Welcome to chapter 2 of Pengotter Pregnancy. The first chapter was just to establish some things that I talked about in Book 3, specifically the GPS chip. Let's go further ahead, shall we?

CHAPTER 2 – A Shared Desire

Another week or so had gone by in the zoo. Not much had gone on, except for everyone acting cute and cuddly and the usual training sessions. But Marlene wanted to talk to Skipper about something, but didn't think of how to bring it up until now. (P to Marlene)

"Alright everyone, good training session today. We've always got to make sure we stay one step ahead of our enemies," Skipper said. "Did I do well?" I asked Skipper. "Yes, Marlene, as usual you did perfectly," Skipper said. I thanked him by kissing him.

"Now that the training is done for today and since it is Saturday, I order us all to have a relaxing day," Skipper said. Kowalski, Rico, and Private all disappeared below. I suddenly realized Skipper hadn't gone down. "Are you alright Marlene? You look like you've got something on your mind," Skipper said. "How do you always know when I have something to say?" I asked curiously.

"It must be some kind of an instinct that's telling me something is wrong with my mate," Skipper said. We both chuckled and blushed at that word. It still felt weird to think we had actually mated. "Well, I've been trying to think of how to bring this up, but I think I just have to be direct," I said. "You sure you're not turning into me? That sounds like something I would say," he said. I laughed.

"We really are getting to be like each other, aren't we? But that happened even before the wedding. Even on that last mission, Matthew was saying I sounded like you," I said. * "That makes me wonder if he picked up any traits from any of us during the training we gave him. Imagine if he picked up your curiosity or my gut," Skipper said. ** We laughed at that.

"So to get back on track, I obviously still love you and we managed to mate but," I started to say. "You wish we could have our own child," Skipper finished for me. "Yes. That's one of the reasons why I wish I were a Penguin sometimes. That way we could have our own bundle of joy," I said. "Marlene, I feel the exact same way. In fact, there's times that I wish I were an Otter as well," Skipper said.

"Really?" I asked. "Yes Marlene. In fact, since we rescued you out of the breeding program a few times, I'm sure if I was an Otter, they would have tried with us," Skipper said. *** "I wonder who they would have picked if I were a Penguin. After all, you're all males, so they would have more to choose from than if it were just you and me as Otters," I said. "We could have just substituted in myself no matter what," Skipper said. We then both got lost in our thoughts about what would have happened if we were each other's species.

"That would have made for an interesting few months," I said. "It sure would have. But at least we would have our own child," Skipper said. " But can you imagine what a hybrid between you and I would be like?" I asked chuckling.

"I can. I'm imagining a brown Penguin with fur, paws, and a mouth instead of being black and white with feathers, flippers, and a beak," Skipper said slightly laughing. I laughed as well.

"Well, right now I'm imagining a black and white Otter with feathers, flippers, and a beak. Imagine what the humans would think of that," I said. We both laughed for maybe 2 or 3 minutes at the absurdity of both of those crossbreed possibilities. ****

"Even though we can't have a child, I still love you," Skipper said. "I love you too," I said. We then kissed full on. "So how will we relax today?" I asked Skipper. "Well, what would like to do?" he asked me. "I'm going swimming," I said, before jumping into the pool. After swimming a lap around the pool, I looked behind me and saw Skipper had jumped in as well. I picked up speed and so did he.

We had wound up in an impromptu chase, with him trying to catch me. We were both laughing, even while holding our breaths. After 10 minutes of this, I noticed Skipper had stopped following me, so I started to slow down. Suddenly he popped up right in front of me and I crashed straight into his beak with my lips.

We kissed again. This was a lot of fun. I swam away from Skipper and he followed me, but I managed to lose him. I had probably swum around the entire pool and he wasn't anywhere.

Suddenly, I was spinning up towards the surface and something was holding me. "Now that's a Corkscrew," Skipper said, upon reaching the platform. "Oh you," I said happily to him with a kiss, of all the fun we just had and the love we shared. He was perfect.

That's the end of the second chapter. This book is starting off well, though, isn't it? Please rate and review this chapter. Time for the notes.

* Referencing all the way back to Book 2 where I kept saying to Marlene that she sounded like Skipper.

** Remember, in Book 3 I said to them that I did adopt Skipper's gut instinct.

*** I'm certain that the zoo tried to throw Marlene into the breeding program a few times. And obviously, the Penguins got her out of it.

**** Remember, Anna and Sam look like a normal Otter and normal Penguin, respectively. But at this point, the two still don't know that Marlene is pregnant.