Skeeter's Story
By: TheBlueManatee
Chapter Four: This Could Really be a Good Life
Scooter grins as he hops off the bus. He grins when he shows Bobo his pass. He grins as he runs up the steps. He doesn't know why, but he's super-duper happy today.
Well, maybe it's because he got done that meeting with the president early. The Muppets now have free internet!
Maybe it's because he has a feeling somthing really great and special's gonna happen.
Call it a sixteen year old's intuition, or just call it crazy, Scooter doesn't really care. It feels like he had a big bowl of happy for breakfast. Scooter fishes in his pocket for something- a note. He's really confused why he had a sudden impulse to look in his jacket pocket.
He shrugs. He pulls it out, unfolds it, and reads, "Dear Scooter, Hi! It's your twin sister, Skeeter, writing to you from Calafornia! Guess what? We won the Soccer game! We kicked butt! we are the champions! The score was 25 to 4! (I kicked most of the goals) so, did you win the Math thinga-ma-bob? Of course you did. You big nerd. I'm sure Dad's proud of you. Anyway, gotta go! Someone broke out the ice cream (Mint chocolate chip! My favorite!) Peace out cub scout, Skeeter."
Scooter stops reading and folds it back up. Skeeter. He's surprised the note survived the washes this old jacket had. I practiallly abandoned her. What possessed me to do such a thing? I'm her older brother and I just left her behind! If only she knew how sorry I am and, and I miss her.
Scooter sighs and opens the door.
Well, it's too late now. She and Dad probably moved out of the house. I just left her and Dad there. All I left was a note! They probably hate me. He sighs and runs with his head down towards his dressing room. However, Scooter wasn't paying any attention to where he's going. He collides with another muppet. BANG!
I collapse on the ground. "Owwww..." I groan. Some Muppet just banged into me as I walked down the stairs. I rub my head and feel a bump forming. Great. I tap my hands around for my glasses. I pick them up and rub my eyes open.
I have a mini heart attack.
There, sitting in front of me, was my brother. Scooter. My brother I haven't seen in thrity years. My brother who I said horrible things to. My brother who I thought I would never see again. My twin brother, Scooter.
I gasp, and Scooter looks up and he gasps, too. His eyes go wide, and so do mine. He inhales deeply, and I do too. He speaks first, "Skee... Skeeter?"
"Mm hm." I nod, for my mouth won't move.
"It's... b-been... So... long!"
"Thirty years." I force out of my throut. We're both stunned into in-action until Kermit calls, "FIVE MINUTES TO CURTAIN! Oh... Scooter! You're early... I see you've met..." He gulps, "Skee-der."
"Yeah the meeting went, um, swell... Skeeter!" He stands up and helps me up. His hand met my mine, and my heart pumped rapidly. "Oh Skeeter!" Scooter says and pulls me into a hug, "Skeeter! I missed you so much... I'm really sorry I left. I'm sorry I abandoned you and Dad... I'm sorry that Mom died! I'm sorry for everything! I'm sor-"
"Scooter," I say and let him go. Oh my God what do I say? Well, let's see here, "You abandoned me. You left me and Dad when we needed to stick together as a family." A tear runs down Scooter's cheek. Aw crap, wrong thing. I'm such an idiot sometimes!
I inhale deeply, "But.. It's ok. I forgive you."
Scooter has a confused look on his face, and I say, "Scooter, I was never mad!" I half smile and laugh, "I came back, because I missed yah." I softly punch his cheek, "Nerd." Scooter smiles and punches me back in the arm.
"I'm so sorry for what I last said to you. I missed you so freakin' much, Scooter. Dad does, too" I say. I hate getting mushy like this, but...
Scooter responds, "It's ok. I kinda deserved it, for what I did to you."
"No way, Scooter!" I exclaim, "You're loved by quillions apon gazillions of people! you're a movie star! You shouldn't ever be sorry for that."
Scooter blushes and mumbles, "Aw gee."
I tell him about how Zoot showed me around and I met everyone. Scooter nods, and was about to speak but Kermit calls into his intercom, "TWO MINUTES 'TIL CURTAIN! AAAAAAAHHHH!" Suddenly, a wave of Muppets come up the stairs, down the stairs, left and right.
The Electric Mayhem zooms past and somthing shiny drags my eyes toward the floor. Zoot's saxophone! With a swoop of my hand I grab it and without thinking I run onto the stage.
Meanwhile, Kermit calls, "FIVE SECONDS TO CURTAIN!"
