48: Please

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"Hey, Mom!" My voice echoed throughout the stairwell.

"Elle?" She replied, stirring another batch of her homemade cookie batter in the kitchen.

"Mom, I thought it would be great if I could show Aaron around San Francisco," I smiled wider than usual.

"Sure," Mom said, putting down the bowl of cookie batter on the counter. Aaron ran behind her to the bowl to lick the spoon. I couldn't hold in my laughter.

"What's so funny?" Mom asked. She does this every time I burst into random laughing fits.

"Nothing," I laughed.

"So, when is this San Francisco thing?"

"Friday. At five o'clock."

"Why at five?"

"I just think San Francisco looks better in the evening," I fibbed.

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