Thank you for the comments!

I'm so glad I got you laughing. :-P
Just a disclaimer, my avatar is that of a rotten apple, so no ... not that big on Twilight unfortunately. I have a few issues with it, but this is not the time or place.

Don't hold it against me! :rabbit:
Anyway, here comes ...
Chapter 9 
Then there were 6! Dogs that is. The sixth little bundle of barking joy is Sam, another girl.
Scamp: So how does she seem my dear?
Gloria: She smells just fine! Even as I smell her armpit.

Max: So you start school tomorrow Stephen? Well let me tell you, it's difficult to get good grades. Like I did actually with no trouble at all.
Owen: Now, now son let's be nice. I'm sure Stephen will get by somehow.

Max: Hmph, if you say so.
Lakeshia: Eat your vegetables honey. You need to stay nice and healthy and strong.

Now with more free time Lakeshia is taking up Japanese art, something wholly endorse.

Owen: Now I know not everything comes to you as easily as it does Max. So I'm going to help you with your homework.

Stephen: Sure Dad. I'll just pretend that you look at Max and I the same way. It's much easier that way.

Stephen: Now I know how to study. You know what, it doesn't matter, no matter what everything will be okay and someday you will see.

Scamp: I have a secret ... You are looking rather lovely today.
Gloria: I also have a secret ... I love you.
Snap: You know I can hear you Mom and Dad and that made me all itchy. I'm trying to relax here!

Sam: Hi Mom! What's that, what's that! Dog food. Oh it's good, it's good! Yum, yum, yum!
Gloria: Yes it's good. Oh dear me.
Yes Sam is a rather hyperactive puppy dog driving everyone mad.

Scamp: I swear I was just getting up from my nap and confetti started flying out of my butt!

Oh I'm an elder now? Well that's nice, time to retire and just relax. I demand a four footed foot massage right now!

Max continues spending a great deal of time training and play with Pop.
Max: Well Pop, I asked the teacher if I could bring you to school, but it turns out that she doesn't quite buy that I'm blind and need a seeing eye dog.

His passion is tinkering so spending some time researching it makes good sense.

Max: Oh yes I know that there is a woman behind me eye balling my next. You know what, I ignore strangers especially ones that look like they might be half zombies. Makes good sense I think. Who let her in here anyways?

The boys spend the vast majority of their free time training the dogs. How nice to them to fulfill their Father's LTW. Getting 6 dogs to the top of their careers is a lot harder than I thought it would be! Though thankfully Maxis made training dogs fun or it would be completely impossible.

Lakeshia came home glowing green and happy at life.

Easy to see why. It's always a good day when you hold the world hostage and get $60,000 out of it. Oh and yes her name is really Lakshmi but I forgot that when I started writing this legacy so blah.

Oh yawn! Yet another day ahead of being gorgeous and wonderful. How ever do I cope.

Oh I just had a bad dream! About Max and leaves and ... I don't remember. That can't really happen, can it?

Owen: I have surprise for you! Guess which hand?
Scamp: Uh, right hand?
Owen: Nope, nothing see. You guessed wrong.
Gloria: This is so silly and pointless.

Random Cook Person: I want you to come to my secret hideway, where we can 'cook' together.
Owen: Um, first it's downright spooky that you just walked in without knocking while I'm still in my PJs, second I just don't go to anyone's secret hideout without a reason.
RCP: I'll make you a pie.
Owen: Well in that case...

Meanwhile Max is already kiss-assing his way up the corporate ladder. Starting with the headmaster of the local private school.
5 minutes later....

Headmaster: I would be thrilled to have your son at our school.
Owen: *gulp, gulp, gulp*. What's that? I have two sons you know.
Headmaster: Whatever.

Max: Hi Scamp! Did you know that I am enrolled at an exclusive private school?
Scamp: *in doggy talk* It might be just me but you are getting a bit big for the britches, aren't you?
Max: Everyone thinks I'm so great.

Stephen somehow manages to stay cheerful even while cleaning the house and being all but ignored by his parents. This is the Cinderella story in reverse or something.

Scamp: So do you still like me even though I'm old and beige?
Gloria: Of course my dear. You are top dog with me!

Max's birthday! He actually got a cake, first one ever.

Yay for Max! Spoiled little darling.

Oh yeah, nice and strong.

Max: You better believe it baby!

Max: Someday you will be great like me if you do everything I say all the time.
Stephen: Oh Golly...

Then Max proceeded to get the ultimate birthday gift! A brand new house! Wow wee! No what actually happened is that someone the lot they were on got infected with something and free will was completely screwed up among other things. I was so worried, thinking that this was the end of the line. I managed to save them all though, but lost the lot. So I downloaded another lot with no CC and here we are.

Lakeshia stops her criminal ways long enough to play with Sam.

Max and Snap spend quality guy time together.

Owen and Pop discuss politics in a friendly manner.

Scamp discovers that green bones can be just as tasty as brown.

See that there was strangely an old abandoned car on this lovely lot, Max got right on it with some power tools.

Then Owen suddenly unexpectedly had a heart attack! Oh no!

