Chapter 3: The Stag Night
Flora and Buck soon returned to the party where everyone saw them before Tawk said, "There you two are. We were wondering what was all the yelling about."
"Oh, ya heard that?" Buck asked.
"We all did," Manny pointed out.
"Guys?" Flora started before holding her father's paw. "Daddy, Buck and I want to announce something to all of you."
"What is it, sweetie?" Ellie asked.
Buck then looked at Tawk and said, "Chief Tawk, I've proposed to your daughter."
"What?!" Everyone gasped out.
"You proposed?!" Tawk stuttered in confusion.
"Yes, daddy. Buck had asked me to marry him and be his husband, and I said yes!" Flora announced.
Everyone including the herd looked on at the bewildered Chief until eventually Buck questioned Chief Tawk with, "So may I ask for ya blessing to marry Flora?"
Tawk eventually looked at Buck before his face grew with excitement and joy as he cheered, "You have my blessings, my boy!"
The Chief hugged the duo as everyone cheered for the couple as Flora then hugged her father and happily said, "I knew you would be happy, daddy."
"Of course I would be. You and Buck are destined to be," Tawk proudly said.
"Aww thanks, lad," Buck thanked as he blushed.
The engaged couple looked at one another as they knew that they have still yet to reveal that Flora is pregnant. The question is when and how...
A month later, it was eventually getting real close to the wedding of Flora and Buck. The whole herd was invited to attend the wedding while Buck chose Sid to be his best man and Flora chose Peaches, Ellie and Shira to be her bridesmaids.
Sadly for both Flora and Buck, they still haven't found the right time to confess to Chief Tawk about the pregnancy. They were afraid of how Tawk would react if he found out that Buck broke his promise and defied the family tradition again.
One night, the males of the herd along with Buck and Tawk decided to have a stag night for the one-eyed weasel since the ladies have recently held a hen night for Flora just nights ago. The men were sliding down logs on hills as they were having the time of their lives, which is sadly not including Manny who was a bit panicky about sliding down big hills.
"So why did I agree to do this?" Manny cried out.
"Because we wanted Buck's stag night to be wild and fun," Diego laughed, sliding down with Manny and Louis.
"I'm not that kind of mammal who finds this fun!" Manny cried as he gulped.
"Ah c'mon, tubby! Where's ya sense of adventure?" Buck whooped as he slid down with Sid.
"Left it back up there on top of the hill!" Manny cried as he then looked at Sid whom to his surprise was enjoying the ride.
"How are you enjoying this, Sid? Normally, you'd freak out with stunts like this." Manny questioned.
"Well Manny when you're best friends with Buck, you tend to get use to stuff like this," Sid laughed.
Soon they saw Tawk with Crash and Eddie sliding past them before the excited Chief looked at Buck and cheered, "I'll give you this, my boy. This is the first fun I had in years!"
"Welcome to my world, mate," Buck cheered with Tawk.
Soon as they reached down to the end of the hill, most of the men were whooping and cheering like bachelors going wild on a night out.
"Now that's what I call a ride!" Eddie laughed.
"Yeah! Again! Again!" Crash whooped.
"Can we just relax for a while?" Louis nervously questioned.
"Aye. Let's take a break for a while," Buck agreed.
"Follow me, guys," Tawk announced as he motioned all the other boys to follow him.
"Chief, where are we going?" Diego questioned.
"You'll see," Tawk said as he winked at the men.
By the time they reached their destination, they were at a small theater-like area near the tribe village as the men sat down near the small stage platform as Tawk then got to the stage and announced, "Boys, may I introduce tonight's performance of the lovely Rosella Girls!"
Soon the vine curtains opened to reveal ten beautiful female weasels, wearing flower-like dresses as they began to dance beautifully and exotically for the men.
Crash and Eddie wolf-whistled at them while Buck blushed at this performance before the father-in-law sat down beside him.
"Ya didn't have to go through all that for me, sir," Buck nervously chuckled.
"Buck, just have some fun. Flora danced with ten of the mightiest warriors at her hen night," Tawk chuckled.
