I am so sorry for the wait everyone! My schedule has been hectic with work and sleep and the holidays… And it seems like when I did get time to type, something would come up. :(

Anyway, without further adieu…

"WAKE UP!" Tiffany shouted the next morning. "GET OUT HERE!"

Startled, it seemed like just about everyone stumbled out of their rooms in alarm, to see her standing at the end of the hall like a drill sergeant. Chad was the last to stumble out, in his boxers and a t-shirt wielding a baseball bat.

"Who is interrupting CDC's beauty sleep?" He cried, looking as if he would whack anyone who came near with the bat in his hands.

Where'd he get that, anyway?

"Calm down sleepyhead!" Tiffany told him, as Tawni cut in.

"Who cares about CDC, Tawni is more important – and pretty!"

"You guys can sleep later; we've got a busy day!" She told them. "I need you all down here in twenty minutes so we can eat and hit the road."

"Perfection doesn't happen in twenty minutes." Chad told her. He seemed to be coming to his senses a bit. "I need at least an hour."

Tiffany stopped walking and turned to face him.

"Don't make me send Chey after you."

The boys eyes widened and he seemed to think for a moment. "Twenty minutes… gotcha."

He scrambled back into his room, and Tiffany just laughed a bit.

One could swear Chey was even smirking at the girl's feet.

Tawni rolled her eyes and walked into her room as well.

"Someone's not a morning person." Zora commented at the blonde's attitude.

"Frankly I don't think she has a time of day." Tiffany told her.

"So where are we going?" Sonny was too perky this morning… did she ever sleep?

"The zoo."

True, Tawni and Chad were not happy to hear about the zoo. Chad was afraid of becoming a snack for some animal… again… and Tawni was just being a diva and didn't want to be around the stinky animals.

Zora quickly looked up the Omaha Zoo on the internet, and her, Sonny, Nico and Grady spent most of breakfast picking out their favorite animals, and arguing over which they'd get to see first.

"I want to see the bats!" Zora told them, doing her bat impression as she neared Tiffany – who promptly backed up and gave the girl a strange look.

"We have to see the gorillas!" Nico told them.

"No, the tigers!" Grady argued with Nico.

"Tigers and gorillas are right next door, no worries." Tiffany cut into their arguing to end it.

"Aww, they have baby tigers! And orangutans! We have to see them!" Sonny said, her eyes shining with excitement.

"'course." Tiffany told them. "We'll see them all. That's why were going so early."

The arguing continued as they drove down to the Henry Doorly Zoo. They were the first ones in the door… and last, seeing as they rented the zoo out for the day – avoiding paparazzi and all that jazz.

"I'm sorry ma'am, pets aren't allowed in the zoo." The lady at the desk told her.

"She's a seeing-eye cat." Tiffany said.

"They make those?" The lady asked. Talk about gullible.

"Obviously." Chad told her. She was, after all, not taking her eyes off of him.

"That's cool." The lady sighed, dragging out the 'o'. She leaned closer to Chad, her chin balancing on her fist as she batted her eyelashes.

Chad took a step back. Ugh, fan girls.

Sonny linked her arm with his.

"Are you ready to go, sweetie?" She asked him, giving the other girl a pointed glare.

Tiffany led the group inside.

"So, little Miss Sunshine is jealous now?" Chad smirked at Sonny.

"Pssh, no." Her voice raised an octave.

"Suuure."

"I'm not!"

"Whatever you say."

"Looks like the 'little green monster' strikes again." Tawni pointed out, over hearing their conversation. She disgustedly rolled her eyes.

"Aww, man, I thought I got 'em all!" Grady put his hand to his nose.

Tiffany laughed.

"She's talking about jealousy, G." Nico told him.

"Oh." He mumbled, dropping his hand and giving one of his little bashful grins as he glanced up. "I knew that."

They made their way into the Lied Jungle first, the world's largest indoor jungle. By the end of that, everyone was sweating and Tiffany's glasses fogged up as they walked out, due to the humidity. They continued down into and out of the Pavilion (where there's bugs and little rodents and snakes and stuff) fairly quickly. They went into the Aquarium next. Tiffany mentioned it was also the worlds largest. Even Chad had to admit, the tunnel where you could literally walk right under and next to sharks was pretty cool. By this time, Chey had perched up on Tiffany's shoulders. She appeared unaffected by the giant fish looming above her.

