Author's Note: Gasp! Back to back chappies! And it's almost back-to-school… nooo! Oh yeah, and my goal is to get 100 reviews… or just really long ones.

Lav'O'Dolphin- Yeah, Oscar sure did deserve that slap. He is going to be like Michael… innocent at first, and a killer at the end… but he's not going to be that much of a killer. He's still going to be a little innocent, but kind of blood thirsty when he gets mad. And as for the '11 year old comment', thanx. And, there might be a happy ending, but then again, there might not be. Things are gonna have to get worse for the characters before they get any better.

Insane Pirate Dragon- Thanx for thinking this is interesting. Lenny has gone native and it is VERY scary… per'aps he might be a bouncer, but I had something else in mind…

That's it everybody. In this chapter, we'll mainly be focusing on Lenny, though this chapter will have some Oscar in it, and we'll be introducing a new character… ooh, I see a spark….

On wit da story!

Chapter Four: Ronnie

Lenny woke up, not knowing where he was. His eyesight was still blurry, and his head felt like a million construction workers were pounding in his brain. Grasping his head, Lenny's eyesight began to come into focus. Glancing around, he saw that he was lying in a bed, and he noticed bandages around his head.

"Ugh." He groaned. "Where am I…?"

As soon as he said that, he turned his head and saw… a chest?

Lenny didn't look up, nor did he turn his eyes away and blush, he just stared at the chest.

"Hello. My face is up here."

Lenny looked up to see a female Great White shark staring down at him.

"Hasn't anybody told you to look at someone's face when they're talking to you, instead of staring at other things?" The female shark said.

Lenny blushed, but didn't say anything. He just stared at the other shark's face.

"Cat fish got your tongue?" The shark asked.

"Oh!" Lenny said, realizing that he had been staring again. "Umm, sorry miss, I didn't mean to stare, it's just that I didn't see your face up there, and I didn't want to look up…"

Noticing the expression on the female shark's face, Lenny realized what he had said.

"It's not that I didn't want to look up! I was just daydreaming…" Lenny realized what he was saying again. "Not that I was daydreaming about that!" Lenny added, pointing to the female shark's chest. "But then again it's not like I didn't want to daydream about that, it's just… umm… I'll stop talking now." He finished, blushing a deep shade of red.

The female shark didn't look angry, she looked amused.

'Well, it's a good thing he's cute.' She thought.

"You don't have to explain." She said. "And it's a good thing you did stop talking. But here's a warning, anymore of staring at anything other than my face, and I'll be forced to slap you. Are we clear?"

Lenny smiled and nodded, thankful that she understood. "Crystal."

"Good." The female shark said. "You hungry?"

"No, not really…" Lenny stopped when he heard his stomach growl. "Yes." He admitted.

"Well that's great, I've got shrimp pancakes. Be right back." The female shark said, heading out the door. "By the way, my name's Ronnie." And with that, she disappeared down the hallway.

'Ronnie…' Lenny thought, smiling. 'That's a nice name.'

'Yeah,' his conscious said, 'but you're interested in more than her name.'

'No I'm not.' Lenny thought.

'Yes you arrrre…' his conscious teased.

"I've got to stop thinking…" Lenny mumbled to himself.

'Lenny and Ronnie, sittin' in a tree…' Lenny's conscious teased.

Lenny hit his head in an attempt to stop his concious's teasing, but only succeeded in making his head hurt more.

"Oww!" He whined.

'Ha ha…' Lenny's conscious laughed.

Scene Change

It was morning in Reef City. The scallops were singing, there was no traffic, fishes were getting ready to go to work, and everybody seemed to be in high spirits… everyone, that is, except for Oscar.

Oscar swam through the entrance into the Whale Wash.

"Hey, Oscar!"

Oscar looked towards the receptionist office and saw Rueben waving at him. Oscar swam over to his friend and said,

"'Sup Rube. How're you doin'?'?"

"I'm doing fine!" Rueben answered cheerfully, until he saw Oscar's gloomy face. Then his tone turned serious. "Unlike some people I know. You okay buddy?"

Oscar sighed. "Yeah, I'm just… I'm just having a bad day."

Rueben just sighed and shook his head. "It's about Angie isn't it?"

"Yeah." Oscar answered, looking down. "I went to Angie's apartment yesterday to talk her out of moving…"

Rueben's face brightened up. "And…?"

Oscar looked back up at Rueben, sadness filling his eyes. "And she slapped me."

Rueben winced at the thought of Angie slapping Oscar. "Ooh, harsh."

"Then she said it was my fault she was moving out."

"Ouch." Rueben said. "This isn't good."

