Lioness looked out over the lake, "Everything is so… peaceful

Lioness looked out over the lake, "Everything is so… peaceful." Lioness scanned the edge of the lake closest to her, "Found you!" She climbed down the tree and headed in the direction of Axel. When she reached the clearing she walked over to the rock and sat down next to Axel, he didn't open his eyes, but he knew she was there. "What are you thinking about?"

"My dad, I still can't believe he is out there and he never came to look for me."

"I'm sure he has a good reason."

"I know, but still, he left me with nowhere to go. If I find him that's the first thing I'm going to ask him."

"Don't worry; I know you'll find him." Lioness looked over at Axel, he was so…..different now, but he could still be the same fun loving guy he used to be, it's just he isn't that way very often. "Tell him you like him, he is always there for you. He likes me, I think," Lioness thought hard, debating between telling him and not telling him.

"Thanks," Axel said. "Uhh…I like Lioness, but does she like me right? Every time I'm around her I get all queasy, but if I tell her I liked her... Well con: she probably doesn't feel the same way, pro: at least I would have that off my chest and she might like me a little, and con again: it would mess up the whole team, and everything would be awkward. Two cons and one pro, better just get over her, but that's gonna be hard."

Axel stood up, "Need a hand?"

Lioness took his hand, "don't let go, tell him how you feel." Lioness let go, "thanks."

XXXX

EC – 14:38 pm

"HAWK," Lioness yelled to the house.

"What," Hawk said walking out of the bathroom.

"Did you take my wallet?"

"Uhhhh……no. Why would I do something like that?"

"Because I'm the only one in this house who has extra cash and you always ask me for money."

"Well I may have barrowed a couple of bucks." By this time Shark, King, and Axel had come out of the living room to see what all the noise was about. They were giggling now.

"Hawk!"

"Okay so I took 80 bucks, but don't worry I'll pay you back."

"HAWK WHERE IS MY WALLET." Lioness ran at Hawk.

Hawk took off, throwing anything he could behind him to slow Lioness down, "I told you I'll pay you back." They guys were rolling on the floor now, laughing uncontrollably.

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE MONEY; I JUST WANT MY WALLET BACK. NOW!"

Hawk stopped, "You don't?"

"No, I just want my wallet."

Hawk looked surprised, "Oh, it's in your top drawer in your closet…… So because you don't care about the money does that mean I can take it?"

Lioness let out an angry sigh, "NO," and with that she turned on her heels and ran up the stairs to her room.

Lioness found her wallet right where Hawk said it would be. She opened it and pulled out the napkin with Denzell's email. She laughed; his email address was: Blind-Guy at sat down at her desk and turned on her computer. When she logged into she saw that Liza her cousin was online as well as all of her brothers: Alexander, Antonio, Edvardo, and Fernando. Rachel was also on; she is Shark's unofficial girlfriend, even though they love each other.

A chat box popped up. It was from Antonio it read, "Olá pouco irmã. Como é que as coisas?" (Hello little sister. How are things?)

Lioness typed, "Bom, você?" (Good, you?)

"Eu tenho uma namorada agora." (I have a girlfriend now.)

"Realmente, eu sei que ela?" (Really, do I know her?)

"Yeah. Lembre Haley ..." (Yeah. Remember Haley)

"Whoa! Você e Haley, mas você odiou Haley." (Whoa! You and Haley, but you hated Haley.)

"Eu sei, mas ela veio de volta do Chile e ela veio mais de nós e começou a falar ..." (I know, but she came back from Chile and she came over and we started talking...)

"Bem bom para você, você parece feliz." (Well good for you, you seem happy.)

"Obrigado. E quanto a você todos os noivos? O que dizer que o Rei guy?" (Thanks. How about you any boyfriends? What about that King guy?)

"Não. Rei é apenas um amigo e porque vocês querem saber, é nenhum de seus negócios." (No. King is just a friend and why do you want to know, it's none of your business.)

"É também a minha empresa, tenho a certeza que eles são dignos e de um homem forte." (It is too my business, I have to make sure they are a worthy and strong man.)

"Você vai ficar afastado de todos data a menos que eu me dar-lhe permissão. Adeus." (You will stay away from everyone I date unless I give you permission. Good bye.) With that Lioness blocked Antonio and all her brothers 'cause by now he had told Alexander, Edvardo, and Fernando of their conversation. Lioness clicked on the 'add me' button and typed in Denzell's address. He was online. "Ei. Não tem nenhum irmãos?" She forgot to go back to English. "Oops, he probably thinks I'm crazy or something," she thought.

He replied, "Olá e sim uma irmã."

Lioness looked at the screen amazed, "You speak Portuguese?"

"Yeah. I started learning it when I was in grade three, because that's when I decided to become a botanists and zoologists for the SSARFBA, another word the Scientific Study of the Amazon Rain Forest in the Brazilian Area. My uncle told me if I was going to be a scientist for the SSARFBA I should learn the local language so I did."

"Whoa. You want to be a botanist and a zoologist. Impressive."

"Yep, I like plants and animals. So how did you learn Portuguese?"

"I grew up in Brazil. I just came to LC for finishing school."

"Finishing school? You? How did that happen?"

"I rebelled against my mom; well that's what I tell everyone. She wanted me to be a princess with good manners and pretty dresses, but I would have nothing to do that let alone with a dress."

"Haha. So why did you ask me if I had any siblings?"

"I wanted to know if you ever had sibling trouble."

"Well when we were little we would always fight, but now my sister and I are cool."

"Well we fought when we were little and we still fight now."

"How many siblings do you have?"

"Four and they're breathing down my throat, 'you're a girl you can't do that and we want to meet your boyfriends.'"

"Brothers then."

"How did you know?"

"Because they say because you're a girl and you can't do certain things."

"Oh….."

"Can I ask you something personal?"

"That depends on the question."

"What is your favorite color?"

"That's not a personal question."

"What you may think isn't personal I might consider very personal."

"Okay then."

"I'm just kidding. You still haven't answered my question."

"Green. How 'bout you?"

"How about me, well let's see: I look great, I'm funny, I'm not over weight, I'm 184 centimeters tall, would you like me to go on?"

Lioness was laughing hard, "No, I was talking about your favorite color. You're going to make me crack a rib."

"Royal Blue. I'm glad I can make you feel good, but please don't crack a rib on my account." Lioness laughed harder. "I just told you my favorite color, next question your fav. animal?" And this is how the conversation went Denzell would ask a question and Lioness would answer it and ask him the same question.

Lioness finally looked at the clock, 23: 14. "Holy shit! We've been 'chatting' online for nine hours."

"Whoa! Your right, my computers telling me to get off. You free anytime soon, I've got three free blowing tickets."

"I don't know I'll have to ask Axel."

"Okay, well, chat me when you find out. Thanks for talking to me; you're a really interesting person. Bye "

"You too, Bye." Lioness turned off her computer and sat down by the window, she leaned her head against the glass and closed her eyes, "I better go see if the guys are still up…" She yawned. "They're probably in bed, no need to bug them," she thought and without changing she crawled into bed and fell asleep.