I finished writing the chapter, and then i went to go get the screenshots from my desktop. It has no internet so i have to transfer it from there to my laptop. It’s annoying. I was about to transfer the pictures, and then my screen decided to stop working! I kept fiddling with it, but it just wouldn’t turn on! My game is on that desktop. I don’t know what to do!

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I must warn you though, this chapter will be a bit long and progress rather quickly.. Mostly because sims pregnancies are so short, and i had to kind of work it in to the story.

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I felt a mixture of emotions. At that moment, when Anita was standing before me, and her lips touched mine, I felt my whole body start to shiver. It felt as if I had floated off the ground.

I’m not a lesbian. I’m not attracted to women. I have never looked at Anita and desired her, or any woman. I’ve gone through it many times in my head. Yet, when i list the qualities of what i want in a mate, Anita fits the description perfectly. I heard the phone vibrating softly under my blankets, and when i looked at the screen, Anita’s number blinked.

I considered ignoring the call. I hesitated before I finally answered.

“Angie! Good morning!” She squealed cheerfully through the phone. I smiled, and ran my fingers through my hair. I didn’t know what to say. I had so many things on my mind, but i just didn’t know how to get them out.

“I need to talk to you..” I told her, but i was really unsure of what i wanted to talk about. I just knew that i had to talk to her, and find out what was going to happen between us. Were we going to take this further, or just forget that it had ever happened? She invited me over so that we could talk privately.

Later that afternoon, i took a cab to her house. I was nervous on the ride there, and at the same time i was excited to see her. I have never felt this excited to see her before.

The closer i got to finally seeing her the more i could feel my heart pounding rapidly in my chest. I knocked on her door. My hands were shaking nervously. I was anxious.

The door flew open a few minutes later, and she threw her arms around me hugging me tightly.It was her usual way of greeting me, but today it was different. Usually, I would be pushing her away, and complaining, but today I held her closely. Neither of us said a word.

She held my hand and led me upstairs to her room. I sat on the edge of her bed, and she sat beside me. We were quiet. The only thing that i could hear was the occasional sound of a car driving by, or the cheerful chirps of the birds that were perched in the trees.

I felt a curious tension. It felt wrong, but at the same time it felt right. In fact, i didn’t know how differentiate this feeling. It was the same kind of feeling i felt when i had been with Antoine so many years ago. The feeling of love, but this time it was much stronger.

I kept telling myself that I wasn’t a lesbian, and that this would never happen, but I was in-love with who she was as a person. If she had been a male, I would’ve loved her all the same. I knew that i really wanted to give us a try.

I cleared my throat finally to talk, and she turned to look at me. I felt my heart skip a beat when i gazed into her hazel eyes.

“Anita… I love you, and i was wondering if maybe we could give this thing a try..” I told her. My voice had been almost been a whisper. I was still nervous.

“Are you asking me to be your girlfriend?” She asked giving me a smile and slipping her hand into mine.

“Well.. kind of, but not exactly. I don’t want to make any decisions until I’m absolutely sure that this is something i can handle emotionally.” I explained and smiled weakly.

“I’d love to.” She replied. I could see her cheeks turning bright pink.

“Can we keep this between us for now?” I asked her. I didn’t want anyone to know until i was completely sure and ready. She nodded, and kissed me shyly.

“Night, guys. I’m sleeping over Anita’s tonight.” Angelina announced quickly before darting out the front door and into the cab that had been honking impatiently. Anna turned her head just in time to catch a glimpse of Angelina pass by, and waved.

Anna looked out the big windows of their living room and admired the clear blue sky.  The small rays of sun light that filtered through the blinds seem to illuminate the room.

“Mom, Do you want to go to the library? I want to go to the Gazebo, and play some chess – I don’t want to leave you home alone.” She said as she stroked her mother’s old wrinkled hands, and smiled warmly. “It’s nice and sunny out this afternoon. You could use some fresh air.”

