Catch Me

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Chapter 7: Where the Wild Things Are

It had been two weeks since Giselle had "fallen into their laps" and already it felt as if she was part of the family. Every day Robert and Giselle would take Morgan to school then go to work at Andalasia Fashions, which was getting a name for itself thanks to Morgan's incessant bragging to her classmates. Morgan would go to school wearing a dress Giselle had made for her and all of her new-found friends would ask her where she got it, making Andalasia Fashions rather popular in the Upper West Side.

After work, Robert and Giselle would pick up Morgan and they would all either go out to eat or Robert or Giselle would make something. Robert had the ability to cook since he had been a single father for five years; true, Nancy and he had been together but even if she had lived with them, Robert was pretty sure she couldn't cook anyway. At least not well anyway, not that he was a culinary genius either, but he knew the basics. Giselle had learned rather quickly how to use all of the appliances, but she usually preferred not to use them. Having lived in a world where she usually went out and found her food, she usually just made salads or something like that.

Everything felt so natural with Giselle around; like this was how life was supposed to be. Robert never realized that a relationship could be so easy like this; Giselle had been right, it didn't need to be complicated as long as they knew how much they loved each other. While, Giselle thought things were a little more complicated here than she was used to, she had never been happier. In Andalasia, things were so much simpler but Giselle no longer wanted her life to be that simple. She wanted to continue discovering life here in New York with Robert and Morgan.

This night Robert had managed to make spaghetti and meatballs and they were all eating in the kitchen.

"And Jenny got the question wrong! I mean, it was so easy. Two plus four is six! Luckily, Mrs. Benson asked me next and I got it right." Morgan was saying as she stuffed some more spaghetti noodles in her mouth. Giselle was listening to her with rapt attention. She was always 

fascinated when Morgan talked about what she did at school because in Andalasia nobody went to school. Also, another thing that she was amazed by was how easily Morgan could do math, which was a relatively new thing for Giselle as well. Naturally, this made Morgan feel really smart that she knew something Giselle didn't, but was nice enough to not rub it in her face either. After all, princesses didn't need to be smart; they just needed to get married and live "happily ever after." Luckily, Robert let Morgan and Giselle do the homework together since it would not only help Giselle learn how to do things that he, and many other people, took for granted, but it also helped Morgan's confidence. Giselle was by no means stupid; she had just lived her life in a world where education was all but non-existent.

"Have you finished your homework, young lady?" Robert asked, looking at her mock sternly and wiping his mouth with a napkin.

"Of course, Daddy," Morgan said, smiling and hopping down out of her chair. She was about to take her plate to the sink but Giselle got up and gently took it from her.

"I'll take care of this, sweetie." She said as she turned on the water in the sink.

"Can I help, please? I can dry them." Morgan said, hopefully looking up at Giselle.

"Okay, thank you." Giselle handed Morgan the plate and a towel to dry them with. Robert got up and made to wash his plate himself but Giselle took it from his hands, her fingers gently brushing is. The familiar spark went through his body, the same spark he got every time she touched him. Their eyes locked and she smiled brightly at him. They were shook out of their little moment when Morgan started talking to them.

"Oh, Dad, I almost forgot. Next week my class is going on a field trip to the Bronx Zoo and I need you to sign my permission slip," said Morgan as she dried the last plate and handed it back to Giselle who put it back in the cupboard. She picked up her book bag from a chair in the kitchen and pulled the permission slip out and handed it to Robert.

"Okay, sounds like fun. What day is it?" Robert asked, grabbing a pen from the table, scanning the document, and signing his name and writing the emergency information.

"Tuesday. They also need chaperones. Giselle, would you like to come? It'd be fun, and there are lots of animals!" Morgan was getting really excited at the idea of all of her friends meeting Giselle. She turned and looked at Robert, whose face was scrunched up in thought. He really didn't know how he felt about Giselle going out in the real world without him, especially when she was going to be around such large animals with such large teeth.

"I don't know if that's such a good idea…" Robert was looking directly at Giselle now, thinking of all the things that could go wrong if she went. He loved her so much and he didn't 

want anything to happen to her or Morgan. He remembered when he first found Giselle in the Bowery; obviously she had no perception of certain dangers here that could only be gained by living around the area for a while which she most certainly hadn't.

