Not So Maple 🍁

I'm May and this is my not so berry blog for the sims. I'm currently doing Generation one the Mint gen. With my sim Michael Maple.

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Chapter 14: A Tragedy

As it starts to get colder, Robin’s heart is still heavy with the realization of the fact that her mother who she never knew is dead. somewhere deep in her heart she had kind of held onto the possibility of maybe meeting her. She wanted to know her, but now she feels like that chance has been robbed from her forever. 

Thankfully her heart is not completely shattered, her relationship with Adam has become secretly exclusive. She will constantly lie to her family in order to sneak a few moments alone with Adam. 

They go on dates together. 

go on evening walks in the park. 

and stay up late at night talking on the phone. 

Robin feels like she might even be in love and its completely taking her mind off her mother. 

Speaking of mothers, Sarah has become a full house wife, after having the triplets she knew she couldnt keep working at her job. Shes got a family of six to take care of.

Thankfully for a couple hours out of the day she gets a moment to herself and chip is happily by her side helping her relax. also he gets good pets as well.

Its now harvestfest in the maple household and Michael can’t help but smile when he looks at his family all seated at the table. He feels like the wounds of his past have finally healed. 

As harvestfest comes to a close, Michael goes over and gives chip a pet on the head. 

Michael: thanks for always being with me buddy. 

on one cold winter day, Sarah couldn’t find chip and when she went outside she found him laying on the ground. When she called out to him he didn’t move. 

Chip had passed away from old age, everyone was visually upset. expect for Michael who didn’t show any emotion instead he just comforted his kids and let them know that this is what happens in the world. After the kids had gone to bed, Sarah came up into their room where she found Michael crying. She wrapped her arms around him and held him. 

Sarah: its going to be ok. 

Thanks for reading chapter 14. it was a short chapter because chip died and like my heart is broken, ahhhhhh. theres only a few more chapters left of the mint generation. I hope you keep reading. 

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so after taking sometime to consider somethings, I have decided to start a whole new storyline for the notsomaple. I have kind of been tossing this story around in my head ever since I decided on my rose generation sims. I want to follow the rules of the not so berry challenge but I am also really attached to my characters I have created in my story. Though I am excited to play as Ryan and Roy together for the rose generation, I’m conflicted because I feel like I could tell more story with the other siblings. I dont want to move on and just leave Robin and Rogan in the dust. So I have decided to branch the story from the notsoberry challenge and create a separate story or rather a story within the story. This is something I have planned for once I finish the challenge completely and I want the Maples to live on. For right now I might just keep the alternate story in with the regular chapters, but I might remove them into their own story eventually. I am also working on fixing the Maple family tree page into something a little bit better to read (and easier for me to manage) it wont be up for a while because I am having to do some coding and even with a preset code already, I’m still a bit rusty on my coding skills and how to make everything look the way I want it too. I dont have alot of time off this week, so I’m kind of setting it aside until I do have some time off. anyway thats all I got to say, I hope you keep reading the notsomaple chapters.

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Rogan: what do you think Robin and Dad were talking about?

Wendy: ... 

Rogan: right you can’t answer me cause you are a cat

Wendy internally: if I stare at this tiny human enough maybe he will feed me. then I can move forward with my plan for world domination! 

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Chapter 13: Mending a Broken Heart.

Robin has always had an adventurous spirit. With her father slowly becoming the top scientist in his career, she's always been curious about the unknowns of the old. Lately she has take a interest in digging up old things she has found in the world. She even stumbled upon a old forgotten house in the middle of the forest. After taking the time to straighten it out, it has become her and Adam’s hang out place. She can only sneak time with Adam since every-time he comes around the house her father gets into arguments with him. Even though she has explained time and time again that they are just friends. Still the rivalry between their parents is too strong to overlook. Fortunately they are old enough now and don’t need the permission of their parents to wander off to a old deserted house in the middle of the woods to hang out (because thats safe?). 

Micheal honestly is kind of glad that Robin just wanders off from time to time, because he’s spends most of his energy on the troublesome triplets. Mainly Roy and Ryan. Once again he is getting a phone call from the school telling him about something they have done, this time however Roy and Rogan have gotten into a physical fight and the school is demanding that he come right now to discuss the out control behavior of his kids. 

