The Morning After the night Before

The party lasted until the early hours of the morning. Most of the girls had gone to bed, utterly exhausted. only the 'die-hard' partiers - namely those who didn't mind staying up all night coughVAMPIREScough, remained.

This amused Rina greatly, as one of them decided to give her a brush. She simply relished the idea of such attention, all misconceptions and nervousness around vampires, vanishing completely.

See??? They CAN be nice ..... despite the smell ... and the fact that they drink plasma ... SIM plasma not pet *phew*.

But even a party animal can exhaust themselves. Plus, the time was 3:30am and the sun was due to rise in a couple of hours. So the last guest left. The stereo was turned off and even Brosie was too exhausted to clear up the cake plates.

At least Ginny managed to put away the remnants of Susan's birthday cake before she too, retired to bed.

But one thing still bugged Brosie.

That experimental pill.

It wouldn't have been so bad if they'd actually told him what it was supposed to be for.
Not only that, the sheer size of it was off putting.
Something that barely fit into the palm of your hand could only be taken one way or another. And he seriously rethought the idea of the 'other' way.

Screwing up his face, he opened wide and shoved the massive pill into his mouth.

Gagging, he swallowed. Twice, three times .... just to get the damned thing down!!

Gah, it tasted foul!! He seriously thought about the gallons of water he needed to drink to get rid of that nasty flavour. And wondered just how long this pill would take to work.

In the meantime, Ginny couldn't sleep any longer. It was 6am and the sun was streaming through the bedroom window.

Besides, she herself had something on her mind.

It had been so long since she'd gotten any attention from Brosie and she wondered if their marriage was going stale.

Still half asleep, she looked at herself in the mirror, checking out new wrinkles etc.

Two teenage daughters, and another one soon to be come a teenager. Time surely did fly.

Brosie let out a bellow of glee as the effects of the pill kicked in.

"HOLY HELL!!!" he hollered, "I feel GREAT!!!!"

Rushing out of the bedroom, he was greeted by a glum looking Ginny.

"Hi sweetie," he said, pulling her into a hug...... or at least trying to.

Ginny wasn't in the mood and pushed him away. But he wasn't to be put off.

"Got you some flowers!" he said happily.

He didn't know what was going on, but he had this sudden urge to lavish gifts and overwhelming love on his wife. And he didn't care that their daughters would be getting up soon and witnessing this rare show of affection.

Eventually, he wore Ginny down with his advances, until she finally agreed to join him in the bedroom.

Five sessions later, and finally they fell asleep.... totally and utterly exhausted.

Guess we all know what was in that experimental pill now, don't we?????

Next update:

Susan Tries a little experiment

Truth Will Out!!

In the previous update, Susan transitioned into a teen, Helen was nowhere to be seen - I assume she was at the mausoleum or something, Ginny was busy being a genial host for Susan's birthday party. Violet felt a little left out.

And nobody was taking any notice of Brosie. Who by now, was looking mighty cosy with his co worker Shirley Lin.

They had their heads together for quite some time, only getting interrupted by Violet who declared that she was tired and wanted to go to bed.

What was it that they needed to discuss in such a private matter I wonder?

I know he had to be uber friendly to her for one of his 'opportunities' in order to go further up the corporate ladder and improve his chances of a promotion.

But surely he hasn't gotten that far that they've started an affair?
Surely?

It was just before Shirley left, that I happened to see her thought bubble.

"Have you taken it yet?"

"Um no."

"I'm worried."

"Me too, what if there are side effects?"

"Wish I could get out of this."

"Me too. .... So when are you going to take yours?"

"I think I'll wait till my day off. That way, if anything goes wrong, I won't miss a day's work."

"Good thinking. Going to take mine later."

"Oh man, you're brave."

With that, she left.
Apparently, a pharmaceutical company was conducting tests on some of their medicines and they needed to have a control group of people who'd willingly take some of their medicines - including placebos - just to see if these new drugs were safe enough to be publicly distributed.

Unfortunately, both Brosie and Shirley had signed up for this. So they had to do it.
The dilemma with Brosie was.... should he take it before going to bed... or when he got up the following day?

Next update:

 
 What happened next?

Birthday Time!!!

Ginny kept quiet about the girls being so tardy, because Brosie, before he'd gone to work, had gone to such great lengths to keep the house nice and tidy. She just couldn't bring herself to yell at him. In fact, she felt as though she was slowing down somewhat.

And rightly so, since the very next day it was Susan's birthday!! Ohhh, they grow up so fast.

