So if you are interested in my new legacy, I already have a new chapter up! This legacy is discontinued as of today.. I apologize once again, but I think you will definetly like my new legacy..especially if you liked this one.

Check out my new legacy and spread the word if you’d like. I’d appreciate it. =)

http://chandlerlegacy.wordpress.com/

Well.. I might be getting Pets soon, and that will tie into my new legacy.

I’m not sure when I will begin the legacy..but it will, hopefully, be better than this one.

I don’t know if anyone even reads this legacy anymore.. :p

I played ahead in the game a little.. and now I’m trying to put the pictures into a chapter…it wasn’t such a good idea for me to play ahead.

Hopefully that won’t happen again. As soon as I finish Chapter 1.8, I’m going to start working on Chapter 1.9

Thanks for being patient. =)

Um, i’m only typing with one hand because.. yesterday, I sprained my wrist when i crashed my go cart into a metal wall..

I flew forward and I’m not sure how, but i ended up spraining my wrist pretty bad and the seatbelt scratched my neck up. :/

The doctors said it should be healed in a week or so… so, the chapter for the Cohen Legacy isnt going to be posted when I wanted it to be.

another problem is that i started school so the chapters wont be up as fast as they had been coming.

i hope you all understand and as soon as i am better, i will finish the chapter.

It’s just not fair. I’m grounded for a week from my treehouse!

 I had nothing to do around the boring house anyway, I had no sister to play with. Mom should have understood that I only pulled the pranks to have fun. Well, I learned a few tricks since I started going to school. My friends said sucking up to your parents always works.

So, I figured I would try it when I got home..

“Daddy, please don’t ground me from my treehouse. I’m sorry, so very sorry. Will you forgive me? Please? I love you!” I added my sad puppy dog face.

He sighed. “Do you promise you’ll behave, Nicole? Just this once, don’t always expect me to give you a second chance.”

“Yes, daddy, I promise! Please!”

“Fine…, you’re off the hook.”

“Oh, and Daddy?”
“What?”

“I learned this new story in school! It’s a scary story, wanna hear it?” I smiled.

“Alright, I guess. Let me make sure the boys are in bed first.”

Boys. Yeah, I said boys..with an s. Mom had decided to have a few more kids..two, in fact. I had learned a little bit about how the babies got there, considering I was going to be a teenager in a few days. Oh, Nathaniel had grown up too.. he always wanted to come into my treehouse but I wouldn’t allow it. He went crying to mom and dad, and tattled on me. I got yelled at, blah blah blah. I finally had to let him in my treehouse or I would get grounded. It wasn’t going to be my treehouse for much longer anyways, teenagers don’t play with their little brothers in tree houses. I was hoping for a sister, but mom brought home two twin boys. I was tired of hardly getting any attention, mom and dad’s attention went all to the new babies. Mom and dad were always busy…even if Lola helped out every now and then. Lola was alright, she freaked out on me the other night though. She yelled at me for the pranks and whatnot, AFTER my parents had already given me a big lecture about it! She waved that big cane around in my face, screaming at me for turning her hair purple. It wasn’t permanent, so I don’t see what the big deal was. I think it looked better than her grey hair anyway, but she didn’t think so. 

You may notice I’m wearing that little pink dress in the picture above. Yeah, that’s because I joined ballet. I was the best in my class, but I wasn’t going to get to be in ballet anymore when I turned into a teenager.

Finally my dad came back into the room and sat down on the floor to hear my scary story, and believe me I was good at telling scary stories. He was about to find that out.

I turned off the bedroom lights and shone the flashlight on my face.

“It was a dark and stormy night, a man rode through the woods on his horse with the moonlight being the only light to guide him,” I began. “Someone was after the man, and his horse was his only hope to get away. But suddenly, his horse haulted to a stop, and he went tumbling off the back of his horse. The horse went galloping away, disappearing behind the trees. The man was alone, and his two feet were his only hope to escape now. He heard loud slithering behind him, which meant there were snakes in those woods. The loud footsteps came closer, and he scrambled to his feet.”

My dad looked scared already, he was a sucker for scary stories.

