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Chapter 5: Need anything?

As the days sunlight continued to shine over the zoo, Angela drove through the entrance gate ,that Golden had decided to open for her and his brother as they got back, in what could've been easily mistakened as a van that was older than the three of their ages combined. And though yes, the van was pretty old, at least it wasn't having any problems or breaking down every chance it got like most older vehicles did. Matter of fact, it had worked perfectly all the way back to the zoo. Finally., Angela thought. Things were actually going right for once. And that was exactly what Angela had prayed for when she had gotten up that morning, and as she then let Golden back inside and parked the van in a nearby garage, quietly thanking God for answering her prayer before exiting.

Green had driven in next, in his newly purchased, yellow two-seater. He took a quick look at the inside of the garage and immediately realized that his two-wheeler wasn't gonna fit in that garage next to the van. But it wasn't really gonna be that big of a problem since he had a place next to mansion where the gravel road and the grass connected. He would just park it there instead, he decided.

Angela had walked out then, giving Green a look that was both apologetic and playful. Green just smiled at her and gave her a nod, silently telling her that she didn't do anything wrong. Green continued down the gravel road then, giving Angela one of those pointed finger motions that said: HEY!, nearly causing her to start burst out laughing. After taking one last look at that face in his side view mirror, he placed his eyesight back on the gravel path, still wanting to make sure that he had kept everything that that manual (And MAN was that manual LONG!) had told him, in his head.

At the same time, Green tried to make sure that he didn't worry himself TOO MUCH as far as driving itself was concerned. Instead, he just focused on the road and the rules that were starting to come back to him as he drove across the massive maze of cages. Which was getting easier now with each passing second as he then remembered doing fairly well on his driving test, which he had to take in college believe it or not. When he had actually LIVED with his parents here, everyday was a busy one. So busy that he had never really had any time to study for it. And just as he finally HAD gotten his license, he was left in charge of the zoo. Good timing guys!, Green thought, quickly trying to avoid any thoughts that lead to road (Or in his case, gravel) rage.

Just then, he had heard a hiss coming from the Rama bull cage directly to his right. Green braked and rolled his eyes. Were those things trying to mate again? He sincerely hoped not. For one thing, there were ENOUGH of those things in that cage as it was, and for another the horrid noises they made, were a pretty disturbing wake up call. Or it WOULD be if most Matoran preferred to get up at two in the morning. He SWORE, he was gonna have to get those things fixed!

But as he looked to the cage, he didn't see ANY mating-related activities (Thank goodness gracious sakes alive). Instead, he saw them displaying rather odd behavior. And by odd, he meant growling while simultaneously crouching down like they were facing something curious and threatening. The same reaction came from a few wolves in the cage to his left. And over THAT cage, a barn owl hissed at it. Green was about to tease them all a little, and ask what was wrong (Seeing as none of them had ever behaved this way around him before), until then nearly laughing upon a realization that came to him once he realized that their gaze was aimed at the two seater he currently sat in.

He had found it even funnier when he caught a Tarakava in a cage farther down, gazing almost menacingly at the headlights as if they were eyes. He instantly remembered that this was how they would behave towards certain Bionicles and Transformers of whom they didn't recognize. But this was neither of those things. This COULDN'T have been a transformer. This vehicle was made by bionicles. And the way they made THESE kinds of vehicles was in a way where Transformers could never adapt to the parts that were on the inside. To difficult for them, to accomplish. And he had seen this attempted by enough Transformers in college to know this to be true.

"What's the matter"?, Green teasingly asked them. "Never seen a car before"?

But the animals and Rahi just continued their strange behaviors and kept on making threatening noises towards it.

"Yeah, I guess so"., Green said to himself as he focused his attention back on the gravel road and continued driving forward until finally reaching the side of the mansion and parking it on it's right side, just like he said he would. And it fit perfectly. But then again, when it came to a GIGANTIC plot of grass next to a wooden mansion, perfect was really the only word for it.

Then turning off the ignition and exiting the vehicle, Green walked to the front door of his mansion, quickly entering and running up the staircase. Ahem! TWO staircases. This mansion DID have three floors after all, and the two said staircases couldn't have been built in any way that would've ended with one staircase. Or not unless most would consider a death bringing climb a proper way to climb up a flight of stairs.

