Okay, I know someone's going to be angry whichever way I go, so I'm going
to write a chapter where she picks one guy, another when she picks the
other.
"Please don't hate me for this," Dory whispered, not catching anyone's
eyes, "I choose Marlin."
There was total silence.
Marlin swam to her side and hugged her. "I love you Dory."
The moorish idol closed his eyes, as much as he hated the fact, he could
see their love, and aside from anythign else, this was a chance for Nemo to
have a real family. Gill swallowed, obviously struggling to keep everything
inside. "I could never hate you Dorleen." He sighed, "Your best offer is
friendship, if you offer it, I'll take it."
Dory smiled angelically and hugged him. "Sure, we can be buddies!" she
kissed his cheek, "Cheer up!"
Gill tried to smile, then slowly turned and began to swim away, the tank
gang followed in single file, Peach grabbing on the Gill's tail.
"Good on'ya Marlin!" Bruce laughed, slapping Marlin on the back and sending
him flying across the sub. "Oh, er, sorry mate."
Marlin peeled himself off the wall, "'s okay Bruce, frankly I just want to
go home now." He swam to Dory and linked his fin with hers. "C'mon, Nemo's
gonna be home in a few hours, let's go meet him."
"Yay! We get to see Kico! Race ya!" Dory sped off, after a moment's
surprise Marlin followed.
Gill swam further and further away from the sub.
"That was a very brave thing you did back there." Deb commented.
"Oui, ze pains of a broken heart were upon vou, and you didn't let it
show." Jaques added.
Bloat nodded, "Don't worry, plenty more fish in the sea, right?"
Gill turned around, the angriest look they'd ever seen was plastered upon
his scarred face. "I don't want any other bloody fish! I LOVED her! Why is
it so freaking hard for any of you to see that?! She was the one reason I
wanted to escape that hell-hole and she just pushed me aside!" he seemed
ready to go on but Peach caught him a sharp slap across the cheek.
"Now you listen to me for a change mister!" she snapped, "You fell in love
with Dorleen, she's not Dorleen anymore, she's Dory, she's moving on, and
unless you want to end up a sad old spinster you better get used to the
fact that she's not your girlfriend anymore!" Peach breathed heavily. "For
once forget about her and you'll see how much I love you!" Peach gasped,
smacking one spine in front of her mouth.
Gill was floating there with his eyes wide open, the rest of the gang
looked at each other for a moment, then decided to leave the two.
Peach's blush was visible through her skin. "I- I don't- I mean." She
trailed off.
"You- you love me?" Gill repeated. "Why didn't you ever say?"
"There never seemed to be a good time. You were always escaping or cutting
yourself up or hiding on your own or- or searching for long-lost loves."
Gill looked guilty. He stared down at the sand, watching their shadows. He
looked confused, there was a third, large shadow he didn't recognise. He
raised his gaze, then gasped.
Spot was floating behind Peach, who had grabbed a handy piece of coral. The
leopard shark had the most terrible grin on his face, the hundreds and
hundreds of teeth reflected Peach again and again.
"LOOK OUT!" he screamed, flicking his tail at Peach and making her grab it.
"Hold on!" he warned and sped forwards, wishing he hadn't scarred his fin
all those years ago.
But Spot didn't follow, he gave a confused look and muttered, "I only
wanted to ask how he was doin'."
Gill slowed as they approached the reef and turned. "H-hey, I outswam him!"
Peach opened her eyes, "Great going!" if she wasn't already firmly attached
to the idol she would've hugged him. "So where's the clamshell you kept
talking about?"
"Why d'you want to know?" Gill asked teasingly.
Peach blushed again. "Gill, don't tease." She nuzzled up to him, "What do
you say? Shall we give it a shot?"
Gill thought for a few moments, he thought he loved Dory, but now, when he
thought about it, Peach was right, Dory and Dorleen were different. And now
he loved neither.
"Let me think about it."
He swam them towards the clamshell. There were some little light-up shrimps
swimming in an underwater dance around it.
"Courtesy of Jacques." Gill said with a small laugh. He stopped in the
shell, resting onto the soft cushiony inside. Peach detached herself and
rested beside him. It was nice watching the little shrimps twirl and
sparkle like stars.
"Pretty aren't they?" Peach asked, breaking the silence.
