Chapter 9:
Re-Igniting A Forbidden Love
We felt better now that Blowhole is unable to make any more plans for the time being. Right now, he is frozen in ice, not able to do anything, well, till it melts or breaks. But knowing that he can't do anything as of now is still rather relaxing.
"Oh. A transfer? Today!? A dolphin. Wait, two dolphins!? Ok. Ok. I'll be right over..." Alice said as she was relaxing at Central Park. "It's a good thing we didn't demolish that dolphin habitat when the only dolphin got transferred out years ago..."
She made her way to the zoo nearby. She always carries around the zoo's keys, in case of sudden transfers during the holidays like this one. She went over to the loading and unloading bay to find a truck with two water-proof crates in it.
"Ok, Alice. Just sign here..." said the truck's driver who had been standing by the truck, waiting. She signed the papers and she brought the two to the dolphin habitat, using a cart of course. "There you go you two. Hey, weren't you the one who got transferred out?!" She said glancing at the dolphin with dark blue eyes.
And indeed it was. She was looking at Doris, the ex-zooster. "And you are of course new. I never forget a face..." The other dolphin had deep brown eyes, which of course was Hazel. "...Whatever..." she said as she walked away, just wanting to get out of the place.
"So Hazel, you liking this idea so far?" No reply was heard. Doris turned around and saw Hazel was too busy swimming around to listen. "I'll take that as a yes..."
She heard some whispers behind her. She looked and almost instantly, a whole crowd of zoosters jumped up. "SURPRISE! Welcome to Central Park Zoo!" This made Hazel cease her swimming and surface to see the gathering.
"What is all this guys?" The two dolphins said in unison. "It's a welcoming party!" yelled Julien. "I like parties!" Mort hugged Julien feet, and kicked him off. "Hi Doris..." Kowalski popped out from behind everyone and waddled to her.
"Hi Kowalski..." She gave him another kiss. We brought in their segways and helped them into it. It was late afternoon so we started prepping the zoo for a party while Kowalski and Doris go on a mini date in the park.
Third Person Mini Date POV:
The two lovebirds drove around the park, admiring all the now snowy features of Central Park. Doris eyes then landed on a snowcone cart.
"Ooh, snowcones! I always wanted to try one!" Kowalski then asked her to wait there and he went off towards the snowcone cart. Two minutes later, she saw him waddling back with two rainbow snowcones in his flippers.
"Wow! Thanks Kowalski!" He jumped onto the segway and gave her the snowcone. She tasted it and smile. "Anything for you, my angel..." They then continued driving around the park.
Normal POV (Josh's POV):
We were all busy doing something. All the bigger animals are helping in hanging the decorations. Private, Rico, Nick and I were cooking up some party food such as Private's family recipe of Tuna Smoothie, Caesar and Fruit Salad for the non-fish eaters, Peanut Cake and more. Skipper was inspecting everything.
It was now 7:53pm and we were all done with the food. We put them on the tables Rico had placed around the outside of the penguin habitat. "Yeah! Now the only thing left to do is to wait for the two lovebirds to come back at 8pm..." Nick said.
Third Person Mini Date POV:
At this time they were done eating their snowcones and they were making their way back to the zoo. "Oh, Kowalski. This is the best day of my life. Thank you for doing all this for me..."
He smiled. "Well, I guess you will like this then..." He jumped onto the segway and knealt impossibly on a knee he doesn't have. "Will you...uh...marry...me?" He said as he took out a diamond ring, attached to a long metal chain, resembling a necklace. She was taken aback by this gesture.
"Oh, Kowalski! How'd you get this?" He immediately replied. "I made it last night, with some peanut butter, a blowtorch, a furnace and a few pieces of scrap metal. I hope it's not too much..."
She smiled and gave him a passionate kiss. "You have made me feel like the luckiest dolphin in the world, so, yes!" They hugged and he put the necklace on her. Right after, they continued on back to the zoo.
Normal POV (Josh's POV):
"THEIR COMING! PLACES EVERYBODY!" Skipper yelled as he stood on the top of the clock tower. We head into our hiding places and waited. The gates creaked open as two figures came into view.
"Where is everybody?" Suddenly, they were greeted with a giant, "SURPRISE!" That was when we all saw it. "What's that Doris?" Private asked as he eyed the necklace she was wearing.
"Kowalski asked me to marry him!" She claimed. We all cheered and clapped at the news. "Well, congratulations you two!" Skipper said he he looked down from the clock tower above them.
And with that, the party came to life. Music played, some of the zoosters were dancing, especially Julien, and some ate and joined in conversations. "Ok! Time for the singing!" Julien said through the mic.
Rico, Nick and me were up first. "Hello everyone! So, we will be playing a song for the two lovebirds over there. It's Doris' favourite, and I'm not so good at a Ukulele using flippers but, enjoy!" So, yeah. I'm on a Ukulele, Rico's on drums and Nick is singing with me. Singing POV!
