Infamous Chapter 7

Infamous
Chapter 7

Shortly after being invited into the frog's beach shack home, Manic and Clipsy had described their plight to her over some kool-aid and cookies. Naturally, Splash was willing to believe to long time friends and even offered to let them stay with her until "the heat cooled down."

Being somewhat naive teenagers, they thought that after a few days everyone would forget about the whole deal.

Where they ever wrong.

"Hey guys, I've got another gig tonight!" Splash called as she hung up her cell phone. Her friends had been staying with her for about a week now, keeping themselves indoors to avoid being spotted.

"That's great! Where's it at?" Clipsy asked as she walked out of Splash's own room where she'd been staying with her.

"Some fancy mansion in the next town over. Nice place." The frog replied as she started mixing some pancake batter for breakfast. It was just after eight o'clock in the morning.

"Cool! Manic, did you hear that?" Clipsy asked, but got no response and proceeded to roll her eyes. "He's still asleep."

"Then wake him up."

The squirrel flounced over to the couch in the "living room", which was really just the largest room in Splash's tiny three room shack that had a kitchenette in the back of the room. The somewhat tiny sofa had been where Manic had been sleeping for the past week.

"Maaaaaaanic, breakfast is almost ready. Wake up." Clipsy said softly as she shook his shoulder.

"Five more minutes..." The hedgehog winced and buried his face into a pillow.

"If that's the way you want to play, fine." Clipsy smirked and shoved him onto the floor.

"I'm up! I'm up!" He half shouted as he pulled a blanket off his head.

"Good. Did you hear what Splash said?"

"What?" He asked as he stood up and straighten his vest.

"She's got another job as a DJ tonight."

"Sweet! I wish we could go. I'm seriously getting mondo bored with nothing to do around here."

"That's part of the news!" Splash said as she worked on setting the "table", which was really just a long, tall, and lone counter-top toward the back of the room. "They said I could bring some pals. It's a real nice deal too, snazzy event."

"I don't think the buzz about us has died down THAT much yet, dude. Going out in public would be a pretty bogus move."

"But you WON'T be. It's a masquerade party! No one's going to recognize you guys if you have the right costumes."

"Awesome!" The other two said in unison.

"Where are we going to get costumes on such a short notice? I'd have plenty of things back at my house but..." Clipsy trailed off as she was once again faced with the fact that going home wasn't possible.

"I've got some odds and ends for the DJ business in a trunk somewhere in this mess. We'll find you two something. I'll get on it after some pancakes." Despite the fact that the frog called the small home a mess, it was really rather spotless. Though she was just a neat freak.




"Owch!"

"Sorry, Clips! Hold still!" Splash said best she could while holding multiple baby pins in the corner of her mouth."

"I am." The squirrel protested, resisting the urge to move and get a better view of the ball gown style dress that Splash was helping her pin up a little.

"I'm almost done, so just stop trying to move for a little longer." The frog could see that her friend was eager to see the costume once it was completed.

"That's okay."

The two girls where standing in Splash's bedroom. Splash herself was already dressed for the party, outside of her mask. Her costume was for a 70's dancer, complete with afro.

Only Splash would wear that...

"What did you find for Manic's costume?" Clipsy asked.

"I manged to hunt down some old black cloth and a few fake red stones. He's going as a spider." Splash laughed. "It'll look great with his wild hair! Oh, and I'm all done!"

The other girl took a step back from the mirror and twirled once in the long, pale green dress. She then picked up a pair of similarly colored lace wings off the bed and slipped them on.

"A luna moth, a spider, and a disco dancer. We certainly won't match, at least, you won't." She smiled.

"It doesn't matter if I match you two. I won't be able to hang with you anyway. On the other hand..." Splash became a bit quiet, watching her friend's reflection in the mirror as she inspected every angle of the dress.

"What?"

"You two."

"Manic and me?"

"Yeah."

"What about us?"

"You two aren't...You know...An item, are you?"

Clipsy felt a slight wave of heat on her face and turned to answer her friend.