Friday, November 10, 2006

Generation 4 - The Uni Years

When we last saw most of our Generation 4 kids, they had grown into young adults and enrolled in classes at Jackson Heights University - the same college attended by their parents and grandparents. Anderson, however, did not go to college. Instead, he and Jessica Coleman had left high school, gotten married, and moved into a house of their own. Paul, the baby of the generation, is still a child at home with his parents.

Life for the kids at college, was not all the fun and games they had hoped for. They all lived in the same dormatory on campus. Some started off on a good foot with high grades and impressing their professors, others learned that it took a lot of hard work in college. There were a lot of late night study sessions!

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There were times when the kids cut loose and had fun. The twins entertained themselves by making fun of some of the Maxis-brand clothes worn by the other students on campus.

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After a few semesters under their belts, Ferrall, the twins, and Deana decided to pledge the same Greek House that was founded by their grandparents. They were accepted!! The other four kids decided to join a couple of semesters later.

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Their first night in the Greek House they threw a celebration party. It was just like the toga parties they had dreamed of having! Ginger DJ'ed and kept the party going late into the night. During that party, fate stepped in to Ferrell's life again. He was standing outside eating pizza and talking to some of his friends when he thought he saw a familiar face. He realized the girl walking by the house was Alisha Hancock, she had lived in Jackson Heights earlier and had worked as the local papergirl. Her family moved away during their Junior year of High School. He was so glad to see her again. He rushed to greet her with a big hug!

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He had secretly had a crush on Alisha in high school, but she had moved away suddenly and after Ferrah's death, he wanted to escape. They quickly became an item on campus. He confided in her all of his feelings regarding the death of his sister...she listened patiently and held him when he cried.

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Meanwhile, there were other romances blooming in the Legacy Greek House. Ginger had met Nicolas Dawson, a new student from sunny California and had fallen for his bright blonde hair and baby blues.

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Grace started dating Matthew King, one of JSU's star baseball players. She told everyone she just liked the way he looked in that uniform!

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Arden had been keeping close company with Henrietta Strickland, whom he met in one of his Junior year classes. He kept pretty tight-lipped about the details of their relationship.

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Deana used a bit of an unorthodox manner to find a man for her. She saved up money and called up the local Gypsy matchmaker for a date. That is how she met Robin McCoy, a local from downtown. The others told her she was just wasting her money and the old woman was trying to scam her, but it turns out they were wrong. Deana and Robin ended up having a strong attraction for one another.

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Broden has been dating an old high school friend, Lindsey Graham and Ardith met an interesting man downtown one night that she has fallen for, Rafael Doyle. (Sorry - didn't realize until I got ready to post - no pics of these couples.)

Time flew by and soon graduation time had arrived. Ladies and gentlemen, here they are in their caps and gowns...

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They had one final graduation blowout back at the Greek House after the ceremonies were completed. All of their families and friends from college attended. Their families were all so proud. Everyone at the party commented on how much Broden had grown to favor his father's looks.

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Ferrell was the only one to have graduated Summa Cum Laude! He also had a special suprised planned for the party. In front of all of the family and their guests, Ferrell got down on bended knee and asked Alisha for her hand in marriage. She was so excited! She immediately accepted! Ferrell had talked to his parents afterward and they asked him if he wanted to move back in to the Whitmore Estates after graduation. They knew how much he missed his twin sister and they thought he would be the best one to inherit the house and grounds, including the family cemetary where Ferrah lay. The twins were in agreement, they each wanted a place of their own.

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They have each moved back to Jackson Heights to start off life as adults now. Melisa is still finishing up her last semester in college, she fell a few credits behind the rest of her class. She is watching over the Greek House and keeping company with Eric Phillips, the headmaster from Jackson Heights Acadamy.

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7 comments:

ASimWen said...

Whew! So hard to keep track of all of these sims! Heh. I personally like calling the Matchmaker, but alas, I don't have much of a call for it. :) That paper girl grew up to be real pretty!

Anonymous said...

I'm so glad that Ferrell is getting the estate and that he'll be able to remain with his sister, at least in some small way. Great update and WOOT on all the great matches!

suzie sim said...

Very cool that they all pledged the greek house - I prefer playing greek over dorms. aw - too cool about Alisha showing up at Ferrall's school ;)they're cute together. All your kids turned out very good-looking & yes - Arden did turn out well!

Roo said...

You sure have a bunch of good looking sims graduating there and even the one who hasn't yet graduated. They're all going to make pretty babies some day

AeronwyDiobhell said...

*snicker* Making fun of children who can't afford custom clothing. For shame! :-) Aww, I'm so glad to see Ferrell has found someone he can open up with! Hopefully Alisha can fill the void in his heart, without feeling like she's just a replacement. Good for you, Deana! You follow your heart and instincts. Heck, they ALL turned out pretty good! It's nice to see they're all finding their way in life and finding people they can be happy with. *cheers to the young graduates (and almost graduate)*

Ziese52 said...

Woot, nice job, that was a lot of kids to put through college and they found love too! Nice job.

Anonymous said...

what a waste of time.