't have any romantic feelings towards her.


Eagerly anticipating the expansion of his family now that his eldest daughter was married and still living at home, Jack sunk more of the family savings into the house. The first thing he did was to put in a small pool in the backyard by the playground. Then he expanded the study, making it into a separate room.


Chace and Chris's room became a second master bedroom for Karim and Pearl, and the hallway wrapped around a third bathroom and the study to meet two new bedrooms. A new nursery and playroom were also built in anticipation of grandchildren.


They were having a private family party to break in the new home when the trusted family stereo broke. Pearl said it was no problem, she'd fix the stereo in no time!


But Pearl was unlucky enough to realize that fixing the stereo could be a bit shocking at times....