The Stone Family Addendum

Minor change to the Stone family.

As mentioned previously, Vivian moved out, and Gloria left with her.  They're now living with Gloria's cousin, Rowan, and her family.  That opened up space for two more family members at the Stone household.

Rather than wait for the guys to get a call about adopting, I've instead moved in Miles' younger brother Percy and his daughter Sarah.  Percy met and married Cordelia and moved in, bringing Sarah along.  Now they stay in the room that was once Miles and James' room.  The two guys have instead moved into the room Gloria and Vivian shared, and Amelia--since Cordelia now shares a bed with Percy--now has a room all to herself.

Cordelia, who became stressed out by her job as a Lion Tamer (the constant need to be watchful was wearing on her), left that career and became a Rock Star by using Amelia's connections in the industry.  Amelia had herself grown tired with the prime-time hours and went into business, becoming a CEO.  She wished Cordelia well, but warned her that it could be difficult.

After marrying Percy, Cordelia suddenly found that she didn't really like being in the spotlight.  At least with her old job she was too busy watching the big cats to worry about the audience too much.  One night, she decided she just couldn't continue, and gave up her job.  Instead, she decided to go into the fashion industry.  At least there she wouldn't be the main focus of anything.  Well, clothes and such while she was a model, but her job was to make the clothes look good...she wouldn't be what everyone would be looking at (or at least she shouldn't be, and that was enough to give her the courage to go out on stage).

In the meantime, Percy decided that he could handle the spotlight, and after working hard to get in shape and work on his performance skills, he entered into the music industry.  He rose faster in the industry than either Amelia or Cordelia had, and now he's a Rock Star of exceptional fame.

Sarah is a well-adjusted young lady.  She's accepted that her mother won't be back (she ran off with another man), and has accepted Cordelia as her step-mother, and Amelia as an aunt.  She's a little confused by her uncle having a husband instead of a wife, but since she and James get along well, she just shrugs it off.  She is a little lonely, though, being the only child.

Amelia, knowing how Sarah feels, has begun thinking about moving out.  She herself is interested in finding love for herself, and wonders if Mr. Right is out there somewhere.

Steven, for his part, has given up being a coach.  Instead, he has taken to the stage as an entertainer.  Now a Broadway Star, he gets home later, but he also leaves home later, so there isn't as much of a rush to go as there was before.

Jonathan, on the other hand, has decided to enter into the work force.  Though he works hard at home, he wasn't inclined to take an all-day job, nor give up his mornings to chat with friends and neighbors.  Instead, he opted to become a Personal Tour Guide.  Now, though he often handles breakfast duty, someone else does dinner, which leaves him relieved and less stressed.  Being at work also reduces how desperate he is for society at home (outgoing as he is, he needed to meet with at least two people to remain in good spirits and still not be fully satisfied; now he can get by on just one per day).

The Stone house has itself undergone some changes.  The balconies are gone, walled up and over to make space for more bathrooms--the three the house had before just wasn't cutting it for eight people.  Now Miles and James have a bathroom for themselves, and so do Jonathan and Steven.  Amelia, Cordelia, and Percy share one or two bathrooms between them, but since Amelia's gone during the day and Cordelia and Percy are gone at night, it works out all right.  Sarah shares with them, but there's a bathtub with a shower curtain in one of the upstairs bathrooms, to avoid the spillage that always seems to occur whenever she uses the showers.

Whether or not Amelia stays and if Sarah gets a sibling remains to be seen.