A Skilene-Filled September
Scenario 3: “Do 당신 Take This Otter?”
Friday, September 3, 2010
It was the biggest event taking place at the zoo in years, and all the 동물 wanted to 곰 witness to it. On a 일 that the zoo was closed for repairs, a crowd of 동물 gathered inside and outside of the zoovenir 샵 to watch the ceremony: Antonio and Marlene were getting married.
At 1 o’clock in the afternoon, the event got underway as Marlene walked through the zoovenir shop’s main entrance and began her procession down the aisle, escorted 의해 Maurice. As Kowalski played “Here Comes the Bride” on a pipe organ commandeered for the occasion, Marlene greeted her 프렌즈 sitting in the makeshift pews as she continued her slow stroll to the front of the room.
When she reached the section where Skipper was sitting, she was a bit perplexed at the way he looked and was acting. He was sitting there clenching his flippers and fidgeting around in his seat, not to mention that his color was a little bit off. For a bird with a white face, Skipper looked awfully pale.
Concerned, Marlene whispered over to him, “Skipper, is everything OK?”
“Sure is, Marlene,” Skipper replied.
He lied.
“Well, just checking,” Marlene smiled as she continued along. “And thanks for coming, Skipper.”
A short few moments later, Marlene reached her destination beside Antonio. The actual ceremony soon got underway, which, despite Julien’s constant pleading to be the one to officiate, the couple had decided would be presided over 의해 Roger.
The ceremony then proceeded forth like any typical church wedding service; once all the songs were sung and all the Bible verses were read, it was time to get down to the vows.
“Come on, Roger, will 당신 get this over with already,” Skipper muttered quietly to himself as his discomfort began to peak. “Be quick, man, like taking a Band-Aid off.”
“Now do you, Antonio, take this 수달, 오 터 to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, as long as 당신 both shall live?” Roger then asked.
“I do,” the groom responded.
Had he any teeth, Skipper would have begun to grind them. Instead, he bit down hard on his tongue to try to take the attention off of what was about to happen -- and to defer its pain.
“And do you, Marlene, take this 수달, 오 터 to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, as long as 당신 both shall live?” the alligator then asked of the bride.
“I do,” Marlene declared.
Skipper’s 심장 skipped a beat. Maybe two. Maybe six.
“Then in that case, if there is anyone present who has reason that these two should not be wed, speak now 또는 forever hold your peace,” Roger spoke to the crowd.
Skipper’s 심장 then began to race. It was now 또는 never.
“I object!” he stood up and announced.
The crowd collectively gasped as the 수달, 오 터 couple turned to face their objector.
Skipper then looked Marlene straight in the eye.
“Marlene, I’m sorry,” he spoke sincerely as he held back a few tears. “But there’s something that I need to tell 당신 that I’ve put off for far too long, and if not now, I’ll never get the chance. Please, Marlene, come with me for just five 분 alone. If you’d ever do something for me, do this.”
Marlene had no idea what Skipper wanted, but after all he had done for her over the years, honoring his request was something she felt she had to do.
“I’ll be right back,” she turned to Antonio and said before she began to walk over to Skipper.
Once she got over to him, Skipper led her out of a side exit, and the two then went over to a park bench where they couldn’t be seen 의해 others. Skipper then began to tell Marlene exactly what was on his mind.
“What I just did in the zoovenir 샵 was wrong, and I’m truly sorry for causing 당신 and Antonio any embarrassment,” Skipper said. “But a dream of mine was about to be shattered, and I couldn’t let it happen until I told 당신 the truth.”
Skipper then wiped a tear with a flipper before placing it on Marlene’s shoulder.
“I 사랑 you, Marlene,” he said, the words coming 더 많이 from his 심장 than his beak. “I have for years. I had always hoped that one 일 I would find the strength to tell you, but it took until now to find it.”
“Wow,” was all Marlene, eyes wide open, could reply.
“And I had always hoped that 당신 might feel the same way, too,” Skipper continued. “My dream was that we could be together, but I realize now that that was never meant to be. Yet still I 사랑 you, even if you’ll never be mine.”
Skipper then sniffled a little.
“Yes, to tell the truth, I know that 당신 사랑 Antonio, but in my 심장 there will always remain a place for you,” he continued. “Trust me, no matter how much Antonio loves you, I will always 사랑 당신 more. I would–”
“Skipper,” Marlene broke-in as she held Skipper’s beak shut with a paw, “you’ve said enough.”