Next off, after viewing the giraffes and ostriches, Zora insisted on going into the Butterfly house. Too fluffy for Zora? Yeah, well, she read online that butterflies aren't the only things that are in there…

They soon entered a room where butterflies of all shapes, sizes and colors fluttered about. There were many plants, flowers and trees, and the walls were giant windows so that the sun could get in. There were a few plates of fruit lying about for the butterflies to eat. Nico and Grady were eyeballing a plate, until Tiffany pulled them out of their daze with a soft smack on the shoulder.

"For the butterflies!"

Chey's eyes became wide and her tail swooshed dangerously along Tiffany's back as she chirped at her many targets.

Sonny was oogling over a large yellow and black swallowtail, when the butterfly took flight, fluttered around, and landed on Chad's nose.

The boy was shocked, to say the least, and stood, stunned for a moment – just long enough for Sonny to take a picture on her phone, and Tiffany to get a pic on her camera, before he screamed.

"Get it off, get it off!" He yelped flailing about and swatting at the creature enveloping his face.

"Chad, calm down!" Sonny tried but it was no use.

He backed up into Tiffany, knocking her back into Grady, who caught her (and Chey). The girls face went bright red as she jumped to her feet, not saying a word. Poor Chad continued flailing until he tripped over a rock, and fell flat on his back with a thud.

(No butterflies were harmed in the falling of this celebrity!)

"Chad…? Chad!"

Chad awoke to see the Randoms and their Omaha Tour Guide staring down at him expectantly.

"I wrote on the wall with crayons again, mommy." Chad mumbled incoherently, as the six people and one feline continued spinning.

"Really Chad, Really?" Sonny asked him, offering a hand to yank him up. "Are you alright?"

He jumped to his feet.

"Wha-pssh. I'm fine, I'm fine." He told them. "I'm good." He waved his hand and furrowed his brow in a 'duh' way.

"Let's just… get out of here…" He told them, eyeing the pretty little monsters fluttering around him. "…quickly."

He led the way to the exit, and stood at the door as the Randoms filed past him. Tiffany, at the end of the line, paused and looked up at him. She placed a hand on his shoulder before speaking.

"Just think, Chad, how many people get mauled by a butterfly and live to tell the tale?" She gave his shoulder a pat, and walked after the others. He glared at her.

Sonny covered her mouth to keep from giggling. Chad turned to look at her.

"It's not funny! That was… terrifying!" He told her.

He was making it hard for her to contain her giggles… but after him continuing to plead his case for about 30 seconds, Zora excitedly pointed out that the spider section was next.

"…. Can we go back to the butterflies instead?" Chad whimpered.

Of course, that wouldn't fly with Zora, so basically everyone but her pelted through there as fast as they could… it turned into a race pretty quick, but no one really cared about the winner so long as they were away from the spiders.

Sonny was the one who had to go back in and drag Zora out after half an hour of waiting though.

Just thinking about it gave Tiffany the creepy-crawlies. She shivered.

After that… traumatic experience, they hopped on the Tram, and listened to facts about the animals they were passing. It stopped down at the train station, and they boarded that. They listened to more facts and saw more animals, then got off and took the tram to the sea lions. Of course, being in California constantly, and having them all around on the coast, the only people really interested in them were Sonny and Tiffany.

Afterwards, they walked through the aviary and saw some birds and those weird deer things that no one really knows what they are, then saw the bears, gorillas, and fed the giant koi fish. The fish were insane. Sonny threw a single piece of food in there, and they literally piled on top of one another for a single scrap.

They continued their way down to the African Wild Dogs, and into the Dairy Barn, where they got ice cream, and Sonny tried to teach them to milk a cow.

"Just like this – squeeze and pull." She told them with a grin.

Chad stood opposite of her, the Randoms on either side of him, all with the same, straight, 'Are you kidding me?' expression on their faces.

"Try it." Sonny urged, pointing one of the cows utters at them like it was some kind of deadly handgun.

The group scattered with a yelp.

"Why are you trying to teach us this? That's not even a real cow!" Tawni whined, hiding behind Zora and shielding her purse.