"I would love to go, but what do you think Robert?" Giselle said trying to keep the excitement out of her voice. He knew how badly she wanted to go and experience something new, but he just wasn't sure. He really thought about it; did he trust Giselle to take care of Morgan? Of course he did, but was Giselle still not familiar with how things worked in this world? Absolutely and that could cause problems. In the end, he was just no match for those wide, blue eyes looking at him like that.

"I think it's a great idea."

"I don't know if this is such a great idea," said Robert as he was about to take Morgan and Giselle to school. It was the day of the field trip to the Bronx Zoo and he was questioning his decision on letting Giselle go.

"Daaaaaaaaad, come on! You already said she could go! We'll be fine." Morgan said as they walked out the door. Giselle was keeping quiet. She recognized this feeling as sadness; she was sad that Robert didn't trust her enough to go, but she could understand why.

"I know but…" He couldn't think of anything to explain why he was being so paranoid about this. He looked over to see the source of his dilemma; Giselle was looking down at her feet as she walked along side them. They reached the taxi and he held the door open for Morgan but when Giselle made to climb in, he gently grabbed her arm so he could talk to her for a moment.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Robert asked, knowing full well what was wrong but he wasn't sure she did herself.

"Oh, I'm fine, Robert." Giselle said. That was like her mantra, but he was not going to settle for that anwser; it was too easy to see that she was upset.

"Giselle, you can tell me what's wrong." His eyes were searching hers trying to get her to tell him.

"I would really like to go to the zoo, Robert." She said finally looking him in the eye. She had said it so simply, but she was never really one to beat around the bush. Looking down again, she made to get in the taxi again, but he stopped her yet again. He softly took her chin in his hand and gently forced her to look him in the eye again.

"If you want to go, of course, you can go. I can't stop you. It's just I don't want anything bad to happen to you." Robert said, brushing her hair off her forehead and tenderly placing a kiss there.

"Thank you, Robert. I promise I'll be fine." Giselle said, her almost-ever-present smile coming back to her gorgeous face. She slid into the taxi beside Morgan and Robert followed her.

"Okay, I trust you. Please, just please; don't try to call any of the animals out of their cages." Robert said.

"They're in cages?!"

Morgan and Giselle's trip to the zoo went without a hitch and they both had a wonderful time. Once Giselle had gotten over the fact that all of the animals were being kept in cages, she was able to enjoy herself a bit. It made her a little sad that they were kept cooped up like that but when the tour guide explained to them that the animals were safer there than in the wild because of poachers and extinction, she felt a tad bit better.

Morgan had introduced Giselle to all of her friends and she was bombarded with questions the entire trip. Giselle tried to be polite and answer them but she was just as excited to meet and learn all about them as well.

As they went past various animals that she had known from Andalasia, she would tell a story about some adventure they had had. Their favorite was the one about the wolf which she had told Morgan the first night she had stayed with them. They had been excited to learn the real story so they could tell all of their friends.

Robert had spent the day calling various stores that wanted to feature Andalasia Fashions and going through their spending on materials. He had been worried all day; it felt something akin to how he felt when Morgan left for her first day of school. He was nervous but excited to hear about how their day had gone.

When Robert's taxi pulled up and he got out to greet them, Morgan and Giselle were sitting on the steps of the school deep in conversation.

"No, no, no. They're black with white stripes." Morgan said, shaking her head fervently.

"Are you sure? I think they're white with black stripes. I mean, it's like paper. Paper is white and black shows up really well, but you can't really write on black paper." Giselle said her lips pursed in concentration.

"But there's black construction paper and you can write on that with gel pens or white-out." Morgan argued seriously.

"Hmm you have a point," Giselle said not really understanding what she was talking about, "Oh, Robert!"

"Hi girls, how was your trip?" Robert asked as they both stood up.

"AWESOME!" Morgan said at the same time Giselle said,

"WONDERFUL!"

Robert smiled at them; they both had wide grins on their faces. He was so glad that he let Giselle go. The joy on both of their faces was worth all 407 minutes of worrying. Not that he was counting or anything. He wrapped an arm around Giselle and leaned in to kiss her but she put a hand on his chest to stop him.

"Robert, I need to ask you something, that's been bothering me."He looked at her questioningly, she looked deadly serious. He started wondering if he had done something wrong; what had happened at the zoo? His paranoia was reaching a climax again when she asked,

"Robert, what color are zebras?"