Hey! Im back! ; And here is ch.4! Joanne makes a beotch of herself, Diego meets… OH! I can't tell u but its GOOD!! Haha Kay here is:
Never Let GoChapter 4- Trevor
Diego sat down at the dock along with Gabriel, Joanne, Gloria, Cassie and Angel.
It was particularly quiet until Gloria finally decided to speak. "Oh, by the way… Diego? Is that it?" Diego nodded and she continued, " what you did today… for me, Gabe, and Cassie. I just wanted to let you know that it was really brave."
"Thanks. But it was really nothing, I mean…"
"It was cool!" Cassie blurted out, "you swam fast! And, and it was… WOW!" The exited cub said in a jumble of words. Almost everyone at the table smiled, Cassie grinned and broke out in laughter, Diego even managed to crack into a crooked grin. But Joanne's face remained hard.
"Uh! Can you believe it?" Joanne managed to change the subject. Maybe it was all the smiles that made her true bitterness come out of its hard shell. "We'll be spending probably another three weeks on this boat, with all these cretins."
"Mom…" Angel gave her a hard glare. She was already next to Diego but she scotched closer. Joanne seemed to notice.
"Geese Angel, moving closer to the boy. What! You wanna become pregnant or something?" Joanne's dry sense of humor seemed to hit home with Angel whose face turned red. And Diego who knew that it was just Joanne being Joanne, looked at Angel and laughed a bit.
"Uh! Mom… Diego…" Angel searched for words.
Diego who now laughed harder looked Angel in the eyes and tried to choke down his laughter said, "Sorry, Angel. I just… well I had to laugh, comm'on I'm only animal."
"Not… that… funny." Angel said kind of annoyed.
"Ms. Joanne, you have a great sense of humor." Diego complimented trying to loosen her up a bit, but it did not seem to have the effect Diego was hoping for.
Diego then received a long cut across his face. Diego stopped laughing and felt where he had been scratched. He was bleeding slightly.
"And you're laughing at my daughter because…" Joanne looked at Diego for an answer.
The other tigers, Gabriel, Gloria and Cassie went from laughing to staring.
And Diego who thought that it was Joanne trying to be funny was speechless as well.
"Mom!" Angel yelled, "that's it! Come'n Diego, lets get going." Diego stood up and followed after Angel like a sheep following a Shepard.
DOCK OF THE BOAT
"Diego, I'm sorry about that, really," Angel said as she licked his cheek sort of clean.
"It's ok Angel," Diego said still a little shocked at Joanne's reaction. "It was kind of weird but," Diego turned to face her. 'Here I go.' Diego said mentally as he gazed into her deep sapphire eyes. "Its ok because… I like-" Diego was interrupted.
"Angel!" Both tigers turned around to see a dark tan tiger.
"Trevor?" Angel's voice filled with surprise and disappointment.
"Trevor?" Diego's voice with surprise.
"Who's this?" Trevor pushed Diego away from Angel.
"Whose that?" Diego glared at them both.
"He's my-" Angel started.
"Boyfriend." Trevor finished.
"EX" Angel hissed. "Trevor, you dumped me for some bimbo! I'm not your girlfriend." Angel pushed the dark colored tiger away. "What are you doing here anyway?" She demanded, all Diego could do now was stare at the two. Hooking up with Angel would be harder then he thought with this newfound obstacle. Something told Diego that Trevor would not just take no for an answer and leave.
"Hey, that freaky vulture specifically told ALL tigers in the valley to get on the boat. So here I am." Trevor shrugged, "and what are you doing. You're rejecting me for this trash." He nodded toward Diego.
Diego laughed under his breath but purposely made it so Trevor could hear it. "That's funny 'cuz he's trying to act like a big boy to impress the girl he wants to be with when he knows that a turtle has a bigger chance with her."
Angel knew Trevor, "Diego, lets just go… please."
"Yes, Diego lets just go… please." Trevor mocked Angel, "or we can just fight it out like real sabers." Trevor knew Angel and he knew that she would not like Diego joining a fight even if he didn't start it.
Diego would have with no doubt killed this guy. But he also had inner voice telling him he would loose Angel that way, so he simply replied, "yeah, let's go Angel, to the Beacon of the boat." Which was where some romance was. Tigers would nuzzle there and do romantic things. Of course Diego didn't have anything perverted planned, but he decided it would, hint-hint Angel and annoy the hell out of Trevor.
Angel spoke with joy. But to Diego's disadvantage she didn't get the hint-hint. "Yes, Diego lets go!" She flashed a radiant smile.
"Ok," Diego spoke dumbfounded and followed the lady to the Beacon.
If Trevor weren't as ticked as he was right now he would have followed the pair to the Beacon and ripped Diego's head off. Instead he just trotted to a corner and planned revenge.
MEANWHILE
"Diego, I just wanted to let you know how…maturely you handled that tonight with Trevor. But I'm really sorry that he ruined our time together." Angel said sitting down with her new friend. (a/n: I didn't say boyfriend, just friend.)
"It was nothing. He just doesn't know how to treat girl tigers." Diego replied.
"Really? Diego, that was… so… open, straight forward the way you said that." Angel's eyes sparkled with intensity in the shimmer of the moonlight. Diego stared into them.
"Well, I-" Diego didn't know what to say.
The two just stared at each other. Nothing was said for about a minute and a half. Then Diego smiled a crocked smile, which Angel began to love. Diego's crocked smile, how his light gold fur not reflected, but shined in the indigo moonlight. Angel smiled back.
"You never did tell me about your pack." Angel spoke softly not to ruin the relaxing moment made by the sound of the water hitting against the boat.
Diego laughed and looked away, "it's a long story."
"Well tell it, I'm a good listener." Angel rested her head against Diego's soft fur.
Diego told the whole story of meeting Manny and Sid. And returning the baby. He told of meeting Ellie, Eddie and Crash as well and escaping the flood and how a sloth taught him to swim.
"Any questions?" Diego asked as he finished the "story."
"So that's where you learned to swim." Angel giggled, "you know most tigers on board were surprised when you saved that kitten. It was really brave."
"It was nothing. That was a compliment?" Diego joked remembering Ellie's outburst.
Angel laughed, "Is that a true story… It's not just a bed time story?" Angel asked.
"Yeah."
"Wow, do think I could meet your pack? Would they like me?"
"Yes and yes."
"That would be nice." Angel sighed, "goodnight Diego."
"Night."
And with that the two fell asleep together. I would like to say, and they lived happily ever after, but that would be a lie. New issues awaited the two friends tomorrow.
A/n: there u have it! Aww its so sweet how they're ALMOST together. I'll say it again ALMOST. Hehe. Anyway please review cuz they're what keeps me going! ;