Josh and Nick:
Do Do Do Do Do Do
Do Do Do Do Do Do
Do Do Do Do Do Do
Josh:
Today, I'm laughing the clouds away
I hear what the flowers say
And drink every drop of rain
Nick:
And I see, places that I have been
In ways that I never seen
My side of the grass is green
Josh and Nick:
Oh, I can't believe that its so simple
It feels so natural, to me
Josh and Nick (Doris started to sing along):
If this is love, then love is easy
It's the easiest thing to do
If this is love, then love completes me
Cause it feels like I've been missing you
A simple equation
With no complications
To leave you confused
If this is love, Love, LOVE
Ooh, It's the easiest thing to do
Josh and Nick (Gradually everyone joined):
Do, Do Do Do Do Do
Do, Do Do Do Do Do
Do, Do Do Do Do Do
Nick:
Do you, feel the way that I do
Do I turn your grey skies blue
And make dirty streets look new
Josh:
And the birds sing
Twee Hee Hee Hee Hee Hee Hee
Tweedily Dee Dee Dee
Now I know exactly what they mean
Josh and Nick:
Oh, I can't believe that its so simple
It feels so natural, to me
Josh and Nick (Everyone singing along):
If this is love, then love is easy
It's the easiest thing to do
If this is love, then love completes me
Cause it feels like I've been missing you
A simple equation
With no complications
To leave you confused
If this is love, Love, LOVE
Ooh, It's the easiest thing to do
(Short Drum Instrumental)
Everyone:
Do, Do Do Do Do Do
Do, Do Do Do Do Do
Do, Do Do Do Do Do
Do, Do Do Do Do Do
Do, Do Do Do Do Do
Do, Do Do Do Do Do
Instrumentals and Singing:
Twee Hee Hee Hee Hee Hee Hee
Tweedily Dee Dee Dee
OhhOhhOhhOhhOhh
Everybody, Josh and Nick:
If this is love, then love is easy
It's the easiest thing to do
If this is love, then love completes me
Cause it feels like I've been missing you
A simple equation
With no complications
To leave you confused
If this is love, Love, LOVE, LOVE
It's the easiest thing to do
Everyone:
Do, Do Do Do Do Do
Do, Do Do Do Do Do
Do, Do Do Do Do Do
Do, Do Do Do Do Do
Do, Do Do Do Do Do
Do, Do Do Do Do Do
Everyone cheered and clapped. Doris was especially happy. "How'd you know that that's my favourite song?" She asked. "Well, we got our sources..." I looked and winked at Hazel. "Sis? You told them?"
Hazel nodded cheekily. "Great idea, right?" Everyone agreed. She faced us again. "And when did you learn to play the Ukulele so good?" I smiled. "I knew to play it when I was human, but since I'm a penguin right now, I asked the other Ukulele player in this dimension for help..."
I then pointed my flippers at Rico in a presentational way. "...That being Rico over here..." He blushed a bit. "Aww. It wa' nothin'..." he replied.
"So, who wants to sing next?" Marlene raised her paw, along with Julien, Private, Becky and Stacey. "Ok then, Marlene, you first, then goes Julien, Private, Becky and Stacey..." Marlene cheered and made her way up to the stage.
"Come on Skipper! Sing with me!" Skipper turned from drinking a cup of Private's Tuna Smoothie. "Me!? Sing!? No way Marlene. I don't sing..." She pouted.
"Please?" He looked at his men, who were all telling him the same thing. "Fine...But just this once..." Marlene lit up and grabbed his flipper, practically dragging him to the stage. "What are we singing, exactly?" he asked. "My favourite song..."
She whispered into Rico's earhole what song she wanted and he put a CD into Julien's boom box. It was Locked Out Of Heaven by Bruno Mars. They sang wonderfully, and Skipper managed to get into the song about halfway through it.
When they finished, they took a big bow, carrying huge grins on their faces. "You don't sing, eh..." Marlene said smirkingly. "You know, that was actually the best fun I ever had. Thanks..." he replied. "Anytime..."
Julien was up next. He decided to sing the song he always sung in his homeland, which was I Like To Move It. Everyone actually enjoyed it, despite it being Julien. Next up was Private, who sang Fireflies by Owl City. It was pretty mystifying. It was now Becky and Stacey's turn.
"Starships by Nicki please!" They screamed excitedly. Rico checked all the CDs he collected. "Sorry, no have..." Rico said. (I'm not writing with the character's accent...) The two badgers frowned. "How are we supposed to sing it now?" Then, I got an idea.
"Um, Rico, do you have two loop sequencers, two more microphones and a drum machine?" He nodded and regurgitated the items mentioned. "What are you gonna do with that?" Nick asked. "Remember the video I showed you, by pbpproductions? (Referencing!)"
"Oh. Ok..." I arranged them in an orderly fashion, the drum machine between the loopers, on one side of the stage. I changed some settings and gave Nick the extra microphone. "So, what are you doing?" asked Stacey. "Just start singing when we queue you in. Ready Nick?" She nodded and we started...acapella style!
(To know how it should sound like, look for pbpproductions' acapella cover of it. Also, I'm rephrasing the song.)
Becky (Josh and Nick Acapella Style Music Making):
Let's go to the beach, each
Let's go get away
They say, what they gonna say?
