Fame Crazy (Sequel to Strings Attached)

Chapter 193

After the first group of African animals, which consists of giraffes and zebras and such, they find a group of lions eating a zebra carcass.

"Aw, look at the little zebra!" she coos. "He's so cute when he's sleeping! And the little lions protecting him! That's definitely what's happening. Yeah. Totally."

"But, like, no," Gabriel says. "Not at all."

Natalie glances over at him. "Well, we're trying to keep it PG over here, or Mickey Mouse is gonna have to put a stop to it."

She begins talking about the group of fake people climbing up a pole to hide from a rhinoceros, but what she says is lost behind Dean's voice.

"Is there a reason Gabriel decided to play 'let's antagonize the tour guide'?"

Castiel shrugs. "He does that to fun people sometimes. He must've decided he likes her. Either that or he thinks she's a dick, 'cause he likes dicking with dicks sometimes."

Dean giggles. "'Dicking with dicks.'"

Castiel facepalms. "You're such a child."

"Yeah, but you love it."

Natalie begins talking about the new area they're in, which still looks exactly the same as every other place they've been to. "We're in crocodile territory now. Up ahead you'll see two of the locals, Freddie and his girlfriend, Ginger. Freddie's pretty chill, but watch out for Ginger. Ginger snaps."

"Why they gotta be so straight?" Dean whispers. "Why can't they be gay lovers? This is homophobia, and I will not stand for the erasure of my people."

"Hey, look on the bright side," Castiel says. "The snake we saw a few minutes ago? She said he might develop a crush on you, meaning anyone in this boat. He's totally bisexual."

The boat is heading straight for a waterfall, and Natalie quickly aims to save them.

"Woah, okay, this is gonna be a steep turn," she says. "If ya don't want to run into Ariel, lean this way!" She jumps on to the right side of the boat, and most people follow along and lean to the right. Lucifer doesn't so he doesn't crush Alex as he leans forward, and because he's recording it all on my cellphone, and Gabriel purposely leans to the left side of be an asshole.

"Hey, you," Natalie says, pointing at him as they predictably avoid the waterfall. "This is why we can't have nice things."

"Aw, thank you, ma'am," Gabriel says with a grin. "That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me."

"Why am I not surprised?"

"Excuse me, being rude to your customers is not okay," Gabriel says. "I should get you fired for this."

"Ah, I don't see that happening," she says. "See, I landed this job because, I think it's plane to see, I am an expert at it. I took a crash course, but now I'm just winging it."

They pass by a crashed airplane on the side of the river, and the whole joke makes a whole lot more sense.

"Hey, do you think I could get a job, too, just 'cause I'm in the air-ea?"

It's clear to see she's fighting back a laugh, though it's not as clear if it's because she finds Gabriel's joke funny, or if she finds it funny how bad it was.