Author's Note: I'm baaaack! Thanx to all those who reviewed! I even got a new reviewer! Wooh! I hope to get more new reviewers in the future, but for now, I have to give those who reviewed a little recognition.
The Crouching Tiger Shark- He sure ain't gonna be happy when he finds out about what Oscar did. Thanx for that 'keyboard' tip about Rueben. It is useful for an idea I have. Lenny will be going back to himself around Ronnie, but when he gets ticked off…
Insane Pirate Dragon- Thanx for thinking that it's entertaining. As for what's going to happen to Markie… when you say 'mob style', even though I pretty much get it… what d'you have in mind:)
Lav'O'Dolphin- It sure is nice to have a frequent read. It might stop after a while though… back to school is comin' up… Even though Lenny isn't under a lot of stress, his new friends will be giving him a hard time in some chapters…
Xdoggreloaded88- Okay, I'll see if I could put Katie Current in later chappies. When you said to 'focus on the non-main characters', I thought of putting the shrimp in this story… I think I will…. Ahhh yes, Katie's line is one among many priceless lines in the movie.
Oh yeah, and so I won't leave you all clueless… you have to sing the song to the tune of 1985.
On wit da story!
Chapter Five: Songs
Lenny's POV
I was thankful. I was more thankful than I had ever been before. If it wasn't for Ronnie, I probably would've wound up in an alley somewhere. She's very nice, but she can punch hard. She gave me stitches and bandages; heck, she even gave me pancakes in bed! That's not even the best part; she didn't laugh at me when I told her that I was a vegetarian! She's omnivorous!
Yesterday was going pretty well… until I got teased by Jamel and Andre. What gave Andre the idea that Ronnie was my girlfriend? And Jamel wasn't helping by laughing his head off.
I tried to get up, expecting my head to start pounding and my chest to hurt. But it didn't! I decided to explore the ship a bit; Ronnie wouldn't mind. So, I got up and swam out the door.
Ronnie's POV
I swam into Lenny's room to check on him. To my surprise, he was gone!
'He must've decided to explore the ship.' I thought.
I was about to go find him when I saw a sheet of paper on his bed. I swam into the room to look at it, but then stopped myself. It's not right to look at other shark's personal things. I was going to swim away, really, I was… but I picked up the paper. It's not my fault I'm curious, I get it from my mom. When I looked at the paper, I found out that it was a song!
'He must've written it.' I thought. 'I didn't know he could write songs.' So, I began to read the paper. The lyrics were catchy.
Frankie just hit the wall
He almost had it all
'Who's Frankie?' I thought. 'And how'd he die?'
It happened really fast
All you could hear was a blast
His height was 6 ft 4
He's also twenty-four
So, Frankie was his brother. Okay, this all makes sense.
Everybody cried
At the thought Frankie had died
He was gonna be a mob boss
He was gonna be a star
He was gonna pick up girls
In his cool dark red sports car
Okay, so he was Lenny's older brother. Got it.
His old colored TV
Is now his enemy
Looks at his old phonebook
Once dared to date Tracy Cook
His TV was his enemy? My TV is one of my friends!
An autograph of Al Pacino
And a signed tape of Goodfellas
A photo of Robert De Niro
That somehow turned yellow
He's got an autograph of Al Pacino? I want one!
It was really sad
To hear that he died
In the year
2000, 2000, 2005
Wow, that's a nice song. Catchy, not too long. He should be a lyric writer for a rock band.
Putting the song back on the bed, I swam out the door. I saw Lenny coming, and tried to hide from him. He might not have wanted me to see the song he wrote. Hiding behind a wooden drawer with flowers on it, I hoped to be out of sight. Unfortunately, just as Lenny was passing by, I got a splinter shoved into my fin. It hurt.
"Ay!" I shouted, jumping up. "¡Madera estúpida! ¡Usted me dio una astilla!" (Translation: Oww! Stupid wood! You gave me a splinter!)
"Ronnie? Is that you?"
I was busted. Coming out from behind the drawer, I smiled sheepishly and said, "Hey Lenny? How's it goin'?"
