Chapter 4
On Sunday Marin met Peter at the Zoo. She was a bit nervous, it was her first date & she was worried she would screw it up. Peter on the other hand was calm & collected, it was a pretty hot day so he was sitting down with a soft drink in his hand & had an unopened one waiting for Marin. She was glad to see it, it took her a good fifteen minutes to fly to the outer area of the city & then it took thirty minutes on the train to get to the Zoo. "Thanks so much for the drink, I so need it" she gladly said to Peter. Peter had a smile on his face "you look hot" he said "oh thanks" a blushing Marin replied "oh, did I say that out loud?" now Peter was blushing slightly, "should we start looking around", "Ok, how about the elephants first" Marin said excitedly.
It had been about two hours & Peter hadn't asked to see anything, "What would you like to look at? I've seen pretty much everything I wanted to" Marin asked. Peter didn't think that Marin would like to see what he wanted to, but she insisted. What Peter wanted to look at wasn't very far away so he asked Marin to close her eyes & he would guide her there. "Can I open my eyes now" Marin asked a minute later, "yes, just don't freak out ok" he replied, Marin opened her eyes & saw a big snake in front of her, she was just about to scream when she started feeling ill, she looked to her left but Peter wasn't there, so she looked to her right & Peter was standing there with his head right up against the glass, he was as giddy as a school girl, it was obvious that he was excited.
He then ran to the next glass window & did the same, he started running all around the room looking in all the different displays, he was ecstatic. Marin was feeling incredibly sick now, she thought she had gotten to hot, everything in the room started spinning. Peter hadn't even noticed how pale she had become, then she collapsed, she fell hard on the ground & made a loud thud, Peter turned around to see what the noise was & was shocked when he saw Marin lying on the ground. He rushed to her side & started yelling for help, just as paramedics showed up she woke up but the paramedics wanted to check her out just to be safe
A few minutes later they gave her the all clear. But she thought she had better go home & lie down, "Sorry for ruining our date, I'll see you at school tomorrow", "are you sure your feeling better" Peter asked in a worried tone "oh, I'll be fine. I just need to relax a bit & get out of the sun". Marin's mother showed up at that point so Marin got in the car & went home. "I want you to go straight to bed when you get home" Marin's mother ordered "Yes Mother" she replied. But by the time they were back at their house Marin was feeling completely fine, she didn't want to go to bed however she was ordered to.