Rico turned the music off. "Hey!" Julien yelled. "Out!" Rico yelled. "Rico's right. Get out of our HQ." Skipper said. "Fine, but you're not invited to my Christmas party." Julien said. "Okay. I'm not upset." Skipper said. "Neither am I." Private said. Kowalski looked at Skipper. "So now what?" Kowalski asked. "You need to rest." Skipper said. "I'll sing a lullaby." Alex said. Kowalski groaned. "No. I'm thirteen. I'll be fine." Kowalski said. "Please?" Alex asked. "I'm okay." Kowalski said. Alex started to cry.
"Oh dear." Private said. "Kowalski!" Alex yelled. "What did you do?" Rico asked. "Great. More problems." Skipper said. He walked over to Alex. "What happened?" Skipper asked. "Kowalski won't let me sing a lullaby to him." Alex said. "That's strange. First of all, Kowalski is thirteen." Skipper said. Kowalski nodded. "Please?" Alex asked. "No!" Kowalski yelled and rolled over to his side. He was facing the wall. "Hey who wants some fish?" Rico asked. "Me." Private said. Rico and Private walked to Kowalski's lab. "There's fish in Kowalski's lab? Alright." Skipper said. "Now back to our problem. Alex, I think Kowalski just wants to be left alone."
Alex was still crying. He put his wings over his eyes. "I'm sorry." Skipper said. Alex walked away. He went into the hallway. Skipper sighed. Kowalski looked at Skipper. "What happened?" Kowalski asked. "I made Alex cry. I've got to talk to him." Skipper said. He went into the hallway. "Hey, Alex?" Skipper asked. "What do you want?" Alex asked. "I want to apologize." Skipper said. Alex hugged Skipper. "Whoa." Skipper said. "I'm sorry. I just like hugging you guys." Alex said. "Okay." Skipper said.
Alex and Skipper went back to Kowalski. "Hey Kowalski. I'm sorry about the lullaby." Alex said. "Kowalski." Skipper said. "It's fine." Kowalski said. "Alright boys, let's leave Kowalski alone." Skipper said. Skipper walked away. Alex walked over to Kowalski. "Hey." Alex said. "What?" Kowalski asked. "I'm sad." Alex said. "Why?" Kowalski asked. "I really wanted to sing to you." Alex said. "Skipper!" Kowalski yelled. Skipper walked over to Kowalski's bunk. "What's up?" Skipper asked.
"Skipper, I really want to sing a song to Kowalski." Alex said. "Okay." Skipper said. "But he won't let me." Alex said. "Alex, maybe Kowalski wants to be left alone." Skipper said. Kowalski nodded. Alex sighed. "Okay." Alex said sadly. Kowalski closed his eyes. Skipper walked into Kowalski's lab.
"How are things going in...what the heck happened in here!?" Skipper asked. "Oops." Rico said. "Hello Skipper." Private said. "What? How? Where?" Skipper asked. "We were looking for fish." Rico said. "Yeah. We thought that Kowalski hid it, so we decided to...you know." Private said. "Kaboom!" Rico yelled. "By blowing up Kowalski's lab!? Seriously?" Skipper asked. Rico nodded. Skipper sighed. "Boys, clean this up." Skipper said. "Yes Skipper." Private said. "Good." Skipper said and he walked out.
Alex was singing to himself. He was singing a children's song called Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Skipper saw Alex and sighed. He walked over to Alex. "Um Alex?" Skipper asked. "Hello Skipper. I'm going to sing this song to Kowalski." Alex said. "Yeah, about that. That song is for children. Kowalski's thirteen, not three." Skipper said. "But I like this song." Alex said. "I don't think Kowalski will. We're trying to cheer Kowalski up." Skipper said. "What song does he like to hear?" Alex said. "Well he likes the Beatles." Skipper said. "Heck, we all love the Beatles. Kowalski's also into a song by Wings. It's called Let 'Em In."
"Oh." Alex said sadly. Skipper put the song on and started singing. "Someone knocking at the door. Somebody ringing the bell. Someone's knocking at the door. Somebody's ringing the bell. Do me a favor, open the door and let 'em in." Skipper sang. Kowalski woke up and gasped. "Is that Let 'Em In?" He asked. Skipper nodded. "Yep." Skipper said. Kowalski smiled. "Thanks Skipper." Kowalski said. "Anytime." Skipper said. While the song was still playing, Skipper put his wing on Kowalski's head. Alex sighed and walked away. He was in the hallway.
Rico saw Alex and walked over to him. "What's wrong?" Rico asked. "I wanted to sing one of my favorite songs, but Skipper took over." Alex said. "Huh?" Rico asked. "I wanted to sing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, but Skipper did a song that I don't know." Alex said. "What song?" Rico asked. "I don't know. Some song called Let 'Em In." Alex said. "Let 'Em In? Oh my god, Kowalski loves that song." Rico said. "He does?" Alex asked. Rico nodded. "Oh." Alex said.
"Sister Suzy, brother John, Martin Luther, Phil and Don, brother Michael, Auntie Gin. Open the door and let 'em in." Skipper was still singing. Private walked out of Kowalski's lab. "What's going on?" Private asked. "Skipper's singing Kowalski's favorite song." Rico said. "Got it." Private said. Two hours later, Skipper was looking for Alex. "Alex? Alex? Where are you?" Skipper asked. Rico and Private were watching TV. "Hey guys?" Skipper asked. "Hey Skipper. Want to watch some TV? The next show is going to be great." Rico said. "Not right now boys. I'm looking for Alex. Have you've seen him anywhere?" Skipper asked. Private shook his head. "Nope. Sorry." Rico said.
"Shoot! Alex?" Skipper asked. Alex was crying softly. Skipper saw Alex. "There you are. I was looking for you." Skipper said. Alex didn't look at Skipper. Skipper sighed and sat down next to Alex. "Look, I'm sorry." Skipper said. Alex looked at Skipper. "Really?" Alex asked. Skipper nodded. "I didn't mean to make you upset." He said. "I just wanted to sing to Kowalski." Alex said. "I know and I'm so sorry Alex." Skipper said. "Okay." Alex said and he hugged Skipper.
To Be Continued.