In Love and Harmony - the 4th Rowlf Story

[The Count]

Ditto. Great chapter, it was intereschting to overhear Felicia and Marie's conversation between each other. It's rully hitting the ol' heart, indirectly though, and I'm looking forward to whenever the wedding takes place.

That makes me ask, when Sara gets married in real life, will we still have her as Scooter's girlfriend in future fanfics? Oh well, that's another story altogether. As is the one you're probably planning for after this one ends. But we can't get to that 5th story until you finish this one first. So, please, post more!

 

[redBoobergurl]

Chapter Ten:

Now that their mothers had come to an understanding, Rowlf and Wanda began to throw themselves into wedding plans. Soon, the wedding was just one week away.

They had arranged to have the minister who would be marrying them come out to the Boarding House for dinner with just their moms and Rowlf’s brothers. Rowlf was shocked when the house seemed relatively quiet and no one was in site the night that the minister was coming.

“I’m so nervous, what if he decides he doesn’t like us?” asked Wanda as she came downstairs in a very simple skirt and top.

“Why would he not like us? We’re very likeable! Everyone loves the Muppets,” said Rowlf.

“Well, I’m not a true Muppet though,” said Wanda.

“Oh trust me, you eat the Swedish Chef’s meals, you don’t even flinch when Gonzo performs wacky stunts, you laugh at Fozzie’s jokes and you know to steer clear of Miss Piggy when she’s in one of her moods. If that doesn’t make you a true Muppet, nothing will,” laughed Rowlf.

“I suppose you’re right,” chuckled Wanda.

“I must say, you’re looking mighty cute in that little skirt,” said Rowlf.

“Rowlf! Not now. Of course, if you’re thinking that way maybe I should change, I don’t want to offend the minister,” said Wanda.

“Don’t worry, you look fine,” said Rowlf.

Just then the doorbell rang.

“That must be Father Marty,” said Rowlf.

“Here goes nothing,” said Wanda.

They opened the door and let Father Marty in and brought him back to the dining room where he was introduced to Rowlf’s brothers. Marie and Felicia were surprisingly getting along very well cooking dinner together in the kitchen.

“Can we get you anything to drink?” asked Wanda.

“I’ll love a glass of water please,” said Father Marty. Wanda left the room to get the water while Rowlf and his brothers made light conversation with the minister. All of a sudden the doorbell rang.

“Now who could that be?” wondered Rowlf as he excused himself to answer the door.

“Surprise! It’s your bachelor party!” exclaimed Clifford and all of the male Muppets camped out on the doorstep.

“Guys, it’s not a good time, Wanda and I were in the middle of something,” said Rowlf.

“Oh come on, you guys will have plenty of time for that stuff after the wedding,” said Rizzo.

“We need to celebrate jou settling down wit just one lady. Dios mio, I could never do that,” said Pepe. They all pushed their way past Rowlf carrying balloons and assorted party type things.

“Sorry Rowlf, they made me keep a secret and they begged me to do it,” said Kermit as he came into the house.

“It’s ok Kermit, but you should know something,” started Rowlf but was interrupted by Animal.

“PARTY! PARTY!” he yelled as he came running into the house.

Rowlf ran back to the dining room but it was already starting to fill up with his friends.

Wanda came back into the dining room with the water.

“What is going on here?” she asked over all of the noise.

“Bachelor party, no ladies allowed,” said Clifford.

“Not by choice though hokay?” said Pepe.

Wanda looked at Rowlf as he helplessly shrugged his shoulders and tried to get over to Father Marty. Suddenly they were interrupted again by the back door bursting open.

“Surprise Wanda! It’s vous’s bachlorette party!” exclaimed Miss Piggy as all of the Muppet women came bursting into the room.

“Hey, no chicks allowed!” exclaimed Rizzo.

“Well, no boys allowed either!” yelled Yolanda.

“Girls, I’m flattered, but can we do this another time?” begged Wanda.

“Why, it looks as if Rowlfie is all tied up at the moment anyway,” said Miss Piggy.

Wanda turned around in horror and sure enough the guys had tied him up and blindfolded him into a chair as a good looking woman was brought into the room.

“A stripper???” yelled Wanda.

“Like relax, we got you one too, he’s not due to arrive for a bit yet,” said Janice.

“Guys, this is not a good time!” exclaimed Wanda. She could see Rowlf protesting as Gonzo, Scooter and Fozzie were trying to hold him down while laughing.

Marie and Felicia burst through the kitchen doors after they heard all of the comotion.

“What’s going on in here?” asked Marie.

“Well meaning friends getting in the way as usual,” said Wanda.

“I’ll take care of this,” said Felicia.

She stood up on a chair and whistled loudly.

Everyone was silent.

“All right, this is very nice of you all, but this is not a good time. These two are meeting with a minister so if you’ll all please just leave,” said Felicia.

“What minister?” asked Gonzo.

