Two In A Million

Chapter 24

2 months later

I lay on my bed, cuddled in a ball. Why were women cursed to have periods. What, did someone up there in heaven just say,"Hey! You know what would be nice! If women were punished for not being pregnant! Yup... let's let their uteruses throw a bitch fit in their bodies and make them suffer for almost a week! Oh, and make it happen every month. Yup, women will love that!" 

I put a pain pill in my mouth, and try to stretch. It doesn't work. I groan in pain as my stomach clenches, as if it was yelling at me to stay still. 

I resort to cuddling with a pillow pressed to my stomach, as if that will help so much. Not. 

I hear a knock on the door. 

"Come in!" I whine. Rose walks in, with a basket of chocolate and sodas. I smile, sitting up reluctantly. 

"Hey Babe." She says, sitting on the edge of my bed. I grab the basket from her, and pull out a Hershey bar. 

"So any news on your mom? Tessa told me some thing happened with her. Like she tried to break out." Rose asks.

"All I heard was that she isn't allowed visitors for a week. I guess they can't exactly extend a life sentence." I shrug, digging into the chocolate.

"Hey..." I start a sentence, but then something interrupts it.

I'm coming. Get ready.

That sounded... suspicious.

"What?" She asks.

"Um... has Tessa been acting, um, off? Like odd lately?" I ask, wondering if it's just me.

Rose shrugs,"Sort of. She always seemed more odd than you."

Before I can speak again, Molli and Karli burst through the door.

"WE ARE GOING TO THE ZOOOOO" They yell in unison, and jump onto Tessa's bed.

I laugh, swinging my legs over the edge of the bed,"Cool! Who's all going?"

Karli thinks for a moment before speaking up,"Um.. you, Rosey-poo, Nadia, Audrey and us."

"Why not Tessa?"

Molli scrunches her face up,"She's too busy!" She says in a mocking tone.

I laugh,"She has been very busy lately." Karli frowns,"That's no fun!"

The girls jump up and down on Tessa's bed, while Rose and I smile at them.

"Well if we get the others then I will change and we can go as soon as you want." I tell them. They dont say anything else, just spin and fly out the door, leaving trails of glitter behind them.

Rose laughs at them, and jumps onto Tessa's bed.  "I am picking your outfit." I shrug,"As long as it's loose."

She runs into my closet, shuffling through everything. She throws a red and black ombre sun dress, and gladiator sandals on my bed.

"There. Perfect." She says. I take off my top and shorts, and slide the dress over my head. Rose grabs my phone and puts it in my purse.

"Put your shoes on and we can go over to Nadia and get the girls." She says, dragging me to the door. I laugh, slipping on my shoes.

We walk down the hall, and knock on her door. Nadia greets us, and pulls us into the room. Karli and Molli are dragging Audrey around the room.

I run behind Karli and grab her under her arms, making her giggle. I swing her around, and toss her onto Nadia's bed.

"Are you ready?" Molli asks, hugging my waist. I pick her up and hold her on my hip,"Yup! Let's go!"

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Rose pulls into the parking lot, which has less people than I expected. Karli and Moll I are practically bouncing the car with how excited they are.

Audrey helps the girls out and Rose goes up front to grab the tickets. Karli holds my hand as she skips up to the entrance

"We are going to the zoooo!" She sings in different tones. I put my hands on her shoulders. "Karli. I get that your excited. But CALM DOWN." She smiles sheepishly,"oops."

Her and Molli grab hands and skip to Rose. "I wish I was that excited about everything." Audrey leans over to whisper.

I laugh,"I wish I was that young again." We catch up to them just as Rose is handed the tickets.

"Thanks!" She says to the ticketholder. We walk in, already seeing the girls freak out. "I wanna go see the dolphins!" Molli decides, dragging us over.

I laugh,"Eager are we?" We walk into the ocean exhibit building. Before the dolphins, there are dozens of tanks of fish, eels, and jellyfish.

"Look! Nemo!" Karli says, pressing  her face to the glass. Audrey pulls her back,"I don't think Nemo likes that!" She laughs, running to another tank saying,"And that ones Dory!" Audrey runs after her and Rose and I stay with Molli.

"Do you want to go see the dolphins now?" I ask. Molli excitedly nods, grabbing our hands to lead us there.

I guess Karli and Audrey already got there, because I see them checking a sign. "What's that for?" I ask, shifting them over so I can see.

"Dolphin shows. I guess they do tricks and stuff."

I look at the times, and check my phone. "Well girls, there is a show in twenty minutes, do you want to go pet a shark before we get seated?"

They both agree to, so we walk over to the exhibit. The sharks aren't like great whites. They are called a dogfish sharks, and they are thin and small.

"Let me show you something!" A zookeeper says from behind us, startling me. "Take two fingers, and run them along the sharks bodies. Don't touch the fin, or they can get mad. Wanna try girls?"

I help Molli, who is a little scared. When she touches it, she smiles," It's so weird!" I try myself, and it feels smooth.

"Neat! Rose, did you try?" I ask. "Nope. I'm a little scared of sharks." I laugh,"Cmon, I'll help you!"

She shrugs nervously. I take her hand in mine,"Just be gentle, and wait for one to come by." Rose gently touches the passing shark, and pulls back her hand immediately.

I see why, she left algae on the surface of the water. Downside of having earth powers, I guess. I laugh,"Oh well, lesson learned.

"We gotta go now! The show is starting soon!" Karli says, grabbing our hands.

That begins a long day with the girls at the zoo.

I know, I know, just a crappy filler chapter. Btw, that whole petting a shark thing is real. At the Indianapolis zoo, there is a dogshark pool where you pet them. It's actually really cool.