She then wrapped her paws around him as tight as possible and hugged him.
“I 사랑 you, too,” she said. “And I have for years. I had always hoped that one 일 I would find the strength to tell you, but it took until now to find it.”
Marlene using his exact words to confess her feelings brought tears to both of their eyes, and Skipper then reached out and hugged Marlene back.
“Both of our hopes finally coming to fruition, but why did we ever wait so long?” Skipper asked.
“We can’t change the past, Skipper,” Marlene replied. “But we’ll always have the future together.”
“But what about Antonio?” Skipper wondered. “He loves you, too.”
“He can 사랑 me all he wants to, Skipper,” Marlene replied, “but my 심장 belongs to you.”
Marlene then let go of Skipper and looked at the wedding ring she had on her finger. Without hesitation, she pulled it off.
“So you’re giving the ring back to Antonio?” Skipper asked.
Marlene shook her head.
“No,” she said as she placed the ring in Skipper’s flipper. “Save it for our wedding day.”
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Story note: Hopefully this story’s 초 sentence, “… Antonio and Marlene were getting married,” didn’t scare Skilene 팬 away from 읽기 this scenario all the way through. Since Antonio was revealed to be Marlene’s true Luv-u-Lator match in “Otter Things Have Happened,” I actually do have a fear that the two might meet each other on the show someday and begin some sort of relationship. For that reason, I decided to write this scenario in which Marlene, though about to wed to the otter, ultimately turns him down when someone she loves far 더 많이 reveals his true feelings to her. It suggests that Marlene might be capable of falling in 사랑 with Antonio when there is no competition, but when Skipper comes on the scene, her 심장 clearly belongs to him.
글쓰기 this particular story was an interesting endeavor for me, since it is basically the opposite of the “friendship with hints” way I’ve always written Skilene as. It was fun to try something different for this project, but I do not intend to write stories like this outside of this project.
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Fanpop note: This third sample of my “A Skilene-Filled September” 글쓰기 project completes all that I intend to 게시하기 here on Fanpop. But don’t be sad, 당신 can continue 읽기 all the other scenarios on FanFiction.net. Just link to continue 읽기 there, beginning with the project’s fourth scenario. Thank 당신 for reading.
Scenario 3: “Do 당신 Take This Otter?”
Friday, September 3, 2010
It was the biggest event taking place at the zoo in years, and all the 동물 wanted to 곰 witness to it. On a 일 that the zoo was closed for repairs, a crowd of 동물 gathered inside and outside of the zoovenir 샵 to watch the ceremony: Antonio and Marlene were getting married.
At 1 o’clock in the afternoon, the event got underway as Marlene walked through the zoovenir shop’s main entrance and began her procession down the aisle, escorted 의해 Maurice. As Kowalski played “Here Comes the Bride” on a pipe organ commandeered for the occasion, Marlene greeted her 프렌즈 sitting in the makeshift pews as she continued her slow stroll to the front of the room.
When she reached the section where Skipper was sitting, she was a bit perplexed at the way he looked and was acting. He was sitting there clenching his flippers and fidgeting around in his seat, not to mention that his color was a little bit off. For a bird with a white face, Skipper looked awfully pale.
Concerned, Marlene whispered over to him, “Skipper, is everything OK?”
“Sure is, Marlene,” Skipper replied.
He lied.
“Well, just checking,” Marlene smiled as she continued along. “And thanks for coming, Skipper.”
A short few moments later, Marlene reached her destination beside Antonio. The actual ceremony soon got underway, which, despite Julien’s constant pleading to be the one to officiate, the couple had decided would be presided over 의해 Roger.
The ceremony then proceeded forth like any typical church wedding service; once all the songs were sung and all the Bible verses were read, it was time to get down to the vows.
“Come on, Roger, will 당신 get this over with already,” Skipper muttered quietly to himself as his discomfort began to peak. “Be quick, man, like taking a Band-Aid off.”
“Now do you, Antonio, take this 수달, 오 터 to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, as long as 당신 both shall live?” Roger then asked.
“I do,” the groom responded.
Had he any teeth, Skipper would have begun to grind them. Instead, he bit down hard on his tongue to try to take the attention off of what was about to happen -- and to defer its pain.
“And do you, Marlene, take this 수달, 오 터 to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, as long as 당신 both shall live?” the alligator then asked of the bride.
“I do,” Marlene declared.