Michael loves his kids, but sometimes he wishes that he didn’t have triplets, but he doesn’t dare say that out loud. one time he came close to saying it and Sarah gave him a death glare. Every-time they discuss Roy and Ryan, it starts an argument. Something needs to be done because these little roses are putting thorns in the sides of the family. 

As Michael is bringing home Rogan and Roy back from school, he’s locking up the car when he hears the two start to get into another fight. 

Quickly he breaks it up grabbing the two by their collars. 

Michael: Roy you are grounded.

Roy: What!? Rogan started it!

Michael: not only are you grounded, but you and Ryan will be joining the scouts starting Monday! 

Roy: what! how is that even fair! the scouts are lame! 

Michael: I dont want to hear it Roy! 

Rogan: ha! thats what you get

Michael: you are grounded too Rogan. 

Rogan shuts his mouth looking down at the ground and Roy looks away from Michael in full on pout. Michael sighs. 

Michael: Listen you two are brothers like it or not. You might be different and not get along, but you two will always be brothers and brothers look out for each other. Don’t let a fight ruin your relationship because you can never know what will happen tomorrow. 

the boys didn’t say anything just pushed past their dad going into the house. Michael lets out another sigh, running his hand through his mint green hair. He didn’t want his kids making the same mistakes he did with his own brother, but deep down he knew that Roy and Rogan were not the same as Mark and him.

Meanwhile the other troublemaker was mixing up trouble in the kitchen.  

Ryan: hey Robin, do you ever wonder what happened to your mom

Robin: what do you mean? 

Ryan: well if dad won’t tell you maybe something bad really happened that he is keeping a secret from you. what if you are secretly an alien? 

Robin: of course not, I’m a human. 

Robin felt slightly nervous, though she was sure she wasn’t an alien. She still felt that Ryan words made a little sense. Why won’t her dad tell her about her mom? shes been asking that question all her life. 

Maybe it was time to find out, Robin went into the living room where everyone was at. 

Robin: Dad I need to talk to you

Michael: sure Robin what is it?

Robin: I need to talk to you alone. 

Rogan caught the look of surprise on Michael face and the slight sign of nervousness. He looked at Robin a little worried about what they could be talking about. 

Sarah gave Michael’s shoulder a small squeeze before she took the boys out of the room. Robin came over and sat next to Michael. 

Robin: dad I think I’m old enough now to know the truth about my mom. 

Michael: Robin, I don’t think this is the time for that talk. 

Robin: then when will it be the time dad? I’m seventeen! 

Michael’s thoughts raced in his head, he didn’t want her to know the truth. What if she went out looking for Ashley? he hadn’t spoken to her since the day Robin was born. He knew he couldn’t run from it anymore, he had to tell her something and in that moment he lied. 

Michael: what I’m about to tell you is going to be hard to hear. 

Michael: your mother, she died giving birth to you. 

once the words left Michael mouth he instantly regretted it, the look of pain in Robin’s eyes nearly broke his heart. 

Robin: why didn’t you tell me sooner.

Michael: I didn’t know how to Robin. 

Michael reached out to hold her and she moved away from him. 

Michael: Robin..

Robin: I just need sometime.

Michael: ok. I’ll give you space. 

Once Michael left, Robin took out her phone and texted the only person she wanted to see in that moment. 

Robin went to the nearby park and waited, once he got there she wasted no time running straight into his arms. 

Adam: Robin what’s the matter? 

Robin slowly explained everything, keeping a tight hold on Adam. He returned the embrace not letting her go as she talked. 

after she was finished she looked up at him. 

Robin: you are the only person I want to be with right now. 

Adam looked at her and rubbed his finger across her face to dry it. 

she rested her hand over his and the two leaned in closer. 

Maybe they weren’t just friends after all. 

Hey thanks for reading chapter 13 of not so maple mint generation! The older Robin gets the more beautiful she is, she for sure looks just like Ashley. I am nearing the end of this series, Michael is almost top in his career and he completed his aspiration and skills sometime ago.  It’s bitter sweet I love this minty family, but I’m also ready to move on haha. 

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Chapter 12: A Daisy Among Roses with Thorns.

The Maples have decided to have a family BBQ to celebrate the last days of summer, before Robin has to go back to school. Sarah is getting rather large and it has become really difficult for her to move her pregnant self around. She is just as stunning as ever and she even has that pregnancy glow (it’s not sweat from the heat I swear.. ok its probably sweat from the heat.) 