Isabella threw her hands up, and mumbled “Nulla è nuovo sotto il sole!” (There’s nothing new under the sun!)

“Go ahead. I’ll be fine. I just want some rest.” She continued, and placed her shaky hand on her cane, and another on the arm rest of the couch to push herself up.

“Ma! I’ve told you not to strain yourself!” Anna exclaimed with a frown, and quickly held Isabella’s arm and steadied her to her feet.

“You are 94, Ma. Take it easy!” She said  guiding Isabella slowly, and carefully down the hall to her room.

“You girls always treat me like a baby!” Isabella complained as Anna helped her into bed.

“Mom, I’ll be back in half an hour. I just want to play a quick game of chess, Okay? I wont be long. If you need me just call my cell phone. I’m going to put the phone on your end table so that you can reach it easily.” Anna explained as she pulled the blankets over her mother, and opened the nearby window to let in some fresh air.

“Just promise me you won’t go trying to get up with out me? I’ll be back soon, Okay?”

“Yes, yes, Andrea. Let me sleep.” Isabella grumbled with her eyes closed gesturing for her to go away.

“It’s Anna, Mom.” She corrected her, and placed a kiss on her forehead before she left.

The town was bustling with people enjoying the nice spring day.  The children were running in the park playing catch, there were people out fishing, and having picnics with their families.It was not surprising to see that the Gazebo was particularly empty on a day like this.

Anna waved at Travis who had just finished up with a match of chess against himself, and was sitting back enjoying the cool breeze, and the smell of the flowers that lined the Gazebo.

“Hey, I didn’t think I’d see you here.” Anna said smiling and taking a seat across from Travis on the chess table.

“It’s a nice day out. I didn’t want to spend it cooped up in my house. I think I would’ve gone stir crazy if I had stayed there any longer.” He replied, and began setting up the pieces on the chess board. He smiled and gestured for Anna to play first.

“Same here. I’ve been studying so hard for a Hyperthrophic Cardiomyopathy exam that I have on Monday, and I just needed some time alone.” She said, before she moved her pawn up two spaces.

“I can imagine.” He grinned, and moved his pawn to block off Anna’s, requiring it to either attack or move out of the way.

“What is that supposed to mean?” She said beginning to get a bit upset, and swept her queen diagonally over the board without even taking a moment to think.

He probably thinks I’m just a nerdy girl  who does all her school work – Just like everyone else. She thought.

Travis brought his hands up to his chin, and thought carefully before he moved his pawn down to defend against Anna’s Queen.

“Nothing. It’s just you are such a good girl. You do all your homework, play chess, you are always donating to charities. I barely see you out around town. Plus, you work extra hard at the hospital. Not that it’s a bad thing…” he explained.

Anna frowned. She hated to be labeled. She crossed her arms and sat back to glare at Travis who was smiling brightly at her; He was completely oblivious to the fact that she was annoyed with him.

“Well, you know what? I might be a “good girl”, but I’m a Bad ass at chess. Check – Mate” She said with an attitude as she picked up her queen and slammed it down on the right corner of the board before storming off.

Travis looked over the chess board wide-eyed and shocked. Did she really just beat me in 3 moves?! It took him a moment to snap out of it, by that time Anna was already half way down the block.

“Anna, wait!” He called out chasing after her. “Wait!” he yelled, but she continued to walk away faster.

“I didn’t mean to offend you.” He said between breaths and pulling her arm to try to stop her from leaving. Anna pulled her arm forcefully from his grasp. “Don’t touch me.” She snapped and spun around and continued walking quickly down the street. Her fists were clenched tightly. She was furious.

They are all the same. Everyone. Always assuming. I hate that. Why can’t i just be Anna?

“Anna, It’s not like i was trying to offend you. I actually LIKE that you are the way you are. It’s different. It’s cute..” He confessed grabbing her arms and stopping her once more still struggling to catch his breath.