Candice’s Point Of View

I was almost asleep when I heard crying across the hall. Are you kidding me? I looked over next to me to find Richie still asleep. I sighed and threw the covers off and slipped on my slippers.

“Why can’t you just stop crying!?” I sighed as I walked into the boys’ bedroom. “I fed you, I changed your diaper, I don’t know what else you want. I know you’re tired, go to sleep!” I told Cameron, as if he was going to listen.

Cameron’s eyes began to close, but Jordan started crying.

“Of course…as soon as one stops crying, one starts crying!” I threw my head in my hands.

“Need some help?” Lola’s voice sounded hoarse as she slowly walked into the room, I didn’t realize until now how…old she looked. She had a hard time walking and it was only getting worse.

“Lola, it’s almost midnight. You need some rest, you just finished getting over a cold. I’ll calm them down.”

“No, I want to help. You need some rest too, Candice. You’ve been busy lately.. I can tell you’re stressed out. I’m going to help you calm them down, then we can both get some rest.”

I was getting old too, I had some gray hairs poking through my brown hairs and I was getting wrinkles. Lola didn’t have to say I was stressed, she should have just said I was getting old.

After almost an hour, Lola and I had finally calmed Cameron and Jordan down and they were asleep.

“I think they’ll be alright now, thanks Lola.”

“No problem.” She replied and went into her room.

I went back into my room and fell asleep cuddled up next to Richie.

~

The next morning, I woke up at around 7:00 a.m.

Richie was in the boys’ room feeding them. They seemed to love being around Richie, they always behaved better around him.

I went out to begin painting, we were running low on money and we were going to need some with the boys aging up. Nicole’s birthday was coming up too, and I was going to need some money to re-decorate her room and get her the birthday presents she wanted.

The loud screeching of the mailbox interuppted my thoughts. I stopped painting and walked down the steps to the mailbox. I slowly opened it and peeked inside. There were two boxes and a few bills, of course. I pulled out the two boxes and read the tags.

To: Cameron Cohen

From: Yours Truly

Do not open until Cameron’s birthday. The person who sent this is not important. Make sure Cameron spends time with this and he will be rewarded when he is a child.

Then I read the tags of the other box in my hand.

To: Jordan Cohen

From: Yours Truly

Do not open until Jordan’s birthday. The person who sent this is not important.  Make sure Jordan spends time with this and he will be rewarded when he is a child. 

I thought about opening it, I wondered what was inside and who had sent this to us. I shook the box but it didn’t make any noise. It didn’t even say who it was from which made me worry more about what was inside the box. It didn’t even show an address! It had to be someone who knew us, but now that I think about it, everyone in this town knows us!

Could it be dangerous? I didn’t know what I was going to do with this, it said not to open it until the twins’ birthday. Someone had sent a gift for Jordan and Cameron’s birthday, I didn’t know who had sent it, but their birthday was tomorrow.

Hmm, what else has happened lately? Oh, how could I forget? Lola decided to move in. Oh joy.. Just kidding. I didn’t have any problem with that at all, she was a great friend and she added kind of like a light to the house, as I like to say. She always seems to cheer everyone up when they’re in a bad mood.

I also had a daughter, who I named Nicole. Her birthday was today and I wanted to enjoy the last day of her being a toddler, so I had decided to take her for a stroll. I pushed the stroller down the small hill, listening to her point out birds and other insects.

 We strolled through town, it wasn’t too busy today..usually it was. I noticed that the sun was setting and it looked so beautiful, the pink and purple looked beautiful together, and it was so bright. We didn’t have much time before it got dark, so I turned the stroller around and headed back up the hill. Why did we have to live so far away from town?

When we got back home, I noticed several cars parked in front of our house. We hardly ever have any guests, what could be going on? Richie was at work and I didn’t invite anyone to Nicole’s birthday party!

I took Nicole out of her stroller and walked up the steps. I was greeted with loud music and cheers. There was a bar sitting in the middle of my living room and it was my 4 year-old daughter’s birthday, this wasn’t a way to celebrate her birthday! I walked into the kitchen to find Lola dancing on the counter in a white dress…with glasses on.

