Love In Las Vegas- is THIS better?!

[pollygirl]

Fine, ya don't like the Christmas story, hoiw about this one? It's another Pizza Cat fanfic, and the beginning is changed somewhat cause a friend of mine said he saw an alternate ending to Great Comet Caper. So up until Cheese's 1st rant it's the alternate ending. The rest is my own stuff.

I have the first three chapters here, it's different, so let me know if you like THIS!

Polly watched the sky with a heavy heart, praying for a sign, any sign, that would enable Speedy, her best friend and the one she’d loved since 3rd grade, to still be alive. She sank to the ground, suddenly feeling weak and sick…very unusual for her after a massive fight. The sky was clear, no sign at all of the comet that was threatening to plunge into earth, no sign of the CataTonic.…

No sign of Speedy.

The emotions that had been building up inside of her finally reached their breaking point and she burst into hysterical tears. The fact that Big Cheese and Jerry Atric, who were the ones responsible for this comet almost crashing to Earth in the first place had finally been caught and exiled to Prisoner’s Island for their many crimes or the fact that his #1 Henchman, Bad Bird, had reformed and become Good Bird didn’t even matter at all. She had lost her oldest and dearest friend. She had lost the only Cat she had ever really loved. The worst part was she had never had a chance to tell him of her feelings. He had been persuing Lucielle all this time while she was left to watch and stow away her jealous feelings…and she had never said anything, because she had wanted to keep her friendship with Lucielle.

But she could have found so many other times to tell him. In High School when he had been her date for the prom, she could have told him then! She could have told him in college, when they had started the pizza business or become full fledged Samurai! She had let chance after chance pass by…and now it was too late!

But she remembered before the comet struck, he said he had to tell her something important. What was it? Could it have been….but now she would never know. She bent low and cried into her arms, not even caring anymore if she rusted her uniform. How could she even go on in her life without Speedy? Everything she did reminded her of him. She couldn’t play her flute because it was a special gift to her from Speedy in 3rd grade. She couldn’t make pizzas cause that would remind her of Speedy..being a Samurai would remind her of Speedy! She was so distraught that at first she didn’t even notice the bright light that was the CataTonic plummeting to Earth! When she looked up she gasped at the sight of their banged up method of transportation…and she gasped again when she saw to very familiar figures climb out of it. A little banged up themselves and a tiny biut woosy…but otherwise fine!

Speedy and Good Bird!!

Carla was the firast one to run to them "It's Birdie!" she cried

"And Speedy too!" Polly cried out hapily rising to her felt as all her energy suddenly came back. She raced over to them as fast as she could.

"I knew they'd be all right!" Guido said, blinking back tears of relief that his best friend was safe.

"Of course!” Speedy said a bit groggily. “ So why are we all standin' around for, lookin' like it's the end of the world, when we got a lot of celebratin' that we could be doin'?"

Everyone hugged Speedy and Good Bird, Speedy and Polly hugging the longest and tightest of all.

Carla hugged Good Bird as tight as she could. "Oh Birdie...don't leave me again..."

"I never, ever will, Carla. I promise. I‘m no longer the bird I once was. I‘m Good Bird now and from this moment on I fight with my new friends, the Samurai Pizza Cats!” He hugged Carla close to him. "

"Oh Speedy...I was so afraid for you..." Polly said, hugging him tighter than she had ever hugged him before. Speedy look at her and smiled.

"I had to come back. We still have eight lives ahead of us Polly...together."

Polly smiled broadly, with tears of joy in her eyes. "Speedy..."

“See...I'm never gonna leave you, do you hear me, Ms. Esther?"

“Yes,” she whispered. She was closer to Speedy than she had ever been before. Now she could see so clearly the warmth and friendship in his eyes…they really were handsome eyes.

The two Cats quietly excused themselves, and Speedy toook Polly's hand in his, as they headed for the beach. Once they reached the beach, Speedy pulled off his helmet, and Polly did the same. They set their helmets down on the bench nearby, and Polly sat down upon the bench.

"Polly, I have something I want to tell you, that I should have said a long time ago."

"What is it, Speedy?"

Speedy took a deep breath and took her hand in his. "We've known each other since we were kittens, since the day I saved you from those bullies.” Polly nodded, she remembered. “ We've been best friends since the day I gave you that flute of yours.”:

“I still never go anywhere without it,” Polly said, showing it to him.

