Finally an update to this story. This is chapter has some strong language.
A THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP
CHAPTER FOUR
I've gotta be kidding myself. This thing over Skipper is just wrong. Gotta be. I approached the cave Marlene calls home and went inside. Marlene was looking at a picture of Skipper, dreamily. I felt queasy. Oh barf!
"Marlene?" I said.
"What?!" She said jumping and looking at me. "Oh Kowalski, you scared me."
"Yeah, I need to talk to you."
"Sure what's up?"
"There's some kind of hormonal imbalance in my brain of some sort, and I'm having… sexuality issues."
"I see," Marlene said slowly, staring at me. "Well, I'm not to familiar with the penguin sex parts-…"
"No I mean like sexual orientation."
"You mean you're… gay?"
"…Yeah…"
Marlene stared at me like I had some kind of disturbing disease.
"Kowalski… I'm a little freaked out."
"Well so am I, but the thing is, I keep feeling this attraction to Skipper…"
"What?" Marlene asked.
I could see jealous and anger growing in her eyes. Damn this isn't good. I clenched my flippers and pushed on.
"Can you help me?"
"Oh I'll help you." She said and smacked me across the face.
It hurt like hell and my face stung as I turned back, my mouth a gap.
"What the hell are you doing?!"
"Fixing you, you fag!"
"I can't help it!"
"You're a freak! You'll never take Skipper from me!" She said gearing for another slap when I caught her hand.
"I don't want to!"
"Creep!" She shouted and pulled out of my grasp.
"Marlene, get a hold of yourself! Calm down for Christ's sake!"
"People like you should be thrown in jail!"
I grabbed her and threw her against the wall, holding a flipper against her chest.
"Listen to me," I said dangerously and I could see the fear in her eyes. "I don't want Skipper! I want you to help me to fix my sexuality! Got it?!"
Marlene stared at me in fear. Her chest rose and fell under my flipper and I held her throat with my other flipper, her pulse was racing.
"Do you understand my position?!" I whispered. "This was never my choice."
"I don't know how." She managed to say.
"What are you doing, Kowalski?!" Came a voice from behind me.
I turned to see Skipper.