Chapter 20 - Gen 6 - Lyric

Cello:  "So why did you bring just me here??"
Lyric:  "I've already told you, we need a serious talk
Cello:  "Im in trouble again - I knew it!!"
Lyric:  "Not exactly but I'm not happy with your antics of late Cello, especially what you have done to your brother and sisters relationships - you just don't do that its wrong - it's a line you shouldn't cross!!!"
Cello:  "Not that again!!"
Lyric:  "Yes that again and I'm going to keep on until you get it into that thick skull of yours!!"

I am really struggling to make him understand that he's crossed a line that shouldn't be crossed, his attitude worries me a little, he acts like anything is game and I haven't even started with him over his sexuality yet.

I have brought him out because I needed a serious talk with him over the Ugli family tradition, I wanted him to be the next generation heir but a few things about him worry me and I need to clear those up with him first.

Lyric:  "Tell  me something, do you really think there is no difference between boys and girls"
Cello:  "Now we are on about the kissing thing again aren't we - why does it bother you so much?  I would have thought you would be the last person to care if I'm kissing girls or boys or both!!"
Lyric:  "I don't care if you are kissing boys or girls or both - I just need to know that you are not suddenly going to turn completely gay on me and decide you dont like girls."
Cello:  "You're joking right!!!  YOU don't want me to be gay - YOU!!!"

Lyric:  "I don't care if you are straight, gay or bisexual - I just need to know for definite what you are before I make my final heir choice."
Cello:  "Oh that!!"
Lyric:  "I've told you all about it and I've kind of decided on you, so obviously I need to know you are up to the job, I don't want you to feel forced into something that you are not capable of doing like I was."
Cello:  "What do you mean?"
Lyric:  "Your Grandmother, she was adamant, she chose me to be the heir knowing full well I am gay, I swear she only did it thinking she could change me ..... anyway, she had plenty of straight options - your Uncle Piper for example ..... if you only knew the hell I went through to get you three ......"
Cello:  "Jazz says - you never really wanted us - you didn't want any kids!!"

I sat looking at my son, the expression on his face is a strange one

Lyric:  "That's not true - of course I wanted you, I love you more than anything, all three of you!!"
Cello:  "But we wouldn't have been here if you hadn't NEEDED us to be here!!"
Lyric:  "I suppose not, but that doesn't mean I didn't want you!!  I am gay - having my own children was never an option for me so it was something I tried not to think about, not until it was forced upon me.  In a way, as much as I hate the woman, now I'm glad your Grandmother did what she did - because now I do have my own children ... and one day I hope you know how that feels."

He just sat there silently staring at me

Lyric:  "So now we need to talk about you ...."
Cello:  "Yeah ...."

I hesitated for a moment, not really sure I should be digging this deep, but it will probably be the only way I can be sure of what he is..

Lyric:  "So I need to ask you something very personal and I SERIOUSLY need you to tell me the truth ... you won't get into any trouble, but we need to talk about it, so I can figure out what you are and if you are up to the job."
Cello:  "What?"  he looked at me a little confused as he started eating again.
Lyric:  "I know you've kissed a girl and a boy, so what else have you done with them?"  I picked up my fork and carried on eating, food that I really didn't want that has now gone cold.  I hoped not looking at him would make him feel more comfortable about telling me.  "I need to know how far sexually you've gone with them both."  I heard his fork drop onto his place with a loud clank.
Cello:  "You are joking me right!!??"
Lyric:  "No, sorry I'm being serious ...."
Cello:  "Are you seriously expect me to tell YOU exactly what I have done with Jessie and Chad??!!"
Lyric:  "Sorry, but it's the only way we are going to make sure you are up to baby making without going through the hell I went through."
Cello:  "And what exactly did you go through? ..... you keep making out that you had a hard time and I know you and Mom don't get on very well any more ... but you did mange to do it didn't you ... we are here!!!"

We had both stopped eating now and a waiter who had been hovering close by came over to ask if we'd finished our meals.  We sat in silence while the waiter cleared away the plates, I watched him walk away and out of earshot before I started to speak again.

