Chap. 6: "Did I hear that last comment wrong or are you actually pregnant?" Zoot asked.

"No…you're right," Lips said softly. He could feel his eyes becoming warm, signifying that he was about to cry.

"Oh man," Zoot said, running over to hi boyfriend and hugging him. "I'm so sorry."

"It's alright, Zoot. It's not your fault," Lips said.

"But it is my fault! What happened that night a few weeks ago was all my idea! I should've known this would happen," Zoot protested.

"You mean you're not freaked out that Lips, a man, is with child?" Lisa asked, surprised the saxophonist was calm about the scenario.

"Freakier things have happened in the world…wait a second, that's why you were sick for 10 days! It was morning sickness!" Zoot said, figuring it all out.

Lips smirked at him, "Yeah, that's what caused me to be sick and I've been a little tired lately too. I saw a doctor a week ago and he gave me instructions on what not to do while expecting. It was long."

"Man, it must be tough to give up a lot of stuff…wait, will you still be able to play trumpet?" Zoot had to know.

"Do trumpets contain chemicals?" Lips asked his lover.

Zoot was silent.

"No, they don't," Lips said, giving the saxophonist the answer.

"Oh yeah! Of course! Man, I'm dense sometimes," Zoot said.

"So, you're not mad at me?" Lips asked.

"Why would I be mad at you for being pregnant?" Zoot asked. "I've always wanted to have kids…that and my parents want to see grandchildren before they die."

"How old are you?" Lisa had to know.

"40. How old did you think I was?" Zoot questioned.

"Um…would you be offended if I said 70?" Lisa asked.

"Yeah, a lot," Zoot said flatly.

Lips cut into the conversation before it got ugly, "Well, when should we tell everyone else? You know that would also involve us coming out to everyone that we're together."

"Soon, because what if you go into labor and I'm not around!" Zoot said.

"Good point," Lips said. Then, he gave Zoot a sly grin.

"What are you planning?" Zoot asked, suspicious of Lips' smile.

Lips didn't say anything; he just grabbed Zoot by the collar of his shirt and planted his lips onto the other man's mouth. Zoot jumped in surprise by the sudden kiss, but he shrugged it off. He wrapped his arms around Lips' waist and started to return the kiss and Lips released his collar and wrapped his arms around his lover's neck. Lisa smiled at their affection toward each other. It seemed to be really sweet, until a loud, bloodcurdling scream rang out.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

Bean was in the door of the dressing room, screaming. Lips and Zoot parted and snapped at the little bunny, "GOOD GOD BEAN! WHAT THE HECK'S YOUR PROBLEM WITH TWO GUYS KISSING!"

Bean stopped screaming and froze with fear, knowing he was in for it. At that point, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Walter, and the rest of Electric Mayhem showed up at the dressing room.

"What's going on here?" the frog-in-chief asked.

"Bean saw a spider the size of a golf ball," Zoot lied.

"Will you quit it with the spiders, and also, that's smaller than the last spider you lied about which turned out to actually be in the theater somewhere," Lips said.

The trumpeter was tired of all the lying he and Zoot had been telling their friends during the last few years and was finally ready to come out.

"If it wasn't a spider, then what was it?" Kermit asked.

"We can explain everything," Lips said.

"They're gay!" Bean exclaimed, pointing at Zoot and Lips, his paw shaking with fear.

"Or the rabbit can summarize everything," Zoot muttered.

"You're gay?!" Janice gasped.

Floyd's jaw dropped in shock. Never has he been so shocked in his entire life!

Kermit and Piggy were surprised to hear this as well.

Walter and Animal seemed confused.

Dr. Teeth smirked at his friends, glad that they had finally decided to come put after all those years of dating in secret.

Walter then looked thoughtful and said, "Well aren't we all happy?"

"HAPPY! HAPPY!" Animal shouted.

"It's not that kind of gay," Floyd hissed.

"What do you mean?" Walter asked.

Dr. Teeth whispered into Walter's ear for a few seconds which resulted in Walter looking shocked. Floyd pulled Animal aside and explained it to him.

"Ooooohhhh…" Walter responded.

"Lips love Zoot?" Animal said, confused.

"Yeah," Floyd said.

"Aaaaahhhh, okay, okay," Animal replied.

Lips gave his friends a surprised expression and asked, "You're okay with this?"

"Of course we are. Everyone has a right to love someone, even if they are the same gender," Kermit said.

"Yes, that is true. Love is a hurricane, like my mother used to tell me," Miss Piggy said surprisingly nicely.

"When did this happen?" Floyd asked.

"During Season 5 of the Muppet Show," Lips explained.

"I can't believe I didn't see it in that season! I should've known! I thought I knew everything about the Muppets," Walter admitted.

"I'm glad you two finally came out and are back together after that fight a few years back," Dr. Teeth said.

"You knew?" Janice asked the keyboardist.

"Yeah, they told me after Wanda and Wayne called them out badly for it," Dr. Teeth explained.

"So you were the couple they were talking about," Kermit said. "That does explain why you seemed to be panicked for a few days."

"Well, what are your opinions about me and Lips being gay and together?" Zoot asked.

"Well Zoot, it's so complicated, that it can only be said in song," Walter said.

The newbie ran off and returned wearing a black top hat and holding a can. He started to tap dance as he sang, "If you were gay. That'd be OK. I mean cause hey. I like you anyways-."

"Sing one more lyric and I'll smack you so hard you'll be sneezing out of your bellybutton," Zoot threatened.

"That'll be awkward during allergy season," Walter said, knowing he was allergic to pollen at times.

"Lisa used to sing that song around me when I was in high school," Lips groaned.

"Only because I wanted to tell you that I was okay with it!" Lisa defended.

Lips shook his head in annoyance, but he was laughing.

"But Bean, why were you screaming?" Kermit asked the bunny.

"I tend to scream at things I'm not used to and take me by surprise," Bean explained.

"Well, now since that's out of the way, we have to tell you one more thing," Zoot said.

"What?" Dr. Teeth asked.

"I'm pregnant," Lips stated, proudly.

"Really? Congratula-wait, what?" Floyd replied, before passing out from shock.

Janice went into a fit of giggles and Animal laughed loudly. Kermit, Miss Piggy, Dr. Teeth, and Walter looked at the trumpeter wide-eyed. Lisa laughed at their reactions.

"Well…that's news," Kermit said, still shocked.

Lisa smiled until she noticed something. "Hey Miss Piggy, that's a cool hair clip. Where's you get it?" she asked.

"What hair clip?" Miss piggy asked, checking her hair.

"The black, fuzzy one," Lisa said.

Bean looked at Piggy's hair and screamed, "That's no hair clip! That's a spider!"

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!" Piggy screamed in terror as she shook the arachnid out of her hair and running off into her dressing room.

"Hey! Check it out, Zoot!" Bean said, picking up the spider. "It's the same size as a golf ball!"

"How come the spiders you lie about end up showing up as the same size as you say it?" Lips asked his lover.

"I don't know. Guess coincidence," Zoot assumed.

"Unbelievable coincidences," Kermit stated.


Well, Lips and Zoot finally came out to some of their friends and Zoot is happy about Lips being pregnant with his child. So, all is well so far!

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