9 Chapter (Vainly)

                                    

                                          
        
                          
Finn's POV
                          
Eve insisted on flying on a cheaper airline from Sydney, instead of taking Finn's offer to fly free first class, she arrives in the middle of the night at the airport of Adelaide. Finn is waiting at the airport, thinking he should at least pick her up.
                          
"Hello, gorgeous" Eve greets him with a smirk. She looks tired but is happy that Finn brought some sausage rolls from his favorite bakery and her favorite Bundaberg ginger beer.
                          
"Hello, darling," Finn replies with a wink.
                          
They talked to each other a lot since their first night, but it's the first time they have seen each other. At once they can feel the tension despite the flirting. They give each other a short hug, wary of being hurt and return home to Finn's apartment.
                          
At the next morning, after breakfast, Finn surprises Eve with a visit to one of his favorite's spots near Adelaide. 
                          
"Where are we going?" Eve asks curious while Finn is parking his black SUV on the parking lot under the eucalyptus trees,
                          
"You will see, and I bet you will love it..." Finn smiles softly.
                          
They are leaving the car and Eve is looking around, wondering what sound she is hearing.
                          
Finn chuckles "That was a laughing Kookaburra, darling. These birds call sound like laughing. They are awesome birds, but be careful, they often try to steal your fries from your plate or even steaks from the BBQ." 
                          
Eve smiles at his explanation. She notices the sign "Cleland Wildlife Park - Oh, Finn, this is a nice surprise. You know how I'm in love with all Australian wildlife."
                          
"I've got to admit, it's getting better, love. We will buy some food at the entrance and you can feed kangaroos, wallabies, emus and lots of other animals inside" Finn promises. He likes the expression on Eve's face. Her eyes seem to be shining like little stars. His surprise seems to be a huge success. Smiling he thinks it's nice to have her around. He's happy that she is enjoying the Wildlife Park, especially since he has never visited the Park with a girl before.  He is thankful that she is helping him forget about Rory.
                          
As a child Finn often visited the Park with his family and even now they sometimes come here together. He loves the size of the Park.  It is not overcrowded and Finn likes that you can feed and touch the animals here. Smelling the eucalyptus trees and watching the animals is very relaxing and often he will bring his laptop and do some work at one of the picnic tables. He always smiles when one of the blue fairy wrens, catch their food near him. 
                          
Entering the Park Eve beams with joy "What are those little fury hopping cuties?"
                          
"These are Potoroos. They are kangaroo-like marsupials, but the size of rabbits. You can feed them, too." Finn explains crouching down and holding out his hand out with some food. A few Potoroos are hopping shyly from under their bush towards him and gently eat from his hand.
                          
"They are adorable" Eve smiles, "Look at their little paws."
                          
Finn and Eve are enjoying their time together. They spend the whole day in the Park. Eve takes hundreds of pictures of them feeding the animals. At lunchtime a Kookaburra tries to steal Finn's fries and Eve teases him the whole afternoon after the bird succeeded. 
                          
Rory's POV
                          
Rory finally decides it's time to tell Finn. She opens her laptop to write him on the Facebook message. Fortunately, she never unfriended him, she only blocked him. 
                          
Rory sends him this message, "Finn, please write me back. We need to talk." She stares at the laptop for several hours, but nothing happened. Rory blames the time difference and tries to sleep. The whole night she has problems sleeping. She picks up her cell phone and checks her Facebook page every 30 minutes, still there is no answer from Finn.
                          
When she gets up in the morning Rory becomes curious because he hasn't answered yet. She wonders what happened to him in the last few weeks.  She opens his profile and is shocked when she sees pictures of Finn with the same redhead, looking really cozy together! Finn and this girl at the beach, surfing together, feeding animals and the worst picture is where they look like a little family - Finn, the girl and their baby koala. Rory feels extremely jealous. 
                          
She decides to write another message "Finn, I know it was not fair to cut you out of my life. But please call me, we need to talk."
                          
After several hours without an answer she tries again, "Please Finn, I deleted all of your numbers. I have no other way to reach you." She wonders, if she could afford to travel to Australia to tell him face-to-face.
                          
While writing the last message, another picture of Finn and this same girl is posted with them sitting on the couch in his apartment while eating pizza. She knows the room from skyping with him in the past. 
                          
Staring at her laptop her first tears start building in her eyes. "He has moved on.  It seems he has a beautiful girl-friend" she thinks. Rory sighs sadly and knows it's her own fault. Anger starts rising and she wonders how could he have moved on while she is pregnant with his child?