"Doris!" Kowalski sobbed in his bunk bed, as his fellow teammates watched him from nearby.
"Poor Kowalski." Private said sympathetically, "Who knew the new zoo attraction was actually his former girlfriend."
"If she was his 'girlfriend'." Skipper stated skeptically. Kowalski heard this and cried even more.
"What?" Skipper asked innocently as Rico and Private scowled at him.
Suddenly, the entrance to the penguins' lair opened and a brown otter appeared before them.
"Hey guys, have you seen our new neighbor?" Marlene asked. Kowalski heard her and cried even more, "I guess you did."
Kowalski took out a framed picture of a Bottle Nose Dolphin and cried. He fell in love with Doris the Dolphin a long time ago and she (well) left him for someone "hipper", "I, I thought we had something. I thought you liked me. I thought I was hip. And then, you left me!"
"Aw. Cheer up Kowalski." Marlene comforted him, "Let's say we pay Doris a visit."
But Kowalski couldn't hear what she was saying and he fell to the floor, still crying.
"O-kay." Marlene said awkwardly as he watches Kowalski. She helped him up and said, "Look, we know you didn't like it when Doris thought that you two could be 'just friends', so prove it to her."
Suddenly, Kowalski stopped crying and the penguins simultaneously asked in surprise, "What?"
"If you really like Doris, you should prove to her that you're a fun-loving, hip kind of guy." Marlene told him, "Come on, don't you want her to take back what she said and make her realize that you two should be more than friends?"
Kowalski looked down at the picture of Doris for a short while. Suddenly, he lifted his head straight up with a broad smile on his face.
"Yes." He proudly and confidently said as he threw down the picture, "What am I doing weeping on the ground like a toddler who just lost his favorite play toy? I'm a tough guy for Pete sake, not a crybaby. Why, I have handled danger since the day I was an egg. I shouldn't let a single break-up get me down. I'll prove to her that I can be more hip than any other guy she has met in her entire life. I'll do it!"
"I can't do it!" Kowalski cried as he was being dragged by Rico to the new habitat.
The habitat was a pool, cleverly built in a shape of a dolphin. There was a little bit of land surrounding the pool. Outside the habitat were the other animals of the Central Park Zoo.
Unknown to humans, animals can actually talk and behave like normal human beings (except they're animals). Since there were currently no visitors, every animal in the zoo was at the new Dolphin Habitat when the penguins and Marlene arrived.
"Hey, move aside. VIP coming through. Get out of the way!" Marlene pushed their way through the crowd of animals until they could see a Bottle Nose Dolphin talking to some of the animals from afar.
"Doris." Kowalski whispered and hid behind a lamp post, "I hope she didn't notice me."
"Kowalski!" Doris called from afar as she made clicking and whistling sounds and leaped into the air, 'Kowalski, over here." Kowalski gave up and came out of his hiding place.
"Just go to her." Marlene pushed him towards Doris.
"Hello Doris." Kowalski greeted as he cleared his throat.
"Hey Kowalski." Doris clicked happily, "Long time no see. I hope you aren't still offended about what I said."
"Well," Skipper started to say, "he did cry about you multiple times, dedicated a video-recorded poem for you where he cried some more, and unfortunately created a love contraption just to win you back which resulted to us almost killing him in the process." This caused him to receive a slap on the head by Rico.
"What? I was being honest." Skipper defended himself.
"Doris," Kowalski cleared his throat, "I know you have told me that we should just be friends 16 times…"
"And a half." Doris corrected, "You were mostly sobbing during the other half."
"And I have been thinking that we should be friends." Kowalski nervously and uncomfortably said.
"Yeah. Listen Kowalski…" Doris stopped in surprise and then said, "What?"
"What?" The other animals asked in surprise as well. Basically, almost all the animals in the zoo knew about the Doralski relationship.
"Maybe I was a little bit overreacted over our 'break-up'." Kowalski admitted, "I mean I acted so childish just because you didn't want us to be 'more than friends'. I should have known better than to take your judgment seriously."
"Oh Kowalski," Doris said, "I'm glad you have finally gotten over your, dilemma. And I'm sorry I hurt your feelings back then."
"So much." Skipper added. This time, Private slapped him on the head.
"Hey, we have a surprise for you;" Marlene happily announced, "In honor of your arrival (and of Kowalski's recuperation)," She whispered the last bit to Skipper before finishing, "we decided to throw you a housewarming party!" Everyone cheered in response.
"Oh, you guys are the best." She happily clicked and leaped into the air.
"You did good, Soldier." Skipper congratulated Kowalski.
"Thanks, Skipper." Kowalski happily replied, "I am glad that I have done the right thing."
"Well, I'm glad that's over." Private happily said and Rico grunted in agreement.
Author's Note:
Or is it?
