Quinn Cooke is celebrating her brother Quinten's birthday. She invites her sister Quarina and friend Marisa. Quinn tells Marisa about her misunderstanding with the matchmaker Caryl earlier. Marisa suggests Caryl may have been referring to the person in front of Quinn now - Marisa herself. The summary focuses on the key details and events while being concise at 3 sentences.

1. The Cooke Legacy:
Chapter 41 -
Roses are Red
Written by: ilovereecee

2. Hello and thanks for coming to read The Cooke Legacy: Chapter
41 – Roses are Red! This is Katie/ilovereecee, I'm super excited to
have the family back and to bring you the latest update.
In the last chapter Haleigh had the family and Paxton and his wife
Allison Cooke finished raising their six gorgeous children: Quarina,
Quinn, Quinten, Quintessa, Quanehsa and Quincey.
An heir poll was taken at SiMania,
www.z12.invisionfree.com/sim_mania and the winner will be
declared....... NOW!

3. Hello! Let me introduce myself, I'm Quinn Cooke! I am the heiress
for the Q generation of my family's legacy. I beat out my five
brothers and sisters for the top spot with three votes. My
aspirations are family/fortune and more than anything in the world,
I'd like to raise 20 puppies or kittens.

4. My older, twin sister Quarina (we all call her Rina for short) didn't
get any votes, but plans on living a fun life anyway. She wants to
be a professional party guest.

5. My younger brother Quinten got one vote. He is still in school, but
would like to earn $100,000 in his lifetime. He's very ambitious, but
we come from an insanely wealthy family, so I think he can do it!

6. My little sister Quintessa (or Tessa for short) didn't get any votes. If
you're wondering why she looks a little different from the rest of my
siblings, it's because she is the result of an alien encounter my dad
had when he was star gazing one night. Tessa fits right in with the
rest of us though!

7. Last, but not least, my baby brother and sister! They're twins like
me and Rina! Quanesha is the oldest and she got one vote in the
heir poll. Quincey is the youngest and he didn't get any votes.

8. These are two of the family pets, Tux and Fluffy. They have a fully
grown cat child together named Chance. Since I want to raise 20
kittens, I got them started right away. Tux isn't getting any younger!
Fluffy got pregnant on the first try.

9. “You can't keep up with me, little sis!” Quarina gloated while
beating me in a race on our video game.
“You might wanna keep your eyes on the game, Rina!” I said back,
“Cause I just took the lead! You know, it's a good thing you're going
to be a pro party guest, cause you're getting worse and worse at
these games!”

10. “So what are you looking for in a mate, dearie?”
“Not mate,” Quarina corrected, “just a date. I just want someone to
have fun with.”
The matchmaker accepted the five thousand, “Well! Let me see
what I can do for you.”

11. My big sis was set up with a guy named Stuart. I wouldn't say he
was worth five thousand, but he wasn't too bad either. He and Rina
seemed to have a good time anyway. They shared a salad dinner
together, then went back upstairs to me and Rina's bedroom for
some alone time.

12. “Well, Stuart, I've had a nice time with you tonight.” Quarina
complimented.
“Me too. We'll definitely have to go out of your parents house next
time though. I think we can have more fun away from you family.”
Stuart hinted before pulling my sister in for her first kiss.

13. The morning after Stuart and Quarina shared their first kiss, my
family sadly had to say goodbye to our dear pet Tux. He's been in
my family as long as I can remember, and I was there when he
passed. It sure is depressing to have a pet die.

14. We're all coping with Tux's death. Most of us are leaning on each
other as a family for support. Rina, however, is turning to her date
Stuart. She's dealing with her feelings a tad different than the rest
of us. She and Stuart ended up making out (and I suspect more!)
on Tessa's bed while she was at school. Poor Tessa, I don't even
think she knows. I guess it's better that way.

15. “Honey you mean the world to me, and I'd do anything for you. I just want you to
know, that I'm here for you if you need someone to talk to about Tux dying. I don't
think it's healthy that you keep all your feelings bottled inside.”
“Thanks Daddy.” Rina replied. “But Stu's been helping me deal with it. I think I'll
be alright.”
“Oh what a nice guy! So you guys talked about it?”
“.... Uh, yeah. We talked Daddy.” Rina lied.

