Moving On Up ... Or Out!

Drake's good looks were good for many things - modelling, getting out of trouble, and most of all - getting into trouble ...

If trouble's name is Sariah and she works at the local Saloon, that is!

Or her name is Lianna, and happens to bump into him at the park and get invited back home ...

Or she's caught his eye at the cinema and tells him her name is Oriole ...

And things don't get any less troublesome at work. That pretty face gets darn dirty cleaning up the ectoplasm of renegade ghosts after they ransack the neighbours place ...

Of course it wasn't long before Evaline caught wind of Drake's naughty behaviour and had a word with her treasured son. And by "word", I mean she almost twisted his ear off while she screamed phrases along the lines of, "I raised you better than that!" and "What kind of low-down, conniving man has three women on the go!" and worst of all, "I'm not angry Drake, I'm just really disappointed in you".

Which knocked Drake's rapidly expanding ego down a few notches and confirmed the annoying thought that had been circulating in the back of his mind for the last few weeks.

He had to choose.

Sariah. Lianna. Oriole.

Which one?

Each had their - er, attributes. Sariah could knock together a mean Jack and Coke. Lianna had that naughty smile. And Oriole had a body that could make a man beg and a personality that was completely unaware of it.

After a couple of days of thinking, Drake finally came to a decision and made that fateful phone call ...

And the winner is ...

Aw come on, I'm not telling you yet!

Have some patience, there's another million people in the Masterton family remember?

Let's peek in on them while Drake has that difficult conversation!

While his brother's philandering has been keeping him away, little Hunter grew into an adorably noisy toddler.



Although to be fair, he isn't crying all of the time ...

Just most of it.

Fortunately the constant noise didn't seem to bother Niamh too much, she just ducked outside and spent hours playing in the sandpit with her toys.

Childhood was a long forgotten dream soon enough, as Niamh jumped head first into teendom.

But she wasn't too impressed with the unfashionable duds that the fates cursed her with, so one quick make over later, she was a far happier teenager.

The human Masterton's weren't the only ones making strides in their lives, even Domino had finally shaken off the loss of Whisper and fallen in, well, lust again, with a beautiful horse named Palo.

And it wasn't long before Domino got him alone in a stall. She's a very mischevious girl, this one. Not to mention a smooth talker.

It was no surprise when Domino grew a little chubby and a beautiful baby Foal, Alize, was born.

Pretty, huh?

But all the pretty in the world can't save you from a Cake Fire!
Yes, you heard right, a Cake Fire! Poor Maximilian was finally on his way into the realm of adulthood when all of a sudden the cake caught fire - and so did the table!

Ka-Boom!

Hands up whose doing the Scaredy-Pants Dance!

And when the ashes settled and the fear abated, Maximilian finally joined the ranks of so many siblings before him.

And ta-dah!

It looks like that hairstyle is going to stick around a lot longer than Evaline likes!

Fortunately for him, after Graduation, the object of his affections was just that - one object - so his decision to move out and make an honest woman - as in, one woman, if you're listening Drake, was sweet and easy.

Aren't they sweet together?


Speaking of together, I bet you're wondering who Drake chose!

Mmmm ... I guess I should put you out of your misery, you've waited long enough.

Drumroll please!
Aaaaand, the lucky lady is ...



Oriole!!!

And by the looks of that awfully suspicious bump, it was a good choice!


And a few months later, Nikolai popped his grandfatherly head in and met the newest addition to the Masterton clan, Joseph.



Ah, multiple generations of procreation just make a Simmer so proud!