Penguins, lemurs, and twins oh my ch. 10

by

Mastermindhunter and Syd05641

(Brenna's POV)

James and I walked up to the otter exhibit. Marlene swimmed in circles as she was watching us. She was smiling the whole time. Apparently she didn't have trouble with James, as much as I thought Skipper did. Apparently animals are fun to watch, when they date.

"She's such a beautiful girl isn't she?" James smiled easily over to me.

"Yes she is a very pretty otter I said." Marlene smiled widely at the human. I chuckled under my breath.

"Who was talking about the otter? I thought we were talking about you." He said innocently. I should have known he would have tricked me into saying that. He innocently flashed his white teeth.

"Ha! I get it. That's nice of you. I think she's pretty too." I winked at her. She took it and wwinked back. James didn't notice it though. I was glad he didn't. How embarrasing woul that be?

"You know, my brother and I were planning on going on a class trip to Austrailia. They're letting a few more people to go, but I was wondering if you would want to go. I know that you enjoy going places with great surf." It was true. Austrailia was known for it's great surf. I especially liked surfing.

"That's true. Well if you can get me there, it would be fantastic." I giggled.

"I really do have a thing for the waves myself." He snorted. "I keep my old woodie station wagon with me all the time, so I can keep the board close. You got any boards?" I held up three fingers, not including the one that was bitten by a shark and autographed. That seemed more of a trophy than a useable board. He smiled, and looked over.

"So how often have you been here? A few people from school said they saw you and your sister walking around here yesterday, and the day before." He looked surprised. I thought he was pretty clever to be noticing quickly. I shrugged.

"A relative works here." I chuckled. "She was going to watch us for a week, and then we were going to head back to Jersey."

He looked at me with raised eyebrows. "So you're from Hoboken Jersey eh?" I nodded. "Hows the surf?" I made a face that didn't give too much credit.

"Eh, kind of lame. We usually headed south to get some wave. Alot of people down near places like Florida have snaked a bunch if you aren't a local." He made a painful face. Apparently he's been in a heavily snake area.

"That's stinks. Oh hey, I'll go get us a soda. What do you wan't?" He smiled.

"A diet coke would be nice I smiled to him." He smiled, and dashed off towards the consession stand. I smiled, and turned towards the fence. Marlene was looking in my direction. Her angry face didn't make me feel very comfy. "What's with the face?"

Marlene rolled her eyes. "The face means, you haven't kissed him yet. Are you planning on kissing him?" I didn't quite know how to answer that. I mean he seemed like such a great guy, but I had oly known him for a single day.

"If you don't kiss him, I'll give you some trouble here." She crossed her paws all tough like.

"Oh yeah well how bout I pop all your whiskers off, and toss them into the trash?" She cringed and put her hands over her whiskers.

James came back with two diet cokes. He looked over at Marlene and raised an eyebrow, staring back at me. "Why would you want to pluck her whiskers off?"

I looked over at Marlene. She stared at me, and looked like she was expecting me to answer his question. I turned back at him, smiling. "She growled at me. Apparently I'm not a favorite zoo keeper."

"Pfft you're better than some." She muttered. I shot her a glare raising an eyebrow. I looked back at James, and smiled. He returned the smile.

I sighed. "I'm surprised that you went out of the way to make the new girl feel welcome." I blushed a bit. "I appreciate that."

He ran his hand through his hair. "Well you seemed like the type of girl, I could relate to."

"So, where did you learn to surf for the first time?" I asked leaning back on the fence.

"Hawaii" He said smiling. "It was when I was little I had immersed myself in their culture. Including their language."

"You know their language?" I squealed. "I speak Hawaiian too!"

"You do?" He asked raising an eyebrow. "Alright then, translate this. "A'u Mana'o kena Kou 'ula'ula Lauoho nana nohea." I quickly blushed knowing exactly what it meant.

"You just said that you think my red hair looks lovely." I said smiling widely. He stared at me surprised.

Marlene's jaw hung open. "That . . . was . . . amazing!" I stared in her direction. I nodded a than you.

"Where did you learn to speak Hawaiian?"

"Same as you." I chuckled. "We went a few places as younger children. When we went to Great Britain, she was sucked into that. When we traveled to Hawaii, I was into Hawaiian culture. Once Tera and I find something we think is interesting, we stick with it. She does sign language, and I speak Hawaiian. She writes music, and I surf. She does cheerleading, and I do fire knife dances." His face got surprised. "Don't be too impressed. My mother gets surprised too. I'm not always allowed too. I get to do it, only if I cut my hair short. Mom's got her limitations." I shrugged. He smiled.

"Well maybe when you get the chance, you could invite me over when you practice." I smiled shyly.

"Aww" Marlene sighed. "He's so cute. WHY WON'T YOU KISS HIM?" I ignored her. James pulled something out of his pocket. It was a wooden jewelry box. I was about to open it, but he kept his hand over it. He reached into his pocket and ulled a paper out. He laughed nervously and started reading.

"This piece of jewelry was hand carved by insert your name here" I giggled. "OH! SORRY. It was hand carved by me. When this trinket is given away to a dear friend, it is blessed by the Pele for them to treasure each other forever." I opened it up, and inside was a sea turtle pendant. I could tell just by feeling it, that it was made from koa wood, native to Hawaii.

"Oh my gosh. This is simply astounding. Thank you so much." We walked around, I tried to steer him away from Julian who growled loudly. I felt my blood run cold, as I was walked over to them all. "Oh I can't stand these guys. I think they hate me."

"Well they might hate me I guess." He purred. "I had so much fun with you today. You're very interesting." He held my hands in his. They were warm.

"I think we'll be great friends." I batted my eyelashes.

"Just . . . friends?" He said leaning closer.

I was leaning close as well. Julian screamed. "No anything but that!" It was tearing him apart, but I ignored him.

"Well . . . maybe . . . we . . . could . . . be . . . " I was so close, but the large zoo bell rang. Of all circumstances. I smiled with a faint blush on my face. Julian was cheering, as were the other two. I smiled at him as he watched the lemurs.

"You want a lift to your place?" He smiled. I nodded. He ran out the gates, and as he ran, I put the necklace on. i don't know why, but I didn't think I ever felt jewelry feel so good. I saw James pull up in a woodie station wagon. His board was on the car. It was painted with palm frond leaves. I smiled and jumped in.