“Lola!” I shouted. “What is going on!? Who are all of these people? And get off of the counter! It’s Nicole’s birthday and you decide to buy a bar and invite tons of people without asking?! Richie is going to freak out when he gets home from work!”

“Oh, um..Candice, you’re home so early! How about some champagne?”

“Lola, I don’t feel like getting drunk around my 4-year-old daughter on her birthday. Get all of these people out of here!” I was trying not to yell too loud.

“Candice, come on, it’s my bachelorette party.. I’m getting married soon.”

How could I forget Lola was getting married in a week or two? But she decides to have a bachelorette party to celebrate on my daughter’s birthday!?

“Lola, it’s Nicole’s birthday, you knew that. Why did you throw a bachelorette party on her birthday?”

“I didn’t, my husband did. Now, I need to get back into the living room.. I have a party to get back to.” Lola stumbled out of the kitchen with a bottle of champagne, then I heard her pop off the cap and spray it.

 There was going to be champagne all over my floor! I was getting ready to leave the kitchen when I heard a splat from behind me. I turned around to find my daughter’s birthday cake on the floor with a dancer walking away from it!

I heard the front door close, and ran into the living room to find Richie staring wide-eyed at all of the people in our living room.

“Richie, you’re home!” I greeted him. “Here, can you hold Nicole? I have to settle this. Lola, or as she says, her husband, decided to throw a bachelorette party. She knew it was Nicole’s birthday, I don’t know why she didn’t tell Kai that. I’m going to go fix this, everyone is leaving now.” I handed Nicole over to Richie and walked over in the middle of the crowd.

“HEY!” I shouted at the top of my lungs. “Everyone listen up!”

Everyone got quiet and turned around to face me.

“It is my daughter’s birthday, and it’s getting late! Her cake is smashed, and I am loosing my sanity! I want everyone out of my house, now!” I yelled.

Everyone just stood there and looked at me like I was crazy, I noticed Hank looking at me from behind the bar. Why did Lola have to invite him here? She knew I didn’t like him! Or maybe her husband invited him? Honestly, I didn’t care who invited him, but him being here only made things worse.

“Did I stutter!? Get out!” I spat, I couldn’t control my anger now.

Everyone rushed out the front door, leaving a speechless Lola standing there in the living room. We stood in silence for what felt like hours.

“I’m going to bed..” Lola whispered, and trudged to her bedroom.

“Candice..it had to be done, it’s Nicole’s birthday. We can’t have a bunch of drunk people around her, she’s 4.. Lola should have understood that. Don’t feel bad, we can still celebrate. I’ll go out and get a new cake, alright?” Richie tried to cheer me up. “Look, I’m going to get the cake. Cheer up Candice, I’ll be back in a few minutes.” He walked outside, closing the door quietly behind him.

I sighed, sat down on the couch, and turned on the TV to find a video playing. “What’s this?” I asked myself. I saw myself bent over Nicole’s crib, tucking her in.

“Mommy, read me a bedtime story!” Nicole was begging in the video.

“Alright..” I was saying as I picked a baby-book up that was laying next to her crib.

It showed me reading the story to Nicole, it sounded like it was about a cow jumping over the moon. Nicole fell asleep halfway through the story. I put the book down after a minute and turned around and smiled at the person holding the camera.

“How long were you recording? My hair looks horrible.” I was saying, and started messing with my hair.

“Your hair looks fine! I haven’t been recording for that long!” Lola was saying back. “Alright, I’m turning this off now. Wait, where’s the stop button?”

“Oh, found out!” Lola said a few seconds later, and the TV screen went black..meaning the video was over.

Well, that brought back some memories. I wasn’t going to be able to read Nicole bedtime stories much longer, she was growing up. I needed to enjoy her being little while I could..I was going to become the embarrassing mom soon.

Richie walked through the front door, carrying Nicole’s new birthday cake. It looked exactly like the old one, so she wouldn’t notice.

“Do you need help?” I offered, standing up.

“No, I’m alright. Come on, let’s celebrate.” He walked into the kitchen with the cake as I picked Nicole up and followed behind.

