Chapter 5: Gemmy, Scarlett and The Birthday Party

Saturday night, and we find Eros in a club kissing Gemmy

The music was kinda loud , so they had to yell to each other.
"Um don't you think we should go somewhere more private?"
"We can't go to my place, my roommate is going to be there"
"Is she as hot as you?"
"Ha Ha funny! She is as hot as me, but don't turn me off now OK?"
"Let's go to my place then"
They walked to his car and drove to his place. They didn't even care to turn on the lights. Only the lights from the pool where making the room a bit brighter.

"I really want you, baby"
"I want you too, stud"
"Can I have your roommate as well?"
"Shut up"

Firefighter Gemmy was the first one that spend the night in Eros' Place. She seemed to know this game pretty well, and, boy, she could play with fire. In fact Eros thought she was the fire herself. Could he play with fire?
"Crap! I'm late! I've never overslept before! Aren't you supposed to be in Payn now?"

"Slow down. It's Sunday. I do not work on Sundays"
"But I thought you were blabbing something about going to the base today, or was it the booze?"
"I have to go to the base to pick up something. It's my sons birthday today and I thought to give something that has something that has to do with daddy's job"
"You have a son?"
"Two of 'em. But I don't get to see them that much. Only on special occasions"
"So young and divorced already?"
"You are new to Longview, aren't you?It's a longer story than that, but since you are on a rush we'll talk about it some other time"
"Um , sure, got to run now...Kiss goodbye?"

And then she run off...But Eros did not have a number, or a last name.He run outside to ask her but she was already gone. How on earth would he contact her again? Well Longview was not that big, she would come to find him anyway, they all do...Wait a minute...Was Eros mind thinking all these? He wasn't the kind of guy that would worry if he ever saw a girl again...Was he getting soft?
Well after last years incident with Pary, he sure liked the independence Gemmy gave him, but was it independence or he had just been used???
As he drove to the base, he kept thinking about Pary, who lately started trying to contact him again, and Gemmy that left without leaving any trace behind.

As he walked in to the base, he found a weird, rather hot girl, wandering around
"Excuse me, this is a restricted area, how did you get in?"

"Hi , I'm Scarlett, you are..?"
"I am Eros Amore, I work here"
"Nice to meet you Eros, can you help me get in? A guy named Gus won't let me in"
"Why do you want to get in?It's a military base, you can't just barge in"
"I know that but i want to see the Blibbering Humdingers and the Umgubular Slashkilters you guys are bringing here from space. I want to take a picture of them"
"The what?"
"The creatures you bring here from the space!I want to take a picture of them to prove to my roommate that they really exist!"
"We bring creatures here from space?"
"C'mon don't give me that story too. I know you've been keeping alien animals here"
"We do?"
"Of course you do!"
Eros was looking at her completely dazed. Such a beautiful girl and so completely insane!
"Look, I can't get you in right now. Give me your phone number and I'll call you later today. I'll find a way to get you in later"
"Sure!Thanks a lot Eros!"

Later that day, he called Scarlett and invited her over. She accepted and in no time she was ringing his doorbell.
They chatted a while , especially about the whereabouts and habits of the Blibbering Humdingers and the Umgubular Slashkilters, until she jumped up of her seat and pointed at the guitar.
"You can play???!!!"
"Um... yes"
"Awesome!!! Play something for me!"
She was looking at him with such excitement, that he couldn't find the courage to refuse.

