Walter spent the rest of the week in Smalltown, enjoying himself. He got the sleep he needed, and was now better well rested. However, it didn't necessarily mean that he didn't stop thinking about Lily's move to L.A. It started with the night at the bistro, then continued on with Walter's text from her, afterwards. From there on in, things proceeded.
Walter and Lily spent the entire week texting back and forth. When Walter was hanging out with his friends, when it was late at night, or early in the morning. He was so intertwined with his phone, as long as Lily was on the other end.
When Walter went back to L.A. on Friday, he had a few days until the Muppets got back to work. On Sunday, Walter was finishing unpacking the remainder of his boxes in his flat. Fozzie came over, to help him.
Walter placed the framed photo of his father, on the side table in the living room. Fozzie was looking through one of his boxes.
Fozzie pulled out a book, and looked at it. "Finances for Dummies?" The bear asked.
Walter turned towards his friend. "Oh yeah, I bought that in college. It's actually pretty useful."
Fozzie took the rest of the books out, and carried them to the CD/book shelf. As he placed them in, he looked around.
"Nice place..." He awed. "How'd you afford it?"
"I've been saving up, for years." Walter responded. "That book had a lot to do with it."
"For a nice apartment?"
"Well, no. I didn't exactly know I'd be moving to L.A. one day. I just thought that the extra finance would be good in the future."
Walter then felt his phone buzz in his back pocket. He pulled it out, and saw that Lily was calling. Walter nervously looked at Fozzie, who was still occupied with stacking books and CDs on the shelf. Without the bear seeing, Walter snuck around the corner from the living room, to the hall. He snuck into the closest door, which was the closet. It was pitch black, so Walter pulled on the handle of the dangling light, turning it on.
"Hey, Lily." Walter said, answering his phone. He spoke quietly.
"Hey! So since I'll be here Wednesday, do you want to come and help me unpack?" She asked, excitement in her voice. Hearing her on the other end caused Walter's heart to flutter, again. They had been texting all week, and hadn't verbally talked since the first night they saw each other. Walter ignored the pounding in his chest, and continued to talk to Lily.
"Uh, sure. What time?"
"How 'bout 4:30?"
Walter thought about it, and remembered that he had rehearsal.
"I actually only get out of rehearsal around 5, so can I come after then?"
"Yeah sure, I'll text you the address."
There was suddenly a knock on the door, startling Walter.
"Walter?" Fozzie asked. "Are you talking to someone in the closet?"
"Uh, no!" Walter said through the door, nervously. He lifted his phone back to his ear.
"Kay Lily, I have to go! See you Wednesday!" Walter quickly hung up. He didn't want anyone to know about Lily, now. Not when he was having these weird feelings for her. Walter opened the closet door, to see a confused Fozzie.
"Just, um...watching a youtube video." Walter covered up.
Fozzie looked at him, uncertain. "Oh, uh...okay."
"Come on, theres still some stuff to unpack." Walter said, walking past Fozzie, to the living room. Fozzie walked into the closet, looking around.
"I bet there's a ghost, in here." He pondered.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
Walter's alarm clock went off. Walter rolled over in his bed, slapping the off button with his hand. It was 8:30. Kermit asked everyone to be there for 10:00. Walter was always worried about not getting there in time, so he made sure to get up way before.
Though it wasn't that early, Walter groggily got out of bed. Probably because his body was use to the relaxation of his holiday. But, he was ready to start their muppet rehearsals. This was his job, now. And he couldn't ask for anything, better.
However, Walter was still pretty tired. He'd stayed up really late, texting Lily. This girl was taking up most of his attention. He needed to try and get through a day, without texting with her. But, he couldn't help it. She was amazing, and texting her all week has been great.
Walter rubbed his eyes, as he entered the kitchen. He then remembered he hadn't bought any coffee beans yet, and groaned. Looks like he was gonna take a stop at a coffee shop, on the way to work.
Gonzo tugged a miniature pool, into the auditorium of the Muppet Studios. Scooter and Rowlf watched, skeptically.
"A pool?" Scooter asked, looking through his clipboard. "What happened with the lion taming plan?"
"Kermit thought it was too dangerous." Gonzo responded, putting the pool down.
"I think everything you do is too dangerous." Rowlf said. "So, what's the pool for?"
"Picture this," Gonzo said. "Gonzo the Great, falls from the height of 40 feet. Everything watches in awe, afraid for the muppet's life! And then all of a sudden, BOOM!"
Rowlf and Scooter shared a look. "You blow up?" Rowlf asked.
"No. Gonzo the Great ignites his jetpack at the last minute, and soars above the audience's heads. He swoops his way back to the stage, and disables the jetpack, landing in the pool!"
Scooter and Rowlf stayed quiet for a second, not sure how to respond.
"Well, it sounds great. But, where will you get the water for the pool?" Scooter asked.
"The hose in the ally way, duh." Gonzo said. "It is a working progress, though. Maybe I can juggle the chickens as I do it."
Just then, the auditorium door opened. Walter entered, drinking coffee out of a to-go cup.
"Hey, Walter." Scooter said, first.
Walter approached the three other muppets, his eyes tired. "Hey, guys."
They looked at the boy, questionably. "You okay, Walter? You look tired." Gonzo said. Walter thought of his late night texting with Lily. He tried to think of something else to say, instead.
