Chap. 15: A while later, Mari was sleeping soundly in her cradle in the Muppet Boarding House. Zoot looked down at her, smiling. He couldn't believe he was a father. Truth be told, he didn't think it would actually happen, but it did. Lips entered the room and found his husband admiring their newborn daughter
"Still hard to believe, huh?" Lips said, taking Zoot by surprise. "Who'd have thought a guy like me would have something so precious."
"Y-yeah, you got that right. I didn't actually think we'd ever get any kids, and to be honest, I never actually pictured myself as a father, but now…" Zoot said.
Lips smiled at his husband before saying, "You know you were meant to be a parent?"
"Yeah man…say, if I'm father, does that make you the other father or the mother?" Zoot asked, really confused.
Lips blushed and said, "Um…the other father. I'm still a guy. I just gave birth to a baby is all. Why do you ask?"
Zoot looked nervous and said, "Um…I overheard Pepe planning to refer you as Mari's mother to annoy you."
Lips did an annoyed sigh, "Figures." Then the trumpeter looked down at Mari and smiled. Too think, just a few months back, he and Zoot had just gotten back together after being apart for so long, and then he got pregnant, and they got married, and in the middle of a show, Lips gave birth to his baby girl. Life can be a little crazy and has some shocking turns, but every now and then, those turns become something good in the future. This was one of those times, and Lips was happy he got to experience it.
"Well, we better let Mari get some sleep. It's been a long night," he said to Zoot.
The saxophonist nodded and the couple exited from the room. "So, which instrument do you think Mari will learn when she's older?" Zoot asked, eager to have a couple of guesses.
"Well, she can do one of ours, or both if she's really talented," Lips guessed.
"It'd be groovy if she played both of our signature instruments," Zoot said.
"Yeah, that would be cool. She might become a very good act for the Muppet Show when she's older," Lips agreed.
"Yeah…" Zoot said. The couple just stood there, smiling at each other before kissing. Then, there were a few small cries from Mari's room.
"Uh-oh, looks like Mari woke up," Lips groaned.
Then, Pepe opened the door to his room, stepped out, looked at Lips, and said, "Hey Lips, can you be a good mother and make your baby shut up, okay?" The King Prawn laughed as he shut the door.
Zoot could sense anger from Lips, so he said, "You can deal with Pepe tomorrow morning; we got to see what's wrong with Mari now."
Lips sighed and said, "Okay."
The two men entered Mari's room to check on their daughter, which would be the first of many times, but they can pull through it with love.
THE END
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