Lyric:  "Okay .... so, if I'm truthful with you .... will you answer my questions truthfully?!"
Cello:  "I suppose ..."
Lyric:  "Cello!!"
Cello:  "Okay ... Okay!!"
Lyric:  "I ...... we ..... me and your Mother .... it's not exactly what you think, well I'm not really sure what you kids think, its not something I've talked about with any of you, I'm not sure if your Mother has told you ........"  I looked at him not really knowing how to put it into words without upsetting him - telling him he was not conceived in the conventional way might not be easy for him to hear.  Cello just sat looking at me waiting, I put my hand on my head and looked down at the table and started talking  "I'll start at the beginning .... you know about the Ugli family tradition don't you, your Grandma Amber was the 5th generation heir and I am the 6th.  Why my Mother chose me I will never know, she made her excuses but they never really washed with me because there are six of us but she had to choose me and she was adamant it had to be me even after she found out I was gay.  I'm not sure if you really know what your Grandma is like, she's cold and callous, she never showed us an ounce of love or kindness from the day we were born - all of us have issues because of her - we basically grew up without a Mother - she was there in body but that was it - your Granddad Brady and Cain brought us up - she had nothing to do with us other than giving birth to us."  I looked up at him  "I have issues, I'm gay and I'm terrified of women, I struggle being around them, I panic if they get too close and struggle to even hug them - I blame all this on my Mother.  How does a gay man with hang ups over women have children - me and Forrest went through hell trying to figure out a way to work it out .... "
Cello: "Forrest?!  but ... Mom weren't you with her first?!"  he looked confused

Lyric:  "No, me and Forrest were together before I even met your Mother - she was already married to Lilac - Me and your Mother have never been together in the way you might think."
Cello:  "Now I'm confused ... how ... ?"
Lyric:  "Forrest used to be your Mom's best friend and that's how I met her - we were two gay couples, I needed a baby and they wanted one - so we came up with the idea of baby sharing - two gay couples living together, the plan was one baby for the four of us to share - I was getting my heir and they was getting the baby they wanted - in principle it worked and for me it was the perfect solution because I had added baggage a big hang up about the child not growing up with a mother - this way the child has both parents and we all got what we wanted."
Cello:  "So you slept with Mom just to make a baby?!?!"  his eyes widened, which made me wander why he Jazz or Melody have never questions the "different" family situation that we live in.
Lyric:  "That was the plan ... but it never worked out that way, when it came down to it ... I couldn't do it ..."  I didn't feel comfortable telling him how Melon had made my skin crawl and how I just couldn't bring myself to have sex with her - she's his mother, I can't say these things to him I hope he understands what I'm saying.
Cello:  "But you must have done!!"
Lyric:  "I tried a few times, but I couldn't do it .. I am gay with hangups about women - that's when I lost the plot, the pressure of needing a baby that I couldn't bring myself to make - it cracked me up, I hit the bottle and spent quite a while totally wasted, I used alcohol to make the problem go away -  I'd probably still be wasted now if Forrest hadn't threatened to leave me and your Aunt Melody hadn't thrown me a lifeline - Artificial Insemination."

Cello:  "What?!"
Lyric:  "I'm sorry but you weren't exactly conceived in the normal way, me and your Mother have never slept together - it was all done at the hospital, do you need me to explain how?."  he just sat there looking at me with his mouth open for a moment before he shook his head.  "Of course we never expected the three of you, we were lucky to get triplets - the plan was only ever one baby."  Cello sat for a while silently looking down at the table, I guess he is trying to process what I have just told him.
Cello:  "Jake - where did he come from?"
Lyric:  "Jake was conceived in exactly the same way - Artificial Insemination. this made him frown for a moment and he didn't explain why.
Cello:  "Why do you and Mom keep fighting and why does Mom hate Forrest so much?  he says suddenly.
Lyric:  "Things with me your Mom and Forrest kind of got complicated - this baby sharing plan - didn't quite go as smoothly as we expected it too - the stress has never really stopped but we don't really need to talk about that now."
Cello:  "I want to know .... You said you'd be truthful!"
Lyric:  "Your Mom ...... she ......  she's bisexual, she can be gay or straight, which me and Forrest didn't know when we entered into this baby sharing thing.  She .... loves me and it's caused complications, but I don't really want to sit here talking about your Mother."  he sat saying nothing, I stayed quiet for a while as he sat thinking.  "Now we really need to talk about you - you see I don't want you to go through what I've had to go through - if you can't sleep with women than I need to rethink my heir choice."  he still didn't say anything  "So ........ have you got past kissing Jessie or Chad?"  he looked up and started sniggering

