Chap. 8: A few days later, Lips was alone in the dressing room when Scooter walked in.

"Hey Lips, someone wants to see you," the go-fer told the trumpeter.

"Who?" Lips asked, wondering if it was Zoot, Lisa, or Dr. Teeth.

"I don't know. Some lady," Scooter said, before walking out.

Lips was curious who this lady was and decided to meet her. When this lady entered, Lips wanted to run or at least make her leave, but he knew that'd be rude and he wasn't the kind of guy to do that. The woman had tan skin like Lips, curly blonde hair, squinted eyes like Lips. She didn't have a nose. She was wearing a green t-shirt with a light blue long-sleeved shirt under it, a black skirt, and purple shoes.

"Hello Lips, how are you dear?" the woman greeted.

"Hello mother," Lips replied. "What brings you here?"

"Can't a mother see how her son and daughter are doing?" Ethel asked.

"True, but still, what made you want to do that?" Lips asked, wanting to know why his mother was visiting him unannounced.

He tried to make his dashiki in a position so his mother wouldn't notice the bump.

"I heard you were carrying my grandchild," Ethel stated.

Lips felt like breaking down and crying right there. She knew and he knew he was in for it.

"How did you know?" Lips asked.

"That Piggy girl is such a blabbermouth. She told everyone on her Facebook and Twitter accounts," Ethel explained.

Lips froze up; Kermit had strictly told everyone in the theater to NOT do that. Why did Piggy go ahead and do it? Was it because she thought nobody would find out or was she an exception, since Kermit never tells her what to do much. This made Lips start freaking out, knowing someone from a magazine of some sort was going to see it and probably share it with the world.

"I suppose you're wondering who the father is," Lips sighed.

"I already know. It's the saxophonist, Zoot Simms right?" Ethel told him.

"Did Piggy share that too?" Lips assumed.

"No, a man named Zachariah did. Do you know a Zachariah?" Ethel asked.

Lips was shocked to hear that. Zachariah had told a whole bunch of strangers Zoot was in a relationship with Zoot! Why? Was it just to ruin Zoot after he told him he was with him? Did Zoot know?

Ethel whipped out her cell phone and said, "I can show you if you don't believe."

She went on Facebook and relocated each of the comments. When she found them, he face expressed concern and she muttered, "Oh dear."

"What? What is it?" Lips had to know.

"I'm not sure if I should show you," Ethel said.

"Let me see," Lips said.

Ethel reluctantly handed the phone to her son, where Lips saw Piggy and Zachariah's comments, followed a whole bunch of other comments. Some of them were comments asking how this happened or how cute they think the baby will be and some congratulations, but for everyone one good comment, there were at least 5 negative ones! They were mostly flames, threats, or insults, like "I'm going to kill Zoot for this!"

"I'm going to kill Lips for this!"

"I'm going to kill their child!"

"I hope Lips gets fat."

"I hope Zoot leaves him."

"I hope the baby is stillborn!"

"I hope Lips has a miscarriage so Zoot can leave him!"

The more bad comments Lips read, the more tears ran down from his eyes. He couldn't believe how many people hated him and Zoot, and the threats were scary and it seemed like these people were not bluffing. Lips handed the phone back to his mother, sat down on the sofa, and broke down crying.

"I'm so sorry about this," Ethel said, sitting next to her son and hugging him.

"It's okay mom, it's not your fault," Lips whimpered. "I wonder if Zoot's seen the comments."

Zoot was in another room, checking the Facebook, and was mortified to see all the comments. He couldn't believe Piggy and his brother had done such as thing to him and Lips. He knew Piggy probably did it without intention, but Zachariah probably had a reason. He decided to hunt down his brother. He found him in the prop room with Rizzo and Pepe.

"Hey," Zoot said, getting his attention.

"Hey Zoot," Zachariah said smugly.

Zoot felt like punching him in the eye right there. "I saw what you said on Facebook," Zoot stated angrily.

"What did I say?" Zachariah asked, acting innocent, but he still wore a sly grin.

"You know what!" Zoot snapped.

"What did he say?" Rizzo asked.

"He told everyone on Facebook about me and Lips!" Zoot shouted.

"What! Why?" Rizzo asked.

"I'm trying to figure that out," Zoot said.

"So I told the public you and Lips' secret. So?" Zachariah sneered.

"Well now people are starting to threaten to kill us!" Zoot snapped. "Did you know? Do you want us to get killed!"

"Maybe," Zachariah said.

The argument had grabbed the attention of Digit, Scooter, and Robin the Frog. "What if I did that to you?" Zoot asked.

"I'd probably beat the living hell out of you!" Zachariah snapped.

"Really? Cause I feel like doing just that to you!" Zoot hissed, running at Zachariah, ready to throw a punch at him.

Zachariah stopped him with his hand and slammed Zoot into the floor.

"I'm better at fighting than you are, Zoot. You should know that by now," Zachariah said.

"Should I go get Uncle Kermit?" Robin asked Digit.

"Yes! Now!" the android said. The little frog ran off.

Zachariah stepped out of the prop room in a huff.

"You okay, Zoot?" Rizzo asked the saxophonist.

"Fine…just fine," Zoot grumbled.

In Miss Piggy's dressing room, she was staring at the majority of the hateful comments from all the people on Facebook and Twitter. She had seen threats online before on other people's profiles, but this time, they were on her profile! She knew they weren't directed at her, but still she was scared. She also saw what Zachariah and for the first time in her life, she was worried for the safety of Zoot and Lips. She had to do something about the threats, but what? Reply? No, then they'll be after her! She decided to Google what to do about being threatened. She checked multiple links and they had the same conclusion: call the police. She knew she had to do that, but this was Zoot and Lips' problem. She had to ask them first to see if they would be okay with the fact of getting the cops involved.

At the same time, Kermit, Lips, and Lisa were discussing what to do about the problem.

"We need to call the cops and alert them about this. We can't risk you or Zoot getting hurt, Lips," Kermit stated.

"How will the cops help?" Lips asked.

"They can trace the comments and find out who sent them, and maybe lock those crazy fans up," Lisa explained.

"Won't that be a little…rigid?" Lips asked.

"Nothing is too rigid for the Muppets," Lisa said with a grin. "Hey, where's Zoot?"

"I don't know. Rizzo said he headed out after he confronted Zachariah. Zachariah left the theater before he did," Lips explained.

"I don't like people who do things like this to other people, especially to their own siblings. I think we might have no choice but to fire him," Kermit said sorrowfully.

"I kind of figured that…he didn't seem to so bad at first until Zoot told him about us," Lips said.

"It's okay; it's not your fault. It's Zachariah's fault for not understanding," Lisa said, comforting her brother.


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