As he was playing the phone rung.Eros picked it up and knew exactly what was expecting him
"You are still home? Seriously? You totally forgot about it, didn't you?"
"No, Auntie, I was busy ...You actually caught me while I was leaving to come there"
"I know your business Eros, Regina was so right about this, get your butt here now!"
"Crap, I've got to go"
"But I just got here!You can't just leave me all alone here! It's rude!"
Eros was not planning to leave Scarlett in his place of course, but he was sure that if he tried to ask her to go, she might start talking about weird creatures again or ask him to play the violin or something. She might be insane but she was fun, looked quite harmless and well she was hot.
"You'll come along"
"Cool! Where are we going?"
"My sons birthday party"
"A party?? Awesome I love parties! But I'm not dressed properly! Do you happen to have a gown?"
Eros looked at her for a moment, completely flabbergasted, and after a few seconds looking at her with his jaw dropped , he finally snapped back to reality.
"No dear, it's a themed party, the theme is ..um..."come as you like"... OK?"
"Perfect! I'll go home and get my butterfly costume then"
"We are already very very late, so leave your butterfly costume for another time OK?"
"OK"
Being proud of himself, that he finally managed to reason with Scarlett, he led her to his car and drove off. Since the boys where brothers and their birthday was a week away. Auntie had told Eros that she would hold the party for both of the boys at the same day so he could have a chance to see Cedric as well. So there was a surprise waiting for him in Aunties place, that he did not expect,and with Scarlett's blabbing he did not really had time to thing about it. Regina.

"Oh , it's you"
"Hey Regina"
"You finally decided to show up? And how nice of you to bring company along. Auntie is going to be so happy about this"
Scarlett was waving frantically left and right, and jumping up and down in excitement
"Of course you didn't expect us to wait for you? The boys have already blown the candles and are almost ready for bed.Go and kiss them goodnight, and after that Auntie is waiting for you in the back yard.I'll let her know you are here and that you have also brought a maniac in the house"
Scarlett has already left his side, and was chatting with some guests, who looked bewildered and freaked out. Eros grabbed her arm and pulled her with him blurting a quick and low "I'm sorry" to the guests she has been talking to, and led her upstairs.
"Where are we going?"
"I'll introduce you to my sons"
"Why aren't they attending their own party?"
"Because they are almost sleeping"
"They are sleeping? I never sleep when I have a party! It's rude! Only if....Hey! You never told me it was a slumber party! Was that your wife down there? I'll ask her if she has an extra set of pyjamas to lend me!"
"Just stand here and wait for me. Do not go talking to anyone, OK?"
"OK"
Eros entered the nursery and was astonished to see two identical little boys staring at him. It's been a while since he last saw them, but he hadn't noticed before how much they looked like him. The only way he could tell them apart was their eyes. Dewayne had his mothers eyes, while Cedric had Eros's.
He first approached Dewayne's crib.
"Hello big boy, daddy is here. Happy birthday"
He pulled a toy rocket out of the bag he was carrying and gave it to the child, who was looking at him curiously

"Dadda?"
"Yes it's daddy, sweety. Sweet dreams"
He kissed Dewayne on the forehead and moved to Cedric's crib
"Hey there player, what's up? Daddy got you a birthday present too! Look!"
And another toy rocket came out of "nowhere"as probably Cedric thought, as he was looking at it completely lost

"Woket poof?"
"It's a rocket , yes! Goodnight to you too big guy"
He kissed Cedric on the forehead too and turned around to leave the room. He found Scarlett staring at him with the most amazing gaze. She looked so normal.
"That was the sweetest thing I've ever seen" she said
He had reached too close to her. They where looking in each others eyes for a few seconds. She pulled her hand and stroked his cheek, he could feel her soft lips pressing against his, and the time had stopped. He could feel every inch of her body pressing against him when he heard a voice behind them landing him back to reality

"You should be ashamed of yourselves!" They have been seen....

"I cannot believe you! Not only you forget about it, not only you arrive late once again, but you go and bring a nutshell in here that terrorises my guests , talking about Blibbering Slashsomethings or whatever they are called, and go making out with her right in the boys face! And you even let Writing Reg see you!Thankfully she is a very dignified lady that won't go blabbing about it to anyone, and came straight to me!You are so unreliable Eros! I should have listened to Regina, and not invite you. You don't care anyway"
"I'm sorry"
"That's all you have to say? You are sorry? I'm sorry I've ever met you! Just take your "date" and leave, OK? Just go!"
Eros did not even try to defend himself. He grabbed Scarlett , who was staring emotionless to a shrub, and got in the car. Auntie's words were harsh and partially true. He was unreliable. A bad father. He knew that. That's why he didn't want to have children anyway.Not because he didn't like children, but because he never learned to support them. But he did care. Even if Auntie and Regina did not believe it, he loved his sons and really cared about them. He just had no idea how to show it to them.
 Neither he or Scarlett talked in their way back to his place. Like if she knew he wanted her to pretend she didn't exist for a while.
When they arrived to his house, Scarlett silently followed him upstairs. She kissed him tenderly and slowly they started undressing each other. They where not speaking at all, and their lips only moved to meet the other's  ones

