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The day after last chapter

Kowalski's POV

I was sitting in my lab thinking about what Marlene said.

"Just talk to her," The words echoed in my head.

"I CAN'T TALK TO HER! I'LL PASS OUT!" I shouted at no one in particular.

"Kowalski man, who are you talking to?" Skipper asked, waddling into my lab.

"My notepad," I said.

"You think I'm stupid enough to believe that?" He asked.

I sighed loudly. I couldn't tell him I liked Sapphire; he would kill me!

"Tell me," He said.

"I-I don't know how you'll t-take it," I stuttered.

"Tell me soldier, and that's an order!" He exclaimed.

"I-I um, well…" I stalled. Before I knew it there was a flipper on the backside of my head.

"Spit it out man!" He shouted.

"I-I can't tell you," I said, ready to be hit again. I closed my eyes, ready. I waited but nothing happened.

"Sir?" I asked opening one eye.

Skipper was staring at me in dismay.

"Okay," He said, waddling out of the lab.

"Wh-what?" I asked.

"If this is so confidential that you can't tell your own commanding officer, then you can wallow in your misery," He said, closing the door behind himself.

I sighed loudly. I felt horrible. I hated when he used guilt to get me to tell him something.

"Let's go men!" I heard him yell.

I got up and went to the top of the HQ. We had a normal exercise, despite the fact that I didn't tell Skipper about my little crush on Sapphire.

People were cooling down with Sapphire, so we had a normal amount of people in the zoo.

"Straighten your back Private," Skipper said.

"Yes Skippa'," Private said.

Marlene's POV

"This is kind of getting much more fun," Sapph said, entertaining the people.

"Hey, Sapph," I said to her.

"Yeah?" She asked.

"Remember when you asked me if I liked anyone, well, I have a question for you, do you like anyone?"

"What?" She asked.

"Do you like anyone?" I repeated.

She blushed a deep red, "M-maybe…"

"Who?" I asked.

"His name has an 'i' in it," She replied, blushing really hard.

"Okay, that means it's either Julien, Private, Rico, Maurice, or…" I paused, "Kowalski."

She turned a very noticeable color of red on the name Kowalski.

"IT'S KOWALSKI!" I shouted really loud.

"N-no!" She protested.

"Oh la la," I laughed.

"Okay, so it is, don't tell him, I don't know how he feels about me, and you know…" She trailed off.

"I think you should talk to him," I said.

"I will, when the zoo closes," She smiled.

We spent the rest of the day talking and entertaining anyone that walked by.

After The Zoo Closes

Sapphire's POV

I walked into the penguin HQ; it was the end of the day, time to talk to 'Kowalski'.

"Check mate," Skipper said.

"Check mate? I thought that was in Chess Skippa," Private said back to him.

"That's what we're playing," Skipper said.

"I thought we were playing Checkers!" Private cried.

"Be prepared for everything young Private," Skipper said, standing up.

"Hey!" I called.

Skipper looked over to me.

"Sapphire?" He said with a questioning look.

"Can I talk to you Skipper… alone?" I asked.

"Why?" He asked.

"I have a question," I said.

"Private, Rico, ice floe," He said.

Private and Rico went up on the ice floe.

"Skipper, can I ask you a question?" I questioned.

"You just did," He smiled.

"Shut it," I said.

"Ask," He said.

"D-do you like anyone?" I asked.

He looked surprised by my question.

"Are you asking me…" He began.

"EW NO!" I shouted.

"Good, why do you care?" He asked.

"I have this friend, that likes you, and she's nervous about talking to you about it," I stuttered.

"This 'friend' who is it?" Skipper asked me.

"She's an otter," I pursed my lips.

"Can I have a name?" He asked.

"No," I shook my head.

"Then I'm not telling you if I like anyone," He protested.

"That's all I need," I said with a smile. He gave me a confused look.

"Where's Kowalski?" I asked.

"Lab…" He said.

"Thanks!" I skipped into Kowalski's lab, leaving behind a very confused Skipper.

Kowalski's POV

"Kowalski," Sapphire called into the empty looking lab.

"Sapphire?" I asked.

"Kowalski? Where are you?" She asked.

I peeped out from behind a desk, "Here!"

"This place is a mess," Sapphire said, gazing around. I could she was looking metal and inventions and tools lying around.

"Yeah," I groaned.

