One rainy day, Chris takes a spur of the moment trip to the city zoo, because even walking around in the rain looking at damp animals is better than going back to the office. The animals are cute, especially Lucky, the red panda. But Lucky's keeper Joel is even cuter and accepts Chris's invitation to go for a drink that evening. This impulsive trip to the zoo was a good idea, but Chris still has to go back to work tomorrow.

One date leads to more. On their dates, Chris loves to hear Joel's stories of crazy zookeeping and animal misadventures, and can't help contrasting Joel's job with his own. The one that's slowly driving him around the bend with the mundane pettiness of it all. When Joel has an opportunity that will take him to the other side of the world, can Chris find the courage to leave his BS job behind and take a new path?

Becky Black likes nothing more than trapping her characters in tricky no-win situations and watching them figure a way out. When not chasing her characters up trees and throwing rocks at them Becky can be found working in an office -- where she's usually drinking tea and thinking about the next rock to throw. For more information, visit beckyblack.wordpress.com.