Chapter 10 - All that glitters

It wasn't until that Monday morning that I realize how fast the year has gone by. I was woken up that morning by a light shining on my face. I rubbed my eyes, slowly opening them to see Gilbert standing at the side of my bed.

"Gilbert?" I mumbled. Gilbert ran over to the window banging on it frantically. "Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?" I demanded. Gilbert then began to pull at the curtains. I quickly pulled the curtains away from him quickly catching a glance of the outside. I immediately looked again, finally seeing what Gilbert wanted me to see.

The outside was covered in snow it must have been snowing all night, I just then realized that it was early December. Gilbert smiled as he pointed at the window looking back and forth from the window to me.

I sat up in my bed wrapping myself in my blanket, I pointed outside. "Snow," I told him.

"Snow," he repeated, I quickly leaned over picking him up and wrapping him in the blanket with me. The sudden noise of my cellphone going off caught my attention, I turned it on the see a notification from the weather. I quickly read through the school closing and happily seen my college appear, I had no school today and I didn't have to work until 5:00.

"Fuck yeah!" I exclaimed.

"Fuck yeah!" Gilbert repeated.

Blood rushed to my cheeks, "don't repeat that in front of Jazmin and Cassidy, okay?" Gilbert nodded in agreement.

"You look so cute!" Cassidy squealed not long later, as she finally finished dressing Gilbert.

"At this rate we'll never leave," I mumbled as I walked into the living room.

"I'm sorry," Cassidy apologized, "it's just so cute."

"Everything about Gilbert is cute to you," Jazmin stated.

"Okay, come on Gilbert lets go," I called kneeling down and holding my hands out, Gilbert turned running into my arms.

Jazmin softly chuckled, "I can't believe that you forgot that it's December."

I stood back up, bouncing Gilbert up to get to better hold. "Yeah, yeah I know, I'm a mess, but it wasn't really December that I forgot it was that fact that Christmas is coming up, and I'm not even close to done with shopping."

"I don't really understand you," Jazmin commented, "you celebrate Christmas, yet you don't believe in religion."

"Fucking hilarious Jazmin," I sneered, "you still think that Christmas is about religion. In this modern time, fucking hilarious."

"Fucking hilarious," Gilbert repeated. Blood rushed to my face as both Cassidy and Jazmin turned to me.

"Rachel," Cassidy exclaimed, "have you been teach Gilbert swear words?"

"No!" I exclaimed, "he just picks me up, I don't want him swearing."

"Well when his mommy has the worst language ever, he's bound to pick something up," Jazmin commented.

I turned glaring at Jazmin, I then used one hand to cover Gilbert's eyes and the other to give Jazmin a certain gesture.

Okay so in hindsight I probably would have gotten a lot more done if I didn't bring a child with me. He seemed to have gotten distracted by everything and due to the fact that it was around Christmas there were light and shiny things everywhere. Even if it was cute to watch him so wide eyed and amazed by everything I think I'll leave him with Jazmin and Cass next time.

I've also come to that point in his life were he's annoying and yet so adorable. The whole ride home he sat there pointing out the window yelling, "mom snow." Again he's adorable but the novelty wore off rather quick.

"I'm back, now somebody take the child!" I shouted as I walked in my arms wrapping around Gilbert. As soon as Cass walk in the room I dropped Gilbert to his feet and he ran to her.

"Long day?" Cass asked.

"Very," I replied.

"Go shopping today I said," I mumbled to myself as sat down on my bed after I got home from work, "it'll be productive I said. I'm full of dumb ideas." Just as I lied down a loud scream came from the backyard. I immediately sat up and looked out the window to see Cassidy in the backyard and Jazmin running outside.

"What's going on?" I asked as I followed outside. Gilbert quickly jumped from Cass' arms running up to me. I kneeled down and gasped when I noticed the blood on his hands. "What the hell!"

"It's rabbit blood," Jazmin explained.

"I still stand by my previous statement; what the hell!" I exclaimed.

"He-" Cassidy stammered, "I walked outside to see him-"

"He killed a rabbit," Jazmin explained bluntly.

I opened my mouth but closed it when only three words came to my mind. "What the hell!"

"Rachel!" Jazmin shouted.

I shook my head to help think of other words to say, "let's go inside. Somebody throw that rabbit away or at least make sure it's far away so it doesn't attract and animals."

Jazmin and Cassidy exchanged glances as I picked up Gilbert and took him back into the house.

"Why did you do that?" I asked as I washed Gilbert's hands, he only shrugged. "Gilbert," I called grabbing his facing and turning to me, "that's isn't good, you can't just going around killing animals you're not some kind of savage." Gilbert remained quiet he then slowly began to reach for my long brown hair, he grabbed a piece holding onto it loosely. His fingers twitched as tears began to run down his face. He didn't make a noise as he pulled his hand back. "Gilbert," I mumbled, "what's wrong?" He didn't say a word as he just leaned forward wrapping his arms around me. "What the hell," I mumbled as I carried him away.

"What happen?" Cass asked as the three of sat in the kitchen late that night.

"I don't really know," I replied, "but now that I think about it. It's not the first time."

"Seriously?" Jazmin and Cass said almost in unison.

"I didn't realize it until after I put him to bed but as he gets older he seems to have these moments more often," I explained.

"Moments?" Jazmin questioned.

"These kinda random moments where he would get depressed and quiet. However it seems like the most random things trigger this," I continued.

"What triggered him this time?" Cass asked.

I paused looking down at the small pieces of hair that fell in front of my shoulders and ran down my chest. I slowly picked up a piece running my fingers through it.

"Rachel!" Jazmin called. My head immediately shot back up to the two girls. "What is it?"'

"I don't know," I lied.

A/N:

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