“I've always admired you for your strength, your bravery, and your beauty.” Speedy continued. “I know that for the longest time I didn’t even realise this cause I thought I had feelings for Lucielle….but now I know I don’t. You’re the one I love…it was always you!” He knelt down on one kne and stroked her hand. “ I can't live any longer without you, Polly. Will you marry me?" He pulled out a small, blue box, with a red ribbon attached. Polly undid the ribbon, and opened the box. Inside, is a lovely white gold ring, with a blue, heart-shaped diamond inside, with rubies and white diamonds set into the band.

Polly gasped, unable to believe what was happening. "Oh Speedy...Yes! I love you so..."

Speedy beamed with tears in hs own eyes. "I love you too, Polly."

They hugged each other tightly, and Speedy slid the necklace with the ring around her neck, since she'd probably break the ring in battle if she wore it on her hand. Finally, they stood up and gazed into each other’s eyes, their lips meeting in a long, deep kiss. After they come up for air, they headed back to announce their engagement to the others.

“Attention, everyone, attention!!! Everyone, we got an announcement!!” He said. Guido looked at him and Speedy winked at him. Guido immediately knew what it was and came over to his best friends.

“Listen up!!” He said.

Speedy cleared his throat. “Everyone, Polly and I would like to make an announcement! Let it be known that at this moment, Polly Esther and Speedy Cerviche are hereby engaged to be married!!” Polly showed her ring and everyone cheered and applauded, exchanging hugs and congratulations.

“This calls for a celebration, let’s all head ovr to the Pizza Parlor, pop open some sodas, and make a toast!” Francine said.


"You said we were going to be in a parade!" Cheese said, on the raft to Prisoner's Island with Jerry.

"Well, we ARE on a float!"

“ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS!!! THOSE STUPID CATS FOILED MY PLANS! NOW WE’RE ON OUR WAY TO PRISONER’S ISLAND! NOT FAIR, NOT FAIR, NOT FAIR!!”

“Big Cheese, we are on a raft, I’m begging you , please calm down just stay in control!”

“CONTROL?!?! WHO’S not in control??!?!” BIg Cheese hopped up and down on the raft, causing it to sway back and forth as his face slowly started to turn red. “This is all YOUR fault! You and your big mouth, you can’t keep your mouth shut you let it slip to the Princess!!”

“Big Cheese, please stay calm, you’ll blow up again!!”

“THOSE DARN CATS I HATE THEM, I HATE THEM!!! I’LL GET THEM IF IT’S THE LAST THING I EVER DOOOO!!! I FEEL SUCH A HEADACHE I NEED SOME ASPIRIN!!!!!” Before Jerrry could blink Cheese blew up..again..and they found themselves flying right up in the air.

“LOOK OUT BELOW!!!!!” Jerry said, as they soured in the sky for a long long time, finally coming to a hard landing on a sidewalk. They slowly stood up blinking their eyes against the millions of bright lights surrounding them.

“Arrgh…” Cheese said, standing up wearily. “Uh..where are we? God, why are there so many bright lights here, somebody must have a huge electric bill!”

Jerry looked around, taking in the brightly colored streets, th millions of buildings around and the sounds all over. “Uh..Sir? Don’t look now….but I think we’re in Las Vegas!”

“Las Vegas as in…America?!” Big Cheese asked. “We landed in AMERICA?!”
“I do believe so, Sir,” Jerry said.

“Uh oh,” Big Cheese said with a wicked grin. “Jerry…what say we go explore? See the sight a little..maybe win ourselves some money?”

“Do you think we can, Sir?”
“Didn’t I tell ya, Jerry? I come from a long line of gamblers…and whatever we played, we won! let’s transfer the little money we managed to smuggle away to American bucks and earn enough to make a GIGANTIC robot! Little Tokyo can’t get rid of us forever!!”


A few weeks later Polly was wiping sweat off her brow as she chopped even more topings in the terribly hot kitchen of the Pizza Place. Ever since the cometg caper the restaurant had been busier than ever which were good for profits…but not so much for the Cats themselves! Three weeks of nonstop business and the Cats were ready to drop….but interestingly not Francine. The more orders that came in, the more in Heaven she seemed! She became more and more obsessed with getting orders on time and hot…which were slowly tiring out the Pizza Cats. It was especially frustrating to Speedy and Polly, who hardly had a moment alone since announcing their engagement. They didn’t even have time to pick a date! “Hurry up, Polly!” Francine called out from the front counter. “We just got two brand new orders for large sausage and pepperoni pizzas! Hurry up!”