Anna stood quietly and felt herself beginning to blush.

“I was wondering if you’d like to go to the movies with me tomorrow night? You don’t have to if you don’t want to. I’d understand if you had other things to do, Or if you aren’t really into older guys..” He said laughing nervously and slicking his hair back.

“I-I’d love to.”  Anna stuttered.

It’s an extremely versatile custom non-replacement face mask that I’ve modified to be used as lipstick / lipgloss. Fully color-able, and it is capable of creating many looks. All of the lipsticks in the image on the above was created with the LusterShine Lip Mask.

Where do i find it?

Once you’ve downloaded and installed, the LSLipmask_Miniie071509.package file into your Mods/Packages directory. It will be in the makeup section in your game under COSTUME MAKEUP. It has it’s own image.

What is so cool about it?

It’s extremely versatile. Firstly, let me explain how the colors work.

Color 1 – Is the highlight

Color 2 – 3 – Lip colors.

If you want Lip gloss , keep the Color 1 closest to white, or you can make a soft lip gloss and make it a BRIGHT color, and change Colors 2 and 3 to match. To add more shine, or texture. You can wear the EA default lipstick  under it. Depending on which EA lipstick you use the effect will be diffrent. The color of the EA lipstick will shine through, and you can  use it to blend with all the other colors to make unique custom shades!

It also retains the shine in-game!

As always please:

(This will also be available at MT2)

• Do not upload this to any other websites, especially not the exchange.
• Do not re-edit/ re-use my textures without my permission.
• Please give credit with a link when using my work.
• Ask me first before modifying/using.
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Anna had woken up earlier to accompany Isabella to the doctors for a check up. Isabella had grown older and senile. She was getting extremely forgetful. At times, she couldn’t even remember who Anna or Angelina were. Many doctors had advised them to look into putting Isabella in a nursing home, but they had always refused. They could never bring themselves to put their mother, who had given so much to raise them, in a nursing home. A place where she’d be without the love and care from her family.

Angelina staggered into the living room, and stretched before continuing to sort the laundry that she had not finished putting away the night before. She had intended to finish, but her best friend Anita had come over and the laundry completely slipped her mind.

She met Anita in college before she had gone to law school. Anita was a Journalism major and was now doing an internship as a papergirl. Anita was Angelina’s first friend. Throughout her life, her best friend had always been Anna. Anita Lobos, and Angelina clicked right away. They had so much in common. They were both anti-social by choice and among other things, they were both cynical when it came to men.  Anita had her heartbroken, and now she had avoided men all together. She did not want to get hurt again.

It was comforting for Angelina to have someone around who was on the same pages as she was. There were things that Anna just couldn’t understand. Anna had never had her heartbroken. In fact, she still didn’t have a boyfriend. She was too busy with medical school, and with her chess tournaments to even think about men. Although, Anna had been seeing Travis McDermott quite often. It wasn’t anything romantic. He was just someone who she played Chess with often. Travis was one of the people she had beat in one of the chess tournaments to move up a rank. She ran into him again in school.

Angelina took the laundry basket and used her hips for support. She waddled over to Isabella’s room, and continued to fold Isabella’s clothe neatly.  She placed them carefully into her dresser. She grabbed the laundry basket and was turning to exit the room when a small unsealed envelop under the lamp had caught her eye.

She wondered why the envelope was there out of all places. She thought Isabella might have misplaced the bills again. She set the laundry basket down on floor and examined the small envelope. It had no address on the front. She continued to pull the letter out, and took a quick glance.

Angelina’s eyes widened and she held her breathe. The top line of the letter within read “I, Isabella Castellano, a resident of Riverblossom Hills, Riverview, being of sound and disposing mind and memory…”

She had accidentally found the will. She wanted to put it away, but curiosity got the best of her. Her eyes skimmed quickly through the reminder of the testament.

