It has now been four months since Norbert and Treeflower finally became boyfriend and girlfriend after twenty two years, and the date is November 14, 2018. Norbert has been contemplating this decision for months but has finally decided on it. He is finally going to propose to Treeflower and ask her to be his wife. He already decided the exact way he would propose to her. He would take Treeflower out to watch the fireworks and eat stuffed jalapenos just like they did when they first met before,then Norbert would sing a very romantic song to her and finish it off with him asking the big question.
That evening at exactly 6:27 PM, Norbert calls her and dials the number on the Bullwinkle shaped telephone that resides in the kitchen and sits at the table in anticipation, waiting to hear her soft and slightly raspy femenine voice on the other line.
"Hi, Norby! How's my sweet little darling doing?"
Norbert's heart immediately melts into his stomach, as it usually does whenever Treeflower calls him one of the many affectionate nicknames she has for him.
"Hi babe, I'm doing fantastic." He tells her, now in a state of calmness.
"That's great to hear! Anyways, what's up?"
"Listen, how would you like to go on a nice night out with me? I have a very nice surprise for you that I think you will absolutely love."
"Oooh I can't wait to see what it is! You know how much I love surprises!"
"Okay that's great. I'll see you in a few minutes, and make sure you're in your hippie outfit for me." Norbert informs her lovingly on the other line.
Treeflower giggles and says goodbye to him as they both hang up. Norbert then goes into the bathroom and gets dressed in his hippie outfit, excited to finally take their relationship one step further.
Just then, Daggett sees Norbert getting all ready and becomes curious about what he could possibly be preparing for.
"Hey, brother! Whatcha getting all dressed up for?"
"Oh Dag, Dag, Dag, Dag, Diggedy Dag Doggone Daggett! Tonight will be a mucho grande importante night for moi!" Norbert declared to his brother, in the usual upbeat tone he uses when talking to his brother.
"Wha, Wha, Wha?" Daggett asks with much anticipation.
"I finally decided that I will propose to my dearest Treeflower tonight, mi hermano!" Norbert declared proudly to his brother, with absolutely no fear left in him and only confidence running through his veins.
"Oooh that should turn out interesting!"
"You betcha, buddy boy! I got the entire thing planned. I'll take her to watch the fireworks where we first met, and then I'll sing her a nice song before finally popping the question to her and showing her this nice ring." Norbert informs him as he pulls out a very shiny diamond ring from his pocket and shows it to Daggett, the light temporarily blinding him before he's fixated on it.
"Cool! You know, she would really love it. You're doing a good thing, Norb!"
"Thanks, Dag. Biiiig hug!"
Just then, Norbert gives Daggett one of his usual big hugs but this time Daggett doesn't reject it. Instead, he embraces it which surprises Norbert but in a good way.
"Alrighty-raghty-rohtyah, I'm off to see my soon to be fiance! Wish me luck, ya handsome good lookin' you!"
"I wish you the best of luck, mi mucho macho hermano!"
Norbert then leaves the dam and walks to Treeflower's dam very cheerfully and full of confidence. After walking for a few minutes, he finally arrives at her dam and rings the doorbell as a section of Iron Butterfly's song "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" plays.
Finally, Treeflower opens the door wearing her hippie outfit that always makes Norbert obsess over her and her beauty.
"Hi, Norby!" she giggles.
"Hi, Treeflower. You look stunning as always in that outfit." Norbert tells her lovingly.
"Why thank you. You know you look very handsome in your hippie outfit as well." Treeflower says to him lovingly back before giving him a kiss on the lips.
"Well I already have the whole night planned. We'll go watch the fireworks at the hill and eat stuffed jalapenos just like we did when we first met, and then I'll finally show you your surprise at the end."
When Treeflower heard these plans, her eyes sparkled and she fluttered her eyelashes lovingly to him. She's so surprised that he would go out of his way to make their night the best it can be, and she also realizes that he was in fact the perfect man for her.
"Oh my…That would be wonderful, Norby."
"Great! Let's head off, shall we?"
Norbert then takes Treeflower's hand as the two head off to have their date together, with it starting with them as boyfriend and girlfriend and it ending with them as fiancees.
A few minutes later, Norbert and Treeflower are snuggled up on the grass together watching the fireworks like the loving couple they have been for so long as they were sucking on their stuffed jalapenòs . Treeflower is resting her head on his shoulder while Norbert has his arm around her body.
"Oh Norby, you really are the best man I could ever ask for." Treeflower tells him lovingly.
"And you're the most perfect woman I could ever ask for too." Norbert soothes her while holding her closer.
One of the fireworks above them is in the shape of a heart, which makes Norbert and Treeflower both blush to each other as Norbert starts feeling his pocket with the ring inside it.
Norbert then takes a deep breath before looking into Treeflower's eyes once more,feeling confident but a bit nervous.
"Treeflower?"
"Yes, Norby?"
