Unexpected Delivery ch. 10

by

Mastermindhunter

The central park was nice at night. The trees had been flowering in colors of pink, purple, and white. It was like they flowered just for her. The moon was glowing over head. They walked through the grass holding each other's hands. Patricia was feeling like she could have just walked forever, as long as he was with her by her side. He smiled the whole time, but didn't like seeing her holding the baseball in her flippers. It obviously bothered him. She stopped, and kept it out of sight. In no time they found a little spot by the edge of the big pond. In the distance, Patricia saw a pair of white doves in a nest cuddling with eachother. They looked up at the twinkling stars. Patricia was pointing her flipper, quietly drawing little lines in the skies

"What are you doing with your wing?" he looked confused.

"I'm just drawing lines in the stars. Sometimes I see things like hearts, and hourglasses."

"Hmm I like your creativity. That sounds rather interesting." He tried, and he found a double helix fossil, and a pair of eyes that were crossed. They were within a few inches near the glistening water, with their feet just being blanketed by the water. It tickled Patricia's toes. She was twirling the ball in her wings. It was like the declaration of independance to her. She liked the fact that Kowalski was nice enough to get her an autographed ball. Ted Lilly had actually held her in his hands. Whew. That gave her goosebumps. She looked at Kowalski who was skipping a pebble along the pond surface looking a little depressed. It made her feel like she did something wrong. Did she? He didn't look mad, but she knew something was wrong with this picture.

"Kowalski are you okay? You seem a little upset."

"Hmm oh yeah I just uhh . . . felt a little pain when he picked me up by my scruff. I just felt a little bit of discomfort. Have you been picked up like that alot? It seems like it didn't bother you."

"Oh yeah that did feel a little weird. It seemed like you didn't even like him. If I didn't know any better I would think that you felt intimidated." she splashed her feet in the water. Kowalski looked at her next to him, making raspberry noises with a smirk on his face.

"Yeah right. I'm not intimidated by some slim, charity giving, tall, muscular . . . blue eyed, . . . dark haired, . . . D'oh. Who am I kidding! Of course I was. He's all the machoness I never was." he skipped another rock along the surface of the pond. He looked over at her with big puppy dog eyes.

"Aww Kowalski. Don't feel bad. I think that you're very macho, and you really are pretty tall for a penguin. Why would you think that he was better than you?"

"Beacause you were acting like he was the prince of baseball, and I barely know anything about sports. All I know is science." his next pebble skipped far away this time.

"Kowalski-" she opened her mouth to speak, but then she closed it, and looked own to her wet feet. "Ted Lilly is a baseball player. Giving autographs is his job. You have taken time from your evening to take me to the most noticable statue in America, my favorite sports team of all time, and even to THE Central Park. Who knows where else we're going? If you ask me, he's the one who should be intimidated." she smiled to him swaying, bumping him in the side.

"You really think so?" he asked.

"Of course. Actually I was secretly intimidated by Marlene. She's much more . . . Umm fuller than me if catch my drift. Also she's taller than me.

"I like the fact that you're wirey and short. I don't know how you're embarrased by that. What did those other penguins at the old zoo tell you?" he looked at her eyes, talking in a threatening tone, like he wanted to smack the other penguins.

"They said that the skinny penguins were disgusting, and that shortness was a sign of a weak and uneducated penguin." Kowalski looked down sweating a little bit.

"Is that why you like reading so much?" he looked at her twirling the baseball around. She had to have some reason. He assumed that was it. He picked up another pebble, and skimmed it across the water. "You know I like it when you read. You are very strong. Plus I think you're smarter than any other penguin I know." she pulled at the sides of her neck as if her neck was aching. She looked a little annoyed.

"Answer me this, Kowalski. Why do you perform so much science?" she looked at him, tilting her head. He looked at her, his face shiny with sweat. Her face was sizzling with seriousness. "Well I thought since I told you my story the first day, I thought you wouldn't mind." he nodded once, and looked at his feet remembering his painful past.

