Unexpected delivery ch. 13

Unexpected delivery ch. 13

by

Mastermindhunter

Patricia woke up, from a very deep sleep. Her body feeling like every muscle was given a huge massage. She suddenly remembered falling asleep on the nice hotel bed. Then she remembered falling asleep while Kowalski was talking. Oops. The sun shone throught the little veil of the canopy. She looked through the fog of it, and saw that there was a tray of things on the bedside table. It had a piece of toast, hashbrowns, a slice of orange, and a large stack of waffels with a hint of syrup on the top, with a tall glass of milk. She pulled the fabric to the side, and swung her feet over the side.

"They had a buffet down stairs, and I thought you would like it." Kowalski was sitting in an armchair in the corner of the room, stiring a fish around in his mug of coffee. His smile very calm. She looked at him, like he was giving her a compliment. She looked at the tray of foods, that Kowalski had retrieved for her. She had to admit she was hungry. Still it was way too much for her to even consider eating half. She and Kowalski ate the breakfast together, after she had constantly told Kowalski to eat it with her. They were full, and ready to head back to the habitat. They grabbed their bag, and left the card on the check in counter while the attendant's back was turned

The streets seemed less frightening during the day. They snuck around till finally they arrived at the park, then they ran all the way through the park, till finally arriving at the zoo's wall. Kowalski jumped up with ease, and lifted Patricia into the zoo. They snuck around without getting caught, but Alice was sitting right outside the habitat.

"Kowalski. What do we do?"

"Umm . . . Oh I got it! I know a gator that should be able to help. His name is Roger, and he manages the sewers. Let's go." They snuck down to the sewers, and walked along till they finally found Roger. He greeted them warmly, and Kowalski explained their conundrum. Patricia stayed behind Kowalski, frightened by the big reptile. He walked them to the underground exit of their HQ. They opened the metal door, with the three others looking at them with a smirk.

"Well hello you love birds. Kiss on camera much?" Skipper raised an eyebrow. Patricia blushed and smiled, and Kowalski held his wing around her shoulder.

"You two were on tv!" Private cheered.

"Superstah!" Rico muffled out in a hacked voice. They turned on the news, and saw their happy selves dancing on the ice to the love song. They all smiled, and gave out a mocking awww. They turned it off, and laughed. Kowalski didn't find it amusing, but let them laugh, as Patricia put all her junk up. She went up to the habitat, and showed Alice that she had returned.

"Well, as long as you're not hurt, then I guess it's okay." she picked up her chair, and left. It was noon, when Patricia got a surprise visit from Marlene. Marlene invited her over for oysters. She left the boys to go have lunch with Marlene. As she was leaving Kowalski watched her walk away slowly as if she was teasing. He smiled at her slyly, and she giggled. They had oysters together for about two seconds until Marlene brought up the date.

"So how was it? Tell me everything." she said taking the clam meat in her mouth

"Okay well, first it was the statue of liberty. We climbed to the top, and looked down at the city. It was breathtaking. After that we went to a cubs baseball game, and I caught a foulball from my favorite baseball player, and we actually got him to sign it, and he held me in his arms. Next we relaxed in central park. That was when he kissed me." She smiled putting down her tea.

"Oh my gosh! Who made the first move? You or him?"

"He did, surprisingly."

"Whoo! How romantic!" She smiled cracking open another oyster.

"I guess so. You see I asked him if he thought I was beautiful. He just stared at me for a long while, so I figure it was a no. When I headed back to the zoo, he spun me around, and kissed me hard. I was pretty surprised when he kissed me so during about a quarter of the kiss we sort of stared at each other a little frightened."

"Oh wow. I didn't know he was so forward like that. So did he look anxious in his stare?"

"A little, but the shock wore off, then he picked me up, and that was when I knew the kiss was real. When I broke off, he suddenly started apoligizing, and saying he lost control. That's when I closed his beak, and kissed him myself." She suddenly turned red, pouring more tea.

"Ha. You go girl." she high fived the little penguin, and they finished up the oysters.

"Then we went to Rockefeller, and I taught him how to ice skate, which I guess you saw on tv."

"Mmm Hmm. You're pretty good."

