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Alex woke up, he had not had a nightmare all night. He stretched and looked over at Gia who was still sleeping peacefully. One more day till the showdown thought Alex. He got up carefully, as to not wake up Gia. He left the car, and walked over to Gia's car. He grabbed the parts for the trapeze and started to set them up. One more day to practice thought Alex. Eventually the occupants of the train started to stir. Gia came out of the car and stretched. She came over, "good morning Alex" Gia said and kissed him. "Did you sleep well?" Alex asked. "Better than I have in a long time" Gia replied. They got half way through the day practicing, when they heard a whistle. "Come here, we need to talk" Skipper said. All of the animals gathered around Skipper and his team. "I'm not going to lie to you" Skipper started, pacing back and forth "we are about to enter the belly of the beast. There is no turning back, and no deserting" he eyed them all suspiciously. This isn't helping Alex realized and spoke up "could I say something". "Why of course psychotic lion" Skipper said. Alex came to the front of the group. "Hi, you have all been practicing your hardest and I know that you will try your hardest in the upcoming performance" Alex said. Everyone clapped for Alex's speech. He came down from the stage and stood back next to Gia. "Lets get back to work" Skipper said. Everyone went back to practicing.

Penelope was practicing her trapeze act. She had figured it out finally. She would win this competition, then she would let Alex stay with her circus, instead of going to Madagascar, if he promised to marry her. This plan was foolproof she thought happily to herself. "Come here now!" Irina yelled. Everyone came and gathered around. "No one is to mess up, you understand. Even during this last practice, if you mess up even in the smallest way you will be kicked out of the circus". Everyone gasped, normally Irina was mean, but she was never this mean. "Stop staring at me and get back to work!" She yelled angrily. Everyone scrambled back to their practice stations.

Finally night time came. Alex helped Gia put away the trapeze, t hen Alex said "goodnight" he turned to go to his car, when he heard Gia say "Alex?". "Yes" he replied turning around. "Could I sleep with you again tonight?" Gia asked. "Of course" the words came out of Alex's mouth, before he even new what he was saying. They walked over to his car got in, and went to bed.