It’s all about summer fun in this household 

though since the sims of this generation have only really experienced a enteral summer you think they be over it by now, but nope. its all about BBQ! vegetarian safe BBQ of course. 

Playing in the water. 

and just much needed relaxing. 

Until someone decides to throw a water balloon and the war is on!

and in this corner we have little birdy and chocolate chip against the wacky scientist known as Dad. 

Oh! it looks like mama bear has entered the the battle.

Things are getting real and did you honestly think that Michael would go easy against his pregnant wife?

Of course not, but don’t worry she's out for revenge.

Oh! Right to the face. 

everything is all fun and games until its not. All the excitement has got Sarah feeling a bit strange. 

and then something breaks that is not a water balloon. 

Sarah has gone into Labor! 

Michael practically is tripping over himself to get things in the car and to get everyone ready. He almost drives off without Robin, but they circled back! 

Once at the hospital Sarah gets taken in right away and the Doctor informs them that she will have to have a Emergency C-Section! 

Michael can only sit in the waiting room a bundle of nerves as he waits for news on his wife. He makes a small plea to his brother to let them get through this. 

Meanwhile Sarah is no less nervous. 

its hard to not only be in labor, but to have an emergency birth? 

The Maples can only hope. 

Thankfully a few hours later they have one healthy screaming boy. Named Roy Maple.

and a girl named Ryan Maple. 

Also oh yeah one more boy named Rogan Maple. 

Thats right! three healthy babies. The Maple Triplets. 

Thanks for reading chapter 12, but wait this chapter is not over. So I did not spend alot of time with the triplets as toddlers since I didn’t really have any story to tell with them all that much and I really don’t have enough material to make a whole chapter, soI wanted to kind of do a mini chapter and to make up for the fact that I didn’t spend alot of time with them as toddlers. I will also be announcing the Rose generation sim!!!! take your guess now. will it be Robin the oldest? or one of the triplets? or will I throw in a twist! keep reading!!!

Chapter 12.5 introduction to the triplets

I want to start off by saying that everything that has to do with the triplets was not planned at all. the way they look and the way they act was completely different from what I had planned, it was all fated by the game itself which in the time I have played the sims, I have never had sims like these triplets act with so much individual personality. 

From the beginning I had always envisioned Michael having four kids. Robin who he raised as a single parent for a good portion of her life, a set of twins and another child. as the story progressed I decided to make the twins triplets because I had a good storyline for them. Of course that all went out the window when the triplets were actually born and aged up.

Rogan Maple

 First of all Rogan was completely individual in the way he looks and he doesn’t favor the other two at all. In fact sometimes I forget they are triplets because Rogan just doesn’t look like Roy and Ryan. 

He favors his dad with his blonde hair and he has a really sweet personality. He does not get along with Roy or Ryan. they pretty much bully him all the time. (again I did not control this) Roy even bit Rogan. 

and of course he cried. he is such a sweet boy. and honestly I feel like he might have a good bound with the sim of the yellow generation (of course once Michael passes away and my heart breaks cause I don’t want to lose my mint boy, but its the way of the world.) so that means Rogan will not be our rose sim. This boy is far too sweet to have the traits of a rose sim. 

Roy Maple

Right away this boy has always been a hot head to go with his natural dark red hair. (I set his toddler trait to wild not fussy.) 

He bullies Rogan all the time, and is honestly just a little mean to everyone. refusing to listen to anything his parents say, throwing temper tantrums when he doesn’t get his way and always causing trouble. 

and his powers only increase when he is with his sister Ryan!

Ryan Maple

Ryan is like the mastermind of them all, she also aged up with natural dark red hair.

she loves creating plans and letting her brothers take the fall. (her trait is also wild). I mean look at that smug face. I mean chip can’t even handle it. poor Rogan looks so scared right now haha. like help me from these little red devils please!

if Roy is a storm than Ryan makes him a freakin hurricane! Because these two cause trouble all the time. 

Well you have been introduced to the triplets have any guesses yet who is the next generation sim? You might be thinking its Robin shes got a whole story with the fact that she never knew her mom and honestly you would have been right, but I have always felt that Robin was never any of the traits of the rose sim and even tho I had planned for her to be it, I was never happy over it. Her story is far from over, but she will not be the Rose sim

so that only leaves Roy and Ryan right? so lets just look over the rules of the rose generation. 

