Part XI: Back in Business
Fozzie sat on the couch in his mother's old house, watching the clock. Gonzo sat in a nearby armchair with Camilla. "Where is everybody?" Fozzie complained.
"Don't worry. They'll be here."
"But I was very specific that the meeting would begin at noon."
Gonzo went over to the couch and rested his hand on Fozzie's shoulder. "Fozzie, we got spread out all over the globe after we split up. Some late arrivals are to be expected. You have to be patient."
"But there haven't been any arrivals, Gonzo. Except for you, and I asked you to come a day early." Fozzie jumped up, agitated. "They're not coming! Oh, I just know it! They're not coming, it's been too long, this was a crazy idea to begin with."
"No crazier than any of our ideas."
But before they could discuss it any further, Camilla chimed in. "Bawk. Bawk, bawk."
Gonzo cocked his head. "No, I don't hear anything." He walked over to the window and listened intently. "Oh, wait. Yes! Yes, I do hear something."
Together again
Gee, it's good to be together again
I just can't imagine that you've ever been gone
It's not starting over, it's just going on.
"They're here!" Gonzo cried excitedly.
Fozzie got up too. "Who's here?"
"Everyone, Fozzie! Everyone!"
Together again
Now we're here and there's no need remembering when
Cause no feeling feels like that feeling
Together again!
Before Fozzie could get to the window, the front door burst open. Rowlf was the first one to enter, and he immediately grabbed Fozzie in a huge bear hug. Fozzie hugged him back. Then Floyd walked in and hugged them both.
Soon, the entire house teemed with bears and chickens and pigs and other assorted life forms. Fozzie couldn't help a smile from spreading ear to ear. There were Beaker and Bunsen sharing stories with the Electric Mayhem in the living room. There were Lew Zealand and Beauregard, sitting on the stairs, trading jokes and laughs. The Swedish Chef and Link Hogthrob in the kitchen, arguing over whether the Chef should get to cook Link. The penguins doing high dives in the bathtub upstairs. Bean Bunny and Bobo on the back porch, discussing quantum physics and chaos theory. Rizzo and Pepe in the pantry, tearing through a bag of potato chips like there was no tomorrow. The house was filled with wonderful, Muppetful chaos.
But as Fozzie looked around at his reunited friends, he realized that Gonzo had been wrong. Not quite everyone was here.