Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters of Nutjob but I do own the villain, Falcon. I own the plot too.

Before it's too late.

2 months later...

Andie stood in the hollow tree as she tied her hair back with a few twigs she scavenged around for outside as she stared wistfully out towards the circular opening, her auburn fur glistened in the spotlight of the park's lush outdoors as the air tingled at her nose. She had been engaged for 2 months and three days now and this was the day of the wedding that both she and Surly had been awaiting patiently for all this time.

While the team was excited; the feeling wasn't mutual for the other park residents. Everyone still distrusted Surly despite all the food he gathered for them, even though it was enough to feed the park for months at a time and Andie could see the slight discouragement in her mate to be's eyes every time he and Buddy are shunned by the others but he refuses to receive the hero treatment all the same and she could tell that Buddy comforts him because every time she sees him return from a day of thievery, it is like a light returned stronger then ever inside Surly's eyes and she felt so happy that the spirit he shown was not so easily extinguished by distrust.

Her emerald eyes brightened at the sound of a thick Brooklyn-accented feminine voice from behind her "Hey, Andie!"

Andie looked over her shoulders and turned on her feet to find that there was Precious, the pug, standing outside with Jamie the groundhog standing upon her sandy coloured back as she grasped a rectangular shaped piece of bark in her paws that carried a few things such as a lump of tree sap and some other things.

"Jamie! Precious!"

Andie ran towards her friends and greeted them each with a nice hug, although Precious obtained a hug around the neck due to the fact that she wasn't small enough to receive an entire hug but the dog seemed to have liked it all the same.

"Don't be so surprised to see us, girl, it is yer wedding after all."

Jamie patted Andie upon the shoulder with a grin even if her usually tough eyes were unusually soft and compassionate. Andie could feel by the hard embrace that Jamie was really protective of her and wanted nothing more than to feel safe. Eventually, she peeled herself away from the groundhog's embrace and sat down somewhere so Jamie could decorate her fur for the special occasion.

"Girls, I feel a little jumpy..."

Andie flattened her ears as she admitted this, hanging her head slightly. It was true in a way and this nervousness was something that had been giving her a constantly bad case of insomnia throughout the entire night as nightmares had been engulfing her mind for the past while.

Jamie sighed and pressed a hand to the female squirrel's face and making her look at her. The female groundhog may not have been a love expert entirely but she knew how it felt to make a life changing decision and because she was shorter then her twin brothers, she felt insignificant before she met Andie and now she had to return the favor.

"Andie, I may not be an expert on this kinda thing..." The pudgy brown furred rodent said slowly before she flashed the girl a genuine sweet smile "But I can tell that even though that dumb squirrel, Surly, never shown it; he cared deeply about 'cha and would never let anything bad happen to ya."

"Is that why you tried to punch him when he and Grayson came to rescue us the night Raccoon betrayed us?" Andie remarked with a raised brow, jokingly curious.

"Hey, I was still mad at 'em for hurting Buddy's feelings."

"You seem to like Buddy a lot, don't you?"

Jamie felt a deep blush creep upon her muzzle. She did have a long time crush on the rat and had deep feelings towards him even if he was the best friend of Surly. The fact that the silent little rat was so loyal and kind hearted compared to the other gnarly, toothy rats whom only looked after themselves was something that the female groundhog adored about him...Not that he noticed her feelings towards him.

Jamie's heart dropped like a stone into her stomach as she felt as if a secret she had kept for her entire life had just been blown and exploited.

Feeling the blood rush to her face made the female groundhog lower her head a little as her entire face lit as red as the 'stop' signal of a traffic light.

"Ooh! She DOES have a crush on Buddy!" Precious exclaimed as her curled tail wagged a little to show how happy she was for the occasion. Her scrunched up ebony snout pulled into a smile as she panted with her long tongue hanging out one side of her mouth. Both the bride-to-be and the canine companion looked at the passive aggressive groundhog and to their not-so surprise, Jamie's brows scrunched against her honey brown eyes as she grumbled whilst turning away from the two "Shut up, ya pair of bums."

The girls burst into utter laughter as they continued to prepare themselves for the wedding that was to take place near the burnt down oak tree later that day. They stayed in the tree of the park and had some girly chats and gossip but little were they aware of that on the other side of Oakton, there was already a bachelor party of some sorts going on.

Surly, Buddy and the twins all ran across the flat rooftops with sacks of nuts being hauled over each of their shoulders. Surly led the group of three down to a small back garden belonging to someone living in a flat where Surly begun splashing some of the nice cool liquid to his face so he could cleanse himself from the heist that just transpired.

Originally there was a few birds whom were soaking up in the warm washing up bowl but were quite literally kicked out when the presence of a familiar purple squirrel made itself known by being harshly knocked off.