"Will you…"
It's at this point that Norbert's intrusive thoughts start to set in. "What if she hates me? What if she rejects me? What if I never see her again?" and everything else. He gets more and more nervous by the second as sweat beads down his forehead from his fur. At the same time, Treeflower then gets more and more happy by the second at what he has to say making the situation even worse for him.
"Um…uh…I…" Norbert stuttered
"What is it, Norby?" Treeflower questioned
Norbert's embarrassment level then shoots through the roof as he breaks down, way too nervous to tell her.
"I have to go!" Norbert shouted before running away, making Treeflower very sad and upset.
Norbert ends up bolting back to his dam,slams the door and immediately locks the front door and sprints upstairs before flopping down on his bed, extremely embarrassed and depressed with himself. Just then, Daggett then walks into the bedroom.
"Soooo, how did the date turn out Mr. Manly Man?" Daggett asks his brother with positivity in his voice, not knowing how awful it ended.
Norbert then turned to Daggett giving his younger brother a mean glare.
"Sorry." Daggett apologized
"It was awful! We had a great time at first before I tried proposing to her and then I got too nervous and now she probably hates me!" agonized Norbert as his hands are covering his face, showing his embarrassment.
"Oh. That's awful!" Daggett consoles his brother, "I know just what to do in situations like this."
Daggett rushes out of the bedroom and quickly comes back as his "Love Doctor" persona. Norbert just facepalms his forehead.
"This again? No. No Love Doctor again! I remember what happened last time and you were absolutely NO help for me! Do both of us a favor, and GET RID OF THAT OUTFIT!" Norbert thunders to his brother.
"Okay sorry. Jeez!" Daggett retorts as he takes the outfit off.
"So, what are you going to do now, Norb?" Daggett asked
Norbert sighed as he rubbed his face, trying to think of what to do now. Just then, he gets an idea.
"I got it! I'll just send Treeflower roses and bury the ring inside the roses! It's genius!"
"You sure about that, Norb?"
"I'm sure Daggy. No need for the Love Doctor,I can handle this situation by myself" Norbert said confidently.
Daggett rolled his eyes before heading out of the bedroom, "Whatever you say Norb" Daggett remarked as he walks out of the bedroom,leaving Norbert alone with his thoughts.
Norbert had everything planned as the next day,he went to the store to buy some rose flowers for her. As Norbert was walking to Treeflower's dam,he put the ring inside the rose so she'd be surprised.
When Norbert arrived at Treeflower's place,he rang the doorbell while spraying some spray on his mouth as Treeflower answered the door.
"Oh hello Norby,what a pleasant surprise to see you!",Treeflower said delightfully. "What happened to you last night? "
"Hehe, I guess I just wasn't feeling well at the moment." Norbert lied embarrassedly while scratching the back of his head.
"So what brings you here Norby?", Treeflower asked
"I'm here to finally show you what I wanted to show you last night" Norbert said as he shows her the roses he bought for her.
"Oh Norby,they're beautiful!",Treeflower beamed
"And that's not all I got you" Norbert added as he reached inside the roses as the ring suddenly disappeared.
"What..?" Norbert whispered nervously
"What's wrong Norby?"
Norbert was starting to get nervous again as he looked through all of the roses to see if the ring was there,and it wasn't.
"I gotta go!" Norbert ran away,yet again as Treeflower looked confused as to why Norbert is acting so strange lately.
Norbert was running around the forest as he saw the ring close to a lake. Norbert sighed in relief at first but then saw a turtle swimming in the lake and saw the shiny object in front of him and he used his mouth to grab the ring. Norbert then instantly freaks out and starts to panic but then Norbert's courage then shows through.
"Oh no you don't!" Norbert raged as he swam down into the lake and saw the ring placed onto a rock. Just when Norbert was about to retrieve the ring,the turtle looked at him with anger causing the turtle to snap back at him but still holding on to the ring. Norbert then swam back to shore as escaped from that snapping turtle. He coughed up some water before catching his breath again. Norbert made sure to not let the ring out of his sight again.
"Okay,time for Plan B" Norbert said to himself.
Norbert went back to the store to buy some chocolates for Treeflower and heads back to the dam and sits down in the kitchen to write a note for her that says "Will you marry me?" and he places the note inside the box of chocolates
"This has to work! It just has to!" Norbert prayed as he walked back to Treeflower's dam
Norbert arrived back to her place and rang the doorbell again and she opened the door for him.
"Oh hello Norby,are you doing okay? " Treeflower asked in a concerned voice
"I'm more than okay Treeflower", Norbert declared matter of factly, " I bought you something"
Norbert then shows her the box of chocolates he bought for her.
"Oh Norby,how wonderful!" Treeflower smiled happily
Treeflower then opens the box of chocolates to see a note in front of her.
"Huh,what's this?", Treeflower wondered
"This is it… I can feel it!" Norbert said excitedly in his mind.
"Ummmm,what did you write?" Treeflower questioned
Just then Norbert's happy thoughts came crashing down as he looked through the note and it was sloppy handwriting. Norbert immediately facepalmed at his mistake.