"Yeah." Oscar said. "Right now I'd just like to be alone."

"Whatever you need buddy." Rueben said, watching Oscar swim off. He turned around, only to see Ernie and Bernie sticking their stingers out.

Rueben sighed, remembering the bet. "Here are your five clams." He said, handing them five clams.

"Thank you." Ernie said.

"Now, if you'll excuse us, we've got phones to answer." Bernie said, he and his brother going into the receptionist room.

Rueben sighed. He knew that something was bothering Oscar, and that somehow it was his fault that Angie was moving out, he just didn't know what Oscar did.

'I guess I'll just have to find out.' He thought with determination.

Scene Change

"I've got the pancakes!"

Lenny watched as Ronnie came in the door, carrying a tray with two plates of pancakes, syrup, and two glasses or orange juice.

"Thanks." Lenny said, getting a plate of pancakes and orange juice.

"No prob." Ronnie said casually.

Lenny smiled but then realized something. "Wait… what flavor did you say these pancakes were again?"

"Shrimp flavored." Ronnie replied. "Why?"

"Because… I can't eat shrimp." Lenny said.

"Why not?" Ronnie asked.

"Because…" Lenny hesitated, not wanting to say why. Finally, he just said, "You'll laugh."

Ronnie gave a slight chuckle and said, "No I won't."

"Yes you will," Lenny said. "That's what Jamel said when I refused to tell him, and when I did, he laughed."

"Who's Jamel?" Questioned Ronnie.

"He's a friend of mine." Lenny said. "Anyway, you'll still laugh."

"No I won't." Ronnie insisted. "C'mon, tell me."

"Fine." Lenny sighed, putting down his plate and orange juice. "I'm a vegetarian." After he said that, he put his under his pillow, peeking out of it a little to see a smiling face and expecting to hear laughter. It never came.

"So?" Ronnie said nonchalantly, shrugging her shoulders.

"What do you mean, 'so'?" Lenny said, pulling his head from over the pillow. "You're the first shark I've ever told who hasn't laughed. I'm so tired of keeping it in all the time!" Lenny thought for a moment, and then added, "But I guess I'm an omnivore now, I ate a tuna fish last night."

"Don't feel bad." Ronnie said, putting a fin around Lenny's shoulder. "Believe it or not, I'm kind of an omnivore."

"You are?" Lenny asked in astonishment.

"Yep." Ronnie said. "I mostly eat meat, but if there's kelp around, I'll eat that too.

"Hmm." Lenny said to himself. Then he noticed Ronnie's fin around his shoulder. "Your fin is warm."

"Well I have been carrying around warm pancakes." Ronnie said with a smile, a faint blush forming in her cheeks.

Lenny realized what he had said out loud. "Oops! I didn't mean to say that out loud, I meant to think it!" Lenny said, embarrassed.

"Yeah, well, at least I know that my fins are warm instead of ice cold." Ronnie said. "So are you gonna eat your pancakes, or not?"

"I'll eat them." Lenny said, grabbing his plate and fork. When he bit into the shrimp pancake, once again he was surprised that he didn't throw it back up.

"Sooo…" Ronnie began, after swallowing a mouthful of pancake, "What's your name?"

"Lenny." Lenny answered.

Ronnie's eyes grew wide and she almost dropped her fork.

"Hey, are you okay?" Lenny asked, noticing Ronnie's expression.

"You're that don guy's son, aren't you?" Ronnie said in a near whisper.

"Yeah." Lenny said. "Though at times I wish I wasn't." He added with a mumble.

"If you're that don guy's son, why are you here?" Ronnie asked with a puzzled expression.

"I was kicked out of my house." Lenny mumbled.

"Why?" Ronnie asked.

"Because he hates me." Lenny answered with a sigh.

"What! Don't say that." Ronnie said, "He doesn't hate you."

"Yes he does." Lenny said, blinking back tears in his eyes. "He always singled me out and never accepted the fact that I was a vegetarian. He tried to force me to eat some shrimp... but he never got me to eat them. I got ticked off and let the shrimp free." Lenny chuckled, finding some humor in that moment. "Boy, he was mad."

"That still doesn't mean he hates you." Ronnie said. "I bet you're just… misunderstood."

"You think so?" Lenny asked hopefully.

"Yeah." Ronnie said. "So… after you got kicked out…"

"After I got kicked out," Lenny continued, "I swam, looking for a place to stay. I found the city, and decided to go in and ask for directions. So, I swam to this night club, and that's where I met Jamel. He got me into the club, brought me something to eat, and it seemed like everything was going okay. Then, this guy named Markie had to come in the picture."