"K-Kowalski can I talk to you?" Sapphire asked.

"Is it about Skipper?" I asked.

"What? No!" Sapphire cried, "Why would you think that?"

"I heard you talking about your 'friend'" I said.

"You mean Marlene?" She said, covering up her mouth in a tizzy.

"M-Marlene?" I asked.

"Yes, don't tell ANYONE I told you that! Now, can I ask you something?" She asked.

"Can I say something first?" I asked.

"Okay," She said, sitting on my table.

"Well, there is this girl I like, but I don't know whether to talk to her, or make some large scheme that would impress her," I said.

"Talk to her, it's so much easier, and you won't seem like a coward then, no offence," She replied.

"Okay, Sapphire," I choked on my own words.

"Yeah?" She asked.

"I-I really like you," I finished. Right after finishing I shut my eyes.

"Y-you do?" Sapphire sounded astonished.

"Yeah," I squeaked.

"Come here," She said.

I waddled over to the spot she had pointed at.

"Yeah?" I asked.

She smiled a greedy smile. Why did she want me to stand here? Did she hate me now? What was she going to do? Would she like me back? Did she hate me since she met me? Thoughts raced through my mind.

"What?" I asked.

She gently put her paw on my cheek. I felt my face flush. She still had that crooked smile on her face. She moved her face closer to my face; she was so close I could feel her breath lightly on my face. I smelled her peppermint-scented toothpaste. Her lips were about an inch away from beak. Her eyes were connected to mine; they were glowing with a flirtatious spark. With her free paw she grabbed onto the feather tuff around my chest, pulling me closer to her. My face was redder than blood exposed to oxygen. She moved her mouth right onto my beak. My eyes grew two times larger than normal. I-I was kissing her, rather her kissing me. She moved her arms around my neck. I couldn't help but get into the kiss by putting my flippers around her waste. We were in that position for about a minute; that is until the lab door opened.

"What is going on here!" Skipper's voice shouted.

We broke off the kiss and looked over at him, shocked.

"S-Skipper," I stuttered.

"Kowalski, what do you think you were doing!" He was enraged.

I didn't know how to respond to that. I dropped my beak, blabbering out single syllables.

"That's what I thought," He said, "Get out here," He motioned for the two of us to come out to the main HQ area thing.

I waddled into the HQ, Sapphire jumped of my desk and followed close behind.

"Now, I'm very disappointed in BOTH of you, but mainly you Kowalski!" He began.

"For the record Skipper, I did start the kiss," Sapphire pointed out.

"I don't care who started it, all I know is that I had to end it, that should have been you Kowalski!" He shouted.

"Skipper…" I said.

"Quiet! Now, Kowalski, I want to know: is this what you wouldn't tell me earlier?" He asked.

I looked down, ashamed," Yes Skipper"

"Sapphire, scramble out of here, and tell the boys to come back in here," Skipper said.

"But…" She said.

I pushed her along, "Go," I whispered.

She stammered out of the HQ. Skipper was staring at me the entire time. Soon enough Private and Rico scrambled down.

"Skippa?" Private questioned the obvious awkwardness of the room.

"Not now Private, all of you, go to bed!" He was still irritated.

MORNIN' – Penguin HQ

No one's POV

Skipper hopped out of bed, staring at the three penguins still in bed. He waddled up to the second bunk, Kowalski's bunk.

"Kowalski," He whispered, shaking him.

"What?" Kowalski groggily said.

"Get up," Skipper said.

Kowalski, not wanting to get into trouble again, quickly got up.

"Skipper?" He asked.

"Kowalski, you should have just told me," Skipper said.

"I know Skipper but…"

"But nothing! You should have said something, I might have understood. If you had just told me that you like Sapphire than maybe, just maybe, you wouldn't be in this position right now!" Skipper's voice was rising.

"Skipper I-I'm," Kowalski began.

"Sorry? You can't just go around kissing someone and then think that all you'll have to say is SORRY!" Skipper was practically shouting.

"I-I know," Kowalski muttered.

"Good, now lab," Skipper said, "You'll be straightening it up."

"Yes Skipper," Kowalski turned and waddled into the lab.

A/N I just wanna say that I almost sucked my toe up in my vacuum... Random, I do know that, on another hand, don't forget to press the button that says 'Review'. You know, to make me feel all happy! :B