Chapter 3: The First Steps
At 3:30, Ramona and I got home from school. We walked in and saw Tommy taking his first steps. Both of us gasped and Ramona ran over to him saying, "Oh Tommy! Good job, buddy!" I wish I could've congratulated him, but it's hard for me to walk. Tommy was smiling and Ramona was giving him high-fives. I smiled and I said, "Ramona, bring Tommy to me please." Ramona was smiling and she picked up Tommy and brought him to me. I said to Tommy, "Good job, lil bro. You took your first steps, buddy!" He smiled and then Stephanie walked in from the kitchen. I told her, "Aunt Stephanie, Tommy was walking! He took his first steps." Stephanie said, "Oh yes, I know. I taught him while you guys were at school." Me and Ramona both said, "Oh." Stephanie came over to get Tommy and she asked, "Hey, isn't your friend, Lola, coming over tonight?" Ramona said, "Yeah. Her parents are going out, and we're going to practice for our dance competition." She said, "Okay. Jackson, I want you to rest your ankle. Ramona, please help him upstairs." She nodded and I moved towards the stairs. Once I got to the stairs, me and Ramona looked at each other. I asked, "You got me?" She replied, "Of course. Just try hard to lift your crutches up each step." I nodded and looked up the steps. I lifted my crutches and Ramona helped me go up the stairs. About 5 minutes later, we were able to get upstairs. I told Ramona, "Thank you. I couldn't get up here without you." She smiled and I smiled at her. I said, "I should go to my room." Ramona said, "Okay. Can I help you? I nodded and we walked to my room. I crutched over to my bed and I sat on my bed. I dropped my crutches and Ramona helped me lay down. She grabbed my crutches and stood them by my bed. I told her, "I really appreciate your help. Thanks for having my back and looking out for me." We smiled and she said, "Anything for you." She sat by me, and once again, we looked into each other's eyes. She then started leaning towards my face, very slowly. Oh my God, were we about to kiss?! I then started moving my face towards hers, but then my MOM and KIMMY walked right in as our lips almost met. Ramona jumped off my bed and they were laughing so hard at us. Mom said, "Don't even try to cover that up! We saw it! You guys almost kissed! That is so cute!" Ramona scoffed, "Uh, we were not trying to kiss each other. I was… uh, telling him a secret." Kimmy told her, "Uh, no you weren't. You would have leaned towards his ear and not his lips. You guys were trying to kiss each other. We know it." I said, "Even if we were, you cannot tell anyone that our faces were close to each other. Pretend that you saw nothing." Mom said, "Okay, fine. But it was so cute, though! Seeing you two interacting romantically." Max then walked by and said, "Shallow teenagers." We all looked at him and then they walked away. Me and Ramona looked at each other nervously. I said, "I can't believe that we almost kissed. I mean, I like Lola, and you don't like me anyways." Ramona said, "Just cause I've always disliked you doesn't mean I don't like you now." I asked, "What?" She then walked out of my room. I think Ramona likes me… and I almost kissed her… because I, probably fifty percent, like her back. But what about Lola?