The Human of Liberty Park

Chapter One

It all began on August 30th in the lovely city of Oakton, the day that Surly decided to make a very daring and bold move, the day he decided to propose to his love Andie. They had been through quit a lot together; the first nut job to retrieve nuts for the park from the Nut shop, overcoming Raccoon, losing the nut shop, losing and regaining the park by destroying the rides the Mayor had put up before the animals brought them down, a ton of crazy things before and after have taken place... and through it all Andie and Surly always seemed to work out just fine in the end.

On that day, Surly figured that today was the day he would let his feelings to her become known and hopefully she would feel the same about him. He was shaking with excitement and worry as he paced this way and that in his knothole, trying to figure out what to say and what do to make his proposal special. He wanted it to be very special.

That afternoon, Surly walked up to Andie after finding her under the oak tree which they had agreed to meet and Andie asked "Hello Surly, are you feeling alright?"

"I... I'm just excited... because I want to ask you something very important." Surly said

"And what is that?" Andie asked

Surly gulped and said "Will you... will you ma-marry me?" Surly asked

At first Surly was worried when Andie frowned and he asked "What? Are you going to say no?"

"No... it's just that..." Andie smiled at him as she let out a giggle and said "I was going to ask you the same question first, but you beat me to it!"

Surly smiled as big as he could and he said "You... You mean it?!"

"Yes, I will marry you Surly!" Andie exclaimed with glee.

Surly was so overjoyed he picked up Andie and spun her around before pulling her close for a hug and kissing her lovingly. And Surly had never forgotten it.

Five to Six weeks flew by in an instant from their wedding, their honey moon and especially the news that Andie was now pregnant and due to have their children any time soon. Since then Surly had become an overprotective parent and did his best to remove all sharp and dangerous bits of branches and stones from the park, sanitize all the animals paws and feet, especially their dog friends and their puppies, and even working double time to bring nuts back to Andie due to her appetite becoming monstrous due to being pregnant.

In short, Surly was trying to Baby proof Liberty Park and was spoiling Andie completely rotten. But still it was worth it for the members of the park to be provided with everything they need once Andie had gone into labor and everyone was still happy for the red and purple squirrel nonetheless.

There was, however, one problem that the animals were worried about was that Andie and Surly's babies were bound do be born in the season of Fall and normally park babies were suppose to be born in Spring like everyone else. Naturally that would make their children two seasons early and they were worried that the babies wouldn't be able to last the entire season in the cold, but Andie and Surly convinced them that as long as they worked together, their children would be fine.

One early morning, Andie awoke to the feeling of kicking. One of her children were kicking inside of her and the feeling made her smile. Next to her was Surly, who was waking up as well and yawned as he rubbed his eyes and said "Did you sleep well?"

"Yes... you?" Andie asked

"Yep... are the... the kits..." Surly began as he looked at his mate's middle, which had been growing bigger and bigger every day.

"They're not coming Surly, it won't be for quite a while." Andie said as they both sat up, Surly wrapping his arms around his mate as she placed her paws on her swollen belly "But they are glad to know we're awake... I think they're still dreaming."

Surly smiled before he gently placed his hand on her stomach and said "My babies... I wonder if they will even like me?"

"Oh Surly," Andie said "Of course they'll love you. You're their dad."

"But... what if I fail?" Surly asked "I've been called a disappointment to my own father for so long... he never gave me the love and affection you did."

"Yes, but didn't he die when he was attacked by those alley cats?" Andie asked "Especially when you warned him about those cats."

Surly remembered how horrible his father, and only parent, had been with him, always calling him a disappointment or disgrace whenever the purple squirrel made a mistake and never apologizing for it. Surly lost him when those alley cats attacked him when he tried to retrieve some nuts people dropped and Surly, now all alone, was free from his father's cruelty, allowing him to be himself and to be as wild and daring as he wanted... but that came with a heavy price.

"Dad never taught me how to share or how to be a good person." Surly said sadly "I had to learn that all by myself... and it kinda took a lot longer then I thought."

"Still, you're going to be a wonderful father, regardless of everything." Andie said.

Then they heard someone coming in and looked up in time to see Buddy, who looked happy to see them before he frowned sadly. Surly knew why his pal was like this: Ever since the big news about becoming a father, Surly had spent more time with Andie then he ever did with Buddy, to the point where he dropped everything to focus on Andie and felt bad for leaving Buddy all by his lonesome.

"Hey Buddy," Surly said "You're just the guy I was looking for."

Buddy, who was about to leave, turned back at his friend, looking at him in confusion.

"Yes, you Buddy." Surly said "Come here, After all, you are their uncle. Loveable Uncle Buddy."

Buddy pointed to himself in shock before tears began to form in his eyes. He had been thinking his pal was too busy with Andie to spend time with him. But Surly just dubbed him the children's uncle and a feeling of pride and love overcame him. He quickly rushed over, careful not to trip or ram into the squirrels before he got down and placed his paw on Andie's tummy, where he felt some movement and giggled quietly.

"I think Uncle Buddy can't wait to meet our babies." Andie said with a smile.

"Yeah, and we're going to be one big, happy family." Surly said.

"Well, i'm starting to get hungry and very board from sitting here. Help me up." Andie said.

Surly and Buddy helped Andie get back on her own two feet and once she was up she walked over to the knothole entrance and began to climb down, with Buddy and Surly not too far away. Little did they know that today would be the day that their lives would change in the must unusual and very unique way.