Chapter One: The Picture

Once upon a time, in old France during the New Wave - Wait, wrong story. Once upon a time, there was a park. But it wasn't an ordinary park, no way. It was owned by Mr. Maellard, whom you may know. Anyway, there was a goat named Thomas, who worked as an intern who had an ''affair'' with a cloud girl who lived in another part of Two Peaks (not Twin Peaks or Two Pines or any other mangled version of the name), named CJ. I'll tell you how that ''affair'' came to be and how it ended up spiraling out of control.

One weekend, Thomas went to the coffee shop for a cup. When he entered the building, he saw a few costumers there: Mordecai and Rigby, both regular costumers, and CJ. Once Thomas saw her, he got a bit... interested. He walked over, and said, ''Hi. My name's Thomas. I work at the park.''

''Uh, hi Thomas. My name's CJ. What are you doing here?'' asked the cloud girl.

''I'm just, uhh, getting a cup of coffee.'' Thomas replied. ''You like coffee too?''

CJ laughed. ''Yes! I do! Um, Thomas?''

''Yes?''

''You want to sit down with me?''

''W-Well-'' Thomas stuttered.

''I'll pay if that's alright with you,'' said CJ. ''It's not like it costs a lot of money.''

Thomas thought it over. Then, when he finished thinking, he agreed and had coffee with her. While the two were talking, Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost happened to be walking by the coffee shop at the moment. They looked inside the window and saw their fellow worker at the table. Then he laughed and said to his comrade, ''Hey, Fives, check this out! Thomas got a girlfriend!''

''Are you serious, Muscle Man?'' asked Hi-Five Ghost.

''Well, I don't know,'' he answered. ''But this is big news if someone managed to find something in Thomas. Lemme get my camera out!'' Muscle Man took out a camera he'd bought a week earlier, and took the picture. ''Woo~! That's gold, isn't it Fives? Let's go post this on Facebook!'' The pale green fatty did that shirt-twirling thing he normally does, and he ran away with Hi-Five Ghost following him.

As Thomas and CJ walked out of the coffee shop...

''You want me to take you to the park?'' asked the intern. ''I'm sure my boss Benson won't mind.''

CJ said, ''Ok. I don't have anything to do anyway.''

Meanwhile at the park house, Muscle Man and Fives were in the computer room, viewing the photo. The camera was connected to the PC with one of those camera cords.

''Like I said earlier, this is gonna go online, Fives. And when this appears on our Facebook page, the people are gonna laugh and laugh.'' said Muscle Man. ''Now watch me!''

''You know, Muscle Man? What if the two aren't being lovers?'' HFG asked. ''What if they were just... talking?''

''There's the possibility of that, I'm sure. Still though, I don't know how Thomas hooked up with a lady. But, this needs to be announced-''

Benson burst in. ''What are you doing, Muscle Man?'' he demanded.

''Uhh... I was just... Wanting to post pictures of... one of our friends?'' Muscle Man said,

The gumball machine walked to the computer and looked closer at the picture.''Thomas? No you're not! Haven't you ever heard of permission?''

''Yes, Benson. Wait, is this-''

''YES! It's a new policy!'' Benson was starting to get angry. ''Now, you're gonna delete that picture right now or you're FIRED!''

Muscle Man got off the computer chair. ''No way Benson! Besides, you obviously made that up to stop me from doing so!'' He approached him. ''Now you listen to me! I took that picture, not you. I can do whatever I want with my camera and my pictures, because I bought it for my own personal use, with my money!''

''Look, we're trying to protect our employees from defamation here, alright. So what if Thomas actually has a girlfriend. At least he has a life outside the park,'' Benson disconnected the camera. ''Now, I'll give this back when you calm down and promise to stop posting pictures of other park workers. In the meantime, you can forget about this.'' He walked off.

Muscle Man got angry and went crazy. He started whining as he trashed the computer room.

In the living room...

''Did you hear something?'' asked Benson.

''Yeah.'' said Thomas.

''Yes I did.'' CJ answered. ''What is he mad about, anyway?''

''We had an argument earlier. He'll calm down eventually.''

Once Muscle Man calmed down, he said to Hi-Five Ghost, ''Hey Fives, you think we should leave the park?''

''Why?'' Fives was confused.

''We don't have as much freedom as we did a year ago. Benson's crackin' down on us. I think we shouldn't stay here any longer.''

''Hey, Muscle Man. I think we should start one of those tabloids. You know, like the National Enquirer?''

''Good idea, bro. But how do we get news? I don't wanna write about the same things they're reporting.''

Fives explained. ''Don't worry about that. We'll write about anything worth noting happening in the area. My brother knows a friend in the tabloid business.''

''That's an absolutely awesome idea, bro!'' The two high-fived. ''I think I'll stay here, though. I need the money after buying the camera.''

Next chapter: Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost start their newspaper. Thomas and CJ try to stop rumors of them being lovers.

To be continued...