He took the plastic container off of the cake and took out a lighter to light the candles.

“One, two, three, four, five.” He counted as he lit the candles.

“Five years old..that’s hard to believe.” I replied.

“Yes, it is.” He smiled.

I walked up to the cake and leaned over. “Blow out the candles, Nicole.”

Nicole leaned over my arm and blew out the candles. She blew them all out in one breath, she was getting good at this. I couldn’t even blow out all my candles in one breath if I tried.

And here is Miss Nicole Cohen! Well.. Candice and Richie both have brown eyes and brown hair. She looks a little more like Candice though, in the face, I think.

Candice’s Point Of View

Well, like they say, one thing leads to another. Now that Nicole was growing up and going to school, (Yes, I did give her a hard time on the first day of school..doesn’t every mom?) she had met some new friends. She was about 7 years old now, and picking up on pranks. I figured there would be some of those troublemakers at school that would teach her bad things to do at home. Nicole had been getting into a lot of trouble around the house lately. First, she messed with the kitchen sink..TWICE! Lola was going to wash the dishes, turned the sink on, and got sprayed. She was soaked, and there was water all over the floor!

Apparently, making Nicole clean up the water off of the floor was not a good enough punishment because she did it again! This time, the victim was Richie. I made Nicole clean the water off of the floor and I grounded her from the TV.

I guess that wasn’t enough either because she messed with the shower, and Lola’s hair turned purple until she washed it out! She also messed with the bathroom sink and started leaving woopy cushions around the house.

Oh, and I forgot to mention… the other day, Nicole acted like she was hurt. Richie freaked out and went running outside to see if she was okay. He began climbing up her treehouse, when she poured buckets of water down on him.

Believe me, she was grounded for that too. Richie was scared to death that she was hurt. I know a lot of kids her age do these kind of things..but she was just getting out-of-hand with the pranks.

Tonight, I just wanted to relax. Two months ago, I had another baby. His name is Nathaniel and Nicole doesn’t pay much attention to him at all. I bought her that new treehouse shortly after her 7th birthday. She had a small playground and we were adding more to it. I wasn’t going to add much more to it if she kept behaving the way she did.

I turned on the computer and went to check my email. When I pulled up the internet, this scary face popped up and screamed really loud! It made me jump back and I opened my right eye slightly to see if the freaky face was still there.

The screaming from the prank woke up a sleeping Nathaniel in the next room.

“Nicole Marie Cohen!” I yelled, I had finally had it with her pranks.

“Yes, momma?” She came out of her room, and tried to act innocent. Really? Come on!

“You’re grounded from your treehouse! I’m tired of all of these pranks, you know better! No treehouse, no TV, and no computer for a week!” I lectured. “Your little prank woke up Nathaniel!”

“I’m sorry momma! Please don’t ground me from the treehouse, please! I’ll do anything! I’ll stop with the pranks!”

“No, Nicole. You have been warned several times!” I turned off the computer and walked into Nathaniel’s room to calm him down.

She found Hank outside, it was getting late and she smelled alcohol and cigarette smoke on him. Hank had never smoked before, but she saw a pack in his pocket. Candice suddenly let all her anger out. “You! All of this is because of you! You don’t have a heart, Hank. You don’t care that our children got taken away because of you! But you wouldn’t know they were taken away, because you’re never here! Your drinking has ruined this family, not my fame! I have had to stay at home while you go out and drink! Then you come home drunk and yell at me! Get out of my house, just get out of here. I don’t want you anywhere near me ever again, or I will call the police. Get out, now!” Candice’s eyes were starting to sting from all of the tears that she was trying to hold back.

“Candice, don’t do this.” Hank replied, reaching for her hand.

“Get away from me!” Candice pulled her hand away and ran inside, locking the door behind her. She sat down on the couch, throwing her head into her hands. Her sadness overwhelmed her, and she began to cry for what felt like hours until exhaustion overwhelmed her.

