Athena sat in the car a little bored. Just then, she perked up when she recognized the path they were on. "Hey, Marshal, could you pull over around here?" Athena asked the driver.
"Wha-why?" Marshal asked trying to stay focused on the road. He WOULDN'T crash this thing. Not only would his dad kill him with Rico's help, he'd use the car for the finishing job.
"I've got to go to the bathroom." Athena lied. Elli looked up at her with a questioning look, because she knew that they went before they left. Athena leaned down and whispered something in Elli's hear, but because of the wind and motor running, Marshal and Buttons couldn't hear what they said. Elli's eyes widened at first, but after a few more minutes, she gave a small smile. "Elli has to go too." Athena added.
"Elli didn't say anything." Marshal grumbled.
"Call it…girl intuition, now pull over!" Athena said, she smiled when Marshal gently pulled the car to a stop. The girls hopped out. "We'll be back in a few minutes." Athena said, she then grabbed Elli's flipper and ran behind a bush, and out of the boy's sights.
A few minutes later. . . . . . . .
Marshal yawned. "Nice date huh? I never thought that my date would be stuck in a car with a dude for who knows how long." He lightly tapped the seat of the car, and he and Buttons lay down on it, waiting for the girls. "If they don't come back soon, we're gonna ditch em." Marshal mumbled, but it looked like the girls ditched THEM.
"Uh-huh." Buttons said both sad and angry.
"We're back." Elli's voice came through the darkness.
Marshal popped up angrily. "Well it took ya long enough-whoa!" he said as Elli stepped in the light. She looked kind of nervous, but even a little flirty; she was wearing a pretty necklace around her neck and a small hint of makeup. "Lilly gave me and Athena a makeover." she explained.
Marshal stared at her. "Thank you Lilly." Marshal muttered under his breath. Elli waddled up to the car and sat down next to Marshal shyly. "Uh…Buttons, yeah, uh, go find your Athena, girlfriend. I-I mean go find your girlfriend Anehta." He slapped his self. "Oh, just…LEAVE!" he shooed the penguin out of the car.
"Well!" Buttons said a little offended as he waddled away from the car.
Marshal smiled at Elli. "Wow, you look so, different. In a good way though, not that you DIDN'T look good before! " He kept on stammering away. "I mean, Lilly must be some makeup magician, oh wait, you didn't need THAT good of a makeup person to make yourself look-"
"Marshal?" Elli said, noticing he was nervous, but she thought it was cute.
"Y-yeah." Marshal stammered.
Elli smiled and slowly wrapped her flippers around his neck and pulled his face close to her. "Uh…I don't know if I should ask you or something, but can I…" her voice trailed away, but Marshal knew what she meant, and answered by giving her a kiss. Elli giggled. "I'll take that as a yes!" she and Marshal then kissed again.
After a while, Athena waddled up to the car. "Hey Elli, I think Lilly wanted you to wear this charm on that necklace." She looked down at the pink butterfly charm. It fit her perfectly, so sweet, nice, and innocent. Just like Elli. Athena looked up. "Elli?" she scanned the area, but she didn't see her.
Just then, she heard giggling from the car, and when her eyes adjusted to the dark, she saw Elli and Marshal kissing.
"You're so sweet." Elli said before giving her boyfriend another peck on the beak, making him smile and, of course, kiss her back.
Athena rolled her eyes, thinking Elli must've been brainwashed. She waddled up to the car. "What are you doing?" Athena asked.
Marshal glared at her. "It's a date, remember?"
"Yeah, a FIRST date!" Athena said.
"And?"
Athena sighed. "You two are ALREADY making out!?"
"Yes." Marshal and Elli said at the same time.
Athena rolled her eyes. "Elli, you could've done so much better, but, fine." She then waddled off, leaving the love birds behind her. She kept on waddling until she saw a penguin standing under one of the street lamps. She squinted her eyes to get a better look, and smiled when she saw it was Buttons.
Buttons paced around in the glow of the light, wondering where his girlfriend was. He looked up and smiled when he saw her running to him. "Athena!" he called out in his raspy voice. When she stepped into the light, his jaw dropped. "Athena?" he said in disbelief. He always thought Athena was pretty, but now she looked even prettier!
Athena laughed. "Yeah, it's me Buttons." She said, running up to him. When she and Buttons were in each other's flippers, Athena realized that a very familiar song started playing.
The two danced to Taylor Swift, which would've been nice if Athena didn't notice a car heading straight for them! "Buttons look out!" Athena called out, pushing him out of the way.
Marshal drove up to the dancing pair, with a very happy Elli at his side. "Come on ya love birds! We've got dinner and a movie to catch!" he had one flipper on the wheel while the other one was wrapped around Elli's side.
"YOU ALMOST KILLED US!" Athena hollered, infuriated.
Marshal shrugged. "Almost." He said with a cute smile. Athena and Buttons then jumped in the car, and Marshal rode off.
There were a few more miles ahead of them so Elli looked up and watched the night sky. She saw every twinkle and every blink of all the stars. With Athena humming the song that perfectly fit this moment. She felt that this was the best time of her life. She leaned over on the car door and watched as the scenery fly by. She closed her eyes and felt the strong wind on her face but the car suddenly turned and she opened her eyes again.