Polly growled to herself and wiped her brow again before replacing her helmet. She finished chopping the toppings and ran to where the dough was and massaged the massive ball, splitting it into two huge ones and starting to toss them. The front door burst open just then and brought a welcome cool rush of air into the room and along with it her fiance.

Francine looked up, shocked. “Speedy?!” she asked as she glanced at her watch. “Did my watch slow down? Did you actually deliver a pizza and COME RIGHT HERE for once?”

“Why are you acting like it’s such a big thing?” Speedy asked, handing her the payment and tip.

“Well, maybe it’s because you never actually DID that before!” Francine pointed out. “You usually like to goof off and flirt.”

“I got no reason to do that anymore..” Speedy said seriously as he made his way over to Polly and swept her into his arms, hugging her tightly. “Besides, it’s hot outside and I need an energy boost!” He then tipped Polly backward and planted a huge deep kiss on her.

“OH God, not in public!” Guido said in an exaggerated way, covering his eyes as he came down the stairs. “I know you two are engaged, but NOT in public, huh?”

Speedy and Polly pretended to ignore him and continued to kiss deeply. Francine sighed and tapped Speedy on the shoulder. “Excuse me, Speedy? Speedy!”
He finally came up for air. “What?” He and Polly both said angrily.

Francine handed him another pizza. “We need this delivered to Lucielle right away!”

“Did you say Lucielle?” Guido asked.

Speedy took the pizza and handed it to Guido. “Ya wanna see her, Guido? Here, you take it, give her our best.” he gazed at Polly. “I got no reason to go over THERE anymore!” He leaned down to kiss her again, but Francine stepped between them.

“Excuse me, Romeo? Juliet? I hate to interrupt this sweet scene but WE GOT MORE ORDERS TO PUT IN AND THERE MGHT BE MORE, DID ANYONE THINK TO ANSWER THE PHONE?!?!” They finally became aware of the phone ringing on the wall. Francine went over to answer it. Speedy and Polly sighed. “OK,” Francine said,” We got an order for a large extra cheese to be delivered to the North side. Polly, how are those other two pizzas coming?”
“I’m doing them, I’m doing them! Hold your horses!”

“Well, maybe if you stopped playing kissy-face and concentrated on work like you used to..”

“I AM concentrating on it!” Polly said angrily pounding the dough balls on the counter.

“Don’t you break that counter again, I’m not paying for it THIS time!”

“Geez, what’s WITH you, Francine?” Speedy said angrily “In case you’re wondering why there’s a diamond dangling around her neck, it’s cause we’re ENGAGED and I have the right to kiss her whenever I want wherever I want!”

“Not when we got more deliveries!” Francine pointed out. She shoved another pizza in his hands. “Take this over to the Bulldog’s house on the East Side.”

“OK, be right back,” Speedy said. He gave Polly a peck on the lips. “See you tonight, OK?”
“OK.”

“I love you.”

“I love you.” Polly watched Speedy take off and sighed as the phone rang again. Both boys were out so SHE would have to make the next delivery. “Yeah, Speedy, I said I’d meet you tonight, but it looks as though Francine might have us working late again, with these calls she‘ll keep the lace open until practiaclly midnight…and we’ll probably be too tired to talk!” She glanced with anger at Francine. “You KNOW Speedy and I are engaged, Francine, this is ONLY what I’ve dreamed of since 3rd grade! Why can’t you give us just an HOUR alone, at least so we can set a date!”

“POLLY!” Francine called out, “Can you take this next order?”. Fighting the urge to throw something at her, Polly walked out to the front.

A few days later Polly was still a bit annoyed at Francine. For the past few days she had had them working until midnight and Polly and Speedy were always too tired to spend ANY time together. At least the phone had calmed down somewhat, but somehow in the back of her mind Polly knew it wouldn’t be for long, and she also knew that she would have to make the next delivery cause both Speedy and Guido were out making some of their own.

The door opened just then and a familiar friendly voice called out, ‘Hello, everyone!”

“Lucielle!” Polly called out, waving at her friend. She was grateful to see Guido making his way back, but also wanted to quickly get Lucielle out of his sight before he had a chance to notice her, otherwise he would dominate the conversation. She glanced toward Francine, “Francine, I’m going on break.”

“OK,” she said, noticing Guido. “But don’t take any more than 15.” Polly gave her a dark look but nodded and went to Lucielle.

“Hey, Lucielle, let’s go out in back for a few minutes.” she took her friend’s hand and lead her outside, making sure she was far away from the Restaurant.