“I will, give, and bequeath unto the person named below, if he or she survives me, my estate, and the remainder of my possessions:

Angelina Castellano”, she read. Angelina was flabbergasted.

I’m the heiress. Anna would’ve clearly been the best suited to be heir.. Why me?

She was overcome with shock, and amazement.

Angelina heard the sound of front door being unlocked, and she frantically shoved the letter back where it had been, and scurried out of the room.

Angelina locker herself in her room, and flipped open her cell phone to call Anita.

“Hey, girly! What’s up?” Anita said happily picking up the phone.

“Anita, I’m the heiress.” Angelina whispered into the phone being careful so that no one would overhear her.

“Oh my gawsh! That’s wonderful, babe!” Anita responding sounding overly excited.

“No, No it’s not. I-I would never be a good heiress. I would’ve never thought that I would’ve been the one that mom was going to pick!”

“Why are you so worried? You’ll do great, Ange.”

“I’m worried because i’ll have to find a husband! You know how i am when it comes to men.. I’m scared. What if i never find a suitable husband, and i won’t ever be able to fulfill my mother’s wish.” Angelina rambled as she paced back and forth in her room.

“Alright. Ange, I’m going to need you to relax. Okay? Take a deep breathe.”

Angelina took a deep breathe, and Anita continued. “Alright. Now, remember, the Will only goes into effect after your mother passes away.  Your mother is still alive and well. Second, You are still young. You’ve got lots of time to date and test the waters. Ooh! You know what? We can even make it like a project. We both need to get out of this man-hating state  of mind, and find someone. We can do this together! WE CAN CALL IT OPERATION F.O.S! Find our soulmates!”

“FOS?” Angelina asked raising a brow.

“Just roll with it. What do you say? We can totally scope out some guys in town, and like have a line-up.. Like they do or criminals only its for potential dates! Oh my gosh! This will be fun. I can like sneak around and dig up dirt on guys. Come on, we were young back then. It’s time we get over the past, PLUS older guys must be more mature!” Anita rambled.

“Uh, I guess you never got to meet Hal”, Angelina replied and rolled her eyes.

“True, but that was then. This is now. Anyway, come sleep over my house later! We can start our operation F.O.S. This is going to be so much fun!”

“Sure…” Angelina agreed half-heartedly. She wasn’t ready to start dating, but she knew she’d have to work to get over it.

“Fabulous! I’ll see you later. Love ya, bye!” Anita chirped and hung up the phone.

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Note:

Sorry for the short chapter! I don’t really have time to write much this week. I have family visiting from out of the country, and it’s hard to write with so many people around. I’ll keep you guys posted on Twitter about future chapter releases. It won’t take long though.

I’m so surprised that Angelina won. I thought most people liked Angelina the most. At one point the results tied. 8 to 8, but overnight. Angelina took the lead by one point.

I’m happy though. I think that Angelina is the prettier one, and she’s got more issues going on. It will be fun to write about in the future.

“Time sure has gone by..” Isabella said as she staggered over with her cane, and sat by Anna.

She looked up to the sky, and continued “It was just yesterday that i was just a young signorina (girl) in italy. I lived with my Nonna, and we worked hard for everything we had. It was a luxury to have books.” She said with her shaky voice, and smiled warmly as pulled the book away from Anna’s face slowly. “You know, you remind me alot of me, mio tesoro. (My Darling) I too, was fascinated by books.”

She glanced over at Angelina, and beckoned for her to get closer.

“Angelina, can you come have a seat? I need to have a talk with you both”, she said as she pressed her cane down, and slowly raised herself from the bench. She struggled for a second, but Angelina came to help her. She was elderly, and had a hard time moving about. Anna put her book down and set it on the nearby coffee table, and looked up at her mother attentively.

“What’s wrong, Mama?” Anna asked.

“Well, I’m not getting any younger, and soon the angels will come and take me from this earth.” She began.

“Ma – don’t talk like that.” Angelina interjected. She always got upset when Isabella mentioned death.

