Chapter 7
A little later, after Robin had scurried off to work, and Piggy had prepared a breakfast of pancakes and scrambled eggs, it was the time of times. The one time of the day where Kermit could actually admit that he hated. The part of the morning where he and Piggy had to separate for the day. He had to go to work on his new screenplay, and Piggy had photo shoots all day. He hated to have to say goodbye to Piggy sometimes; sometimes he wished that they could just stay together at the house all day so he could just hold her in his arms and tell her how beautiful she was. Alas, it could not happen, though, and Kermit hated this part of the morning for it.
Slowly, he helped Piggy put her coat on, with a quick bow and a kiss of her hand afterwards. Piggy blushed and turned her head away- inside, she was as giddy as a school girl. Anyone who says chivalry is dead-hasn’t met my husband, she thought. She smiled at Kermit, giving him a small kiss on the cheek. She didn’t want to leave, either. To actually tell the truth, she didn’t like this part of the day any more than he did. In fact, she probably disliked it even more than he because if Kermit truly wanted to, he could do all of his work from home. Piggy however, had to actually go outside of their home to go to work. That’s what she hated the most. Kermit retuned her smile warmly, wrapping his slender arms around her waist.
‘’Do you have to go?’’
Piggy was overcome with tenderness. Why, if she had her way….
‘’I don’t want to, Kermie, but I have to.’’ Not the answer Kermit wanted to hear. He put on a pretend pouty face, causing Piggy to erupt in laughter. He laughed himself, and opened the door for her. He then walked her over to the limo, which had already been waiting for Piggy outside of the house for at least five minutes. It would be worth mentioning that Jerome, the driver did not like to wait--for anyone. Kermit especially tapped into this fact this morning, as Jerome gave him a look expressing so.
He looked back over at Piggy, tossing her hair over her shoulders. Once again, he lifted one of her hands to his lips and kissed it.
‘’You look pretty today,’’ he said with a grin. Specifically, he was looking at the way that her skirt flattered her figure. Easy now, Kermit.
‘’ Thank you, how charming of vous,’’ she said, kissing him on the cheek.
Once again, Kermit looked over fearing the wrath of Jerome. Time to wrap it up.
‘’Well, I guess you better get going. Have a good day, sweetheart, and don’t work too hard, ok?’’
Piggy came closer, to the point where she was just inches away from his lips.
‘’Promise, Kermie,’’ she said ever-so flirtatiously. With that, they kissed goodbye, and Kermit walked her over to the limo, opening the door for her, of course. The two blew kisses to each other as she stepped in, and Kermit stood in the driveway and waved as Jerome drove away with his sanity and life-long best friend.
Kermit sighed. Now, he had to deal with the thought that he too, had to go to work. In more ways than one. Upstairs, in his office by day, he was writing a new screenplay called ‘Meet me west of the moon.’ Downstairs, in the family room by night, he was hosting a welcome back party for the Muppets to explain to them the goings on of the plan. Very busy he was going to be, but at the end of the day, it was all worth it. It had to be. Though for the pat five years, Kermit had experienced mostly happiness in his life, there was a strong feeling of loneliness that he couldn’t fight anymore; nor did he have the desire to. It was time to come back.
Kermit came back into the house, made his way up the stairs, and suddenly……stopped. He had forgotten a calculation in his plans--a very important calculation. Kermit made plans to break the news to his wife easily, but there was one person he completely forgot about--Robin. He had completely forgotten! After all the hulabaloo he had gone through to make sure everyone else knew--he toally spaced telling the one that this whole thing was going to affect the most-- next to Piggy, of course.
‘’Oh brother,’’ Kermit said, slapping his forehead. With that, he hurried upstairs to fix this…little problem. To illustrate what this would be like, with the way that his plans were going, fixing this would be like fixing the hole in the ozone layer. Next to impossible at this point, but not completely impossible.
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‘’The soy milk is right next to the 2%, on the top shelf..yes, right there ma’am….You’re welcome.’’