A bright light hits my eyes and blinds me for a moment. When I regain my already-poor eyesight, I see a sea of Muppets all staring at me with eager eyes. My knees go weak and wobble. I look to Backstage Right and see Scooter with a clipboard smiling and doing a thumbs up. Kermit has his arms folded and a smirk.
I feel my face get red. Skeeter! Say something! I start, "Uh, Welcome to the Muppet Show! I'm ah, Skeeter, Scooter's twin sister. Uh, I'm new."
"Well, obviously!" Floyd says from down in the band pit. I continue, "A der her her, so without um, further ado, here's the show!" I toss Zoot's saxophone to him and run off the stage. Zoot and Rowlf start the theme song.
"I swear to Jim, Scooter, If you do that again..." I nudge Scooter's arm. He laughs and says, "That's for all the times you sent a virus to my computer!"
"Yeah..." I say, "But you always fixed it! No matter what virus I sent to you, you always had an antidote or something. You nerd."
The newsman rushes by and papers fly everywhere. Kermit calls out from the stage, "... And a very warm welcome to our newest member of the family, everyone give a hand for Miss Skeeter Grosse! Yaaaaaayyyy!"
Scooter pushes me on stage. "Wait, what? Aaaaaahhhh!" I say as I stumble on the stage.
I say after I recovered from the shock, "Sorry Kermit. But I don't think their hands can come off." The crowd laughs and Kermit rolls his eyes playfully. "And now I'm happy to introduce..."
"Lew Zealand and his amazing Fish Organ!" I interupt, "Yaaaaaayyyy!" and flail my arms like Kermit usaually does. He makes a noise that sounds like a groan and walks off the stage. Lew Zealand giggles and starts wacking his fish.
Electric Mayhem runs back to get changed for "Rockin' Robin." Zoot walks up to me and says, "Um, thanks Skee. For my saxophone, I mean."
"Heh, no problem. Now, go get ready!" I say and shoo him off. I sigh and Scooter asks if I want to help him plan next week's show. I nod and open up his laptop. Hmm, now what can I hack on this thing...
I grin. I can't help myself, can I?
"Hey, Miss Skeeter." a small perky voice next to me says. I look up and around, but find nobody. "Down here!" The voice says again and I feel a tugging at my shirt. I look down and see the small little frog, Robin. "Hi'ya Robin. Watcha' doing out here?"
"Oh, I just wanted to say hi." He grabs onto my arm and starts swinging. I swing him high and he whoops and laughs. I laugh, too. I throw him up and catch him again, like a small ball. Robin laughs and says, "Again! Again Miss Skeeter!"
"Just Skeeter, kiddo." I grin and toss him higher and higher. "Neato taquito!" I laugh. I throw him up so high this time that he lands on one of the rafters! Oh boy. Kermit's not gonna like this. I hear the soft patter of flippers on wood. I gulp. My first day, and I already screwed something up. Kermit's sure going to send me to the Boarding House! I yell softly, "Don't worry Robin! I'll get you down!"
"Take your time, Skeeter. It's fun up here! Wee!" And he swings on a rafter board. "Heh," I say, "You sound like Gonzo!" I take off my half jacket and hold it out like a trampoline, "Jump Robin!" I look back and forth towards the stage. A frog shadow gets closer and closer...
"Ok," Robin says then jumps, "Woho!" Robin lands in my jacket. Kermit walks in, and I exhale a sigh of relief. Robin's ok and Kermit won't have my head after all. The frog says, "Hi Skeeter, hi Robin."
"Hi'ya Kermit."
"Hi Uncle Kermit. I'm having a great time!"
"Oh good." Kermit says, "I hope you'll call your mom and tell her?"
"Of course, Uncle Kermit." and Robin hops off my jacket and up the stairs. I put my arms through the sleaves and ask Kermit, "Hey why does Robin have to call his Mum?"
"Oh, Magge is very protective of Robin. If she doesn't get a report every week, she'll be here faster then a dragonfly on a jetpack." He pauses, "Wait, what?"
Fozzie comes in from the Canteen, "Kermit? When do I get to go on?"
"Um, hold on Fozzie." he flips open his binder, and Fozzie looks at him. I'm surprised he doesn't notice me. I shug and Kermit says, "You can have one right before Skeeter's act."
"Ok, thanks Ker- wait a minute! Did you say before Skeeter's act?"
"Uh huh." Kermit couldn't look less bored. Fozzie whips his head around and says, "Where's Skeeter? I don't see her."
"She's right behind you, Fozzie."
"Where..." and turns around and faces me. I wave my hand and say, "Here I am!" Fozzie looks like he's seen a celebrity, "Skeeter! Oh hello! I thought you were Scooter! It's been too long! How have you been? When did you come here? Will you stay here? Have you met Scooter yet? Do you wanna hear one of my jokes?"