Cello:  "Mom likes both too ...... I thought there was something wrong with me!!"
Lyric: "Why?"
Cello:  "I didn't think it was normal, I don't care if it's a boy or a girl - there is no difference for me."
Lyric:  "Kissing yes, look Cello ...."  I am getting irritated that he's avoided my question again  "Its easy to kiss both male and female, I managed to kiss your Mother without a problem ....... it's what comes after the kissing .... that worries me with you .....  "
Cello:  "Well you don't need to worry ....... I can do both!!"  he says looking down and breaking our eye contact. "You did say I wouldn't get into trouble didn't you!??"
Lyric:  "Yes."
Cello:  "I've done both"  he said still not looking at me
Lyric:  "You've done what exactly that really doesn't answer my question still !!"
Cello:  "Look ...Why do you think Jazz and Mel are so pissed with me .... do I really have to spell it out to you, I thought you would have got it when I said I've done both ..... I haven't just been kissing them .... I've been having sex with both Jessie and Chad for months!"  

Now I'm shocked ...I sit looking at him, the expression on my face must have told him what might be going on in my head ... how old is he - he's not old enough in my book ... both of them?! ... He's sleeping around already ... when does he get the chance ... and the energy?!   I know I'm asking the questions but I never expected him to say he'd been there and done it already!!  The odd grope, a blow job even, but not to actually be sexually active with BOTH Jessie and Chad!!!  Now how do I carry on without kicking off!!

Cello:  "No trouble you said!!!"
Lyric:  "I know ... just give me a minute .... I need to get my head round it!!!"  he started sniggering again  "Don't push me Cello!!"
Cello:  "Well you did ask!!"

It took me a few minutes to compose myself, my head is all over the place especially wandering if Jazz and Melody are up to the same, or is it just Cello?!  Oh Berry! I don't think I want to know!!  Thinking about it I suppose knowing he is sexually active takes a great weight off my shoulders - it makes this a whole lot easier, I won't be guessing and hoping - I'll know for sure ...

Lyric:  "One question ....... which do you prefer, male or female?"
Cello:  "Like I keep telling you - they are both the same to me - I don't prefer one over the other."
Lyric:  "So you won't have a problem sleeping with women and making babies in the future?!"
Cello:  "No ... no problem"  he said with a smirk on his face  "So..... do I get the job?"
Lyric:  "Yeah .... I suppose you do!!"



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Chapter 19 - Gen 6 - Lyric

Jake:  "Mommie - out - get Jakey out Mommie!!"
Melon:  "Ok, Ok, keep your shirt on - Mommie's coming!!"

Forrest:  "STOP encouraging him to call you Mommie!!!  You are not his Mom and I know what your game is - so stop it!!!"
Melon:  "Does it really matter - he's going to call me Mom when he hears the triplets doing it."
Forrest:  "I've noticed you suddenly don't leave Jake alone, I know why, you think you are going to use my son to help you stick around Lyric for longer than you should - well it's not going to work!!"
Melon:  "You're paranoid!!!  Jake was bound to get attached to me without Lilac being here."
Forrest:  "Only because you are encouraging it -  you are out Mel the minute the triplets have their birthday and become young adults  - you know your time is running out and you are not using my son to keep you here and attached to us for one minute longer!!!  The quicker I get you away from Lyric the better!!"

The atmosphere in the house is awful again, and I could see that Mel is maybe getting a little unhinged about her future - the triplets are coming close to graduating and that is the time when we part company, she will be moving out and getting on with her life - our little arrangement is coming to an end.  Made worse for Mel by Lilac fading - Mel would have got the chance to stick around with Lilac until Jake graduated, but as Lilac is no longer with us there is no reason for Mel to stick around.  Suddenly Mel decided that she wanted another baby - that didn't amuse me in the slightest, she would soon be free to go out and find herself someone to have another baby with - so why is she hassling me - there is no way on this planet she would ever get any more children out of me. This only proved Forrest's theory correct, she is looking for a way to tie herself to us for longer.

Then she started acting really strange and I knew she is up to something again.  first I bumped into her coming out of the private club after doing a gig late one night.  We went home together in silence, I'm not sure what she was doing, its not like she had been at the show.