Skipper’s 심장 skipped a beat. Maybe two. Maybe six.
“Then in that case, if there is anyone present who has reason that these two should not be wed, speak now 또는 forever hold your peace,” Roger spoke to the crowd.
Skipper’s 심장 then began to race. It was now 또는 never.
“I object!” he stood up and announced.
The crowd collectively gasped as the 수달, 오 터 couple turned to face their objector.
Skipper then looked Marlene straight in the eye.
“Marlene, I’m sorry,” he spoke sincerely as he held back a few tears. “But there’s something that I need to tell 당신 that I’ve put off for far too long, and if not now, I’ll never get the chance. Please, Marlene, come with me for just five 분 alone. If you’d ever do something for me, do this.”
Marlene had no idea what Skipper wanted, but after all he had done for her over the years, honoring his request was something she felt she had to do.
“I’ll be right back,” she turned to Antonio and said before she began to walk over to Skipper.
Once she got over to him, Skipper led her out of a side exit, and the two then went over to a park bench where they couldn’t be seen 의해 others. Skipper then began to tell Marlene exactly what was on his mind.
“What I just did in the zoovenir 샵 was wrong, and I’m truly sorry for causing 당신 and Antonio any embarrassment,” Skipper said. “But a dream of mine was about to be shattered, and I couldn’t let it happen until I told 당신 the truth.”
Skipper then wiped a tear with a flipper before placing it on Marlene’s shoulder.
“I 사랑 you, Marlene,” he said, the words coming 더 많이 from his 심장 than his beak. “I have for years. I had always hoped that one 일 I would find the strength to tell you, but it took until now to find it.”
“Wow,” was all Marlene, eyes wide open, could reply.
“And I had always hoped that 당신 might feel the same way, too,” Skipper continued. “My dream was that we could be together, but I realize now that that was never meant to be. Yet still I 사랑 you, even if you’ll never be mine.”
Skipper then sniffled a little.
“Yes, to tell the truth, I know that 당신 사랑 Antonio, but in my 심장 there will always remain a place for you,” he continued. “Trust me, no matter how much Antonio loves you, I will always 사랑 당신 more. I would–”
“Skipper,” Marlene broke-in as she held Skipper’s beak shut with a paw, “you’ve said enough.”
She then wrapped her paws around him as tight as possible and hugged him.
“I 사랑 you, too,” she said. “And I have for years. I had always hoped that one 일 I would find the strength to tell you, but it took until now to find it.”
Marlene using his exact words to confess her feelings brought tears to both of their eyes, and Skipper then reached out and hugged Marlene back.
“Both of our hopes finally coming to fruition, but why did we ever wait so long?” Skipper asked.
“We can’t change the past, Skipper,” Marlene replied. “But we’ll always have the future together.”
“But what about Antonio?” Skipper wondered. “He loves you, too.”
“He can 사랑 me all he wants to, Skipper,” Marlene replied, “but my 심장 belongs to you.”
Marlene then let go of Skipper and looked at the wedding ring she had on her finger. Without hesitation, she pulled it off.
“So you’re giving the ring back to Antonio?” Skipper asked.
Marlene shook her head.
“No,” she said as she placed the ring in Skipper’s flipper. “Save it for our wedding day.”
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Story note: Hopefully this story’s 초 sentence, “… Antonio and Marlene were getting married,” didn’t scare Skilene 팬 away from 읽기 this scenario all the way through. Since Antonio was revealed to be Marlene’s true Luv-u-Lator match in “Otter Things Have Happened,” I actually do have a fear that the two might meet each other on the show someday and begin some sort of relationship. For that reason, I decided to write this scenario in which Marlene, though about to wed to the otter, ultimately turns him down when someone she loves far 더 많이 reveals his true feelings to her. It suggests that Marlene might be capable of falling in 사랑 with Antonio when there is no competition, but when Skipper comes on the scene, her 심장 clearly belongs to him.
글쓰기 this particular story was an interesting endeavor for me, since it is basically the opposite of the “friendship with hints” way I’ve always written Skilene as. It was fun to try something different for this project, but I do not intend to write stories like this outside of this project.
----------
Fanpop note: This third sample of my “A Skilene-Filled September” 글쓰기 project completes all that I intend to 게시하기 here on Fanpop. But don’t be sad, 당신 can continue 읽기 all the other scenarios on FanFiction.net. Just link to continue 읽기 there, beginning with the project’s fourth scenario. Thank 당신 for reading.