If IR never existed.

10

"Jackie, meet us here at four okay?" John smiled, Jackie nodded, he felt kinda bad for not staying with them but realised it wasn't that bad since he saw them everyday.

"Okay," he grinned and disappeared with Conrad again. John smiled, Jackie hadn't met anyone for six years, and randomly bumped into someone and seemed to have known each other for ages.

"I don't trust him," Max grunted, Lucille sighed and shook her head.

"You don't trust anyone.."

"Hmm, wait here I'll be back," he sighed and disappeared to the Male toilets. The youngest three were bouncing around happily after eating their food, squealing amongst themselves about the other animals that were in the bigger enclosures.

"You know.. I'm pretty sure there's penguins here," Ali grinned, John smiled and watched the younger three buzz with excitement.

"And lions,"

"I want a lion."

"Alan you can't have a lion-"

"No a lion like that," Alan pointed to Gordon walking past with Virgil and Virgo holding a giant Squid plushie.

"Alan that's a squid-" John snorted, Alan facepalmed.

"I think the means a lion plushie John," Lucille smiled softly, John stood in silence.

"That makes more sense,"

"Do you want to go see the rest of the animals and we'll make our way back here to meet them afterwards, maybe a few rides in before meeting up though?"

"Sure," Conrad smiled, once out of sight of his siblings and parents, daring himself to reach for Jackies hand.

Jackie smiled when he felt the smaller males hand brush against his own, looking down and holding it and making him blush. "Your cute,"

Nobody really noticed, they were too busy looking at the animals, the two talked for most of the time, paying little attention to the animals, except the cute ones, but only to eachother.

"Hey look it's you!" Virgo snorted gesturing to the camel.

"Again, we're identical twins," Virgil smirked, Gordon snickered and hid his face in the plushie.

"Dude you need to see," Virgo smiled and pulled the plushie down from his face.

"No I don't," he snorted and hid again, leaning on Virgil to know which way to walk. Virgil snorted in amusement and wrapped one of his strong arms around him.

Kiara and Scott has managed to drag their father onto the waltzers, which Jeff definitely regretted, but also didn't since he saw how much the two were enjoying themselves.

Then he saw her. Her red hair was half way down her back and had green eyes, accompanied by John and Ali, the youngest three elsewhere.

Their eyes met once the ride had stopped, she smiled and looked to the floor. "Go on, we'll tell you if Max is coming," Kiara smiled.

John noticed how quiet their mother had gone, turning back to her to see her talking to Jeff. "Max is going to kill her.." he sighed nervously.

"No he won't. He can't, Jackie made him a deal to leave us alone and to let us enjoy ourselves, even when we get back, he can't beat us for it," Ali sighed, John sighed too, worried for the youngest of the threes safety.

"He's a twat," John shook his head.

"I know, but if it weren't for him, we couldn't do any of this," Ali sighed and rubbed his arm. "Besides, What about him? You hate him like everyone else?" She teased, John smiled and turned to her.

"Don't hate him. But I don't love him either." Ali grinned and hugged John tightly.

"It's a start!"

Sophia, Adam and Alan has gone with Max to see the rest, splitting the tokens evenly between them incase the little triplets wanted to go back to the rides.

"Come onnn I wanna see the penguinssss!!!"

"Alright alright," Max smiled, although it was probably fake.