Everlasting Love

The Surprise

Ben POV:

"Ben, are you awake?" I heard a little voice ask. I opened my eyes and Carrie was sitting at the end of my bed.

"Good morning." I smiled, my voice deep and groggy from just waking up.

"I tried to make breakfast." She smiled.

"And how did that go?" I asked.

"Not very well." She said. All of the sudden I heard the loud beeping of the smoke detector. I shot up out of bed and ran to the kitchen.

"I wanted toast." Carrie said. Black smoke was coming out of the toaster and the kitchen was full of the smoke.

"CARRIE!" I screamed as I grabbed a washcloth and tried to get the smoke to go away.

"I don't think I made the toast right." She said. The toast popped and it was black as coal. "Order up?" Carrie laughed and smiled awkwardly.

"And I thought I was a bad cook." I said as I was trying to shut the smoke detector up.

"Hey, I'm 10. What's you excuse?" Carrie said. Her blonde hair was a mess and curls were everywhere.

"Why don't I make us some breakfast." I laughed. She put her hands on her hips and gave me a look. "Or we go out?" I laughed.

"I like that idea better." She laughed.

"Did you bring clothes to wear today?" I asked.

"Yeah!" She smiled.

"Ok well go get changed and then we will go out." I said.

"Ok!" She smiled and ran back to Josh's room. I picked up her burnt toast and threw it in the trash can. I should probably go get changed. I quickly ran into my room and got changed. I combed out my hair and went back to the kitchen to try and get the smell away. All of the sudden she appeared with a hairbrush in her hand and a bag of hairties.

"Oh no." I said.

"Oh yes. Eliza brushes my hair and makes it look pretty every day." She said.

"Um, ok." I said. I took the hairbrush from her and she sat down in front of me. I started to brush through her long, blonde, hair.

"OW!" She screamed as I ripped through a knot.

"Sorry." I said. I started to brush through her hair slower, letting each little curl fall after I brushed it. Her hair almost reached her butt with the curls only being on the end. "Done." I said as the last curl fell. Wow that was stressful.

"Now you have to style it." She said handing me a bag full of hair stuff.

"How?" I asked.

"I don't know!" She said. I opened the bag and pulled out two hair ties. Maybe pigtails? I split her hair in half...or close to half...and put each half in the hairties.

"There!" I smiled. She turned to face me and the pigtails were uneven and I missed some sections of hair. I think it looks good. "Now, we need to go and eat so we can get to my show. We will visit Eliza in between the shows." I said.

"Ok!" She smiled. She grabbed my hand and we headed off to the theatre. She skipped all the way and was smiling from ear to ear. We walked in the theatre and Jessica was there signing in. "Hi Jessica!" Carrie smiled.

"Did you do your own hair this morning?" Jessica laughed.

"Nope! Ben did it!" She smiled.

"And why am I not suprised?" Jessica laughed.