"Can I get a box Mommy?"
"It's may I? Sweetheart."
"May I have a box Mama?"
"She's circumventing the law this little one," Mama picks me up," What do you want a box for munchkin?"
"I…" I work at untangling some of Mama's curls, "I want to fill it with special things. I have a list!"
"You have a list, sweetheart?" Mommy wipes away at my cheek, and kisses it. "What's on it?"
"Just some words..." I smile.
I miss the vanilla ice cream I had just finished.
Mommy always checks to make sure that I am clean; she says that I eat like how Mama does.
"And you'll know all about the law, wouldn't you, detective?" Mommy smiles, and kisses Mama's cheek. Her chocolate ice cream stain is gone now too.
"Doctors know better though. Never wrong to listen to you, Doctor Isles," Mama smiles and turns to kiss Mommy.
They look at each other for forever and ever; always with a smile.
"My turn! My turn!" I shout as I leap into Mommy's arms. This cannot wait.
"It's a big project!" I stretch out my arms, to prove the point. "So you have to listen!" I smile.
They laugh and link arms.
"Alright, alright, we're sorry munchkin," Mama smiles and tickles me; I hide my giggles in Mommy's wavy hair, "What's the project?"
"I need a box! I have a list so after we get the box, we can fill it together!"
"How big does the box need to be sweetheart?" Mommy asks.
"Big enough to fill everything in my list?"
"On your list. Do you have your list with you sweetheart?"
"No…" I suck on my thumb, "The list is for the filling part. Not for the box size..."
"Well munchkin, how can we get the right box for this project of yours if we don't know what goes into it?" Mama kisses my hair and taps gently on my thumb, "What does Mommy say about the thumb, munchkin?"
"That when I suck on it, it means that I am thinking or needs to be soothed," Mommy runs her fingers through my hair and holds me closer, Mama holds us both, "And she wants me to know that I can always tell my mommies anything," I lean into my mommies, "And I shouldn't suck on it for too long because sometimes there are bad bacteria on them."
"Too tiny to see," I move my fingers together to show them the tiniest space I can make.
They laugh.
"Exactly, munchkin," Mama smiles at me, "So my darling little girl, what is your beautiful mind up to this time?"
Mommy smiles at me too. "Yes sweetheart, what is this box for? What has my clever little girl got up her sleeves?" Mommy tugs gently on my sleeves.
I laugh.
"Mommies! Big project means big surprise!"
"The box has to last forever!" I add.
"Really munchkin? For forever?" Mama carries me over from Mommy. "For forever?" She tickles me and makes my belly laugh.
"For forever and forever!" I giggle in her arms.
Mommy is laughing too.
She stops to kiss Mama. "Alright Jane, I didn't pack spare clothes for her this time."
"Right, go back to the tickle free mommy there munchkin!" Mama laughs and sends me back to the arms of Mommy.
"How would a metal box that you can decorate by yourself sound sweetheart? It'll last forever, the box and, it'll always be yours."
"Is there a cover?"
"To keep us from snooping into your things, little munchkin?" Mama makes a fake shocked face.
"No…" I roll my eyes. "Surprise!" I smile and pretend zip my lips.
"Alright munchkin," Mama takes me from Mommy and swings me once around, "You my little sweetness are walking from here." Mama sets me down and kisses the top of my head. "Mommy needs to hold my hand now."
"Right Maura?" Mama smiles at Mommy.
"You are not so different from a child sometimes Jane, vying with our child for my affections," Mommy kisses Mama on her nose, "I love you both."
They smile and hold hands.
I run around them, and under their linked arms.
I walk in front of them.
Stopping sometimes to turn around and wave to them.
They wave back.
They always smile and wave back.
"We're almost there darling."
She looks up from her diary.
"Thank you for the ride," she smiles, "You didn't have to take the day off work, you know."
"Of course I have to. It's a big day, a special day. I'm going to be there for you, every day," he kisses her hand.
"Thank you," she smiles, "Now eyes on the road mister."
A/N: Hi there, thank you, for the time~
This a re-upload, with some structure and style edits. New chapters but it's the same story; I just split them a little.