Disclaimer- "168 miles from Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack
of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."
Author's Note- Idea for their date is from InsaneBunneh.
Chapter Nine- Friendly Lions and Tigers, Vicious Monkeys and Ducks
The zoo. The last place Pietro ever expected to be, especially on a date.
Pietro glanced at Crystal out of the corner of his eye. She was smiling at the ducks in the little pond, watching as the kids hopped across built-in steppingstones. The pond was only about a foot deep, but that wasn't the danger of that place.
A sign was nailed to a stake near the pond and it read: Beware of Ducks (We Attack!). Now, that wasn't something Pietro had been expecting signs to say, more like things like: Beware of Lions (We Eat People!). Or: Beware of Tigers (I bite!).
"Oh!" Crystal gasped, clamping a hand over a mouth as Pietro turned and saw a little boy bend down to pet a white, feathery, and very friendly looking duck, when all of a sudden it let out some weird hiss, raised it's wings, and chased after the poor little boy, quacking in some weird and vicious way. Pietro grabbed Crystal's hand, and tugged her away from the scene.
"C'mon, let's go see the monkeys," he said, dragging Crystal behind him.
"Oh, but that boy's in trouble! What if he seriously gets injured?" Crystal asked, trying to tug her hand out of his grip, but he held on tight.
"He's fine, let's go, I wanna see the monkeys," Pietro repeated, tugging on her harder. She followed reluctantly. Behind them, a zookeeper was trying to shoo the duck away from the boy with a broom, but more ducks were swarming in.
They stopped outside of the monkey house, and Pietro was about to enter when Crystal pulled him back.
"You have to read the warning signs before you enter a place, Pietro," she said, reading the sign nailed to the door. Pietro sighed and read it over her shoulder.
Warning: Female primates in heat. Males may be aggressive and territorial.
Of course, he had been done reading before Crystal, even though she started before him.
"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, let's go!" He said in slight annoyance, pulling her in after him. She gave him an irritated look and followed.
"You're like an hyper-active, immature, eight-year old, ya know," she said, and then added, "The way you're acting."
"Hush up," He hissed quietly, pointing to a rather large baboon. "See? They're aggressive and territorial, can't get them angr-HOLY CRAP!"
Crystal shot him a glare, and so did a few others who were observing the baboons.
"Could you have been any louder?" Crystal whispered, pulling him away slightly from the other people.
"They're going at it in public, Crystal!" he said in an almost frantic whisper. Crystal rolled her eyes, but did not bother to comment.
"Mommy, what's that monkey doing to the other monkey?" a little girl that looked about six asked her mother, while observing the baboons with wide eyes.
The mother looked extremely uncomfortable, and she fidgeted slightly, her eyes darting around. "Well, they're, um..."
"Why is he hurting that monkey?" the little girl asked, but the mother decided that they had enough of the monkeys and dragged her daughter along behind her to get out of there and get some ice cream.
"Y'see?" Pietro asked, and he stepped closer to the cage, making a face.
"Pietro, stop it. You're acting like a child again," Crystal scolded. Pietro turned around to face her, giving her a mock wounded expression.
"I'm just having a little fun," he gave her a smirk, turning around to face the cage, only to jump back in terror. "AHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
A large, very dangerous and mean looking baboon sat right in front of the fence, rattling it and barring its fangs.
"Lessgetouttahere!" Pietro said very fast, scooping up Crystal in his arms and zooming out of the monkey area.
They wound up in front of the big cats area. Looking through the bulletproof class that separated the people from the lions and tigers, they saw a man in a blue shirt, petting a full-grown male lion. It yawned and licked his face.
"Bob here was here for five years. He's been raised from captivity, and is just the nicest thing once you get to know him." He scratched the beast behind the ears. Another man in a blue shirt brought in a tiger, and the tiger started to play around with a big rubber ball.
"This here is Fifi, she's been here about seven years. Sweetest thing if you treat her right."
Crystal looked in interest, but Pietro was already bored. He tapped his foot for a while, trying to wait as patiently as he could for Crystal's sake.
"Want to go get something to eat?" he asked her finally, when he could take the boredom no longer.
She looked at his face, and he must have looked quite bored, because she sighed and nodded, and together they walked towards a small restaurant where they can buy food. Pietro grabbed her hand gently, and he forced himself not to go into super speed and walk.
After ordering their food at the local zoo restaurant, they found a patio table outside and began to eat. Taking a bite out of his pizza, Pietro almost spit it out, but forced himself to swallow.
"It tastes like cardboard," he said in disgust, placing the pizza down and instead taking a drink of his coke.
Crystal took a bite out of her hamburger, "My food tastes fine," she said, taking another bite.
"Check for flies," Pietro warned her taking another sip of his pop.