"Like lots of little stars." Gill answered.
Peach gulped, "Look I don't want to nag, but I really want an answer
because I'm fed up with being in love with someone who I don't even know
loved me back!" she sighed, "There I go babbling again."
Gill smiled, "You're cute when you're nervous." He let his bad fin rest on
her arm. "Okay pinkie, let's give this relationship thing a try."
Peach smiled like all her dreams had come true, then leant forward for a
kiss.
Before the pair the shrimps danced and sparkled like hundreds of fireworks
filling the deep blue of the ocean, a sea of sparkle within an ocean of
peace.
~*~*~*~*~*
Mr. Ray landed and let his fin drop. "Okay explorers, get off my back and
home to your happy families!" he shook his back to get rid of the hangers-
on.
Nemo laughed, sliding down and landing on Squirt.
"Man, could that get any more AWSOME?!" Squirt asked, doing a small loop-
the-loop.
"Hey, lil' duude." Crush called, scooping the tiny turtle up onto his back.
"So how was the old neighbourhood?"
"Still cool." Squirt replied, Nemo waved as the pair swam off together.
The little clownfish glanced around, watching his friends return to their
parents, a sudden worry flooded through him as he realised his dad wasn't
around.
"Daddy?" he called, "Daddy? Mom?" he started to whimper.
"Hiya Nemo!" Dory called, diving over a pile of coral and landing beside
him. "Did I get your name right this time?"
"Uh-huh!" Nemo answered, hugging her, "Man, you freaked me out for a moment
there!"
Marlin appeared from behind the same piece of coral Dory had done. "Makes a
change from you scaring me every morning."
"Dad!" Nemo called, shooting over and hugging his dad. "Hey, you won't
believe what we saw, we were in the EAC and we saw a HUGE dolphin right
outside it! And Sandy Plankton kept falling off and he had to go home
crying and."
"We'll hear about it tomorrow, it's late." Marlin took Nemo's fin and Dory
took the little fish's other. They swam off in a neat little row.
"Hey, Dory," Nemo asked later as the three began to sleep in the anemone,
he nuzzled up to the blue tang. "Can I call you Mom?"
to write a chapter where she picks one guy, another when she picks the
other.
"Please don't hate me for this," Dory whispered, not catching anyone's
eyes, "I choose Marlin."
There was total silence.
Marlin swam to her side and hugged her. "I love you Dory."
The moorish idol closed his eyes, as much as he hated the fact, he could
see their love, and aside from anythign else, this was a chance for Nemo to
have a real family. Gill swallowed, obviously struggling to keep everything
inside. "I could never hate you Dorleen." He sighed, "Your best offer is
friendship, if you offer it, I'll take it."
Dory smiled angelically and hugged him. "Sure, we can be buddies!" she
kissed his cheek, "Cheer up!"
Gill tried to smile, then slowly turned and began to swim away, the tank
gang followed in single file, Peach grabbing on the Gill's tail.
"Good on'ya Marlin!" Bruce laughed, slapping Marlin on the back and sending
him flying across the sub. "Oh, er, sorry mate."
Marlin peeled himself off the wall, "'s okay Bruce, frankly I just want to
go home now." He swam to Dory and linked his fin with hers. "C'mon, Nemo's
gonna be home in a few hours, let's go meet him."
"Yay! We get to see Kico! Race ya!" Dory sped off, after a moment's
surprise Marlin followed.
Gill swam further and further away from the sub.
"That was a very brave thing you did back there." Deb commented.
"Oui, ze pains of a broken heart were upon vou, and you didn't let it
show." Jaques added.
Bloat nodded, "Don't worry, plenty more fish in the sea, right?"
Gill turned around, the angriest look they'd ever seen was plastered upon
his scarred face. "I don't want any other bloody fish! I LOVED her! Why is
it so freaking hard for any of you to see that?! She was the one reason I
wanted to escape that hell-hole and she just pushed me aside!" he seemed
ready to go on but Peach caught him a sharp slap across the cheek.
"Now you listen to me for a change mister!" she snapped, "You fell in love
with Dorleen, she's not Dorleen anymore, she's Dory, she's moving on, and
unless you want to end up a sad old spinster you better get used to the
fact that she's not your girlfriend anymore!" Peach breathed heavily. "For
once forget about her and you'll see how much I love you!" Peach gasped,
smacking one spine in front of her mouth.