It was Eros who first spoke after at least two hours
"Thank you"
"For what?"
"For being quiet when I needed it"
"People might thing I'm crazy , but I know when to shut up"
"I really like you, Scarlett"

"What?"
"I like you, you are fun, in your own unique way of course , and supportive"

"Woa there big guy! you have to be kidding me!"
She got up and put her clothes on.
"I have to go. I need to go to the forest before 5am to find some Nargles. And i think you should get some sleep too. You don't want to fall asleep in the tank with the Umgubular Slashkilters, they'll suck your liver through your nostrils in no time!"
Eros bit his lip trying not to burst out laughing. She sure had a way to cheer him up.

"I just thought ,maybe you want to hang out more often." He said to her almost laughing,and completely certain she wouldn't refuse

"You are a good, attractive guy and all but you've got some issues and i'm not sticking around to deal with them"
She picked up her shoes, that Eros just noticed looked like honeybees, put a rugby helmet on and left.

Chapter 4: Pary, Dewayne and Cedric

It's February already, and Eros hadn't received any further calls from Auntie. Neither he ever called her again. He did try to,  two moths ago, but he couldn't find the strength to do so. What he would say to her anyway? He wasn't planning on starting a family anyway. But he knew, it was time by now. Maybe she was lying ...
Just as he was thinking that, the phone rung.
"This is Auntie, Eros. I just called to say that me and Dewayne are back from the hospital"
"Hospital??? Are you OK??And who is Dewayne?"
"Yes we are both perfectly fine. Dewayne is your SON, you moron!Remember?I just thought to let you know in case you wanted to come to see him"
"How am I supposed to know that?"
"If you had called at least once, you would know."
"I did try.."she cut him off once more
"I don't want to listen to your excuses Eros. Are you coming to see him or not?"
"Yes I will. I have a thing to do first though"
"I know what "things" you are doing Eros, and I'm not interested in the details. Just don't be late. Dewayne and I are quite tired and we would like to rest soon"
"OK, I'll be there before 9pm"
"Fine"
He closed the door behind him and walked to his car. He had promised Pary Strange he was going to show her around the base. He had now been promoted twice already and he had some access to some of the labs. Pary wasn't really interested in those stuff, but he knew she was trying to impress him.

"You are late baby" she said and flung her arms around him
"I'm sorry, I had work to do. Shall we? We can't stay long, even though I'm allowed in here, you are not, and if we get caught, we'll be both in trouble. The guard on shift is a friend of mine and he will keep his mouth closed. But the shift will change in two hours and we'll have to be outta here before that"
"OK, let's go then"
Of course ten minutes later Pary was already bored. When he showed her the shuttle however, she changed mood.
"You will travel with that one day?" She asked
"Hopefully yes"
As soon as he said that, she kissed him. He kissed her back and things started getting out of hand once more. He pulled her in the armory and locked the door. Ten minutes before shift change, someone knocked on the door.
"You gotta get outta here man, Gus will be here any minute now, and he is already late"
They got dressed fast and run out. Pary was running ahead as he was still putting his shirt on.

"Back to my place?" She asked once they got into his car.
"OK" he replied and drove away.
Just around the corner, they saw Gus driving to the base
"Ha! that was close" Eros said and they both laughed
Two hours later and they were already all over each other again, at Pary's.

"Baby , I have to go"
"Already?I thought you where staying the night"
"I can't, I have work to do, and I'm supposed to get up early in the morning"

"You work too much"
"I have to get into that shuttle someday, remember?"
"I know, baby, I know"

As he left, Pary noticed that he didn't drive towards his house, but to a completely different direction.


