"Laura, we're going to be late!" Ellen yelled from the kitchen in an effort to get her daughter out of her bedroom.
"Why do I have to go? I already know everything! Like that the sky is blue, and the moon is the sun in disguise." Laura said as she lazily walked down the stairs.
Today was Laura's first day of kindergarten. She always dreamed of this day. But now that the day had finally arrived, she doesn't even want to get out of bed.
Laura always felt like she never knew enough. She always had an urge to learn something new. It was what she did for fun.
"Here you go sweetheart," Ellen said as she gave her daughter the tiny backpack, "I promise you'll see me right when you get out of school."
"Why can't you come?" Laura asked confused.
Laura thought her mom, or dad, would be there with her. She didn't think that she would be alone.
"School is for the kids and not the parents," Ellen said as she hurried her daughter out the door and into the car, "Now let's hurry. I'm sure you don't want to be late on your first day."
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"Mommy don't make me!" Laura cried out as she held onto her mother tightly.
"You'll be fine Laura," Ellen replied, "Look! There's your room and your teacher right there."
Laura watched as her mother and teacher talked about something she didn't understand. Since it was boring watching her mother talk, Laura decided to finally let go of her mother and walk around. She saw all these toys and other kids that looked happy to be reunited with their friends.
Laura didn't go to Pre-K. She stayed home and sang songs about every little thing she saw. Sometimes she hated not hanging out with kids her own age. Especially when her sister would be hanging out with her friends. So Laura's defiantly ready to make friends with the other kids. She was so excited that, well, her Laura side came out.
"Hi I'm Laura! We should be friends. Do you like singing? I like singing, and dancing! Can we dance?" Laura said eagerly as she tried to make friends with the group of kids.
The group of kids ran away from her to play with some different kind of toys. Laura was devastated. She just walked back to her mom, and held onto her tightly. She didn't understand how to talk to other kids her age. To be fair, Laura never had to talk to other kids her age. Once those kids ran away from her, Laura knew it wouldn't be good here.
"Hello, I'm Ellen. This is my daughter Laura."
"Well hello, I'm Stormie, and this is my son Ross. We don't know many kids here. Ross didn't go to Pre-K."
"Neither did Laura! I'm sure they'll be great friends. Isn't that right Laura?"
Laura got confused very quickly. She didn't know who this woman was or who the blonde boy was. She just held onto her mother even tighter than before, and hid behind her leg.
Ross didn't understand either. Yes he thought the girl had a pretty name and beautiful eyes, but he didn't understand why his mother was having him make friends with a girl. There were plenty of boys in the room that he could go hang out with right now. Instead his mother has him be friends with a girl.
Ross was never shy when he met someone new. Only if it was a girl would he ever get shy. His mother knew that. Which is why he didn't understand what was happening.
"Ross, why don't you go play with Laura." His mother said as she brought Laura and him to some toys.
Ross and Laura sat down by some toys as their mothers began to talk. For a moment, they wouldn't talk to each other. They wouldn't even play with the toys next to them. Laura started feeling a little bit awkward while Ross started feeling a little shy. After a while, Laura decided to start the conversation.
"My favorite color is red. What's yours? I bet I could guess what it is." Laura said.
Ross smiled at her and replied back. "No you can't. It's not a normal color like red."
"Are you sure? Because by what you're wearing, it seems like it's yellow." Laura said motioning to the clothes he's wearing.
Ross stared down at his clothes and start blushing. He was wearing a yellow shirt, khaki shorts, and yellow sneakers. He was wearing yellow. Even the backpack he had was yellow.
"Well, I bet anybody can see that your favorite color is red by what you're wearing." Ross said motioning to the clothes she was wearing.
Laura looked down at her clothes and blushed as well. She was wearing a red dress, a red bow, and red sneakers to show that she wasn't as girly as people thought. She was wearing red. Not to mention, her backpack was red.
Ross and Laura started laughing. They thought it was funny that they both liked to show off their favorite color. After a while, being the polite person he is, Ross soon realized he never introduced himself.
"Hi, I'm Ross. Ross Shor Lynch."
"Aloha, I'm Laura. Laura Marie Marano."
"Aloha? What's that?" Ross replied with a confused look on his face. He never heard any of his family members say that.
"It means hello, and goodbye, in Hawaiian." Laura said giggling as she saw how confused Ross was.
"Wow. You're smart." Ross said astonished by how much she knew.
"So I've been told." Laura laughed as she held out her hand for Ross to shake. "Nice to meet you, Ross Shor Lynch."
Ross smiled and held out his hand to shake Laura's. "Nice to meet you to, Laura Marie Marano."