Traits: Hot Headed, Snob, Romantic

Aspiration: Serial Romantic

Career: Politician

Rules:

Have only one child

Master the politician career and complete Serial Romantic aspiration

Master charisma skill

Leave someone at the alter (an interaction available during a wedding)

Get married for the first time as an elder

After looking over these rules. there is no rule stating that I can’t have two sims be the rose generation! thats right! Roy and Ryan will be my rose sims. and the maple series will be called Not So Maple: Roses With Thorns. 

Did you really think there wasn’t going to be a twist? hehe

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Chapter 11: A Unexpected Neighbor

It’s been a few months and now early spring has turned into late summer and theres a slight chill in the air as fall is approaching. The maples are finishing packing the last of their boxes into the moving truck.  Making their rounds around the neighborhood to say their goodbyes. Robin can’t help, but get teary as she hugs her best friend since they were toddlers goodbye. 

Michael sat down the box of kitchen plates on the counter in their new kitchen. He looked out the window and sighed seeing Robin outside alone sitting on the the newly built swing set. 

Sarah came up behind him and rubbed his shoulder. 

Sarah: she will be ok, just give her time to adjust. 

Michael: I know, I just hope she can make a friend soon. 

The next day a moving truck pulled up in front of the house across the street and Robin went outside to check it out. When she stepped out onto the street she felt something ram right into her knocking her to the ground

Young boy: watch it!

Robin got up brushing herself off.

Robin: you ran into me!

Woman’s voice: Adam? where did you go?

Robin heard the voice come from across the street and she saw a pretty lady with long brown curly hair. The boy looked back and forth than grabbed Robin’s hand. 

Boy: follow me! 

Robin: wait what?!

The boy lead her to a nearby park. 

Robin: let go of me!

she forced him to release his grip on her. the boy looked at her and smiled awkwardly 

Boy: sorry. I’m just having a hard time, I just moved here today because my mom got relocated for work. I had to leave all my friends behind and I’m just so mad. I don’t want to be around her right now.

Robin sighed: I know the feeling I just moved here yesterday, my dad got relocated too. My step mom is also going to have a baby soon and I don’t know how to feel about it. 

The boy looked at her and then smiled outstretching his hand. 

Boy: I’m Adam. Whats your name? 

Robin: it’s Robin. 

Adam: How about we hang out here and play for a bit? 

Robin: Ok! 

As Robin got to know Adam a little bit better, she began to think that maybe moving wasn’t so bad after all. 

Robin: is he home yet?

she asked Sarah for the thousand time that hour. She was so excited to tell her dad about the boy across the street. 

Sarah: not yet, he’ll be here soon. 

Robin sighed going up the stairs. A few minutes later Michael came home from work. He gave Sarah a kiss on the cheek 

Sarah: how was work? 

Michael: it was alright. its mainly people I already know, but there are some new faces. 

Michael kneeled down and rested his hands on Sarah’s stomach 

Michael: and how is this one doing.

Sarah: restless as always. I feel like I have a million tiny fists punching me all the time. 

Michael: that just means they are healthy. How’s Robin?

Sarah: shes fine, met a boy who lives across the street and thats all she can talk about. Apparently the boy’s mom works at the same place you do, she came over and asked if you would like to come over with Robin to discuss research. 

Robin: can we! can we dad!?

Michael: woe where did you come from? 

Robin: doesn’t matter. so can we go pleeasseee?

Michael: alright alright, let me get changed. 

Robin: yay!

Michael and Robin headed across the street to the small house on the corner. 

He knocked on the door. a few short moments later Adam let them in.

Adam: my mom is just finishing up some stuff, but she said you can wait in the living room. 

Adam grabbed Robin hand 

Adam: come on my mom brought home this cool crystal and I want to show you.

Robin: ok! 

Michael felt slightly nervous seeing Robin getting so comfortable with a boy, he could only hope that she only saw him as a friend and nothing more. He was so not ready for her to even think about dating. 

Michael waited about ten minutes before he heard the footsteps coming into the living room

Woman: sorry about the wait I just had things to finish up.

Michael looked up and his face paled

Michael: no way. no. no no no no. 

the woman looked at him and smirked. 