"You are late. I was just putting him to sleep"

"I'm sorry I had.."
"..a "thing" to do. Yes I know. Does your "thing" know about Dewayne? Or about Cedric?I bet she has no idea. Poor Pary"
"Cedric? And how the heck do you know about Pary?"
"The whole Longview knows about Pary.She seems quite exited to be dating you and gets blabby about it. Not to your liking i guess."
Eros did not like what he just heard. He wasn't actually dating Pary, they were just hanging out every now and then.
"Pary and I are not dating.Who is Cedric again?"
"YOU are not dating her, but it seems you totally forgot to let HER know, as you usually do"
"Look, I never promised anything to anyone. Not to you either"
"The problem is that you might not be promising things, but you are still not making your intentions clear"
"I'm not gonna start a debate over this. Are you avoiding my question? Who is Cedric?"
"Cedric is your other son. The one Regina gave birth to, a week ago. The baby came a bit early"
"My what?How do you know Regina?"
He was starting to feel dizzy. This couldn't be happening.
"Regina is an old friend of mine. We met in the hospital after a long time. And we had a little chat about the fathers of our children, that ended up being the same person. She left two days after i got in."
"I need to sit down"
"Good for you. Go sit in your fancy car, I need to put the baby to sleep and go to bed myself.Goodnight"


Sitting in his car, confused and angry, was trying to figure out what his life had just become. Why Regina never told him? Auntie did, with her own unique way, but she did. He had to know.

"Eros??It's almost midnight what are you doing here?"

"Why?"
"Why what?"
"You never told me about Cedric!"
"Let me put Cedric in the crib and we'll head outside"

"I see you've talked with Auntie already. We both agreed that our thing was just for a night. When I found out I was pregnant I was extremely happy, since I always wanted a child. But I swore I'll never tell you. After all you are no father material and we both know that. When I met Auntie in the hospital after all those years, we started talking. We shared our baby stories and why there was no father there to support us.Once we realised that our babies where brothers, we freaked out. Auntie and I agreed that it's better if we let you know about Cedric as well. I had no phone number of yours since you keep changing mobiles. But Auntie had found your home number, and we decided that she will tell you."
"Wait a minute here, you were talking about me behind my back?"

"That's the only thing that bothers you? Are you THAT selfish? Do you have any idea what harm you could have caused to those children? What if one of them was a girl Eros? What if I never knew Auntie? They would have never known they are siblings! They are going to go to the same school! they would have met each other eventually. And they both have your gens..What if they started dating one day?"
Eros was getting dizzy again. And angry. How could she blame him about that? She was the one that wanted to keep Cedric secret from him?And then he snapped
"Did it ever occur to you that the fact that YOU decided to hide the child from me, is the biggest mistake you could have ever done? That if your son was a girl , she would eventually end up in my bed if i never found out about her?"

"You are disgusting Eros!Thankfully it's a boy and unfortunately it's not only MY son, he is yours too! Now get off my lot and don't come back. If you want to see Cedric ever again, hire a lawyer.You can afford that."
He almost did not sleep at all that night. He kept thinking what had just happened. And whenever his eyes closed, dreadful nightmares about him sleeping with his own daughter, or his children getting married to each other woke him up at once. Next day at work was horrible as he couldn't lift his feet from the ground. Thankfully his good performance so far had gotten him in the General's good side, and since he was sure that Eros had a quite "busy" night he gave him the rest of the day off.
Once he got home he got a phone call that was the icing on the cake.
"Hello?"
"So you had work to do, right?"
"What are you talking about, Pary?"

"Can you please explain to me what "work" you had to do at Auntie Lynds' place?And then at Sim Regina's?"
"What?How the heck..?"
"I saw you driving towards the other direction Eros!I knew you were not going home!I followed you! I saw you going into Auntie's house! And then I waited and you came back out and again you didn't go home!You went to Regina's instead!I didn't want to see more, so I left after she let you in!"

"You did WHAT? You've been following me around?"
"Yes I did! You are a liar Eros! A cheater! And I don't want to see you ever again!"