Meanwhile, at the Circle K, Robin was helping costumers and performing his usual early morning duties. He was just beginning to stock the bread and other wheat products, when suddenly, Robin felt his phone ringing. (He felt it rather than heard it because he would always put his cell phone on vibrate when he went to work.) For a moment, Robin reached his hand down into his pocket to retrieve it, but then paused. He wasn’t allowed to answer his phone when he was at work, and he sure didn’t want to get in trouble. With that set in mind, Robin went back to work, hoping inwardly that whoever was calling him would leave a message.
‘’C’mon, Robin, C’mon, Pick up! Just this once! C’mon!’’ grumbled Kermit. Needless to say, the guilt that was riding on him certainly wasn’t adding to his current sour mood. ‘’Oh boy, how could I have forgotten! What a horrible uncle I am!’’ Then, his worries were over--so he thought.’
‘’Hi, this is Robin,’’ said a warm voice.
‘’Robin! Ahh, thank goodness! I need to-’’
‘’Sorry I can’t come to the phone right now, but if you leave me your name, number and a message, I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. Thanks!’’
‘’Robin! It’s me-- It’s It’s Uncle Kermit. Look I uh, I need to tell you something very very important, ok? Call me back right away when you get this message, ok? Ok, bye.’’
‘’Oh boy.’’
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‘’Oh boy,’’ Penny said, pacing back and forth. ‘’What did I get myself into? I- I shouldn’t have told her so soon, Frank, she’s pinging off of the walls! She’s already picked out what school she wants to go to there, and kind of job she’d like to have there, what college she wants to attend…it’s all maddening! And here, all this time, I thought she was going to be mad at me! Teenagers!’’ Penny rubbed her head with one hand, and nearly dropped the telephone in the other.
She sighed. ‘’I tell you Frank, I’m getting to old for this!’’
‘’And what’s worse is you’re not even forty yet,’’ added Frank. Fortunately, it allowed for a small snicker out of Penny, which served as a huge relief for Frank. He didn’t like it when Penny was in tense situations like this, so he always tried to break the ice with humor. Normally it worked, and fortunately, it did this time too.
‘’Listen, as long as you’ve got your husband’s blessing, what is it that you’re so worried about? I mean your daughter is jumping at the chance you to, it’s pretty obvious that you want to go. What are you so worried about?’’
In less than a second, Penny’s face dropped from a smile to a frown. Pow! Right in the kisser! What’d he have to go and bring that up for? Oh well, no going back now.
‘’Well,’’ Penny reluctantly admitted. ‘’I don’t exactly have my husband’s blessing. In fact, I think that I’m going against his wishes. He doesn’t want us to go. That’s why I’m so worried about this.’’
‘’Against his wishes? What are you talking about, Penny? That’s absurd! Jen was the most supportive husband on the planet! He would’ve supported you all the way!’’
Penny shook her head sadly. ‘’Not this time. Normally, I feel a breeze when I have his support, or hear a bird chirping, or-or something. But not this time- I felt nothing. That, and I already know that this would be against his wishes. You see, when we first got married, and then when we had Zhen-Yi, I , well, I sort of made him a promise..’’
‘’A promise? What sort of promise?’’ asked Frank curiously.
None of your darn business! That’s what she felt like saying, but it was against her personal beliefs to be that rude.
‘’Frank, some things that are between a husband and wife should be left that way. Look, it’s pretty late, and I should probably get to bed. Zhen-Yi and I have lot of paperwork tomorrow. So uh…we’ll talk tomorrow?’’
‘’Yeah, yeah. We’ll talk tomorrow,’’ Frank replied, somewhat coldly. He couldn’t help but feel just a little brushed off, here. He had done nothing but keep her best interest in mind so far, and she was keeping things from him? That’s gratitude for you.
‘’Have a good night, Penny.’’
‘’You too,’’ Penny replied shakily. ‘’I’ll call you in the morning. Goodnight.’’
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