A.N. I have read a couple stories that give Lenny a girlfriend, one being a loose parody of Romeo and Juliet and the other slightly resembling Disney's Hercules. This inspired me to write my own loose parody with Lenny finding true love. This loose parody will be based on the main lesson of Disney's Beauty and the Beast: true beauty comes from within. There will not be an enchantress, a curse, nor enchanted objects. However, there will be a new character who will be considered ugly by most of the population, and two new characters who will take on the role of Gaston: only wants to marry the protagonist for selfish reasons, is physically attractive with a lousy personality, and will be in conflict with the one considered ugly. The chapter titles, with some exceptions, will also resemble songs from Beauty and the Beast, either by song title or by lyric. The parts of the title resembling songs I'll mark with ''.
It was the year after the truce between reef fish and sharks. Oscar and Angie married a few months ago, which was a lucky thing because Oscar was so nervous about proposing that Angie became worried it would never happen. Either that, or she would have to propose to him, which she also worried about since she knew that he would prefer doing the proposing. Fortunately, Lenny was able to persuade Oscar into proposing:
"Come on Oscar, you've gotta propose sometime." Lenny rolled his eyes.
"Aw hey come on man, don't rush me." Oscar freaked. "I can't handle the pressure!"
Lenny was grateful that they were in his room instead of at the Whale Wash. He'd hate to imagine Oscar ruining the machinery with his freaking out. At least Lenny had nothing really expensive laying about.
"What pressure? The pressure of delaying the proposal? Cause there's an easy way to..." Lenny replied dryly.
"I mean the pressure of Angie's reaction!" Oscar interrupted, still freaking. "What if she dumps me man...?"
"Uh, hello, did Angie fall in love with you first or did you fall in love with her first?" Lenny raised an eyebrow.
"Well she...she fell in love with me first." Oscar started to calm down, feeling a little dumb. "Okay, you've got a point..."
"And here's another: she remained in love with you even after you turned rich and famous for something you didn't do and almost ended up with another fish." Lenny added.
"Okay, okay, you don't need to remind me of that mistake." Oscar winced.
Fortunately, Lola gave up on Oscar since there were other fish in the sea...literally in this case.
Also fortunately, Oscar gained the courage he needed and proposed to Angie. She accepted right on the spot. As expected, Lenny was the best man. Also expected, Lola was the only sea creature not allowed at the wedding. But this story isn't about Oscar and Angie so much as it is about another character: Lenny Lino. So, on with the story...