"Well when I was a little chick, the other penguins thought that I was a little freakish, being tall and all. They called me LumberJack. I didn't like that, so I tried to be more smart than tall. Eventually I got interested in science, pulling apart forgotten cameras, and CD players. They stopped calling me LumberJack right away, and started going with Poindexter. It sort of hurt on the inside. I never had alot of luck with the women. They liked the strong penguins. I felt like a lost cause. When I got transferred to the Central Park zoo, the other three came at the exact same time. We all sort of found eachother useful, and we formed our squad from then on. Even still, I was always had problems talking to girls. Actually you're first girl I've had no trouble talking to about personal things. I actually kind of like it. You are a good listener." he was sweating really badly this time, but he went into the water to cool off a little. He came back out, fluffing his feathers to get the water out. Patricia was smiling at it. He laughed at his funny appearance.

"Hey I have an idea!"

"What may I ask is that?"

"I bet there are fish in that water. You want to see if we can catch one?"

"Oh of course." He carefully took his bow off. She was taking her necklace, and flower of of her head. It made Kowalski feel like he was guilty, looking at her take her jewelry off, so he turned away. The water was very refreshing. In the distance, there were large schools of tiny fish. Kowalski waved a flipper, and swam with such speed. He grabbed a fish in his mouth, but it escaped quickly. He waved for her to go ahead. She knew she had a fish for the day already, but it wouldn't hurt anything having one more. She was just as unlucky as Kowalski was. They laughed it off back on land. Their feathers were dripping wet. They laughed joking about their wet plumage. They laid on their backs for what seemed like an eternity. They sat there for a little while, until Patricia decided to say something.

"Kowalski?" she looked at him. He looked at her worried about her sad expression. She looked like she was upset with something. Kowalski knew that it was something he could help with. That was just the way he was. He took a deep breath.

"Yes?" he crawled over to her, reducing the space between them.

"Do you think I'm beautiful?"

He looked at her mesmerizing eyes, like she was kidding. Did she actually have to be told that she was beautiful? Everything on her that was breath taking was rushing through his head quickly like lightning making him think that beautiful was an understatement. She was everthing he could ever hope for in his life. he just sat there staring at her. She quickly picked up the tip. Kowalski didn't have feelings for her, as much as she thought he did. How could she think that a boy like him, would ever feel anything for a freak like her. The boys at her old habitat didn't like her, why would he be any different? Tears glittered her eyes.

"I understand. I'm sorry. Of course not. I was foolish to think so." she laughed through sobbing eyes. " I won't say anything else to the penguins. We just stayed a few places, then went straight back." she put on her necklace, and put the flower back in her feathers. "For the record I thought you were the sweetest of them all. Thank you for the night." she walked in the direction of the zoo. Her eyes were stinging with the strain of trying to hold her tears back.

"Patricia wait!"

Kowalski grabbed her by the back, and spun her around. His eyes were glittered with tears, pitying her self doubt. He grabbed her shoulders, not letting her out of his grasp. He then leaned down to kiss the little penguin. He kissed her passionately. Her eyes were terrified. His were as well. Her first kiss! She had so many thoughts zooming through her skull. She was locked in a fearfull gaze with his eyes, but then the shock wore off, and she leaned up against him, her eyes resting closed. She felt the wings locking her in place slowly drifting to her waist, and the back of her head. She felt her wings go up and wrap around his neck. She was having a little trouble reaching Kowalski's tall height. Kowalski picked her up to keep her from having to tiptoe. She was so soft, but also wet from the pond. Her warmth was radiating from her skin. She was thinking the world had stopped spinning if not slowed down. She broke the kiss, his eyes were hazy looking, and his smile big and charming. He suddenly blinked, and looked at Patricia, as if he made a huge mistake. He started speaking quickly, and nervously.

"Oh my gosh! I'm so terribly sorry! I must have lost control of myself. When you asked if you were beautiful, I thought the question was far too easy to answer. I think you're gorgeous. I just-" Patricia clamped Kowalki's beak closed, and smiled shyly. She wrapped her arms around his neck, so carefully with a tender kiss. Her wings exploring the curvs of Kowalski's head, making sure the kiss would be broken by her and her alone. She opened her eys to pull away.

"I thought you would never kiss me. It's about time." she said leaning into his arms, pushing her forehead on his. "Where would you like to go next?" His small smile was screaming thank you to Patricia.

"It's a surprise."

Well there's the kiss I've been putting off for days. You guys probably thought that I would never get them kissing. They were just such shy creatures, I wanted to give them as much time as they needed. I thought I should put it in right where it belonged. This seemed like a romantic enough spot. Wow who was expecting Kowalski to make the first move. I surprised myself.