Their first week in Africa had been absolutely lazy. They'd taken one day to leave the apartment and search for some surrounding markets to buy food, but the markets were quite far from the housing. Everything was far away in this part of South Africa where there were so many animal sanctuaries. They weren’t in tourist cities; they were practically on the savanna. Shopping had been an adventure. They were familiar items: cereals also found in the USA, even some snacks they'd had before, but when it came to other foods and even the fruit and vegetables, they had to ask a lot of questions.
"We have to try to make that rice," Bella had reminded Nathan. "The spicy one they had back at headquarters?" Nathan had agreed. It was one of the foods they'd missed when they had to return to New York in the Spring. They’d returned home from the market and stocked the pantry and cabinets, even their fridge was full, as they didn’t know the next time they’d get the opportunity to get groceries again. They were needed down at wildlife headquarters to do tons of paperwork, but as they still had a few days and they weren’t in much of a rush. The morning of their last day off, Bella and Nathan lay awake, neither of them wanting to get out of bed. Every time one of them tried to get up, the other begged for five more minutes. The previous day, it had been Nathan to pull Bella out of bed first. Today, Bella was the first to get up. She had to literally roll away from Nathan’s grasping hands as he tried to keep her in bed. It had to have been the cutest and most hilarious thing if someone had been watching them. Bella was still chuckling even after she made her escape. “I’m going to shower,” she said Bella. "Those puppy eyes don't work on me." She smirked and glanced over her shoulder at him. Gods, she’d miss these lazy mornings. As she was almost out of the room, she added, “Feel free to join me.”
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