In a flash, she saw all the bright lights of the city and the…wait the city? And they were in Skipper's car…miles away from the zoo…she turned her attention towards Marshal. "You took the car again didn't you?" Elli accused. "And I know you didn't even tell our parents we were going this far."
Marshal looked nervous but didn't take his eyes of the seemingly deserted road.
"Well?" Elli persisted.
"Um…yeah?" Marshal said questioningly but his tone became serious "Geez sometimes you sound exactly like my dad."
"You know I'm just gonna let this one slide, but only because this is my date too." Elli said looking out the side of the car. "But Uncle Skippa might not be so easy on you."
"I know" Marshal admitted. Elli just thought that was the sweetest thing. He risked a lot to make this the best night possible.
They stopped the car near a restaurant a few miles away from home. Elli looked a little scared. "Marshal, are we supposed to be here?" she asked, making Marshal smirk at her. "Oh yeah, I'm dating you." She said, only making Marshal laugh and kiss her cheek.
"You know me so well." Marshal said. He faced the glowing window of the restaurant and could smell the tasty fish from outside. "Well, time to get us some grub." He and Buttons got out of the car, and walked in slowly, making sure they weren't spotted.
Elli looked at Athena, obviously worried. "Will they be alright?"
Athena smiled. "You worry too much, they'll be fine." She patted her back, but just then, they heard a loud sound of people screaming, along with a few sounds of glasses and pots crashing. Athena frowned. "Well…maybe I should start worrying a bit more." She said, hoping the best for her boyfriend.
A few minutes later, Marshal and Buttons came out of the restaurant as fast as they could, carrying a few fish in their flippers. "JUMP IN THE CAR AND GO!" Marshal shouted. Elli then jumped to the wheel, and as soon as the car held the boys, she took off.
"Thanks Elli, you're awesome." Marshal said.
Elli smiled a bit. "I guess, but uh…"
"What?" Buttons asked.
"I'm not so awesome at driving!" she said, making the three others scream.
Athena grabbed Buttons in what could be the last car ride in her life. "LEFT!" She called out, making Elli swerve to the left, nearly hitting the front of a truck. "RIGHT, ELLI, NOT THAT RIGHT!" Athena screamed, grabbing Buttons harder. "We're doomed, we're doomed, we're doooooomed!" she hollered.
"I'm trying here!" Elli shouted, trying to keep control of the steering wheel. She never had driving lessons. Marshal one time snuck the car out before and learned then, making Skipper very disappointed that he would do such a thing, but he was impressed by Marshal's ability to learn quickly.
Marshal, who was clutching the seat of the pink car, couldn't let the car crash. He got an idea. "Elli, you jump into the backseat, and let me take the wheel!" he hollered over the sound of the rushing wind.
Elli's eyes widened. "No, you and I could get hurt!"
Marshal sighed. "Fine." He then took Elli's flipper in his, and yanked her to the back, almost making the car swerve over and crash, but he got to the wheel in time. "Phew, that was a close one." He whispered to himself, getting the car back on course.
A few miles later, Marshal took the wheel and they continued on to the next thing the boys had planned: the movie. They hadn't really picked a movie and decided to just find one once they got there. And as soon as Marshal carefully parked the car behind a bush they rushed to the front door.
The force of the breeze rushing in and the warm air from inside trying to escape, nearly knocked an unprepared Athena backwards. Thankfully, Buttons caught her flipper and spun her inside landing in a warm embrace. Marshal just rolled his eyes
"Show-off" he mumbled to himself.
The kids were able to sneak past the employee taking tickets and rush into the nearest theater. They sat under one of the cleaner front row seats a waited for the movie to begin. Ironically a secret agent/action movie started to play and they kids were having a great time…criticizing it.
"What kind of a team doesn't have a person to be the brains?" Athena asked staring at the movie screen.
"If they had a near decent leader they might not be stuck right now." Marshal laughed.
"That lady makes it sound like a bad thing to be a girl on a spy team!" Elli said "She's not even good at it."
"Come on, even I can do that, and my dad still doesn't even give me lessons," Marshal complained, making the other's laugh. "Its punch, duck kick, then dodge!"
"This is so off, it should be a comedy not an action." Athena commented. Every so often another comment was made making everyone feel like professionals.
After the movie was over and every one had had a good laugh Marshal decided it was time for the last thing he and Buttons had planned.
A Few Miles Later. . . . . . .
Elli, Marshal, Buttons, and Athena sat in the park around sunset. "It's so romantic." Elli said, sighing and leaning her head to Marshal. She had to blush as Marshal kissed her again, making her feel all happy and tingly on the inside. She smiled and pushed him away playfully, but Marshal kept taking her back in his flippers. "Oh Marshal." She said lovingly.
Marshal nuzzled her neck, making her giggle, and he sighed, sending a rush of his warm breath down Elli's neck. "How did I get so lucky?" he asked.
Athena giggled, while she was wrapped in Buttons's flippers. "I guess Elli felt pity on you." She teased, making both Marshal and Elli send her a glare. "Sorry." Athena said. She then focused on Buttons. "You're not feeling gooey love much sensitivity are you?" she asked.
Buttons smiled proudly and shook his head.
Athena smiled and hugged him harder. "Good, cause I don't want to be thrown up on." Buttons chuckled.