]]> http://greenlegacy.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/chapter-4/feed/ 8 ♥Mikayla♥ Screenshot-105 Screenshot-131 Screenshot-132 http://greenlegacy.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/chapter-3-a-turn-for-the-worse/ http://greenlegacy.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/chapter-3-a-turn-for-the-worse/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:10:02 +0000 Tabby :) http://greenlegacy.wordpress.com/?p=621 ]]> Candice had her birthday a few days ago. She was now an adult, and felt old. She changed her hair a little. Then found she didn’t like it, and changed it back to her old hairstyle she had as a young adult. Adam and Evelyn had celebrated their birthday on the same day, his birthday was very close to hers. She didn’t really invite anyone, she didn’t want to make a big deal about her birthday. And of course, Adam or Evelyn didn’t invite anyone because they didn’t have any friends at the time. Now Adam was heading off to school, it was his first day today and Candice had made a big deal about it. She stood outside, making sure he had his lunch packed and all his school supplies. Then when the bus came, she hugged him and waved to him as he got onto the bus. She had tried not to embarass him, but that was hard. 

It had been about an hour since Hank had left for work and almost two hours since she had said goodbye to Adam for his first day of school. She was setting Evelyn down in her crib after getting her a bottle, when she heard a knock at the door.

She ran to the door and stood on her tiptoes, trying to reach the peephole on the door. She squinted her eyes, peeking  through the small hole. A tall, skinny woman standing at the door came into focus. She slowly opened the door.

“You’re Candice Cohen, yes?” the woman asked.

“Um, yes. Do I know you?” Candice replied.

“No, I suppose not. I’m going to need to come inside.”

“Come inside? But I-” Candice was saying, but was interuppted when the women shoved her way around Candice into the house.

“Where is Evelyn?” she asked sharply.

“Evelyn? How do you even know her name? Who do you think you are?” Candice replied.

“Apparently we have reports of you being a bad parent, Candice. I work for the government here in Sunset Valley. I’m going to need to take your kids away.” The woman explained.

“Me, a bad parent? Ask my son, Adam! He will surely tell you that I have been-” Candice was interuppted again.

“Candice, you can’t stop me from taking them. I’m sorry, but this is my job. Adam is in the car, I picked him up from school. Where is Evelyn? Give her to me.”

Candice’s eyes met the bedroom door where Evelyn was, sleeping. How was Candice a bad parent? Candice had cared for her kids the best she could, she had done everything she could to give them a good home. Candice felt a tear run down her cheek as she spoke in a scratchy voice, “Give me a reason why I was a bad parent.”

“According to my boss, your children have been in danger. It may not be because of you, but they were in danger. My boss tried to give you and your husband a second chance, but he told me to come and get these children. He said something about drinking problems. He didn’t mention anything else. You most likely will not see them again, I’m sorry. Do you drink, Candice? Maybe that is why they are being taken away.”

“But I don’t drink.” Candice replied, quietly.

“Does your husband drink?”

Candice nodded.

The woman pointed to Evelyn’s bedroom door. “Evelyn is in there, yes?”

Candice said nothing as the women walked into Evelyn’s bedroom. She quickly returned, holding Evelyn in her arms. Evelyn’s eyes were closed, she was still sleeping. ”We’re going to find these children a good home, don’t worry.”

Candice watched as the woman walked out the door, taking Candice’s life with her.

(Okay, sorry that this chapter was short. I’m going to add Chapter 5 today too. I have started writing from Candice’s point of view in Chapter 6..so I want to get to that point of view as soon as possible. I like writing from first-person-point of view better.. So Chapter 6 will be from Candice’s point of view.)

(Adam. Unfortunately, I didn’t get many pictures of Adam. I got a few glitches in my game and this was one of the only few shots I got of him as a baby. Sorry!)

Candice had met tons of people over these past few months. She met all her neighbors in her neighborhood. It wasn’t that hard because there were only three houses, including hers, that were in the neighborhood. One neighbor, who was a doctor, seemed pretty nice. She decided to visit him one day after finding out she was pregnant. She asked him if he knew the gender of the baby.