Then she turned up in the park late and alone the next night.  Not wanting anything in particular, just hanging around and waiting to catch a ride home with me.  She's never going to stop this - I should never have swept under the carpet the last flirting episode, and keeping it a secret from Forrest, I knew one day it would come back to bite me - I could feel it coming.  It feels now like she is actually stalking me!!!

Lyric:  "Mel you need to quit this!!"
Melon:  "What am I doing wrong??"
Lyric:  "You out in the park at this time of night - I feel like you are stalking me again - you are aren't you!!!!."
Melon:  "I need to talk to you - is there any harm in that?"
Lyric:  "Couldn't it have waited till I got home?"  but I know that "needing to talk" is just an excuse, I'm warily watching her waiting for her to pounce.

As soon as we walked through the front door we heard the triplets screaming and shouting at each other - they are fighting again.

Lyric:  "Do you know what's causing all this fighting?"
Melon:  "No, none of them will tell me!!"

First we tried tackling Melody but she wasn't giving anything away other than she was really hacked off with Cello.

Jazz too was really hacked off with Cello and if anyone is going to tell me what is going on it's Jazz, he's never normally so tight lipped when he has something to say.

Lyric:  "Jazz come on what is yours and Melody's problem with Cello - what has he done?"
Jazz:  "You ask him - he's a selfish prat!!"
Lyric:  "He's not going to grass himself up is he - all this fighting and arguing has to stop and neither of you are moving until we sort this out.  So come on spit it out!!"

Lyric:  "Come on - I'm waiting!!"
Jazz:  "He's a faggot!!!"
Lyric:  "So are you fighting with him because he's gay?"
Jazz:   "Yes, he's gay, and the faggot has been kissing my girlfriend."
Lyric:  "Kissing your girlfriend ?  So how can he be ..... gay ....... and why is Melody mad with him, she doesn't care about the gay thing?"

Jazz:  "She does when she catches Cello with his tongue down the back of her boyfriends throat!!"
Lyric:  "WHAT!!??"
Jazz:  "Yeah - your sons a faggot just like you - he's been sneaking about with Chad behind Melody's back!!!!"
Lyric:  "But I thought you just said he has been kissing your girlfriend."
Jazz:  "He has he's been kissing and carrying on with her too -  probably trying to hide the fact he's really a faggot!!!"

Lyric:  "Stop saying that word - you know I hate it!!!"
Jazz:  "Sorry!!"
Lyric:  "You and Melody can stop all the fighting - I'll have a word with him"
Melody walked past a face like thunder I could see she was far from happy.
Melody:  "Tell him he can keep Chad I've dumped his cheating queer ass!!!!"

I seriously couldn't believe what was going on here!!!

Lyric:  "So?  Is it true?  Have you been kissing both Jessie and Chad?"
Cello:  "Yes."
Lyric:  "Why?"
Cello:  "Why not - they didn't mind."

His attitude worried me.

I was pretty shocked, firstly that he would even do that to his siblings, moving in on their relationships - this I really needed to have a serious talk with him over, he didn't seem to think it was very wrong.  What shocked me mostly is how could he say there is no difference between girls and boys and he doesn't prefer just one, but likes them both, kissing a boy is no different to kissing a girl according to Cello.  I wander if he is going to feel this way once he gets past the kissing stage?

Lyric:  "Did you hear all that?"
Melon:  "Yes"  she said and started to laugh
Lyric:  "It's not funny!!"
Melon:  "Actually it is, he's probably just experimenting."
Lyric:  "What, like you and Forrest did when you were kids?"

Melon:  "Oh - So he told you about that - I'm surprised"
Lyric:  "Forget that -  I'm worried about Cello, surely he should know by now if its boys or girls he likes -  he cant be gay and straight at the same time, its not normal!!"
Melon:  "Its called being bisexual and actually it is as normal as being gay or straight."
Lyric:  "Shut up - no it isn't!!!! I've never heard of anything so stupid"  Then something in my brain clicked into place.  "Oooooh hang on a minute ...... YOU ........ are  you - what did you call it?  - Bisexual??"
Melon:  "Yes, finally the penny drops!!"
Lyric:  "How long have you known this?"