"ARE YOU THAT DISTURBED???WHAT ARE YOU 15?? YOU'VE BEEN STALKING ME AND THEN YOU ARE MAKING A SCENE??? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE WHOLE NIGHT?? I DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR THIS CHILDISH STUFF! GET A LIFE!"
Pary was crying hard but still Eros hung up on her.He didn't want to deal with this now. Nor ever. He hated that kind of behaviour and that was the end of Pary for him. She was really fun to be around with, but acting like this after a couple of dates? No , he would be way better off without her.

Chapter 3: Tangie And The Baby

The next day, Eros went to the gym for his daily exercise. Tangie Simmerthree was once again there. He has been chatting with this girl for a while and he always found her there.
She was rather cute, and she definitely kept hinting that she liked having fun. This day was no different. As soon as he got in , she approached him and started flirting again. The whole time he was working out, she was working out next to him. She finally asked for help.
"Will you coach me?" she said and winked while he was helping her pick her stuff up. She had this playful look in her eyes. Surely a temptation. He had to think. He had to many flinks going on and he needed to concentrate on his job. And there were rumors about him already. He liked casual fun, but he definitely wasn't a player as they have been calling him. "Look, I'm gonna take a shower, I'll think about it OK?" Tangie kept smiling "OK, I'll be around. I'm not planning to go home yet"
He headed to the showers, thinking what he should do. As the water fell on him, many things came in to his mind.
Auntie has stopped calling. She probably realised he is not taking this any further. Regina was not even a casual thing. She was a one night's stand, and they both agreed to that. What about Duchy? Things with Duchy were not serious at all. It was just making out and nothing else. Just like Duchy , was the thing with Clay World. A few kisses and hugs the other night. Nothing more than that.

And now Tangie.. She is definitely too hot to resist. "What do I have to loose?" he thought. And she is asking for it for weeks now. "As long as it stays casual" he says to himself, and puts his clothes back on.
As he walked out of the showers he finds a surprise waiting for him. Tangie had just got out of the womens' shower and was smiling to him.
"Hey , you are still around?"
"I told you I wasn't leaving just yet" her voice was playful and soft at the same time. He knew it was time to grab the chance he was given
"I've been thinking what you said and I think I can help you a bit" He was talking about exercise, but his eyes were bright end exciting, his voice seductive, and his smile irresistible as he cornered her.

"But no commitments,OK?"
"I know" she replied "you're a guy that can't be tamed Eros. That's why I like you so much"
They headed back to the showers, and pretty soon , the sound of lust could be heard through the falling water and the raising steam

And even though they could not be seen, and walked out separately, everyone knew what had just happened between those two.

His afternoon walk in the park, was calm as usual. Until his phone rang.

"Hello?"
"You never called, Eros" Her voice was cold as ice
"Auntie??"
"Yes, it's me. Sorry to bother your "busy" life but I called to tell you something important"
"I never promised anything you know..." but she cut him off  before he could finish his sentence.

"You are WHAT?????"
"I speak Simlish Eros, not Martian. I said I'm pregnant and I'm keeping the baby"
After she hang up on his face, her words still sounded Martian to him.
He could not believe his ears. This couldn't be happening. He was not ready for something like this. He looked around him. Suddenly the whole park was filled with happy families. Or they were there all the time and he never noticed before?
To his right there was Peter Writing, happily "clawing" his older son

To his left the Rossis, with a very expecting Geminia and a Mike drooling all over her and her humongous belly

No, that wasn't something he was planning. All those people looked so happy, but so unfamiliar. He has never been played by his father like the young Writing boy. And he has never seen his father look at his mother the way the Rossis looked at each other. He does not remember his mother anyway. Happy family life is just an illusion, and they will all eventually realise. He knows already. He will never fall in that illusion, ever.

Chapter 2: Auntie, Regina and Duchy

That evening Auntie arrived at his place for their date. She was beaming at him. She was already seduced without him even trying. He smiled at her, and she almost tripped. This was going to be easy... 

He invited her in , offered a few drinks to make her relax and led her by the pool to show her the view. He could have offered to take her upstairs, for a better "view" from the balcony, but she looked kinda smart and there was a chance she would question his intentions.

