This is for iPastatalia!

I decided it's gonna be a couple chapters, no more than ten, and I shall work hard on not being creeped out by the concept.

Mind, my OC Eleanor grew up knowing Bunny from being a nipper, so why can't Sophie right?

I hope you enjoy :)

'I don't want to see you again!'

Bunny remembered how Sophie had screamed that at him, her green eyes filled with tears and her blond hair a mess. She'd come back from school in floods of tears and when he tried to comfort her it had been all his fault apparently.

Unbeknownst to him, some kids had found out she still believed in the Easter Bunny, and had ripped into her about it. He always wondered how children who he'd seen playing together would suddenly turn against one another when they reached a certain age. And the names they called her were vile. Utterly vile, and he hated thinking about them. So when he went to pull her into a hug, she'd pushed him away and scowled.

'It's your fault! I don't want you here, go away!'

That was five years ago, and the latest he heard from Jack was that she was moving off to college, going across state lines from Pennsylvania to New Jersey so she could attend Rutgers University. It wasn't too far away from home, and it's where Jamie had gone, but he felt sad knowing the little ankle biter he'd found invading his Warren years ago was a young woman now, grown up and heading out into the world.

And he wanted to see her one last time before she left for good.

Hurtling through his tunnels, Bunny resurfaced outside the Bennet household. It hadn't changed much since he'd first been here, but the footballs in the yard had gone and been replaced with deckchairs and stupid plastic flamingos. He snook in through the dog door, watching carefully as Abbi lifted her head and snorted at him before lying down again. She was old too, and though he remembered clearly how she'd tried to rip his face off when they'd first met, it didn't stop him laying a hand on her head and stroking her behind the ears. She was too old to chase him around now, and they'd gotten used to one another a long time ago. The old dog merely looked up at him with her big brown eyes and whined a little before closing them again to relax.

Bunny moved on, tiptoeing through the house and up the stairs, finding his way to Sophie's room, hoping he hadn't missed her.

He could hear her playing Bon Jovi through her iPod though, and he smiled slightly. She'd never been one to run with the mainstream, and anything way before her time was cool to her, so she'd always had a love for Bon Jovi, Elvis and even Frank Sinatra. When all her friends were obsessing over the latest boy bands, she'd been relaxing to Bob Marley. She had such an eclectic taste in music, and he loved that about her.

Creeping closer to her bedroom door, he poked his head through to see her dancing in the middle of the room with her hairbrush in hand, screaming the lyrics.

"Shot through the heart, and you're to blame. Darling you give love a bad name!"

He grinned as she went on to do an air-guitar impression, eyes closed as she whipped her blond hair about her face. Then her eyes opened, and she spotted him at the door, and she froze. The hairbrush dropped from her hands, her body went limp and she gaped at him. He barely had time to raise his hand in greeting before she burst into tears and launched herself at him, pulling him into the room and wrapping him in a hug.

"I'm sorry!" she cried above the music, her shoulder shaking as she sobbed. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." she repeated over and over, and although a little shocked and surprised to see the girl reduced to tears in front of him, Bunny managed to shush her and stroke his hand over her hair to calm her down. It took a few minutes, but her crying dissolved into hiccups, and he hit the button on the iPod player to stop the music, and he led her over to the bed to sit her down and try to get her to calm down properly.

"What are you sorry for?" he asked her gently, wiping her face with the back of his hand, clearing away the tear stains.

"I told you I didn't want to see you again, and I didn't mean it," she whispered, averting her bright green eyes to look down at the ground. "I never thought I would when you didn't come back."

"I didn't think you wanted to see me again," he mused, feeling shattered at the revelation he'd missed out on five years of seeing her grow up because she'd made one stupid comment that he'd taken to heart.

"I missed you," she said tearfully, looking up at him with her big green eyes. "I'm sorry I said it in the first place."

"It's alright darlin', don't worry about it," Bunny said gently, and she shook her head a little, looking upset again.

"It's not that easy! I'm going to college now... I'll not see you again... again!"

"Hey, no, I'll come round when you want me to, I promise," he said gently, stroking her hair back from her face and smiling kindly. Sophie blinked her tears away, averting her shining eyes away from his face to the floor, scanning over the clothing and textbooks that were heaped haphazardly around. Then something clicked in her mind, and a small grin spread over her pink lips.

"What?" Bunny asked, feeling a little cautious as her head snapped up and her eyes met his, wide and excited.

"I have an idea!" she cried, jumping up looking ready to explode.

"I can see that, but what is it?" he laughed, standing and grabbing her shoulders, keeping her steady.

"Come with me," she started, and when Bunny opened his mouth to argue, she held her hands up to stop him. "No, just listen. Come with me for the road trip. It's a three hour drive, but if we set off tonight we can find somewhere to camp out, we can catch up, it'll be fun!"

And although he wanted to say no, that it was impossible, he found himself nodding his head as he was unable to say no to her pleading eyes and bright smile. And when Sophie threw her arms around him and was screaming excitedly, he found he quite liked it.