"Mom, I don't like it when you do my hair." Ross whined.
"I thought you wanted me to?" Stormie replied to her son.
"But it's so boring just standing here." Ross looked towards the ground.
"Don't you want to impress Laura? That's the whole reason I'm doing your hair." Stormie said as she brought her sons face up to look at her.
Ross smiled and remembered what he said yesterday. He looked at himself in the mirror and thought that his hair was a complete mess. He wanted to look good for Laura tomorrow, so he asked his mom to make his hair look decent the next morning.
"Your hair is done anyway. Come on, let's go. I'm sure you want to see Laura." Stormie said as she brought her so outside and into the car.
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"Ross!" Laura ran up to Ross and hugged him tightly.
"Laura!" Ross said as he hugged her back even tighter.
A few minutes passed by after the hug. Laura began to read her book while Ross played with some toys. He wanted her to come and play.
Ross thought it was weird that Laura loves to read. She could've been playing with toys like he was. Instead she was doing something Ross thought was boring.
"Why are you reading?" Ross asked as he scooted closer to Laura. "It's boring."
"Says the boy who doesn't know how to read. If you did, you would know how fun it is." Laura said.
"I can read!" Ross said as he grabbed the book from her.
Ross started pretending to read the book. He hasn't been taught to read yet. Nobody has in his class except Laura. When Ross found out she could read, he got an urge to learn how to read.
Ross never wants to disappoint Laura. He thought he did when Laura found out he couldn't read with her.
"What does it say?" Laura asked as she moved closer to Ross.
"Uh…why? You already know what it says." Ross replied nervously.
"Can you read it to me?
"No."
"Why?"
"Because."
"Because why?"
Ross sighed and crossed his arms as he turned away from Laura. "Because I don't know how to read."
Ross got upset quickly. He always got upset whenever he found out he couldn't do something like somebody else. Just like Laura.
Laura could tell Ross was upset. She didn't understand why he was upset, but she knew it was something to do with the book. She wanted to help him, so she did the first thing that came to her mind. Read the book to Ross.
"Camilla Cream loved lima beans. But she never ate them. All of her friends hated lima beans, and she wanted to fit in. Camilla was always worried about what other people thought of her." Laura read. She grabbed Ross's attention right away.
"Today she was fretting even more than usual. It was the first day, and she couldn't decide what to wear. There were so many people to impress! She tried on forty-two outfits, but none seemed quite right. She put on a pretty red dress and looked in the mirror. Then she scream." Laura read but soon became surprised at Ross's reaction.
"Like our first day of school when we met, and like your red dress on that day. Do you also hate lima beans? Because I do." Ross said in an excited way.
"I don't like lima beans. And yes it's like our first day of school." Laura laughed.
Ross smiled while Laura smiled back. Laura felt a connection with Ross that she never felt before. It was strange. Whenever her and her mother read, she never felt what she just felt with Ross.
"You know what? I think you're my best friend." Laura said.
Ross smiled as wide as he could once he heard what she said.
"You're my best friend too." Ross replied back as he hugged her.
Ross as well felt what Laura felt. It was a confusing feeling. He never felt it with his siblings, and he was with them the entire time. Not even with his sister. She was even a girl just like Laura.
"Okay. I should probably continue reading." Laura laughed as she pulled away from Ross to look back at her book.
"You're still reading it to me right?" Ross said with a hopeful look.
"Of course I am. It's something we can do together." Laura smiled as Ross smiled back.
Laura continued to read to Ross. Ross was intrigued the whole entire time. They grabbed more books off the shelf every day until they finally ran out of books to read. Ross decided that it would be great if he brought his own books. Laura thought the same. They never stopped reading.
Can you guys guess the book reference? It's the first page of one of my favorite childhood books growing up. Do you guys have any suggestions for the rest of the alphabet letters? I will consider all.
