I Fell In Love With Tarzan

Chapter 22

"I still can't believe I actually fell for her act." I hissed as I was getting dressed the next day. Bryan came out from the bathroom with his toothbrush in his mouth.

"Get used to it. I trusted her, and I almost lost my job. If Angela found out, she'd get furious." he said through his frothed mouth. I sighed. He was right. I should probably just get used to people like Jessica. I couldn't run around Disney World, thinking that everything was perfect, when clearly it weren't.

"You ready to go?" he then asked on his way out to the bathroom again. 

"Yup," I anwswered. Bryan spat his toothpaste out in the sink and came out again with a minty fresh breath. 

"Is the costumes, wigs and make-up at the Animal Kingdom?" I asked. Bryan nodded. 

"Yeah, my friend Danny's got it all covered." he said. 

"Cool, are we getting dressing rooms too, like in Magic Kingdom Park?" I asked. I wasn't sure that I was experienced enough to be the only Jane. Apparently there aren't enough girls who cast for the Jane part. And those who do, are not good enough actresses or don't look like her enough. So, right now, I'm the only Jane actress at the parks. And that puts a lot of pressure on me. 

"Let's drive," Bryan said and took my hand after we laced our shoes. We walked down to the car and drove over to the Animal Kingdom Park. I had never been there, and was really excited. The park was a little further away than the Magic Kingdom Park was, but not too long.

"So, is there a route we should follow, or can we go wherever we want?" I asked. Bryan chuckled.

"You really should read your manual." he said and paused. "But yeah, we have a route. Not a permanent route, but we've been instructed to be around the Tree Of Life." he finished. I was so confused. And Bryan could feel it. He laughed again. 

"Check in the glove compartment. There should be a map of the Animal Kingdom Park," he then said. I opened the little compartment, and just as Bryan had informed, there was a map. I opened it and quickly found the Tree Of Light. It wasn't very hard to find, that tree was huge!

"Easy," I said. 

"What time is it?" Bryan then asked. I looked at my wristwatch.

"7.48," I said. 

"Great, we'll have enough time to be there at the opening." 

"Well, when does it open?" I asked curious.

"9am and it closes at 7pm." he answered. Wasn't too bad. We could get home in time to make spaghetti dinner. 

"There'll be this celebration at the tree at night. We should stay and see the light show." Bryan insisted. Well, I guess no spaghetti dinner that night either. 

"Sure, that'll be fun," I said a little disappointed. Bryan took my hand.

"It's only a few minutes, it'll be quick. I promise you'll love it. If you liked the light show we saw together you will love this even more!" he said all excited. I couldn't help but laugh. Bryan was like a little kid on christmas morning when he got excited. 

Bryan parked the car, locked it and walked with me through a little door that said "STAFF ONLY".

"Go down this hall. You'll find the door to your dressing room. Meet me outside fully dressed, in an hour, and we'll walk to the tree together, okay?" I nodded. "Don't worry, May, the girl I mentioned yesterday, should be there too." he added.

May, oh yeah, the girl in the Terk costume. I totally forgot to talk to her yesterday, Jessica kinda ruined that too. I swore to God that I would give that girl a piece of my mind one day!

I walked on my own down the hallway until I saw the door that said "women's locker room". I opened the door and found May sitting in front of a make-up table. She saw me and squealed.

"You must be Lizzie!" she said and jumped off her chair. She gave me a big hug, almost too big. 

"I'm May, not sure if you know me, but I'm the Terk to your Jane," she said goofy. I already loved her. She had cut her black hair short, as in boy-short, she had almost every inch of her ears pierced and wore a leather jacket. She looked very tough, but those sweet baby blue eyes, I just could't stop loving them. She looked adorable, even with tattoos and piercings. 

"Hi, yeah, I know you, erh, sorta... Bryan, my boyfriend told me about you." I said. 

"Oh yeah, you two are dating now. Such a cute love story you guys have," she said and laughed. I laughed with her, and then went over to the big black back with my name on it.

"My drew?" I asked and looked and May who nodded. She walked over to a closet herself and pull out the big Terk costume. It was even bigger than I remember. I began to apply my make-up. Since May and I were the only girls in the dressing room, May thought it was appropriate to start the radio. 

"Come on, play some ACDC," she mumbled to herself. 

"Hey, can I ask you something?" I said nervous.

"Ask away," she said, still trying to find a channel that played ACDC. 

"Where you in the Terk costume the day I met Bryan?" I asked. May turned around and looked at me. She thought for a second.

"I think so, I mean, I don't just play Terk. I also do Daisy Duck, Minnie Mouse, Miko and some of the villains. But I don't recall. Maybe." she said and went back to fiddling with the radio. 

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After 50 minutes of doing makeup, hair and costume preparing I was ready.

"May, you ready?" I asked. May nodded. She only just got the bottom of her suit on.

"Yeah, uh, you seen my head?" she asked. 

"Have you looked in the big box over there?" I suggested pointing at the unopened box saying "Terk Head - May". May chuckled and waltzed over to the box. 

"I knew that." she joked and opened the box. "Sweet! it's been styled!" she exclaimed. I turned around and saw a happy May standing and admiring the Terk-head that actually did look very clean and newly washed. 

"They don't normally do that?" I asked. 

"Oh they do, of course they do. I just love the way it smells when it's clean, ya' know? Like a new pair of boots, or a new car - I love that sorta smell." she admitted. I laughed. I admired how open May was, even though we've only known each other for an hour. I felt like I knew her since birth already. Of course, she could never take Melissa's place, but May was dear to my heart.

"We should go now, Brya.. erh... Tarzan is probably waiting for us." I said with a thick british accent. May giggled and nodded in agreement. She then put on the Terk-head and went with me outside. 

There we found Bryan who stood and waited.

"There you are. You really need to hurry up next time. We're on a schedule, remember?" he asked and kissed me on my cheek. 

"Come on let's go!" May yelled from the inside of her suit. I giggled and walked with my two pals towards our destination.