The visit to the animal sanctuary ends and the kids leave the education room to board the van.
"Bye Tru Blu, bye," the kids say to one of the teachers as they leave the room. Soon, only the teacher and one of the presenters are left in the room along with an assortment of reptiles. There are snakes and frogs in vivariums and a large tortoise on the floor with lettuce in its mouth.
"Aren't you leaving," the presenter said. The presenter is dressed like a zookeeper with a khaki short-sleeve button-down shirt and khaki shorts.
"No, I drove separately," Tru Blu said. "There wouldn't be room in the van for all of us."
"I see," the presenter said. The tortoise, still with lettuce hanging out, slowly walks across the empty floor to where Blu is standing. "I think he likes you!"
"Is he like a dog?" Blu asks. "Will he try to hump my leg?"
They both laugh. "Very slowly, if at all!"
The presenter steps closer to Blu and holds out his hand for Blu to politely shake. Blu's hand is soft, cool, and wet with sanitizer. "Sorry, the kids have so many germs, I'm always trying to keep my hands clean."
"I understand. We're the same here. We don't want to pass human germs to the animals."
Blu smiles and holds on to the presenter's hand for an extra second... AND THE FANTASY BEGINS:
Blu closes her fingers around the presenter's fingers and steps around the tortoise. With the freehand, Blu touches his stomach over the shirt and pulls up the shirttail. They lock eyes and the presenter smells Blu's sweet and moist breath. Then he feels a small hand slide inside of his belt. Blu's hand rubs the smooth body and slides over to the hip. Instead of going down to his thigh, however, the hand is blocked by something else. It is smooth, wide, and long and feels warm on Blu's fingertips.
"Ooh, what do we have? Did a snake escape? Let me try to catch it!"