Chapter 49: White Tulips - Part I

Feeling of malaise and helplessness. This is what Gazelle felt when realized how far away from here he is at this moment. Way too far. She didn't get even one opportunity to talk with him after rebuffing him when he came to her bedroom yesterday and have been trying to defend himself. Without any results, though. He only left with hard slap landed on his cheek. It wasn't like Gazelle wanted to see him again to only say sorry for words she used against him, but she wanted to finally make things straight with him, not necessary saying it was only her fault. She still felt grief about what he did and felt mad at him due to fact how it hurts her. But she was still aware there are some mistakes she made, right after finding out what they were doing together. And the biggest one was a fact how she called him. But she still hoped, that great talk between them soon might be not only great occasion to get things straight and explain herself, but also to got opportunity to get back to him.

When rest of her guests, exception for Nick here, left her villa as well in less than hour from a moment she-wolf came to Gazelle, great star couldn't really think now about doing anything else than just falling asleep again. Nick still wanted her to finally stop growing into the bed, though. He was trying even convince her to take her private jet and pay a visit to Alan's country finally, like she promised her love earlier. But it seemed she didn't like this idea too much. Maybe she wanted to finally talk with him and get him back in her life, but she, as a one who feels like have got less feeling of guilt, didn't want to even hear about idea of going to wolf and apologize him as a first one. She was showing that to Nick, but still deep inside her heart Alan's guilt got assuaged by her actions she made. Actions, which put her in difficult situation. Having no idea how to deal with this problem in a way she wanted, she decided to fall asleep again, waiting for the next day already, and leaving her only guest, fox, alone now.

Despite fact Nick couldn't fall asleep later because of this situation, he decided to keep it as a secret towards Judy. He didn't like an idea of making her even sad in some way by saying the truth, but he disliked idea of lying her completely either. He chose the safest option in his eyes - telling her that they got an argue, but don't telling a real reason of it and how far it got up to this point.

"Hey...! What's up, my lass?" He started when picked up call from her. He was in his room now. Gazelle was sleeping in bedroom by this time, after moving her pillows and blanket back to her sleeping room "Something happened that you calling?" He asked, being still unsure if it's good idea to don't tell her complete truth now. Especially since he promised her to report everything about Gazelle.

"Yeah, something happened. You promised you gonna call me sweetie, right?"

"Well, yes"

"So why the hell I'm the one who's calling, hmm...? Did you forget? Or have something you wanna hide before detective...?"

"What? Total nonsense, detective Carrots! How could I? As your partner in job and out, I thought you know you can trust me"

"I know it, but I'm just calling because you didn't! And don't twist things around, Wilde"

"I'm not twisting anything, okay? You thought how long it would take Gazelle to got awake?"

"But if you woke her up, I swear I gonna..."

"No, I didn't" He interrupted her "God... I was waiting until she got up. As you said"

"And...? You've talked with her yet? Got some more info?"

"Nah... Nothing really. I only know that they argued themselves"

"I knew it! I felt in air something is up! Gazelle is just so predictable in affairs of her heart"

"And... What it changes?"

"You asking me questions? I should do it! What happened, what she said? You've talked with him as well? Maybe he told you something?"

"Carrots, relax... You shouldn't worry that much about her"

"She was caring about me and you when we got an argue, she's our great friend and even Alan is good friend of you. What you think the friendship is?"

"I'm not condemning your protectiveness or anything like that. You just shouldn't be that investigative sometimes..."

"What you saying? I don't know if you forget, but detectives should be investigative!"

"Okay... Ehhh... I get it"

"So what more you know?"

"The thing is... I don't know much more than you that moment. Still haven't got opportunity to talk with him and meet his opinion"

"And Gazelle? She told you the reason?"

"No... Not really"

"Then you are not that great of an informer, Wilde"

"I doesn't mean to be good informer, but great detective like you"

"Stop it..." She giggled "So if you saying you want to be as good as me, try your best to nose it out soon. I guess you don't wanna make your little bunny disappointed..." She said and, even despite fact he couldn't see it now, started playing with her ear and bit her bottom lip "Hmmm? Foxy?"

