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Caizey had spent days painting, and finally her money tree garden was paying off. The first day alone netted more than 150,000 simoleons. There was no way she would be hurting for money anymore. She picked up her dog-eared home improvement catalog and made a call to the local contractors. It was time to “finish” her home.

While she waited on the call to confirm when the workers would be there, she called Kabir up and got back to work on her aspiration. There were more kisses to be stolen.

Kabir seemed completely happy with the proposition, and she added him to her growing tally of men. He got bored and left when the construction company called her back, though. She couldn’t really blame him – all the details were pretty boring. The good news was, with a little monetary incentive, the construction company would be done by morning. With this in mind, she grabbed her bag of potions and headed off to the local bar. It was time to try out that Charmer potion and have a baby. (Which sounded terrifying to her.. but the letter had insisted on an heir.. so she had to comply!)

The bar was packed, as usual, and Lucian was there working, so she was going to have to be careful so as not to offend him. While waiting for him to have a spare moment so she could at least greet him, she met Cullen sitting at the bar, and got to know him a little bit.

To her surprise, it was apparently “bear night” at the bar, and guys in bear suits kept coming through the door. Everyone, including Caizey, got tense about it – which was silly, because it’s not like they were real bears! Taking a deep breath, she decided it was about time just to get this over with. She had a baby daddy in mind – he wasn’t here – but a phone call should fix that. Maybe she could meet him outside and Lucian would be none the wiser.

With this in mind, she chugged two potions. The Transcendent Charmer one the letter had mentioned, and an Alluring Aura one – just in case the Charmer didn’t work. Then she pulled out her phone and called the only full blooded Spellcaster she knew of in town – her arch enemy, Darrel. He claimed he couldn’t go out for the evening, and for a moment, Caizey was completely nonplussed about what to do. She watched a local, Chris, finally get fed up with the bar service and go to serve himself behind the bar, and a couple of bears chatting at a nearby table, and thought to herself about what the letter had said. Technically, her benefactor hadn’t said the baby had to be conceived at the bar, right? Just that she had to take the potion here. Maybe she could just walk over to Darren’s house and surprise him.

So, brazenly, she did just that. With his girlfriend standing right there, she planted a kiss on his hand, and giggled to herself at his shocked reaction. The girlfriend apparently could have cared less, and turned to go back into the house. Darrel reacted much as she figured he would, and recoiled. She tried to use the power of the Charmer potion, but that backfired.

So.. she tried again. That just made him angry… and before she knew it, he attacked her!

Startled, she fought back – and lost, of course. Then, she tried to apologize and start sweet talking him again… but he wouldn’t hear of the apology. The romancing worked, though, because of the Alluring Aura potion (he never knew what hit him, she was sure..) and soon she’d convinced him she was the most attractive sim around. He still hated her.. but apparently that didn’t matter much to him at the moment.

She drug him upstairs to a shower, and grabbed a couple towels off a nearby rack. Might as well get this over with!

It turned out it wasn’t as bad as she was expecting, and they managed to steam up the shower pretty well. Giggling again, she took out a pregnancy test and checked while Darrel wandered off, muttering something about dinner.

… Negative. Drat. Well, if you don’t succeed, try again, right? Wryly, she chased Darrel down and convinced him to go for another round in the shower. Obviously, she didn’t tell him WHY.. but then, he didn’t NEED to know, right?

Second try was the “Charm” (she laughed at her own play on words).. and she quickly left the house, being careful to hide the evidence of the pregnancy tests and to stow the towels at the bottom of the laundry basket in the corner.

By the time she got home, it was nearly dawn.. and there was a note in the mailbox stating that all the work she’d contracted for was complete. Gleefully, she checked everything out, chugged a needs potion, and headed to the basement to her newly finished workroom.

She was definitely going to need some more potions. Time became irrelevant as she worked, although she stayed very aware of how high her spellcaster charge was getting. She didn’t want to find out what an overload would do to the little bundle in her belly.

By mid afternoon, she had restocked her potion supply, and become a Virtuoso. L Faba would be so proud! And – for that matter.. Caizey was pretty proud of herself, too. She’d accomplished so much in such a short time. It hardly seemed real.

Heading upstairs, she whistled happily to herself while taking care of her garden, and harvesting her money trees for another 150k. No sense in leaving all the money on the trees, right? Once everything was done, she chugged another Needs potion, and made a phone call. Time to really get to work on that aspiration – because she didn’t want her baby to grow up with a bunch of randomly rotating “uncles” coming over to visit.

Making up with Paolo was the first thing on her list, and he was quick to act like he was the one who needed apologizing. Which was, quite frankly, hilarious.. and it took everything Caizey had not to break into full laughter over it.

She sent him home, and called the next guy on her list. Deangelo. She’d met him at the bar, but she didn’t remember when. Did it matter? Nope. He was just as gullible as the other guys she’d met….

… and before long, she’d conned a first kiss out of him and convinced him to be her boyfriend. Then she sent him home. And decided to take a walk. It was Harvestfest, after all… And it was a gorgeous day outside.

To her surprise, she ran across one of the bears from last night – Glen. Taking the opportunity, she spent some time getting to know him.

He never knew what hit him. Another kiss checked off her list.

On the walk home, she ran across the other bear, Robert. Laughing to herself, she made sure no one was around and quickly romanced this guy, too. This was too easy.

That’s pretty much how the day went for Caizey. One guy after another, a needs potion or two.. and she just kept racking up kisses for her aspiration. Then she figured out she needed actual boyfriends and dates for the next part. Sighing, she went through her phone book again, and made things “official” with her beaus.

She did finally manage to find out what Glen looked like without the bear suit, though – so that was a bonus.

With the last guy sleeping soundly in her bed, she counted the third successful date of the day under her belt, and took a moment to appease the various gnomes running around her house.

… Just in time, too. Caizey completed her aspiration with mere hours to spare. Now she had nothing to worry about except the baby.

She could do everything else on her own – she figured she had this baby thing in the “bag”… and she quickly made use of the bassinet she had bought. A short while and a lot of pain later –

… and a little baby girl that she named Kailyn Farstrider was born. She had her “heir”. Caizey wondered she sort of quest little Kailyn would get when she grew up, whether it would be as easy as the one she herself had been given. Tucking the baby into her bassinet, Caizey wandered downstairs to take care of her garden.

Then, while paying the bills, she had a thought. Why did she need to clean house or take care of the garden… it wasn’t like she couldn’t afford help! She got her phone out and called for the local maid and gardening services. She would just make sure to harvest the money trees before the gardener showed up each day. It wasn’t that she didn’t trust them – but it was a lot of money to just leave dangling in front of a sim she didn’t know very well.

The week passed in mostly a blur. Sleeping, painting, baby care, potion making… she kept herself busy and before she knew it, the baby was up and walking around. Another room makeover later, and Caizey settled in to learn how to be a Mom. She was determined to be a great one, since she hadn’t exactly had one, herself. Pushing thoughts of her foster family away, she sat down to teach little Kailyn to talk. Life couldn’t be any better.

(A/N: I’ve never gotten this achievement before. I guess Harvestfest counts as a social event. Laughed so hard when this popped up. WTG Caizey!)

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