"Eh that was just teaching him. You should see me skating solo, but still, it's not the best skating. Anyway after the ice rink we went to the Plaza hotel to relax, and here's where it gets embarrasing. When I told him to tell me about what he thought about me the first time we met, I fell asleep half way through."

"Pfft. Don't worry. That just makes them want you more."

"Mmm" she hummed, waving her tea around in small circles. She looked at Marlene with a shy glance. "You know I'm surprised you don't have a crush on any of the boys. I know they're a little wierd, but . . . " Marlene half smiled looking like she had a small glow on her cheeks. Patricia knew what it meant.

"Do you?" she said putting her tea down. Marlene had a tight smile, and put her paw up to hide it. Patricia raised an eyebrow. "You do, don't you?"

"Mmm Hmm"

"Let me guess, Skipper?"

"No actually it's . . . Oh wait . . . yeah it IS Skipper. How did you know?"

"Well I kind of suspected it wouldn't be Rico or Private. So when are you gunna tell him?"

"Are you kidding? I can't!"

"Why not?"

"My life would be over." she said, sweeping the oyster shells out of the habitat.

"Well then would you feel better if I told him?"

"No! Nobody can ever know."

"All right I won't tell him, but I think you should."

"Really? You don't think he would turn me down?"

"Oh come on. I think he likes you too. I saw a picture of you two hugging in the habitat, and I think you two would go together like butterflies and flowers"

"You think so?"

"Cheah." they cleaned the rest of the otter's cave, and then Patricia went back to the habitat. She swam through the water, then sank to the bottom. So Marlene liked Skipper. She promised she wouldn't tell, but would Marlene ever get anywhere, if she left it to her to tell him? Marlene was pretty shy when it came to the boys. Not as shy as Patricia, but noticed her breath was wearing thin, as she saw a familiar figure above the water constantly looking like it was morphing from the waters illusions of it stirring. She swam up to see the smiling human that she could always count on.

Johnathon was wearing a shirt, that showed off every muscle under his skin. She liked it. She found herself waving lazily smiling to him. He pulled his sunglasses off, chewing gum. She swam in a fast circle, and jumped into his hands. He looked at her shocked sitting in his cupped hands, as if she was a little piece of heaven. She winked at him, the way he always did, when he was trying to charm her. She laughed, and jumped out of his hands. He grasped the bars of the exhibit, smiling a surprised smile.

"Wow you're really something, little angel." he said laughing at the little penguin's action. She really did think Johnathon was the only true human she could trust. He walked away, and she waited for the other humans to come to the habitat. When they did, she heard alot of people saying things about how she toured the city, and what different types of things she did.

That night they were all playing a game of cards, and were all making jokes, and told stories of funny things that they did, such as when Rico switched bodies with Roger, or when they were racing cars with the lemurs. Patricia told a few funny stories of what happened back at ther old zoo. Kowalski seemed to enjoy the stories alot. Most of the night Rico was winning most hands, and walked away with a good amount of fish. They sat around till they heard Marlene holler for them.

The boys ran off without a second to spare. Patricia offered to tag along, but Skipper insisted her to stay with Kowalski. The two of them stayed quiet for a while. She crawled over to Kowalski, who was laying on his back staring up at the cieling. Something was bothering him.

"Can I lay on your chest?" she looked at him smiling. He looked away from his stare, and smiled warmly.

"Of course." he climbed up to her hammock, and layed on his back. She reached her wing up, and he pulled her up. She felt like her head was on a comfortable pillow. "Patricia." he whispered.

"Yes?" she muttered with half falling asleep eyes.

"Can you teach me to read?" she was quiet for a while, then she thought about not being able to read. What would it be like to not be able to read a Christmas card, an instruction manual, your own name. He needed to learn to read. It was a very valuable essental.

"I would be honored." He looked at her, comprehending her response. He jumped out of the hammock, and hugged her tightly. The boys came down at that precise moment. Patricia didn't notice, but Kowalski did. He nudged his head towards the outside of the habitat. Skipper nodded, and jumped out Rico followed. Private stayed behind, and smiled at them. Kowalski nudged again, but Private stayed. Skipper reached a wing in and grabbed Private to pull him out.