He told Candice it was going to be a girl. Candice was happier than ever, she almost did her ‘Happy Dance’ when he announced she was having a baby girl. She was going to have a daughter, who she could pass the legacy on to. It was almost too good to be true. Candice visited more clubs,  meeting more people as she walked into a club. She became friends with tons more people around the town. She knew almost everyone and she hadn’t even been in the town for more than a week. Apparently her name began to spread around town after she became friends with some celebrities. One of her best friends was a girl named Lola. Lola was very famous, a five-star celebrity in fact. But that wasn’t the reason Candice was friends with her. Lola was a great friend who Candice could count on. Becoming friends with Lola made Candice even more famous. Lola told Candice that she had moved here from a town not very far away from Sunset Valley. Candice always made jokes and Lola laughed every time. Candice’s good sense of humor brought them closer together. Soon, they were the best of friends. It wasn’t long before more paparazzi started following Candice around, snapping pictures of her everywhere she went. Most paparazzi came when she was hanging around Lola. Some even came to her house. Candice didn’t understand why they came to her house, was watching her sleep exciting to them?

Anyway, Candice loved being in the spotlight. She had always wanted to be a celebrity ever since she was a kid. Her dream was coming true.

~

A few days later, after Candice finished giving birth to Evelyn, Candice noticed Hank was not speaking to her.

(So sorry that I did not get any pictures of Candice and Evelyn at the hospital, there was a glitch that caused Evelyn to be invisible. It took me awhile to fix it, hopefully it’s fixed. I hope it won’t happen again.. I have a few pictures of Evelyn as a toddler though.)

He ignored her when they ate dinner together. Candice was scared to talk to him at first. He never asked her how her day was, he never thanked her for supper, even when she made his favorite meals. Candice realized that this wasn’t the Hank that she knew when they got married. He had never been this depressed before.

One day, Candice finally decided to confront him. She had fixed him supper, and was now waiting at the door for him to return home from work. When he walked in the door, she asked him how his day was. He didn’t reply to her.

“Hank, are you upset with me? You’ve been upset over the past few days. I’m getting worried. Did I do something?” she asked.

Hank turned to face Candice, suddenly exploding with anger. He began insulting Candice for no reason. “You being a celebrity is going to ruin this family! This is all your fault! Do you know how hard this is going to be? You just had another baby a few days ago, and I just heard my co-workers talking about you today at work! Your name is spreading around the town, Candice. I don’t want this for us, I don’t want this for our babies. You have no idea what is going to happen. Fame tears some families apart! There are paparazzi coming to our house! We can barely walk out the door without flashes surrounding us! Now that the baby is here, do you know how hard it’s going to be to go up town? It already has been hard, and it’s just going to get harder! It’s going to be even harder for our children! All because you became friends with this girl named Lola, you’re instantly famous. This is ridiculous, Candice. Give it up. Do what’s best for our children!”

Candice could smell alcohol on his breath. He had been drinking again. She couldn’t believe they were even arguing about this. He had been complaining a month ago that they hadn’t had money. ”I’m just living my dream, Hank! You don’t have to ignore me for days because I am getting noticed around town and living my dream! As I’m getting famous, I’m also making money. In case you didn’t realize, money means we will be able to support the family! I have also been working my butt off, trying to sell paintings and paint them as best as I can. I’ve made quite a lot of money from my paintings! I’ve been taking art classes and learning more about painting. But you wouldn’t know that, because you pay no attention at all to me. You completely ignore me! What I’m doing is earning us more money which is going to help us support the babies better! It’s been pretty hard to support Adam, I wasn’t expecting another baby. We haven’t had much money over the past few months. I’ve always wanted to be noticed, I’m getting noticed for something I’m good at! You don’t-” she was interrupted.

“This is crazy. You’re not thinking straight. You don’t realize what this is going to cause, you don’t realize the consequences of being famous! You’re being selfish, Candice! That’s all you’re doing. You don’t care about what’s best for our babies! All you care about is the fame and the money that comes with it! All you care about is yourself.” With those words Hank stormed off to the bedroom, slamming the bedroom door loudly behind him.

Candice’s feet felt frozen to the floor as trails of tears ran down her cheeks.

I am going on vacation on June 12th and will not be back until the 22nd or 23rd. There will be no posts for the Cohen Legacy until I return, because I won’t have sims with me.