I’ve done a few updates since I last posted here and I’ll give you the links for them now:
Experiencing Life in the Dorms - Cyto joins his sisters at college
Free At Last! - Listeria goes to college
Cell’s Wedding

I’m sorry for any inconvience this might have caused. I look forward to you following along with the story at its new location. Thanks for all your faithful reading!

With only four kids at home, Bacillus and Mallory thought their house felt a bit empty. Codon was the only baby left and Cyto was almost ready to graduate and Cyan was about to start high school. They had been doing a lot of discussing lately over the future of their family. Mallory wanted two more children. Bacillus thought it was about time for their childbearing to come to an end. It was a real dilemma. Bacillus was concerned for his wife’s health. After all, she wasn’t as young as she used to be and having children takes its toll on your body.

They had just about decided to call it quits on the childbearing when Mallory announced that she was once again pregnant.

Bacillus pleaded with her that this be their last child and after much discussion, Mallory finally agreed. Although, it killed her that she would come up one child short of their dream. Maybe she could talk him into adopting one more, then she wouldn’t have to be pregnant again. Maybe that would work.

Now that Legionella had learned the truth about her mother she could sit back, relax, focus on school and just enjoy her engagement to Gordon. She hadn’t told her father of their engagement, only her sister. In fact, Legionella hadn’t spoken to her father since she left for school. She had heard from Listeria that her father’s mistress had bore him another daughter. Part of Legionella worried about how this estrangement from her father would affect her inheritance.

As much as she hated her father, Legionella was named the heiress of the Bacter Estate by her mother and her mother had held control over the property. In fact, her father should count himself lucky that Legionella had allowed him to live there since she was now the owner. But she feared her father would try and make things difficult in the days to come so for the time being she was just going to enjoy what was left of her college career and cross that bridge when she got to it.

Legionella had moved into the Greek house founded by her grandfather with her cousin Cillia. She had always been much closer to Cell growing up but Legionella found Cillia to be just as wonderful as her older brother and understood instantly why her uncle had chosen Cillia to be his heiress.

The two cousins ate their meals together, taking turns cooking them. They always had lots to discuss from clothes, to men, to the latest pledges at the house.

While her sister was off at college discovering the truth about her mother, Listeria was at home with her father and his new girlfriend completely oblivious to all that Legionella had learned. Although, Listeria had enough to deal with at the house with her father and Marylena. Listeria had learned of her father’s affair from her sister, although she had suspected it when Marylena was spending so much time at their house. Xavier had yet to learn that his children were not quite as naive as he seemed to think they were.

Listeria was just coming to terms with Marylena’s presence in her house when the unexpected happened. Marylena announced to them that she was pregnant.

Cell had graduated and it was time for him to begin his life. Not his father’s life, not the life that anyone else wanted for him but his own life. He had bought a house across the street from the house he had grown up in. Some might have called that weak but no matter how much he longed for his own life he also loved his family and could not turn his back on what that meant to him. The house had purchased was a small two bedroom home that would be perfect for the life he would be beginning with Michelle once she too had graduated. He looked forward to it immensely.

Looking in the mirror Cell decided that the punk haircut he had worn since he was a teenager was not the most suited for adulthood. A change of hairstyle was in order. So after a visit to the barber Cell had a more adult look about him.

Legionella felt totally numb. She didn’t know how this was going to affect her relationship with Gordon. She was a little upset about his father’s history but that his father’s history was so directly tied to her own was something she could not conceive. She even had a fleeting thought that Gordon’s father could be her own father but she knew she got her red hair from her father and the numbers didn’t add up. She was silent.

Cell was a little concerned about the silence on the other end of the phone, “Ella. Ella, are you okay?”
Her cousin’s voice snapped Legionella back into present reality, “Yeah. Sorry. It’s just a lot to take in.”
“I know. Maybe you should talk to my dad about this. He seems to know more than anyone.”
Legionella nodded her head slowly as she said, “Yeah. I think that might be a good idea. But not today. I need to chew on this.”
“Of course.” Cell said, “Ella, I’m really sorry.”
“Thanks Cell.”

At the House on Crumplebottom Dr.: Michelle Kearney - Store Clerk - Pleasure (Professional Party Guest); Legionella Bacter - 3rd Gen. Heiress - Fortune (Earn 100K); Calla LeTourneau - Eldest child of River Goss and Brandi LeTourneau - Fortune (Chief of Staff); Marsha Bruenig - Aged up Child Townie - Knowledge (Chief of Staff)

Legionella was now a sophomore and she was growing more and more angry and frustrated with her father. She had heard from her sister, Listeria, that he had asked that harlot he had cheated on their mother with to move into her house. Legionella definitely thought of the Bacter Estate as her house because she was the heiress afterall. She did not want to return home to find her jerk of a father there with his mistress. But at least she had a couple more years of school before it came to that. Maybe he would tire of her by then. She certainly hoped so.

But she had school to think about. She had finished her freshman year with a 4.0 and planned on keeping that up through all four of her college years just like her mother and grandfather before her. It was almost a Bacter expectation.

Another Bacter expectation was the pledging of the family fraternity, Beta Eta Pi. Her grandfather, Anthracis, had founded the fraternity when he was at SSU, her mother, aunt and uncle had been members, her cousin Cell had been a member and now Cillia was there all alone. So, Legionella decided it was time for her to pledge Beta Eta Pi. Of course, pledging was really just a technicality. She was the Bacter family heiress, there was no doubt that she would become a member. And sure enough, Cillia came to Crumplebottom Drive dressed in a toga to celebrate her cousin’s joining the fraternity.

