Ch. 2: Hello, neighbors

The following morning, around 9 a.m., Eve stand in front of the electric stove, cooking some breakfast for her and her siblings. Danny and Lilian are still sleeping upstairs, but once the smell of scrambled eggs laced with cheese, crispy bacon, and soft and fluffy banana pancakes fill the air and pinpoint to their noses, kicking up their sense of smell into overdrive, they wake up immediately and run down the stairs, pushing each other to try to get down there first. As they are about to reach the bottom of the stairs, Eve yell out to them once she heard their thumping footsteps .

"Danny, Lilian, no running down the stairs" She called out. The twins skid to a halt and walk down the rest if the stairs before taking off once they're down. As they barge in, laughing and giggling, they go over to the small dining table. She look back to them and smile.

"Now, come over and help me set up the table, you two. I can't do everything myself." Eve told the two, who groan, but ended up, going to help her anyway, gathering the plates and cups and setting them on the table. After about ten more minutes, Eve is done cooking. She scrape off the eggs on to the plates the twins set up. She set up the plate of bacon in the middle of the table along with the pancakes. Eve even got out a carton of orange juice. Once they give their thanks, they all go to chow down on their delicious breakfast. Danny starts eating the scrambled eggs while Lilian start cutting up a pancake first. Eve takes a sip of her glass of orange juice before the doorbell rang. She gets up to check.

"You two can continue eating. I'll go check the door." Eve stated. "Ok." They respond before going back to eating their food. Eve starts walking up to the door, putting on her coat from yesterday. She opens the door to reveal a man dressed in a brown collared shirt with a movers logo and cargo pants.

"Good morning, miss. I hope I didn't catch you at a bad time." The man remark. Eve shakes her head.

"Oh no, it's fine. I see the rest of our stuff finally arrived." Eve observed, seeing the large truck up front.

"Yes," said the man. "Now, we can start by getting the furniture down, and move on to appliances last. How does that sounds?" He ask her.

"Sure, that'll be fine. Let me just go change and I will come out in a moment." She said before the man nod and goes back to the other worker to get started. She goes back inside and went to her room to change into some comfortable clothes, such as a loose t-shirt and jeggings. Once she gets back outside to watch the move go underway, she heard someone calling out from behind. She turn to see a middle aged man with a woman of the same age calling out to her. The man appears to be wearing a black Polo shirt and a black fedora. The woman is wearing a pinkish red dress shirt with a pink skirt.

"Morning, are you the new neighbor?" The man ask Eve in a slight Russian accent. "Welcome to our fair town."

"Thank you. Yes, we just moved in last night. My name is Eve." She introduced herself. The man takes his hat off and nod.

"Name's Ralph, Ralph Ayromos. This is my wife, Sophie." "Hello and welcome, Eve." She introduced herself to Eve. "We hope you enjoy your time here." "Thanks, you two. I hope so, too. It is so clean and such a quiet place. I think my siblings will love it here as well. Well, I got to get back. My kid brother and sister must be waiting for me." Eve stated when she look back to see two heads popping out of the doorway.

"Take care, Eve. Just give us heads up if you have some questions." Ralph said as he and Sophie turn and goes back to their house, which is across the street from theirs. Eve turn as well and goes back with the twins, who went back to the dining room to continue eating. Eve sit down as well and enjoy the rest of the breakfast while the movers are bringing in their furniture amd other things.

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