Ha ha, just kidding isn't that funny?
Lakeshia: No..

So here is our family. And yes Lakeshia does have interesting ideas of appropriate dining wear. Max seems slightly more cheerful these days. Must have been those pre-teen hormones before.

My goodness does he love his tinkering. He went to the secret lot looking for teenage girls and found none. So he spent his time enthusiastically talking electric trains with the engineer there.

With more time on her hands now Lakeshia is devoting more time to her hobbies. For unknown reasons she felt confident enough to enter a cooking contest.

The judge seemed to like her crapes...

But she lost.
Lakeshia: Now darn it, darn it, darn it.
Random Cook Guy: Listen lady no one wants a scene.

Random girls keeping walking by the house.

Unfortunately Max can not claim to be a fan. Will he ever find the woman of his dreams?

Owen's birthday! It's been quite a journey all ready, what will the future hold?

A haircut! That's good for starters I think.

Ah, now that's better. All debonair and stuff.

Snuggles, snuggles.

Max knows that he looks hot and cocky in his private school uniform.

Even Stephen looks good actually. The kids has dignity and a positive outlook, I really like that.

Lakeshia takes her cooking aspirations a bit far and manages to set the kitchen on fire!

Lakeshia: Oh thank goodness you got here! That fire burned so hot and so quickly. Good thing we have plenty of money for a new stove!

It must be the area that they moved into because sudden there are so many girls around. Even one for Stephen. Maybe the no nose will balance out too much nose? Who knows?

Meanwhile Max makes love to his mirror.
Max: Oh baby you have everything! Good looks, charm and a great sense of style. This is a match made in heaven.

Owen: I may be old and grey and you may be carrying extra junk in the trunk, but together we are magic!

Lakeshia: What do you say my dearest, still have it in you?

Owen: Boy do I ever baby! Come here!

Finally Max finds the woman of his dreams and she is just like his ... mother. Hmm, I could explore the deep reaching physiological implications of this, but I'm a bit lazy.

Stephen brought a friend home from school. Seems that he is practising early to take over his mother's 'career' choice.

Whoa, teenage boys really have no brains at all sometimes.

No she won't go out with you now, silly boy.

Yay homework time!

Meanwhile Lakeshia is out walking the dogs when she comes upon a stranger who just loves talking make-up.

And loves to wear womans shoes. What sharp teeth he has? Really this is a bit strange.

Paul the vampire: You know I love sun!
Owen: Um ... right.

One of the worth things about this house is the huge pills of leaves that need to be raked up at least once a day. Silly trees making silly leaves.

Paul: Hi there boy! I'm harmless really.
Scamp: My doggy ass you are. Still, do you want to play?

Max: Oh yeah, I need to polish until I can see myself. Then this car will be perfect!

Random Girl: Please ... Your rich family and good looks do nothing for me.
Max: Aww, shucks.

Delivery woman: You know you totally called me and I brought this food over...
Lakeshia: Must ... work ... off ... butt.

Max: At least I have this car. When I can drive any where I want I'll be able to find all the girls that look just like my mother!

Owen retired and now he spends all his time with the never ending task of training the dogs. Honestly it's unbelievable how long this is taking. The dogs always get to tired or have to use the loo right before being fully trained, always! I'm hoping Owen manages this!

BTW, Scamp, best dog and best doggy Daddy ever. I've never seen a dog with such a perfect relationship with everybody before.

Stephen got an A. No one noticed, but he was proud of himself and that is what matters.

Then boom! He grew up and no one noticed, including me, bad me. His face rounded out a bit and that helps.

He's so fun and sweet and that helps tons.

Sam grew up and here are all the dogs in one room! Clockwise from the bottom. Sam, Scamp, Gloria, Pop, Crackle and Snap in the middle. It's slightly scary that I know that!

Owen: You know Stephen is doing so well, maybe he will be an overachiever like Max!
Scamp: Hey I'm rooting for him. At least he never tried to eat me.

Max continues to work on his car.

Almost done! Just add a bit of paint and ...

All done! Looks good, doesn't it?

Max kindly invited Stephen and the Wellgate boys went out on the town. Unfortunately all the teenage girls must be in hiding or something. Well try again later.

Owen practically lives in the bathroom at this point. He spends at least 6 hours a day just washing dogs.

Then it happened ... folks ... the worst thing possible. Max was out raking and burning leaves. Apparently his bathrobe caught on fire.

He went up like a torch, too much cologne? Everyone tried to save him, especially Lakeshia.

But nope...

Shock, I was in shock. It happened so fast.

The grim reaper wasn't interested in any sort of plea. There was nothing to do.

....

I got nothing.

Stephen apparently couldn't care less. Which made me angry at first, but then I remembered Max was never especially nice to him. I was hoping they would become better friends in college, but now that is never to be...

Owen and Lakeshia were of course devastated, as was I.
Of course I could have just reloaded my game but I had made pack with myself to accept anything that happened, no excuses. I have never had a teenage sim die in my game before and I can't believe it happened now, but it did.
Now it's down to Stephen, ... or is it?

And even the fireflies cried ...
Sorry for the depressing ending, but that's the way it went.
