The Real HTF

Chapter 3: A Lunch to Remember

The quartet of Cuddles, Giggles, Handy, and Flippy all piled into Flippy's car and drove to their favorite place: Flippin' Burgers. Despite the fact that it was the restaurant that was used in Happy Tree Friends, this is where the quartet met up before the show even started.

"So, how's it been, Flippy?" asked Handy in the passenger seat.

"Since the show has come to a standstill, I have been able to meet up with Flaky," he replied. Flaky was a red porcupine who was his lover in the show, and lover in real life.

"I wish I could say the same," Cuddles said under his breath. After the show, he had only hung out with Handy. Not that there's anything wrong with that, he loved to hang out with his friends, but he wanted to find a date. He wasn't able to find anyone, until now.

"What was that, Cuddles?" asked Handy. He had heard Cuddles.

"Nothing!" he said. The conversation between Handy and Flippy continued.

"So, how's it been these days, Giggles?" he asked. "All work and no play?"

"You could say that," Giggles responded. "After the show was over, I went to Handy's house, but he was out with someone. So I went to Flippy's house and he was out with someone else too! I tried to hang out with other groups of people, but everyone seemed to shrug me off. I told people that I was from Happy Tree Friends and that I might be able to get them onto the show, but that didn't work either!"

"The same thing happened to me!" Cuddles said.

"It did?" she asked.

"I guess everyone was peeved that the show was canceled," he said.

"The show is canceled?" she asked. "We only lasted three seasons!"

"We have been banned from Russia for being too violent," Cuddles said.

"I hate Mondo Media," she grumbled.

"We're here!" Flippy shouted.

"Great!" everyone else said. The Quartet jumped out of the car and into the place, where they saw yet another cast member from the show. It was Petunia, who played the role of Giggle's best friend. They forgot that she still worked here.

"Hey, everyone!" Petunia shouted. "It's the HTF gang!" All of a sudden, the entire place erupted into an explosion of applause. From other cast members to people that they didn't even know, they all had watched their show before, and loved it!

"Thanks, guys!" shouted Cuddles over the roaring crowd. As they were walking towards the counter, everyone was staring at them. The "HTF Gang" as they put it started acting cool. They had no idea how famous they were!

"Cuddles, you're the cutest!" shouted a fan.

"Well…" Cuddles started. He liked sounding modest.

"Flippy, I love you!" shouted another fan.

"Right back at you, bro," Flippy said coolly.

"Handy, do the frustrated thing!" said yet another fan. Then, the whole room went silent. In the show, when he couldn't do something because of his hands, he would grunt and give a frustrated look. Another person put a salt shaker in front of Handy. Handy pretended that he had no hands again, and tried to reach out for the salt shaker. When he couldn't do it, he gave his signature look and grunt. The whole room again exploded with applause.

"Giggles, would you make me a glass of your lemonade?" said another fan. One of the episodes involved a lemonade stand. I don't think I should go into detail.

"I'll see what I can do!" Giggles responded.

"What'll it be, guys?" asked Petunia.

"The usual," Handy said

"Coming right up!" she said.

"Who knew we were so famous?" Cuddles asked. Maybe the pressure on Cuddles and Giggles was lifting.