"No sweetheart... Ehhh" Nick sighed now as hiding before her a fact he knew what was a reason of this argue in fact "I will do my best"

"What a nice fox. You are bright boy, definitely can handle with that. When I come back, I'm gonna give you a biiiig kiss!"

"I hope so. I'm missing those lips already" Now Nick stopped sitting on his bed and laid himself down. He also continued talking with his girlfriend with his eyes kept closed "And it's my first evening without you... What I should hug to instead when sleeping?"

"I dunno... Maybe you should try my idea"

"Which is...?"

"You forgot what I told you at the morning? Use your sheets or blanket!"

"And what should I do with them?"

"Roll them up and hug them! And let your imagination do the rest"

"Heh. I guess you and your imagination are better than mine in this..."

"C'mon! I'm gonna do this this night! Why you won't try at least?"

"I will try. No worries. I'm just saying I rather have you in bed. Not in my mind, but in reality"

"I do as well... Ehhh... Only four days more plus this evening before we see each other again"

"Let's stop counting these days. Let's make them going faster. Now tell me what interesting you doing?"

And Nick let bunny's tongue say a lot of words describing how her first day passed. His girlfriend was narrating everything really detailed, and he was listening to all of that with light and great feeling on his heart. Also hearing his girlfriend's voice let Nick relax himself, when laying on his bed, playing with his tail with free paw and dreaming about being next to her now. Both of them got a good time for 30 minutes or so, while talking like that. And then... Something interrupt them. Or someone.

"So how we doing?" Both of them could hear at the same moment. Judy from door's direction and Nick from his cell "Ready to see how you gonna look when giving Nick..." And then, this third voice got cut. It was Samantha obviously. But why she stopped? Probably Judy showed not aware of fact with who she's talking bunny with her paw she shouldn't say too much at this moment.

"Umm... Judy?" Nick started after a while of silence on the line "Are you there?"

"Yes, yes! Of course I am!"

"So can you tell me what Sam meant?"

"Heh? You heard her?" She started stumbling a little "Because I don't"

"Carrots... You trying to deceive detective?"

"No! How could I!"

"So tell me what your sister means. Now! Explain yourself!"

"Nicky... I..." She started stumbling much more. It became hard to her to construct any reasonable sentence now, in this situation "Listen... This means to be... Oh, hell. I can't tell you that"

"Of course you can! Don't try this fox's patience"

"I don't... I just don't wanna, okay? Look, if this is going to make you happy, this is a surprise from me I want to get you..."

"Oh, I see. Nothing more questions from me, detective Carrots. Have a nice time, then. Out"

"Wait! I just wanna tell you something..."

"I'm listening"

"I love you..."

"Heh, what a bunny. I love you too. For sure Carrots. Get back here soon. I miss you"

"I'm missing you too..." She answered and sighed "Be a great fox and report me everything. Love you so much" She confessed once again before hanging up "Bye, Nicky" She said last words to her fox this day.

"Love you as well. I'm waiting for you" He said his last words as well.

Before falling asleep that day and right after having relaxing and pretty long conversation with bunny of his life, Nick decided to spend some great and even more relaxing for him time by playing, leaving Gazelle alone for rest of this evening.

The next day

Now, when getting up earlier than a noon finally, Gazelle could feel how great sleep she got this night. Or at least better one, when compared to her first night without her wolf. She almost forgot about her upsetting situation she was in by now. She turned her TV on, trying to find something interesting to watch. When channel-flicking in search for something great, like good movie, Gazelle accidentally stopped on one of sports channels. "*Why not?*" She thought and wanted to see if broadcast match might pin her attention. She was surprised when hearing loud motor's noises. It was surprising for her, since she expected to watch maybe football match or something, but she still was interested in it. When heard a name of sport clubs included in this event, one of them sounded familiar for her. Like she heard that earlier before. And... surprise, surprise. It turned out that it was Alan's team match. She was clearly sure about that when heard name of wolf himself said by one of commentators as he was introducing several team's riders. Her blood started boiling for some reason when heard his name and even saw his face later on her big TV, while having her fur bristled. She decided to turn this off, and after a while of thinking about him in silence, she grabbed her phone. But not to do anything else than just calling someone. She felt she would like to meet with one animal in this moment.

