Chocolate #12, Candy Bar Crunch #21, with Cookie Crumbs and Rainbow Sprinkles - Promises
Title: Promises
Timeline: July 2010 - Takes place at the same time as Secrets
Challenge: Chocolate #12 (understanding), Candy Bar Crunch #21 (heart of gold)
Toppings: Cookie Crumbs, Rainbow Sprinkles
Word Count: 348
Rating: G
“But he was kissin’ a boy!”
If there was anything in her lifetime that took her by surprise, it was hearing from her four year old daughter that her twenty six year old cousin was interested in men. Sunset was used to her daughter making up odd stories here and there for attention, but those usually involved things like having a purple horse as a pet. Somehow, this didn’t seem to fit that modus operandi. “Julia...”
“I did see it, Mama, I swear it!”
“No, Julia. I’m not saying I don’t believe you. I’m saying...“ Pausing to take a moment to think of how she was going to try and keep this under wraps, Sunset let out a sigh, running her hand through her hair before she could think about the action. Damn it. Now she’d need a hairbrush and something to drink. “Remember how we talked about people having secrets, and how we shouldn’t tell other people those secrets?”
‘Remember when I talked to you about not blabbing about people being gay when you were the flower girl at you Adrianna’s wedding?’ Sunset wryly thought, making a note to bring that up at some embarrassing moment in about ten years or so. Only half hearing Julia’s protest, the woman gave her daughter her best ‘Mommy Knows Best’ look. “Remember?”
“Yes, Mama. I didn’t know it was a secret, though.”
Amusement rushing through her at Julia’s sudden bout of sulking, Sunset managed to drag a promise out of Julia to keep this to herself from now on before pushing her back towards the reception hall. Following her daughter after a moment of contemplation, she chuckled quietly to herself as she slipped back into the room. In Sunset’s opinion, it was very lucky for both Oz and Andy that people only see what they want to. But now that she thought about it, it wasn’t hard to realize that Oz hadn’t been giving that loving look to Adrianna when she was walking up the aisle.
That look had been reserved for the man who had been giving her away.
Timeline: July 2010 - Takes place at the same time as Secrets
Challenge: Chocolate #12 (understanding), Candy Bar Crunch #21 (heart of gold)
Toppings: Cookie Crumbs, Rainbow Sprinkles
Word Count: 348
Rating: G
“But he was kissin’ a boy!”
If there was anything in her lifetime that took her by surprise, it was hearing from her four year old daughter that her twenty six year old cousin was interested in men. Sunset was used to her daughter making up odd stories here and there for attention, but those usually involved things like having a purple horse as a pet. Somehow, this didn’t seem to fit that modus operandi. “Julia...”
“I did see it, Mama, I swear it!”
“No, Julia. I’m not saying I don’t believe you. I’m saying...“ Pausing to take a moment to think of how she was going to try and keep this under wraps, Sunset let out a sigh, running her hand through her hair before she could think about the action. Damn it. Now she’d need a hairbrush and something to drink. “Remember how we talked about people having secrets, and how we shouldn’t tell other people those secrets?”
‘Remember when I talked to you about not blabbing about people being gay when you were the flower girl at you Adrianna’s wedding?’ Sunset wryly thought, making a note to bring that up at some embarrassing moment in about ten years or so. Only half hearing Julia’s protest, the woman gave her daughter her best ‘Mommy Knows Best’ look. “Remember?”
“Yes, Mama. I didn’t know it was a secret, though.”
Amusement rushing through her at Julia’s sudden bout of sulking, Sunset managed to drag a promise out of Julia to keep this to herself from now on before pushing her back towards the reception hall. Following her daughter after a moment of contemplation, she chuckled quietly to herself as she slipped back into the room. In Sunset’s opinion, it was very lucky for both Oz and Andy that people only see what they want to. But now that she thought about it, it wasn’t hard to realize that Oz hadn’t been giving that loving look to Adrianna when she was walking up the aisle.
That look had been reserved for the man who had been giving her away.