Reposting because I messed up a bit, and it's my bday (WOO) Sry for the confusion!

Nineteenth Installment: Season 4 Episode 3: Ever in the Everglades

Jax's feelings about going along with Emma's plan to rescue Daniel, even though he's forgotten who he is.

Jax's POV

Me, Andi, Lily and Emma were by my car, staring at him. To say I was pissed off was an understatement.

I was sure Emma was reacting this way because she was having a power outage, so, being the caring and supportive boyfriend I was, I supported her in finding this "Daniel" guy.

Now I find out he exists.

To think that this guy used to date my Em makes me sick; I can feel my stomach churning into huge knots.

Even worse, he's actually sort of good looking. I mean, I'm still way better looking than him, but it would've boosted my self-esteem to know that he was somewhat unappealing.

Lily interrupted my thoughts. "I honestly didn't think we'd find him."

"Me neither." I deadpanned. It made me madder by the minute.

By this time, Katie and Sophie were standing with us.

Emma was still eyeing him intently. "You don't recognize him, at all?"

"Not one bit," Andi admitted. "And I know I'd be friends with someone who wrestles alligators."

"He didn't before, that's what I'm trying to explain," she said, looking at us and turning back to him. "He wasn't, this Daniel."

"So is it him or isn't it?" a voice asked.

Emma turned to face them. "It is but-whoa!" We all then turned to see what startled her, and it took all of us by surprise as well.

"What?" Maddie asked frantically. Her hair looked like an unkempt pile of hay, and that's me being nice...

"I love your helmet!" Sophie exclaimed. Maddie quickly grabbed her compact and opened it. When she saw her reflection, she screamed. Loudly.

Emma, Katie, and Sophie looked at her in pity, Andi with amusement, and I with annoyance. It was almost as if I could feel my ears bleeding, even as I clutched them.

Gigi ran over and snapped a picture. I'll have to ask her for a copy of that...

"Got it!" she said before walking away.

"What?!" Maddie shrieked. "No! Gigi! Wait!"

"C'mon, let's go get the phone!" Katie yelled at Sophie, chasing after Gigi.

The whole incident seemed to amuse Sophie. "But I like Maddie's hair, but we can't be the Panthers anymore; we have to be the Lions!"

About 15 minutes past and Andi began to get antsy. "They still haven't fixed it yet?" she asked, annoyed.

"Don't worry. I'll just cast a spell when 'Jungle Jim' isn't looking and then I can fix it and we can go home."

"Don't you dare," she threatened. "I'll have it fixed in half an hour." With that, she went and joined Daniel and Diego by the car.

I scooted closer to Emma, an idea popped in my head. "Half an hour; that's perfect! I know a great place where we could go watch the sunset. It's only-"

"We can't leave." she reasoned.

"Why not? We found Daniel already everything's well. I say we go and have a little vacation."

Before she could protest, Daniel walks up to us. There goes my good mood.

"Man, That girl's really handy with the wrench," he says. My response is glaring at him with arms crossed.

I could see Emma's face light up, and I felt my heart sink. "That's right. Andi - Andrea Futura Doctora Cruz - can fix anything!"

"Okay," he says while laughing uncomfortably.

"So, you live here?" Lily asked him.

"Yes, my family runs the sanctuary. We take in injured and sick animals and we nurse them back to health."

I make a noise of disgust, while Lily awwed.

"You guys want a tour?" he asked.

I stopped him right there. "No thank you. We'll just wait here and sit in the car." I dropped my fake smile after responding.

Emma looked back at him and smiled. "Sure! That would be great." She turned at me and mouthed a please, with the longing and adorable look in her eyes that she knew I couldn't resist.

Before I knew it, we were taking a tour of my girlfriend's ex's family's natural habitat. Things I'd never thought I'd say.

"This is our main visitor center. Open every day of the year, except Christmas. But if you wanna come then you can just bring a present and we'll let you in."

Gigi then started to giggle uncontrollably, causing everyone to stare at her. We all knew the joke wasn't that funny.

Just then, an older woman approached us. "Hey, Daniel, who are your friends?"

"They broke down on the road, I'm just showing them around. Guys, this is my mom-"

"Mrs. Miller!" Emma exclaimed suddenly. How did she know that?

"Well, that's right! But we are pretty casual around here so you can just call me Christina. And you are?"

"Emma, Emma Alonso," she replied, almost as if she was giving the woman a hint as to who she was.

"It is so nice to meet you, Emma!" Diego and Andi waved politely, but I kept my arms crossed, not liking how this day has gone so far.

We then made our way to the bird sanctuary. I was already on edge the from the minute we walked in.

Daniel stopped walking and turned to face our group. "This is Ceasar, our pelican. When we found him he got into some trouble with fisherman, fish nets wrapped up all around his beak. he couldn't eat. And soon, he'll be able to return to the wild, won't you buddy?"

The pelican just stood there, not moving.

"Let me ask him for you; I speak pelican!" Sophie volunteered, pushing her way to the front of the group.

Daniel gave an amused smile and allowed her to continue. The least-intelligent Panther let out a screechy bird sound, making most of us give her confused looks. "He says he's very grateful but looks forward to getting back to what he knows best: hunting fish."

"Why don't you toss him one?"

Sophie's eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. "Really?" After receiving Daniel's approval, she proceeded to pick one up and it landed straight in the pelican's mouth. There were gasps of fascination that followed from everyone, except me.

We moved on to another bird attraction.

"Alright, so who knows what these guys are?" He then points to me. "Jax!"

"They're flamingos, evil flamingos." I could see Emma's concerned look she was giving me from the corner of my eye. I don't care; those creatures are awful.

"Right, well, I don't know about that last part but uh, can anybody tell me why they're pink?"

Sophie's hand flew in the air. "He wanted to match the pig?" I rolled my eyes at her.

Daniel just pretended he didn't hear her answer. "Because of his diet. See, they eat a lot of shrimp and algae, which are rich in carotenoids. If that was all you ate, you'd be pink too."

Another giggle from Gigi. This time, no one chose to acknowledge her.

Daniel then picked up shrimp and threw it to the flamingos, which in turn led to Emma commenting on it.

"When we first started hanging out, you used to toss me grapes, just like that!" she said with an enthusiastic smile. It only made my expression harden. There's no way she actually knew this guy, I told myself. She is suffering from her power outage.

Fortunately, Daniel didn't seem to know what she was talking about. He only said, "Let's uh, keep moving."

I saw the look in Emma's eyes. She looked...disheartened, which made my blood boil.

I still didn't understand why finding this guy was so important. If he was such a big part in our lives, we would've remembered him, right?

I hoped and prayed that this stupid tour was almost over, and we can finally go back to our lives, which was happy and most importantly, Daniel-free.

FYI, pretty sure in earlier seasons Daniel's mom's name was announced as Christine, not Christina, so Catha messed up, again *eye roll*

It may be a long wait until the next installment (I got a lot going on rn) but bear with me; I'll be back soon!

Jemmashipper .Rainbow: I also saw Tony and Andi more as friends, but maybe if he stuck around, I would've shipped them. Thanks for the review!

lovethatignites: Exactly; Tony was a lovable dork. Aww thank you, hopefully, you'll enjoy this one :D