As was thinking about him like that, after seeing him in TV, Gazelle felt she's too tensed. It seemed that mix of anger and jealousy she felt inside now made her stressed even.

"Being in front of cameras, with many animals at the stadium, huh?" She started talking with herself "And feeling great now? When don't even bothering yourself to talk with me like real partner should do...? What you think you are?" She was exaggerating now for sure "Well, guess what? I don't care you said you are jealous of tigers I got around myself..." She continued, and now grabbed her cell "I'm gonna make a call for my therapist! I deserve at least massage after all of that! And guess what Alan, he's a tiger! And he's going to give me great, relaxing massage! That's right! Maybe I'm gonna get something even more! Who knows?!"

As she said she did, asking her old, great therapist if he's not up to do some work with her. He said he sees no problem and declared he will be at the place in 30 minutes. And later that day, Gazelle, which got stoked little too much, in fact got that massage. But it not only didn't work that great for her, and she felt even worse with every minute passing. When she only closed her eyes she was thinking about him. About how he was doing those things with her. How he was using his claws. And how he touched in his original, unique way. She was missing that when laying down now, and uneasily continued letting the tiger which arrived to do his job. She felt even worse, when he touched her on a body part Victoria told her about as Alan's little fetish. She really wished him to be next to her now, and even to swap with this predator to let her feel his paws again.

But despite fact she was going through not so nice thoughts when laying those 40 minutes, she could feel how great affection this got on her now, when being after all. She felt relaxed and better in general when her some body part got stretched up and rubbed. She even spent some extra time with her therapist after he did his job. Alan did the same thing with Victoria as well, didn't he? It was hers reasoning right now, when leaving her place with him, and taking him to exclusive restaurant.

Hour and a half of it later, she got back to her villa, but being alone already. She got pretty nice time with him. Just like Alan has with Victoria. But they needed to split up, since he needed to do his things on the city. He also declared her he will be ready for action if need his help during her near concert, she got in her plans in few days. She only giggled and said she would really appreciate that. He also kissed her paw before they went away in invidual ways. Thanks to that, she felt really nice and got butterflies in tummy. She even started thinking about the guy she spent last two hours with like really funny and handsome guy at all. Thanks to all of that, Gazelle forgot about Alan completely for last 90 minutes. Until now...

As she came back, she checked if Nick woke up as well, but it seemed he still had got sweet dreams. Feeling pretty... light and happy now, prey threw herself over her bed in bedroom now. Wanting to wait until Nick get up, she turned her TV on again, to watch something interesting and make time going by faster. And since she didn't switch the channel before turning TV off earlier that day, her plasma was still set on sport channel with Alan's match transmitted on it.

"*Huh?*" She got pretty surprised, seeing that match itself stands that long. 160 minutes already. But there was a reason why it got that delayed. Important reason, and sad in some way. It turned out someone got hard landing. Really hard. It turns out there was an accident. Three animals were injured in it, and one of them pretty badly. But from the beginning:

