House 4: The Prestons. Week 1-4

Hope, female adult, popularity; Verity, female adult, knowledge; Hope's daughter Grace, child; Verity's son Byron, child.

Sisters Hope and Verity Preston, both single mothers, set up house together in Prosperity. Hope's boyfriend had taken off as soon as she told him she was pregnant, while Verity's fiancé had died in a car accident as he was on his way to their wedding.

With two adults in this family, there was at least some money coming in. Hope got a job in politics, while Verity found one in the science field. Grace and Byron went to school and made friends - Byron's best friend was Isabel Ramirez, while Grace spent a lot of time with Mark Lawrence.

Hope was busy making friends, too, and it wasn't long before she fell in love with Joe Carr. Their romance progressed quickly, and by the end of the first week they were engaged. As soon as Byron and Grace had turned into teenagers - he rolled romance, she popularity - Hope and Grace moved out to start a new life with Joe.


Byron immediately fell in love with Isabel, and had his very first kiss with her. Despite strong urges to see what it would be like to flirt with or kiss another girl, he managed to stay faithful; although he did sneak out at night with lots of different people - Isabel, Grace, Sophie Miguel...


Although Verity's first priority was always studying, she also had time to make a few friends, and soon after Hope and Grace moved out, she found herself constantly calling one of her best friends, Komei Tellerman. They spent a lot of time together, and eventually fell in love. By the time Byron left for college, she had strong suspicions that she was pregnant. As soon as she was sure, she asked Komei over to tell him the news. He happily moved in with her and they began to plan their wedding - but before it could take place, Verity came down with a mysterious disease after trying to invent a new medicine. Komei stayed in Byron's old bedroom, so he wouldn't catch anything, but when his daughter Faith was born, he simply couldn't stay away. Sure enough he caught Verity's illness, but fortunately she got better soon afterwards. However, they didn't manage to get married until Faith was almost old enough to start school.


Returning home from uni for his mother's wedding, Byron meets his little sister for the first time.