Gill was floating there with his eyes wide open, the rest of the gang
looked at each other for a moment, then decided to leave the two.
Peach's blush was visible through her skin. "I- I don't- I mean." She
trailed off.
"You- you love me?" Gill repeated. "Why didn't you ever say?"
"There never seemed to be a good time. You were always escaping or cutting
yourself up or hiding on your own or- or searching for long-lost loves."
Gill looked guilty. He stared down at the sand, watching their shadows. He
looked confused, there was a third, large shadow he didn't recognise. He
raised his gaze, then gasped.
Spot was floating behind Peach, who had grabbed a handy piece of coral. The
leopard shark had the most terrible grin on his face, the hundreds and
hundreds of teeth reflected Peach again and again.
"LOOK OUT!" he screamed, flicking his tail at Peach and making her grab it.
"Hold on!" he warned and sped forwards, wishing he hadn't scarred his fin
all those years ago.
But Spot didn't follow, he gave a confused look and muttered, "I only
wanted to ask how he was doin'."
Gill slowed as they approached the reef and turned. "H-hey, I outswam him!"
Peach opened her eyes, "Great going!" if she wasn't already firmly attached
to the idol she would've hugged him. "So where's the clamshell you kept
talking about?"
"Why d'you want to know?" Gill asked teasingly.
Peach blushed again. "Gill, don't tease." She nuzzled up to him, "What do
you say? Shall we give it a shot?"
Gill thought for a few moments, he thought he loved Dory, but now, when he
thought about it, Peach was right, Dory and Dorleen were different. And now
he loved neither.
"Let me think about it."
He swam them towards the clamshell. There were some little light-up shrimps
swimming in an underwater dance around it.
"Courtesy of Jacques." Gill said with a small laugh. He stopped in the
shell, resting onto the soft cushiony inside. Peach detached herself and
rested beside him. It was nice watching the little shrimps twirl and
sparkle like stars.
"Pretty aren't they?" Peach asked, breaking the silence.
"Like lots of little stars." Gill answered.
Peach gulped, "Look I don't want to nag, but I really want an answer
because I'm fed up with being in love with someone who I don't even know
loved me back!" she sighed, "There I go babbling again."
Gill smiled, "You're cute when you're nervous." He let his bad fin rest on
her arm. "Okay pinkie, let's give this relationship thing a try."
Peach smiled like all her dreams had come true, then leant forward for a
kiss.
Before the pair the shrimps danced and sparkled like hundreds of fireworks
filling the deep blue of the ocean, a sea of sparkle within an ocean of
peace.
~*~*~*~*~*
Mr. Ray landed and let his fin drop. "Okay explorers, get off my back and
home to your happy families!" he shook his back to get rid of the hangers-
on.
Nemo laughed, sliding down and landing on Squirt.
"Man, could that get any more AWSOME?!" Squirt asked, doing a small loop-
the-loop.
"Hey, lil' duude." Crush called, scooping the tiny turtle up onto his back.
"So how was the old neighbourhood?"
"Still cool." Squirt replied, Nemo waved as the pair swam off together.
The little clownfish glanced around, watching his friends return to their
parents, a sudden worry flooded through him as he realised his dad wasn't
around.
"Daddy?" he called, "Daddy? Mom?" he started to whimper.
"Hiya Nemo!" Dory called, diving over a pile of coral and landing beside
him. "Did I get your name right this time?"
"Uh-huh!" Nemo answered, hugging her, "Man, you freaked me out for a moment
there!"
Marlin appeared from behind the same piece of coral Dory had done. "Makes a
change from you scaring me every morning."
"Dad!" Nemo called, shooting over and hugging his dad. "Hey, you won't
believe what we saw, we were in the EAC and we saw a HUGE dolphin right
outside it! And Sandy Plankton kept falling off and he had to go home
crying and."
"We'll hear about it tomorrow, it's late." Marlin took Nemo's fin and Dory
took the little fish's other. They swam off in a neat little row.
"Hey, Dory," Nemo asked later as the three began to sleep in the anemone,
he nuzzled up to the blue tang. "Can I call you Mom?"