Hippity Hop, Easter's Coming Chapter 4, a peanuts fanfic

CHAPTER 4: PERFECTION NEVER SLEEPS

FRIDAY AFTERNOON; ONE DAY AGO

"Come on, Franco." Peppermint Patty called out to her boyfriend as he perked up a little.

"Where we going?" he questioned as he followed her.

"I've got a bad feeling about leaving Marcie alone for so long…" she replied doubtfully.

"Are you kidding?" Franklin snorted. "She's probably waiting for you already." He reassured as Melanie nodded her head in agreement.

"I hope so…" Peppermint Patty sighed as she headed to her best friend's house, prepared to face any mess being made. All she saw was a spotless kitchen with a note on the counter. "At Linus and Lucy's house with Hans-Marcie." She read aloud.

"Well?" Franco wondered.

"We pop them a visit, Franco, babe."

"Okay…" there weren't any other words shared between them as they headed to the Van Pelt house. The first thing the two saw was Lucy grabbing her Easter baskets as Schroeder got some plastic Easter eggs. Linus and Eudora were also helping, getting candy ducks and chocolate bunnies. Rerun and Piper had also decided to help with the festivities by making origami animals; well they tried to make the origami look perfect.

"Es ist fast Ostern, Freundin. Jeder bereitet sich vor*." Franco pointed out.

"You can say that again." Schroeder agreed.

"What'd he say?" Lucy questioned.

"I have no idea…where're Marcie and Hans?" Peppermint Patty realized.

"Backyard. Painting." Rerun explained.

"They're doing what?" Lucy asked.

"Why?" Piper noticed.

"What're they painting?" Linus questioned.

"Easter eggs." Eudora answered.

CRACK

Twenty-four cracks loudly rang out. It sounded like a hundred.

"What was that?" Schroeder realized.

"Hans and Marcie are painting Easter Eggs…I just told you." Eudora repeated.

In case you didn't get the memo, Hans and I learnt that Easter eggs are not to be painted raw…all twenty-four eggs were cracked…just like my confidence.

"Sounds like they broke the eggs." Lucy joked.

"I told Marcie to only paint twelve eggs; not twenty-four…" Linus sighed.

"Twenty-four?!" Peppermint Patty and Franco questioned in alarm.

"Yeah, twenty-four." Eudora replied.

"Twenty-four Easter eggs? Good grief…" Schroeder chuckled.

"Not even Chuck could break so many Easter eggs." Peppermint Patty laughed as she, Franco, Schroeder, Lucy, Linus, Eudora, Rerun and Piper ran to the backyard only to find Marcie and Hans covered in egg yolks, egg shells and many different colors of vibrant acrylic paint. "Oy, Marcie." The tomboy chuckled.

"Sorry, Sir…" Marcie blushed.

"We were just painting." Hans added.

"Well you don't prepare Easter eggs RAW." Lucy tried bossing whilst in a fit of laughter.

"You don't fry, roast, toast, waffle or make Easter eggs into a soup either…what am I supposed to do exactly?" Marcie questioned.

"Just do nothing." Peppermint Patty replied.

"Nothing?" Hans wondered.

Yeah. My own best friend told me the best thing to do was NOTHING…some friend. Oh yeah, she also told Hans and I to clean up.

Sometime later, Claudia and Krissy came over with chocolates. "They're h-homemade." Claudia explained innocently. "My dad's r-recipe."

"These are amazing, Claude." Peppermint Patty smiled, scarfing down chocolate after chocolate.

"Thanks." Krissy smiled.

"Are they good, Sir?" Marcie wondered.

"Yeah." Claudia smiled.

"But I wouldn't eat any chocolate if I were you; I'd lay it off instead." Lucy teased.

"Don't you ever learn, Lucy?" Linus asked.

"Learn what?"

"It's not fun to poke fun at someone for looking different."

"Meaning?"

"If you want to live, don't say those things to girls." Thibault explained.

"Wow Claudia…what's in this chocolate?" Rattler asked.

"Peanuts, vanilla, almonds and c-c-coconut milk." Claudia smiled.

"Gross!" Linus grimaced.

"Really?" Eudora wondered.

"You LIKE these chocolates?"

"No; I poured ketchup and maple syrup on my piece of chocolate." She smiled.

"I'm going to be sick." Rerun announced, running for the bathroom.

"Your girlfriend has some weird food cravings." Peppermint Patty chuckled.

"Thanks." The raven haired girl in the indigo hat smiled.

"Want to know a Serpent Secret?" Cobra wondered.

"Sure, Sylvia." Thibault smiled.

"Us Serpent Sisters enjoying egging houses more than making Easter eggs." Rattler joked as she and Cobra burst into laughter.

"Don't remind me…" Lucy snickered.

I guess those three have their Easter plans already set up.

Krissy giggled as she passed the syrup to Eudora who drizzled it on her third piece of chocolate. "Good thing we made five batches…" Krissy smiled.

"Is your family that big?" Schroeder asked.

"No; my friends love my dad's chocolate." She replied.

"I don't blame them…I can't even taste the coconut milk." Peppermint Patty smiled.

"Have you been sleeping well?" Linus wondered later on as he, Marcie, Claudia, Lucy and Peppermint Patty lounged in the family room.

"Yeah, why?" Marcie denied.

"You look kinda sleepy. Don't worry though; the Easter Beagle will handle all the egg preparations for Sunday so you can sleep." He explained as Krissy looked over at her sister's friends.

Don't ask, Krissy; don't you dare ask.

"The who?" Krissy wondered.

She asked him.

"No one important, Krissy…just some little kids' game." Lucy groaned.

"Oh…I used to believe in the tooth fairy; we're in the same boat." The brown haired teenager smiled.

"Cool." Linus smiled.

I couldn't sleep last night either. I was a bit too busy with buying the art supplies, eggs, basket materials, ribbons, lace and candies for everyone. Then I had to assemble the ribbons and lace on the baskets which kept falling apart.

NEXT CHAPTER: NOW I KNOW HOW THE EASTER BUNNY FEELS, SIR

German Translations:

*: It's almost Easter, girlfriend. Everyone's preparing.