Disclaimer: I do not own The Penguins of Madagascar or any of its characters but I do own the penguin Alex.

As Alex left, Kowalski felt like his heart broke into many fragments. How could she leave him for that self-centered, deranged lemur? Suddenly anger pulsed through him, but he pushed it down as he reminded himself that she was only attending his party. There was no way she could actually like Julien. Kowalski just wished she wasn't so faithful to him; he knew they just got together, but shouldn't she put her boyfriend first, especially when it came to that so-called king?

He sighed and turned back to the TV, remembering what he had seen when they were looking for Alex's perfect match. Seeing that had already broken him; then watching her going off with that lemur had felt like a knife piercing his heart.

Perhaps… I should just tell her? he thought, waddling over to the TV.

The red button was still flashing and when he pushed it, a picture of the zoo appeared on the screen. He fought back tears when he saw the pounding heart. Why was it over there? It wasn't fair! He loved her! The heart should be over the penguin habitat where he was!

He swallowed his sadness as anger rose in him again. He shut off the machine and unplugged the wires. "This stupid machine does not work! There's no way that crazy lemur could be her perfect match!"

He picked up his invention and stormed back to his lab, throwing it on the table. He didn't care about his Luv-u-lator anymore, and he made a mental note to destroy it later. He made this thing, hoping to find animals' perfect match with the help of science. But all it's done is hurt him, and he was sick of it.

Turning his back on his failed creation, he left his lab. He took a step toward the ladder, resolving that he'll go after his girlfriend and confess everything to her; he was now regretting not being honest with her in the first place.

But the fishbowl was pushed aside, and Skipper and the others dropped into the lair. They were laughing and looked like they were enjoying themselves. He swallowed nervously. How was he going to tell Skipper that his daughter went with Julien and his subjects to have a party?

The leader walked over to him. "Here," he said, handing him a snow cone.

Kowalski stared down at it and didn't say anything.

"We ate ours on the way back, but we got you and Alex each one and—" Skipper stopped talking and looked around. "Hey, where is Alex?"

Already the snow cone was melting. Kowalski took a deep breath. "Julien came by and invited her to a party," he blurted, but he was careful not to mention that Julien had called her his subject… Again!

Instantly anger flashed in Skipper's eyes. "Ringtail," he growled. Then he added," Move out, men!"

Rico, who was holding the other snow cone, threw all of it, ice and paper cone, into his mouth and swallowed. Then he and Private vanished through the hole. Before following them, Skipper turned to Kowalski, who couldn't meet his gaze.

"Are you okay?" his leader asked, and he looked up at his gentle tone.

Kowalski hesitated. He didn't want to tell him about Alex's perfect match. If he could help it, she was the only one he wanted to know the truth. "I just don't like that Alex made Julien a promise," he finally said, relieved that he didn't have to tell his leader a lie. He just told him something else that was bothering him.

Skipper muttered in agreement. "But don't worry," he told him. "I'm going to put a stop to this once and for all."

"What are you going to do?" Kowalski was almost afraid to know the answer. He stared down at his snow cone. It was melting fast now. He tried copying what Rico did, only eating the colorful ice, but instantly he got brain freeze. Pain shot through his head and he groaned miserably.

Skipper shook his head and nudged him toward the ladder. Still in pain, Kowalski followed his leader up the ladder. He knew Skipper never answered him and that worried him more.

Now on the island, he spotted his friends waiting for him just outside the habitat. He joined them, over his painful brain freeze, but he had a slight headache now. He avoided Private's eyes when the young penguin glanced at him. He didn't feel like talking right now, what with Alex leaving him like that and then experiencing that intense pain when he tried eating all his snow cone at once.

Before they even got to the lemur habitat, they heard loud music, and as soon as they arrived there, Skipper and his team jumped over the wall. Kowalski looked around; the lemurs and Alex were in front of them. Anger rose in him when he saw how close Julien and Alex were dancing.

Without thinking, he ran over there and pushed in between them, glaring at the lemur. "Stay away from her, you…. you…" Rage burned in him. "You girlfriend stealer!"

Julien stumbled away from him. "Girlfriend stealer?" he gasped.

Then someone was pulling him backwards, and he glanced up to see his teammates looking at him with wide, surprised eyes.

"Explain yourself, soldier," Skipper demanded.

At first Kowalski didn't say anything; he watched with disgust as Alex helped Julien to his feet. Then he sighed. "I'm sorry, Skipper," he muttered. He stared down at his feet. He really didn't want to explain himself, but he knew he had to obey his commanding officer. He took a deep breath and looked at Alex, but when he spoke, it was informing everyone. "Earlier, Alex and I did an experiment with my Luv-u-lator 3000."

"Really?" Skipper rolled his eyes. "That thing again? I thought you gave up on it?"

Kowalski shrugged. "I just wanted to test it out one last time," he confessed. Then he sighed again and added," But the result was one I didn't expect. It said he—" He pointed to King Julien—" is, supposedly, her perfect match."

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