"And that's not milk!" Nico added, fighting with Grady over who could hide behind the large potted plant in the corner.

True, the cow was a large plastic statue, with rubber utters and the bucket below it was filling with water, not milk, but Sonny was stubborn.

"I just want you guys to see what it was like where I grew up, and plus this is what our ancestors had to do for a living every day!"

"I think that's why we've advanced technology so much!" Zora told her.

"C'mon guys… Chad, will you at least try it?" Sonny aimed it at him – the unlucky one who couldn't find a hiding spot. He threw his arms back defensively.

"I'm not touching that!"

"Why aren't you making her do it?" Tawni pointed an accusing finger at Tiffany, who was standing next to Sonny with her arms crossed, bored.

"Hey, I've grown up in Nebraska. Been there, done that." She told them with a wave of her hand.

"Make her stop…" Chad whined, with pleading blue eyes at Tiffany as Sonny continued to wave the thing around to get them to try it.

Chey though, being a curious little kitty, had seen the magical feat when Sonny 'milked the cow', and wanted to figure this out for herself. She had always wondered where water came from, and the fact that it came from these giant plastic things disturbed her a bit. After inspecting the liquid in the bucket to ensure it was indeed water, she pawed at the cow's udder.

Her claw suddenly sliced through the rubber, and a stream of water sprayed her in the face. She let out a screech, and yanked her paw away quickly, causing water to spray everywhere, hitting the celebrities and their tour guide as the group raced around screaming. The all fought to be first out of the door, and once they were through, bolted down to the next attraction before they got in trouble.

"Aww!" Sonny was quick to race into the petting zoo, and kneeled down to pet a goat. "He looks just like the goat I had when I was little."

"This is like heaven for you, isn't it?" Tawni asked her from outside the gates – no way was she going in there.

"It's a nice reminder of home, yes."

"I cannot believe you're making me do this." Chad said, annoyed, as he glanced over at Sonny. She was sitting atop a plastic jaguar, grinning and bouncing wildly. Chad himself, was seated on the plastic ostrich next to her, gripping the pole in front of him, pouting.

"Don't worry, Chad, it'll be fun!" The girl exclaimed, glancing happily at her friends around her. Yes, she had made everyone do it, not just Chad.

"This is so embarrassing." Tawni had whined. Now she was seated on a flamingo, re-counting the $50 in her hand.

"Just because you want to act like a five year old, doesn't mean you have to drag us into it." Zora was on a giraffe.

Tiffany had just given in with a 'whatever'. She was riding a wolf.

Even Chey joined in, and sat on a white horse, her paws wrapped around the golden pole.

Nico and Grady HAD to fight over the gorilla, of course, and after their game of rock-paper-scissors, Grady retreated to the tiger next to it.

Once they were all happily seated – err, as happy as they were going to get, anyway, the carousel started to spin.

Cheyanne's tail instantly fluffed out, as her horse started to move up and down, but she seemed to be enjoying herself – this was the most exhilarating ride she'd been on!

After a few moments Sonny spoke up.

"Isn't this fun?"

"I think your definition of 'fun' is different than mine." Chad told her. She reached over and smacked his arm lightly.

"You're just a party pooper." Sonny told him, sticking her tongue out.

"Really, Sonny? Really?"

"Yes, really!"

"Fine."

"Fine."

"Good."

"Good."

"So we're good?" By this time, Chad was leaning over the wing of his ostrich, with an eyebrow raised and a smirk on his face, and Sonny was leaning towards him with a playful grin on her face.

"Oh were so goo-mmff"

A chorus of group grumbling and gags came from the Randoms as the couple kissed. They pulled away, and Chad turned to them saying "Get used to it Randoms!"

After awhile they continued up the steepest hill in the zoo, and stopped at the top to rest, before they headed down to the cat complex with the tigers and other big cats. There was a huge white tiger at the entrance, and he stared at Chey like she was lunch. The small black cat gave him the look that said "What're you lookin' at?"

"Chey, don't tease him, his paw is bigger than you." Tiffany told the cat.

She gave a huff as they continued on. They saw lions, panthers, leopards, jaguars, and four different species of tigers including the babies, which were unfortunately sleeping next to their mother. Still cute though.