Legionella decided she would spend the rest of her sophomore year at the house on Crumplebottom Drive before moving into the Greek house. Cillia was a little disappointed but she understood how difficult it was to move in the middle of the semester.

Gabriella and Chondria Bacter arrived at Landgraab Dorms ready to start their lives. Gabriella was ready to be out on her own. While she had always been grateful to her aunt and uncle for raising her as their own child she still couldn’t help but realize that she wasn’t their own. She had a mother and father that she knew little about. Nothing about her father actually and she hoped that once she got out on her own she could discover a little more about them. But it was time for college first. Gabriella got out of the cab first and surveyed her new home.

Chondria followed close behind her.

When we last left the home of Bacillus and Mallory Bacter it was quite a full house with Mallory pregnant and expecting another baby at anytime.

Bacillus decided that having two teenage girls in the house in addition to another child on the way it was time to upgrade things a bit. One bathroom just wasn’t cutting it any more. He figured the kids could go on sharing bedrooms for the time being (at least until Cillia moved back home) but they really needed two more bathrooms. So Bacillus hired some contractors that could give him a good price. Mallory was less than thrilled because this meant that Bacillus went back to some of his old mob ties. He assured her they were just helping to construct the house and nothing else. When it was done the Bacters had two new bathrooms added to the floor plan.

The additions came just at the right time because another teenager was going to be in the house. Cyto was having his birthday. Mallory baked yet another cake (she was really good at cakes by now) and Cyto became a teenager:

Cyto Bacter: Pleasure (50 Dream Dates); Turn ons: Brown Hair and Blonde Hair; Turn off: Vampires

When we last left Beta Eta Pi, Cell Bacter had recently become engaged to his sweetheart of three years, Michelle Kearney. Cell had begun his new life as a man engaged. He still lived at Beta Eta Pi and he still had toga parties galore but he would alwyas remain faithful to Michelle.

It wasn’t long after his engagement that his sister, Cillia, joined the fraternity. Cillia moved into the house and took over one of the main rooms. Cell, being president, kicked Randy London out of the main room and into one of the lesser pledges rooms. Randy wasn’t thrilled with this but seeing as Beta Eta Pi was the Bacter’s family fraternity he complied.

Cell was happy to have his sister there. He and Cillia had always been friends. They were the first of a long line of Bacters coming from their father and they had always felt somewhat banded together. And so it was that they spent the afternoons after classes playing pinball on the machine Michelle had given Cell as a date gift.

But the siblings didn’t spend all their time together. Cell was a senior after all and he had preparations to make for his future. He would be graduating before long and he had to make sure he finished his college career strong if he wanted to get into the police academy after graduation. So Cell set out keeping his grades up.

Cillia, meanwhile, had been doing a lot of thinking about the date the old gypsy had set her up on her freshman year. Her initial date with Prof. Elmer Garrett had gone pretty well and when it had ended they did decided to see each other again. But Cillia had gotten caught up with her schoolwork and while she and Elmer spoke on the phone they had not gone out again since that first date. She felt that she couldn’t be so forward as to ask him out but she figured when he called she’d go out with him.

Elmer did call. He invited her to a show at the Deh’Javu Modern Art Museum Downtown. One of his former students had their art on display there and so he invited Cillia to go with him to view it. Cillia gladly accepted and she met Elmer Downtown at the gallery. When she arrived Elmer greeted her warmly. She felt a little strange on a date with one of the Sim State professors but Elmer wasn’t her professor and besides her Aunt Yersinia had married one of her college professors. Granted that hadn’t worked out the best but she had still done it.

Cillia followed Elmer inside and they spent a few hours looking at the artwork throughout the Museum. Elmer would ask Cillia her opinion on many of the pieces and the would listen intently as she told him what she thought.

The spent the evening looking at art, drinking champagne and just overall having a good time. When the time came for Cillia to leave to go back to Beta Eta Pi Elmer gave her a sweet kiss good-night. This marked Cillia’s first kiss and it was incredible.

Cillia went out with Elmer a few more times and Cillia decided that she had fallen in love with him. She never expected to have fallen for a professor but she did. He was perfect and he saw her as perfect. Part of Cillia wanted to get engaged to Elmer right then but she was only a sophomore and she had never been out with any other guys before. So, she resisted her temptations and decided to wait on an engagement with Elmer.

Cell was a little uncertain about this professor guy who was dating his sister but he had never seen Cillia so happy so he had to suck it up and accept it. But he had little time to think about it because Cell and Randy were graduation. Cillia was a little sad because with both Randy and Cell graduating she would be left all alone in Beta Eta Pi. She knew she would have to convince Legionella to join soon so she wouldn’t be left all alone for long. But it was time to think about Cell’s graduation. He looked so handsome in his cap and gown.

Come on Cell perk up a little bit. You’ve graduated!

A graduation party was in order and of course Michelle and Bacillus and Mallory were in attendence. Bacillus and Mallory could hardly believe that their first born had graduated from college. It wouldn’t be long before grandchildren were on the way. Cell hugged his mom while his dad looked on.

“Oh my baby boy is all grown up.”
“Aw geez, Mom.”

So Cell Bacter has graduated and moved back to Legacy Valley to start life on his own. He goes to prepare a house for Michelle to come to when she graduates. Here’s a look as Cell as an adult. Not too bad.

Cillia looked around at the big empty Greek house. Her brother was gone and she was left. Will Beta Eta Pi soon be filled with more Bacters? There’s only one way to find out ;o)