“per favore, tesoro..(Please, darling) Let your old mama speak” Isabella replied with a slight frown. Anna nodded for Isabella to go on.

“I spent my life working hard to provide for you. I’ve spent every last penny i had to build this house, and this family. When i’m gone.. I want one of you to take over. I will leave everything i own to one of you. I haven’t decided yet, but i have already started to write my will.” She stopped for a moment, and wiped a small tear that was running down her wrinkled cheek.

“I want one of you to continue my legacy, and continue my dream. Please, do not abandon this house.” She said and paused for a moment to try and fight back her tears.

“When i’m gone.. This will be the only thing that’s left of me. So that when i’m in heaven i can look down upon my family and know that all my pain, and struggles – that all of my tears were not in vain.” She whimpered, and started staggering towards the door. She did not want the twins to see her cry.

As she held her hand out to open the door, Angelina wrapped her arms around her. Angelina cried into her shoulder.

Anna stood up and starred out to the sky, and in a low voice said, “It’s okay, Ma. We will do the best we can.”

]]> http://castellanolegacy.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/ch-10-1-the-talk/feed/ 11 Mari Screenshot-226 Screenshot-228 Screenshot-230 http://castellanolegacy.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/its-almost-time-to-vote-for-the-heir/ http://castellanolegacy.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/its-almost-time-to-vote-for-the-heir/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:56:15 +0000 Mari http://castellanolegacy.wordpress.com/?p=346 ]]> Yep! They are now young adults, and it’s (almost) time to vote for the heir. I want you guys to make an informed decision. So, i’ve decided that I’m going to post their traits. I’m also going to be writing a bonus chapter(1st person), that let’s you all know what is going on in their heads. The vote will be attached to that chapter. It should be up either later tonight, or mid afternoon tomorrow!
Check back then!

Also, Yeah. I’m staying with this layout, but I’m still changing pages around to make it easier to navigate. If you guys have any suggestions, or comments regarding the new layout drop me a comment.
Thanks everyone. I’m having so much fun with this legacy story.

Kesha rubbed her head to ease the pain from where her hair had been pulled. She wandered slowly, kicking the gravel on the ground as she walked over to the car in the driveway. She stopped momentarily to look up the colors of the sky. The sun was setting and the sky was blue violet with stripes of orange. Violet was her favorite color.

“You don’t listen do you!” Susie screamed as she grasped Kesha tightly by her small shoulders, her nails digging into Kesha’s skin. Susie dragged Kesha into the passenger side of  the car, and slammed the door shut. Kesha whimpered quietly, and peered out the window. She had learned early on not to ever complain or try to fight back. That would only end up making things worse.  She rubbed her shoulder, and bit her lip making sure not to make a peep.

Everyday was hell for Kesha. Susie abused her physically and mentally. She would get beaten for the most insignificant things. She was never good enough for the mother. She was called so many names.  Kesha was always alone.  She knew that she had Half-sisters and she wanted to meet them. However, Kesha was not allowed to ask about them or their whereabouts.  She didn’t know much about them, except that they were twins, and they lived on the other side of town.

Kesha looked out the window of the car as Susie sped down the streets.”Mommy, where are we going?” She asked wiping the tears from her eyes.

“My friend that works at the hospital told me that she saw your father being wheeled into the intensive care unit.” Susie said glancing over at Kesha.

“Is Dad ok?” She asked.

“If he was he wouldn’t be in the Intensive care unit! God, why do you have to be so stupid!” Susie snapped.

Kesha frowned and continued to look out the window.  Susie pulled into the parking lot of the Hospital, and ran towards the entrance. Kesha trailed slowly behind.

One day, I’m going to far, far away.. where mommy won’t hurt me anymore..  Somewhere far where Mommy wont ever find me..  I’ll find my sisters, and maybe they’ll want me around. Kesha thought.

Little did she know, that her sisters were closer than she had thought.