A/N: Thank you for the reviews! They're really appreciated. Sorry that the last update was so late, I'm having internet problems and my laptop can't connect to the Internet, so I have to type my stories up onto fanfiction off a phone and it takes forever. That's why there might be some spelling errors in the chapters. Anyway, here's the final part for this three-shot. I hope you enjoy!

Part Three

I stayed at the docks for a little while after that, I wasn't sure what else to do. I couldn't go home because I didn't want too, but I knew I had to soon because the sky was darkening and the moon was still a crescent sliver of silver. I knew it must have been at least midnight now, and that's what Skipper said what time to be back at, I just couldn't get up and walk home. I felt too heartbroken to move. I felt worthless, when will my love life ever sort itself out?

I was sat on the edge of the water, the planks of wood underneath me. My eyes were still filled with tears, and that was tiring because I have been crying for hours. That's something I wouldn't normally share with others, but right now, I really couldn't care anymore. My whole world was crashing down on me, well, my love life world, not my scientist, lieutenant military world with all my friends. That was still intact.

I looked up from the blurriness of my eyes, my cheeks were soaked in previous years, but I didn't care. I scanned the steady shore line of black murky water which surrounded me in waves of heartbreak. I was hoping to see Doris on the shore line, swimming back to me to take back what she said. Although, I knew that was not going to happen, but I just wished it would come true.

I don't know why I didn't see all of this coming, but I guess my love struck mind told me otherwise like the fool I was. Why didn't I see that Doris was going to break up with me? Why didn't I already know that from the second I read that cursed letter? Why me? I mean, what's wrong with me?l

I know I'm quirky and awkward, but that's just me. And Doris is beautiful, funny, popular and a real heartthrob. Now, that makes me think, was she stringing me along? Girls have strung me along before in my past relationships, but I won't go into that. I guess Doris was stringing me along after all, but I still didn't want to believe that about her.

But seriously, why am I always the victim of heartbreak? Why can't I just find the one? Why can't I just be happy? Don't I deserve that happiness of having a mate and a family? What is wrong with me? Am I always going to be alone for the rest of my life? These are the questions that I've always asked myself when it came to girls, especially with female penguins.

Why is it always me?

Tears filled my eyes once again, and I burst into a hyperventilating state of depression. I covered my face and curled into myself. I stayed like that for about 10 minutes, I just couldn't more, or stop the water from leaving my eyes. Until, the water ran dry, and I couldn't cry no more, only sulk and pout about my lonely, unfortunate life.

And then, I stopped all together as I drew my attention onto the darkening sky and my mind went blank. My eyes were red and felt dry, my nostrils blocked, my face drenched in uncomfortable tears. Nothing could cheer me up now; I never wanted to set foot outside ever again. All I wanted to do was barricade myself in my bunk and never get out.

Its not like I had anything to live for. I was never going to make something of myself. I would never become a great inventor or famous scientist. I would never become a father or a perfect mate. I would never become a respected Captain, just like Skipper. Maybe I was just going to stay like this, and I am not okay with that.

Although, what else could I do? Nothing, I was all out of options now. All I could do was wallow in self pity, in my bunk.

I nodded to myself, and achingly got up. Once I regained my balance, I made my way home. The late summer night air didn't stop my slow pace towards the zoo as I wondered through the park, and it didn't take me long until I reached the HQ. I sullenly opened the hatch to darkness and the snoring of my sleeping friends. I jumped down the ladder and made my way to my bunk. I fell into the sheets like a school girl going through a hard time. Tears immediately clouded my eyes once again and they started to soak my pillow, until I drifted off into a sorrowful sleep.

Morning soon came after that, and I was still exhausted with heartbreak. I was awake at half 5, and stayed awake listening to Rico's snoring. Private and Skipper were just generally quiet when they slept, but still, it was comforting to know that I wasn't strictly alone. Mentally I was, but physically, no, I had my teammates. Although, they wouldn't understand what sort of heartbreaking trauma I was going though, once again. Especially Rico and Skipper, they wouldn't understand. Private might be able to grasp the concept of my feelings, but not the whole ordeal. Unless they've had their hearts smashed repeatedly, then none of them will know what I'm feeling.

