Chapter 1: Proposal
Another beautiful evening has begun in the Central Park Zoo. The walk way lamps were on and Alice was making her last trips around the zoo walls, then turned and walked away to her house (wherever she lives). Even Julien had his boomy-box off. All of the animals in the zoo were either sleeping in their habitats or enjoying their peaceful evening. That is, except for two animals.
"Ah. I really enjoyed this evening with you Skipper." Marlene sighed.
"Any time Marlene, any time." Skipper responded with that well known smirk on his face.
The two had just arrived at Marlene's habitat, coming back from their latest date, watching the dolphins do their performance in the afternoon and throwing pieces of popcorn at Alice making her lock the whole zoo down to find out who was throwing the popcorn. But she failed to find the culprit anyway because of the zoo doors mysteriously opening and everyone snuck out.
"I never knew she had it in herself to lock the whole zoo down just to find out who throw a few pieces of popcorn" Marlene said.
"She'll do that even if her mother (shudders) threw a piece of candy over her shoulder and she couldn't figure out where it came from."
"You know what her mother looks like?"
"I've had my experiences in zoo keeper's relationships. The rest is classified information."
"Oh. Another question. Why did you and the guys open the zoo doors. The trapped humans could've given you more fish if they stayed inside for a few extra hours?"
"I promised my men that they will get a day off today for their high performance during maintenance. The extra guests would've meant extra acting the cute and cuddly routine. So we just used basic military protocol to open the gates and let everybody out."
"O.k. But you do know you don't have to act cute and cuddly, you are just that naturally."
"Same here. But you know Marlene, I have something to ask you." Skipper got on one knee (or whatever penguins have) and took out a small black box he was hiding in his flipper.
"Marlene, will you marry me?"
"Skipper, I… I…," Marlene stammered. "I want to but I."
"I what?"
"I'm sorry Skipper, but no."
Sorry for the short chapter. I just wanted to get to the point for the later chapters. Please review.