It was already after match, but for some reasons the match itself got overran. Commentators themselves were talking about final results, like points teams got or best times on track that day, but then one of them said something. And that something might be called a begging of big grief of Gazelle. He said '...and now we hope our best for this young animal. We only hope, that despite fact how horrible it looked, young son of this sport's fame only got bruised and all of that just ends on our fear' But then second one added "I dunno if you can call it just a bruise, Zack...' And now the producer decided to show some action replays again. Commentators continued analyzing what happened in there, but their voices faded away from Gazelle's mind, since she seemed to be focused on watching what happened exactly. Commentators weren't exaggerating. Four animals, which got distinguishable from each others with only three things - their size itself, colors of crash helmets they were wearing and how their bikes looked like, were riding in last heat. Also two of them wore the same kevlars and other two different one. Two of those four riders looked like being from Alan's team for Gazelle, since she recognized colors she saw before. One of them got impaled his front wheel on back wheel which belonged to other one with different colors on his kevlar. Then, he fell off his bike, by forward rolling over it, and flew into hard, wooden fence with his head. The impact was this strong, that fence got bashed in. The same thing happened with his hard helmet even. This showed how fast he was riding when fell off and how hard he bashed with his head. The rider which was after him, decided to lay his bike down when saw what is going on in front of him, trying to evade it. But despite his best efforts, he couldn't do nothing more and his bike had got run into his friend's back, making him flying away from this place even further now. So two riders down. But I said three. Well, the third one was the one which got his back wheel ran over. He lost control and fell of after a while as well. The final result was two bikes destroyed, three animals on the track and destroyed fence. Two of riders got lucky, because they haven't got that injured. Even one of them got up and ran into most wounded one's direction to check his condition. The other one was still laying. And then, the replay played again, but from other camera's perspective.

"*Oh my...*" She thought as watching how one sportsman was acting like a rag doll "*What a poor soul*"

When looking at helmet, which was showing with it's design it means to be worn by animal with long muzzles, like foxes or wolves has, she didn't think for even second it's somebody she knows. Maybe Tai? He's a wolf, and he has that long muzzle which could be covered under that helmet? Wrong guess it seemed, because the one who ran toward his friend shape got Wolfinden imprint on his back. And that leaves... No. Gazelle still wasn't thinking about that. But then... It turned out to be the dark truth.

As watching replay for fourth time now and seeing it from different camera's pov, Gazelle could tell the one which ended up the worst in this situation was her dear wolf she loves. As seeing his last name on his kevlar and then watching his accident again, Gazelle broke inside completely. She got even more upset, when realized she's in argue with him by now, and recalled those moments she was shoving him as he was trying to hug her. And moment she called him a murder.

'...But despite fact how horrible it looked, let's hope, like you said, best for our wolf' She started hearing those words spoken by commentator.

"Alan..." She whispered, her eyes became vitreous and tear started coming down her cheek after a while "No..." Good thing for her she was on bed now, because she would collapse on the ground if standing.

'50-40. This is a result of today's hit of in speedway's world, between GKM and ROW. Back to studio' She could hear in background, as pulled her pillow to her face and started crying in it. She spent next 20 minutes in horrible mood, just groaning for what she saw.

After those 20 minutes, minutes of fear and concerns about him, Gazelle decided to not wait any longer for anything to happen. She decided to take matters into her own paws and made first step to get her wolf back in her life and called somebody she knew is with him now - Victoria. But she didn't decide to do that only to say pass in game she was playing with Alan, but she decided on that also hoping that she's going to tell her what happened exactly, and, what is even more important, what is condition he's in by now.

Feeling how her heart hurts, but not due to fact she recalled all bad things which happened to them and crying rather for what just happened, Gazelle grabbed her phone, dialed she-wolf's number and tried her best to calm herself down. At least to this level to make it possible for Victoria to hear and understand her words she was about to say.

She needed to wait on the line pretty long. She even thought about giving up after few tries, but a moment before she thought about giving up again, the call had got answered.

"Hello?" She could hear now. She was that stressed and only wanted to know something more about Alan now, that she even couldn't tell that moment collocutor on the other side got different voice than well known by Gazelle she-wolf.

"Vicky? What happened with Alan?" She asked desperately, still dropping tears and sobbing from time to time "Is he okay? Are you with him?"

"Ehh..." Girl on the other side sighed. It was a sigh of grief and despondency "It's not Victoria, it's Tawna. Vicky is in horrible mental shape now. Decided to pick up her cell, seeing who's calling. I'm assuming you saw what happened with Alan... You should know that, as his girlfriend"

"What's with him? Where is he?"