“Wow, Francine is really making you work. I’ve hardly seen you all week!”

“I know. It’s nice we’re so popular, but geez Francine seems to have forgotten that we only have two hands each! I’ve hardly been able to even see Speedy.” she sighed. “We haven’t been able to even set a date yet!”

“Oh, I’m so sorry,” Lucielle said, hugging her friend tightly. “And here I was gonna tell you how sweet Guido’s been to me. Do you know what he did for me yesterday?”
“No, what?”

“He handed me my pizza and told me to open it right then and there. There was a perfect rose right in the middle of it!” she blushed. “He said it was a perfect gift for someone who’s perfect for his heart!”

“Oh!” Polly smiled at her friend. “So things between you are great, then?”
“Oh, they’re wonderful, they really are! I hope things have been good for you as well, considering..”

“Well, don’t tell Francine,” Polly giggled. “But..Speedy and I have been able to sneak in a few kisses behind her back….and he is SUCH a great kisser! Oh, have you seen my ring?” She took her ring out and showed it to Lucielle.

“Oh, Polly, that is SO beautiful,” Lucille gentily held it up to take a closer look at it. “Oh, congratulations, I’m so happy for you!” she gave her friend a huge hug.

“Thank you. Ya know, I was hoping you’d be my maid-of-honor.”

“OH?” Lucielle said touched beyond belief.

“You’ve always been there for me! Without you, I don’t know where I’d be.”

“Well, probably not about to get married, that’s for sure.”

“Yeah, as soon as Francine can give us breathing room so we can actually set a date! But when we do, will you do it?”
“Oh, of course I will!” Lucielle sniffed up. “Oh…Polly…I’m so happy for you!!” Polly ducked as the missles took off, thankful she thought to move her away from the reastaurant.

“It kind of fits, actually. Guido agreed to be Speedy’s best man.”

“Well, that’s not too surprising given how close the three of you are!”

“Yeah, I know,” she glanced at her watch and sighed. “we’d better go back inside before Francine comes looking.”

Meanwhile in Las Vegas Big Cheese and Jerry Atric were sitting in Cheese’s hotel room counting the amount of money they had won over the past few weeks. “396, 397, 398, 399, 400! Oh, Santa Baby, put this under MY tree, thank you!”

“Wow, Cheese, I have to say I’m impressed on how you won all those games. This is more money than we have ever earned working for the Princess!”

“Ah, Jerry, we should have done this YEARS ago! Just a few more days, and we’ll have enough to build a brand new robot, even better than all the other robots we’ve ever built! It’ll be bigger and better than any robot we’ve ever done! It’ll move quicker, be practically indestructible! Once we get done there’s NO stopping us!!”


There, how's that?

[Crow]

I'm not going to write a huge wall-o-text, but from skimming this one over, I can tell it's better already than the Christmas Story. I laughed at almost all of Francine's lines, very good. See? You had more variety and some wit in your lines, and it paid off. Keep on writing this one, nice storyline, great dialogue, enough to overshadow everything else that may be flawed.

So yes, this is better.

Keep it up.

[pollygirl]

OK, here's  part tvvo:

The song here is the Judy Collins’ version of ‘Someday Soon’