"So that explains the fig leaf on the head when she came home to our tent," Buck replied in realization.
Tawk noticed the other guys except for the opossum twins look nervous and unsure of what to do.
"Ladies, how about giving the boys here some company," Tawk kindly commanded.
The guys started to gently protest when Crash and Eddie soon got with a pair of female weasel twins and decided to dance with them. A female weasel then danced near Buck who Tawk motioned to dance with her as the young one-eyed male shrugged and said, "Ah, what the hell? If Flora danced with a bunch of fellows then I can dance with this lovely lassie."
The one-eyed weasel soon did the tango with his female dancer while the other female weasels approached the other guys.
"Hello there," Diego greeted softly as the female danced beside the sabre.
Another female weasel climbed onto Manny's tusk and felt the woolly trunk before she giggled, "Wow, you're a tall mammal."
"Well, yeah. We mammoths are huge in size and all that," Manny nervously chuckled.
"Do you like my dress?" The female weasel asked while dancing on Manny's tusk.
"Huh? Oh yes, your dress looks beautiful," Manny complemented.
Louis was dancing with another female weasel as Buck saw him and cheered, "You go, Louis my boy!"
"O-OK," Louis bashfully nodded as he started to have fun dancing with the lady.
Two female weasels approached Sid and danced beside him before one of them asked, "Hey Fire King, are you single?"
"Well, yeah," Sid nodded.
"Do you want to go out with me some time?" The other female giggled.
"No! Pick me!" The first female weasel begged.
"Ladies, ladies," Sid chuckled as he put his arms around them and added in a deep voice, "There's plenty of Sid the Stallion to go around."
"Oh brother!" Manny and Diego groaned, rolling their eyes.
Soon Buck went to Tawk and said, "Hey buddy, how about ya take a turn on dancing with this lovely lassie?"
"No thank you," Tawk refused.
"Oh come on, buddy. One dance," Buck chuckled.
"I really don't feel like-," Tawk began.
Buck then lead the others to chant Tawk's name to dance with the female weasel, but Tawk was losing his patients on trying to deny the request until he shout out, "ENOUGH!"
The crowd abruptly halted in shock at Tawk's outburst before he recollected himself and cleared his throat, "Sorry...Excuse me."
As Tawk quickly departed the theater, Crash sternly called out, "What the hell?!"
"Not cool, man!" Eddie sternly called out as well.
Moments later, Tawk was at the grave of his beloved wife as he sat beside it, sadly sighing about what just happened as he looked at the stone and said,
"Forgive me, my darling. I know I shouldn't have yelled at my friends like that but I...I just don't feel comfortable being with another woman and...To be honest, I'm not too sure if I'm ready to move on. I mean, I'm ready for Flora and Buck's wedding tomorrow but...ever since you passed on, I've been more obsessed with revenge rather than to be with our daughter and to grieve your passing...Now that everything has change, I don't know if I have the strength to move on from this...What must I do? If only you were still here...You knew what to do. You've always did..."
TAWK:
I picked up your daily roses this morning
I don't know why, I don't know why
Our daughter said to say hello
I started to cry, I started to cry
Every place we ever walked and
Everywhere we talked, I miss you
You never leave my mind
So much of you is left behind
You took my days with you
Took my nights with you
Those unfinished conversations
We used to have still speak to me
And I write you letters every day
That I'll never send and you'll never see
All this wishful thinking
Gets me nowhere I can't stay
Though my heart is broken
It keeps breaking every day
You took my hopes with you
Took my dreams with you
I keep thinking that you'll be calling
Everyone says that it's all in my head
And I can't accept it yet
I'm not ready to just give in
I know that I can't live in this pain
With these feelings of regret
I can't comprehend this
And pretend that I don't care
Any place I wanna be
I wanna see you there
You took my life with you
Took my world with you...
Tawk then rested his head on the tombstone, grieving as well as feel lost and unsure about his life and future...
What happens next?
Stay tuned to find out!
NOTE: THIS SONG IS FROM GHOST THE MUSICAL AND THE SONG BELONGS TO Bruce Joel Rubin, David A. Stewart & Glen Ballard