(A/N:Sorry for the particularly slow update, but I'm pretty dry on ideas. So don't blame me if this chapter's short.)
Pepe was sitting in a bar the very next day, with several empty glasses on the counter nearby. He looked like he hadn't slept or shaved last night, & he was very miserable looking. Finding out that the woman he long pursued wasn't even a skunk did a lethal blow to the skunk's self-esteem. He looked up at the barkeep. The barkeep was a slim man with a white undershirt. He was busy cleaning a glass.
"Anozhere round." Pepe said.
"Perdon ez moi, monsieur." The barkeep said. "But I'm afraid I may have to cut you off. I sink you 'ave 'ad enough." This prompted Pepe to grab him by his shirt collar.
"I'll tell you when I 'ave 'ad enough!" Pepe shouted. It wasn't quite as much Pepe's anger, but more like it was his odor, that made the barkeep give in. He walked over to the keg, filled up the glass, & walked all the way back to Pepe with the glass in his hand. Pepe paid the man for the drink & chugged it all down his throat. He flopped his head back onto the counter along with the empty glass. Meanwhile, Penelope Pussycat was walking just outside the bar Pepe was in an all 4 of her legs.
"Le mew. Le meow." She meowed. Then, out the corner of her eye, Penelope saw Pepe in the bar. She peered through the display window to him. When she saw him in such sorry shape, she felt a dagger stab into her heart. "Zut alors." She said to herself. "I only wanted him to leave me alone. I nevaire expected he 'd break down like zees." She continued to walk down the street, thinking about Pepe. "I am tres horrible." Penelope said to herself. "'ow could I 'ave crushed zat skunk's spirit like zat? I didn't want him to end up like zat." She then looked back at the bar Pepe was in. "I sink I liked him bettaire when he was always aftaire moi." She said. She then began thinking back to all the times Pepe pursued her. She could remember it all. His persistence, his determination, his charm, his very handsome face. Penelope stopped herself on the last part, shocked. "I said 'ee was 'andsome again." She said. "Am I falling for zat skunk?" She then shook her head hard. "Non, non, non, non, non! I am not falling for zat skunk! Not 1 single bit!" She then walked off, on the way, she asked herself. "Am I?"