"What?" Crystal asked raising an eyebrow at him.
"Check. For. Flies." He said slowly. Crystal cautiously pulled up the bun of the hamburger and peered, and then did the same for the other side. No flies. Feeling a little more reluctant, she started eating it again; taking sips of her iced tea in between bites.
"You finished?" Pietro asked after awhile. Crystal nodded, gathering all of their garbage, putting it on the red plastic tray and walking towards the garbage can and dumping it out. She wiped her hands on her khaki caprice.
"We saw everything, right?" she asked him when he sped on over to her. He nodded, raised a questioning eyebrow at her, and when she nodded, he scooped her up and ran to drop her off at her apartment. They found themselves on her balcony a minute later.
"Well," Crystal said, hanging onto his shoulders for balance, "Had a great time. Uh, see you."
"Yep, not everyday you see horny monkeys," Pietro said nonchalantly, dusting off imaginary dust off of his shoulder. Crystal rolled her eyes and smiled a little bit. She straightened her sky blue, cotton, v-neckline t- shirt to find something to do with her hands.
"Bye," Pietro said quietly, leaning forward and giving her a small, but appreciated, tender kiss on the lips.
He gave her the smallest, barest hint of a smile, and she watched, as she saw the blur that was Pietro Maximoff run down the wall and towards his home.
"Wow," she whispered, feeling all tingly inside from the feel of his lips against hers.
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Okay, okay, not my best, but it will have to do. Sorry for the shortness of the chapter too. Was having trouble writing this.
Pyroluver- Thanks for the review!
Insanebunneh- You are so cruel and mean. Friday, dear cousin...Friday.
Childrenwithblades- That is the most SUCKIEST thing I have ever heard in my entire life! Dear God, now I pray that doesn't happen to me! And I'm not the most religious person in the world. Terribly sorry, ff.net should be punished... But anyhoo, thanks for your review!
I Am The Anonymous Reviewer- How's this kiss for ya? Thanks for your review!
SpoOkZ13412- Thanks for your review!
La cour de belles fleurs- Thanks for your review!
Zee4- Did you just.... whack me? Thanks for your review, and update "Untitled"!
Pauline L.- Hoped you had fun on vacation, thanks for your review!
Zephyr- Thanks!
Wind Rider 2000- Umm, they won't necessarily do "it", at least not for a while. Thanks for your review!
Crazyspaceystracey- Thanks!
Like it? Hate it? Either way, review!
Author's Note- Idea for their date is from InsaneBunneh.
Chapter Nine- Friendly Lions and Tigers, Vicious Monkeys and Ducks
The zoo. The last place Pietro ever expected to be, especially on a date.
Pietro glanced at Crystal out of the corner of his eye. She was smiling at the ducks in the little pond, watching as the kids hopped across built-in steppingstones. The pond was only about a foot deep, but that wasn't the danger of that place.
A sign was nailed to a stake near the pond and it read: Beware of Ducks (We Attack!). Now, that wasn't something Pietro had been expecting signs to say, more like things like: Beware of Lions (We Eat People!). Or: Beware of Tigers (I bite!).
"Oh!" Crystal gasped, clamping a hand over a mouth as Pietro turned and saw a little boy bend down to pet a white, feathery, and very friendly looking duck, when all of a sudden it let out some weird hiss, raised it's wings, and chased after the poor little boy, quacking in some weird and vicious way. Pietro grabbed Crystal's hand, and tugged her away from the scene.
"C'mon, let's go see the monkeys," he said, dragging Crystal behind him.
"Oh, but that boy's in trouble! What if he seriously gets injured?" Crystal asked, trying to tug her hand out of his grip, but he held on tight.
"He's fine, let's go, I wanna see the monkeys," Pietro repeated, tugging on her harder. She followed reluctantly. Behind them, a zookeeper was trying to shoo the duck away from the boy with a broom, but more ducks were swarming in.
They stopped outside of the monkey house, and Pietro was about to enter when Crystal pulled him back.
"You have to read the warning signs before you enter a place, Pietro," she said, reading the sign nailed to the door. Pietro sighed and read it over her shoulder.
Warning: Female primates in heat. Males may be aggressive and territorial.
Of course, he had been done reading before Crystal, even though she started before him.
"C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, let's go!" He said in slight annoyance, pulling her in after him. She gave him an irritated look and followed.
"You're like an hyper-active, immature, eight-year old, ya know," she said, and then added, "The way you're acting."
"Hush up," He hissed quietly, pointing to a rather large baboon. "See? They're aggressive and territorial, can't get them angr-HOLY CRAP!"
Crystal shot him a glare, and so did a few others who were observing the baboons.
"Could you have been any louder?" Crystal whispered, pulling him away slightly from the other people.