"Markie?" Ronnie "Markie Loreto?"

"Yeah." Lenny said. "You know him?"

"Do I know him?" Ronnie said. "That guy is a jerk! He thinks he can get away with everything and everyone! He tried to kiss me once… and ended up with a swollen lip."

Lenny chuckled. "I wish I could've been there to see that. Anyway, that Markie guy came and started to get on my nerves; he was making fun of my pops. When I couldn't take it anymore, I lost my temper and punched him in the eye. Then, everything turned black."

"That's where I come in." Ronnie added. "You blacked out because after Markie slashed your chest with a knife…"

"He slashed my chest with a knife?" Lenny shouted.

"Yeah, luckily it wasn't deep, and you probably didn't feel it because he hit you over the head with something." Ronnie said. "I had to give you stitches. Didn't you notice the bandages wrapped around you?"

Lenny looked at his chest, and sure enough, there were bandages wrapped around him. "You did a pretty good job with the stitches and wrapping." He said.

"Thanks." Ronnie said. "Anyway, I was swimming towards the club, and I saw Markie dragging you out, probably about to hurt you even more. So, I swam over to him and told him that of he didn't put you down, I'd punch him out. That's when he dropped you and swam away. I swam over to you, saw that you were bleeding heavily, and dragged you back to the ship I live in." She finished. "By the way, you're heavy."

Lenny laughed. He had been told before that he was heavy, and then looked at Ronnie.

'She doesn't look like she was lying when she said that Markie swam away after she threatened to punch him out.' Lenny thought.

It didn't look like she was lying at all. Ronnie had green eyes just like Lenny, only they were a bit darker. She didn't have bulging muscles, but you could tell just by looking at her that she was strong. She looked innocent, the same innocence that Lenny possessed, but she also looked tough.

"Ahem. Lenny, you're staring." Ronnie said. "I told you what I would to if I caught you staring at any other part other than my face." Ronnie went over to Lenny and slapped him gently.

"Oww!" Lenny whined. Maybe she didn't slap him as gentle as she thought. "It's not okay to hit!"

"Well it's not polite to stare." Replied Ronnie. She then heard a knock at the door. "I'll be back in a sec."

Scene Change

"C'mon, please answer the door."

Jamel stood outside the door, shaking nervously. He hadn't seen Lenny after the incident last night, and thought that he was hurt severely. So, he went around the city asking people if they had seen a guy named Lenny.

Creek.

Jamel literally jumped five feet into the air when he heard the door open.

'It's just the door!' He thought. 'Pull yourself together Jamel!'

"Hello? And you are?"

Jamel was looking into the dark green eyes of Ronnie.

"Oh, hi, I'm Jamel." Jamel said nervously. "Have you seen a shark about this big, (he gestured with his fins) this wide, (he gestured with his fins again)"

"And has green eyes?" Ronnie finished for him.

"Yeah!" Jamel said excitedly. "Have you seen him?"

"Yep." Ronnie said. "He's inside. Come on in, Lenny's told me about you."

And with that, Ronnie and Jamel swam inside the ship.

"So," Jamel said, "How d'you know Lenny?"

"I patched him up." Ronnie answered. "There he is." She added, pointing into the room.

"Lenny!" Jamel shouted. He rushed into the room, taking Lenny by the shoulders and shaking him. "Lenny, are you okay? Speak to me man! Speak to me!"

Ronnie rolled her eyes at the dramatic scene.

"Wait… You've got pancakes!" Jamel dropped Lenny back on the bed. "I want pancakes! How come I don't get any pancakes?"

"Because you weren't brave enough to endure the pain of stitches." Lenny replied.

Ronnie rolled her eyes again. She was relieved when she heard a knock at the door. 'Thank God, it's the door.' "I'll go get the door." She said, going to answer the door.

"So, you've had me worried about you for nothing." Jamel said in an accusing tone. "Here you are, lying in a nice bed, eating pancakes, with a nice and might I add, good looking girl to help you, while I was frantically looking around for you. Do you have anything to say for yourself?"

"Yeah." Lenny said. "Could you pass the syrup?"

"I don't see how you're so calm about this." Jamel said, passing Lenny the syrup. He had to get back at him for making him so worried. He remembered how Lenny's face brightened at the mention of Ronnie, so he added with a smirk, "How's your girlfriend Ronnie doing?"

Lenny was drinking orange juice when Jamel said that, so he almost choked on it when he said that. Coughing and blushing, Lenny said, "She's not my girlfriend."

"Oh really?" Jamel said, amusement showing on his face. "Then why did you almost choke on your orange juice?"