"Calm down, okay? I know it's hard situation, but take it easy..." Despite fact Tawna was a one who got enough of willingness and still haven't run on empty like her friend did, there were still some clear and easy to hear tears, combined with sobs and sniffing from time to time nose "It's hard for all of us... They took him to local hospital. They're saying he's in bad shape for that moment... It's possible that surgery gonna be necessary..."

"What's with him? How do he feel?"

"I would really like to know something more to tell you, but I just don't know... All we know is he got transported to hospital as unconscious and in horrible shape... They're even thinking he banged up his spine and skull..."

"Oh my goooood..." Gazelle growled and cried away completely.

"Listen, we can only hope for the best now. We are on the way to hospital by now. It's hard to tell if docs gonna let us even see him..."

"I wanna see him..." Said the Gazelle when only found a brief moment she wasn't sniveling.

"Huh?"

"I wanna..." She didn't finish this time, crying away completely.

"I know, I know... Ehhh. Just look - take a plane to our country. I'm gonna send you exact hospital's location in near future. I can even make some calls to pilots I know. Maybe someone is at the place and is able to pick you up soon. What you think? Private plane is better. Am I right?"

"I just wanna see Alan..." Gazelle said this sentence that unclearly, that Tawna needed a while to process her words in mind.

"Listen. Wait for me to call you soon. I guess we can figure something out"

"Okay... I'm waiting..." She groaned out.

Despite fact she knew she's going to see him soon, Gazelle got even more broken inside in a moment Tawna hung up. Having no one she can talk with now, and feeling how she can't even get up from bed to talk about it with fox, she was groaning and groaning. The Fox, which probably still had got sweet dreams. She continued gathering her mind and thoughts, when crying in a pillow with her body laying on bed.

Despite fact it shouldn't take that long for Tawna to say if one of her friends is able to pick her up or not, it took Alan's mechanic over an hour to call Gazelle back and tell her about situation. It turned out, that one of her friends is free now and offered his help, since he got in plans to fly into direction Gazelle was interested in now. Tawna told her where the pick up place is she agreed with him, and told her he's leaving in next hour. Don't thinking twice, star started packing herself up, taking in hurry things most important for her, like clothes for change. She even decided to take her black and white pyjama, knowing how Alan liked seeing her in it last time. But is she going to have opportunity to even wear it in front of him? In a hospital? Gazelle didn't know really how it's going to tide and where she's going to end up, but as packing, she took most things she can wear in hospital, normal clothes.

In a middle of preparing her things she wanted to take, she recognized she's not alone in here. The Fox was still sleeping in his room, and despite fact she didn't like this idea, she knew she needs to wake him up now. How confused he would be if found out later he's alone here now and he need to take care of her house... or even need to do things with her entire villa.

"Nicky!" Jumpy Gazelle said as opened door. She wasn't acting like that earlier. At least Nick didn't see her being that stressed "You need to wake up! Nicky, now!" She came to bed and took sheets off him.

"What's up..." He said with sleepy voice, don't even thinking about opening his sensitive for light now eyes "Hey... what you doing..." He asked, feeling after a while she get rid off his sheets from him.

"Nicky, it's really important. You need to listen me now"

"Am listening..." He whispered and sat on bed, slowly opening his eyes now.

"Look..." She started when fox started looking at her. She sat on bed as well "Alan is in hospital. I can't let him lay in this place without me beside him..."

"What happened?"

"He fell off his bike... And they're saying he's in bad shape" Tears filled up her eyes.

"Hey... Don't cry. Uhmmm... Maybe you need something from me...?" He asked innocently, seeing she's about to cry away... again.

"Definitely a hug..." She said and fell in his arms, to try calm herself down, hoping she's gonna do better entire time before she will got opportunity to hug this wolf. This wolf, she couldn't stop crying for now "You know..." She said after a while "Still need to pack myself, but... I would appreciate if gave me a ride to airport..."

"You got yourself a plane?"