"You have a hot tub?" she asked. "I've never been in one. It looks relaxing"
"It is" Eros replied. "After a days hard training in Payn, skinny dipping is amazingly relaxing"
"Skinny dipping?" Auntie blushed, but took a step forward. Then she turned around looked in to his eyes and said "you'll be nice, right?"
Eros looked back into her eyes, smiled and softly replied "I will, baby,I promise."
He softly grabbed her hand and led her closer to the hot tub.That was it. All her hesitations had vanished.

He started talking about the stars, as it was something that women always liked. Auntie was literally hanging from his lips. She was leaning forward and he knew it was time to make his move.

She did not resist. On the contrary she fully surrendered to his arms. And the girl knew her stuff.

Three weeks later, he hadn't called Auntie at all. He was "busy". The truth is that he has been pushing himself too hard in work, and he didn't really want to get involved with anything serious right now. Regina Sim has offered to show him around a bit next Saturday, and there was this movie playing in the theater, so he thought it would be a good idea to hang out with Regina and see the movie with her as well, as she had suggested.

The movie turned out to be rather dull however, and they spend most of the time getting to know each other a little"better". At some point things got a bit out of hand, and as Regina had some connections in the theater, they ended up backstage

This was just a nights thing though and they both knew it.
Regina left early, because she had to wake up early in the morning, but Eros wasn't working on weekends, so he decided to stick around.He bumped into Duchy Sim a little later so they hanged out a bit.

One thing led to another, and they found themselves into each other's arms.

Chapter 1: A New Life

As soon as Eros arrived in Longview, he knew he was destined to live there. The scenery was amazing and the view from his new home was so calm , relaxing and welcoming.

First thing in the morning he went and got a Job in the Payn Military base. It was his dream after all. Working in the SASA headquarters has always been his dream. And he finally made it there.

He thought, it would be a good idea to jog back to the main town, to get familiar with the scenery and meet some neighbors on the way.

Once he arrived at the park, he realised how friendly everyone was. Back in his hometown , Twinbrook, everyone was so cold and grumpy. But then again it could have been his father's shadow pushing everyone back. They weren't rumored as the friendlier family after all.
He has always been popular to the ladies though. And here , that, doesn't look like it has changed at all. In fact the rumor that a handsome young bachelor has moved into town, has even reached his own ears, even though he was in Longview for less than a day. It didn't take much long for him to verify that those rumors were indeed about him.
A handful of beautiful seductive women surrounded him in no time trying to chat him up, with the excuse of welcoming him into Town

Duchy Sim was the first to make a move on him and he definitely didn't push her off.

However, he already had managed to set a date with Auntie Lynds for Tuesday afternoon, so he preferred to save offers to "show him around town" for a little later.
He returned home rather early, since he wanted to get ready for his first day at work next morning. And of course he had to dedicate some time to his own personal project, to be the first to discover life on the planet Salina'ar.
He kept researching every night, through books and his telescope. And now, with his new job, he was one step closer.

Tuesday morning, he got up a little earlier to get ready for his first day at work. He wanted to be an astronaut and he had to make sure to impress the general and co-soldiers on day one. He had to show them that he deserved to be called an Amore, as the name was well known here as well due to his uncle's work. He was already given a job in the project solely because of his name and skills, but he had to prove that he was worth it.

And there he was, 7am and already on duty. To his surprise , he was leaded immediately to Hermes Amore 2 shuttle.
He was dazed by it's beauty. So this was it. His uncles project. He couldn't believe in his eyes what work has been done since his uncle died. Of course it's been 22 years, but he never expected for the project to have gone this far. He was informed that the Shuttle was not ready to fly yet. It needed more work. That was his chance then. He would push himself hard to make sure that he will be one of the lucky few to be in Hermes Amore 2 , when it finally left the ground for the first time.
The training was harder than he expected. He struggled through it all day. But seeing Hermes Amore 2 standing majestically next to the training field, he felt powerful and strong enough to overcome everything. His uncle's vision, Eros's own dream was there a few yards away from him. He was strong enough to fight his way in it. And he would.