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Started July 12, 2020 by @Rainy_day_artist_classic group

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Ash nodded a bit.
"Here, we can go to your room to do it." He smiled, closing his door. He gently offered his hand to Laura.

Laura smiled softly, taking his hand when it was offered to her.
"Thank you, sir." She hummed a bit, gently pulling him over to her room. "How are we going to dry it?"

Ash came into the room, motioning for Laura to have a seat. He grabbed a brush, gently starting with her hair.
"Well, I'm thinking I can brush it out, then we'll use the towel. If you're comfortable with it, we could use a air dryer, but if you can't then we'll just do it by hand. I prefer that way anyway." He hummed softly as he brushed her hair, starting at the bottom and carefully teasing out any tangles.

Laura listened to him as he started to brush her hair, trying to keep her head still as he did so.
"Towel drying it, is fine. I don't really care either way." She hummed with a little shrug, turning her head a little to smile at him.
"Whatever you want to do, is alright. It's up to you."

Ash nodded a bit, smiling back.
"It's your hair, Ms. Laura. As long as you're okay with it, though." He ran the brush through the girl's hair a few more times, then picked the towel up a bit off her shoulders. He gently patted away the excess water, then carefully started to rub her hair, making sure not to hurt her.

"I know it's my hair, but I really don't care. As long as it gets dried, I guess." Laura shrugged a bit, enjoying the feeling of the brush running through her hair. When there were no more tangles, that is.
As Mr. Ash began to rub her hair with the towel, she tilted her head back to smile at him.

Ash smiled back, nodding a bit. He rubbed her scalp with the towel, setting it aside a moment to run his fingers through it. He continued like this till it was mostly dry, then started to brush it again.
"Is there anything you'd like to do today? I do have a free day, after all."

“Mm… I don’t really have anything… if tomorrow is Monday, l’ve got school.” Laura mumbled a little, keeping up a smile as he ran his fingers through her hair.
“But besides that, I don’t really know what we would do.” She mumbled a little. When he was done with her hair, she turned around to face him.

"I see." Ash smiled, sitting down a moment. "Well, there are a few things that we could do. Is there anything in particular you like to do."

"Umm… I really don't know…" Laura mumbled, starting to play with a strand of her hair. "What is there to do? I really don't have much of an opinion."

"Well, we could go out hopping for clothes and other things, or perhaps, if you're feeling up to it, we could go talk to the lady who owns this place. It would just be us three." Ash offered Laura a small smile of assurance.

Laura glanced up at him, biting into her lip at the second suggestion. She could be brave enough to talk to one person, couldn't she? She'd have to at some point, and now was as good as any other time. So she sucked up a deep breath, looking up to Mr. Ash.
"We… we could talk to… to the lady who owns the place..?" Laura suggested, not sounding too sure as she did so.

"We don't have to if you don't feel ready for it." Ash moved a bit closer of Laura, gently putting one hand on her shoulder.
"Only if you really want to. The lady would understand. She's really nice, just like me."

"I… I don't know if I'll ever want to." Laura mumbled, shifting her gaze down to her feet. She felt bad about not really wanting to, but the idea of going to try and talk to her didn't sound very appealing.
"But… but I feel bad. She won't be upset— or isn't upset— is she?"

"She isn't upset at all. She understands that it'll take time before your able to be around other people, and that's okay." Ash bent down a bit in his seat, looking at her with a gentle smile.
"We don't have to go see her."

"You're sure?" Laura asked softly, flicking her gaze up to his face. She had a hard time believing that. Normally the people she was around insisted— forced her even— to try and make new friends. That never ended well.
"I… I can go see her, if she wants."

"She won't unless you want to see her. None of us here want to force you to talk with people unless you feel comfortable with it. I'm sure, Ms. Laura." Ash gave a soft smile to Laura when she looked up at him.

Laura sighed softly, nodding a little.
"Al… alright. If you're sure, sir." She whispered, flicking her eyes back down to the floor. "Um… we- we can do whatever you want, then. I don't really care."

"Okay…" Ash took his hand off of Laura, giving a small smile.
"Do you want to go shopping for some more clothes in your size?"

"Clothes shopping?" Laura asked softly, lifting her head. "That… that's gonna cost money though. I don't want you to have to do that for my sake."
She kept up a soft look, not so sure about shopping. It was only another thing for him to do for her.

"Can I let you in on a secret?" Ash asked quietly. He leaned a bit closer, smiling a bit. "We have a lot of money. We have too much, actually. Buying you clothes will be good." He smiled brightly, chuckling a bit.

"Are… are you sure?" Laura asked softly, biting into her lip.
"I really, really don't want to cause problems, sir," She insisted. "I'll be fine, really."

"I'm really sure." Ash gave Laura another smile. "You aren't causing any problems."

With a light sigh, Laura nodded a little as she reached for his hand.
"If… if you're sure, then… um, maybe we should go? It won't be getting in your way will it? We can always wait, if you don't want to…" Softly she continued to ramble excuses, holding onto his hand loosely.

"It won't be getting in my way." Ash took her hand in turn, standing up now.
"If you don't want to go, we don't have to. But if you just don't want to be in my way, then we will go."

"I… I really just don't want to be in your way." Laura whispered, looking up at him as he stood.
"But if you're sure I won't be, then… then we can go. I just don't want to bug you."

Ash nodded.
"Then we'll go. You aren't bugging me at all." He smiled again, giving her hand a gentle reassuring squeeze.

Laura kept quiet, nodding in return. She quietly started to lead him over to her door, glancing up at him.
"Where would we go, sir?" She asked softly, pulling her door open.

"Well, there's Walmart, or a smaller locally owned clothing store, and a few other stores that are near here." Ash opened the door, stepping out with Laura. There were more people in the halls now. The diner was closed on Sundays, after all.
"Do you want me to carry you?" Ash offered.

Laura seemed to have stepped back at the sight of the other people, trying to listen to Mr. Ash as he spoke. But when he mentioned carrying her, that seemed to have caught her attention the best.
“Yes sir.” She replied simply, not seeming to hesitate. But as soon as the words had left her mouth, she flicked her gaze off his face.
“If… if you really don’t mind, sir…”