"No... But Tawna's friend going to give me a fly, since he's a pilot"

"I see. Just let me dress up"

"Okay" She said and they stopped hugging each other "I will pack rest things in meanwhile"

Like Gazelle said, she prepared rest of her thing and then left her house to go to the airport with Nick. Before leaving fox in Zootopia, she told him everything he should do in absentia of her, gave in his paws all necessary keys and wished him good luck. He wished her same thing as well, also wishing her best about her relations with Alan. When the Fox only said his name as wishing her the best, Gazelle couldn't really stop thinking about the one who this names belongs to. Only thinking about how long she need to wait now, when plane she was aboard was taking off, was making her missing Alan even more now, making her convinced she never have been missing someone that hard. She didn't even expect that it's possible to miss someone that much.

10 hours later

Prey, at this moment, couldn't tell she had got worse trip than this one in past, and probably not so fast until she is going to find herself in trip she would call a worse than this one. Conditions themselves weren't that bad in aboard. She was just so tired mentally, waiting hours and hours to finally get out of that plane, get herself to hospital and see her love finally. But one thing was most overwhelming in all of that. And this was wondering about a fact how Alan is going to look like. It might be shocking for her to see him in probably bad shape. And also a fact she didn't know if doctors will let her to see him was making her more upset. When got out of plane and thanked Tawna's friend for taking her here, to Poland, and as soon as put her feet on the ground after that long trip, things inside her mind started mixing even more and made her head a total mayhem now. With every step closer to hospital which's location Tawna sent her, she was becoming unsure more if she gonna stand sight it's possible to see - Alan in coma, not reacting to anything.

Now, as walking through city, it was 9 a.m in here by the way, she could seen a difference between mood she got in plane and now. It seemed that walking along streets, streets full of animals, was making her more relaxed, since she got much less time for thinking about him. Even some passer-by knew who she is (actually, a lot of them knew who she really is) and decided to start even conversations with her. Every single time it ended with polite, but firmly answer - Excuse me, I'm in a hurry to hospital.

After some more time of taking a walk in hospital's direction, and after getting rid off curious animals, Gazelle finally reached her destination. When only crossed door in main entrance of hospital, she started feeling she made a good decision, that finally broke the silence and decided to see Alan now, no matter what. Despite fact she still felt broken inside and her heart was sore, she didn't let anyone tell she's in bad mental shape now. She was doing it great, but soon something will happen. Something, that's gonna make her don't care about the other's opinion and will let herself to cry away completely in this hospital. Due to one flowers...

Wanting to see Alan as soon as possible now and don't knowing where to go at the same time, Gazelle hit to information and asked working in it now animal if she can't help her. It was a white, female, old lady bunny with glasses on her nose. She seemed to be not young. The one could even say - she was in hers dotage. Despite fact she was from Poland, bunny had no problems to speak English smoothly. When Gazelle asked for some informations about her love, mentioned his name and heard an answer, she didn't get better on her mind and heart at all.

"Alan May..." Said the white bunny when heard who great star is after "Just give me a minute. Okay, I checked. He stays in third floor now, in ICU section. It should be... Let me make sure..." Bunny with glasses said, taking closer look to monitor she got on her desk "Yes... It's room... Hospital room 115. He should be resting in here. But I'm not sure if it's possible to see him now"

"Then, can you tell me what happened to him? Is he going to be okay? He broke some bones?"

"Miss, I wish I could tell you those things, since I see you are caring about him, but it's impossible. I can't say anything more, especially since he's a sportsman. You need to ask doctor himself, miss"

"Okay..." Blue with what she heard now, star said and then made her way to room the Bunny mentioned "Thank you..." She said as walking away.

115... Gazelle knew this number. For sure. She started thinking about this number now, as walking through halls and looking for rooms and floors' marks on walls. And when realized and recognized with what this number is connected, she got even more upset. Alan's tattoo and his father's death. The second mentioned especially, since she called him a murder when was pissed off. She felt it's only her fault that Alan left her villa that day and they didn't see each other. And what's worse, he got that accident now. She felt really, really bad. And felt even worse when saw the information hanging on door, when reached the one with mark 115 right above it. Visiting hours: 15-21 o'clock. It was written in different language than English obviously, but looking at hours Gazelle clearly know what they means. Despite fact she felt her love is inside, star needed to wait.