“The one right over here,” said Rowlf finally free of his blindfold and then gasping in horror when he realized Father Marty was gone.

“Now look what you’ve all done!!!” screamed Wanda.

“Wow, I’m so sorry guys,” said Clifford.

“Like, we didn’t mean for this to happen,” said Janice.

“All right guys, everyone out, we need to let Rowlf and Wanda find the minister,” said Kermit.

There was more mumblings of sorry and oops.

“So can I get your number? I happen to be a very available king prawn,” said Pepe escorting the female stripper out.

“Uh, Janice?” called Wanda after the group leaving the room.

“Like, I’ll call the male stripper and tell him not to come, don’t worry,” said Janice reading her friend’s mind.

Suddenly it was quiet again.

“What do we do now? I was so afraid something like this would happen!” said Wanda.

“All we can do is try and find him and ask his forgiveness,” said Rowlf.

“He’s a minister, forgiving is in his blood I’m sure,” said Moe. Rowlf and Wanda chuckled a little.

They headed out towards the church in hopes that they would find Father Marty. They saw him in the lobby of the Everybody Eats restaurant.

“There he is!” exclaimed Wanda.

They rushed inside.

“We’re so sorry Father Marty!” exclaimed Rowlf.

“Please marry us, we’re not always like this!” exclaimed Wanda.

“I never said I wouldn’t marry you. I thought I’d come back tomorrow morning and let you kids have your fun tonight. Everyone is entitled to have a little fun you know,” said Father Marty as he gave them a wink.

“So you’ll still marry us?” asked Rowlf.

“Of course! I’ve seen much worse in my day than that. Besides, I’m familiar with your group, I know that stuff like that isn’t all that out of the ordinary,” laughed Father Marty.

“Will you please come back and have dinner with us? We still have plenty of food and our friends are gone for now,” said Wanda.

Father Marty accepted. They headed back to the boarding house and had a lovely dinner. Later in the evening after he had left, Rowlf and Wanda sat down together on the porch swing. As their friends began trickling in they each stopped by to offer more apologies. They didn't tell them that they found Father Marty and that everything worked out fine.

“We’ll have a little fun with them and tell them tomorrow that everything is ok,” said Rowlf.

“Yeah, I kind of want to bask in all of this. Piggy even offered me her spa appointment!” laughed Wanda.

“Can you believe in one week from tonight we’ll finally be husband and wife?” asked Rowlf.

“Wow, you’re right. I can’t wait,” said Wanda.

“Me either,” said Rowlf. They snuggled together and enjoyed the cool breeze of evening while watching the stars.

 

[The Count]

Now that was certainly some sort of chapter... Father Marty, hee, another MC friend drawn into this. Guess I'll have to make a note of that for Hensonville Histories.
Was laughing at both bachelor/bachelorette parties bursting in at the same time and yet being off by a week's time. Don't they know that stuff's for the night before the big ceremony? Sheesh.
And of course, I absolutely loved that last little image of Rowlf and Wanda on the porch swing in the evening dark. Rully boo-tiful.

Please... Post more?

 

[redBoobergurl]

Now that was certainly some sort of chapter... Father Marty, hee, another MC friend drawn into this. Guess I'll have to make a note of that for Hensonville Histories.
Was laughing at both bachelor/bachelorette parties bursting in at the same time and yet being off by a week's time. Don't they know that stuff's for the night before the big ceremony? Sheesh.
And of course, I absolutely loved that last little image of Rowlf and Wanda on the porch swing in the evening dark. Rully boo-tiful.

Please... Post more?

Ah see, I was drawing on my own experience here. When my husband and I got married we had our parties a couple of weeks before the wedding because of the rehearsal dinner being the night before and all. Of course, neither of ours turned out quite like this.

 

[The Count]

Well hey.. If that's how you experienced it then that's what you've got in your memory banks to draw from. And it certainly served you well for this great chapter. So never you mind what I said. Except the part of posting more, that we hexpect soonerishkibbible.

 

[theprawncracker]

HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Oh my GOOOOOOSH!!! STRIPPERS while a MINISTER is there!! HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Oh Beth, that is TOO funny!! I LOVED it!! Clifford was great! Oh my gooooosh, so funny! Great job! More please!

 

[redBoobergurl]

We're nearing the end, but I had to stretch this out just a little bit more. Rehearsal dinner in this chapter, next chapter is THE BIG DAY!

Chapter Eleven:

The next week passed by in a blur and soon it was the day before the wedding and the day of the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.

Wanda and her bridesmaids were up bright and early and out getting manicures and pedicures and then going to pick up their dresses.

Rowlf and the groomsmen were also up and about picking up their tuxes and even getting a little spruced up themselves.

“I’m going all out, I’m even getting a flea bath, nothing is too good for my girl,” joked Rowlf.

Soon it was evening and everyone gathered at the chapel for the rehearsal and so they’d all know what they had to do the next day.

