There was a knock on the door of the Grape's residence and Ellen screamed at the top of her lungs as usual for someone to open the door.
"Amy! I bet it's for you!" She sat at the table in the kitchen putting on more lipstick. Amy walked past her into the front room.
"You know Ellen, you could help your sister out some too." Their mother called into the kitchen from the living room. Amy reached the door and looked through the peephole, turned back and announced the visitor.
"I think it's the new tenant." Amy said as she opened the door to find Sunshine standing there, both her suitcase and bag in hand.
"Hi!" Amy smiled at Sunshine. "I'm Amy, I'm the oldest girl of the family...here, would you like to come in?" She motioned for Sunshine to enter the house, taking the suitcase from her and setting it by the stairs. "You can put your bag next to your suitcase, I'm sure that you want to meet everyone, don't you?" Amy took the bag from Sunshine and set it next to the suitcase.
"Yes." Sunshine said, "I'd like to meet them." Amy took Sunshine's arm and escorted her into the front room where Arnie and Bonnie were sitting, watching a television program. Arnie was really skinny, with brown-blonde hair. Bonnie was a large woman with black hair, but she was a kind, gentle, sweetheart.
"Sunshine, this is my mother, Bonnie, and my brother, Arnie. Momma, Arnie, this is the tenant of the room upstairs. This is Sunshine Adel." Sunshine shook Bonnie's hand and gave Arnie a hug, then stood up and took a step back. Bonnie smiled at her and then spoke.
"It's nice to have you renting that room, Sunshine." Sunshine broke in eagerly.
"You guys can just call me Sunny for short. I answer to both."
"Well then, alright, Sunny, it's nice to have you staying with us."
"Thanks Bonnie." Bonnie motioned for Sunshine to give her a hug, so naturally, Sunny did. They could hear Amy calling for Sunshine from the kitchen.
"Sunny! Sunny! Come here!" Sunny dashed into the kitchen to find Amy standing behind Ellen, a short brunette who was fifteen years old.
"Sunny, this is my sister Ellen, Ellen this is Sunny, the woman who is renting the room upstairs." Ellen started playing with one of her earrings as she mumbled a 'Hi' then ran outside at the sound of a vehicle pulling up outside. Amy looked after her.
"That must be Gilbert coming back from work. I sure hope he remembered the groceries." She turned back to Sunny. "Here, follow me and I'll show you you're room. Then you can meet my other brother, Gilbert." Amy smiled a little as she and Sunny grabbed Sunny's bags and headed up the stairs. "You might like him." Sunny laughed a little at the comment as she followed Amy down the hall and into a fairly large room that was empty, except for a bed, a table, a lamp, and a dresser. Amy put the bag on the bed and turned back to Sunny. "I'm serious!"
"Yeah." Ellen said, coming into the room behind them. "Really you might, and it'd be a good thing too." Sunny put her suitcase on the bed next to the bag.
"Really Ellen, why's that?" Sunny looked back at her.
"Cuz he really needs a woman." Ellen said and then disappeared down the stairs, leaving Amy and Sunny laughing insanely.
"Well," Amy said after a few minutes, "You want to come down and meet Gilbert?" Sunny glanced at the bed.
"I probably should start unpacking first." She said as she unzipped her suitcase and started filling the dresser drawers with her clothes.
"Need help?" Amy asked as she opened the bag and started laying things on the bed next to the suitcase for Sunny to pick up and place where she wanted them.
"No, really it's ok. You probably have stuff to do." Sunny smiled at Amy as Amy left. Sunny went along her business, putting clothes in the dresser drawers, placing nick knacks on the windowsill and making her bed and such, finally down to the last thing that needed to be unpacked, her stereo. She found a nice spot to put it on the desk table that sat opposite side of the room than the window. She set it up and then turned on a mixed CD, not too loud, but loud enough for her to be able to think. She needed noise if she wanted to think clearly about things, and her Aunt's situation with the delivery boy, or man. Sunny layed on her bed thinking. He's about my age. She thought. She'd seen him at the Cafe, the first day she started working there and every morning on forward. She liked him, and was going to ask him to go with her to that concert that was coming up in about a week and a half. Who am I kidding? She knew that he wouldn't go with her now, he was too wound up in her aunt to care. A tear slid down her cheek as she was thinking of this. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Sunny wiped the tears from her eyes as she sat up, straightened out her hair, and layed back down again.
"Who is it?"
"It's Amy." The voice rung out from behind the door. "I've got Gilbert with me, he wants to meet you." Sunny sat up a little bit, but still leaned up against the wall, half-lying on the bed.
"Go ahead, come in." Sunny layed there, sitting up and hugging her knees, singing along with the song as the door opened. Behind Amy appeared the tall, reddish-brown haired delivery boy from her aunt's house. Sunny felt her stomach churn.
"Sunny, this is my brother Gilbert, Gilbert, this is the new tenant, Sunny." Gilbert acted as if nothing happened, as if he'd never seen Sunny before in his life. He smiled and waved hello as Amy turned to leave.
"I have to start dinner, you two get acquainted." She walked out of the room, leaving Gilbert, Sunny, and a whole lot of silence. Gilbert stood there, staring at Sunny, who refused to look him in the face.
"If you want me to go, I'll leave you alone." Gilbert said, not wanting to make Sunny upset even more. Sunny nodded.
"I have nothing to say to you." Sunny responded as Gilbert nodded and then left the room. A few minutes later, Ellen appeared, brushing out her hair.
"Amy wanted me to tell you that dinner will be at six, alright?" Sunny nodded and then said, "Tell Amy that I most likely won't come down, I have something to think about." Ellen smiled and left, closing the door behind her.