Elementary Rabbits (Part II)

I found myself in elementary school again. I was in one of the classrooms in the wings of A.G. Richardson back in Culpeper County. As I recall, the building was clover-ish in the fact that it was three loops; one for each grade 4th-6th. At the top of each loop were bathrooms with a water fountain between them. I sat in this classroom among former peers and perhaps a teacher and wondered why I was present. I sensed that I had acted up in some way and that I should leave. I didn't belong there. I never did but in this case, I honestly didn't belong there because I was an adult among children. Acting up was just a way to excuse myself.

Children lined up in the hall, chattering and giggling away. They wore jackets and backpacks. Some stood on tiptoe to reach the water fountain. I made my way through the small crowd and into the bathroom.

The bathroom was a dressing room of sorts. The walls were painted deep red and the only lighting came from yellowish bulbs surrounding a large mirror on the left. The entire room was filled with faux flowers; mostly petunias in bright shades of purple and pink. They didn't match the walls at all. I sat on a ledge against the back wall in the small room and a handsome light-skinned young African-American man sat in a chair in front of the mirror. We spoke informally but I'm unsure exactly what we spoke about. I don't think we had much in common. Though he seemed to be famous I could sense we had known each other from somewhere. I tried to remember who he was.....I am still trying to remember......but alas, it's just not coming to me.

He wore giant diamonds in his ears and had a brilliant smile. I thought he looked a bit like a fellow I did a project with last semester but it wasn't him. This guy was clearly someone from my past but.....who?!

The room filled with white rabbits. Some were normal-sized and some were much larger and not terribly rabbit-like at all. I absent-mindedly petted them as I spoke to the handsome young man.

Eventually, I got up and walked back out into the hall where the school setting remained but was now interspersed with rabbits.

I recall talking to my mom on the phone later and asking her what she thought of the movie. She told me that she honestly enjoyed the sequel much more than the original. She referred to it as "The Rabbit Movie".