The rat and duo of groundhog stood around the squirrel who was clearly nervous due to the fact that he constantly shook in place as if he was hyped up on caffeine. "Hey, Surls." Jimmy drew the squirrel's attention by grabbing his shoulder "Are ya excited 'bout tyin' the knot?"

Surly let out a heavy breath from his throat as he placed his paws over his closed eyes, water trickling from them like tears originating from his palms. He was excited about being with Andie like he dreamed of but he didn't know if he would be the best choice for her. While Grayson was a bumbling, incompetent squirrel with the IQ of a goldfish; he had the body build and abilities to protect her whenever she needed help. He didn't.

Surly looked down into the vague reflection that shimmered against the wavelets of crystal clear waters that was so shallow that it only reached past the purple squirrel's ankles. His reflection matched his own perfectly despite it being continuously altered by the rippling ankle-deep water as Surly had his glance downcast even if he had noticed that the reflection had a look of pure despondence.

The male squirrel lifted his head at the fact that a small weight laid upon his left shoulder and glanced over his shoulder. It was Buddy who was sending him a comforting smile to him with his big eyes soft and considerate.

The twins also stepped up and gave the squirrel a supportive thumbs up as Johnny smiled along with Jimmy.

"Don't worry 'bout what the other members of the park thinks, pal. We support ya decisions and always will."

Surly smiled a little heartfelt smile towards his friends. Never had such a whirlpool of emotions webbed with how much concern he had for his future but now, with his friends there, his worries melted almost immediately.

"But what if I'm not the husband I need to be for her?" Surly voiced a big portions of his concerns in that one query.

Buddy gave a small frown for a moment but it turned into a grin as he bounced off the circular rim of the bird bath, climbed a pipe that leaned against the nearby house until he landed on a satellite dish and pointed over towards a certain direction and then looked down at the twin Groundhog and his best friend/partner in crime. Giving each other a quick glance of confusion; the three picked up the nut sacks they each carried and followed the thin little rat until they were beside him whilst following his point.

As a stroke of sunlight rushed by their small forms, the group of rodents stared right towards Liberty park as the golden glow of the skies lit the area up into a fantastic array of shades colouring from bright yellow to a dark amber. Surly looked to the pack he was originally running with and Buddy never let his point down as he pointed to a specific tree that grew on the outskirts of the park which they all knew was the tree where Andie made her home.

Was Buddy telling Surly to go to her?

The prune coloured squirrel smiled warmly as he lugged the heavy sack of nuts over his shoulder and spared the pack of male rodents the most sincere smile he could give before he leapt down to a lower platform down below as he climbed up a street lamp pole and inched his way towards the park in a four-legged dash with the small form of his bushy tail blowing in the air like a kite as he slowly disappeared from view and Buddy along with the Bruiser brothers rushed back the longer way as to avoid getting run over by cars.

Surly smiled an almost mischievous smile as he ran on all fours across the park as he felt his rich plum fur blow against the gentle breezes of the moist texture which could only symbolise the upcoming of Summer, the busiest time of all four seasons. He could hardly wait to see his bride to be as he basically dashed through the tall blades of grass like a dart until he finally reached the tree he sought for.

He carefully walked up to the front of the tree and knocked against its bronze bark to announce his presence, catching the attention of Precious whom stooped down upon her front paws as she began to lick the squirrel happily despite him trying to push her away through contagious laughter.

"Alright, alright, get off!" He chuckled through his paws trying to shove her muzzle and tongue away from him.

Smiling, Andie poked her head out through the opening of the tree and sent her husband-to-be a playful glare "Didn't you know that its rude to interrupt or even see a bride before her wedding?"

Surly jumped upon his pug friend's back before leaping in through the tree opening and stealing a quick kiss from Andie, his tail fluffing up due to the fact that he was very happy.

Jamie and Precious quickly departed from the scene as they rushed out to leave the pair of squirrels alone.

Andie looked at the back Surly had slung over his shoulder as she asked him "Did you have a nice time with the guys?"

"Yep I did, Andie." Surly smiled.

The duo pressed their noses against each other as they took in everything about each other. Their foreheads touched as each of their bushy tails curled up around their bodies as they each felt like a jigsaw puzzle falling into place as the sunlight beamed in through the circular entrance of the tree to touch their bodies.

Both Surly and Andie just felt like they were doing the right thing and were the happiest they ever thought they could be.

But as they decided to leave the kiss until they were married, they were highly oblivious to the fact that someone just might threaten their happy future.

A/N: Oooh. It would seem that not all is what it appears and now our heroes just might be in danger. What do you guys think will happen? Don't worry, this won't all be fluffy and adorable. There WILL be some other scenes and I thought that I'd move the wedding up to the third chapter if that's ok.

What do you guys think of this, BTW?

I hope you like it!

-Chloemcg