Have a drink, clink, found the bud light
Bad people like me are hard to come by
Stacey:
The patron on, let's go get it on
The zone on, yes, I'm in the zone
Is it two, three? Leave a good tip
I'mma blow off my money and don't give two…
"Stacey! Private's present!" Skipper yelled as he covered Private's earholes. "Sorry…" they replied in unison.
Josh, Nick, Becky and Stacey:
Get on the floor, floor
I love to dance
So give me more more, till I can't stand
Get on the floor, floor
Like it's your last chance
If you want more, more
Then here I am
Everyone: Starships were meant to fly
Starships were meant to fly
Hands up, and touch the sky
Can't stop, 'cause we're so high
Let's do this one more time
Hands up, and touch the sky
Let's do this one last time
Can't stop..
Josh and Nick:
We're higher than a mother oooh!
We're higher than a mother oooh!
We're higher than a mother oooh!
Stacey:
So jump in my hoopty hoopty hoop
I own that
I ain't gonna paying my rent this month
I owe that
So love who you want, and love who you like
Dance all night, there's no end in sight
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
Josh and Nick:
(Acapella Instrumental)
Becky:
Everybody let me hear you say ray ray ray
Now spend all your money 'cause they pay pay pay
And if you're a G, you a G,G,G!
My name's Becky…
Stacey:
You can call me Stacey!
Everyone:
Get on the floor, floor
Like it's your last chance
If you want more, more
Then here I am
Becky and Stacey: Starships were meant to fly
Starships were meant to fly
Hands up, and touch the sky
Can't stop, 'cause we're so high
Let's do this one more time
Hands up, and touch the sky
Let's do this one last time
Can't stop..
Josh, Nick, Becky and Stacey:
We're higher than a mother oooh!
We're higher than a mother oooh!
We're higher than a mother oooh!
Becky and Stacey:
Starships were meant to fly
Hands up, and touch the sky
Can't stop, 'cause we're so high
Let's do this one more time
Everyone:
Starships were meant to fly
Hands up, and touch the sky
Let's do this one last time
Can't stop..
Josh, Nick, Becky and Stacey:
We're higher than a mother oooh!
We're higher than a mother oooh!
We're higher than a mother oooh!
Everyone was thrilled by the feat. They obviously never heard acapella before. "Wow Josh, that was amazing!" Becky and Stacey said in unison. "Yeah, but it's kinda not mine if you ask me. Still, amazing..."
From the corner of my eye, I could clearly see Kowalski jump on top of Doris' segway and whisper something to her. "No way! You're kidding!" Doris yelled. "Yes way. He said he's done it before..." Kowalski said. Everyone was now eyeing at the couple, wondering what it was all about.
"What's with all the no waying and yes waying for?" Marlene asked. They shifted their gazed towards Skipper. "Well, we were talking about having a wedding.." We all gave a big Ooh. "And Kowalski mentioned that Skipper knows how..."
"Well, I did bring together some couples back when I was in the Penguin Academy, so yeah, I know how..." The two then buried each other in a hug. "So, uh, do you think you could...you know...wed us together?" asked Doris in an excited tone. He nodded. "Sure! Anything to make my men happy..." Everyone cheered and we went along and fix the place up for this.
Now, the zoo is cleared, decorated with flowers from the gardens and a red carpet stretching from the penguin habitat to where the cafe was. Everyone was either sitting or standing on either side of the carpet. Skipper was standing at the end of the carpet where the cafe is, along with Kowalski. We were all ready.
Kowalski had a red bowtie on, similar to Private's Mr. Tux outfit. When Doris came driving to the other end of the carpet, she looked extremely ready. She had a dress on, the ones used mostly for weddings, and she had some flowers stuck on her segway and on her head.
Rico was kinda guiding her, as he was standing on her segway. He was nominated Kowalski's best man. As the two edged closer to where Skipper and the groom, Kowalski, was, Marlene was throwing flower petals over her head, forming a flowery path behind the bride. She was the flower girl.
Private was the ring bearer, and he followed close behind Marlene and the bride, carrying her diamond ring on a necklace given to her by Kowalski as well as another ring, similar to that, except it wasn't on a necklace. They now made it to where Skipper and Kowalski was.
The two faced each other, ready to say the vows. Skipper then recited what the priest had to say, almost like he wrote them. "Do you, Doris, take Kowalski as your lawful wedded husband?" Skipper recited. "I do…" she replied without losing eye contact with Kowalski.
"And do you, Kowalski, take Doris as your lawful wedded wife?" Skipper continued, shifting his gaze to his lieutenant. "I do…" he replied. "You may now…I can't believe I'm saying this right now…kiss…the bride…" And with that, Kowalski jumped up onto the segway and they kissed. Everyone cheered.
When they stopped, I said, "Hey, you guys want a wedding song?" The two nodded, smiling from ear to ear. I went over to Julien's boom box and asked Rico for a CD. He nodded and gave it to me. When I played it, the song Forever and Always by Parachute played. "Oh, Kowalski, this is the best day of my life…" She said as the song played on. "I feel the same way…" And with that, they had at it one more time.