I groaned as I was face down in my thin pillow, lost in thought. My body was wrapped in my blankets lazily, but I didn't care. I felt too comfortable and sullen to care, I didn't want to move. I never wanted to move from my bunk again, or show my face again. I would be too embarrassed, or uncomfortable to get up and get on with my life. Not without Doris, I just felt incomplete without her. God, I miss her so much already.

A jab at my ribs then awoke me from my sullen state as I jumped slightly at the unexpected touch, it was hard too. But, I still didn't move to see who it was, because I already knew who it was.

"Kowalski, wake up you sad sack!" Skipper ordered with a little bit of attitude, but I still didn't move. I knew why he was trying to get me up, it was the same situation everyday. "We have training today! Get up soldier!" My Captain ordered a little bit harsher this time as I could detect he was becoming impatient.

Skipper must have already said it was time for training multiple times before I just heard him, but there was no way I was getting up. Not today, not this week, maybe not for a month.

"Kowalski, get up," Skipper ordered softly, but impatiently as well. Now, that was never good, but I wasn't threatened, or scared, especially because I couldn't see him.

I groaned again as I knew I had to say something, but I still didn't move. "I'm not attending training today, so just leave me alone!" I snapped out of sadness and despression.

But then suddenly, I felt the air under me, and my blankets were skilfully slipped from underneath me, making me do a side flip in the air and onto the concrete about a meter from where my bunk was. I hit the solid ground hard as I gave a surprised and hurt yelp because my side pounded in pain from where I landed. Achingly, I groaned and sat up after a few short moments, and was blinded by the strong bright light of the HQ.

Once my eyes adjusted to the sun of 50 watt light bulbs, I saw Skipper standing in front of me with an annoyed frown and sparking sapphire eyes. His flippers were placed lightly upon his hips, but in his left flipper, was my mid blue blanket which I was, only a few seconds ago, lying under. Great, that old trick again, he always used that trick on Rico if he wouldn't get up. Skipper would sometimes use that trick on me, but rarely on Private. Although, what do we expect? Skippers always been th strongest one out of us.

I rubbed the back of my neck as I held Skippers annoyed gaze intently with the same feeling. I was really irritated to why he had to do that. I just felt a little pissed off.

"I told you to be back before midnight Kowalski, not after," Skippe reminded me with an annoyed tone. "And now you can't be bothered to train because you didn't get enough sleep, but guess what, I'm making you do 50 laps of the zoo for disobeying my orders."

My eyes went wide at that, 50 laps, that just couldn't be done, I would be dead by the 20th. But, I wouldn't because I wasn't going to do it.

I shook my head, and frowned deeply, furrowing my brow. "Skipper, I'm not training today, I don't feel like it. I just want to be left alone." Honestly, I didn't even want to be around my friends because I knew they wouldn't make me feel any better.

Skipper raised his brow and his eyes slowly redirected themselves towards the ceiling, I knew he was in thought about what I had said, an I hoped he was considering my absence. But, knowing Skipper, he would probably want a reason why, and a good reason why I needed to be alone. I waited anxiously in hope for him to say something, and I'm sure it was about three minutes until he even looked down at me, and I saw considering fire in his eyes.

Skipper cocked his brow down to me, and formed an expectant frown. "Ok, I'm going to be fair with you, if you can give me a real good, and I mean a real good reason to why you can't train today, then I'll accept," he bargained deeply.

I lowered my gaze and water filled my eyes at the reason why because I was reminded of Doris dumping me. I really didn't want to think about it, let alone tell Skipper about it, but I had too. I just had too. Even more unstoppable tears were blurring my eyes, and my beak was trembling, I was welling up that badly that I could feel my feathers begin to ruffle and rise in anticipation. I only just managed to lift my head up to Skiper, I could barely see him through my tears. I could feel myself about to burst into tears. The expression I could only imagine Skipper was giving was a surprised look at the state I was in.

I finally managed to build up the momentum to speak, and I spluttered out in close tears. I knew I sounded pathetic, but I couldn't help it. "Dor-Doris, dumped me!" I cried before bursting into tears, and I covered my face with my flippers, caving into myself.

"Oh, not this again!" Skipper slightly shouted, his voice filled with known annoyance as he remembered what I was like before. I could tell that's what was going through his mind.

And at that very moment, through all my tears and hyperventilating fits, I heard the hatch be opened as a quick scratching scrapped at my ears, but it was distant. I knew it was Private and Rico because they would have been waiting top side for training. They've obviously come down to see what's taking us so long.