"I know, I get that a lot, I've been good, a couple hours ago, yup, yes, and sure fire away!" Fozzie looks like he's just won a grammy, "Oh my gosh! Really Skeeter? You wanna hear one of my jokes!"
"Um, sure." I say, "I'm all ears."
"Um, ok... Let's see, I have a great one ready?"
"Mm hmm." I nod, trying to look excited. I know Fozzie, and I know his jokes are terrible, but I'm not gonna pull an Uncle Statler and Uncle Waldorf. He grins and starts, "Knock Knock!" Fozzie looks so excited. "Who's there?" I respond.
"Alpaca!"
"Alpaca who?"
"Alpaca the trunk, you pack the suitcase! Wocka wocka wocka!"
"Oh, heh, ha ha! Ha! Ha, ha..." I fake laugh, trying to make him feel good about himself.
"You LIKED it?" He says, looking so hopeful and happy that someone finally liked one of his jokes. "You really truely liked it! Tell the truth!"
"Um," I put my hand on his fluffy shoulder, feeling bad for the poor bear, "Sure, sure I did Fozzie."
"Oh thank you Skeeter!" he pulls me into a bear hug (Pun not intended... Oh what the heck. Pun intended) and I half smile. Kermit says to Fozzie, "Fozzie! You're on!"
"Ok! Oh boy! I can't wait to tell everyone my new joke!"
I shake my head and wonder how bad Satler and Waldorf are going to heckle him tonight.
"Chief? George and Mildred can't do 'At the Dance' tonight." Scooter says in a hurry, clutching his clipboard for dear life.
"What! Why not?" Kermit says.
"Funny bone's broken." Kermit scrunches his face and I fake-laugh, "A der her her." from my swivel chair in the corner. I'm practising Origami, I'm making a swan! It looks more like a mistake. I make a soft noise that sounds like a mix of a walrus and a groan.
I'm folding paper to recover from my act. I swung on trapeze while avoiding penguins and Gonzo being shot out of cannons! I avoided every one of them, but at the end Crazy Harry lit a firework and I was blasted twenty feet in the air. Lucky for me, Muppets are very tolerant to explosions.
Zoot comes in to get changed into his band suit. Scooter and Kermit look at each other, then at Zoot, then at...
Me!
"Skee-der..." Kermit says and Scooter sneers in the background. "Can you dance?"
Ten minutes later, I climb down the steps in a pretty blue strapless dress that Hilda gave to me after seeing my wordrobe ("Oh no no no no 'weetheart, I 'ill not allow you to wear 'his in pub-lic!") and I walk on stage.
I grab Zoot's hand and he puts his hand on my weist. I could feel myself blushing. I just met the guy, what four hours ago? And now I'm ballroom dancing with him. The curtain opens and I mumble to myself, "One two three, one two three..." I can't dance for my life, but I mimice Zoot's footsteps and I think I was alright.
Zoot looks like he's in a daydream. He closes his eyes and twirls me around. He looks like he's off in another world or time period. I quickly tap his wrist with my fingers, to wake him up. Sam and a brunette what-not finish up, and we tell our joke.
"Last week I had to make ten pitstops during the race."
"Really? Why, Zoot?"
"I had to ask for directions."
We get laughs, and Animal and Bridget "boogie." At the end of the sketch, Zoot twirls me over to the bottom of the extreamly low chandelier. I spin around, but a pain on the top of my head stops me. I mumble, "Zoot. Quit moving around so much, I'm stuck."
"That's the point!" he mumbles back.
"What?" I hiss.
"It's a joke."
I groan as Zoot spins me around. The chandelier twinkles and people laugh. Zoot faces the audience and nods his head while laughing. I kick him swiftly in the heel and he falls. It's my turn to laugh, now! The curtain closes as Zoot tries to untangle my curl from the thing.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow OW." I say as Zoot takes a clump and pulls, "Sorry, Skee. Hold on, I think I got it..."
"OW OW OW, OKAY!" I say as the last of it's untangled. I sigh a sigh of relief and I stalk to Backstage Right with Zoot trailing at my heels.
"I cannot believe you made me do that." I say to Kermit I throw the ribbon out of my hair. Scooter smirks in the background, and I sneer, "Yeah. Just you wait until next act, I'm really gonna get you then!"
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Author's Note: Yaaaaaay! I have one reviewer! WOOO! Anyway, *Clears throut* I own nothing.
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Copyright: "Good Life" by One Republic