"Now comes the hard part," Carlene whispered to the other 3 penguins that had been helping her 'improve' her sister's date, With Skipper.
"A good bye kiss, knowing my sister she'll go for a peck on the cheek, but after tonight this is the most important part." Carlene crossed her arms and stood up; watching Marlene and Skipper begin to head back to Marlene's home, this one was going to be tough.
She raced back to the otter habitat, still staying low enough to not be seen, Kowalski, Rico, and Private were right behind her. She beat them back by a long shot, and started surveying the area. One paw was to her cheek, thinking of how this would work.
Kowalski was next to her with a clipboard, jotting down numbers and pictures, he came up with a sketch of the habitat, soon he was drawing arrows and X's and O's. Carlene leaned over to view the plan he had come up with, Confusing lines were crisscrossed all over the paper, Carlene barley made out what he had planned.
The paper show an X and O next to each other, what looked like a large fan was drawn to the side, pointed at the X and O. Arrows were coming from the fan toward the X and O, the next picture below it was a little more obvious.
It looked like a long twisted line were wrapped around a smashed X and O, Carlene guesses that it meant they should tie them together, but she wanted didn't want to be to Obvious about her manipulation. She shook her head at the plans and Kowalski started drawling again.
"Skipper and Marlene are back!" Private yelled in a hushed tone, Carlene and Kowalski rushed to join the others in the bushes, and waited to see what would happen next. Carlene bit her lip, no plan and not a clue how Skipper would act, Of course she knew what her sister would do, but Skipper didn't seem like the type of person for the romance Thing.
Carlen replayed the night in her mind, the way she got the street lights to go out, Knowing Marlene would get scared and Skipper would comfort her. She thought it was so cute the way Skipper put a flipper around her, and the way Marlene tried to go closer.
She also remembered the way Private put a flipper around her when she was cold not soon after, she glanced at Private and smiled lightly, his beak turned into a grin, and he held out a flipper for Carlene to take. He pulled her into a quick hug as encouragement for the successful night.
Than she remembered the Dolphin Display, how the Water Shimmered down, making It a sight to see. Skipper had even hugged Marlene in the beauty of it, Their reflection had Shimmered in the pool. She played in her mind the way Skipper had glanced at Marlene, while Marlene excitedly watched the dolphin display.
Carlene looked down at Privates Flipper in her paw, how they had been holding hands after the aquatic ballet, Private was always so sweet, and she was glad she could have him here that night.
"It was a good night." Private whispered to Carlene, she looked down disappointed.
"But it takes 3 to make it great, And the kiss was going to be third." She frowned remembering she didn't have a plan to make their kiss better. Private scooted closer to her, making their arms touch, Carlene leaned over, nudging in closer.
They all anxiously awaited for the couple in front of them to say goodbye. They couldn't make out the words they said, but it looked much like 'thanks for the fun night,' and 'anytime Marlene.' Marlene's paw was still entwined with Skippers flipper.
Marlene leaned in to give Skipper a peck on the cheek, When she pulled back Skipper smiled at her. This really had been a wonderful night for her little sister. Marlene turned to head inside, about to let go of his flipper, but Skipper gave it a tug, pulling her back.
He wrapped his arms around her, putting his beak to her lips. Marlene didn't have time to think, her eyes widened as Skipper kissed her, she melted in his arms, unable to respond. Fireworks Blew up in her head, as Skipper put passion into the kiss.
Carlene and the others watched in surprise at Skippers unexpected actions, He had been so swift, and shocking. It wasn't like Him at all, It was all so exciting. Marlene's eyes fluttered closed as she relaxed into the last bit of the kiss.
When Skipper leaned back and the kiss was over, Marlene couldn't decide if that really happened, or if she was day dreaming, a goofy grin was plastered on her face. Skipper waved a goodbye, as Marlene unevenly walked in side. She gave a wave back as skipper stated walking away.
Kowalski and Rico tugged on Private, urging him to go so he could get back before Skipper was.
"Thanks for all your help guys." Carlene waved as she started walking back inside, she stopped, and leaned back, Pecking Private on the cheek, than she rushed inside. Private starred after her happily, Kowalski again, started pushing on him to go.
"Hey Carlene where have you been?" Marlene asked her sister when she walked in, she had recovered from her blank mindlessness after her surprising kiss with Skipper.
"Just spending some time with the penguins." She smiled looking at her sister, who still had a bit of a dreamy expression on her face.
"Do anything interesting?" Marlene asked,
"Nope nothing that interesting." She lied, making herself grin wildly. Marlene smiled back at her, not suspecting anything out of the ordinary.
*Penguins*
Skipper slid down the ladder into the H.q. the others had been sitting around like they would any time, They looked at him as he walked over to them, trying to suppress the smile on his face. The penguins watched him, pretending they had no idea how the night went.
"Hey Skippa!" Private cheered greeting his leader, "How was the date?" He asked innocently, Skipper looked at his team, they all smiled waiting for details they already knew.
"Great, It went better than excepted, Lights out training at 0800 hours." Was all he said, he waited till all of them were in their bunks before hitting the lights and retreating to his own bunk.
"Thanks for your help tonight boys." He said, busting them for sneaking out and following them. The other penguins flinched and let out a chuckle, soon after they were all asleep.