Bunny Sneaks

 "Well that was stupid," Meg said as the credits rolled. "Why do you watch this crap?"

John waved the DVD case in front of her.

"Hello..." he said. "Killer Rabbits. What's not to like?"

Meg laughed.

"It's a boy thing, obviously," she said. She extracted herself from under John's left arm just as he was making a grab for her breast. "Next time I get to chose what to watch."

"What's wrong with rabbits?" John said. He slurred the words, and knocked over a beer bottle on the coffee table as he reached for it. Meg reached over and righted it.

"There's nothing wrong with rabbits per se," Meg said. "But there's only so many times you can watch super-sized ones chomp on some stupid bimbo before it gets boring."

She stood up from the sofa. John made another grab for her but she danced out of his way and switched on the light.

"Besides," she said as she turned back. "It's a bloody stupid idea. Possessed rabbits? Oh, scary... not."

"You don't believe in possession then?" John said. "I thought you were a good Catholic girl."

Meg laughed.

"You know better than that," she said, and blew him a kiss. "But no, I don't believe in demons and possession and all that shit. It's just fairy tales to keep the proles in line."

"Come on Meg," John said, struggling to focus. "Surely there's room in life for some magic."

"Nope," she said. "No such thing. And the rabbits weren't scary at all. They were kind of cute actually... like cuddly toys for grown-ups"

John broke into a wide grin.

"I was hoping you would say that. Stay right there."

He went out into the hall and came back with a large gift-wrapped box.

"I know it's early, but I can't wait. Happy birthday," he said, and handed Meg the box.

Given what they'd just been watching she wasn't quite sure what to expect as she ripped off the wrapping. She was pleasantly surprised when she opened the lid of the box underneath.

A large stuffed rabbit lay on a bed of tissue paper.

She threw her arms around John.

"Thank you," she said. "I love him."

John disentangled himself from her.

"Lets see if you still love him after this shall we?"

He held his hands out above the rabbit. She knew what he was about to do... she'd just watched a similar scene in the movie.

But if he wants to play, that's up to him.

John started intoning in a put-on silly voice.

"Great Bael hear us. We call on you as your humble servants to breathe life into this, your newest subject. Blood is the promise, death is the reward."

John looked down at the rabbit, hunched his back and shouted loudly in a crazed voice.

"Give my creature life!"

Meg laughed aloud.

"You really are as dumb as you look," she said.

"It's all part of my boyish charm," he replied, and once more took her in his arms.