They continued on to the nursery, where they saw the baby orangutan, and then up to the Desert Dome, which also was a record-breaking attraction. First they went to the top part, which was the actual desert part, then down to the Kingdom of the Nights. They explored the dark area, through the cave and past the bats (heh, Tawni screamed), and into the swamp. Chey's eyes glowed in the dim light, as she remained on Tiffany's shoulder. Zora and Tiffany led the way out onto the rickety bridge that weaved across the top of the water. Chad and Sonny walked out after them, holding hands. Grady, Tawni and Nico were close behind. There were sounds of bullfrogs and crickets chirping, when all of the sudden an alligator popped up and hissed loudly at Tawni. She screamed, and grabbed Nico's hand. He blushed, taken back, and upon realization, she quickly let go, and turned her face to hide her own blush. Sonny and Chad shot each other a glance, catching the exchange, and Sonny grinned brightly as they turned to follow the others.

Once they were over the Alligators, and back on solid ground, it wasn't long before they were done.

"Well, congrats, you've officially seen just about everything the Henry Doorly Zoo has to offer." Tiffany told them as they arrived back at the car.

"Y'know, when they said we could come visit you guys in Nebraska, I really wasn't looking forward to it, but this really has been a lot of fun." Nico told them as they piled in.

"Yeah," Grady agreed. "It's too bad tomorrow is our last day."

"We should celebrate it, or something – you know, throw a big party!" Sonny decided.

"Yeah, that'd be fun." Tiffany said.

"Grady you still make turkey?" Chad asked, remembering the turkey he made when Chad was guest starring on So Random. (Yeah, I know, wrong episode, but it works, alright?)

"Hey I like turkey." Tiffany commented.

"Turkey it is!" Grady said.

The gang all smiled and mumbled about how they were looking forward to it, and continued talking about what else they would have and do.

"Well, what do you guys want to do now?" Tiffany asked, glancing around at the other cars. "Go for a drive? See a movie? What?"

A few more mumbles decided upon a mini-roadtrip, and off they went. It was Sonny's idea that they head into Iowa, and they eventually wound up on a highway in the boonies of north Missouri.

By this time it was dark out, and Tawni and Nico had fallen asleep in the far back of the car, Zora sleeping in the middle, stretched out across the two of them.

Chad had dosed off, and Sonny was following suit quickly. Chey was resting on their laps, sleeping. Grady and Tiffany were the only two awake, and chatted about random things, when they came upon a highway that was more like a rollercoaster than anything. For the first ten minutes Tiffany sped along, up and down and up and down and around the bends. She was having a blast…. For the first ten minutes.

"Oh I'm starting not to feel so great…" She commented, clutching her stomach.

"Are… are you alright?" Grady asked her.

"Fi-" They hit yet another bump – the kind that make you feel like your stomach jumps straight up your throat. "-ine!" She yelped. Her face turned a shade of green, but she pressed on.

"Pull over."

"Why, you feel sick too?" She asked as she slowed the car.

"No, but you look like you're going to hurl."

"I'll be fine." She tried. She had to admit though, he was right.

"C'mon, let me drive." He told her.

"I'm fine."

"No you're not." He told her, staring straight into her eyes. She was quiet for a moment, her eyes searching his face, but she gave in, sliding the gear shift into park.

They got out of the car and switched sides, Grady put the car into drive and continued down the road…. And up the road, and down the road again. Tiffany rolled the window down for fresh air, and rested her elbow on the door, and her chin on her fist. Her eyes rolled around nauseously as she tried to concentrate on something else.

When they finally got back to a flat highway, she still felt sick, and reclined the seat slightly so she could relax a bit.

"S-So Tiffany…" Grady started, nervously.

"Mmm?" She prompted, half asleep.

"I-I was wondering what you thought…"

"'bout what?"

"…me…"

"I think your nice… why?"

""Well, I was just wondering if… uhh… nevermind." He told her, noticing she was fast asleep now.

The next chapter will span 2 days…. The Randoms last day in Omaha, and then the next morning when they see them off at the airport. The next chapter will be better, trust me! I hope I haven't bored you guys too much! The story takes a turn next chapter! Stay tuned!