Zoe: well hello Michael. 

oh snap! Zoe Patel is his neighbor! I see some drama starting in the future. This was suppose to be one big long chapter, but I decided to cut it a tad short. Don’t worry I have enough material for the next chapter which (hopefully) will be the final chapter of the summer season! Thanks as always for reading.

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Chapter 10: A Storm is coming.

Storms have been raging all summer in Willow Creek and the storm within the Maple family is about to spin right into a hurricane. 

It all started when Michael and Sarah got back from their honeymoon. Anita, Michael boss and ex girlfriend called him into her  office with some offsetting news. 

Anita: I know you just got back today, but somethings within the company are changing. I’m afraid that we are being relocated to Newcrest. 

Michael: What?! what do you mean relocated?!

Anita: it wont be so bad, the town is under development and we will be able to do a-lot of good research.

Michael: you want me to move my whole family to a town in development! 

Anita: Michael we don’t have a choice! it’s either relocate or lose your job! I’ll give you a week to decide.

Michael went home feeling rather conflicted, he could probably find another job here in Willow Creek. they would still probably have to move into a smaller house. 

Sarah: Michael?

At least Robin could still stay in the same school and keep her friends. 

Sarah: Micheal??

Sarah could keep her job. 

Sarah: Michael!!!

Michael: What?! 

Sarah: I have something important to tell you. 

Sarah: I’m pregnant. 

Michael sat there in shock.

Sarah: Micheal? 

all the things he had been struggling with finally made sense, and he knew what he had to do. He got up peppering Sarah’s face in kisses. 

Sarah: I take it you’re happy?

Michael: of course I’m happy, but now I have something important to tell you. 

After discussing things over with Sarah, they decided that the best course of option was to sell the house and relocate to Newcrest. With a new baby on the way, Michael wanted to make sure that his family was supported. There was just one more problem, telling Robin. 

Sarah: Robin we have something we need to tell you. 

Sarah: I’m pregnant, you’re going to be a big sister. 

Michael: also we are moving. 

Sarah: Michael!

Robing: What!? we are moving!? 

Michael: we have to move because of my job, I’m being relocated. 

Robin: you could find another job!

Michael: I thought about it Robin, but this new job will be able to support us and we need the money with a new baby on the way.

Robin: so its the baby’s fault!

Michael: it’s nobody’s fault!

Robin: I hate this! I don’t want a new sibling and I don’t want to move!

Robin grabbed her jacket running outside. 

Michael: Robin! 

Micheal quickly grabbed his jacket going outside after her, the only problem was once he got outside the storm that had been raging all day had gotten stronger since the sun went down. It made it almost impossible to see anything. 

Michael: Robin!!

he shouted out to her raising his voice over the thunder. 

after searching for 30 minutes he finally found her hiding in the playground pirate ship at the park. When Robin saw him, relief rushed over her and she quickly ran towards him. However she stopped short when she saw the furious look on Michael’s face. 

Robin: Dad..I’m sorry. 

Michael kneeled down and pulled her into his arms. she started crying burying her face in her dad’s shoulder. 

Michael: don’t scare me like that ever again.

After getting home and drying off, Michael sat on the couch with Robin. 

Michael: I know you’re upset and things have changed a lot lately, but I promise you that everything will work out.

Robin: how? I’m losing my friends and I’m losing you. 

Michael: why do you think you are losing me? 

Robin: because I won’t be your only kid anymore. 

Michael: you aren’t losing me. yes there will be a new baby, but you will always be my first baby.

Robin: I’m not a baby!

Michael: you will always be my baby. 

Thanks for reading chapter 10! Remember when I said that they weren’t going to move? haha I lied. Due to certain things happening in the neighborhood like the fact that Michael might have been taken by aliens one to many times, I decided to like move them into a house that honestly I like alot better than the other one. It’s not that I hated their other house its just i never really fully liked it and even tho I spent time on trying to make it where I liked it I never fully did. The new house I have designed really nicely and I really love it. It’s not finished yet, but I like it so much I might actually take room for room screenshots to show cause I don’t think they will be moving again. I can’t take sceenshots now cause it will give some stuff away, my gameplay is like at least 3 chapters ahead of the story. I work pretty much full time so when I get time to play I have to play for a long time and just capture moments and sometimes I even have to go back fake it a bit to fill in spots for the story. so I don’t get to like stop and write the next chapter before moving on. which is probably why some chapters feel rushed or like missing things cause I have to just work with what I got and sometimes I can’t rebuild a environment like I would have liked the wedding to have been longer, but I can’t go back when Sarah is pregnant and redo some wedding pictures xD anyway I love this family and I’m so excited for the rose generation! I’m going to do something completely different that I hope no one else has done before in the not so berry challenge. so I hope you stick around for that cause if you thought this generation was a bit wild just wait tell the roses start to bloom! 