16. I think my sister may have gotten a little more than she bargained
for when she decided to mess around with Stuart. Quincey told me
he was trying to take a shower one evening, and Rina busted down
the door to get to the toilet in time to hurl.

17. “Mom, I've got something to tell you, and I don't want you to freak
out okay! It's not so bad, really.” Quarina said nervously as she
was about to break the news of her pregnancy. “Remember that
guy Stuart I went on a date with? Well... we um, had some alone
time together... and now I'm pregnant.”

18. “You're pregnant!?” Mom said, shocked. “Honey, congratulations!!”
“What!?” Quarina questioned, “You're not mad?”
“Mad? Oh Rina, no! How could I be mad? You're giving me my first
grandbaby. We've got to start buying toys right away. He'll need
them before you know it. And bottles and a crib...”

19. “I just can't believe this! My baby is going to have a baby.” Mom
choked up while patting Quarina's growing belly.

20. “So my wife tells me you've decided to get my daughter pregnant.”
Dad sternly said to Stuart the following morning.
“Well, I didn't really decide. And sir,” Stuart continued, “with all due
respect, it's difficult to look at you while you're in your
underclothes.”
“Never mind that. Tell me what you plan to do about this.”

21. “About Quarina being pregnant?” Stuart questioned, “I mean, I
never planned on settling down and having kids. I'm a romance
aspiration, you know. It was never in the cards for me. Quarina and
I were just having fun, you know? So I mean, I guess I'll be there if
she needs me to buy diapers or something.”

22. “Did I ever tell you know I of this huge, deep lake not too far from
here? It's rumored that the lake is a good place to dump a body,
the cops never go around the lake because it's so deep in the
woods you know?” Dad said calmly, “I've always wanted to test
that theory just to see if it's true.... anyway! I have full faith that
you'll do the right thing, Stuart! See you around.”

23. While everyone was getting used the fact that Quarina was
pregnant, Fluffy was getting used to her new kitten! She and Tux
had a girl that I named Rita. She is the first of many that I hope to
raise in my lifetime.

24. Dad's talk must have really gotten through to Stuart. Quarina
wasn't even in her third trimester when he suggested they get their
own two bedroom home together and get married! They decided to
take Fluffy and Chance with them. Now that I have Rita, she can
bring in the next generation of kittens when she's old enough.

25. Rina and my new brother in law Stuart didn't stay too long in their
small two bedroom home. They ran out of room because they
had...

26. Triplets!! That's right, I'm now the proud aunt of two nieces and one
nephew! Quarina and Stuart named their new children Rachel,
Ramona and Ramsey.
I've always heard that being a multiple increases your chances of
having multiples. This is true in Rina's case. I wonder if this means
I'll also have a set of twins, triplets or even quadruplets!!

27. I know that Rina and Stuart never intended to be married with three
kids, but sometimes our lives don't always work out as planned. I
sure am glad theirs ended up this way however, I couldn't be
happier for my twin sister.

28. Back at home, I'm really missing Rina. She is my twin afterall,
we've never been separated in our entire lives. It's almost like I'm
missing a part of myself. So, to help cheer myself up, I brought
home a new cat from the adoption service! His name is Tramp and
I'm hoping he and Rita will hit it off right away, so they can bring in
a new litter of kittens!

29. I also decided to go on my first date. I've heard good things about using a
crystal ball to find your spouse, so I picked one suitor out of the five.
“It's so ironic that you work in a lab studying alien genetics. My sister is an
alien.” I tried to start conversation with my first date. “Well half an alien
actually. She's completely normal though, just like you and me. She
doesn't act any differently and nobody has ever treated her like she's odd.
Which I'm thankful for, I always was worried she'd be picked on in school
because she looked different. But she's really the same as everyone else.”

