Michelle slowly turned her key in the lock as she watched Tony wait for the elevator. "It's kind of slow," she called down the hall. Just then, they both heard the ding! of the elevator's arrival and her threw her one last grin before stepping inside of it and disappearing. Michelle smiled, turned around to the now-unlocked door, and walked into her apartment.

"Ellie?" she said, setting her purse down on the kitchen counter and heading towards her sister's bedroom. She knocked softly and pushed the door open to reveal an empty room. "Ellie?" she called, a little more urgently, heading for the next most likely place to find her- the balcony.

Michelle walked through her master bedroom and pulled aside the drapes covering the door to her balcony. On the other side of the glass she saw her sister standing in front of a large white telescope, peering into it and slowly turning the knobs on its side. Michelle watched for a moment before knocking on the glass, making Ellie jump away from the telescope before letting out a sigh and opening the glass sliding door.

"Find anything good?" Michelle asked, stepping out onto the balcony and shutting the door behind her.

"Not really," Ellie replied matter-of-factly. "It's too bright here to see much at all, but I have Venus pretty bright. Want to see?" Ellie stepped aside to make room for Michelle at the telescope.

Michelle cautiously looked through Ellie's telescope for a moment, and then pulled away. "Beautiful," she whispered. Michelle sat down cross-legged against the wall of her balcony and motioned for Ellie to come sit by her. "So what did you do tonight?"

"Well I finished my book," Ellie said as she sat down beside her sister. "And I did some math homework-"

"Math homework that you were assigned or math homework that you just did for fun?" Michelle interrupted.

"Um... does it matter?" Ellie said, glancing sideways at Michelle.

Michelle laughed. "You are so weird!"

"Hey!"

"But I love you for it," Michelle said, pulling one of Ellie's curls out of her face and pushing it behind her ear. "Did you eat?"

Ellie's face scrunched up in earnest thought before she said, "No... I don't think so..."

Michelle stood up and offered a hand to Ellie. "Come on, you need to eat."

"No really Chelle, I'm not hungry."

"Yeah but you're too darn skinny." Michelle took Ellie's hand from her lap and pulled her inside.

As Michelle watched Ellie eat leftover chow mein, Ellie said, "So how was your date?"

"Fabulous," Michelle replied, grinning like an eleven-year-old who just got a bunny.

"Are you going to go out with him again?"

"I hope so."

"Will he ask you?"

"I hope so?"

"But do you think so?"

"Yes."

"How do you know?"

"I don't."

"So why do you think so?"

"Hush up and eat." Michelle rolled her eyes before turning around to get herself a glass of water. She watched Ellie do as she was told before adding, "I really like him, Ellie girl."

Ellie looked up and gave Michelle a half-smile before closing the Chinese takeout box and putting it back in the center of the almost-bare fridge.

"What do you think of him?"

"I don't know," Ellie replied.

"Come on... you know something," Michelle prodded, rolling her eyes again.

"He has clean fingernails," Ellie said after a moment of thought.

Michelle laughed and put her glass down on the counter. "I'm glad you noticed that, Elle. Because I sure didn't." She placed her glass next to the sink and turned back to Ellie. "You know what, go to bed!"