A.N.- Okay, after many days and hours of writer's block and having absolutley no clue what to write; here is the wedding scene!

Trixy: It's about time, too. I was starting to forget about this story.

Private: Enjoy, everyone!

Chapter 21: The Wedding

(Nobody's POV)

The next day everyone is running or sliding around everywhere trying to get ready for the wedding. Private, Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, George, William, General, and Thomson each put on a bow tie. Trixy, Cecelia, Samantha, Jenna, and Riley each put a pink rose in their feathers. Anita and Lieutenant had decided the night before that Private would be the ring bearer, Jenna would be the flower girl, Trixy and Cecelia are to be bridesmaids, and Skipper is to be the best man. About ten minutes before the wedding, things start to go wrong.

(Anita's POV)

Lieutenant's mother, Riley, and Mrs. Guen are helping me get ready. I am nervous and their non-stop chitchat is not helping a bit. "Ooh, Samantha, you need to place the pin just a bit lower." Says Riley.

"Like right here?" Samantha replies. I look pleadingly at Riley; we had been going through this same thing for about fifteen minutes. Riley shakes her head.

"Nope, try a little to the left." I sigh. "Perfect!" I smile. Yay, we're now one-step closer to the end of this madness!

"Are we almost done?" I ask. Samantha shakes her head, but Riley nods. They both look at each other and now they each give me the opposite answers. "So which is it? Yes there is much more, or no we're almost done?" They shrug and I sigh.

"Okay, so we have the something borrowed, something old, and something new…Oh! We need the something blue." Riley says. She gets a blue flower and puts it in my feathers. She and Samantha then take a few steps back and look at me smiling.

"Doesn't she just look beautiful, Riley?" Samantha says. Riley nods.

"That she does."

"Does this mean that we're finished?" I ask. They both nod. Oh, thank goodness!

(Lieutenant's POV)

I look both ways down the hall. Whew! The coast is clear. I sneak down the hall keeping in the shadows and close to the wall. Just a few more metahs and I'll be free! I start sliding down the hall but instead of exiting the habitat I run into a pair of orange feet. I look up. "Lieutenant, where are you going?" asks Dad. I gulp.

"Um, no-nowhere, sir." I reply standing up and dusting myself off.

"Oh really? Then why were you being so sneaky about it?"

"Uh, um…" Then Dad laughs.

"You were trying to escape, weren't you?"

"N-No! I was just…going for a walk." Dad shakes his head and smiles.

"I tried doing the same thing when your mothah and I got married. I would have succeeded too if the powah hadn't went out and I got lost."

"Really?"

"Yes. I was terrified to get married to your mothah; I would have been crazy to not have been. I mean, when your bride could kill you with a flick of her flipper, you do tend to be a bit nervous." I nod.

"Okay, maybe I was trying to run away…" Dad puts a flipper on my shoulder.

"It's okay to be scared…"

"I know, the brave are those who are scared but do not show it. I remembah." Dad smiles and nods.

"You'll do fine, Lieutenant. Just do not show her any fear, and you'll be fine…oh, and when you carry her DO NOT drop her. I learned that the hard way…" I smile and give a salute.

"I'll try not to, Dad." I then turn back down the hall and head back to my room. Well, that didn't work…I guess I'll just have to try again latah.

(Nobody's POV)

"Private!" calls Trixy. Private stops and turns around.

"Yes, Trixy?" he asks.

"Your tie is tied wrong."

"Huh?" Private looks down at it to see that it is indeed tied wrong and sideways.

"Here, let me fix it." Trixy unties it and reties it into a neat little red bow. "There, now you look like a nice and proper ring bearer." Trixy smiles.

"Well, if we're going to be talking about things that aren't on correctly; I suggest that you may want to fix your bow."

"My bow?" Trixy reaches to touch it and finds it not there. "I could have sworn I tied it." Private laughs.

"It is tied alright, but you didn't tie it in your feathers. You tied a second one around your neck."

"Oh. This wedding sure makes people mess up the simplest of things." Trixy unties the second bow and gives it to Private. "Here, you tie it." Private ties it in her feathers.

"That it does. There, all done. Where is everyone anyhow?"

"I don't really know. I think my and your Mums are helping Anita get ready and your fathah is helping Lieutenant. And I think Kowalski and Rico may be helping George and William with the decorating.

"Oh. Okay, so how much longah until the wedding starts?" Trixy looks at a clock.

"I'd say about five minutes…Oh! We best hurry!" Private and Trixy quickly waddle to the woodland area outside the zoo where the wedding is going to be held.