30. “Haha, silly girl! You actually think aliens are the same as you and me?
They're a completely different species.”
“No, my sister Tessa is proof that aliens are no different from you and
me.” I responded, offended. “Anyway, do you have any other hobbies
outside of the lab? I enjoy video gaming with my twin sister Quarina.”

31. “Oh what a boring life you must lead, Quinn.”
Obviously, I didn't wait too much longer before kicking this guy to the
curb. I'm over his “I'm better and smarter than you” attitude and his
ignorant talk of how aliens aren't the same as everyday people! I'm just
glad Tessa wasn't around to hear him.

32. So after my disastrous first
date, I decided to try my
luck with the matchmaker.
Afterall, it worked out
pretty good for Rina. But I
was disappointed with the
presented men. They
might as well have been
twins of my first lab worker
blind date.

33. “Honey, have you thought that the problem isn't the guys you're dating?” The
matchmaker asked me once she saw how down I was. “Have you thought that
the problem could be you?”
“What do you mean? I know I'm not perfect, but I don't think I should be running
boys off like I'm Taylor Swift either!” I said taken aback.
“That's not what I mean, honey. I mean, I think you're mean to be with a woman.
These men aren't attractive to you because you're not meant to be with a man. I
think I know someone special just for you though.”

34. “Marisa, meet Quinn. She's the heiress to her family's legacy. She's been
on a few dates with some men recently and hasn't had any luck. I think
she might be trying to bat for the wrong team here. I know you've had a
similar experience, and I was hoping you could help her out a little.”
“Nice to meet you Quinn.” Marisa smiled, “So you're having a little dating
troubles huh? Why don't we go toss the ball around while we chat?”

35. “I've never thought about dating women before. Not that there's anything
wrong with that, but it'd just never occurred to me before that I might be gay.”
I confessed to Marisa. “But now that I think about it, I sure don't find anything
attractive about men.”
“I know what you mean!” Maris laughed. “They're slobs, complete wussies
and dependent on a woman after marriage. Who wants that baggage!? In all
seriousness, I know what you’re going through. It took me a long time to
figure out that I was gay myself.”

36. After a long chat with Marisa, I was feeling much better! She was
very insightful and helped me to sort through some of my
confusing feelings about men, women and dating in general. She
gave me her number to call in the future if I had any questions or
just wanted hang out. I had a blast with her that day and she's
pretty cute too! Thank goodness for the matchmaker, or I'd have
never met her and figured out that I'm gay. Now I'm that much
closer to finding my future spouse to carry on my legacy.

37. Quinten's lifetime want is to earn $100,000, so everyone in the
family tries to help him out with that as much as possible. Mom and
Dad especially! They spend all of their spare time painting so that
Quinten can come behind them and sell their artwork.

38. I'm working on my lifetime want too! I have to wait on little Rita to
grow up so that she and Tramp can bring in a new litter of kittens.
Of course, that's assuming that they get along well enough to have
kittens. So far I don't think they even know the other exists!
Hopefully that will change when Rita is an adult cat.

39. “Okay Caryl, now that I know I'm attracted to women I am ready to start
dating! Thanks, by the way for introducing me to Marisa, she was very
helpful!” I said to the matchmaker one afternoon.
“Ready to start dating? What happened with Marisa?” Caryl replied
confused.
“Oh she was great! A big help, like I said, she helped me figure out that
I'm gay. So I'm ready to start dating now.”

40. “Quinn, child, I think you missed the point of me introducing Marisa to
you.” Caryl smiled at me.
“No, you said you had someone perfect for me to talk to about dating.
And it worked, I'm ready to start dating now. Women. Like Marisa helped
me figure out.” I said, thinking that clearly Caryl was the one not getting
the point.

41. Caryl finally stopped objecting and accepted the five thousand I handed
her for my dream date! She presented me with Calista Fuchs, a nanny in
my hometown. I took one look at my blind date and realized this wasn't
what I had in mind. By looking at Caryl's smirk, I could tell she knew it
too.

