A shot of Owen just because he's so darn cute. 

Aaaaahhhh, victory feels so good! 

And here she succeeds in getting Marion close to that "stable"! 

As mentioned before, Chloe and Sapphire's house is THE party house! There are sims over all of the time, and that's just the way they like it! For Sapphire to become friends with, and for Chloe to try to add to her lover "stable." 

And now both of the little guys in dreamland. :-) 

And here's the birthday boy, Owen, in his teddy bear jammies (Finn thinks he's too old for them, so goes to bed in boxer shorts and a T-shirt, instead--tweens!) You can see that the two have slightly different features, and that Owen has the slighly darker skin tone, S2, while his brother has S1. So, they aren't identical after all, which is good. 

Closeups of the two brothers, both getting into their beds, for comparison. Here's the oldest, Finn.  

Both Owen and his Aunt Sapphire, who threw the party for him, are thrilled that the party is a big success! 

There he goes! Owen grows up well, into a cute little boy. 

Sky came over for Owen's childhood transition party, which has a bigger guest list than his last party! Three of Chloe's former or current paramours are attending, Green (former), Glen Barthelet, and Ronan Fleig (both current though neither knows about the other!) 

A cute shot of Aunt Sky with little Owen. 

A closer look at Sapphire's new mayor outfit. And some yummy-looking veggies for Chili con Carne! Being mayor all day makes you hungry! 

A loud perk of her promotion is the helicopter ride to work, and Sapphire lets Chloe ride to her job in it, too. 

All of those friends really pay off for Sapphire's political career! Here, she has just found out that day that she has been elected mayor of Strangetown! 

Cute little toddler Owen, after his party, playing with his Bunny toy while Sapphire watches him and reads a romance novel. She does a lot of babysitting, due to Chloe's constant "visitors," but she really enjoys it. Sapphire doesn't want to settle down; she just wants to have a lot of friends, and it actually halps that Chloe has different Sims over a lot, as Sapphire then gets to be friends with them! Also, she can work out any "maternal instincts" she might get by helping to raise Chloe's boys. So, it works out great for both women! And the kids love Aunt Sapphire, too. 

And here are some more of the people there to watch Owen blow out the candles, including his brother Finn and "Aunt" Sapphire. 

Here, Green and Denim are up front to celebrate! 

To add to the suspense, and put off answering the questions raised by Green's rejection, now we will go back in time and see what was happening at Lola's sister Chloe's house at the same time that Forest, Pine, and Spring were growing up! Chloe's oldest son, Finn was a child at this time, and when we left off with her house, Owen was just born. Green is now over for Owen's toddler transition! 

Unfortunately for Lola, when she wakes up, she realizes that Green leaving her wasn't a bad dream and that she will have to go on, for her children. Her daughter Jade throws herself into school to distract herself and brings home A+ report cards. Lola cheers enough for two parents, figuring that's what she'll have to be from now on. 

Luckily, this disaster is averted, and extinguished by the fireman. Aspen and Autumn wish the OTHER disaster that happened tonight could be as easily fixed! 

But that's not the only crisis that occurs in the Singles household that night! Aspen, distracted by what has happened, forgets he is cooking spaghetti and a fire erupts! 

"Why ma-ma cwy?" Reed says and Lola scoops him up for a big hug, which does make her feel a little better. She can almost deal with Green doing this to her, but to the kids? They must be destroyed by this, possibly scarred for life! And he can certainly never come in the house again! How will the little ones handle not only this catastrophe, but also never seeing their father again? Lola decides to go to bed and maybe when she wakes up in the morning, this really will turn out to have been a bad dream. 

Reed looks up at her with his big black eyes and says, "ma-ma?" It's almost like he is asking if there is anything he can do to make her feel better. 

However, when Lola goes to check in on little Reed, she can't keep them in any longer, and all the tears over being rejected come out with a vengeance! It would be better if Green had given a reason, anything, but she has no idea why, only that he couldn't go through with it. Was he trying to hurt her, was this some horrible joke? Is everyone laughing at her right now? And now she can see that Reed, even as a toddler, is upset about the failed wedding, too! 

Last we left, Lola had just gotten left at the altar by Green, and seems oddly blase about it. "Well, THAT party sucked!" she chuckles to herself, glad she was able to keep her emotions in in front of the kids.