Vanessa was lying...

As Vanessa watched Rachel lead her daughters and Lauren away, the eighteen-year-old smirked evilly. She wasn't stupid. She would recognize her sister anywhere... Even if she didn't recognize Lauren's body at first. She stifled a giggle at the fact that her twenty-three-year-old sister was running around a zoo, topless and wearing a diaper. And she was actually acting like a little kid to avoid being caught!

She had also recognized the woman as Rachel Davis, the nerd that Lauren used to bully in high school. She had thought about exposing Lauren right then and there, humiliating and drawing unwanted attention to her sister. However, another idea popped into her head.

Vanessa did everything in her power to stifle her laughter before pulling out her phone as she followed the tour group to the next exhibit, pressing a button as she put the phone to her ear.

"Hey, Mom?" Vanessa said into the phone, "Yeah, I'm still on the field trip. We've still got about two more hours to tour this place. Anyway, I just bumped into Lauren here. She's with Rachel and - Rachel Davis? The girl that Lauren used to bully in high school? That one! Anyway, you will not believe what Lauren is doing. And you will most definitely not believe what she is wearing...!"

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Rachel opened the door to The Reptile House, allowing Lauren, Amanda, and Janet to step into the building first before entering the building herself with her youngest daughter in the stroller.

Lauren shivered as the colder air conditioning breezed over her skin. She noticed that she was covered in goosebumps from it... As well as two certain bumps on her chest. Her cheeks went a light shade of pink as she looked around. Fortunately, it didn't look like anyone even noticed, let alone cared.

However, Lauren once again wondered if this was a good thing or a bad thing...

The group looked around the entire Reptile House, stopping to look at several of the exhibits along the way, but there was no sight of any elementary school students having a field trip. This didn't come as much of a surprise to Lauren as she rolled her eyes. Of course Vanessa would make something up to get someone to leave her alone!

"Shoot! We must have just missed them." Rachel said as they walked away from the python exhibit towards the exit. "But don't you worry, Lily. We'll find your class, even if it takes all day."

Will you please just take me to the front desk so that I can end this nightmare?! Lauren thought bitterly. Out loud she said, "Thank you, Mrs. Rachel."

"You're more than welcome, Sweetie." Rachel said sweetly, ruffling Lauren's hair again. It took every fiber in her body not to pull her head away.

"Mom, can we go see the lions now?" Amanda asked.

"No way!" Janet shot back, "We just saw the snakes and lizards because you wanted to see them! It's my turn and I want to go see the elephants!"

Lauren involuntarily cringed at the suggestion, angrily groaning as she remembered that it was that elephant that got her into this mess in the first place!

"Hey, we already did what you wanted to do first, remember?" Amanda shouted, "You're the one who wanted to go on the train ride!"

"But I didn't get to see any of the animals!" Janet whined.

"Girls! Stop it!" Rachel barked, easily extinguishing the argument. After a few seconds, she calmed down and cleared her throat. "Now then, Amanda, we did just visit The Reptile House by your suggestion. And Janet, we did the train ride first when we got here, and you are seeing more than enough animals to make up for it. I think that you both have had a turn so far, which means that it's time for either Lily or Molly to choose next."

"Good idea, Mom." Amanda said with a smile, "After all, lions are Molly's favorite animal."

"No they're not, you liar!" Janet spat. "Her favorite animals are lambs! And the petting zoo is closer to the playground then it is to the elephants or the lions." The five-year-old looked to Lauren and said, "What about you, Lily? Do you like elephants?"

"Girls!" Rachel said sternly, causing the two kids and Lauren to jump in surprise. "I will not have you two spoiling this trip. I'll pick who gets to choose next."

Lauren rolled her eyes at this. Suddenly, realization came to her face. If Rachel chose her to choose where to go, she could either choose to go to a gift shop and get something to wear before she made it to the front desk, or she could choose an exhibit that was closest to the entrance, sneak away to the front desk, and explain her embarrassing situation. Either way, she would be out of this horrible nightmare!

That was, if Rachel chose her instead of her three-year-old daughter in the stroller...