"Fine." Lenny said, looking at me with a weird expression. "Why are you behind a drawer?"
"Oh! That. I was, uh…" I tried my best to think of an excuse, but all I could come up with was this, "I was admiring the fine wood work! Yep, this is classic wood."
I patted the drawer with my fin, and dug the splinter in deeper. Man, I'm stupid.
"Hey," I heard Lenny say, "Let me pull that out for ya."
He pulled out my splinter, and it didn't even hurt! Man, this guy must have healing powers or somethin'!
"Thanks." I said with a smile.
"Fuggedaboutit." He said with an accent.
"I love it when people say that!" I exclaimed.
"What?" He asked. "You mean fuggedaboutit?"
"Yeah!" I said. "It's so… Italian-mafiaish!"
"Well I'm from a mafia." Lenny said with a shrug. "But I've never said it until now. I didn't know I could say it."
"Hmm." I said. "I didn't know you could write songs." I immediately realized what I had said, and covered my mouth with my fin.
"So, you saw that sheet of paper I have?" Lenny said.
"Oh snap." I said. "Listen, I didn't mean to violate or anything…"
"That's okay." Lenny said with a smile. "I was hoping somebody would read it and like it."
"Oh." I said with a sigh of relief. "Da las gracias para entender." (Thanks for understanding.)
Lenny's POV
"Hey," I began, "Did you just speak Spanish?"
Ronnie looked at me with a smile. "Yeah, it is."
How'd she learn how to speak Spanish? Ronnie noticed my look and added,
"I was born of the coast of Puerto Rico. My mom was originally born there, and saw was my dad. When I was three, I moved to this city. So, here I am."
For the first time, I noticed that she had an accent. Why didn't I notice that before?
"Well," Ronnie said, swimming down the hallway, "I'm gonna go take a nap, and I'm going to enjoy it. You can take off those bandages now; you might still be tender in some areas, but you're pretty much healed." And with that, she made her way to her room.
"Yes!" I shouted silently to myself. Not caring how the bandages came off, I ripped them off like a little kid rips paper off of presents. I was sure to throw them away though.
It was a bright, sunny day, so I decided to see where Jamel and Andre were. When I opened up the door, to my surprise, Jamel and Andre were right outside the door!
"Hello." I said, crossing my fins. "Nice day, isn't it?"
"Yeah, it is." Andre replied, looking excited about something. "But we've got something more important to tell you!"
Normal POV
"Well what is…" Lenny began, but was cut off by Jamel.
"Shhh, don't talk!" Jamel said with an excited smile on his face. "Okay, so we all know that you've got no place of your own, right?"
"Riiight…." Lenny said, an eyebrow raised.
"Well you're never gonna believe this!" Andre said.
"I'll believe anything." Lenny said, his excitement growing.
"Okay, here's the surprise." Andre continued. "There's a new ship that's for sale, and nobody has seen it yet!"
"So," Jamel added. "There's a chance that you can get the place first!"
"Really?" Lenny near shouted, full of excitement. "Well where is it?"
"It's over this way, c'mon!" Jamel said, swimming off in the east direction.
Scene Change
Andre, Jamel, and Lenny stared in wonder at the cruise ship in front of them.
"Wow." The three friends said in unison.
"I can't believe it." Lenny said. "You guys actually found a ship for me?"
"Yeah, you're our friend." Jamel said. "Friends help each other out. So don't get all emotional about it, kay?"
"All right." Lenny said. "But, there's only one problem."
"What?" Andre and Jamel asked.
"Where am I gonna get the money for it?" Lenny asked.
"Oh, well… uh…" Jamel began.
"We forgot about that part." Andre finished. "But hey, we know how much it costs. It costs three thousand dollars."
"Three thousand dollars?" Lenny said. "That's more than what I used to get at my other job!"
"Yeah, but hey, at least there's hope, right?" Jamel said with a smile.
"Jamel, there's no way I can get three thousand dollars before someone else gets this place." Lenny said. "It's not like a big flyer with the word, 'Opportunity' in bold is going to fly right in my face."
Suddenly, a gust of wind brought a flyer. The flyer flew right onto Lenny's face.