As Green had then reached the third floor, he had to stop, taking a breather from all the running it took just to get up there without wasting valuable time. But Green wasn't exactly in a fitness shape as of right now, and no matter how many push ups he did every morning, his body seemed to turn into the exact opposite of his determination to keep this place going. And it was almost everyday that whenever he tried to accomplish the task of lifting something that felt like it weighed as much as Mount Everest, his body would whine: But I don't wanna! And him mind would respond: Shut up and do it anyways. And sometimes his brains reply would be: Do NOT start begging with me while Angela's standing right next to me! Story of my life., Green thought.

As Green had finally caught his breath, he stood up as straight as his body would allow him to and walked towards a door that he had left open most every day on the left side of the hall. It hadn't been left open TODAY though. With the car purchasing business in the way, he didn't have enough time to go into his office for a few brief seconds to send out a message to anyone looking for work. After all, trying to manage this place with only himself, his best friend and his five year old brother was a WHOLE LOT easier said than done.

Immediately, Green rushed through the office door, sat down in a cushioned chair that rested behind a wooden desk and pressed the power button on the computer and then the monitor. Green almost hated having an old model computer instead of a newer and highly advanced laptop, but as of right now, there was not enough money left over to even TRY to purchase one. Well, actually there WAS, but THAT stash of money had to be used to pay for the bills and nothing else. Otherwise, his next home would be a cardboard box.

One the computer had finally reached the user-name and password page for what felt like an eternity, he typed and clicked as quickly as his fingers would allow him to, until he had finally reached the online mailbox. First thing that pooped up was the outbox, filled with an infinite amount of cries for help. HIS cries for help. Then clicking the link that led to the outbox, his eyes glared at the screen in disappointment. No new messages. Crap!, he thought. But the anger he felt, might have been even worse than his face wanted to display. For the people he had tried to contact yesterday were some of the other friends he had known in every single grade he could think back to. And though he knew that being a zoo worker wasn't exactly everyone's best desire, it still kind of felt like a stab in the back. So much for all the I'll always have your back analogies that they had given him!

Green quickly looked away from the computer, taking a breather to try and calm himself down as he closed his eyes, counting backwards from ten. Once Green had finally seemed to calm himself, he looked over at a wooden drawer in the right side of his desk, immediately opening it. Inside of it were a number of supplies, but what he was looking at was a small box that was centered in the mess of office supplies. Green slowly picked it up then, opening the lid and looking closely at a seven year old picture with a smile.

This was a photo he had token of Angela in their second year together in high school, and was gazed at from time to time in order to keep him calm whenever he felt overwhelmed. But this photo was also private, the overall knowledge of it being known only to him. And it was that way for two reasons. One, Angela didn't want the picture taken at that time and had both gotten into a little wrestle over it until Green had pretended to delete it. Second, Angela would more than likely know his secret if she ever found it. But for now, all that was really on his mind was thinking back to that mind calming memory as he closed his eyes and took yet another breather.

And for the amount of time that he had done this, he had nearly jumped when he heard a knocking sound on the door (Which he had thankfully closed the second he had entered). Angela., Green thought in a half terror, quickly shutting the box and stuffing it back into his drawer before closing it as quickly and quietly as he could. Then spinning his chair around to face the door, he spoke.

"Come in"., Green called.

With that being said, the door opened and Angela walked inside, quietly closing the door behind herself.

"Hey Green"., She told him.

Resisting the urge to get hypnotically caught up in the seemingly rhythmic way Angela had just said his name, he quickly continued the conversation, saying hi back.

"Golden and I just got back here a few minutes ago"., Angela told him. "Right now, he's in his room watching TV and that explains why I'm here now". "Just thought I'd let you know".

"Well thanks for that Angie"., Green told her.

Then upon realizing that he just called her by yet another nickname, Green turned back to his computer and tried to act like he was opening a tab. Angela had of course noticed this and nearly laughed. But in the end, she couldn't force herself to do it. She didn't exactly want to embarrass him while simultaneously trying to let him know that she was there for him. Instead, she decided to ask Green a business question but altered it a little bit for the sake of friendship.

"Well, aside from all the work we'll have to get to in a little bit, you need help with anything"?

