"Wendy, darling, have you gained weight?" Aunt Laborè said in a tired voice as she tried to pull up the zipper from the teal blue dress she bought for her. We all helped Wendy try on the dress but no matter how much we tried the zipper wouldn't go up.

Eventually, Mom helped out and she managed to pull up the zipper to fully close the dress

"I can't breath" Wendy was turning blue so we quickly pulled down the zipper and she finally gasped for air. Caramia gave Wendy back her clothes so she could change

Aunt Laborè checked the dress "It seems I have bought you a size smaller Wendy. How about this, we could go shopping to find you a new dress"

Wendy's eyes lit up and she gave Aunt Laborè her biggest grin. Ella was now the new owner of the teal blue dress because she was the only one out of all of us that could fit into a size 2. I noticed that Adeline's eyelids now had glittery eye shadow on it

"She gave me a new eyeshadow pallet" Adeline bragged to me and walked away happily, I chuckled at how immature my younger sister could be

Natalie walked into the living room holding a new designer bag along with Mom and they posed for Aunt Laborè to take a picture of them.

"Hey sis what about me?" Dad asked Aunt Laborè, she crossed her arms at him

"You don't seem to remember that you didn't give me any gift last Christmas" she glanced at her phone then she looked at Dad's face and laughed.

"You idiot, Mom would kill me if I didn't bring anything to you. Just don't forget my Christmas gift next time" she gave Dad a whole new painting set along with Brie who acquired the same passion for painting as Dad

Caramia strutted around the house testing her new high heel shoes, the way she walks reminds me of Morticia Addams. Ella got a set of dangling earrings that have beautiful jewels on them

We all sat around the huge couch that was made specifically for us because Mom and Dad requested a couch that could fit 10 people. it took the couch makers 3 weeks to make this abnormally large couch. Everybody now looked at me.

"Penelope what did you get?" Wendy asked me as she ate her choco bar

I showed the pinky ring that I got

"A ring?" Ella blurted out in confusion. I shrugged at her and gave her a sheepish smile

"A ring designed by Sophia that is" I said quietly. It was meant for only me to hear as I looked at the silver ring.

"By Sophia?" Brie heard me as she looks at the ring

"Your hearing is as sharp as ever; I hope you use it when listening to lectures" I scolded her and she scrunched up her nose

"Never mind that, the ring looks cute" she complimented the small pinky ring. The night was a long one since we showed Aunt Laborè her room that she would be staying in. The room was the smallest out of all the rooms in the house and I feel a bit guilty that this is the treatment we gave to Aunt Laborè after she gave us wonderful gifts

Before Aunt Laborè would settle down in the room, I knocked at the door frame to get her attention. She looked at me and smiled

"Penelope sweetie what is it?" She asked me

I walked into the room and sat at the vanity chair.

"I was wondering if you would like to share a room with me since this..." I looked around the room that was supposed to be a guest room

"Is a bit too small for you, as thanks for the gifts" I added

"Are you sure I won't be a bother?" She asked me for assurance if she was allowed and I nodded in response, she thanked me for the invitation to my room as I helped her with her luggage

"Your room is big"

I laughed a little

"Aunt Laborè, all of the rooms in this house is big except the guest room"

I put the luggage in the corner of my room as Aunt Laborè sat on my bed and looked at me

"Is there something wrong?" I picked up all the mess on the floor

As I finish putting my dirty clothes in the basket Aunt Laborè stood up and walked around me, she held my hand and twirled me around

"Alright, what are you doing?"

She was so deep in her thoughts

"I want to make a design" she muttered under her breath, she then went to her luggage and opened it. She pulled out a large sketchbook and instantly started drawing on it. there were a lot of colored pencils that were on the ground

"Could you stay in that position for a moment?" she asked me and I followed her request. it took her 30 minutes and I felt my body becoming tired. She sighed as she finished her drawing

"Maybe the color is a bit off with your dark blonde hair and hazel eyes" she put a hand under her chin

She laughs nervously as she looked at me and she tapped her finger on her sketchbook, I sat beside her, and I saw myself in a dress

"Is this me?" I said in amazement as I held the sketchbook to take a closer look

"Whenever I have no idea what design I should do, I always use you and your sisters as my muses to make some of my well-known designs" she grinned. I felt flustered for knowing that I was being used as a muse to make a fashion design

"So how about the Winter Flower Runway dresses were some of those dresses that you designed we're based on us?" I asked her about the last runway dresses she made last month. Aunt Laborè was still a fashion designer, she just works for someone who is even more well known and well respected in the industry

"Yes, The theme for the new collection would be-" she was cut off by a knock from my door, Caramia and Adeline poked their head in. They let themselves in my room, Adeline was now rummaging my make-up bag again

"Adeline if you really like my make-up that much you should buy some of your own" I told her

"Nah, going to your room is much easier" she answered and pulled out an eyeliner

"Cara sit down" she instructed at Caramia and she sat at on vanity chair

Aunt Laborè came closer to Cara and observed what Adeline was doing to Caramia's eyes

"Are you doing the Morticia Addams eyeliner?" She asked Adeline and she nodded, out of all of us, Adeline was the only expert with more experience in make-up than Natalie and Ella combined

"I am going to this date that a guy keeps pestering me to go out with, so I figured that I should try to look like Morticia to make him back away"

I pulled out my ruby red lipstick that I used once and put on some in Caramia's lips. Aunt Laborè fixed her hair to have it straight and shiny. After we finished, she looked like a teenage Morticia Addams

"And now for the final touch" Aunt Laborè pulled out a black spaghetti strapped dress that was flowy reaching the calf, it was elegant and it would be a perfect fit for Caramia

"Wait I think there is something missing" I said to everyone. It took me a while but then it came to me

I stepped out of my bedroom and went to knock at Brie's bedroom. She opened the door and I was greeted by her face that had a green mud mask

"Brie do you have any red high heels we could borrow?" I asked

Apart from Mom, Brie has the largest shoe collection in the household. She stepped aside to let me in and opened a door for me to search in her shoe closet

"This place could be a shoe store" I joked and she rolled her eyes. I finally found the perfect red shoes and thanked Brie on my way out of her bedroom

I strutted back and gave Caramia the red shoes for her to put on, she now had that Addams family style

"Now it's time for you to creep that guy away so he won't bother you" Adeline told Caramia and she gave her a thumbs up

As Caramia left , Adeline, Aunt Laboŕe and I looked at each other.

"If you guys need me I'll be in Penelope's bedroom" Aunt Laborè informed us and went upstairs

I was about to go to my bedroom too, when Adeline suddenly grabbed my arm and I glanced at her with my brow raised

"What is it?"

She gestured me to look at the stairs and I saw Natalie and Ella come down.

"We are going undercover to watch over Caramia" Natalie showed me her car keys

"Does Mom know about this?" I asked her in a whisper.

"Of course I know, that is why I asked Natalie and Ella to come with you" I heard Mom come in the living room with a chicken nugget at hand

"Can I have some?" I asked mom.

"The last time I gave you a piece of choco bear at night the next morning I found out you finished all the choco bears in the cabinet so no"

I have this weird appetite that after dinner whatever piece of food eat I might finish it all, so after dinner most of the cabinets and the pantry were locked. Also, it's because back then I was overweight, I lost a lot of weight now because of the new rules in the house

I groaned at the thought of me going out in the cold night just to watch over Caramia,

"Can't I just stay here? I know for a fact that Caramia could break a person's arm back when she was 14"

I tried to run but I was dragged out by Adeline and Ella