"Skippah, what's going o-?" The familiar voice of Private's stopped, maybe because he had seen me.

After that, I didn't really hear much because I blocked it out, I had went blind with tears, but I could still feel the reassuring patting on my back. That could have only been from Private's soft flipper. I didn't really know what Skipper and Rico were doing, presumably, they were standing in the corner, their flippers crossed, dumfounded about what to do.

Or so I thought as I felt somebody strong and reckless, like Rico, drag and pretty much place me onto what seemed like a seat, oh, the stone blocks at the table.

Skipper, Private and even Rico tried to calm me down after a few moments. Now, I don't know how long it took them to even remove my flippers from my face, but they succeeded, and gradually, they triumphed at calming me down as well. My sight blurred, now wiping away my hardened tears, and my hearing gradually came back.

I looked up for the first time in forever; I was seated upon one of the stone blocks to the table, and my friends were all around me. Private was beside me, still stroking my back in comfort, Rico was opposite him and Skipper was sat next to Rico. Skipper leaned forward in his seat, and his eyes shone with a feeling I had rarely seen aimed at me before; caring.

"Ok Kowalski, you should tell us what happened," Skipper spoke quite softly, and I was surprised. "Just try not to burst into tears and flood the place this time."

I nodded glumly and began my story of Doris dumping me, and it took me awhile to get my words out because I was stuttering. But, as I told them about the break up, I could feel my heart rip and shatter into little pieces once again. Last night was so vivid in my mind, and it was literally heartbreaking to relive that through my words. I almost did burst into tears again like a blubbering mess, but I did my best to keep it together. Which I was glad I succeeded in, because I'm sure that's a sign of moving on.

"...And then she left me," I finally finished, a tear in my eye and another rolled down my face.

Skipper, Rico and Private shared a sympathy glance with each other. I wasn't sure what was going to happen now, we're we just going to start training like normal? Or, talk through it? But, it was unlikely we were going to talk through my break up, because Skipper just wouldn't do that, nor would Rico. Private would try to comfort me, he was already doing that because he was stroking my back in reassurance.

But, in all my surprise, Skipper stood with a blank expression, and made his way until he was standing in front of me. I watched him blankly with a sad frown, but I had no idea what Skipper was going to do. Skipper then reached out his flipper and rested it on my shoulder comfortingly.

My Captain then sighed, and shook his head. "You were too good for her, it's really her loss anyway."

I smiled lightly out surprise and gratitude at the comfort, and my friend, Skipper, gave me the same smile. I then turned to look at Rico because he had spoken.

"I kno th't feelin' too Bud," Rico grunted, and bought his flipper up to his chest in a heartbroken way, before he dropped it and gave a wide smile. "Yo soon gat ovar it thogh."

"Yeah, it's like the Lunacorns always say; there's always more fairies in the sky," Private smiled sweetly, and his baby blue eyes gleamed. Now to be honest, even that made me smile.

I guess I would be better off without Doris, and she didn't really deserve me anyway. I only just learnt that after years of being strung along by her. And, I was never really alone, I've always had my friends to stick by me no matter what, and I am happy to have them in my life, because without them, I don't know what I would be today.

"I'm sorry it didn't work out for you K'walski, but it's not the end of the world," Private reassured me once again.

"Well, not until the space squids attack again, then you'll be regretting your words Private!" Skipper said with pretend paranoia, which made the gullible Private shiver, and me laugh for no reason at all. It was just making me cheerful.

Once I had stopped chuckling, I took in my smiling brothers, and let out a relieved sigh. "Thanks guys, I guess I needed that," I spoke with gratitude.

Skipper smiled widely and clapped his flippers together once. And I saw a gleam in his eyes which I knew wasn't good, for us anyway. "Ok boys, how about some training now?" He wasn't asking, it was rhetorical.

Me, Rico and Private let out a loud groan on annoyance, which made Skipper smirk. I grudgingly stood up from the stone block with Rico and Private, and made my way to the ladder for training. Everything was back to the way it was, and I knew I would always have my friends, because they would never leave me, and I would never leave them.

A/N: Yes! I finished it! Thank you for reading, and I hoped you enjoyed my first three-shot. Please review! Thank you. :)