5.3 The end of a legacy

It was a beautiful summer day, when Hans moved back to Riverview. He started renting a small flat, but it soon felt  a little cramped. They were always together and both places had their advantages and disadvantages. The Sander household had all the luxury anyone could wish for, but there were also people around almost 24/7. Hans place was a great retreat, but also small with simple, worn furniture.

When they finally decided to live together, naturally Hans moved in with Levi. Cameron and Emmy Lou insisted on leaving the master bed room. Cameron was getting really old, had arthritis and preferred staying downstairs anyway.

Levi and Hans redecorated the bedroom.

But living together wasn’t enough.

One day, they secretly dressed up an visited the City hall…

They had prepared all the papers weeks in advance, and agreed on skipping the official ceremony with after-following party.

They got married, just the two of them and two formal witnesses.

When they left the building Levi couldn’t help but staring at his finger. He was wearing the exact same ring as Hans, a plain platinum ring, but it felt like it was sparkling. He giggled and looked at his hand, over and over again.

…
While Levi and Hans lived in a haze of love, planning for the rest of their future together, Liv focused hard on her career. The more she worked, the more far away she drifted from Matthew.

Emmy Lou was jubilant for her daughters success.
And Levi just smiled when he looked at his little sister and how happy she was.

She wasn’t even sorry when Matthew broke up with her. His explanation was that he felt her mind was somewhere else and he doubted she loved him. He was right. She felt a little bad though, not to make it fair and tell him straight instead of letting him suffer.
..
One Saturday Liv went to the library.
“Liv… Liv, is that you?” She heard a familiar voice behind her. She turned around.

“Hi… it’s me… Scot.”
It took another couple of seconds before she realised how it was. The teenage boy with mohawk hair and piercings had grown into a little dorky (in a good way), handsome young man.
“Oh… my god is that you, Scot? I didn’t recognize you at first!

It turned out Scot worked as researcher. He loved gardening and spending time in lab. He told her with great enthusiasm about all kinds of cell experiments. It might sound boring but he was such a god story teller that Liv listened, fascinated.

Liv realised he had a great sense of humour because he made all kinds of funny jokes and imitated people.

It just clicked, there and then.
And they started dating.


And Scot moved in, just three months later.

Scot was getting on well with both Levi and Hans. Well, obviously, he was an old friend of Levi, but also Hans appreciated Scot’s social skills.

And Liv had just got promoted to Squad leader… when…


… Liv realised she was pregnant! At first she’d been worrying Scot would think things went a little to fast, but instead he seemed overwhelmed. He turned into the most tender father-to-be.
The second person Liv told was Levi.

He was actually surprised. Liv had gained some weight but couldn’t possibly think it had anything to do with her being pregnant. He was happy for her though.

Levi didn’t tell Liv about his own yearning for children. He and Hans had been discussion the issue for months. Hans wanted kids too, but it was not easy. Adoption was hard, it could take years of inquiries and still there were no guarantee they’ll ever get a baby. Then there were egg donors and surrogat mothers. There were hundreds of egg donor databases on Internet. Hans and Levi had been searching many of them closely, reading all about “Lindsay, 24 years old a christian nurse who liked cats” or “Mona, 28 who was married and had two kids of her own and wanted to donor her eggs because she wanted to give a gift to other people”. Then there was everything about eye color, body type, hair structure and ethnic background. Not all of the agencies were open to donor for gay couples, and there were also complex laws to learn about.

They had both agreed that they wanted a women who wanted to be a mother. Levi and Hans wanted custody but still wanted the children’s mum to be in their kids life. It was important to them that the child didn’t grow up, longing for a mother he or she never could have.
Finally, it was time for their first meeting with a potential egg donor.

Her name was Alicia, she was 27 years old, married and already had one child.


She was easy-going at first. She spoke a lot, openly about most things. Which was good. But then the truth came out. Hans asked her if she liked sports.

“Uhg, I hate traditional sports. All I care for is Martial arts and yoga”

Since almost all kinds of sports were such an important part of both Levi’s and Hans lives, Alicia was not an option.
…
Next lady in the list was Amanda. She was 23 years old and top student at law school. On the photos she looked like… “uh a barbie doll”. Hans called it. But her resume was so impressing they couldn’t resist at least seeing her.

unfortunately, both Levi and Hans got bad wibes as soon as she entered the living room – and headed for the bar.

“I drink would be nice” She said with her sweetest smile.

“Uhh… I can make you a smoothie or something”. Hans said and glanced at Levi.
Amanda looked a little surprised. It was obvious she’d expected another kind of drink even though time was only 4 pm.
Levi came up to join her at the bar stool.

The conversation was slow as syrup.
No. Amanda would not be the mum of their child.
…
Both Levi and Hans had high hopes for meeting number three – Miranda.

Levi had looked at her picture and thought the likeness with Hans was striking.
“She has your exact features. And look at her eyes, deep brown like yours!”
“I don’t know. Maybe. ” Hans said with a smile. “But after reading her profile she seems to be both athletic and likes playing guitar, just like you. Can’t be bad”
It turned out Miranda was an easy-going and cheerful person. They had a nice conversion.


Levi liked her. Hans liked her.

And the journey could begin.
…
But long before Levi and Hans and could become parents, Live gave birth to…


Twin boys!

First was Noel, who was born evil and disciplined.

Second twin was Sebastian, born athletic and a genius.


…
Miranda, Hans and Levi spend many hours at the fertility clinic in town.

But then it all went fast.


“Hans, Hans, you gotta come here. Miranda has some wonderful news!”

Hans was overwhelmed. Even though he wasn’t the child’s biological father, he felt for real as he was becoming a dad.

“I think it’s a little to early to feel anything yet.” Miranda laughed. What you feel now is mostly cheesecake – a result from my cravings!”

“Hey, Miranda… and Levi, I have an idea. Why don’t you Miranda, move in with us? I mean, until the baby is born… and… well, you can stay for a while after the baby i born too…”

Levi nodded. He thought it was an excellent idea. He liked Miranda, the three of them got along very well. He didn’t mind having her in the house and there for their unborn child.
“I suppose it’s to late to think about a traditional family anyway. I’d love to stay with you. If you want me to.” Miranda said.

So Miranda moved in.
And stayed until the birth.

Unfortunately, two men is just as useless as one man when a woman is in labour pain…

…
Luckily everything went well. And a little boy was born. They gave him the name Oscar, after Levi’s favourite author Oscar Wilde.


He was born friendly and clumsy, with his fathers green eyes, and a lighter shade of the hair than both his biological parents.
…
The house was never quiet. Generation 6 was born.



Life was suddenly filled with dirty diapers, late nights and early mornings, food stains, toys all over the place, screaming, crying… and joy.

“We are lucky, aren’t we, Hans? Right now, I must be the happiest man on earth”
“I feel the exact same way. That makes us the two happiest men on earth right now. Doesn’t it?”

The end.
Or not really. I will not leave the game completely, but I will not be working on making stories and update this blog anymore. I really want to thank all great followers out there! Thank you for reading and commenting! I’ve started a new blog on a blogspot account that I plan to use for sharing stuff (gosh, it’s so much faster handling pictures!). My first upload is the legacy house! Please visit pollysims.blogspot.com!