Scraping their money together, they decided to get a few balloons and decorate the front garden with them. Naturally they got the bog standard birthday cake in preparation. And this time, they organised a party for her.

After all, it's not every day you turn teen now is it?

One of the guests was none other than Shirley Lin - more on her later.

With the fuss and ado, and cheering going on, Susan made a wish and blew out the candles, whilst Violet stood in the background silently wishing it was her birthday.

 

 Patience my dear. Patience!! Your time will come.

The rest of the guests all cheered when Susan transitioned. Even dear Elmer, whom I think would be a perfect match for one of Brosie and Ginny's girls. Dontcha think???

With a zip and a POW! and sparkles galore, Susan leaped into the air and transformed into...

.... well, I can honestly say, there's no mistaking who she belongs to. She's the spitting image of Brosie, in female form!!!

I was saddened to see her lovely curly hair vanish during the transition. But I also realised that those corkscrew curls might not be appropriate for her now that she's a teen. So I decided to opt for a shorter hairstyle instead, that still maintained her curls. Just not those lovely little corkscrew curls that she sported so well.

Sadly, because of difficulties with her education, the game chose Unflirty as one of her traits.
And at the same time, she chose her LTW. She wanted to adopt loads of strays.

I dread to think what her parents will be thinking, when they find the place overrun with unruly animals!!!!

The party went well, with the guests all having some cake, dancing to the music and having a general chit chat. Although I think Ginny's putting on her 'match-making' head here as she's in full swing, chatting about goodness knows what to poor unsuspecting Elmer!!!

 
Then, quietly in the corner, well away from everyone else.... Rags silently celebrated before transitioning himself.

However, as the night drew in, Brosie was getting rather cosy with his co worker Shirley Lin.

I just hope that he knows what he's doing. I'd hate to think that this family would break up because of one stupid mistake.

Especially on his daughter's birthday.

Helen's Birthday

Once again, the clocks of time have come around to another birthday.
It's Helen's transition from being a cutesy toddler, to a virtually independent (and hopefully cutesy) child

Where those potty, walking, talking skills are put aside for other, more complicated (in her eyes) skills.

However, once again, things aren't quite that straighforward in the Graystone household, as we're about to discover.

Ginny threw the party, albeit a small one, as she didn't want to tire out Helen in all her excitement. Plus, the twins were stirring slightly and she needed to get them settled before Helen blew out the candles.

Sadly, the guests arrived before she had the chance to feed, change and play with them.
Not only that, they all seemed to congregate, not at the birthday cake standing proudly in the middle of the room. But inside the nursery where the twins decided to holler.... in stereo!!!




That made navigating the room a little complicated for both parents as they tried to dodge around the milling crowd.

Helen was desperate to go potty. However, because of the anticipation of her upcoming party, her potty hadn't been emptied.

That didn't stop the little tyke. Nor was she bothered about the audience she was about to entertain. She needed potty and she needed it NOW!!! Which resulted in a stinky, overflowing mess on the nursery floor.



Lovely.

Ambrose grabbed her, changed her diaper and proceeded to take her to the cake, in the hopes that everyone else would follow, leaving Ginny to settle both the twins.




Didn't work.

Just one person took the hint. Ambrose's work colleague Shirley Lin



The rest, soon got bored with waiting around, so one by one, they all left.

"Wanna make a wish for daddy?" Ambrose asked his daughter.



She giggled.

Carefully, he leaned her over the cake, making sure she didn't touch the flames, and helped her to blow out the candles.




Ginny arrived soon afterwards looking exhausted but happy.

"Got them off to sleep.... finally! And now for the birthday girl!!"

Gently placing her on the floor, they waited for the transition to begin. And to hope that their daughter had been that well looked after, that she'd get a wonderful trait.




And LO!!! What a gorgeous little girl she's become!!!



Even Ambrose was delighted with his little girl.

"Oh Helen!" he exclaimed happily, "you've grown up so fast!!!!"



Also, because she'd been looked after so well, she earned a choice of traits.

So the one chosen was.....

Family Oriented

We seem to think that she's been heavily influenced by Sammie her babysitter. Since she transitioned into an 'adventurer's' outfit.

Shirley Lin was the last guest at the party. She hung around a little longer, but then announced that she had to go.



"Great party," she said cheerfully, "gorgeous girl you got there Ambrose. Sorry I gotta dash, early start in the morning. Thanks for inviting me. See you at work!!!

In the next update:

Father/Daughter Bonding Time