Chap. 5: A week later, Lips had been extremely worried about what to do about his pregnancy and was wondering what his sister was planning to do. Then, Kermit announced a meeting in the auditorium. As always, all the Muppets were in their seats, and Kermit was sitting on the stage, ready to address his friends.

"Well gang, I have some good news!" the frog stated.

"What?" Fozzie asked.

"Kermie and I are finally getting married!" Miss Piggy exclaimed.

"No Piggy, that's not it," Kermit said with his typical befuddled face. His expression returned to his normal happy face and he said, "We have a new person to work for the Muppets."

"A new Muppet! Who is it?" Walter asked eager to meet the Muppet.

"She's a young lady all the way from New Orleans who knows how to play a mean clarinet," Kermit stated.

"Lady?" Miss Piggy muttered, getting angry.

"A mean clarinet? We better separate it from the other instruments. We can't have bullying in the theater," Walter said.

"Kermit means she plays clarinet really well," Floyd explained to the Muppet fan.

"I knew that, I was just trying to make a music joke," Walter said with a smile.

"Leave it to me and Zoot. That's our forte," Floyd replied.

"And here she is! Miss Lisa Armstrong! YAAAAAAYYY!" Kermit announced, waving his arms in the air.

"Armstrong?" the other Muppets said as they looked toward Lips.

"Surely it's a coincidence. I don't think we're related," Lips said.

"You sure about that, bro?" Lisa's voice asked.

Lips looked at the stage and was shocked to see his sister walking onto the stage. She had yellow hair that reached a few inches past her shoulders, tan skin like Lips, squinted eyes like Lips, and had a round pink-red nose like Lips. She was wearing a black tank top, a white skirt with a brown belt, light brown sandal-heels, and had several bangles around her wrists.

Lips noted Clifford's, Pepe's, Rizzo's, Dr. Teeth's, and several other male Muppets' jaws drop in awe.

"Lips! Why didn't you tell me you had a sister! That was hot!" Pepe exclaimed.

Lips shook his head at the prawns question and ignored it.

"Lisa, it's wonderful to have you here," Kermit said. "We've been needing someone to play clarinet for a few songs, but not many people here know much on how to play."

"Didn't Zoot play clarinet for the Muppet Christmas Carol?" Walter asked.

"That was only a one-time thing. Like when I played the flute for Blue with Helen Reddy," Zoot explained.

"Well, now you won't have to worry about clarinet ever again. Lisa will take of it," Lips told his lover.

Walter seemed to be thinking about something for a few moments before asking, "Hey, how would the Muppet Show theme sound if it was played on a clarinet?"

"I was wondering the exact same thing," Kermit said. "Can you play the theme for us, Lisa?"

"Sure thing, Mr. The Frog," Lisa said, whipping out her clarinet.

She played the entire theme of the Muppet Show with ease and grace, which resulted in thunderous applause from the Muppets.

"Dang Lips, your sister knows how to play a clarinet," Clifford complimented.

"She started learning at the exact same time when I was learning trumpet. In elementary school," Lips stated.

"That settles it! You're in the Muppets! Let's give Lisa a warm Muppet welcome!" Kermit hollered.

All the Muppets cheered and went wild in the theater. Lips went up onstage and hugged his sister.

"I'm so glad you're here," he whispered.

"I didn't want you to be alone on this," Lisa muttered back.

"Hey Lisa!" Miss Piggy shouted. Lisa looked at the diva pig.

"I have to make a couple of things to make clear. One is that-."

"Kermit is off-limits," Lisa said.

"Er, yes. And also-," Miss Piggy went on, surprised Lisa already got the memo.

"Don't steal your slots or upstage you. Got it," Lisa said.

"Okay, and-."

"If I steal you're chocolate, hurt Foo-foo, or make fun of you, I'm dead."

"…You're good."

"Lips told me everything I needed to know and remember it in case I come here," Lisa explained.

"Thank goodness for that," Kermit said.

Later, Lips and Lisa were alone in the Electric Mayhem's dressing room. Lips was lying on the sofa and Lisa was sitting in a bean bag chair. All the other musicians were downstairs in the canteen.

"What am I going to do?" Lips asked Lisa, still worried about how Zoot and his friends would react to his surprise pregnancy.

"Well, for starters, we got to find a way to tell everyone that you're pregnant with making someone freak out," Lisa said.

"Someone? Why not everyone! Everyone will have a reaction to it," Lips stated.

"Actually, people normally due to some sort of chain reaction that occurs in large crowds. Like, if one guy panics about something, everyone else will freak out because they'll think it's bad because of how the first person reacted. But that reaction does not always involve panic, sometimes it'll involve joy or anger. It happens to you guys a lot," Lisa explained.

"Oh…so, how do we tell everyone without making one person panic, and causing this chain reaction?" Lips had to know.

"We could tell Zoot first. He doesn't seem the type to blab it to everyone," Lisa said.

"I know, but, he might freak if I told him I was pregnant with his baby. He might even deny it's even his! I'm scared he'll hate me if he found out, and check this out!" Lips lifted up his dashiki, revealing his black turtleneck undershirt, which revealed a small bump on Lips' abdomen.

"I've begun to show!" he stated.

"No way…" Lisa gasped, rubbing her hand on it. "Well, at least you'll have evidence."

"No, I think the other guys will think I'm crazy, and that I'm just getting fat," Lips said as he put his dashiki back down. "I just don't know how to tell Zoot this."

A tear ran down the trumpeter's cheek.

"Hey, don't cry. If Zoot has a problem with it, I'm willing to deal with him," Lisa said, cracking her knuckles. "I've taken judo lessons along with clarinet lessons. I can possibly even defeat Miss Piggy!"

"No, Lisa! You'll get fired if you beat up Zoot. He's vital to the orchestra, and I might get fired for being pregnant and Zoot might dump me…" Lips scolded his sister.

"Sorry, I was trying to help," Lisa apologized.

"It's alright…" Lips muttered as he started to cry.

"Hormones?" Lisa asked.

"Maybe…" Lips replied.

"Hey, if you're scared, I can go with you to tell Zoot about the baby. That way it won't be that scary," Lisa offered.

"Okay," Lips said, standing up. "Let's go tell Zoot I'm pregnant!"

Then a familiar voice exclaimed, "You're pregnant!"

Lips and Lisa looked at the doorway to the dressing room to see none other than Zoot, standing there. His mouth was hanging open out of shock and he was focused on Lips.

Lisa muttered, "Oh no…" She looked at Lips and could see her brother was starting to tremble.

His mouth was quivering, seconds away from breaking down into tears.


Well, Zoot found out about Lips' pregnancy! What's will he think of this?

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