"Uhh…" Lenny said, growing redder by the moment.

"And why are you blushing?" Jamel said in a teasing voice.

"Uhh…" Lenny said.

"Hey Lenny, I've got another visitor for you."

'Thank God for Ronnie and the visitor.' Lenny thought.

Jamel and Lenny looked in the doorway and saw the other White tip that was with Markie.

"Hey." The White tip said. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah." Lenny said.

"Sorry about my cousin." The White tip apologized. "He's a jerk."

"That's not the word I would pick for him." Jamel muttered under his breath.

"Yeah, he is." Lenny said, ignoring Jamel's comment. "You're probably mad at me for punching him though…"

"Nope." The White tip. "To tell the truth, it was the happiest moment in my life when I saw you sock him like that. I just wish it hadn't ended the way it did."

"Yeah, but hey, I've got pancakes." Lenny said with a smile. "So what's your name?"

"Andre." The White tip said. "And yours?"

"Lenny." Lenny returned.

Andre's eyes grew wide. "Aren't you…"

"That don guy's kid?" Lenny finished with a laugh. "Yeah, I am."

"Well what're you doing here?" Andre asked.

"I got kicked out my house." Lenny said, hoping that Andre wouldn't ask any further questions. He didn't.

"Harsh." Andre said. "Well, nice to meet you Lenny."

"Same to you." Lenny said.

"I'd be glad to go in your place." Andre said. "Your girlfriend seems nice."

Jamel tried to stifle his laughs, but he couldn't. He began to laugh, and through his blushing, Lenny glared at Jamel.

"What?" Andre asked, confused. "What did I say?"

"She's not my girlfriend." Lenny said, blushing redder than before.

"She's your wife?" Andre asked.

Jamel laughed even harder, clutching his sides in glee.

"What?" Andre asked, confused. "What did I say?"

"No, she's not my wife either." Lenny said, embarrassed. "She's a friend."

"Oh." Andre said. "Sorry. I just assumed that since you shared the same bed…"

"Oh God." Lenny moaned, covering his face. Jamel just kept on laughing.

"And since you lived in the same ship…"

"Stop it, stop it!" Lenny said. "Just stop it."

"Stop what?" Andre asked, beginning to get amused.

"Stop talking." Lenny answered.

"But…" Andre began.

"No," Lenny said, "Shut up."

"Okay." Andre said, beginning to snicker along with Jamel.

"What're you guys talking and laughing about?"

The trio turned around and saw Ronnie in the doorway.

"Oh," Jamel said with a mischievous grin, "We're talking about you, or at least Lenny was. Hey Lenny, why don't you tell her what you were saying?"

Lenny glared at Jamel, the type of glare that said, 'You're lucky I can't move right now.'

"Well?" Ronnie asked. "What were you saying about me, Lenny?"

"I was saying... that… you make tasty pancakes." Lenny lied.

Ronnie was going to go along with it, until Andre said,

"Cough, yeah right, cough."

Ronnie looked at Andre, looked at Jamel, and then looked at Lenny.

"What's going on here?" She said with a small smile.

"Just guy talk." Jamel said. "Hey Ronnie, what's gonna happen to Lenny?"

"Well, he's not exactly strong enough to swim around a lot, and he's got nowhere to stay, so he'll just have to stay with me." Ronnie answered.

Jamel and Andre looked at each other and went, "Oooh."

"Why are you going, 'oooh'?" Ronnie asked, crossing her fins.

"No reason." Jamel said. "Well, Andre and I have to go now. Gotta go do… things!"

"Right." Andre said. "We'll se ya later Lenny." And with that, Jamel and Andre swam out the door.

"You sure do have a weird taste in friends." Ronnie said. "'Cept for me. I'm normal… kind of."

"Yeah." Lenny said.

"I'm gonna go do stuff now." Ronnie said. "Be sure to take it easy, 'kay?"

"Sure." Lenny said.

Ronnie disappeared down the hallway, to go do… stuff.

'Note to self,' Lenny thought, 'Hurt Jamel and Andre.'

The day seemed to go pretty well for Lenny, considering the fact he had stitches and a head wound.

"Stupid Oscar." Lenny mumbled to himself, before dozing off.

Life seemed to be turning out pretty rough for Lenny, but things would get better, right?

TBC…

That's it mates. So, what d'you think? Was it good? This was the longest chapter I've wrote so far…eight pages. Go me.

If you've read this story, please R&R, even if you only want to say great job. Anonymous reviews have (finally) been enabled, so… yeah. I'm gonna stop talking now.

R&R pleez! And I'll be able to put Spanish in the next chapter! (kisses Spanish dictionary.)