Tim thought the alligators and crocodiles were cool but didn't care much for the snakes.

Austin took the others advice and decided that letting Virgil hold a snake was probably a bad idea. They argued for several minutes.

From the reptiles, they moved on to the aquarium. This was definitely Tim's favorite. Not only was the building a lot cooler, but some of the creatures he saw also blew his mind. He never knew things like that existed.

He stood for a good ten minutes in front of the jellyfish aquarium. They were the most beautiful creatures he had ever seen. They reminded him of angels as they slowly swam in the tank.

"Aren't they beautiful." He whispers to his boyfriend that was standing next to him. He felt that if he talked any louder, he would disturb the angelic creatures.

"Very beautiful and so ... peaceful." Chance says softly, as he too, was hypnotized by their beauty.

Tim huffs and looks around after hearing Adam shouting something about little horses with no feet.

Chance chuckles quietly at the blonde's excitement.

"Horses with no feet?" Tim asks softly, still not wanting to disturb the jellyfish.

"Must be the sea horses." Chance smiles, taking his lover's hand. "Let's go check it out."

"Wait." Tim says before snapping some pictures of the jellyfish. "Okay."

"PHOTOGRAPH!! LOOK!! LOOK AT THESE TINY HORSES!!" Adam shouts and points to the tank. "THEY'RE COOL AS SH*T!!"

"Adam, Buddy, lower your voice." Chance chuckles. "You're gonna get us thrown out of here."

"Are these Sea Horses?" Tim smiles as he looks into the tank. "Wow!"

"I WANT ONE!!" Adam yells.

"Adam!" Chance scolds.

"I want one." The blonde lowers his voice to a whisper.

"Hey...." Tim grins as he looks around at his lover. "You think, Tina would let us have an aquarium in the recreation room?"

"I don't know, Honey." Chance answers with a shake of his head.

"Oh! That would be so cool!" Adam says in a loud whisper. "Can we have some of these horses?"

"Guys, I don't know." Chance replies again shaking his head.

"We'll feed them." Tim states as he gives his lover his best puppy dog eyes.

"Sweetheart, I'm not the one you need to be giving that pleading eye look to." Chance laughs as he rubs the brunette's cheek.

"Come on, Photo. We'll go find Tina." Adam says, grabbing Tim's hand and pulling him away.

"Guys! No running!" Chance says in a loud whisper. Of course, they would listen. (Sarcasm)

"What the hell is this?" Tim says as Adam pulls him into a large clear tunnel.

Different types of sharks, stingrays, sea turtles and other large fish swam around and over them.

Jenika and Daryl stood in the middle of the tunnel, staring up at a very large great white shark as it swam slowly above them.

Tim quickly grabs his camera and starts taking pictures.

"Get a picture of that big ass turtle!" Adam points. "And that stingray! And whatever the hell that thing is!" Pointing to a Hammerhead Shark.

Tim giggles as he tries to get pictures of everything Adam was pointing at.

"Slow down." Tim giggles.

"OH, MY GOD!! LOOK AT THAT THING!! IT'S GOT A CHAINSAW FOR A NOSE!!" Adam screams out.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING??!!" Tim shouts out in shock as the creature swims over them.

"Tim! Adam! Shhhh!" Jenika hushes them. "I know you guys are excited but you're going to have to quieten down some."

"Sorry, Jenika. They got away from me." Chance chuckles as he finally catches up.

"Have you seen Austin and Avi? I haven't seen them since we got in here." Jenika giggles.

"I'm sure they are behaving. Avi has a pretty good head on his shoulders." Chance comments.

"He won't if he gets near that thing." Adam says, pointing to the fish with the chainsaw for a nose.

"My guess is that dumbass Virgil ran off and Austin pulled Avi away to look for him." Daryl says as he watches a large Stingray swim over.

"That, I wouldn't doubt, Ba...uh, Daryl." Jenika says as she quickly glances away from the others.

Daryl tries to hide the smile on his face as he continues to watch the creatures above him.

"Go ahead and say it. You were going to say, Baby." Tim says with a smirk.

"What?" Jenika asks innocently.

"Yeah, you're not fooling anybody. We're not a bunch of dummies you know." Adam says, crossing his arms over his chest. "We went through the same stuff with Photograph and Chance when they started screwing around."

"WHAT??!!" Tim and Chance, both shout louder than they meant to.

"Sure, we all knew. All the cute little pet names." Adam says as he glances at the couple. "You never called me, Avi or Austin, 'Baby', 'Sweetie' or 'Pumpkin'." he adds as he glares at Chance. "The sweet little smiles you would give one another not thinking that we saw them. News flash. WE SAW THEM! And you two (pointing at Jenika and Daryl) are the same way. If you want to be a couple then go for it. I know I talk a lot and jump around from one thing to another, that's why I'm here. Austin sees some dude that no one sees, that's why he's here. And Avi? Well, I'm not sure why he's here but there has to be a reason. Just like Photograph and Daryl have their reasons, BUT none of us are stupid. Now, kiss each other and let's go find these dumbasses. I want a snow cone."

With that, he walks away leaving the others looking at one another.

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"I'm not going to take the chance of getting left because of your 'friend' wandering off." Avi says as he pulls Austin through the exhibits.

"We have to go find him, Avi." Austin says as he tries to pull away from the bearded man.

"No. We have to find Chance and Jenika." Avi states.

"Avi?" Chance calls out after hearing his voice.

"Oh, thank, God. I was afraid you guys had left." Avi says with the sound of relief.

"We wouldn't leave without you guys. Where have you been?" Chance replies, putting his arm around the shorter man's shoulder.

"Chasing after something that doesn't exist." Avi answers while rolling his eyes.

"Oh. Like zombies exist?" Austin argues as he puts his hands on his hips.

"Good point." Tim whispers to Adam causing the blonde to giggle softly.

"They do exist. I've seen them with my own eyes." Daryl growls.

"My point confirmed." Adam whispers to Tim causing the brunette to smile and hang his head.

"Okay, guys. Let's not argue about who sees what." Chance says. "Austin, where was the last time you saw Virgil?"

"Avi and I were looking at the penguins." Austin answers.

"Good place to start, I guess." Jenika shrugs.

"Guys?" Tina calls out as her and her group walk toward them. "The zoo will be closing soon. We need to start heading for the entrance."

"Well, we have a slight problem." Chance chuckles.

"What's wrong?" She asks, looking around at the members of Chance and Jenika's group.

"Virgil seems to have run off." Tim answers.

The twinkle in his eyes as he rubs his fingers over his mustache told her that he was trying to hide his smile.

"Oh. Okay?" Tina says as she looks around at a worried looking Austin. "We'll find him."

They searched the aquarium for a good fifteen minutes before Austin finally spots Virgil looking at the tank of piranhas.

"Tell him that if he runs off again, I, personally, will feed him to the piranhas." Daryl says.

"You can't do that, Daryl. Then he will be a zombie." Adam smirks. "Hey, wait a minute, I haven't got my snow cone yet!!"

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Until next time .... ✌️