Noah Elliot

her brows furrowed as she watched him look from her phone to her. “yeah…” her voice trailed off as she gave him a strange look before smiling slightly. “do you have a cell phone?” there she goes, being nosy as ever. the lovely trait she got from her father. however, the more she looked at him the more she realized he was a new face. their town was small so she knew about every kid her age, but she didn’t know him. “are you new in town?”

“Uh no, I don’t have one.” he said and shook his head. He didn’t really know what they were enough to know how to operate one. At her next question, his head shot up and he nodded. “yh yeah, yeah. I’m new. Just in town for a few days, I think. I’m not sure. Depends on Pe-my friend. whenever he wants to go home. I’m assuming that means you’re not new?” he asked, smiling at her with a soft smile The other was pretty and he kind of understood why Peter always came here to visit.

the older girl raised her brows and she rolled her eyes. “and i grew up in the african jungles where every relative besides my parents and siblings were gorillas. i rode lions, elephants, zebras, any african animal you can guess. so let’s not get into that argument,” she replied with a slightly smug smirk. looking back at the habitat she just came from, she sighed. “you can interact with the finger monkeys first since i’m transferring them to their new den. and then maybe you can help me feed the gorillas. if you lose the attitude and tell me your name.”

“I can guarantee I’ve got you beat,” Noah muttered before rolling his eyes. He wasn’t supposed to tell anyone who he was or how old he was, and rarely did anyone believe him anyways. “I’m Noah.” He said as he walked over the monkeys and stayed back for a second. “we don’t have these where I’m from. The island really doesn’t have a lot of animals other than jungle cats, unless kids are dressed up like them.” he said. “they’re safe?”

working at a zoo was always fun and exciting. however, there were some down parts of if. there were always those people that tried to mess with the animals or just go into their pens. aurelia had been helping a coworker set up a new pen for the finger monkeys when she noticed the younger boy climbing into the lions den. “are you bloody mad?” aurelia nearly screamed as she looked at him, brows raised. “these lions aren’t trained to interact with anyone outside of the blue uniform, kid. they’ll eat you for dinner.”

“Excuse you, I think I know about lions better than you do. I’ve lived on an island with them for...” he paused before continuing on. “many, many years.” he said. “but whatever. ruin the fun.” he pulled away from the other and dusted himself off. “do you have *any* animals here that I *can* interact with at least?”

noah

kinsey truly loved the summers in england. sure, it was still gloomy and rainy, but sometimes they had their sunny days. those days where her parents allowed her to go to the local park to walk around and just spend time outside. her gaze was set on her cellphone, trying to see if anyone she knew was around, while she was walking and she barely had time to react before bumping into a boy her age. “sorry!” she apologized immediately before raising her brows. “i was too busy texting…my bad..”

“texting?” Noah asked, confused, before looking at the phone and letting the realization sink in. “Oh! you meant...yeah I got it now.” He had just come to England recently, Peter had said they were here for a while so why not make the most of it and explore. But he hadn’t had enough time to adjust and a lot of the modern things that humans had around the world confused him. “it’s okay, really. no big.”

Living on Neverland didn’t leave Noah with a lot of knowledge about the real world. He didn’t follow rules and he didn’t really care to. That’s why when he was at the zoo and he saw a cage full of lions, he started climbing up to get inside. He used to play around with the lion cubs all the time on Neverland and he thought it’d be fun to see if he could bond with the ones here. That was, until he felt someone tugging him back and off the fence. “hey! what the fuck was that for?”