The house was dead quiet after Maia and Carlos passed away, I mean, the family had been trying so hard to deal with Carlos’ passing that Maia’s passing just made them even more stressed. So stressed and anxious that they decided to redecorate the lounge, dining room and kitchen, and hang new red wallpaper in their parents’ old room, because the out of place stonework reminded them so much of Maia’s creative antics. 
The old lounge became an art room/study room for the family to create their masterpieces in. They removed the TV as it disrupted the flow of the room.
The kitchen was separated from the lounge, and when Domingo moved out with his wife (who nobody met, or asked the name of), he took the fridge with him. This picture was taken before the arrival of the replacement fridge.
After Devon helped the movers with the fridge, they finished at 11:45 pm so he grabbed himself some leftovers that Juanita had been keeping in a chilly bin.
He was joined by Orlando, who was sneaking out of bed for a midnight snack of cake. “Can’t sleep, Orlando?” Devon asked. “Are you feeling fine? Grandma Maia will stay on forever in our hearts, you know, she isn’t really gone when we have, uh, recollections of her person.” Orlando just sat in silence, eating cake. Devon just shrugged his shoulders.
Fioruccio’s neurotic feelings got the better of him, but once that brush hit canvas, he was relieved, and more interested in not getting paint on his PJs so Mum wouldn’t find out. Devon let this slide again, for they had been through great loss.
Which leaves to absent-mindedness, obviously, someone left the computer outside in all the midst of the makeover! A very tired Great-Great-Grandmother-ghost Maia haunted it so passing kleptos would not pinch it. And she knows kleptomania well, does our oldest ghoul. Being dead must be tiring.
So, as she has a habit of doing, she crashed on one of the kids’ beds, namely Orlando’s bed, but Evil Sims aren’t bothered by ghosts, no matter how friendly they are. 
Orlando and Fioruccio were first on the bus to school, looking a bit forlorn. Their ride was silent all the way.
Poor Alejandra slept in and had to catch her ride to her first day of work as a Test Subject.
Not much else happened that day, once the young ones were gone, the older Sims just spent the day painting and lying on their bed. How interesting! Juanita had a headache from crying children so she took painkillers and slept all morning.
Orlando came home and snuck in sheepishly to do his homework. His clothes had turned all black and he was sporting copious amounts of black eyeliner. The tips of his hair were dyed red too.
Alejandra had a rather slow day at work so, that evening after dinner, she saw her older brother Alfonso at his house, which was between Juanita’s house and Esmeralda’s house. 
“Do you plan on marrying someone someday, Alejandra?” Alfonso asked his sister, who replied “No, never, I have sold my body to science, and I may be infertile.” Alfonso looked to the sky and stated “But I’m no scientist. I’m unemployed. The job market is hard to get into for me at the moment, so I need to get married so when the market opens up again, we will have two incomes.”Alejandra knew what he meant right away. “You’re getting baby jitters, aren’t you, Alfonso?” She asked.
Alfonso stopped, scratched his neck and sighed “Yes.
Coby Mueller’s way to old to produce offspring and Esmeralda’s too lazy, I haven’t heard from Domingo in ages and I really want to produce cousins for Fioruccio and Orlando. I need a woman, fast.” Alejandra scratched her chin and stated “We have a couple of spare beds in our house. You can hole up here, I’m pretty sure Juanita wouldn’t mind, being that we got along well as kids.”
Luckily, Juanita was just waking up when Alfonso and Alejandra got home, so she just nodded, had a glass of milk and saw Devon.
“You look great there, Devon. I am amazed at how you cope with such a stressful time. Thanks for helping the children get to bed, get to school and do their homework. Do you think Orlando got his new do at school?”Juanita asked.
“Yes, honey, it’s a craze at the moment, with all those horror movies on TV.” Devon replied. “I am so proud of your sister, Alejandra, for achieving Dux at her school and going into the Science field. Though they should watch their backs- she inherited your grandmother’s infamous trait. Now she’s helping Alfonso find love and make cousins, how nice.”
“You’re nice, Devon. In fact, you’re a way better picture than the TV can ever give.” Juanita complimented. “Let’s go and lie down on the bed.”
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The next day, Fioruccio and Orlando were getting ready for school, though Fioruccio was only in his PJs when he cheered up Orlando, who was surprisingly thankful for it.
Then Juanita drove Domingo to the park. Alejandra was at work. Juanita told him “I heard it took your brother 8 hours to fall in love. He was naughty. You must be in love before sunset. And with the first girl you talk to. Then I will honour a private wedding at home.”
It was a tough challenge, but Zanthias are known to be courageous.
Dang! A teenager, he thought. But he struck up conversation with her right away, wanting to keep his place in the house. “Hi, I’m Devon Zanthia.” He introduced. She replied “I know the Zanthia name, my aunty works in the art gallery. Many of Maia’s paintings are in our collection. My name is Mehrtens Gugenheim. My parents want me to be evil, but I’m too friendly for that. I see you’re Friendly too!”
They talked about personality, and favourite things, and were having a great time until the age question popped up. “Aren’t you almighty young?” Alfonso asked.
“Actually, it’s my birthday today, but my mum is evil so she forgets it so I ran away to the park with my sister to get some air. The good hairdresser left town and we got this stupid one who only has red hair dye. I hope when I grow up I will get my white hair back. One day, I want to dye it blue.”
“When you grow up today, then I’ll officially court you.” Alfonso promised. “And by sundown.”
Will the Zanthias have another family member, or more?
Will Alfonso get to stay in the house?
Find out in Chapter 5!
Tags: alejandra, alfonso, fioruccio, ghost, grandma, juanita, legacy, sims 3, zanthia