Polly thankfully collapsed on one of the booths after closing time. She glanced at her watch and sighed a long, deep sigh. 11:30. Not precisely midnight, but close enough. She was so tired she couldn’t even move for a few minutes. It was like this for the past few weeks now, they were so busy that by the time the last customer came and the place was all cleaned up, it was almost midnight, or exactly so! They were so tired they just all said goodnight to each other and went to bed. Her head snapped up, wait a minute where was Speedy? The last call had come in at 10:30, Speedy had taken it and he hadn’t been seen since! She began to be slightly irritated, was he out loitering and goofing off again? SOO like him!
Just then the door opened and Speedy came in. He was carrying something behind his back and moved quietly. He saw Polly on the chair and smiled one of his smooth gentile smiles. “Hello,” he said in a sing song voice.
Polly had to smile back. “Hello,” she said in a singsong voice of her own. “So, where have YOU been for about an hour?”
“What do you mean, I was delivering the pizza.”
“For a whole HOUR, Speedy?”
“Well, I admit, I did stop along the way..”
“I KNEW it! So you WERE goofing off somewhere..”
“Hey, it DOES depend on what you mean by ‘goofing off’. I DID stop somewhere,” he then withdrew what he had behind his back, a beautiful bouquet of fresh colorful flowers. “To get a present for my number one favorite girl!”
Polly’s heart melted as she took the flowers. “Oh, Speedy, they’re lovely!” She hugged him. “I’m sorry I accused you of goofing off.”
Polly, did you REALLY think I was out flirting or wasting time somewhere?” Speedy grew serious. “I don’t do that stuff anymore, you know that! I have no reason anymore to go flirting with anyone but you! There’s no way I’d ever waste time now, not when I can be with you. I love you, Polly, and I always will, it’s you and it’s always gonna be you! Honest, I’m not and will never be there goofing off, there’s no reason to and I’m not going to! I’ll always love just you and that’s the truth.”
“I’ll always love you, too, Speedy,” Polly said, taking him into her arms.
“Hey,” Speedy said. “You realise that this is the first time since we got engaged that we actually had a moment alone?”
“Well, let’s not waste it,” Polly said leaning in to kiss him deeply. The kiss grew and grew as their arms tightened around each other. They fell back against the tabletop wrapped tightly in the arms of one another, Speedy gentily removing her helmet and stroking her hair. Polly pulled away and gazed into his eyes. “So, now that you’ve said you’re done with flirting for good…does that mean I can still flirt?”
“Are you kidding, I’d welcome that!”
“And you WON’T go ‘Uggh!‘ ?“
“No way, you flirting I’d WANT!“ Polly then struck the same pose that she did when they went to Manhatten.
“Hey, Sexy Samurai..” she said seductively, swishing her tail suggestively. “Come slink my way…” she winked at him.
“Oh yeah…” Speedy said, his eyes growing bigger and bigger.
“Your arms are SOO good looking, so strong, and so muscular..”
“Oh wow…“ Speedy sat down upon the booth and stared at her with admiration.
“You’re so amazing…and cool, and sweet...and UNBELIEVEABLY sexy!! Oh, you make my heart just go, and go…” she moved her way over to him as he took her into his arms.
“Polly..”he whispered. “God, you’re the sexiest cat in all of Little Tokyo!”
Polly sat in his lap, winking at him sexily. “You have the strongest arms of any and all the cats I’ve ever met!”
“They’re all yours!!” Speedy said, pulling her down to him and kissing her passionately. “I love you, Polly Esther.”
“I love you, Speedy Cerviche!”
Speedy smiled and went over to the jukebox. He put some money in and dimmed down the lights. “Miss Esther?”
“Yes, Mr. Cerviche?”
He went over to her as a soft Judy Collins song began to play. “May I have the honor of this dance?”
Polly walked over to him. “You may,” she smiled and stepped into his arms, dancing around and around with him as the song played.
There's a young man that I know whose age is twenty-one
Comes from down in southern Colorado
Just out of the service, he's lookin' for his fun
Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon
My parents can not stand him 'cause he rides the rodeo
My father says that he will leave me cryin'
I would follow him right down the roughest road I know
Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon
But when he comes to call, my pa ain't got a good word to say
Guess it's 'cause he's just as wild in his younger days
So blow, you old Blue Northern, blow my love to me
He's ridin' in tonight from California
He loves his damned old rodeo as much as he loves me
Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon
When he comes to call, my pa ain't got a word to say
Guess it's 'cause he's just as wild in his younger days
So blow, you old blue northern, blow my love to me
He's ridin' in tonight from California
He loves his damned old rodeo as much as he loves me
Someday soon, goin' with him someday soon
Someday soon,
As the song ended Speedy dipped Polly low and kissed her deeply.
“Hey hey, hey, come in guys! Save that for your Honeyoon!” Guido said, coming down the stairs.
“Hey give us a break, this is the first time we’ve had a moment alone since we even GOT engaged!” Speedy said.
“I know,” Guido said, sitting down on a chair. “Man, what’s gotten into Francine lately? I know she’s a workaholic..but THIS bad?!” He shook his head. “Soo..you guys set a date now that you’re finally able to talk about it?”
“As soon as possible,” Speedy said, sitting down on a bench. Polly slid next to him and he put his arm around her. “When do you think, Polly?”
“Hmm…how about two onths from now?” POlly said.
“Two months, Polly? Geez, you guys are gonna have to hustle then.”Guido said.
“Yeah, we have to do some serious planning,” Speedy said. “Bit shouldn’t be too hard, it’s not like we want a HUGE royal celebration or nothing.”
“Yeah, a simple church, just flowers,and our friends and family.”
“Hey, our best man and maid-of-honor have already been picked out!” Speedy pointed out.
“And I’ll alert Luccielle in the morning, she’ll definitely want to help!”
“What do I DO as maid-of-honor?” Lucielle asked.
“Look beautiful in your dress, make Polly’s bouquet, take the flowers from Polly when she says her vows, sign the Marriage License, and make a toast at the reception.” Guido said, sitting with Lucielle under a tree at her teahouse.
“Oh my, I hope I can do it well.”
“My sweet, I have no doubt you can,” Guido said. He tilted Lucille’s chin up and kissed her tenderly on her lips. He was really glad that Speedy and Polly had ended up together. Not just because they belonged together, but now he and Speedy wouldn’t be competing for Lucille anymore. He knew neither Speedy nor he meant any of the words they had said, but deep down inside he hated fighting and bating up the cat he considered like a brother to him. Now thankfully that wouldn’t happen ever again, he and Lucille were free to be together, and Speedy was still his very best friend.
“This is so exciting, Guido,” Lucielle said, leaning against him. “Guido…do you think you’d ever get married?”
“Oh sure…someday..”he answered slyly, pulling her closer.
“So the wedding is in two months?” Lucielle asked.
“Yep and Polly, Speedy, ad I will give you more of the details when they decide.”
“I must say, this is rather unusual,” the Mother Bulldog said, coming into the yard.
Guido gave her a dirty look. “What’s unusual?”
She looked at Lucille. “Isn’t this a little odd, watching your ex-boyfriend marry your best girl friend?”
Lucielle gave him a dirty look. “No, not at all.”
Guido stood up. “Why don’t you mind your own business, huh?”
“Well, I mean Speedy and her were an item just a few months ago, now with this comet he suddenly broke up with Lucielle and is going to marry Polly, HER best girl friend! That would certainly make ME fell funny!”
“Well, you’re not me! I have no problem with this at all! Speedy and I are a closed book! I’m with Guido now, Speedy’s with Polly, we’re all happy and we’re standing up for them at their wedding!”
“This is like a soap opera!”
Guido gave her a filthy look. “Well, the show’s over, the credits are rolling and the audience is turning the TV off, now why don’t you do the same and get out of here?”