She had got a lot of time by now. Despite fact she could spend this time on maybe looking around and asking doctors if they know where is the one which is taking care of Alan, prey sat in front of these doors she really wished to pass now... and was waiting. Now, when being alone in the hall and had some time she could spend alone, far away from other's sights, Gazelle broke up inside as thinking about Alan and looking at number of room he was laying in. She cried away again. Not that hard though. She was groaning quietly and sobbing even quieter. But lucky for her and her eyes, someone came after some time. Someone, she would never expect.

"Excuse me, miss...?" She heard innocent voice, which sounded like belongs to a puppy. And it belonged in fact, as Gazelle could tell as stopped covering her face with paws. It was young lion puppy. He was dressed pretty normally, wearing clothes typical for kids in his age. But the most interesting thing was in his paws. He was holding bunch of white tulips "Something happened?" Little lion asked.

"Nothing really, lionet..." She said, drying her tears and smiling.

"So why you crying?" Little kid seemed to be curious and investigative.

"You know, I'm just missing someone... Someone, who's in this room..." She said and pointed at doors.

"You wanted to see Alan as well?"

"Huh? As well? You..." Gazelle had problems to continue, since she didn't know what to say, but kid continued when seeing that.

"He did a lot of good things for me. Especially I loved this event we got in our town thanks to him. He's my favorite rider" This enlighten Gazelle. He surly is a kid Alan was talking about. Little lion, with neoplastic disease which loves wolf and his team. Gazelle got really moved not only due to fact he's with her here now, but also due to fact he came here with flowers and wanted to see Alan as well. But, you may ask now, why the hell is he talking in English? Answer is simple. His mother is from Poland, but father from America - just like in Alan's case. But how he could now she's talking in English and said excuse me, miss instead of saying something in polish? Well, he know who Gazelle is and got a feeling she's probably not talking in polish. He's clever boy, trust me.

"Where is your mother, puppy?" She asked, grabbed him, lifted up and sat on her knees.

"She's waiting for me on the first floor. She's a friend with this lady bunny" Kid probably had on mind receptionist Gazelle met earlier.

"And what are you doing here, then?"

"I was looking for someone who can give him those flowers... I need to leave soon, since need to go to my preschool. Do you know someone I can give flowers? And be sure he's going to hand them to Alan? This is really important for me. I told mama to buy those flowers, and take me to here... I wanted to gave them to Alan" Gazelle really appreciated how little kid was acting, how his voice sounded. And most important - the fact he's here and wants to see his favorite rider.

"You know, babe... Since I'm gonna see him today... I can take these and give them to him.

"Thank you, miss. I would really love to give them you"

"Sure, kid..." She said and grabbed flowers he handed her "What a beautiful tulips... And this color... Like his fur" She said and inhaled now "And that smell, even... They are beautiful"

"You know miss, why mama bought them in white color?"

"Why?"

"Because white tulips, as she told me, are symbol of forgiveness, clarity and innocence. She said it's perfect color for him, since he's that great and nice guy, and only is doing great things... You know, miss. I think I have to go. Please tell him I'm missing him" He said, jumped off her and was about to left her here alone, with flowers in paws "Goodbye" He added.

"Goodbye..." She answered.

Now, as looking at those flowers, she still got in her head words the Kid said about them. What they means. Those words and means made Gazelle really upset now. The things which were hiding under meaning of white tulips were to hurtful for her in this situation. And how kid was talking about Alan as a good guy, which has nothing on his conscience. Gazelle became convinced he's really innocent and poor wolf, and he doesn't deserve all of things he met with to this moment. His mother and father's death, the argue they got recently and this accident... She almost cried away again at this moment, and when only thought about how she treated him... Her eyes became fountains.