Give me one and give me two, cover me with muck and goo.

[talkyourwayout]

The birthday campout hadn't quite gone as planned, but it had fueled Lexi and Gobo's friendship enough that, when the idea of a do-over came up, Lexi ultimately agreed to it. After all, she'd only spent a few hours outside on Gobo's birthday. That had been over a week ago, too.

And the first day of the trip hadn't been too bad, she had to admit. They'd picked a different place this time, a spot outside the Other Duckburg where Louie had suggested there might be arrowheads to be found that she could sell for a pretty good price. Sure, the craggy landscape had left Lexi a little concerned about sleeping comfortable, but once she was in her sleeping bag that night, she'd actually been out like a light.

She slept in late the next morning, too, even through several minutes of someone calling her for help... But when the cries did get through to her mind, she awoke with a jolt.

"Gobo? Oh man!" She scrambled out of the sleeping bag and made her way toward the source. It couldn't have just been a relaxed, lucrative little trip, now could it? Great.

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[gobetween]

He glanced up at her, then laughed lightly and smiled. "You know, that's not the sort of reaction I would've expected most other times."

[getrichquick]

She ruffled his hair with a little laugh of her own. "Yeah, well... I don't know, I guess it's part of all that junk about how you're good for me or whatever."

[gobetween]

He lightly batted at her hand, snickering some with a playful grin. "Keep saying that, I like hearing it."

[getrichquick]

"You loser," she sighed, sounding just as affectionate as if she might've telling him how dear a friend he was.

Which, really, was exactly what she was doing.

[gobetween]

Which is why he absolutely glowed with the jab, settling a bit into his arms with a contented smile.

[getrichquick]

Something about how pleased he looked at that had her grinning, herself. It was just always... So nice to be understood.

[gobetween]

Companionable silence was all well and good but Gobo was a Fraggle after all, and it would only be a few minutes before he got restless.

Right now, this manifested as picking at the pajama bottoms again. He plucked the cloth and let it fall, toying a bit with the folds. After a moment or two he grabbed a better pinch and picked it up, bringing his leg off the couch with it. Set back down. Repeat on the other leg, and back down. What followed next was alternating legs "walking" style, giggling to himself after a bit.

[getrichquick]

She watched him for a bit, trying not to make a snarky remark or even laugh, because as amusing as that was, it was also adorable, and she was content just to watch, at first. After a while, though, the snickers spilled out.

"Having fun?"

[gobetween]

"Yes, actually." He snickered some, and the "walking" moved to moving both legs up and down at the same time.

[getrichquick]

"Wait, keep doing that," Lexi said, grinning. An idea had struck, and she walked around to his side, and mimicked the pinch-and-pull puppetry act with one of his shirt sleeves.

[gobetween]

He watched her curiously, then laughed again, letting his arm move with the sleeve.

[getrichquick]

"Okay, this actually is kinda fun. I can see why this is keeping you entertained."

[gobetween]

"Hey, sometimes it doesn't take very much for a Fraggle." And, before she can even say anything, he flashed her a snarky grin. "Most times it doesn't take much."

[getrichquick]

Dang, he beat her to it.

"No, most times it does not," she agreed with a smug smirk, before releasing his arm. "Okay, I'm getting tired now."

[gobetween]

He laughed again, and once she released him he leaned back against the couch, settling so he was sitting a little lower down.

"One of these days," he started as he folded his hands together over his stomach, "we're going to actually manage to have a trip between the two of us."

A blink, then he glanced over. "Which kinda reminds me, I think Mokey caught that cold I had. She was feeling a little punky the other morning."

[getrichquick]

She patted his shoulder a bit. "Hey, we did know that might happen. I'm sure she'll be fine in a few days, though."

[gobetween]

"Yeah, I know." He half-shrugged, then smiled at her. "It'll be alright, we're keeping an eye on her. Though of course, Boober's trying to instigate a surgical mask rule, now."

[getrichquick]

"Good, keep up that - the looking after her, I mean. I think Boober might be overreacting, though."

Which... Shocker, but Lexi still believed only a monster would make fun of Boober.

[gobetween]

"Boober as a general rule is overreacting. At least it's better than when he tried to instigate that same rule at the Rock. I don't even remember when that was, just that he tried."

[getrichquick]

Okay, no, she couldn't help laughing then. Oh well, she was the evil triplet, after all.

"I'm sure that went over so well."

[gobetween]

He laughed as well. "About as well as a pet Poison Cackler."

[getrichquick]

Lexi gave an amused snort, nodding.

"I mean, with how many Fraggles there are down at the rock, I'm sure someone's always sick. So it's not a bad idea! But... Well, you know."

[gobetween]

"Oh yeah, someone was always sick. You should've seen when that Pebble Pox epidemic went through, it even got the Doozers."

[getrichquick]

"Sounds like a blast. I'm sure the Doozers kept working, though."

[gobetween]

He snorted some. "Probably? I was still sick at the time, plus Wembley and Boober, so I only kinda heard about it afterward from Wrench."