Alice in hot water (in more ways than one)

Alice's phone chimed as her alarm went off. The redhead lifted her head from her pillow to check the time. It was three hours before her shift. Just like she had planned. She can get to the Zoo, take a quick 30min dip, and still have over an hour before anyone showed up.

She quickly changed out of her pajamas and put on a bra. She decided to wear her pink t-shirt with a brown long coat over it, and dark blue trousers. She grabbed her zoo ID and quickly left. She drove for only 20mins before arriving at the front gate. She scanned her ID to let herself in and parked in her usual spot. She walked past the front gate where Arthur was, but it was now vacant. The security monitors were turned off, as she had expected. A cheeky grin appeared on her face as she made her way to the Women's Lockers. Inside, she made sure her uniform was still where she'd left it last night and removed her coat. She suddenly had an interesting idea...

'You always hate having to carry a bundle of clothes back in here. What if you only took your coat? Its long enough to cover down to your upper thighs. her inner voice said.

She didn't hesitate as she quickly removed all her clothes and her sock and shoes. Standing naked for the first time inside the locker room, she pulled the coat over herself just in case someone would come in, but she knew from experience that was unlikely. She tied her hair up in a bun so it won't get wet, then folded her clothes and placed them and her shoes inside the locker. She took a deep breath before closing the coat and walking outside with her bare feet.

It was a completely different sensation as she usually walked the path wearing shoes. Her heart beat faster as she got closer to the pond. As her feet met the edge, she felt the tickle of the warm water on her toes. She suppressed a squeal of delight as she dropped her coat and gingerly entered the pond, feeling the warmth of the water all over her skin. She dipped her face in the water and relished in the warm feeling. The pond was shallow enough for her to stand up in, and she was in no danger from touching the fountain in the center. She liked to paddle around and float on her back as she looked up at the clear night sky and all the stars.

'Just imagine those sailors seeing you naked instead of those manatees..." her inner voice joked.

Alice giggled as she imagined the men ogling her and telling stories of the beautiful naked women they saw at sea. All the mermaid figureheads on ships being modeled after her, paintings showing her naked top half and her fish half starting just where her hips would begin to flare out, but would be what she thought was the perfect size for her hips instead. She felt that if she were to swim more often, her hips and legs would need to move a lot more, so they would be much leaner. However, this is also when the bad thoughts began...

'You cow, nobody will think you're sexy or beautiful. You're no different from the manatees here.' her intrusive thoughts began.

As her thoughts dwelled on what awful things her coworkers said, but then as she thought about her coworkers, a familiar face appeared in her mind...

'Dennis!' her inner voice screamed.

There he was, looking at her naked body, appraising it, appreciating it(?). She couldn't tell. He was smiling at her and he turned her away from the others, holding her shoulders in a friendly but intimate embrace. She felt the warmth of the water and then another heat emanating from inside her as her thoughts drifted to being at her apartment with him staring at her naked body. She imagined herself dancing for him, swaying her hips and turning around to show her twerking and making her ample bottom jiggle and making it clap. He then would stand behind her and embrace her before the scene changed to the pool she often swam at. However, she was still naked, and perched at the top of the highest diving board. She saw the crowd of people staring up at her, and she quickly squeaked and covered up. However, as she scanned the crowd, she saw Dennis's smiling face, nodding in encouragement. Alice smiled back and let her arms down. She then jumped from the board. Not being an experienced diver. She decided to bring her knees up to her chest and became a "cannon ball" before hitting the water, splashing all her haters.

But then she felt water on her face despite staring up. Startled from her dream, she looked up to see an elephant at the edge of the pond!

"Ruby? What are you doing out here? Wait...is it time to open already?!" Alice asked the large animal, who probably didn't understand her.

Looking around, she saw the lights were on. Sje must've slept through until the day crew was arriving! She didn't see the guard shack's light on yet, but she had to hurry before...

sniff sniff sputter

Alice looked over to see the matriarch of the elephant clan at the zoo, and saw her using her trunk to poke at something. To Alice's horror, it was her coat!

"Psst! Ruby! Stop that! Get away from there!" Alice said in a loud whisper, eating her arms at hthe large animal.