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Chapter 9: Summer Wedding

Michael has been working hard on some body changes, he feels like lately he has gained some weight and while Sarah might not be stressing over not fitting in her wedding dress, Michael is for sure stressing out about fitting in his suit. He has never been in the best of shape, but he tries to keep some muscle. Also speaking of body changes he also said goodbye to his curly hair and cut it. Yes he cut it, hearts around the world (mainly mine) are crying over the loss of those curly locks. ah! He still looks as fresh as mint tea lets be real.

In the blink of a eye its the wedding, and all of their friends have come to celebrate. 

The Autumns, oh those girls are already scheming about tasting that wedding cake. 

The goths, isn’t mister goth looking fresh? 

And of course Michael’s best friend Jace. 

Mrs. Bella Goth caught this cute exchange on camera. Who says bros cant be happy for bros. (god damn walls.)

And here we have Future Mrs.Maple getting ready for her wedding. 

She’s so pretty (I know I already showed this image, but shes pretty D:<) 

and as the wedding starts and she walks down that isle. Everyone can see the look of pure love in her eyes as she looks at Michael and he looks at her. 

And with a kiss these two are now officially married! (no one is happier than me I swear, I love these two together.) 

It’s time to cut the cake, Michael promised that he would not smush cake in Sarah face even tho the temptation is was real. 

That didn’t stop her from doing it to him though. She made no promises.

Yep they are meant to be. 

Thanks for coming to our wedding - Signed Mr.&Mrs.Maple 

Thanks for reading chapter 9, I’m so emotional my mint boy is all grown up and married. Ah! my heart can’t take it. Sadly we are nearing the end of this generation, I’m thinking about maybe 5 to 7 more chapters left before we move onto the rose generation. Also I realized something while playing recently that some how or another all my sims 4 graphics were lowered. I for the longest time couldn’t understand why things seemed pixelated. Till I went into my settings today and saw that my graphics were like set on low! like what? so now they are turned up again and hopefully that will produce better images! 

also if anyone can send me a link to a mod that takes away those stupid lightbulb skill effects I would be grateful. 

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When your cat comes back after being gone for a few days you just have to hug them. 

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Can we just talk about how beautiful, future Mrs. Maple is right now as she gets ready for her wedding. 

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Chapter 8: Rain and Rainbows.

It’s been a couple of years now and there have been many changes in the Maple Home. For one thing little Robin isn’t so little anymore she is now going to Elementary school. Michael can’t believe how much she looks like her mother and is slightly worried about the looming questions that Robin will have about her. Thankfully he’s been able to dodge them for this long, but the guilt is really getting to him. More than anything he just wants Robin to be happy and he’s glad that now that Sarah has moved in she's become more of a mother figure. 

Michael didn’t realize how much his home life would change for the better when Sarah moved in. She cooks for them.

gets along really well with Robin.

and when Michael got sick with a cold

She baked his favorite apple pie

which was just the medicine he needed. 

Michael is starting to wonder if he can even live without Sarah in his life. 

So he has come up with a plan for love day.

The plan was in motion but he had one more person he needed to contact. 

The weekend finally arrived, Michael and Sarah couldn’t be more excited for their get away. Even when just waiting to get checked into their room these two couldn’t keep their eyes off each other. 

They enjoyed their time walking around, doing shopping and talking to locals. Nothing could ruin this perfect love day. The weather was bright and sunny, not a cloud in the sky. Until there was one cloud, then two and then many clouds. All of a sudden the skies opened up and rain poured down on them. 

Michael: I can’t believe this, why does it have to rain. Today of all days everything is ruined

Sarah: Michael calm down, its just rain. I’m sure there are plenty of other things we can do. 

Michael: you don’t understand I had something special planned and now its ruined. 

Sarah: why don’t we do it anyway?

Michael: but its raining and I wanted us to be dressed up. We will get wet and our clothes will get ruined. 

Sarah: so what? if we get wet we get wet. I don’t care. I can always get a new dress. 

