Emily Pecondro is super excited to go to Florida because dolphins are her life. So when she goes into a store that is nothing but dolphins, she is obsessed with it. There's just one problem - everything is very expensive. But Emily wants a beautiful, real - looking dolphin she sees - and she wants it bad. Bad enough to take a big risk.

"He thinks I'm just some stupid thing, he does!" Rocket hates being seen as an animal, a monster. But when things go awry, he is thrown into a series of panic attacks revealing a side to the relentless trigger-happy raccoon he had never wanted the others to see. Things can only go downhill from there as Rocket's past is thrust upon him once again. -Cover by  Caskit19 (Deviantart)

Not my story. All rights/credits (and whatnot) go to the author. This is only partial of the whole story. Rocket's old friend ends up joining the Guardians of the Galaxy and reveals more of his 'soft side'. The others think she just has an effect on him, but there's a history of connections the both of them have that the others don't know until harms way comes and spills it all.