my v is for vendetta

7

"mommy?" violet said. "hmm?" billie turned to look at her daughter. "why don't i have a daddy?" violet asked. "you do have father, baby; he just wasnt very nice." billie explained. "why?" violet inquired. "i don't know, sweetheart, some people just aren't nice..." billie uttered. "what mean stuffs did he do?" violet questioned. "he would cross my boundaries, do stuff i didn't want and he would yell at me." billie murmured. "what's that?" violet furrowed her brows.

"a boundary is like, um, you know how we talked about limits? and, and if you like don't wanna be tickled anymore you say stop? it's kinda like that, it's like something you don't want them to do something to you ever or until youre ready." billie hummed. "a boy at daycare holded my hand when i said no." violet frowned. "i'm sorry, angel." billie cooed. "boys have cooties!" violet huffed. "cooties aren't real, my love," billie chuckled.

"do you want boys holding your hands?" she asked and violet shook her head. "then that's a boundary!" billie smiled. "boys are yucky!" violet made a face. "i don't like boys!" she whined. "that's okay, princess." billie said softly. "do you like boys?" violet asked. "i do." billie said. "do you like ven'etta?" violet quizzed. "yeah, sure!" billie smiled. "um, a girl in daycare keeps saying she's a boy." violet spoke.

"if they say that they're a boy, you should ask them if they want you to call them a different name and if they want you to call them 'he' and a boy." billie said. "why?" violet asked. "because some people don't feel like the gender they were born as, so they might say that they're a different gender." billie explained. "there's a girl in my class, and she was born as a boy, but last year she came out and told us that shes a girl, and she started growing her hair out and got her name changed." she said. "but why did he want to be a girl?"

"she didn't like being a boy; her body and her hair made her feel uncomfortable. she always knew she was a girl, but she was scared that no one would understand what she meant or that she was the only person who felt like that" billie explained. "girl and boy bodies aren't the same?" violet asked. "no, baby." billie said. "how are they different?" violet queried. "you know how girls get boobs and boys don't?"

"uh-huh!"

"that's not the only thing that's different," billie said. "girls and boys have different private parts," she hummed. "we have something called a vagina," she said. "bagina?" violet tilted her head. "yeah!" billie smiled. "boys don't have vaginas." she explained. "what do boys have?" violet inquired. "boys have something called a penis," billie started. "and it's very different from the vagina." she hummed.

"some people are intersex; which is really rare, but their private parts don't match a boy or a girls," she said. "and some people are trans, like the girl in my class i told you about; they will have the opposite privates," she said. "so some boys might have vaginas too."

"and some girls have da boy ones." violet said. "you're so smart!" billie grinned. "good girl using your listening ears!" she cooed. "what does a boy one look like?" violet asked. "it's on the outside of their body instead of inside, like ours." billie chuckled, her cheeks reddening from having to explain this to her daughter. "ew!"

"you can say that again." billie agreed. "ew!" violet repeated, causing billie to burst out laughing. "it means i agree, baby!" billie giggled, pulling her daughter into a hug. "oooohhhhh." violet dragged out. "since you were such a good girl using your listening ears," billie started. "how about we go get some candy at the store?"

"ya, ya, ya!" violet squealed. "and then when we get home we'll watch a movie." billie hummed. "uh-huh!" violet nodded. "come on, baby girl!" billie said as she got out of her bed. violet climbed out of billie's bed and rushed after her mother. billie grabbed her car keys.

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"you can pick three things." billie said to violet as she picked some candy for herself. "one..." violet mumbled, taking a small cookies and cream hershey's chocolate bar off the shelf and laying it in the basket billie had. "umm, twoooo..." she uttered, taking a kit-kat off the shelf. "um, can i have lollipop?" violet pouted. "no, baby, you're a little too young for them." billie said softly. violets lower lip wobbled and tears spilled out of her eyes. "i know you wanna try them, princess, i know." billie purred. she laid the basket down and picked up violet, carrying her on her hip.

"das more dan free!" violet sobbed, pointing to billie's candy in the basket. "shh, baby, mommy's gonna share with you," billie purred. "your candy is only yours." she explained. "mommy's gonna mix those in a bowl and put them on a plate for us to eat." she said softly, pointing to the different candies. "how about mommy gets you a donut, yeah?" billie cooed. "p'ease!" violet sobbed. "shh, shh, shh," billie shushed, rubbing violets back. billie picked up the basket and turned to walk over to the pastries only to be met by a lady giving her a dirty look.

she furrowed her eyebrows, slightly shaking her head as a way of asking 'what?'. the lady gave billie a disapproving head shake. "it wasn't consensual," billie said, causing the lady's face to fall. "but she's the best thing that's happened to me." she uttered. "what's that word?" violet asked. "don't worry about it, baby," billie smiled. "i'll tell you when you're older." she hummed, walking over to the pastries. "which one do you want, lil mama?" billie asked. "dat one, p'ease, mommy!" violet pouted, pointing to a donut with chocolate glaze and chocolate sprinkles.

"you heard the girl!" billie said jokingly to the woman behind the counter. "your mommy's the best mommy, huh?" the woman smiled, putting the donut in a bag. "uh-huh!" violet beamed. "we gonna watch a movie wif candy at home!" she pointed to the basket. "what movie?" the woman asked, handing billie the bag. billie mouthed a 'thank you'. "um, um, cars!" violet beamed. "i love that movie!" the woman gasped.

"thank you for da donut!" violet smiled. "you're very welcome!" the woman pouted. "she's so well behaved!" she said to billie. "i'm raising her to be the best version of herself," billie said. "ain't that right, baby?" she asked, poking violet's thigh, causing violet to let out a giggle. "yeah!" violet replied.