A few days later Speedy and Polly were chopping up ingredients in the kitchen. Speedy noticed, thankfully, that the phone had calmed down a bit and business was a little quieter today. He also noticed happily that Francine had stepped out of the building, leaving him alone with Polly. He turned to her and smiled. Sliding up to her, he wrapped his arm around her waist and kissed her cheek. “Hey, beautiful Kitten,” he whispered into her ear.
“Speedy, Shh! Francine’ll hear you!”
“No she won’t she’s not here. She stepped out of the building!” He raised his eyebrows at her. “We’re alone!”
“Oh?” Polly smiled and let Speedy’s lips touch hers tenderly. Immidiately Speedy’s heart quickened like it never had with anyone else before. He reached beneath her helmet and ran his fingers through her hair. He then maneuvered them to her cheek and ran them down her face until it reached her chin. He then tilted up her face and kissed her again. No one had ever made him feel like this before, certainly not Lucielle. When he was seeing Lucielle, her kisses were nice..but they had never truly made his heart quicken, time had never fully stopped the way it did with Polly. “Man what WAS I waiting for all this time?!” He thought happily. With Polly, he felt like every day was an adventure. Oh sure, Lucielle was sweet and nice..but she was also quiet and reserved and fully content to just serve tea in hr teahouse. Polly, on the other hand was daring, outgoing, fun-loving and adventurous and every day was brand new, every moment with her was exciting and fun! He gentily turned her around and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer as her arms came around his neck. She always was a workaholic, but she could make even things like pizza making exciting…especially when it was just the two of them. Lucielle really never made him feel like this at all. He would have to woo her, but with Polly there was no wooing and he could be honest and truly himself around her, cause she knew him and accepted him. Maybe THAT was the reason her kisses were so special, and made him feel like he was in a full different land, with no time and no real boundries. He stared upon this truly beautiful cat in front of him. “So…we should start thinking about where we want to have our wedding.”
“Oh, I know, I mean if Francine had her way we’d get married in the backyard of the pizza parlor and we’d have our reception in the restaurant!”
“I don’t mind having our reception here, but I absolutely REFUSE to get married in the backyard! You deserve a LOT better than that, Pollyanna!”
“I don’t want anything too fancy, just something quiet and sweet. Just maybe a simple Church wedding with our family and friends. I’m still having trouble finding a dress to wear. I hate everything I see! They have too much lace, too many pearls, the train is too long, it’s uncomfortable!” She sighed. “And my mother is begging me to wear the dress my Grandmother wore. I mean it’s a nice dress, but I don’t think it’s gonna fit..and it’s just not me! Besides, it’s a kimono. and I just HATE kimonos!” She sighed. “I wish we could just do it and get it over with! Just a small simple ceremony in nice comfortable clothes and our family and friends. That’s all I want.”
Speedy drew her closer to him. “Then that’s what we’ll have. Tell ya what, I’ll try to talk Francine into giving us a few hours off, then we can go shopping together and find a dress for you.”
Polly smiled. ’Thank you.”
“Only what makes you happy, Pollyanna,” Speedy said. He bent low and kissed her again. Their arms wrapped around each other tighter and tighter. They leaned against the counter as the kisses grew more and more meaningful, not wanting to let go of each other.
“WHAT ARE BOTH OF YOU DOING?!?!” A loud voice startled them out of their wits. They both quickly looked over at the open doorway to find Francine standing there with Good Bird and Carla behind her. “I turn my back for a few minutes to talk to Good Bird and I come back to find you making out practically IN the ingredients instead of chopping them up for the supper rush?!”
‘Ah lighten up, Francine, they’re engaged!” Good Bird pointed out. “They got every right to kiss whenever and wherever they want to!”
“During company time?!” She turned to Polly. “ Polly, what’s with you? This is totally unlike you! YOU of all cats shirking your duties?! Leaving me alone to face the supper crowds?! Hurry up and chop before people get here!! Get back to work pronto! All you can think of is yourselves, what about this pizza place!”
Polly gave Francine a filthy look and went back to chopping at full speed. Good Bird knew the way she was hacking away full too well. “Lighten up, Francine! They should start thinking of themselves so they can plan their wedding!”
“But look at all this stuff they didn’t do, they’ll be far behind!”
Good Bird came in back of the counter. “Here, I’ll give you a hand.” He started to help chop the ingredients.  Speedy thanked him with his eyes, took Polly’s hand when Francine’s back was turned and lead her to the back of the room.
“CAN YOU BELIEVE HER?!” Polly said.
“No, I don’t, this is ridiculous! How are we gonna plan our wedding or even spend time together if we’re constantly being interrupted like this?!”
“I know!”
Speedy took Polly’s shoulders and looked into her eyes. “That’s why I say Polly, we don’t even try. Let’s get married right away! In fact, let’s go to Las Vegas tomorrow and get married that night!”
Polly stared. “let’s do what?”
“Marry me, Polly. Let’s face it, with Francine around we’ll never have anytime alone. We wanna get married, so let’s do it, let’s get married, Polly, in America..in Las Vegas tomorrow! You could just wear a nice comfortable dress, I could wear a suit, we could get Guido and Lucielle and fly out to Vegas.”
“But, Speedy my parents will be heartbroken if they can’t see me get married in a big fancy Church!”
“We can have that too! We can come back here and renew our vows, but we should show Francine that she’s going too far with her demands, and we want to be married!” He knelt down on one knee in front of her. “Polly, will you marry me tomorrow night?”
A slow smile crept along Polly’s face and she put her hand into his. “Yes!”
Speedy cheered as loud as he could and pulled Polly into his arms in a quick but passionate kiss.