"They're going at it in public, Crystal!" he said in an almost frantic whisper. Crystal rolled her eyes, but did not bother to comment.
"Mommy, what's that monkey doing to the other monkey?" a little girl that looked about six asked her mother, while observing the baboons with wide eyes.
The mother looked extremely uncomfortable, and she fidgeted slightly, her eyes darting around. "Well, they're, um..."
"Why is he hurting that monkey?" the little girl asked, but the mother decided that they had enough of the monkeys and dragged her daughter along behind her to get out of there and get some ice cream.
"Y'see?" Pietro asked, and he stepped closer to the cage, making a face.
"Pietro, stop it. You're acting like a child again," Crystal scolded. Pietro turned around to face her, giving her a mock wounded expression.
"I'm just having a little fun," he gave her a smirk, turning around to face the cage, only to jump back in terror. "AHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
A large, very dangerous and mean looking baboon sat right in front of the fence, rattling it and barring its fangs.
"Lessgetouttahere!" Pietro said very fast, scooping up Crystal in his arms and zooming out of the monkey area.
They wound up in front of the big cats area. Looking through the bulletproof class that separated the people from the lions and tigers, they saw a man in a blue shirt, petting a full-grown male lion. It yawned and licked his face.
"Bob here was here for five years. He's been raised from captivity, and is just the nicest thing once you get to know him." He scratched the beast behind the ears. Another man in a blue shirt brought in a tiger, and the tiger started to play around with a big rubber ball.
"This here is Fifi, she's been here about seven years. Sweetest thing if you treat her right."
Crystal looked in interest, but Pietro was already bored. He tapped his foot for a while, trying to wait as patiently as he could for Crystal's sake.
"Want to go get something to eat?" he asked her finally, when he could take the boredom no longer.
She looked at his face, and he must have looked quite bored, because she sighed and nodded, and together they walked towards a small restaurant where they can buy food. Pietro grabbed her hand gently, and he forced himself not to go into super speed and walk.
After ordering their food at the local zoo restaurant, they found a patio table outside and began to eat. Taking a bite out of his pizza, Pietro almost spit it out, but forced himself to swallow.
"It tastes like cardboard," he said in disgust, placing the pizza down and instead taking a drink of his coke.
Crystal took a bite out of her hamburger, "My food tastes fine," she said, taking another bite.
"Check for flies," Pietro warned her taking another sip of his pop.
"What?" Crystal asked raising an eyebrow at him.
"Check. For. Flies." He said slowly. Crystal cautiously pulled up the bun of the hamburger and peered, and then did the same for the other side. No flies. Feeling a little more reluctant, she started eating it again; taking sips of her iced tea in between bites.
"You finished?" Pietro asked after awhile. Crystal nodded, gathering all of their garbage, putting it on the red plastic tray and walking towards the garbage can and dumping it out. She wiped her hands on her khaki caprice.
"We saw everything, right?" she asked him when he sped on over to her. He nodded, raised a questioning eyebrow at her, and when she nodded, he scooped her up and ran to drop her off at her apartment. They found themselves on her balcony a minute later.
"Well," Crystal said, hanging onto his shoulders for balance, "Had a great time. Uh, see you."
"Yep, not everyday you see horny monkeys," Pietro said nonchalantly, dusting off imaginary dust off of his shoulder. Crystal rolled her eyes and smiled a little bit. She straightened her sky blue, cotton, v-neckline t- shirt to find something to do with her hands.
"Bye," Pietro said quietly, leaning forward and giving her a small, but appreciated, tender kiss on the lips.
He gave her the smallest, barest hint of a smile, and she watched, as she saw the blur that was Pietro Maximoff run down the wall and towards his home.
"Wow," she whispered, feeling all tingly inside from the feel of his lips against hers.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Okay, okay, not my best, but it will have to do. Sorry for the shortness of the chapter too. Was having trouble writing this.
Pyroluver- Thanks for the review!
Insanebunneh- You are so cruel and mean. Friday, dear cousin...Friday.
Childrenwithblades- That is the most SUCKIEST thing I have ever heard in my entire life! Dear God, now I pray that doesn't happen to me! And I'm not the most religious person in the world. Terribly sorry, ff.net should be punished... But anyhoo, thanks for your review!
I Am The Anonymous Reviewer- How's this kiss for ya? Thanks for your review!
SpoOkZ13412- Thanks for your review!
La cour de belles fleurs- Thanks for your review!
Zee4- Did you just.... whack me? Thanks for your review, and update "Untitled"!
Pauline L.- Hoped you had fun on vacation, thanks for your review!
Zephyr- Thanks!
Wind Rider 2000- Umm, they won't necessarily do "it", at least not for a while. Thanks for your review!
Crazyspaceystracey- Thanks!
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