Chapter 15: New House, New School, New Love...

A few weeks passed and things seemed to still be going well for the Rocks. Brent started high school and as he became a teenager, he developed his own unique sense of style. Tanya thought his choice of outfits was a bit odd, but as long as he was happy that was all that mattered. She had hoped he would get over his love of that damned chemistry set before he blew up the house, but even as a teen he spent hours out there cooking up new concoctions.

Not long after Brent's birthday, Tanya managed to write a best seller that came with a huge royalty check. At about the same time Tanya learned of her parent's passing. They had never had a chance to visit and meet her kids, but they did leave each of them a little something as well as a large inheritance for Tanya. Her parents had always wanted Tanya to move into a bigger place so the kids weren't so crowded, and now, finally they could.

The house was huge by their standards. It was a six bedroom home with 3 bathrooms! No longer would they all fight in the morning over the small bathroom in their old place. That would definitely come in handy once the girls got older. The house also had a pond on the back edge of the property, a swimming pool, a hot tub, and a gated area that could be used as a garden. There was plenty of space for Tanya to place playground equipment for the children.

For several nights after they first moved in, Tanya insisted they have dinner together each night. There was more than enough room at the dinner table. Anderson would cook while Tanya put the triplets to bed. Brent and Chase would work on their homework at the dinner table until it was time to eat. Once the food was ready and the family was digging in, Tanya would have them tell her what they did that day and what was the best thing that happened to them as well as one thing they were looking forward to the next day.

Tanya was still desperately trying to get through to Callie. She would read to her every night before bed, long after the other girls had fallen asleep. It seemed to help a bit, at least Callie hadn't torn the head completely off her doll yet. But Tanya was still a little scared of her youngest. She loved all of her kids, and didn't want anything to happen to any of them, but there was just something wrong that she couldn't put her finger on.

Anderson's daycare was going wonderfully. He had built up quite the clientele, including a few kids of Sunset Valley's most famous people. She didn't know how he did it, the triplets were enough for her to handle at a time. His toddlers loved the new house, especially all the new toys in the backyard. Most of them seemed to favor the new motorized rides. Tanya had put in one of each kind out in the back next to the old tree house that she had moved here with them.

Anderson was quickly falling head over heels for Kaylynn Langerak. The two had flirted off and on since they danced at his prom together. Since they had moved to the new house, Anderson had invited her over a couple of times. They would sit out on the back deck and watch the night sky or just walk hand in hand out to the pond and just talk. Tanya loved to watch the two of them, they were just adorable.

Before long it was Chase's birthday. Since they now had plenty of room, Tanya decided to throw a backyard party for him. She invited Kaylynn, Connor, and Christopher. Several other guests showed up as well and the party was a huge success! Tanya just couldn't believe all of her boys were growing up so fast! There was only one thing that could have made the party even better, and that was if Grady could have been there.

The night of Chase's birthday party, Anderson finally got up the nerve to tell Kay just how he felt. He asked her to follow him up to the balcony overlooking the pond on the third floor. Once they got up there, Anderson took Kaylynn's hands in his. He stared into her eyes and then quickly looked away as he blushed. Kaylynn giggled and then pulled his face back towards hers before giving him a quick kiss on the lips. From then on, they were boyfriend and girlfriend.

Anderson was just over the moon happy after that night. He couldn't believe how lucky he was to get a girl like her. He had dreamed about being her boyfriend since he first saw her walk into his Math class. Now she was his, finally! Anderson soon became overwhelmed at the daycare and decided to close its doors. He instead wanted to become a famous painter so he set up a little studio on the balcony overlooking the rear of the property. It had such a great view he couldn't help but be inspired.