Marlene stared excitedly at the letter in her paws; it had been written by her parents, and sent by a messenger flamingo. Carlene leaned over her sister Marlene's shoulder trying to make out her parents scribble on the white crumpled paper.

Both stared at the letter in bliss, each word was taken in gently, each sentence each paragraph right down to the punctuation. It wasn't often they got a letter from there parents, Marlene and Carlene looked at each other after finishing the letter, they squealed in delight and jumped around.

In the mists of there jumping and excitement, the sewer hold in there floor shot outward, and Skipper and Private peaked there heads in. Marlene and her sister jumped backwards in surprise gasping for breath and afraid for dear life.

"We have a door!" The girls shouted in unison, clutching hard to there heart. The two penguins jumped in and stood tall and proud, "we don't have time for doors Marlene, we are an elite military team." Private and Skipper jumped into a Ready position.

Marlene and Carlene smiled and nodded, agreeing they were an elite military team. "Our military men." Marlene pulled her paws together admiring them; Carlene did the same and sighed dreamily. They fell backwards, using each other for support, unable to stand in 'there great presence.'

"So we heard screaming, what was all the trouble?" Skipper asked, walking over to Marlene and putting a flipper over her shoulder. She nuzzled in deeper and pulled out the letter; she cleared her throat and started at the top of the paper.

"My dearest daughters,

I'm sorry I have unable to write to you in a while, I've been held up at the zoo, it's not as lonely as you would imagine, Your father and I are enjoying the wonder company of your younger sister and your older brother.

However your poor sister has been so sad since her favorite sisters have left, I'm sending her out for a weekend to visit you, and to get to know you better, I hope this is alright because she should be there with a 2 day radius of reading this."

Skipper took the paper from her hands and continued reader, Marlene blushed a red color remember what else was on the letter.

"I also can't wait to hear all about this boy you're dating. Skipper was it. What a cute name, he's a penguin correct? Well that is interesting, I can't wait to hear all about it, and after so long, all the countless letters you wrote to me about him.

I have the cutest little letter that you wrote me about the two of you being trapped in the sewer, not exactly the most romantic place, but it was just so adorable."

Marlene blushed a bright red color, and attempted to snatch the letter away before Skipper could read more. He pulled his flipper back, holding tight onto the paper; Marlene rushed around chasing the letter in Skippers flipper. Carlene and Private laughed as they watched the two, Private was sitting beside Carlene her head on his shoulder.

Skipper rushed about trying to read the letter as he ran away from Marlene, each word he spoke she got a shade redder than the one before.

"You also mentioned he was a military man, how exotic. I think I have a letter in here about a young lemur Mort; you took him to Skipper to solve his, Feet problem. Oh and a much detailed letter, about how he helped you when you had roommate issues with a walrus. I hope you don't mind but just to reminisce in the memory I stuck it in the envelope so you could read it repeatedly.

Lots of love, Mom."

Skipper and Marlene both looked at the envelope perched on the table; something was sticking out of the inside. They both dashed forward in an effort to get the letter first. Marlene grabbed the envelope and dove to the ground, hiding the envelope beneath her.

Private jumped up to help, but was held back by Carlene, she had an exciting smile on her face as she urged him to stay put, he didn't sit back down, but he didn't move either. Carlene was watching intently as Skipper tried to flip Marlene onto her back.

He reached down and attempted to snatch the envelope, instead the flap ripped off. His flipper made his way back to the torn paper casement. His flipper touched a part of the letter that was sticking out; he grabbed it quickly and brought it upward.

Marlene flipped over causing him to fall to the ground, the letter still tight in his flippers; Marlene grabbed on of his webbed feet, and started pulling his entire body toward her.

"Private, Carlene, hold her down." Skipper yelled instantly, the couple jumped up and raced toward Marlene, grabbing hold of her arms, they dragged her backwards. She crossed her arms into a pout and waited for Skipper to read the Embarrassing letter.

"Dear mom, it's been an interesting few days here, I was so excited to get a new roommate thinking we would be the best of friends, and when I went to tell the penguins, I might have gotten a little carried away, I grabbed hold of Skipper, The one I've been telling you all about and just started dancing.

He at first was surprised, and could barely keep up, but afterwards it was just his usually cute little paranoid stare."

Marlene blushed brightly but continued to stay seated, under Skippers white feathers, he blushed too, but it was barely visible considering how thick his feathers are. Never the less he continued the read the letter.

"He starts off on how my roommate could be a spy, so I tried to convince him otherwise. Of course, he comes off on this Cute and Naïve thing. Nevertheless, I tried not to give in, and once again, I'm called cute and Naïve. At first I smiled at Cute than he said, and still naïve, boy did that make me mad.

Either way, my roommate ended up being a walrus name Rhonda, and she was disgusting. At first, I was determined to prove Skipper wrong, but in the end, I was going to him to get rid of her. We sent her to some zoo and she was gone, that was the end of it.

However, I can't help but wonder, what did Skipper mean Cute and Naïve? I mean ever time I saw him he was perfectly calm, and I had to take like five deep breaths before I saw him. It was so confusing, thanks for listening to my annoying rants.

Love Marlene"