"Just...didn't really sleep, last night." Walter said, covering it up. Wow, nice cover. He thought to himself.
"Well, don't worry." Scooter said, "your whistling act isn't until afterwards. But, we were hoping you could also be in the..."
As Scooter went on, Walter looked at him, as though he was listening. He knew it was bad not to, but he was really tired. He made a miniature promise to himself at that moment, to get better sleep that night. To not text Lily, too late.
"So if you could just meet up Rowlf, Bunsen, and Beaker around 11:00, they'll go over it with you." Scooter finished. Walter only heard the last part, and nodded. He wasn't sure what he had just agreed to be a part of. He was pretty sure it was one of Bunsen's crazy experiments. Good thing they were gonna tell Walter about it, later.
Later that day during their break, many of the muppets talked amongst each other. Walter sat in the audience chairs with Fozzie and Rowlf, chatting. The boy looked at his phone, to check the time, and saw a text from Lily. He knew he said he would go through the whole day without texting back, but he couldn't help it. It just gave him a lot of joy, talking with her.
"Guys?" Scooter said, walking over. "Does anyone know how to get someone's head out of a glass container? Beaker is stuck in one..."
"Not really," Fozzie said. "I sometimes forget how to get myself out of the theatre."
"Maybe I can do something." Walter said. "I'm sure if whistled a high enough pitch, it could shatter it."
Scooter perked up at Walter's suggestion. "Good idea, Walter! Let's go!" Walter put his phone down, and went with Scooter. Fozzie and Rowlf followed.
Walter's phone stayed in his chair, his text chat with Lily still open. Animal came along, breathing heavily like he always did. Electric Mayhem was gonna meet in the lobby to tune their instruments. Animal then noticed the lone smart phone, resting on the chair. He turned his head, looking at the chat.
"LI-LY." Animal sounded out, looking at the contact name. "Lily." Animal didn't know who that was, or whose phone it was. He used his finger to touch the phone, but did it a little too aggressively and abruptly. The text chat scrolled up, and Animal saw another name, that he knew.
"Walter." Animal said, knowing that name. "Walter phone!"
"Come on, Animal!" Floyd called from across the room. "The band is meeting in the lobby."
Animal looked back at the phone, once more. "LILY." He spoke, again. The muppet shook his head, grunting. He left to go to the lobby.
Moments later, Walter walked back with Bunsen.
"Thank you, Walter." Bunsen said. "Your high pitched whistle is exactly the kind of result to get Beaker out of glass, that I've been looking for, for years!"
"Wow, thanks Bunsen." Walter responded, flattered.
Bunsen left, and Walter looked towards his phone.
"Whoops, forgot that there." Walter said, picking it up. He unlocked his smart phone, looking at his chat with Lily. "Good thing no one saw."
He looked at his phone, reading Lily's text.
It read:
I was gonna wait another day or two to text you, but I guess I can't wait that long to talk to you :)
Walter blushed, and smiled bashfully. He chuckled slightly, and texted back.
Ha, I was thinking the same...
Walter continued to smile, enjoying the slight flirting. Okay, maybe it was really obvious flirting. But, he was honestly having a good time. What he didn't notice though, was that Kermit and Fozzie were looking at him from the stage.
"Why is he smiling like that?" Fozzie curiously asked.
"I'm not sure." Kermit said, still looking at a flushed Walter. The frog turned to Fozzie. "You helped him unpack yesterday, did he say anything?"
"Nope." Fozzie responded, "but, he was randomly talking in his closet. I think there's a ghost in it." The bear walked away, and Kermit turned his gaze back to Walter. The boy still smiled at the phone he was looking down at.
"Hm..." Kermit pondered.
Two days till' the big day, you excited? Walter texted.
Yeah, I really am. Excited to see you, too. Lily responded.
Later, when rehearsal was done, Walter was getting ready to go.
"Hey, Walter!" Fozzie said, approaching him. Walter turned towards the bear.
"Hey, Fozzie."
"So, is it too hot in here for you, or something?"
Walter looked at his friend, confused and a bit weirded out. "Sorry?"
"Well, your face was really red before." Fozzie said, "was it like, too warm?"
Walter swallowed, and didn't say anything at first. But if he was gonna still keep Lily a secret, he had to go along with whatever crazy reason Fozzie suspected.
"Yeah, I guess." Walter lied. "Just a...little warm."
"Don't be embarrassed." Fozzie smiled, "I sweat underneath my fur here, all the time. I think the thermostat is broken."
Walter laughed nervously, continuing to lie.
"Well, guess I better go before I...overheat, heh..." The younger Muppet said. "See ya later, Fozzie." Walter then walked away, feeling a bit nervous. That was close, he has to be more careful when texting Lily in the studios.
Electric Mayhem walked up next to Fozzie, watching Walter walk away.
"What is like, the deal?" Janice asked, in her slangy voice. "With Walter?"
"Yeah man, that boy looked more nervous than flock o' chickens." Floyd agreed.
"Well, he was blushing before. I asked him if it was too hot in here, and he said yes." Fozzie said, confident with the answer.
"Just like that?" Dr. Teeth said. "Huh, guess that has to be it." Janice shrugged her shoulders, not really sure. The entire band was actually unsure, but not Fozzie. He believed Walter. Animal stood behind them, also watching Walter exit the auditorium.
"Li-ly." Animal muttered, for only him to hear.