Sunny awoke to the sunlight pouring in through her window, warm on her face. She got up and threw on her robe, grabbing her beach towel and clothes. She put on her slippers and crept down the hall, into the bathroom. She shut the door and turned, seeing Gilbert standing at the sink, brushing his hair. Sunny opened the door, ready to leave as she mumbled a 'sorry'. Gilbert put down the brush and grabbed her arm gently.
"Don't leave." He said, pulling her into the bathroom completely. Sunny looked at him confused.
"Look," He began, trying to look her in the face, but Sunny wouldn't let him.
"Look at me, Sunny, please. This is hard for me to do." He put his hand under her chin and raised her head slowly, just in time to catch a tear falling from her eye. "I'm sorry, Sunny. I really am." Sunny scoffed at the remark as she shifted her stuff into the other hand and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Oh yeah, like I'm going to believe that." She said in a hateful tone. Gilbert looked apologetic. He put a hand on her face.
"You really think I'd lie about something like that?" Sunny rolled her eyes and knocked his hand from her face.
"I need to take a shower, let me through." She tried to push her way past him, but he caught her.
"I broke it off."
Sunny took a few steps backward.
"You-You what?" She blinked numerous times, looking him in the eye.
"I broke it off, last night." Gilbert stared at her, waiting for a response. She blinked a couple more times, trying to take in all the information before speaking.
"W-why?" Gilbert moved in closer to her.
"Because one, it was wrong of me to be in that situation..." He took another step closer.
"And two..." He came face to face with her.
"There's someone else I'm interested in." He put a hand on her cheek as he examined her face. Sunny opened her mouth to speak, only to be interrupted by Gilbert.
"Shhh." He said as he moved in and kissed her.
It wasn't long before Ellen ventured up the stairs to get something from the bathroom, only to find her brother and the tenant standing there, exchanging saliva. Ellen gasped, backed away, and ran down the stars screaming for Amy. This startled Sunny, and she pulled away, only to be brought right back into Gilbert's grasp for another round of the 'lets-share-spit' game, as Sunny would call it.
"AMY! AMY! AMY! COME QUICK!" Ellen ran down the stairs, into the front room, passed Bonnie and into the kitchen where Amy was about to start breakfast. She turned from the stove to see Ellen run into the kitchen doorway and catch her breath.
"What? What is it Ellen?"
Ellen took a deep breath and managed to get half a mutilated sentence out.
"Gilbert.... Sunny...up there..." Ellen sat on a chair next to the door and pointed up at the stairs as Amy left the room to go see what was going on.
Amy reached the bathroom only to find the door shut, locked, and the shower running. She turned and went into Gilbert's bedroom to find him sitting on his bed, reading a book. Gilbert looked up quickly and put the book down.
"Yeah? Breakfast ready? Or do you need help?" Gilbert sat there, looking at Amy, waiting for her response.
"Oh, no, that's ok...Where's Sunny?"
"How should I know? The shower's running...maybe she's in there?" Gilbert picked his book back up and continued reading as Amy went back downstairs to resume her duty in the kitchen.
Sunny turned off the water and reached for her towel, drying herself off and then wrapping the towel around her hair. She got dressed in a pair of black flared jeans, a black peasant pucker tee, and a pair of black sandals. She returned her stuff to her room and grabbed her brush, brushing her hair as she walked down the steps. She could smell eggs, bacon and toast coming from the kitchen. Ah...breakfast! She thought. It smelled wonderful; Amy was an excellent cook. She got to the end of the staircase and finished brushing her hair, setting the brush on the table next to the staircase. She walked into the kitchen just in time to help Amy and Gilbert move the table into the front room. Gilbert went to get Arnie as Sunny and Ellen helped Amy put the food on the table. Within a few minutes, everyone was seated and began to eat.
"So," Ellen said, swallowing a chunk of bacon as she spoke. "Gilbert has found a woman. About time." Gilbert started to choke on his milk, swallowed it fully, coughed a little bit, and then responded sternly to Ellen.
"Shut up, that is none of your business!" Ellen, of course, proceeded to argue.
"Well if you two weren't-" Gilbert cut her off.
"It's not your right to go around telling everyone my-"
"But you two were-"
"You shouldn't get into-"
"SHUT UP!" Amy stood up and screamed at the top of her lungs. "That's enough! Ellen, leave him alone!" Ellen rolled her eyes at Amy as she stood up and left the room. Bonnie sat there, staring at the three of them, pondering the goings on. Sunny stood up and cleared her plate.
"I've got to get to work or I'll be late. Thanks for breakfast, Amy, it was delicious." She went upstairs and changed her shoes, came back downstairs and grabbed her purse and keys. Gilbert looked at his watch.
"We've got to get going too...You want a ride?" He directed the first part of his sentence to Arnie, then the last half to Sunny. Sunny shook her head.
"Thanks, but I've got my car. It was nice of you to offer." She opened the door as Gilbert continued.
"You sure?"
"Yeah, thanks." Sunny closed the door behind her.
