Chapter Six - Spoken
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Soft rays of the fading light came through the house the day after Cream's birthday.
Hard shadows contrasted the light in a sort of omen to the young rabbit.
Her soft skipping footsteps, bouncing ears, and wide smile however remained unchanged as she ignored the dark room around her.
With a small click the lights of the room outweighed the shadows even if they were artificial.
Vanilla pulled her hand back from the light switch with a worried look on her face.
"Cream dear? You've been hopping around for the last hour, is everything ok?"
The rabbit in question turned to her mother with a smile that made it hurt Vanilla to look at her.
"Charmy said he would be here at sunset, and it's nearly sunset!" Cream said cheerily before turning back to the window.
"What? Did he forget something the other night?" The mother rabbit asked.
Cream's eyes flickered with annoyance before she sighed heavily.
"No, we have our first date tonight!" Cream replied with her smile growing wider.
"And you didn't tell me?" Vanilla nearly tripped herself.
"I told you this morning! At breakfast, you just said ok and nodded..." Cream turned her head down.
"Oh... I guess I did..." Vanilla breathed remembering nothing.
"Darn it, I was so busy thinking of finding Cream a proper hare I was ignoring her..."
"Uhm... Cream... can you promise me something..." she spoke slowly.
Her daughter turned with an expression of fear.
"Please find a hare..." She wanted to say so badly but she bit back the words.
The inside of her lip bled slightly as the urge grew stronger.
"Please..." Vanilla found herself starting.
Cream looked on, her fear almost palpable.
"She's my baby... and... she's so happy... right now isn't a good time... but..."
"Be careful." Vanilla said with a held back sigh.
Cream began to smile again, "I will be, thank you mom!"
She rushed forward and hugged her mother tightly.
Vanilla raised her arms to hug her back but found she almost couldn't.
Cream didn't notice, instead she just snuggled closer with her smile getting wider.
Vanilla let her eyes stray to Cream's happy face and her arms moved on their own to her back.
"She's my daughter, I can't stop loving her, no matter what she does... but... I just wish..."
A ringing came from the front door and Cream bolted for it.
Vanilla was two steps behind her the entire way, still not wanting to let her go.
Cream pulled the door open and immediately reached forward to grab Charmy's hand.
It wasn't until a second later she looked up and noticed Vector standing behind him.
"Uh, h-hi Cream..." Charmy said a bit nervously.
"Mr. Vector?" Cream said feeling a bit odd.
Vector glanced at Cream for a minute but mainly focused on Vanilla.
"Oh, Vector, how pleasant, will you be chaperoning the two?" Vanilla asked with a faint hope.
Both of the younger ones looked up with traces of fear.
"Only to here, I wanted to make sure Charmy got here on time." Vector replied while scratching his head.
"Oh thats lovely, would you... care for a bit of tea?"
"Say yes, then Cream and Charmy can have some and they won't be out so late... please..." Vanilla was mentally screaming.
"Uh, sure i'd love some, but I think those two would rather be on their way." Vector said and Vanilla fought to not frown.
"Phew" Charmy breathed but Vector heard him.
"Back by EIGHT Charmy, You don't have to be home but she does!" Vector whispered with a crunching of his large teeth.
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Vanilla escorted Vector to the kitchen with a faint smile.
She put the water for the tea on before sitting at the table.
"So they should be back by eight?" She asked and Vector looked surprised.
"Wait, how did..." He didn't know what to say.
"Oh, i'm... uh..." Vector began to scratch his head as he realized that she must have overheard him.
"Oh man... if you heard me then Cream must be angry with me right about now..." Vector said.
"Isn't eight a little early, i'm fine with it but I almost suspected you would say nine." Vanilla wasn't going to let the conversation die.
"Maybe he knows where they are going, hopefully nowhere too private..."
"Well... to be honest I told Charmy that because I figured he would space out and not think to get her back here till after eight, that way she would be home by nine..." Vector resumed scratching his head.
"Hmm, clever..."
"So you expected him to not be reliable?" Vanilla felt worse about Cream dating the bee.
"No... I just expected him to be Charmy... maybe... he can learn to grow up a bit more..." Vector seemed to be holding something back.
"I everything ok Vector?" Vanilla finally asked after a pause in their talk.
He opened his mouth to talk when a sharp whistling pierced the air.
The offending tea pot was thrown such a look by Vanilla that she startled her own reflection.
The sound died away as she lifted it and soon both adults had two hot cups in front of them.
"Sorry, you were saying?" Vanilla pressed him again.
"Does he not like this too? I know I shouldn't be trying to chase of my little girls boyfriend but... it's for her best... right?"
"I... You... You should watch out for Cream..." Vector said but instantly looked up in alarm.
"Uh, not that you don't but I mean... I... don't think Charmy will... uh..."
He gulped down his tea in one gulp and gained an odd look from Vanilla.
"Oh uh... cold blooded, it doesn't really burn... or anything..."
"Oh, sorry, I was just surprised... sorry... you were saying..." She asked, eager to get back to the subject.
Vanilla was on the edge of her seat, "What is it?"
"I don't think Charmy and Cream are going to work." Vector saw Vanilla's face change.
"Uh I don't mean to be rude, I just..." Vector feared Vanilla taking his words the wrong way.
"What do you mean?" Vanilla asked silently rooting for him to see things from her view.
"Uh, just don't tell Charmy I said this, he's my friend and... well... I didn't decide to chaperone him here... he asked me to come... I don't think he is interested in Cream... he's just easily pressured and too stubborn to admit it."
"He... then... maybe they will break it off, and Cream will have another chance to find a boyfriend, a proper hare at that!"
"He's my friend and... I can sort of tell what he is trying to do but... if he and Cream break up... please don't bite his head off would you, I mean... they are still just kids... for a little bit of time..."
Vector was blushing slightly from the embarrassment of betraying Charmy to try and help him.
Vanilla reached out her hand and brushed his lightly, "I... thank you... they are still kids... they just grow up too fast..."
Vector blushed more, the green in his cheeks deepening but Vanilla still didn't notice.
She withdrew her hand and Vector already missed it.
"They do grow up too fast..."
A tear worked it's way from Vanilla's eyes and down her cheek.
Vector moved his hand forward and met her's again.
His hand wasn't physically warm but to Vanilla it felt like the warmest thing she had felt in a long time.
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HEY! Six chapters in and we get more then just my subtle little crazy hidden mentions of the couple this story is about.
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well, for The future i have A lIst of wondrous Little thingS I plan to do.
And iN the next chapters i have more Devious ideas.
So please Come and Ready yoursElf for my crAzy challenge from Me to you.
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Find the clues above for what the future holds, message me what you think the clue could be...
Anyway... I just felt like being even CRAZIER then I normally am... oh and... I'm having FUN!
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Till Next Time.
- One Psychopathic Maniacal Fox