Now I'm angry!!!!  She had known this all along and never said - If we had known this we would never have entered into the "baby sharing" with her.  How could she like male and female equally, it didn't make sense to me and by the looks of it Cello might just be exactly the same as Melon - Bisexual.  I couldn't think straight!!!

The next morning I sat watching everyone over breakfast, the atmosphere was chronic, it felt like any minute there was going to be an explosion.  I am listening to Melody and Cello sat hurling insults at each other, they are fighting over chad, Melon just sat between them looking amuzed but I wasn't finding it the slight bit funny.

Jazz was being exceptionally mean to everyone, I can see he is going off the rails again, he's mumbling to himself and I catch the way he is looking at everyone, his mean streak is about to resurface.  Cello knocks him accidentally as he walks past him cleaning up plate, Jazz punches him and tells him to watch it then calls him a faggot. Cello is in Melody and Jazz's bad books after he has messed up both of their romantic relationships, Jazz convinced Cello is gay so is being extra specially mean to him.

Us adults are not much better - the tension between me and Melon and Forrest and Melon, had us snapping and sniping and giving each other dirty looks.  Everyone is sniping at each other - there is only me and Forrest that are are ok with each other.   I wandered who was going to be the first one to explode -  I couldn't let this carry on, somehow I have to find a way to fix it and quickly before my whole family fell apart - it is already half way there.

Melody starts swearing at Cello after he said something snidy to her about Chad, I'm slowly losing my temper especially as Melon starts laughing at them, how can she even find it funny?.

Lyric:  "Melody watch your language and you Cello can stop winding her up!!  From now on you can count yourself as grounded until I say otherwise, that includes you too Jazz - all three of you had better sort out  your differences and make friends quick smart, you won't be setting foot out of this house other than to go to school until the three of you can be civil to each other."

A hale of insults flew across the room from Jazz but I expected that.

Lyric:  "And Melon since you find their behavior amusing you get the job of referee, I'm going out!!!"  I'm leaving them too it because if I didn't I would be the one exploding first.

I spend the afternoon singing in the park after I spent the morning going around getting myself some gigs in all the clubs in town including the big show venue which I am pretty excited about and put me in a better mood, but I'm still wandering about what is going on at home, I'm expecting to walk into a battle ground when I go back.

I'm talking to Tai and I catch sight of something pink streaking across the park.  Jazz!!!

He ran up to me - I expected him to do a runner but he actually acted like he was looking for me.

Lyric:  "What are you doing out?  You're grounded."  I am ready to lose it with him for being out and this late after I'd grounded him.
Jazz:  "Mom sent me to look for you - you are not answering your phone and she wants you to come home and Forrest is still at work, she needs your help."

Lyric:  "Sick of the fighting already is she??"  I started laughing at her in my head thinking it serves her right
Jazz:  "Yes Cello and Melody keep having punch ups but its Jake he won't stop screaming the house down."
Lyric: "What's wrong with him?"
Jazz:  "It's the ghosts hes scared of them - especially Lilac she wont leave him alone, she wants you to move the graves to the graveyard."

GREAT!!!

When I get home Melon is tearing strips off Cello and Melody because they wont stop fighting over Chad and Jake is outside on the front garden he keeps running away from the ghosts that are in the house tonight.  I left Forrest, who had just got back from work,  to deal with Jake while I dealt with Cello and Melody.

I walked into the bedroom to quite a surprise.  Forrest is already asleep and Jake is sleeping in our bed with him.   Great I hope Jake is not going to start make a habit of this!!!    I have to find somewhere else to sleep tonight so I went into Lilac and Melons old room which isn't used anymore - Melon sleeps in with Melody and has done since before Lilac left us.

 So I thought

I woke up in the morning to one hell of a shock.
When did she get into bed with me? 
Did I get it wrong or did she do this on purpose?
Imagine what Forrest would have thought if he had walked in here and seen us sleeping in the same bed together!!!

I went and ate breakfast outside away from everyone - I needed to clear my head there is too much going on in it and I am not in the mood to listen to all the bickering that is no doubt going on in there.  Forrest came out but I carried on eating without speaking.  Not realizing I'm actually not eating but sat staring at my spoon.

