Modern day AU. I only own Sunny, I don't even own the creation rights of my hometown.
Kili was sitting in the nurse's office. He had the flu. He had told his uncle that he wasn't feeling well that morning.
There was another student in the office, on the other bed that was squished into the small waiting area. She had a decent sized artist's sketch book and a pencil in hand, eraser held in between tight lips.
She had long dark russet colored hair, her eyes were icy green, but seemed warm and full of mischief. She glanced up at Kili, blushing a little as she noticed him staring at her.
"Hi." She murmured, brushing a piece of long curly hair that had escaped her careful braid that fell over her left shoulder. The boy across from her looked down briefly before saying,
"Hello," back. She smiled.
"Why are you stuck in here?" She indicated the nurse's office with her black mechanical pencil.
"Flu, you?" He asked back.
"Same. It sucks. What's your name? I don't recognize you." She asked, her head tilting in a way that Kili found adorable.
"Kili Durin. I just moved here with my brother to live with my uncle." The girl slapped herself on her forehead.
"Right! I forgot, I heard that there were new kids! Your brother is what, a year older?" Kili nodded.
"I'm Sunny Durgrin." She smiled then added with a small smile and bow, "At your service." Kili hmmed.
"Sunny? That's an interesting name." She laughed.
"It's a nick name. My dad calls me Little Sunflower. I'm always happy and smiling and I love sunflowers, they are my favorite flower." She explained. "My real name is actually Sophie." She told him. He nodded,
"Sophie, it fits you, both do." The nurse stuck her head out of the inner office.
"Both of your parents are on their way, both of you go pack up and come on back." She instructed. They nodded and got up, leaving together.
"So, where did you move from? And why to Cumberland Maine?" Sunny asked. Kili seemed to deflate a little.
"We moved from New York, not New York City, just the state. And we moved here because my uncle lives up here. We had to move because our mom has cancer and it has gotten to the stage where she can't leave the hospital." Kili reached back and tapped his square silver hair clip that held back his shoulder length dark brown hair.
"And we already lost our dad, plane crash two days after I was born. So we are down to Mom and Uncle Thorin." Sunny ducked her head for a moment, silent.
They reached the eighth grade lockers and realized that theirs were right next to each others. They both laughed quietly and packed up, Sunny shouldering a slightly glittery black/dark blue rucksack, and Kili lugging a black hiking backpack.
They end up with about twenty minutes in the nurse's office before Sunny's dad and Kili's uncle show up.
"Hey, Sunflower, heard that the birds were pickin' hard today." Her dad had green eyes and black hair and he was tall. Sunny smiled,
"Yeah, did you forget to fill the birdfeeder or something?" She asked, laughing quietly. While on the other side of the office.
"Come on, Kili, let's get you home. Your brother's already there, he's sick as well." Kili nodded at his tall uncle. The man had long dark hair, and dark eyes.
The two pairs walked out of the building together, and when they went different ways, Sunny called,
"Bye, Kili!" He smiled and waved back,
"Bye, Sunny!" She smiled widely at him and got into her dad's car. Once she was safely in her room, and her father was on his way back to his work, she uncurled her left hand and grabbed a phone, dialing the seven black numbers on her palm.
So, um, I hope this is any good.