"Ooooh, I should've not been so nervous when writing the note!" Norbert moaned in embarrassment while his hand was on his forehead
"Nervous,about what?" Treeflower asked in a concerned voice
Norbert was starting to sweat again through his head and became nervous again
"I..um..well.. You see?.. Norbert studdered as Treeflower gave him a nice gentle hug.
"Norby,its okay. Even though I couldn't understand your handwriting,I still love the box of chocolates" Treeflower assured Norbert as she gave him a quick smooch on the cheek before she had to head back inside.
"See you Norby." Treeflower said as she walked back inside her dam
Norbert was then all alone and embarrassed,once again. He sighed in disappointment as he walked back to his dam sadly. Once he enters the dam,Daggett was there at the entrance waiting for him.
"So,you need-" Daggett asked as his words got cut off by Norbert
"Not in the mood Daggett…" Norbert mumbled as he went back upstairs in defeat.
Norbert plopped in bed as he sighed sadly.
"What am I doing wrong?" Norbert sadly asked to himself as his hands are at his face in embarrassment.
Norbert continued to look at the top bunk and sighed again.
"Oh what am I going to do?!" Norbert shouted
Just then,Norbert sees his guitar at the front of the bedroom entrance. He knew what he had to do now. Norbert walks over to the guitar and grabs it,puts on his hippie outfit,and he goes outside on the hill where he tried to propose to Treeflower before and starts thinking of a song to sing.
Norbert then gets an idea for a song and grabs his guitar again and starts to strum on the guitar before he begins to sing.
"I met a gal. She sure is swell. And oh, so fine. I know she's mine. I know she'll say, oh yes she'll say I think I love you!" Norbert sings while looking at the stars sadly.
Norbert sighed sadly as he continued on.
A few minutes later,Treeflower walked through the forest trying to find Norbert. Just then,she hears Norbert playing his guitar while sitting on their hill alone
"Norby?" Treeflower whispered in a concerned voice as she walked over to him to check up on him
Norbert continued to play a soft melody before a voice interrupted him
"Norby?" Treeflower said as she tapped on his shoulder causing him to get startled
"Treeflower? What are you doing here?" Norbert asked her.
"Well I heard you playing earlier and I decided to check up on you. You've been acting strange over the last few days and I've been getting worried about you." Treeflower responds by placing her hand on his shoulder.
"Oh…I guess I have." Norbert sighs sadly.
"Please tell me what's wrong." Treeflower pleads softly to him in a concerned tone.
Norbert decides to just continue singing his song as a way to tell Treeflower what's wrong. He takes a deep breath before he continues to sing.
"We've had some fun
Under the sun
Through all the years
I'm grinning ear-to-ear
Because she said, yes she said
I think I love you..."
Treeflower then becomes curious from this but decides to listen to what he has to sing.
"Living, loving, laughing, hugging
Singing, dancing, spinning, glancing
Tulips, daisies, and a red rose,
I'll give you on our honeymoon
Purple lamp post, giant snail
I'll give you everything you'll ever need…"
Treeflower's eyes sparkle lovingly.
"I met a gal,
She sure is swell,
And now we're together
Forever
So I will say…
Treeflower, I think I love you!"
And then finally, Norbert then gets on one knee and pulls out a box and reveals the shiny diamond ring to Treeflower
Treeflower's eyes sparkled and was surprised to know what Norbert had to say next.
"Treeflower, you mean the whole world to me. When we first met at the rock festival those years ago I knew you were the one for me. I tried so many times to try and tell you how I felt but you never reciprocate my feelings back. When me and Daggett were transported to the void,I thought.. I was never going to see you again. When we got back,I just had to tell you my feelings and we got together,it made me realize how much I've missed and… I wanna spend the rest of my life with you." Norbert said compassionately
Treeflower's eyes started to swell up from her tears
"Treeflower Beaver,will you marry me?" Norbert finally asked
Treeflower was very much surprised by what Norbert said to her. Treeflower's tears began to fall down her cheeks and sniffled and she then smiled back at him while blushing.
"YES! Yes,I'll marry you!" Treeflower answered as she gave Norbert a big hug.
"Oh I'm so glad you will Tree! I was so scared to ask you because I didn't know if you would reject me or not but I'm so happy you want to marry me." Norbert responds as he hugs her back
"Oh Norby, you should never have to worry about asking me a question that you know I'll say yes to."
"I love you Treeflower", Norbert said lovingly to her.
"I love you too, Norby. You're my everything!" Treeflower responds as they both kiss on the lips, now as proud fiancees as fireworks lit up the sky again,then showing 2 rings together with a heart saying "Norbert + Treeflower"
As the two ended the kiss,Norbert just had something else he has to do now,tell Daggett about the new engagement.
"Oh that reminds me,I gotta tell Daggett about this news!" Norbert realizes
"Oh,okay Norby" Treeflower said as Norbert walked away happily back to his dam, not knowing what dilemma was coming he and Daggett's way.
End of Chapter 3