Forrest:  "Where is your head at??"
Lyric: "Nowhere"
Forrest:  "Yes it is!!!  You are not pissed with me because I let Jake sleep in with me last night are you - he's terrified I didn't know what else to do he wouldn't sleep in his own room - you would have done the same if it had been one of yours."
Lyric:  "It's not that - I'm not pissed with you - and yes I would have done the same."
Forrest:  "So what is it then?"
Lyric:  "Forrest where does Melon usually sleep?"
Forrest:  "In with Melody but you know that ........why?"

So I told him about her getting into the bed I was sleeping in last night.  I couldn't keep hiding things from him - the list of things she is doing is growing longer.

Forrest:  "I want her out of here!!!  I'm sick of her and her antics!!"
Lyric:  "I want her out of here too but what about the kids, they are already unhinged if I booted her out now its only just going to make them worse, she is their mother - and Jake he's really attached to her."
Forrest:  "Don't you bring Jake into this - I've already had a go at her for encouraging Jake to call her Mom."
Lyric:  "It doesn't matter how we feel - he is attached to her whether you like it or not!!"
Forrest:  "And that is exactly the game she is playing - she knows you're a soft touch - she's trying to buy extra time using Jake and I'm not having it!!"
Lyric:  "It's not too long to the triplets birthday - we are just going to have to grin and bear it till then."
Forrest:  "I know, but I'm not sure I can, I've got to go work - we'll continue this conversation when I get back - but think on - I want her out Lyric - NOW!!"

 Things just keep getting worse every day!!!


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Jake since his birthday HATES the ghost - he keeps running off outside - Ive never had a child so bothered by them before.  Ive had adults keep fainting when they see them.  Jake acts like neurotic sims do when they see Bonehilda - he keeps doing a runner.

I am howling at Cello - he seems to swing both ways - he likes men and woman pretty equally - since the new attraction system I've been doubled up laughing - he has love hearts flying around for virtually everyone he meets male and female- he even thinks Forrest and Lilac's ghost are hot!!  This boy is going to be trouble with a capital T!!!!  I totally cracked up when he came out of prom with his brothers girlfriend and sisters boyfriend both showing also as his romantic interests - I nearly gave him the heart breaker LTW because I think he is going to achieve it quite easily - but we'll have to see.  Ive checked his gender preference with mc mod and it shows male and female both the same - both of them are 0 - which is odd in itself - I'll just have to wait and see if they alter as he gets older. 
Generation 7 could very well be a wild ride!!

and I did forget to mension Jakes birthday

Chapter 18 - Gen 6 - Lyric

I ran into the garden in a mad panic and saw Mel just standing there tears streaming down her face.

Lyric:  "Where are the kids?"
Melon:  "Your Dad took the three of them to the game, Forrest is bring them home after the match is finished."
Lyric:  "Where's Jake?"
Melon:  "He's asleep in his cot."

 I collapsed into her arms the relief making me do something that I normally wouldn't do.  I knew that Forrest and the kids were safe that only left one person that it could be.  Lilac.  Not that I am relieved it is Lilac, I am just so relieved it isn't Forest or any of the kids that have drown, that would have totally killed me.

I made my way down into the basement, Mel followed me.  How on earth had this happened, Lilac was a good swimmer, she spent a lot of time in this pool - how could she have drown???

Coming back out of the basement, I had the shock of my life.  It never even crossed my mind until Mel started flirting with me just what I had done!!  That hug - she must have read something more into to it than it was.  She should be mourning for berries sake - what is wrong with this woman!!??

Lyric:  "Have you lost your mind??"
Melon said nothing, she just stood there smiling at me, she didn't seem bothered about Lilac's death, she was more interested in getting at me.

Lyric:  "I can't do this anymore Mel, I think its time you moved out."
Melon  "What about the kids - you said you wouldn't do this!!"  She suddenly got a worried expression on her face.
Lyric:  "Like you said you would leave me alone - and what makes it worse Lilac is hardly cold and all your interested in doing is flirting with me - it's just a good job Forrest and the kids aren't home!!" 
Melon:  "But ...... the kids ....."
Lyric:  "They are staying with me - you broke your promise, I can't risk you living here any longer - you are going to totally ruin everything!!"

The next day most of us were having a birthday - because of Lilac fading this had been over looked and virtually forgotten about.  I also had something else eating away at me - Mel - what should I do.  She is still here and I have avoided her since our conversation last night.  I wanted to kick her out, scared she would play games and split me and Forrest up.  I should tell Forrest that she has been flirting again, but I am too scared to do that too.  On the other hand I didn't want to have to kick her out, I don't want to split them away from their mother, or split our family up, they are at a vulnerable age, it would probably affect them quite badly.  I couldn't do that to them.  I am stuck.

