household; Angela (Pleasant) Pheonex = adult

Jimmy Pheonex = adult

 Dianna Pheonex= teen

Jaymie Pheonex = Child/teen

It’s not that Angela didn’t like her sisters, she just didn’t approve of how they lived their lives.  Lillith had her oldest child long before she got married to the father.  Brian Broke was much younger then Lillith and the son of Dustin Broke.  Despite all the flaws Angela saw in Lillith’s life, it was Megan that upset her the most.

Megan just seemed to impulsively act on every want to pop in her head.  She stole Dirk from Lilith, had put the moves on Angela’s husband, Jimmy before the wedding and now there were rumors of another scandal.  It was because of Megan that Angela ended up moving in with her Grandmother, Coral Oldie.  Coral and Herb had moved to back to Pleasantview incase Mary-sue was to die before Megan went to college.  After Herb passed away, Coral left her cozy apartment and bought a big house for Megan to move to after college.  Only Megan decided she no longer wanted the house, moving with Dirk in with his stepmom.  Angela and Jimmy moved in with Coral who had found herself with more house then she needed.

It had worked out for Angela though.  Coral had been a big help with their older daughter Dianna.  Coral had hoped to live long enough to see Angela’s second child born but she had died just before Jaymie was born.

Jimmy took everything in stride.  He hadn’t been attached to the little house he’d bought out of college.  He did miss the dinner parties that he and his wife use to have.  He often laughed when he tried to imagine Beau Broke’s reaction to all the pink walls and floors when he moved into that house.  Angela liked pink.  Every where she lived she redecorated in shades of pink, but she had toned it down some in their current home.  He liked see her happy.  What would make her happy now was getting the yard cleaned up before Jaymie’s birthday. 

They normally left the yard work for the gardner but Angela thought there was too much to do to leave for the gardener.  She didn’t want anyone seeing her house like that on a special occasion.  She couldn’t prevent how they saw the house when Dianna had paries while they were at work.

Dianna and Jaymie gave some help to their parents with the yard work but they had what they felt was more important things to do.   Messing around on the computers,  calling their friends, and watching TV  instead of focusing on their homework.  Jaymie would usely manage to get all hers done before bed, but Dianna was constantly trying to get hers finished before the school bus arrived. 

Now that her parents had Monday, Tuesday and Wenseday off, Dianna spent more time on her homework.  She had to bring her grades up if she was going to be able to go to college and she was running out of time. 

Jaymie’s Birthday party was a hugh success and she grew up well into a teenager with knowledge asperations.  She didn’t get a chance to talk with all the party guest.  She made sure she talked with her Uncle Dan.  She gossiped a little with her Aunt Megan.  She spent a good part of the party play chess with her Aunt Lillith.  After the party she finished her homework, worked a little on Dianna’s, took a shower and went to bed.

Dianna had gone to bed before the party had ended.  When she woke in the morning she dreaded her homework.  she was surpised to discover Jaymie had gotten a good bit done and she was able to get it finished before the school bus came.  Angela and Jimmy had the day off.  They slept in and spent the day working on their skills.  They were both chefs and very close to reaching the top of the profession.  When the girls got home they were set to work on their homework. 

By Thrusday  Dianna had brought her grades up to an A minus. 

“let’s celebrate”  she told her sister as they put their homework on their desks in the downstairs playroom. 

Jaymie got started on her homework while her sister called some friends.  The house party was in full swing when Jaymie finally finished.  She got a plate of the burnt food her sister had made and joined the conversation at the table.  She’d never bothered talking with her sister’s friends before.  They turned out to be a lot of fun.  Even their cousins Kitten Lames and Kendra Pleasant had come.   A guy named Sam Fancey kept trying to clean up the ever growing number of chip bags.  Another guy named Dean Calentia was flirting with all the girls.  Bobbie Happiness and Brandon Roseland where watching TV.

Just as the party was winding down, Angela and Jimmy arrived home from work.  Jimmy went right to bed and Angela started cleaning up. 

After their parents went to bed, Dianna found her sister studying cooking in the den.  She put music videos on and talked to her sister for a bit. 

“I’m gonna move to college tonight,” Dianna said, “try to have some fun while your young, ok. There is more to life then books.”

Jaymie laughed, “there’s more to life then being popular.”

“Like what?”  Dianna said pretending to be shocked.

“Well, books of course” Jaymie teased.

The two girls laughed.  They shared a quick hug.  Jaymie went back to reading as her sister called a cab.  They’d never been very close but Jaymie thought about what her sister said.  She reasoned that her sister had a point.  There where many things she could learn that wasn’t in a book.  She turned the page as the front door clicked closed behind her sister.  With a deep sigh, Jaymie closed her book and headed upstairs to bed.  She took her usual short cut through her sister’s now empty room.  She realized she was going to miss her sister more then she had though.