Michael could only smile at her response, this made his decision even clearer than before. 

Michael: get dressed up and met me at the beach in a hour. 

Sarah: so we are here and its still raining what is the big surprise?

Michael: ok first stand here and second let me just tell you that you look beautiful

Sarah: even tho my hair is wet and sticking to my face

Michael: I’m trying to compliment you ok? just take it

Sarah: hehe sorry. 

Michael: Sarah, we have been dating for a few years now and I couldn’t be happier. You complete my life and you complete Robin’s life. I have raised Robin on my own since she was born and it hasn’t been easy, with you around it has taken alot of my shoulders. I couldn’t picture life without you in it. So I have a important question to ask you. 

Sarah: Michael what are you doing?

Michael: will you marry me Sarah? 

Sarah: yes Michael, yes of course I will. 

With rain brings rainbows. 

WOWWWWW I’m so happy to release this chapter, I have loved Michael and Sarahs relationship so much. I hope this chapter makes up for the lack of the new years chapter again sorry about that, but look how lovely this chapter is. I also added in text chat which I thought might add a little more story. Don’t know if I’ll always use a video format or if I just might do screenshots. let me know what you guys think. The next chapter will be the summer one and a wedding is on the horizon. 

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It’s the new year! I wanted to make this its own chapter, but then I realized that I didn’t have many pictures of the new year celebration oops. I thought I had more or I just forgot all that went down (thats what work and stress does to yah) anyway I still wanted to share the new years pictures. cause they are adorable, I just love Michael and Sarah together they make my heart happy. My mint boy all grown up and finding love. 

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payback for sarah throwing a snowball right in michael face. haha I didn’t get a picture of that sadly. 

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These two thought it was a good idea to have a winter BBQ because the Autumns had been having Summer in December. It turned out to be a very bad idea. 

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simflix and chill? Odder things have happened. (see what I did there? I’m so funny.) 

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Chapter 7: Winter Love

It is now the season of winter, and everything is cheery and snowy. Oh so cold, building snowmen are fun though and Michael is enjoying the quality time he gets with Robin while he’s on his winter holiday away from work. 

Yes its all about decorating and Michael is the decorating king! wasting no time decorating the tree. 

Just as he’s putting the finishing touches he gets a call from Sarah and shes asking him out on a date! 

these two have been on several dates since the leaves fell of the tree and the snow began to fall. They have gone iceskating

But Sarah is a-lot better then Michael is. 

and they have gone on many dinner dates.

Yes the snowflakes might as well be heart shaped because it’s not even spring, but love is in the chilly air. They have been taking their time, but now that its been a few months Michael wants to make it official. So he invites Sarah to spend winterfest with him and Robin. 

Michael: I’m so glad you’re here. 

Sarah: I’m happy you invited me, I would have spent it alone. 

While the adults were distracted chatting it up in the other room, little miss Robin decided to sneak a peek at a gift. She was really happy about what she saw inside. 

After sitting down for a nice vegetarian safe meal (cause Michael is a vegetarian.) 

Michael informed Sarah there was one last gift to open. 

Sarah: Micheal you didn’t have to. 

Michael: I had to, this gift is really special 

When Sarah opened the gift there was a little piece of mistletoe and a tag that said “will you be my girl?” of course Sarah said yes. So there was only one thing to do kiss! 

on the cheek of course. 

Michael learned his lesson from his last relationship, its time to take it slow. Besides he really likes Sarah, like really really likes her. Maybe he loves her? 

Again while the adults are smooching it up, Robin is having fun in the living room playing with her new stack blocks. 

When suddenly theres a big flash of smoke and a strange man comes out of the chimney.

It was father winter, and as a small toddler who really doesn’t understand the concept of winterfest, she cried. Father winter felt distressed and pulled out a present out of his bag showing it to her and she got over it. This stranger brought toys so she was cool with it (it looks like Michael needs to teach her proper stranger danger.) 

Michael walked over to them telling Robin that she too had one more gift and Father winter was here to deliver it. 

Robin got super excited asking a million questions. 

Robin: “is it a new doll! or a teddy bear!”

Father winter went outside and brought in a box with holes in it. when Robin opened the gift a little kitty popped out of the box. Robin was over joyed hugging the kitty tightly. Chip on the other hand didn’t seem to like the idea of a new animal in the house stealing all of Robins affection. 

