Two Different Animals, One Close Bond
Chapter 8: Party Night
That night, Maurice and Marlene both looked out to see where the party was taking place. "Are you sure this will work, Maurice?" Marlene asked, concerned. "Trust me, Marlene. As long as you play your part right, this will be flawless." Maurice explained. He then looked over at Darla who was next to him.
"Are you ready, Darla?" he asked. "I'm as ready as I'll ever be." Darla responded with a smile. "Good. Let's go." Maurice responded. With this, the three headed out of their hiding place ready to go with their plan. Julien was checking off who was there when he saw Maurice coming over with Darla.
"Oh, I see you have a date of your own, Maurice." Julien smiled, noticing this. "Yeah, I do. It wasn't easy, but I was able to find someone." Maurice explained. With this, he and Darla both went inside. As Julien watched them on, he received a big surprise when he saw Marlene coming over.
"Well! I can see you're by yourself, Marlene." Julien said. "Yeah, I didn't have someone to come with me. Would you like to escort me in, Julien?" Marlene asked. Julien smiled, hearing this. He saw this as his chance to get Marlene to understand his feelings. "Certainly, Marlene." Julien smiled. With this, the two went inside. Marlene looked over at Maurice who was nearby and he gave her a thumbs up, which meant that things were going well so far.
Marlene looked around, impressed. "Wow, you really outdid yourself this time around, Julien." Marlene commented. Julien smiled at this compliment. "Well, I wanted it to be special tonight." Julien said. Marlene liked this so far, but she had to wonder how long this was going to go for. "I wonder how Maurice is doing." Marlene said to herself, as she wasn't sure of where he was.
Nearby, Maurice and Darla were getting themselves something to eat. "How long do we need to do this, Maurice?" Darla asked, confused. "We need to keep this up until the party is over." Maurice responded. Darla nodded in understanding; she just had to wonder when that would be.
A little later on, it was time to dance. During this, Marlene was keeping her eye on Maurice to make sure nothing went wrong. Julien noticed that Marlene looked distracted and became concerned. "Marlene, are you all right?" Julien asked, getting Marlene's attention. Marlene looked up at Julien, suddenly focused.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Why do you ask?" Marlene asked. "Well, it's just... you look like you're focused on something else. Are you all right?" Julien asked. That was when Marlene decided it was time for her to really get into this.
"It's just that... I haven't had this much of a good time before. I have never had this much fun with you until now." Marlene explained. Julien was caught by surprise hearing this, but then he smiled. "I'm glad to see that you're finally starting to understand, Marlene." Julien said.
"Yeah. I guess I just needed tonight to see how much of a wonderful person you really are, Julien." Marlene said. Julien smiled, delighted by this. Nearby, Maurice could see this and was surprised. "Marlene must really be getting into this." Maurice said to himself. But he decided that this was going well, so he decided to keep it going and continued to dance with Darla.
"Why don't I really show you a good time, Marlene?" Julien asked. With this, he started to twirl Marlene. Surprised by this at first, Marlene then smiled and really started to get into this dancing with Julien.
"It looks like things are really going well, huh Maurice?" Darla asked, watching Julien and Marlene on. "Yeah, Marlene's really into this now." Maurice agreed as he saw Julien and Marlene dancing together.
Later on that night, Julien and Marlene looked at the night sky just with each other. "Marlene, this was such an amazing night, I have never felt so happy knowing that you're with me." Julien said, looking over at her. "Yeah, this plan worked flawlessly." Marlene smiled, unaware of the fact that Julien could hear her.
"What plan, Marlene?" Julien asked, confused. Marlene immediately caught on when she heard this. "What? Oh, this amazing night plan." Marlene responded. Julien smiled at this response; he was happy to hear that Marlene enjoyed herself as well.
"This was so amazing, Julien. I guess I was never able to see that you were the one for me, until now." Marlene said, looking over at Julien. Julien smiled upon hearing this; he never felt happier than he did right now. "I think there's something I've owed you for too long now." Marlene said, smiling.
"What's that?" Julien asked, confused. His question was answered when Marlene came forward and kissed him. Julien was amazed; he never thought he would see this come. When Marlene let him go, Julien was just staring in amazement.
"I'll see you later, handsome." Marlene smiled, and headed back inside leaving Julien by himself. Julien was wordless; he could barely believe what he had just experienced. But then he realized that what he had been told when all this started had come true; Marlene had finally come to see that he was the one for her. He smiled, knowing that things were finally how he wanted them all along.
"I never should have doubted you." Julien whispered as he looked up at the night sky. He could barely believe that when things were going so wrong, they ended up taking a turn for the better and he was where he wanted to be.