However, her protests fell on deaf ears, and the elephant's trunk grasped the coat and lifted it off the ground! Alice looked around for any signs of life. She knew she had to get out of the pond. Maybe the animal was trying to tel her that? She scrambled to the edge of the pond and walked out onto the grassy bank. She crossed her legs and draped an arm over her breasts as she reached with her freehand for the coat. The trunk ascended higher, keeping the coat out of reach of Alice, who whimpered. She looked around and made sure no one was watching her as she then tried to jump for it, but the trunk was lifted even higher to keep the coat out of her grasp! Alice added and felt her bare ass cheeks clap and jiggle, which made her blush and look around for any witnesses.

"Ruby, this isn't a game. I NEED that!" Alice was growing impatient, feeling the cool morning air on her wet body was starting to make her shiver.

The large pachyderm then turned and walked away, carrying Alice's coat! Every instinct told Alice to run to the locker room and dry off and get dressed, but the gnawing feeling of an animal taking her only cover, and having to explain how an animal got hold of it in the first place (when someone inevitably finds the coat) meant she needed to get it back ASAP. So, against every fiber of her modesty and self preservation, she leapt over the railing to the elephant enclosure.

SPLAT!

Alice belly flopped onto a mud patch, likely from the pond or fountain water splashing into the enclosure during the hourly water show in the evenings. Alice groaned as she got to her knees and tried to wipe some of the mud off her body. Her face was still clean, but her bust all the way down to her knees were covered in mud. As she scraped some off, and looked up to see where the elephant had gone to, and saw she was now standing near the rest of the herd. The naked redhead was about to make a move, but then heard voices.

"I told you that as soon as I turned the camera on, I saw a huge, pale white ass going over the side." A woman's voice was clear.

Alice cursed that she was about to get caught naked and muddy inside the elephant enclosure! She had to think fast. She looked around and looked down at herself, the mud, and the elephants. Seeing their dark silhouettes since the sun was yet to rise, she didn't think twice as she now dove onto the mud patch. This time, on her backside. She rolled around and made sure her legs and feet were completely covered. She kept her face and hair clean since she would be facing away. She listened a bit more to hear any footsteps or voices. Hearing none, she bolted for the elephants, not looking back for fear of being spotted and recognized. She was almost there when she tripped and fell. As her ass was in the air, she hear that woman's unmistakable voice shout out.

"What's that?!"

"Huh? When did she have a baby? Must be new to the herd. I'll have to ask Jack about it." Paul said.

Alice blushed as her boss and the guard had spotted her naked ass covered in mud! However. They both bought into her ruse (a bit too easily, she thought), but at least their thoughts of her body meant she hadn't been caught! She scrambled to her feet and ran the few steps over to Ruby, who still had her coat.

"Hey Ruby. That was a nasty trick you pulled. May I please have my coat back now?"

The elephant responded by walking away, going into the animal care facility inside the enclosure. Alice had **** but to follow her inside. Alice entered the facility and was a bit timid as she saw the bright lights illuminating every part of her mud caked body. As the large animal stood under a large shower head and stepped on a pad, the water poured out and rinsed her clean. Alice took the hint and stood next to her, allowing the water to rinse off her own "disguise". The water was a bit cool, but not as cold as the air outside.

Once clean, Alice once again tried to get her coat. The elephant finally obliged and gave it to Alice, who graciously accepted it and pulled it on. Just in time too!

"Oh, hi Alice. Didn't see you come in. You must've been pretty early." Dennis said.

"Huh? Oh yeah...I got here early..."Alice was barely able to think and just agreed with what he said.

"Nice to see her getting along with other female staff. She's been known to feel threatened by other women and often pulls pranks." Dennis explained.

"You don't say?" Alice suppressed her gut reaction, which was to glare at the prankster pachyderm, but instead smiled at Dennis, who was none the wiser that she was naked under her coat.

"Yeah, she once sprayed water onto one of our newer handlers. Another time she tripped a poor maintenance worker, who fell into a mud patch. But it seems she took a liking to you. She usually needs some time to really get comfortable with women." Dennis explained.

"Interesting. Yeah, I think we're getting along great!" Alice replied.

"Awesome. Well, I won't keep you. I know how you like to make the rounds when you arrive. How about I walk you out?" Dennis offered.

In Alice's state of mind, she couldn't think. She barely even registered what Dennis was saying. He invited her for something,so she immediately accepted.

"Sure!" Alice said.

Dennis smiled and led her to the exit that adjoined the giraffe enclosure. Alice smiled at him as she passed dthrougg the doorway a d he closed it behind her. Now that there was a solid structure between her and Dennis, she was able to think clearly now. She was inside the egiraffe enclosure wearing only a coat! She had been taken in the opposite direction of the locker room and her clothes, and now she was expected to begin her shift like this?!