A few days later

"ACHOO!" Vitally sneezed. "Are you-a ok-a?" stefano asked him. "you sneeze loud vitally!" "yes, I am ok. And thanks for that complement about my sneezing." " you're-a welcome!" stefano happily responded. Vitally had been sick for quite a few days now, so Alex and Gia were trying their best to keep anikka away from him so she didn't get sick with the flu,because if a cub caught the flu, it would be too much for it and it would die.

Meanwhile

"m- mama!" Anikka managed to spit out. " aww, that was her first word!" Gia said. "dada!" "second word!" Alex said. they heard a knock on the door. It was stefano, and he was crying like he did before their first circus all together. "what's wrong stefano?" Alex asked. "vitally- I think he is-a dying! *sob*" "Dying?" Gia asked. "si, I think he is-a dying!" stefano couldn't control his crying. "its ok," said Alex, trying to comfort Stefano. " Alex, stefano, stay here with Anikka. I am gonna go see vitally." Gia said.

"ACHOO!" vitally sneezed again. " wow, you sneeze loud." Gia said. "yes, Stefano assured me of that earlier." vitally said. Gia giggled." So, how is cub?" vitally asked. " Oh, she is fine. We are just keeping her away from you so she doesn't catch your flu and die. Not that we don't want you around her. we just don't want her to get sick." Gia said. " Oh, I know." Vitally said. " now why are you here?" " Well,stefano came into Alex and my car, and he was crying saying that he thinks you are dying." "what?! Send him in here and I'll tell him that I am not dying." " ok,all be going now. Oh, and by the way, Anikka said her first and second word!" "aw."

" STEFANO! WHY WOULD YOU THINK I AM DYING? IM JUST SICK!" vitally yelled, causing him to cough. "I was-a worried about you" stefano said. Vitally growled. "ah!" stefano screamed and ran to Alex and Gia's car. Gloria, melman, and Marty were in there as well. They, as usual, we're looking at Anikka saying how cute she was. Gloria was currently holding her to show melman and Marty, because neither of them had fingers nor hands. But then, they all heard a highpitched noise. Anikka started crying, so Gloria handed her back to Gia and Gia calmed her down. " I-a recognize that sound," stefano said. "it is the sound of a cat greatly in pain." " how do you know?" Alex asked. " well, vitally has done it before when he was in pain, and apparently I was the only one who heard it when Gia was giving birth." all of them stared at stefano. "what?"


yes, this was kinda a long chapter. But ooh! Will vitally make it or not? Dun dun dun! Find out in the next chapter!