42. “Um, Caryl,” I began, “I really think you're not understanding what I'm asking for. I
want someone a little younger than Calista. I do want to have children one day
soon.”
“I've already given you exactly what you want and need in a woman.” Caryl
replied.
“Not really. I think Calista is a little old for me!” I replied shortly.
“Good God girl!” Caryl cried out, “Go call Marisa!”

43. “I'm sure glad you could make it for Quinten's birthday!” I said
happily to my sister. This was the first time I'd seen her since she
moved out and had the triplets.
“I wouldn't miss it for the world!” Quarina replied. “I also wouldn't
miss the chance to kick your butt in a pillow fight!”
I sure have missed my twin!

44. “Thanks for the invite, Quinn! I'm thrilled that you thought to invite me to a
family celebration.” Marisa said while hugging me.
“Sure! I'm glad you could make it. I've really been itching to talk to you
about something important.”
“Really?” Marisa light up.
“Maybe we could go upstairs for a little more privacy?” I suggested.

45. I told Marisa all that happened earlier in the day with Caryl the
matchmaker. Marisa listened, nodding here and there.
“Sounds to me,” she said, “that you and Caryl were having a bit of
a misunderstanding! I think she may have been trying to tell you
something, and you just weren't able to hear her right.”

46. “I think she was trying to tell you to look at what you have in front of you.
What you were asking her for today, you might have already had. Or at
least had the beginnings of it.” Marisa said.
“Well duh, I was asking her for a date. She's the matchmaker, she was
right in front of me at the time.” I said exasperated, feeling like even
Marisa wasn't hearing me right.

47. “Quinn, you're not listening.” Marisa sighed, “Caryl was right in front of
you then. But what if she was referring to who is in front of you now?
Right at this very moment?”
Marisa took my hands and suddenly, it clicked! Of course, Caryl had
been talking about Marisa. She was the one who helped me figure out
my sexual orientation, I was attracted to her and she was attracted to
me. How could I have missed this all along!?

48. We didn't have much more of a chance to talk, because we heard
the party starting downstairs. We got there just in time to wish
Quinten a very happy birthday. The rest of my siblings also
surrounded him with cheers. My Dad Paxton, always the
supportive father, was right behind Quinten as he blew out the
candles.

49. My little brother grew up to be such a cutie! He's still the same
freckle faced kid he's always been. He's just got a deeper voice
and is a little taller than me now.

50. “Marisa, thanks for coming tonight. I'm glad we got to talk, I hope
that this can be the start of something exciting and new for both of
us.” I flirted.
“Me too.” Marisa simply said before we shared our first kiss
together.

51. The rest of the party, Rina and I hung out playing video games like
old times! Have I mentioned how much I miss hanging out with her
everyday?
Quinten used the crystal ball to find his first date! He got a lovely
young woman named Crystal Cox.

52. The crystal ball was much more
successful for Quinten than it was
for me. He and Crystal hit things
off right away and fell in love on
their first date! So much so, that
Quinten decided to move out into
his own home with his new love.

53. Quinten and Crystal moved into a large home together and got
married right away. They were the only witnesses to their own
wedding, which took place in front of their new home.

54. Quinten took a job as a general practitioner making quite a good bit
of money. This meant that Crystal was able to stay at home and
keep house. It wasn't long after their wedding, that she became
pregnant. Her pregnancy resulted in my gorgeous niece Reba! She
looks a ton like my brother, in my opinion.

55. Quinten is still working toward his lifetime want to earn $100,000,
but has found that there is more to life than money. He, Crystal and
Reba are a happy little family and I couldn't be more excited for my
brother. He definitely has a great life right now and in all his days
ahead.

56. “Marisa, I'm trying not to be down on myself, but I feel like such a
loser!” I said on our date one afternoon.
“How so? Someone as pretty as you can't be a loser!” Marisa tried
to cheer me up.
“Thanks.” I accepted her compliment, “I do though, my little brother
is married with a child and I'm still not doing anything with my life.”

