Home is Where the Heart is

Birthday Bunny [Modern]

"Oi, rabbit, can you take Isobel to the store with you? We need groceries and the house is a mess from when my brothers came over yesterday." Running into the room as she pulled her sneakers on, she grabbed onto the counter and bounced a few times as she made sure she was wearing the footwear properly. She knew that her uncles coming over last night was all a piece of the plan her momma had gotten help with figuring out last month. So was her going to the stores with her daddy, she was supposed to keep him away from the house until she heard the secret word.

"Sure, I don't mind. You ready to go little 'Bel?" Nodding with her smile on her face, she felt herself being picked up, feeling a kiss to her forehead after a moment, another following as her momma came over to the two of them. She covered her eyes with her little hands as her parents kissed, how gross.

"I'll call if there's anything I forgot to put on the list, but call me when you're about to come back." Waving to her momma while she was being buckled into her seat, she bounced a little in it as the vehicle started and began its trip down the road. The drive to the store didn't take too long and she was soon running and skipping a few feet in front of her daddy, grabbing boxes and cans off shelves that she could reach for him before climbing onto the end of the cart and hanging on. She loved going to the stores with her daddy, he always let her help.

"'Bel stay close to the cart, we don't need you getting lost in the store and going missing. Your momma would be so upset." Going back to the cart as she watched her daddy grab something else off a high shelf. After getting the groceries and taking most of the bags to the car herself, she climbed into the backseat herself as she listened to her dad calling her momma.

"Lavi?"

"You said to call when we finished at the store to make sure you didn't forget to put anything on the list." Hearing silence for a few moments, she bounced a little in her place between the two front seats, waiting to hear the secret word.

"Sorry, I'm thinking." She heard her daddy start laughing, covering her mouth with her hands to keep herself quiet.

"I can smell the smoke from here, Yu." She didn't get to hear the response because the phone was taken off it's speaker before her momma could start his yelling. She could guess that there were words that he said that she wasn't supposed to know, but that didn't stop her from knowing some already. Her momma and uncles say some really bad things sometimes when they think she isn't there. Watching as the phone was put back on speaker, she couldn't help but smile as she saw her daddy's grin. Oh! This trick!

"What does that mean, momma? What do those words mean?" Climbing over the box that was in between the two seats, she fell into the passenger seat with a soft sound, her hair bouncing in it's pigtails. She pulled at the edge of her dress so it would stop puffing up under her and showing her shorts. The phone was silent for a minute or two before she heard her momma's voice again, and he sounded absolutely embarrassed.

"Please don't repeat any of those words I just said Isobel, those were really not nice words."

"Then why did you say them to daddy?" She stuck her tongue out at the device, knowing that her momma couldn't see her.

"You'll learn when you're older, Iso. Can you two pick up some books from the library for me?" She could hear the confirmation on the question as she giggled, feeling as she was picked up from the seat and taken back to hers. She tried to brush her daddy's hands away so she could buckle in, but no matter how hard she tried she couldn't get both straps locked in, huffing a little under her breath. After being helped with her seat, she could watch the trees go by as they started towards the library. She knew that the two of them could spend a long time there, and her momma must've been counting on that.