First Melody became a teen.

Then Jazz.

Lastly Cello

Me and Forrest also had our birthdays, but we looked no different, just maybe a few more wrinkles.

We had been talking about Jake not growing up with a Mother, which helped me to decide I would just let things lie with Mel for the time being.  Suddenly a ghost came through the wall and it made both of us jump.  Even though we are used to having ghosts wandering around it was the surprise of it appearing that made us jump.  While we fell about laughing at ourselves, I didn't think about who it was, as we both watched the ghost settle down on the computer chair.  Forrest started talking about his game yesterday as I watched the ghost tapping away on the computer - I knew it was his favourite thing to do when he came out, he used to be quite an active ghost, but this is the first time I'd seen him for years.  Marty Keaton was sitting in front of Forrest and he hadn't even noticed.

Lyric:  "You might want to go and say hello to that ghost"
Forrest:  "Why, I think there is only one I haven't spoken too yet"
Lyric:  "Yes I know and there he is, that's Marty - look "

Forrest dived off the bed.  He had stalked all the male ghosts for years waiting to get the chance to meet Marty Keaton the famous Superstar Athlete.

After Lilac's fading the house is in quite a somber mood, while we were all upset, it worried me that Mel seemed to be the least upset by Lilac leaving us.  Cello was the one who took Lilac's fading the hardest.  He moped about and cried the most.

The only person not affected by Lilac not being here any longer is Jake.  He has never had any contact with his mother anyway, so he wouldn't be missing her and is too young to understand what has happened anyway.  Forrest spends most of his free time with Jake now, teaching him to walk and talk.

I threw myself into my singing career - I was not too far away from achieving my life time wish, one more promotions and I will become a vocal legend.

I am now able to get a gig in any of the venues in town - all but one - the big show venue - that place I won't be able to get a gig in until I am a vocal legend.

After the gig at the local private club - I did it - I received the final promotion that I wanted.  I am now a Vocal Legend - my Life Time Wish has been achieved.

I wasted no time, the next day I went along to the big show venue and auditioned for a show.  The proprietor fell over herself to book me a regular weekly slot, totally a different attitude from all the previous auditions I've had at this place.   My first big show is just a week away and I'm really excited.

Now that the triplets are teenagers and I have achieved my L.T.W.  I have to think about the 7th generation heir to carry on and produce the 8th generation of the Ugli family.  I know who I want the next heir to be - Cello, he has the most Ugly genes and he seems to be the more sensible one of the three.  But there is the question - is he gay or not, of the three of them he is the only one that I am not sure about.

Melody has a boyfriend, Jazz has a girlfriend, they are both definitely straight, Cello has neither and when I asked him he got a little cagey - I am not so sure he even knows himself yet, but I have this nasty feeling in the pit of my stomach, he might just be gay.

Suddenly Jazz started to go off the rails again, he started skipping school and broke curfew and was brought home in a police car, which did not impress me in the slightest.  I couldn't quite work out what had set him off again and he wasn't prepared to tell me.  All I knew is that there seems to be an atmosphere between the triplets that isn't good. 

In fact world war three has broken out between the triplets - they were all fighting.  Mel had to split them up and grounded all three of them for fighting with each other - Cello got his but kicked by both Melody and Jazz.  Berry only knows what is causing the fighting.

But then the triplets are not the only ones fighting - Forrest and Mel too are always at each others throats, lately, they are no better than the triplets.  This worries me!!  I don't know what they are fighting about, Forrest says nothing, she just irritates him, but I know its more than that and he is not telling me what they are fighting about.  I am worried she might be up to something - thinking back to the flirting incident that I just let ride.  I didn't tell Forrest about it and am worried it might just be coming back to blow up in my face.

Why does my life have to be such a roller coaster??

Why can't it just be plain sailing for once!!??

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Finally the one wish of Forrests that has been stuck in his queue since the first few days of him living with Lyric got fulfilled - saying a friendly hello to Marty Keaton.  It amused me (anyone who knows me will know Marty is my favourite premade) so I left it there for him to fulfill.