-Three Minutes Later-

(Nobody's POV)

Lieutenant stands nervously at the altar and Skipper is standing beside him. "Lieutenant, calm down, soldier; you're shaking like a leaf." Lieutenant takes a deep breath.

"Right, Skippah." Lieutenant replies. "I must be crazy to be going through with this! Oh, why, oh, why did I evah agree to this?" Then Jenna starts to walk down the aisle flinging flowers and flower petals all over the place without and specific pattern. She is soon followed by Private who is carrying the rings on a purple pillow. He gets about half-way down the aisle and he trips.

"Whoa!" he exclaims. The rings roll along the ground. Private picks them up and puts them back on the pillow looking a bit embarrassed. After Private come Trixy and Cecelia the bridesmaids. Then after them comes Anita, the bride.

"Wow. She looks so stunning. I think I'd be crazy to not go through with this." Thinks Lieutenant as he sees Anita walking slowly towards him. When she gets to the front she smiles happily at him.

"Are you ready?" she asks. Lieutenant manages a small nod. "Good." They then turn towards General Guen, who is going to be the officiator. General clears his throat.

"Okay, everyone. We are gathered here today to…uh…bond these two lovebirds in holy matrimony. But, before we start, is there anyone here who objects?" General says.

"No, sir. I believe Rico would have already taken care of anyone who would have." Skipper says. Lieutenant face-flippers himself and shakes his head and Anita struggles to keep from laughing. General clears his throat.

"Right, well, let's get on with the exchange of vows, shall we? Lieutenant, you shall start." Lieutenant nods and takes a deep breath.

"I, Lieutenant Brandon Tux, take you Anita Rosalina Peacock, to be my awful wedded…no, I mean lawful wedded wife. To have and to hold, from this day forward, for bettah or for worst, for richah or for poorah, in sickness or in health, to love and to cherish until death do us part. And hereto I pledge to you my faithfulness." Lieutenant says.

"Now you, Anita." Says General. Anita nods.

"I, Anita Rosalina Peacock, take you Lieutenant Brandon Tux, to be both my awful and lawful wedded husband. (Anita winks at him) To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or worse, in sickness or in health, for richer or poorer, to love and to cherish until death do us part. And I hereto pledge to you my faithfulness." Anita says. Lieutenant is blushing from how she incorporated his mistake into her vow.

"Well, then, I think this is the time when I'm suppose to announce you husband and wife. I guess you may kiss the bride now…Someone, please cover Jenna's eyes!" General says. Anita can't stand it anymore and she bursts out laughing. Lieutenant lifts the veil and kisses her full on the beak.

"Awww." Says all of the women. Most of the men don't say anything; except Rico and George. They both gag. After Lieutenant and Anita break away from their kiss they walk down the aisle together.

(Nobody's POV)

Later that night they have the wedding banquet. Rico had carved some ice in the shape of a heart…but he had also eaten half the cake before the wedding had even started, so Cecelia had to bake another one. Trixy and Private sit at a table and watch the adults talk and congregate. "Well, I think that the wedding went fairly well." Trixy says. Private nods.

"Yes, it was very nice." Private replies. Trixy reaches for her drink and accidently hits a vase full of flowers. These flowers then fall onto the candle.

"Oh shoot!" Trixy then dumps the remainder of her drink of the flaming flowers. "Whoops." She and Private laugh.

"You need to pay more attention." Trixy nods.

"I know I do…but if I did, funny things like this wouldn't happen." Private nods.

"Very true." Private then looks up at the clock. "Trixy, I was wondering if you'd, well, dance with me at one of the dances." Trixy smiles widely.

"Of course! I was starting to wondah if you were evah going to ask." She and Private then go to the dance floor. Cecelia and Kowalski are talking not too far away.

"So, you are going back to America tomorrow?" Cecelia asks. Kowalski nods.

"Yes." Kowalski replies. Cecelia nods sadly.

"I'm going to miss you, Kowalski…are you sure I can't make you a purple kitten again and have you stay here with me? It would be great to have someone intelligent to be able to talk to for a change." Kowalski shakes his head.

"No, the team needs me…and plus I really do not want to be a cat again." Cecelia nods sadly again.

"I know." Kowalski looks at her and sees her sad look.

"Cecelia, would you like to dance with me…before I have to return to New York?" Cecelia's face brightens immediately.

"Duh!" She takes Kowalski by the flipper and pulls him to the dance floor. The next day Private, Trixy, Kowalski, Skipper, and Rico would all go back to their New York zoo…but for tonight, they are all just enjoying the festivities.