Lego Pieces -BBRAE
Rachel was lounging in the living room with a book in hand when she heard footsteps running towards the room.
She looked up and saw Garfield running into the living room caring a box of legos. He ripped the box open and carefully spread out all the pieces onto the large table.
He was wearing a giddy smile and bouncing on his toes as he pulled out a small booklet from the box.
“What has you so excited?” Rachel asked curiously.
Garfield turned around and showed the picture on the box.
It was a Lego set of something from Star Wars.
Even though she didn’t quite understand Garfield’s enthusiasm towards Lego, Rachel couldn’t help but mirror the smile he was giving her. His smile, his happiness, his laughter, it was all extremely contagious.
“I got a Lego set for Christmas!” He replied, beaming at her.
He began turning back around to the table, but suddenly stopped with a gasp.
“You should help me build it!” He said to her, his eyes shining with excitement.
She blinked at him for a moment, taken aback by the sudden request.
“Oh.” She said with a nervous laugh, “No thanks, I’m good.”
It’s not that she doesn’t enjoy hanging out with Garfield, in fact it’s one of her favourite activities, but she just doesn’t have the patience for building Legos. She gets bored with them too quickly.
“Awe, come on! Please!” Garfield begged, looking at her with a pout on his lips.
She was about to decline once more when suddenly his eyes changed to the most irresistible puppy dog eyes she’d ever seen.
With a groan she got up out of her chair and began walking towards the table.
As Garfield watched her movements his smile widened when he saw that she was joining him.
“Okay, okay. You can take this part and try to put it together.” He passed her a bag of pieces that hasn’t been opened yet and showed the image of what she would be building on the box.
It was a fairly simple piece that wouldn’t take much time. Rachel couldn’t tell if he gave her the smallest part of the Lego set on purpose or if it was just a coincidence. But it was appreciated all the same.
She carefully opened the bag, trying not to let any of the tiny pieces fall to the ground.
She spread out the pieces on the table a bit away from Gar’s so they wouldn’t accidentally mix the pieces together.
She looked over and saw Gar already beginning to build with his legos. His tongue was sticking out as he concentrated on the instructions.
Rachel smiled softly at him and then focused on her own Lego pieces.
Building Lego sets might not have been Rachel’s thing, but it was Garfield’s. Because of that, she would say yes to him anytime he asked for her help. It made him happy, and if he was happy, then Rachel was happy too.