As winterfest came to a close, The maples went to bed with happy thoughts of the new things that came this holiday. except for Chip, no dog treats in the world could make him happy about the little kitten named Wendy. 

Thanks for reading chapter 7 of not so maple. So I said last chapter that I wanted to do chapters per-season, but with two big holidays there was just too much that happened in winter. This chapter would be super long if I had included everything, so I decided to split it into two. The next chapter will be the new year chapter. 

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Chapter 6 A Spooky Party

Its been a few years since Michael moved to Willow creek, having gotten several promotions and more income meant he could afford a bigger place, which he’s going to need with Robin now a wild 3 year old. The Maples are about to experience their first autumn in their new neighborhood. 

The Maples were able to move into their own the start of the season and with the majority of their stuff unpacked its starting to feel like home. Michael even turned the whole garage into a Lab which he’s pretty proud about, but has made sure Robin can never go in. Toddlers and toxic chemicals? probably not a good mix. 

Spooky day is coming up and Michael is excited to decorate the house in all things orange and black. 

He’s got a plan, he wants to throw a spooky party to get to know his neighbors a little better. He already knows the Goths, he’s good friends with Bella and she was the one that recommended the house to him. From what he’s heard his cross the street neighbors the Autumns are a bit odd, but have a daughter the same age as Robin. He’s already met his other neighbor Sarah Carly when Michael was carrying boxes out of the moving van she offered to help. Michael was a little flustered over how pretty she was, he remembers the little touch of dirt that was on her face and how she must have been in the middle of gardening, but stopped to help him. He would like to get to know her better, but is a little cautious since he has to consider how it will affect Robin. 

It’s been a couple weeks now, and unfortunately Michael’s newly hired maid accidentally set fire in the house. Luckily Michael was able to use his freeze ray to put out the fire, However the stress of it all seemed to be too much for Michael’s old pet rat cookie who died of a tiny heart attack. (RIP) Robin was takening it really hard, being only 3 she couldnt understand why Cookie was gone. Thankfully hugs are a good medicine for feeling sad. 

Michael gently explained to her that sometimes when animals get old they die, and that its no ones fault. Cookie was up in the great beyond somewhere making all sorts of tiny experiments. 

Finally it was Spooky day! The whole neighborhood was at Michael’s spooky party and well lets just say that the autumns made a entrance. Guess they lived up to their odd reputation because they hardly spoke two words to Michael before they were over in the dining room making out. 

While The Goths seemed to be enjoying pumpkin carving in the backyard. How very Goth. 

Robin for some reason didn’t want Michael to put her down, but he felt ok with it since he got all the cute monster cuddles he could get, still he couldn’t help but feel something was wrong. 

Michael decided that it was a good idea to let Addison the Autumns daughter who is the same age as Robin to play with her. so he set robin down in the kitchen with some toys to play. Robin didn’t like this idea, even though Addison seemed like she really wanted to play with her, Robin just felt very uncomfortable without Michael around. 

Michael meanwhile was chatting up with Sarah while they ate some cheese eye balls (how romantic.) 

Things were going well tell Michael heard Chip barking like crazy and decided to go check. Thats when he found a terrified Robin huddled in the corner crying. The party seemed to be too much for her.

Seeing his daughter in so much distress he decided it was best to end the party early, his guests didn’t seem so pleased and he knew he would have to do some relationship mending to make it up to them. Fitting in was looking to be tough. 

A few days later Michael took Robin to the park to play. He was sitting on the bench watching her when he felt a small tap on his shoulder and he turned around to see Sarah who came over and sat next to him.

Michael: “I’m sorry for the other night, I just didn’t feel right making Robin suffer. I never knew she was so scared of strangers.” 

Sarah: “its ok really, I actually admire the fact that you put your daughter first. you’re a good father.” 

Michael and Sarah spent the next few minutes chatting about a bunch of different things, until it got just too cold for them to stay out any longer. As Michael and Robin headed home he waved back at Sarah who smiled at him returning the wave. He might be on the fence with the rest of his neighbors but at least he had one that seemed to like him. 

Thanks for reading chapter 6 of not so maple. Yay seasons is finally out! and i’m enjoying it so much. I will be releasing chapter per season. this makes them a bit longer and just make a little more sense. Stay tuned for the winter chapter coming next.