Hey! I just thought I'd do a quick follow-up chapter on this because it seemed unfinished and I had some extra time. Anyways, I do not own PoM, the world would be chaos if I did.
At this point, her choke hold on Julien was starting to cut off his air supply.
"MGGGHGHG!' He yelled feebly against her hand.
"What in tarnation is going on here?" The voice she wanted the to hear the least and the most said.
"Nothing!' she said quickly.
"Then why are you choking Julien?" Skipper asked. "As wonderful as it is for you to take the initiative to get rid of the annoying ringtail, I don't think that's a good way to carry out that plan, Doll face.
She felt her heart jump excitedly in her chest. He called me Doll Face!
Instead of squealing in happiness like she wanted to, she responded with forced nonchalance "Because he can't keep a secret."
"Hold it, Doll Face, don't be too hasty. What ever secret it is, I doubt its worth killing Ringtail over it. " He cautioned. "Just a question, Doll Face, what is so important that you feel willing to kill Julien to keep it hidden?" She could hear the curiosity burning in his voice. It would just eat him up until he found out.
"That is none of your concern." She snapped. Well, maybe it is, but I'm still not telling you, She finished in her head.
"Fine, Fine!" He replied in a tone that obviously said you-will-tell-me-later. "Just let go of the ringtail. You'll really end up killing him if you don't."
She glanced down at Julien. He had long passed out and was limp in her hold. She contemplated for half a second quieting him permanently, but quickly discarded it. She was far too gentle to ever actually carry out a thing. Deciding that as long as he was unconscious and Skipper made it back to his habitat before the lemur came around, she would be fine. She completely forgot one other factor, though.
"Skipper, you wanna know Marlene's secret? She likes you." Mort said in a sing-song voice.
Skipper visibly stiffened. "Is this true, Marlene?"
Her head hung with shame and embarrassment. "Yes." She mumbled.
"Phew, I like you too, Marlene." Skipper admitted, sounding shy and relieved.
She perked up immediately. "You do?"
"Yes. Now come on Doll Face, let's go tell the others."
"I WIN!" Shouted an elated Private after the told the rest of the penguins.
"You win what?' Skipper asked confused and irritated.
"The bet! We all had a bet going on as for how long it would take to get you two together! I bet it would take less than three months from when the bet was made, which was two months ago. Kowalsk bet it would take over three months but less than six, and Rico Bet it would take six months to a year or more."
Marlene and Skipper could only stare dumbfounded as Private once again shouted "Ha! You guys have to do my chores for two months now, since that's how long it took to get them together. "
I feel slightly more satisfied with the ending now, although I don't in particularly love it. Let me know what you guys think in the reviews!