Jamel and Andre looked at each other with grins on their faces.
"What's it say?" Andre asked.
Lenny pulled the flyer off his face and said, "It says opportunity."
Andre's grin grew bigger as he asked, "And the letters are in bold, aren't they?"
Lenny looked at Andre and Jamel and sighed, "Yes."
Scene Change
Rueben swam into the receptionist room. That's where he pretty much always started his day. He usually went there to chat with Ernie and Bernie, but today he was going to tell Ernie and Bernie about his 'fool proof' plan.
"Ernie! Bernie!"
Ernie and Bernie's heads appeared from behind Rueben.
"What is it mon?" Ernie asked. "Can't you see that we're busy?"
"There you are." Rueben said. "Listen, we've gotta get Oscar and Angie back together."
Bernie chuckled and said, "Yeah right. How're we supposed to get them back together? The magic of 'Mr. Happy Forgiveness Man'?"
"No." replied Rueben with a grin on his face. "We're going to get them back together with the magic of 'Dr. Looove!'"
"What?" Ernie and Bernie said incredulously.
"Yeah, and I need your help." Rueben said.
"No way mon, you are not putting us in one of your crazy schemes!" Ernie said, crossing his tentacles.
"C'mon you guys!" Rueben pleaded. "We all know that Oscar is depressed, and why is that? Because Angie isn't talkin' to him anymore. He's obviously done something to make her mad, but he doesn't know what to do! And if we get them back together, Ang won't move, he'll be happy, and things will go back to normal! So c'mon you guys, you've gotta help me!" He added that last sentence with wide, cute eyes.
Ernie and Bernie looked at each other and sighed. "All right," they said, "We're in."
Rueben's wide, cute eyes turned regular and his mouth took on a mischievous smile.
"All right," He said, "Here's what we have to do."
He whispered his plan into Ernie and Bernie's ear, and when he was done, Ernie looked at him in surprise.
"What? You're crazy!" Ernie said. "How is that supposed to work?"
"You know how to sing, right?" Rueben asked.
"Right." The two jellyfish answered.
"And I'm a great keyboard player, right?" Rueben asked again.
"Right." The two jellyfish said again.
"Well then don't worry about it, everything will go a-okay. What's the worst that could happen?" Rueben said. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have a job to do."
And with that, he went to clean a whale's tongue.
Ernie and Bernie looked at each other with the same expression. They were beginning to wish that they hadn't agreed to Rueben's plan.
TBC…
What's Lenny's opportunity? What's Rueben's plan? Will Rueben's plan work? Will the mafia ever find Lenny? Only one way to find out, and that's to stick around for the next chappies! Oh yeah, and here are some descriptions on my created characters…
Jamel- Age: 21
Appearance: Spotted with brown eyes.
Personality: He's a good friend, and a fun loving guy. He can find humor in everything, but whenever his friends are in trouble, he'll get serious and try to help them.
Who could do his voice: Still deciding. (Any suggestions?)
Andre- Age: 21
Appearance: Bluish-white, a white tipped nose, with dark blue eyes
Personality- Very outgoing. He's the one who helps out Jamel and Lenny the most when they have a problem. He's very peaceful and he's usually the one who has to pull Jamel and Lenny out of trouble!
Who could do his voice: Frankie J.
Ronnie- Age: 19, though she'll be turning twenty in a later chapter.
Appearance: Black and white with dark green eyes.
Personality: She is NOT a Mary-Sue. She's helpful, good at doctoring, and knows her way around the city. She has a Puerto Rican accent and speaks Spanish whenever she's relieved, surprised, extremely sad or mad. She's very gentle and has an innocent look, but get on her bad side and she'll kick your butt.
Who could do her voice: Still deciding. (Any suggestions)
Markie- Age: 22
Appearance: grayish-white with a white tipped nose, and black eyes that let you know that he's a trouble maker.
Personality: He's a trouble maker, and likes to pick fights with anybody whenever he can. He acts tough, but like all bullies, he's mostly a wimp.
Who could do his voice: Still deciding. (Any suggestions?)
That's it everybody! R&R please! And keep a look out for the next chappie!