Hey ok this is a jump to the future we will still write about them as kids but yeah here it is!

Marshal stood outside of the HQ knowing Elli and Athena were inside. Buttons stood next to him with an equally awkward expression on his face. They both held flowers behind their backs and were about to do something to change their lives forever. Marshal, still the second shortest, looked over to buttons who nodded. They both had grow quite a bit Marshal was taller than his dad but not by much Buttons was about the same height as his dad but taller than Marshal. They had finally gotten the nerve to ask Athena and Elli out on a double date. Marshal slid the fish bowl over and hopped down inside, now feeling the pressure of the girl's eyes upon him. Buttons was hesitant at first but soon followed Marshal down into their home. The girls had grown as well. Being fully mature and gossiping, they were your typical teenage girls.

"Elli? Athena? Buttons and I were wondering if you'd like to go with…uh, us to…" Marshal struggled, he had practiced over and over and now that it had finally come down to it, he just couldn't. Buttons came to the rescue.

"Dinner" Buttons finished.

Elli and Athena exchanged glances quietly, making Marshal and Buttons look down sadly thinking they were rejected, but they popped their heads back up with a smile when the girls squealed and said yes over and over again.

"Really?" Buttons grunted out.

Athena waddled over to him and hugged him. "Of course Buttons. I was about to ask you myself." She said making Buttons blush, but he didn't know if it was from Athena's hug or if it was from knowing it took him so long to ask.

Elli came over to Marshal and rubbed her head against his. Making Marshal get the chills. "What are we going to do?" Elli asked.

Marshal blushed. "Dinner and maybe a walk around the zoo, nothing big, not that I don't think this is a big deal! I do! In fact, I've been dreaming of this moment for weeks!" he covered his beak with his, now, adult feathered flippers. Elli giggled and slowly removed them, so she could kiss him.

Marshal smiled and held his girlfriend in his flippers. "I've still got it." He teased, making Elli laugh, which he enjoyed. He loved her laughter so much.

"Tonight?" Athena asked.

Buttons grabbed her flipper and kissed it softly. "Tonight." He repeated, making Athena blush. The boys left to mentally prepare themselves for the night ahead.

Athena and Elli smiled at each other and danced around squealing. "We've got a boyfriend! We've got a boyfriend! We've got a boyfriend!" they chanted laughing and jumping around in circles, holding each other's flippers.

Meanwhile…

Button and Marshal had their own little celebration above the HQ .

"Alright, finally!" Marshal said finding reality.

"uh-huh!" Buttons said happily giving Marshal a high five.

"Now to push our luck even further" Marshal said smiling. He never lost his trouble grin. "Come on Buttons lets get the car."

"How?" Buttons asked knowing they would never get the car. They still had to break the news that they had dates.

"I don't know I'm just gonna think of it as I go and hope for the best. Marshal said shrugging and then motioning for Buttons to follow him.

At the zoouvenir shop…

"Hey dad what's up?" Marshal said with a fake smile, and folding his flipper up for a high five. He knew he had a next to nothing chance especially since he interrupted maintenance on the shop.

"What do you want?" Skipper asked knowing something was up.

"Um well" Marshal said looking to the side and putting his flipper down. Skipper turned to face him and crossed his flippers. He had aged since Marshal was a boy but he wasn't that bad. He could still protect the zoo from anything that might come up but he couldn't deal with Marshal's pranks anymore. Thank goodness he stopped. "I was hoping maybe me and Buttons could take the car out tonight"

"and why do you need the car" Skipper said already knowing that he would never let his son drive his car.

"Just for, you know fun…"

"What kind of fun?"

"Um… girl fun?" Marshal replied uneasily.

"You don't mean… who?" Skipper asked now interested.

"Elli…" Marshal sighed dreamily. "And Buttons is coming too with Athena." Skipper looked behind Marshal at Buttons who waved and smiled weakly.

"What about Athena?" Kowalski asked not really knowing but just being nosey.

"And Elli?" Private asked in the same tone.

"Well it seems that Marshal and Buttons want to take Elli and Athena out on a date." Skipper said with a smile and a raised eyebrow.

"What!" both Kowalski and Private yelled.

"They're only fifteen!" Kowalski added.

"Only fifteen is way after I started dating" Skipper said surprisingly defending the two boys.

"So we can take the car?" Marshal asked hopefully.

"Absolutely not!"

"What!? Who's side are you on!"

"I don't take sides I make them" Skipper said indignantly. "Besides you're not even old enough to drive.

"So, that law doesn't apply to penguins." Marshal said fighting back.

"So, I'm your father and what I say goes." Skipper said loudly.

"Not genetically" Marshal muttered as he walked out of the shop.

"Ok come on Buttons we need to make sure there's gas in the car before we take it out" Marshal said once he was out of Skipper's hearing range. Buttons sighed because he knew this would end badly but he wanted to impress Athena at least for the date so he went along.

Once they got to the place where the car was kept Marshal pulled the replica key out. He made it a while back without his dad finding out. Marshal turned the car on and checked the gas meter. It was full. He dusted it off and hoped in.

"Man, I don't know why my dad doesn't ride this thing more often it's so…wow." Marshal said softly as he rested his flippers on the steering wheel.

We should probably get ready; what time is it? Marshal said stepping out of the car. Buttons shrugged.

Meanwhile at the HQ.

"Oh what will we wear?"

"What will we do?"

"How do we act?"

Athena and Elli were panicking. It was their first date they didn't know any better than the boys did.

"We can go to Marlene's she might be able to help us." Athena suggested.

"Good idea." Elli admired and with that the ran the Marlene's habitat. They jumped up to her cave entrance.

"Marlene!"

"What!"

"We need your help" Elli said.

"My help?" With what

Marshal and Buttons asked us out on a date tonight and we don't know what to do, wear, or act."

"Really? Aww that's so cute." Marlene said "Well first you need to act like you know you're in charge. You need to look and act elegant too. Where are you going?"

"To dinner" Athena replied still standing next to Elli.

"Ah the most popular but tragically difficult date." Marlene said thoughtfully "I guess we'll start with table manners."

Athena and Elli exchanged glances

"Um, ok, what do we do" Athena asked breaking the silence.

Once again, meanwhile…

The fact that they were about to take the girls out on their first date finally hit the boys, hard. They needed help just as the girls did and they knew their parents would not be any good at that job. So they decided that desperate times called for desperate measures.

"Um heeyy, Maurice…" Marshal said uneasily

A/N

(Stargazer128) Hey this is going to be one of the best Marlli and Buthena story ever! So ponytail 30527 what happens in the next chapter?

(ponytail30527)Well the date of course, but I won't say too much, cause it's a surprise!

(Stargazer128) I can't wait to see the next chapter then, especially because Maurice's advice to the boys will be the beginning.