Alphabet challenge

E - Excitement

"Seriously baby girl, where are you taking me?" - Sam looked at you from the co-driver seat, as you smiled softly, focusing on the road when you were driving.

"We haven't visited anywhere for weeks, I want to do something." - you said when you turned to the left from the crossroad.

"We had done something during these weeks." - Sam said smugly, and when you took a quick glance at him, you saw that shit-eating smirk on his face.

But you couldn't help but smile.

"Yeah... We had... But I want to do something else than having you over me." - you pouted.

"Over you... Under you... Behind you..." - you felt his hand landing on your thigh, smoothing it gently, your smile growing.

"We had fifteen years of catching up." - he continued, and you landed your hand top of his, squeezing it gently.

"But now we have rest of our lives to make up the lost time" - you said, rubbing his knuckles.

"I can't believe you still wanted me." - he whispered, squeezing hard your hand and you turned to look at him, seeing how he stared out from the window.

"Especially after I lied to you about how I got out."

"Hey, we talked about this many times already. Forget it and focus to enjoy the present." - you said, leaving his hand while starting to prepare to turn to the parking lot, continuing; - "You are alive and out, that is the most important thing."

Sam moved his position a little when he leaned closer the front window to see where you were taking him. When he saw the sign of the place, his head snapped to you.

"Zoo?!" - he asked surprised and your smile grew more to the excited tone of his.

"Yea, I figured you want to visit one since you haven't visited it for a while." - you said while looking for a free spot from the parking lot.

"I actually have never been in a zoo before." - you heard him say while at the same time you parked the car and stopped the engine.

"You have never been in a zoo?!" - you repeated, looking at him.

"Hey, I was an orphan! And most of the time I was too busy to steal and search for treasure!" - he said while opening his seatbelt.
"Or too busy to fuck you." - he winked.

You hit playfully his arm as you opened your seatbelt too. But you felt little sad for him for not having a normal childhood, and now you were happy of choosing to go to the zoo with him. He must be like a little kid.

Both of you stepped out from the car, taking your jackets from the backseat and locking the doors.

A moment later, you two walked inside the zoo from the gates, Sam's hand hanging over your shoulders, while he was leaning close to your ear, whispering sweet nothings.

You giggled at his words, you loved his nonsense talking, you missed those for fifteen years, thinking you would never hear it again.

You walked toward the bear castle, seeing a sign next to the wall, Sam stopping and reading it.

"'Bears might be in another cage'... Wait?! They don't know where their bears are?!" - he screamed, making people turn to look at you two with amused gazes, as you shook your head, rubbing your forehead with your fingers.

"Jesus, Sam, it just means they might be on the other side..."

"Oh. I mean. I knew that." - he said casually, looking to the cage, seeing one bear sitting on the rocks.

You looked at him with a huge smile.

"You thought the bears are walking here free?" - you asked while Sam started to walk forward.

"Hey, I have been in jungles and all, there could be bears anywhere..." - he defended himself, and you raised your hands as a surrender.

"Fine, fine. But here every animal is inside bars."

"That is kinda sad."

"I mean... I was behind bars for thirteen years... And I was miserable during that time." - he said sadly, stopping front of the lion's cage, where the lions were sleeping in the grass.

You frowned. You didn't think it that way, or that he might think things in that point of view.

"You want to leave?" - you asked, looking up at him while rubbing his arm, and he looked down at you, question mark filling his eyes.

"Leave? Why do I want to leave? We just got here and I haven't seen elephants yet!"

You laughed and got up on your toes to kiss quickly his lips, before he started to walk fastly forward, pulling you after him.