Chapter 5 Part Two

Italicized is Kaylees internal thought

Kaylee

Sharks, why does it have to be sharks!? I know they probably have a cute turtle here or something. But no we have to go see fucking sharks. I didn't put on my big girl underwear today for this.

Emmett rode next to me talking at a quick speed about how many sharks there would be.

"Kaylee do you think we could beat a shark in a race with our scooters?"

"Hmm I'm I don't think we can do that." I raised my voice a little for the next part "But I think we can beat Carlisle pushing a stroller." Carlisle started laughing and was ahead of us until his shoe came untied and we beat him to the shark exhibit.

Emmett threw his hands up in the air and cheered. "Winner winner chicken dinner."

Emmett stared wide eyed at the tank in awe as the sharks swam back and forth. "These sharks are huge, guys! They must weight like a 100 pounds!"

Carlisle started laughing hard, and it created a beautiful melody in the air. "Em I think they way a lot more then 100 pounds."

"You think like 200?"

"A lot more than that!" Carlisle said with a smile.

"Oh boy!"

Rose started running around the area by the sharks with her hand above her head saying she had a fin and is now a shark. Emmett became more focused on her than the sharks.

"Alright kiddos lets move on to the next! Ms. Kaylee is staying pretty far away from the tank."

I shot him a thankful look and off we went.

"I need to go to the bathroom!" Rose yelled at the top of her lungs before we got three feet from the shark tank.

Carlisle started laughing his beautiful laugh. "Pretty bad huh? You yelled pretty loud. Let's find a family bathroom so I can take you."

Rosalie crossed her arms and pouted her lips. "No. I want Ms. Kaylee to bring me."

Carlisle began to respond and I instantly cut him off. "Of course let's go, we don't want a temper tantrum to ruin this day now do we?"

Carlisle came closer and leaned over my shoulder thank you he whispered to me sending shivers down my spine.

As we climbed in the car, I thought about my favorite exhibit being the prairie dog exhibit because they had little holes you can pop out of to be eye level with the prairie dogs and even a handicap accessible hole. Which really allowed Emmett and Carlisle to bond together as they huddled up in the same whole pointing at different prairie dogs. I became so overwhelmed today with how much I enjoyed it I barely took notes of their interactions. My heart kept tugging towards Carlisle, this perfect person with his perfect family, that Emmett would make a thousand times brighter. Why was my heart doing this to me when my job was on the line here. Everything I have worked so hard at could be lost.

A unison of Kaylee's being screamed in the car broke my train of thought.

"What's wrong?" I yelled louder than I meant to panic setting in.

"Kaylee we have been trying to get your attention, you weren't responding so everyone started screaming even Alice started babbling nonsense. We are trying to figure out dinner. I think a diner would be good so that they have a little of everything. I nodded in response. There is a diner close to the adoption facility that we can eat at.

"Has the facility called you at all to check in about Em?"

"No, they have not. It doesn't surprise me, the facility is not the best facility, once when I went there I sponge bathed Emmett because he was not as clean as he should have been. There are other issues with the facility that I would love to address with you at another time because I am considering suing them because of how they handle the children, how non handicap accessible they are etc."

"Well when this case is over, that is something we can surely address because that is important. The only thing that concerns me with that is that it is privately funded, if we take them down those children may receive worse conditions and if they close I am not sure where the children would go."

I know a lot of people, I have networked a lot through my life and I do not mean to brag but I am a respected man, and I would personally see that those children get to a home of people I know that are good people.

I nodded, I really did admire this man and how much he adored the children.

"On a happier note children are you guys ready to eat? We are here!"

I watched from the side of the car as Carlisle got each child out carefully, Rosalie and Jasper being last so they didn't run around in the parking lot. Carlisle led the way with Alice in the stroller giggling at her stuff animal.

When we sat down I took notice immediately how our waitress was flirting blatantly with Carlisle. She pulled her shirt down a little to show more cleavage as she told the specials of today while looking only at him. His face never even looked towards her as he was focused on Jasper with his eye brow quirked a little. This woman was being extremely unprofessional with children around. I am not jealous I repeated to myself, just worried about the children. Maybe I am jealous and worried for the children. I mentally shrugged my shoulders.

Everyone at the table ordered water to drink and as the waitress left Carisle leaned forward on the table.

"Jasper is there anything you would like to tell me?"

"What do you mean Dad?"

"Did you take a friend?"

Jasper frowned and looked like tears were slowly coming he stood up and reached in his pocket and put a blue little rock on the table. "Dad I'm sorry I found it on the ground at the zoo and thought I could have it since it was on the ground, it was dirty too I cleaned it on my pants."

Carlisle started laughing again that beautiful laugh that made me fall harder. "No buddy I'm not talking about that, I am talking about the newt in your hair."

Jasper reached his hands to his hair and patted gently feeling around. He slowly pulled an orange newt out of his hair and his mouth formed an o.

"Dad I didn't take it, I swear, I did not put it there."

"I know that, he must have climbed in that curly mess when we were in the amphibian building at the zoo. Looks like we are going to Petco tonight to get a tank and some food."

Jasper waved the manager over and asked for a to go container and then poked some holes in it so that the newt would be able to breathe.

"Can we go now Daddy?" Rosalie asked bouncing in her seat.

"No darling, we all need to eat we had a long day."

The waitress returned with our drinks and continued her flirting tactics.

"I'll have chicken fingers and fries."

All the children then decided that they wanted that too which made me laugh. So everyone ordered chicken fingers and fries.