Meanwhile in Vegas Cheese gave Jerry several hundred dollars that he won. “I’ve taken the liberty of renting you a boat. Take this down to Prisoner’s Island and bribe the guards to free some ninja crows and bring them here to me. We need all the help we can get to put our plans into action!”


Polly made her way to Lucielle’s house later that afternoon. Ordinarily she would have let Guido make this delivery bit she wanted to take the pizza to Lucielle herself to tell her of her and Speedy’s plans. Lucielle was surprised when she answered the door and found her best girl friend on the other end. She flung the door open happily. “Hello, Polly!”
“Hi, Lucille, I have your pizza.”
“Thank you. Why don’t you come in and have some tea, you must be so hot out there!” A few minutes later both girl were kneeling down upon Lucielle’s rug having a cup of tea. “I do hope I’m not going to get you into trouble with Francine.”
“It’s OK, Lucielle. In fact I’m so mad at her I don’t care WHAT she does anymore!”
“Goodness, what did she do know?”
“Oh, she is so infuriating! Every time Speedy and I wanna have a LITTLE moment alone she;s on our backs to help take care of the restaurant!”
“Oh, that’s horrible, I’m so sorry. I guess you haven’t been able to make too many wedding plans, then.”
“As a matter of act, Lucielle, we have! In fact just this morning we came to a decision and you and Guido can help us out.”
“I’ll be happy to help you out any way I can, that’s what a maid-of-honor is for!”
“Great, I was hoping you’d say that! Well, this morning Speedy and I were once again annoyed at Francine interrupting us yet AGAIN, and we knew at this rate we’d NEVER be able to have a wedding at all, and if Francine has any kind of say in it we’d get married in the backyard of the restaurant as publicity. So we’re teaching her a lesson!”
“Oh my, what is it?”
“Speedy and I love each other so much not even Francine and her bossiness can stop us from having a wedding! We’re going to fly to Las Vegas tomorrow and get married!”
“You are not!”
“We are so!!” Lucielle jumped up and hugged her friend.
“Oh, Polly, this is wonderful news!!! “
“So, you’ll come with us and be my maid-of-honor, right?”
“I’ll be there! Oh we have to find you a dress to wear!”
“I’ve taken care of that. I’ve decided I want to be married in y Pointless Sister’s dress. I’m never much for dresses, but I like that one, It’s sweet, simple, and most important of all it’s comfortable!”
Lucielle laughed. “So, I guess that means I have to wear mine!” She gave Polly a huge hug. “Oh, Polly, I’m just so happy for you!”
“So, you dress in your Pointless Sister dress, we’ll meet you in front of the Pizza Place tonight and we’ll sneak out and head for the airport.”
“OK.”
“Great, so I better get back there before I come to my senses!”


“I can NOT believe you guys are going to DO this!” Guido said as he quickly packed his bags. He had snuck up to his room during his break to pack and Speedy went with him. Speedy was sitting on a chair watching his friend do it.
“I know,” Speedy laughed. “But, I love Polly, and I want to marry her, and with Francine going the way she is we’ll never have the time to even plan it! Imagine Francine’s face when she discovers that despite her pizza obsession Polly and I are married finally!”
Guido smirked. “And you can be together every night!” He winked.
Speedy’s eyes grew wide. “Oooh, yeah..” he then snapped back to reality. “HEEEEY, I’m an honorable cat, thank you very much! One thing at a time, huh?”
“Yeah, I was just kiddin. I just find it hard to believe that SHE, Miss ‘So-Obsessed-With-Following-The-Rules’ would agree to run away and marry in Vegas!”
“Hey, that’s my soon-to-be-wife you’re talkin about there!”
“Sorry sorry. It’s just gonna take me a while to get used to the fact that you two are married!” He smiled and went to Speedy. “But, seriously, I couldn’t be happier for you! Even though I teased and insulted you both mercilessly, I love you two. You’re like a brother and sister to me, and I’m honored to be your best man,” he shook Speedy’s hand and pulled him into a hug. “Now, let’s go dig up some nice suits and head downstairs before Francine suspects anything!”


“Well, Jerry, how are w dong with the robot?” Cheese asked, coming into the old abandoned building they had found on the outskirts of Las Vegas.
“We’re doing alright, Cheese, this robot is going to be bigger and better than ever! As you can see it will have not just one but 4 huge guns and 3 shields spread out all over it’s body! It’s about 3 ties bigger than any of our other robots and 4 times as strong. Yet it can move at incredible speeds. By the time we get it back to Little Tokyo the Cats won’t know what hit them!”
“I’ll finally have the revenge I’ve been looking for! I’m gonna finally have my rightful position as true Emperior bestowed upon me, and have all the riches and power! It’s gonna be wonderful!”
“Now maybe you can afford a better set of clothes, no offense.”
Big Cheese was so happy he wasn’t even listening well. “No offense taken, I appreciate your pathetic humor, keeps me entertained.”
“Who are you callin pathetic?!”
“GOLLY I CAN’T IMAGINE, WHO AM I TALKING TO RIGHT NOW?!” Cheese calmed down. “And to think the Cats are hundreds of miles away and have no reason to even COME here! We can take as much time as we want and take them all by surprise, it’s gonna be wonderful!” he handed Jerry more money. “Here, go to town with this!”

The Cats quietly made their way outside with their packed bags as quiet as mice to as not to wake up Francine. They smiled as Lucille made her way over to them with a full suitcase which Guido took. Speedy and Polly looked at each other and smiled with excitement and love in their eyes.