Robert Irwin & I

Feeding snakes and bathroom incident

The next morning Rosa woke up bright and early by the sound of animals at the zoo waking up as well, and the sun throwing its beams inside the guest room, where she had slept peacefully. Usually Rosa would wake up much later back in rainy and boring Denmark, but here everything was much different. She stretched her arms, and quickly got out of bed, excited for what today had to bring.

To her disappointment, there was no sign of Robert being around. Where was he? When she arrived in the kitchen, she saw a brown haired man pour himself a cup of coffee. Rosa knew that was Chandler, Bindi's boyfriend. "Excuse me, do you know where Robert is?" She asked him. He turned around, and smiled brightly. What was it with these people and their positive attitudes? Rosa loved it!

"I think he's out biking with some mates," Chandler answered, and took a sip of his coffee cup where there stood: "live, laugh, love," written on it. Geez, these people!

"Oh," Rosa said. "What kind of biking?" She didn't know he biked for a living. "Oh, like real hardcore mountain biking," Chandler laughed, and pulled out his phone from his back pocket. He showed her a video, where Robert aggressively jumped over hills, made sharp turns in the mud and much more. Rosa hadn't seen it coming, but it was kind of hot.

About 20 minutes later, Robert came back covered in mud from head to toe. Everybody had left the house by this point, to go to work, so Rosa was the only one still there.

"Wow, someone has been getting pedal to the metal!" Rosa laughed, when she saw him. He laughed with her, and looked down his muddy self.

Rosa decided it was time to get ready for the day, and she was taking on the mission of dealing with her curly, unruly hair. She needed her coconut oil, but Rosa quickly realized she had left it in the bathroom last night so to the bathroom she went. Stupidly, she didn't realize that the shower was running inside the bathroom, and she opened the door like no tomorrow to the sight of naked Robert just about to hop in the shower. "WhAt ThE cRoC!!" He shouted and threw a towel on her face. Rosa screamed in surprise. "I'M SO SOR-" "GET OUT!" He roared, and Rosa slammed the door shut.

She stood outside the bathroom door, mouth gaping in shock. Oh my God, what had she done? Rosa flushed a bright red from embarrassment, and quickly escaped the house.

Even though it was only 10 am, the zoo was quickly filling up with visitors, excited to see all the animals Australia Zoo had to offer. It really was a beautiful place, and Rosa was already feeling much better.

"Hello again!" She heard a male voice say, and she turned around. Wes was coming up to her, with a big smile on his face. "I see you've settled real nice here. Terri is telling great stuff about you," he said, and Rosa smiled. "Would you like to feed the snakes breakfast with me?" He asked, and Rosa nodded with enthusiasm.

The rest of the day, Rosa followed different co-workers at the zoo around. They all welcomed her with open arms, and she helped feed many animals, checking up on them, and she even went to the Wildlife Hospital with Bindi to take care of a sick echidna, who had been driven over by a reckless car. Even though it was only Rosa's second day at Australia zoo, she already felt a home. Like she had a purpose here, and her passion for animals grew larger and larger by the minute.

At the end of the day, Rosa had completely forgot the incident that had happened earlier that morning with Robert, and it wasn't until she arrived back to the house with Bindi that she remembered. When they entered the front door, the atmosphere completely changed. Robert was sitting in the living room, obviously, smugly looking at her. Rosa stared right back. She didn't know if he was mad, embarrassed, or completely fine.

Terri and Bindi seemed to notice the tension very quickly, and they both looked back and forth between Rosa and Robert. "Umm, are we interrupting something?" Bindi sweetly asked. "No-no, it's nothing," Robert said, and stomped out the room. Rosa sadly sighed.

There wasn't a sight of Robert the rest of the evening and by bedtime, Rosa was getting inpatient. She wanted to talk to Robert. Apologize, for the embarrassment she had caused earlier. She hesitated before knocking on the door to his room. "Robert?" Rosa softly asked to let him know, it was her.

"Come in."