New Haven

Hello everyone......I am so sorry it has taken so long to review. Between family problems, my own problems, and the teenagers that keep showing up during storms and ending up sleeping over it has taken me a while to put in another chapter.

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I hope that you go on enjoying the story.

Kit/Katherine


Chapter Fifty-nine: Girls Day--Angel
Duo grinned as Angel and Katey zoomed through breakfast. He knew they were going to have an eventful day.
Damian rolled his eyes as he took his time. He was still in his pajama bottoms and yawning. He eyed the exuberant girls and rolled his eyes again. He knew that he was going to have a fun day and would love everything that he did so he had no worries.

Angel popped out of the car almost before it had stopped and received a reprimand from Trowa who rolled his eyes at the exited girl. She apologized and ran over to where Aimee was waiting for her.
“Ready?” Dr. Beauchamp asked with a grin. Angel nodded enthusiastically.
Angel followed Aimee through the gates of the zoo waving to the guard posted there.
“We’ll be working with the cats today.” Aimee informed the younger girl as they moved through the zoo. “It’s physical time and we have a few new guests arriving today.”
Angel took in everything around her admiring the displays and animals there in. She squealed in delight at the antics of the spider monkeys. She had to be reminded to catch up by a laughing Aimee.
“You can see the animals during your lunch break.” Aimee soothed as she entered a staff only zone.
“Dr. Beauchamp,” A deep male voice intoned from the left of them. “Ready for a hard day of work.”
Angel stared up at the man in awe. He rivaled Caleb in height and looked surprisingly a lot like him. The only difference was that he had a slight blue tinge to his eyes.
“Angel I would like you to meet Jack Montelo. He is in charge of the cat exhibits. He’ll be working with us today.” Aimee introduced Angel to the man. Angel nodded politely her hands tucked in the small of her back. “If you have any need for space tell me and we’ll take a break.” Aimee added softly so Jack wouldn’t hear.
Angel asked the man hesitantly. “Do you know Caleb Montelo?” She looked up at him shyly.
“Yes in fact I am related.” Jack said with a slow smile. “He is my younger brother. Have you met him?”
Angel nodded slowly. “He’s a friend of one of my guardians.”
“You should try his cooking. There is only one person that I think is better than him. I very much doubt you’ll meet him though.” Jack assured with a gentle smile.
Angel grinned. “Have you met this person?”
“Yup.”
“Does he have a long braid, great big purple eyes, and likes to make every one happy?” She asked innocently.
Jack turned back to Angel appraisingly. “Yes he does. How did you…” He had the look of a stunned ox.
Angel just grinned and watched him
Aimee rolled her eyes. Jack was always telling her about what a great cook his brother was. “Well we do have work to do.” Aimee inserted. She herded the two in front of her and laughed as Jack kept looking at Angel out of the corner of his eye.

Jack watched Aimee and Angel work with the animals and decided to call and see if his brother was available to come for lunch and bring a great meal for them. He would then find out if what she said was true or not. He didn’t like it when people lied. He was pretty sure this girl was lying and all he had to do was get his brother to prove it. He didn’t like it when people lied to him.

Angel watched as Jack held the huge male lion still for Aimee to give injections too. He was a gorgeous animal in his prime His mane was a deep ruddy brown and his body fur a deep golden hue that had a very healthy sheen to it.
Jack looked up and saw Angel watching what was going on. “He’s sleeping now. Would you like to touch him?” He asked already knowing the answer. He had called his brother earlier and asked him to bring lunch for him personally along with food for his guests.
Angel approached the sleeping beast slowly and reached out a shaking hand to bury into the thick mane. She looked up in joy at the feel of the fur. Aimee grinned back as she remembered her first time touching such a big carnivorous animal.
She stepped back when she was told to and watched as they moved him back to a comfortable position for the animal to sleep in.
“On to the next cat.”

Angel looked up from where she was working when she heard a voice she knew. She grinned and waved carefully so as not to scare the animal they were currently working with. She laughed in delight when the young tiger turned and gave her a long raspy lick from chin to forehead.
Aimee laughed at the delight she saw on the girls face. Moments like this were worth what she did for a living and she loved seeing the girl open up.
Jack who was holding the back end still for Dr. Beauchamp to do her inspection waved to his brother and waited for the check up to be finished before calling to him.
Caleb watched in open astonishment as Angel laughed and talked freely to the people around her. ‘Where is the shy little butterfly that I meet not so long ago? Maybe animals are where she is to be.’ He was going to convince his brother to help her as much as possible.
Angel let go of her hold on Aimee’s order and moved at appropriate speed to the exit of the cage. She than ran to greet Duo’s friend with open arms. “The tiger kissed me. It really kissed me!”
Caleb held his arms out at his sides to assure the girl she was safe. He laughed at the openness of the girl. The bags he was holding swung from his fists as he grinned down at the small teenage girl.
Jack and Aimee stared. One with delight and the other with disconcertion.
“I guess it is time for lunch.” Aimee murmured. As she saw the bags the man was holding.
“Duo sent a lunch for Aimee and me.” Angel chattered as she walked between the two huge males. “We could share so everyone gets something. Cold and hot. Would that be alright?” She asked anxiously looking up at the two men with cobalt blue eyes.
“I think that would be a great idea.” Caleb agreed quickly. A chance to eat anything Duo made was not to be missed. No matter what.

“So what was so important that you wanted me to come with the lunch?” Caleb asked Jack as the two women set the table for their lunch.
“I thought you should meet a girl I thought was lying about knowing who you are. You had never mentioned her before.” Jack said with a sigh. “I should have known she wasn’t. She gave too good a description of Duo to not be telling the truth.” He looked over to watch the teenage girl chattering away as she worked,
“You’re lucky you know.” Caleb said quietly. “Very few people get to see this side of the girls. Katey is a bit more outgoing but Angel is very shy and reticent. I was very surprised when she gave me the hug. I was warned to never expect it accept from Sakura.”
Jack glared at his younger brother. “It seems that we have a lot to talk about.” He growled. “You will be explaining this evening after I’m done work.”
Caleb rolled his eyes at his older brother’s threat.
They both moved to join the females not noticing the eyes that regarded him behind the chatter.

Angel sighed happily as they finished with the last cat of the day. She frowned as she remembered what Jack had done. She’d have to do something about that if she wanted to come back without friction. She noticed that Aimee was busy and took the opportunity to approach the older man.
“Mr. Montelo,” Angel said hesitantly trying to get the man’s attention. “I’m sorry you didn’t believe me when I told you I had met your brother. I had only met him recently when he, Andy, and Bev came to discuss the wedding catering. You see my adopted brother is getting married with his two lovers as well as Duo with his love. Duo wants me to consider him like a brother as well.” She flashed a look upwards at the extremely tall man and continued, “He probably hasn’t had time to tell you about any of this yet. I shouldn’t have surprised you. And just so you know…” She glared angrily up at the man, “Just like Duo I never tell a lie if I can help it!”
Jack winced at the anger. He knew he was going to be in her black books for a while. “You don’t have to apologize, Angel. I should have known by your description of Duo that you were telling the truth. I should apologize for not trusting you to tell the truth.” He sighed and looked down at the brunette that was glaring at him. “Truce?” He asked her hesitantly.
Angel scrutinized the face looking down at her and finally nodded. “Truce.” She added a little more. “Til you do something stupid again than I get to yell at you.”
Jack threw back his head and roared with laughter. “Deal.” He told her as he managed to calm down the laughter.
Angel smiled than moved to Aimee. They had finished quicker than Aimee had thought so Aimee had told her that they could go look some more at the animals.