Green was silent for a second before then replying: "Uh, yes actually". He then turned his chair back to her direction, asking: "What would you say you think of me as a friend"? "In general, I mean".

Immediately seeing Greens empty inbox, she instantly knew why Green was asking her this question. Green had told her about this the day before and she couldn't help but feel bad for him. When he asked for help, she had been the only one to answer his call. Everybody else had just gone back to what they were doing whether it was attending a class, homework or some of the other dumb stuff that the "naughty" kids were doing those days. And she still couldn't help but be mad at some of those other kids. Yeah, College was a very VERY busy thing to try and accomplish when one was also focused on his or her own future plans. But knowing how much it felt like a stab in the back to Green, it didn't seem any less wrong to her.

Angela just gave him a smile and replied: "I think you're the perfect friend Green".

Greens eyes widened a little at that.

"And you're just as good at being the boss as you are that"., She added.

Green (As truly surprised as he was to hear that) just gave her a smile to return her own and, forcing back a blush, replied: "Well, I try".

"I know you do"., Angela told him, keeping that smile of hers.

She had SEEN that barely visible blush trying to form on Greens face, and she wanted to try and fully expose it. Besides, if he had just blushed after calling her "Angie", then didn't that mean he could've been flirting with her? Well, she didn't know that for a FACT that he was flirting, but to be truthful, she liked him enough to try and see if he was. Angela mentally rolled her eyes. Yeah, ever since she had met him, she couldn't help but feel like Green was ALWAYS the highlight of her day. Whether it was his humor, his personality or his looks, she knew from day one that she had feelings. Heck, at the end of the day when she had returned home to a small-ish apartment, she never COULD seem to get him out of her head. And in a way, she kind of liked it.

Angela's attention was returned to him when Green let out a big sigh, and said: "Look, I know that I haven't been the Male that I once was, but that's just because things are different". "And because of that, I CAN'T be the male that I was". "But if there ever comes a day when we don't have to work as much as we do now, and if we get enough employees to make sure of that, then I PROMISE you, I'll try to make that kid come back". "Alright"?

Angela's smile grew a little wider as she heard that. For some reason, it made her think about all the fun they had had together in their years of High School and college. She loved the way he would joke around with her, she loved how OFTEN he would pull off those jokes of his, and his pranks ALWAYS got a good laugh out of her. If that day where they could go back to that ever DID come, she'd be MORE than glad.

"I'd love that"., Angela told him. "But only do it if it's what YOU want, ok"? "I wouldn't want to have to force you and I won't".

Greens smile grew as well. In the knowledge that she was this supportive of him, it at least made him feel like he wasn't alone in a world surrounded by an astounding few or more responsibilities. And it wasn't just THEN when she had been so supportive of him either. Most of the times when Green had been caught pulling a prank by his superiors, she would always be there to help him out in some sort of way. These said attempts didn't always work, but none the less, Green still appreciated it and would always thank her afterwards. After all of those saves, he would even thank The Lord once more for putting such a beautiful angel in his life.

"Thanks Angela"., Green told her.

And Angela made the reply that she ALWAYS did: "It's no problem, not when it comes to my best friends".

After that was said, A long silence seemed to pass as they looked into each others eyes, seeming to see everything in each other. The emotions, the memories, EVERYTH-... well, almost everything. Everything except for the romantic interest that they both had for each other and were both trying to see if the other matoran had it too. Both hoping that the answer was yes.

Eventually, Angela broke the silence, trying to hide a blush herself, by then saying: "We've... got a lot of work to do, why don't we get to it"?

"Yeah, sure"., Green nervously replied as he then got up and followed her as she turned and walked out the door.

Neither Green or Angela had wanted that moment to end when it did. They had both felt that if they had had a little more time to talk, they would've gotten the answer to the question both held deeper in their lights than they could want to bear. But for now, they would have to deal with the fact that it would remain unanswered for a little while longer. For there was still a long list of things to do before the day reached its end.

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LOL! Yes, I used the animals clearly know something while the main character doesn't cliche. And if any of my previous fans are kinda missing the action, don't worry. You just have to get past one more (Humorous) chapter to see the fist clashing action return. I can hardly wait myself. :0) Anyways, thanks for reading. Please feel free to leave a review or PM me for any questions and or concerns and please have a God blessed day! :0)