"Gilbert!" Gilbert hurried into the kitchen to help Amy move the table into the living room in front of Bonnie, where the family always ate. Ellen grabbed chairs, one extra for Sunny, and then helped Amy bring the food out. They all sat down ready to eat, when someone wondered aloud.

"Where's Sunny?" Bonnie asked, glancing from one kid to the next, skipping over Arnie. Gilbert looked sad, regretful, and apologetic. He closed his eyes and shook his head, indicating that he didn't know where she was. Ellen spoke up.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, she told me to tell Amy that she most likely wouldn't come down." Ellen took a sip of her milk.

"Did she say why?" Amy stood up as she responded.

"No, except she did say that she had to think about something. She looked like she was about to cry though, I think something's wrong with her." Ellen placed her glass back on the table and looked up at Amy.

"You gonna go see what's wrong?" Amy nodded and walked up the stairs without a word.

Sunny sat on her bed, her head in her hands, singing along with the song blaring out of the stereo, trying to cheer up.

//I want a platinum blonde life,

So I keep bleaching out the colour,

I try to do what I oughta,

But never drink enough water..//

Sunny was interrupted by a bang on the door, and then Amy's voice.

"Can I come in a minute?"

Sunny got up, turned down the music, then opened the door as she wiped the tears from her cheek. Amy stood there a moment then gave her a hug and motioned for Sunny to sit back down.

"Sunny, what's the matter?"

"Nothing, nothing, just thinking of things."

"What type of things?"

"Family issues."

"I see." Amy sat down next to Sunny and put an arm around her. "Tell me."

Sunny shook her head.

"It's a long story."

"I've got time."

Sunny took a deep breath and then nodded. She sighed as she began her story.

"My parents were never married, Momma died when I was eighteen. I'm twenty now. I came to Endora to live with my Aunt Betty-" Amy cut her off.

"Betty Carver?"

Sunny nodded. "Yes, Betty Carver."

Amy stopped and thought a minute, then told her to go on.

"When I first arrived here, Aunt Betty gave me her lecture on trust, loyalty, respect and responsibility, the one thing she was most famous in the family for. So everything started going fine, and I got a job at that little Cafe in town that everyone goes to, right? Well, I see this guy, your brother, Gilbert, coming in every morning with his friends. I take interest, and I was starting to work up the nerve to ask him to that concert coming up. So I come home from work today and what do I find? Aunt Betty all over Gilbert in the kitchen. I-" Sunny stopped and started crying heavily. Amy hugged her and shushed her quietly, wanting her to finish her last statement. Once Sunny got control of herself she wiped the tears from her eyes and then spoke with aggression.

"I want to hate them both but I can't- Well, I can't hate Gilbert, anyway. I have no reason to talk to my Aunt any longer." Amy stood up and then responded.

"I would be the same way if I was in your position. The family wants you to eat with us, so you go ahead and get cleaned up, and I'm going to have a little chat with Gilbert." Amy hugged Sunny and showed her where the bathroom was, and then went back downstairs where everyone had already begun eating, slowly.

"She ok?" Bonnie asked, watching Amy coming down the steps.

"Yeah, she's going to be down in a minute. Gilbert?" Amy stopped in front of the table. Gilbert looked up.

"Yeah?"

"I need to talk to you in the kitchen."

"Ok, in a while."

"No." Amy said sternly. "Now."
Gilbert nodded his head and got up, following Amy into the kitchen just as Sunny started down the staircase.

"Sorry to keep you all waiting." She said as she took her seat at the table.

"That's alright," Bonnie said in a cheerful voice, "You've had a lot of unpacking to do."

"Yeah, kinda." Sunny said as she began to put a little bit of food on her plate. They had hotdogs, salad and some kind of pasta. Sunny worked around the hotdogs, avoiding them without being held center of attention. She caught sight of Amy yelling at Gilbert in the kitchen, but looked away quickly. She was able to hold a nice conversation with Ellen and Bonnie, somewhat with Arnie until the two of them came back.

"Sorry." Amy said as she went to sit down in between Arnie and Ellen. Gilbert took his place in between Arnie and Sunny. Sunny felt her stomach drop this time, wondering what Amy had said. She tried hard to not think about anything, just focus on the meal and the choice conversation of the evening.

"So, Sunny," Bonnie said, taking a drink of her milk. "Where do you work? I assume you have a job." She set the glass on the table and glanced at Sunny. Sunny dabbed at her mouth with her napkin and then cleared her throat as she directed the answer of the question to Bonnie.

"I actually started working at the cafe in town...I can't remember the name of it, but I work with Lana and Gretchen..." Bonnie smiled in recognition.

"Oh, I know which one you're talking about...Gilbert, isn't that the one that you go to every morning for coffee?" Gilbert coughed a little and croaked a small "yes" barely loud enough to hear.

"Gilbert?"

"Yes, Momma?"

"What's wrong?"

"Ahem, nothing, I'm fine. Just had a bad day, that's all." Gilbert got up and cleared his plate, then went up the stairs. Bonnie and the rest of the group looked after him in wonder.

"What's that about!?" Ellen said with an angry look. "He's supposed to stay!" Ellen slammed her arms on the table and then ran up the stairs after Gilbert. Bonnie was puzzled.

"What's wrong with them?" She said, directing the question toward Amy. Amy shook her head.

"I'd rather not get into the story with Gilbert...Ellen I'm not sure." She got up and started clearing the table.

"Oh," Sunny said, standing up and helping Amy clear the table. "She thinks that Gilbert and I might end up liking each other."

Bonnie laughed at the statement.

"Well," Bonnie laughed lightly, "He hasn't had a girlfriend in a long time..."

"That she knows of." Amy said under her breath to Sunny as they passed each other in the kitchen. Thankfully, Bonnie didn't hear the comment. Later, when Gilbert was busy giving Arnie a bath, the two girls sat talking in Sunny's room, and laughed about the comment. Sunny was already starting to feel at home here, even though Gilbert did betray her Uncle. Sunny couldn't help but wonder why the only guy to have her interest was the only one who would do such a thing. Oh well, She thought, I'll just invite Amy to watch me perform at the concert.