“Welcome to all of you, I recognize many faces from those of you I saw last week and if that first meeting is any indication, this will be a very fun wedding,” laughed Father Marty.

Several of the guilty party throwers faces turned a little red but they knew they had long since been forgiven.

Father Marty gave instruction to all of the bridesmaids and groomsmen as to where they would stand and everyone had a chance to practice coming down the aisle.

After the rehearsing was finished the entire gang headed out for the rehearsal dinner which thankfully was not being catered by the Swedish Chef. It was instead held at Everybody Eats.

During dinner Rowlf and Wanda stood up as Rowlf clanked his glass to get everyone’s attention.

“I know there will be plenty of speeches and toasts given tomorrow, but Wanda and I just wanted to say a few words to let you all know how much you mean to us,” said Rowlf.

“It’s been a very long, tough road to get to this point,” said Wanda as her voice shook a little with emotion.

Around the room one could see the different reactions to that statement. Felicia had tears in her eyes feeling joyous to have her son in her life once more. Marie had a similar look thinking of Wanda and hoping they’d be able to move past the past. Kermit looked at Rowlf and remembered how unhappy his friend had been before Wanda and his family was back in his life and how happy his friend was now. Moe looked at Rowlf with gratitude as if to thank him again for the gift of life he received when he had his transplant last year.

“I think that is an understatement dear,” said Rowlf as the room erupted in a bit of laughter. They had all been there with the two of them through it all.

“Anyway, we just want you to know how much we love you all and we thank you for your love and support,” said Wanda.

“Words can’t express how much it means to us,” said Rowlf.

“Cheers,” said Rowlf and Wanda at the same time. Everyone applauded and then continued with their usual clatter and chatter.

Soon, it was time to go home and prepare for the next day.

“I guess this is good night,” said Wanda when she and Rowlf reached the boarding house.

“I’ll see you tomorrow,” said Rowlf.

“I’ll be the one in the white dress,” said Wanda.

“Oh I’m so glad you told me that, I might not have recognized you,” said Rowlf which got him a playful punch from Wanda.

They shared a final kiss and parted ways for one last night before becoming husband and wife.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Rowlf awoke in the morning to a persistent creature hopping on his bed.

“Uncle Rowlf! Wake up! You’re getting married today!” exclaimed Robin.

“Ok, ok, I’m up,” said Rowlf finally sitting up and carefully trying not to step on Moe, Rex and Charlie who were sleeping on the ground.

He and Robin tiptoed down to the kitchen where Kermit was sitting reading the paper.

“Good morning,” said Kermit.

“Morning,” said Rowlf looking for the coffee.

“How’d you sleep?” asked Kermit.

“Not too bad, but man, I’m exhausted, it’s so early,” said Rowlf.

“Uncle Kermit, what happens if Wanda comes down for breakfast? Isn’t that bad luck?” asked Robin.

“Don’t worry Robin, her and the girls already left to go have their hair done. We won’t see them until we go to the church,” said Kermit.

“Phew, you answered an important question for me. I thought I was going to have to peek around corners all morning!” said Rowlf.

“So, are you ready?” asked Kermit.

Rowlf thought long and hard about this question.

“Well Kermit, as Wanda and I said last night, we’ve been through a lot over the last couple of years. If I’m not ready after all of that, I never will be. I know I love her a whole lot. That’s all that matters to me,” said Rowlf.

“I’m so happy for you,” said Kermit.

“Thanks man. Boy it’s funny, I never thought myself the marrying type, but this just feels right,” said Rowlf.

Kermit smiled. “Come on, let’s get you off to the church and get you married,” he said.

“Sounds like a plan,” said Rowlf.

Kermit went to gather everyone up.

“How do you know when it feels right Uncle Rowlf?” asked Robin who was still in the kitchen.

“Well my little friend, I am afraid this is one question that I just can’t answer well for you,” said Rowlf.

“That’s ok, I’m just glad you’re happy,” said Robin.

“Me too Robin, me too,” said Rowlf. He smiled, it truly felt good.

 

[The Count]

Awgh... That was a good chapter, seeing everybody have their rehearsal dinner at Everybody Eats. Though you know I was kind of hoping you'd reference back to my little Valentine's Day story at that moment. In any case, hugs to you Beth and please post more!

 

[redBoobergurl]

Awgh... That was a good chapter, seeing everybody have their rehearsal dinner at Everybody Eats. Though you know I was kind of hoping you'd reference back to my little Valentine's Day story at that moment. In any case, hugs to you Beth and please post more!

Oh my gosh, I'd almost forgotten about that! It would've made a great reference! Hugs to you Ed, thanks for always saying such nice things.

 

[theprawncracker]

OOH! I LOVE IT!!! I can not WAIT for the next chapter!! Oh I am so excited!! *bounces* *sings* Somebody's getting married...