57. “Not doing anything!? For one, you've already started working on your
lifetime want, you are the principal at a high school and I think you've got a
pretty great girlfriend!” Marisa winked. “But if that's not enough, I've been
meaning to bring up the thought of moving in together. I didn't want to
invite myself to move in, so I was waiting on you to bring it up.”
“Do you really want to!?” I asked, thrilled. “I thought it was too soon to
ask!”

58. So with that conversation over, my lovely girlfriend Marisa moved
into my family home. She redid her hair and make up, plus got a
new outfit. She was gorgeous before, but now I can't take my eyes
off her! I hope we have a happily ever after in our future.

59. Rita is now an adult cat! I hope that she and Tramp will start taking
more notice of each other now, so that they can have a litter of
their own kittens!

60. Living with Marisa has been so much fun!
In the first few days since she moved in,
we'd grown closer than ever. I love seeing
her beautiful face everyday and I'm
starting to think she may one day be my
wife! Marisa even told me that she loved
me for the first time. My heart absolutely
melted.

61. Marisa has the lifetime want to be a mad scientist (to me it seems
a little loco, but it's her dream, so I'm supporting her!). My sweet
girlfriend quickly found a job as a test subject, but was promoted to
a science teacher almost immediately! She's so smart, I'm glad
that her superiors saw that right away.

62. Rita and Tramp are finally starting to interact with one another.
Thankfully they get along! It won't be too much longer before Rita
is expecting a kitten or two.

63. Everyday I spend with Marisa, I admire her more and more. She is
such a hard worker. Even outside of the classroom, Marisa looks
for ways to improve her lesson plans, study books to help her
grasp concepts better and she does all this while helping my
younger siblings further their education by studying as well. I think
she'll make a great mom one day.

64. Well, I have some really
exciting news! Rita and
Tramp finally got a high
enough relationship
together, that they could
try for a kitten!!
Rita is now pregnant and
I'm counting down the
days until her kitten, or
kittens, arrive!
I'm finally starting to make
progress on my lifetime
want.

65. “Marisa, I have been waiting for a special moment to tell you
something very important. I've felt this way about you now for a
long time, but seeing you these past few weeks working so hard,
getting to know my family and just being with you in general makes
me realize how much I love you.”

66. “And I just want to know, if you'd be willing to spend the rest of your
life with me?”
My proposal wasn't super romantic or planned out, but I think it got
the job done. Marisa was surprised and more importantly, she said
yes!

67. I took me quite a bit of time to find Marisa and realize that she
completes me, so I wanted to get married right away. I do want to
have children after all, before I'm too old to chase them around the
house. But we had to wait until the weekend when Marisa had a
few days off work before we could tie the knot. I thought Friday
would never get here, but it finally did!

68. Mom and Dad were the only guests at our wedding. Marisa and I
didn't plan anything lavish, but I think it was perfect for us. I got to
wear a beautiful dress in my favorite color and Marisa looked
gorgeous in her one piece purple suit. The vows were said in a
flash and Marisa became Mrs. Cooke!

69. Mom celebrated by doing the chest pound.*
*Yeah, there's not much else to say about it lol.

70. I think Rita's pregnancy is making her a little crazy! She went an
entire day without eating and was starving by mid morning the next
day... even though there was a bowl of food right in front of her.
The cops came and took her and Tramp! She deemed my family
unfit to have pets. I've never been more devastated!

71. Thankfully my awesome father Paxton was able to call the pet
adoption agency where Rita and Tramp were being held. He
explained the situation and was able to adopt them back, for a fee
of course! We really dodged a bullet there.

72. I work at a local high school as a principal, just for something to
pass the time while I wait on kittens to be born. I felt sick all
morning for a few days, then finally I got home one afternoon and
knew why. I'm pregnant! I can't believe I'm going to be a mom so
soon after getting married. It's like a dream come true and I can't
wait to tell Marisa!

73. And we'll stop here for now! :)
I hope that you have enjoyed reading this chapter and that you
come back next time to see how Quinn and Marisa's lives progress
as parents. Also, we've still got three more spares living at home
that need their happily ever afters. So come back next time to see
that and more kittens of course... there will be lots of kittens ;)
Until then,
Katie