Another Friend in Amphibia

Chapter 55: The Dinner

Drake was near Felicia's Tea Shoppe. He was wearing a white suit to make himself look presentable. This was a very important event and he had to dress for the occasion.

Felicia was working outside her shop, preparing to turn in for the night. She noticed Drake, she waved to him. "Oh, hello Drake. Here to pick up your friends?"

"Yep. It's time for dinner." Drake replied.

"They're on the second floor in the guest room." Felicia said.

"Thank you." Drake called out as he entered the tea shop. He walked up the stairs and knocked on the guest room door. Then he waited.

A few moments later, the door opened, and he could see Grime's glowing eye staring at him. "Ah, Drake. Good to see you."

Drake stood to the side and bowed. "Come, the dinner party awaits." he said, trying to sound formal.

Grime stepped out first, then Sasha. She looked at Drake and nearly laughed. "Drake... what are you wearing?" Sasha asked. She was still wearing her armor.

"Oh this? Apparently, Anne and Marcy wanted me to dress for the occasion. So they got the town tailor to make this for me." Drake explained. "Funny story but I used to wear a red cloak. It was my only other pair of clothes at the time. When I first arrived at Wartwood, I actually gave it away to a snapdragon I knew at the time."

Then Grime remembered something. "Oh, I almost forgot. I've got a cake for the dinner party. We'll pick it up on the way out."

Drake led the group out of the shop and through the town, all the way to the outskirts where the Plantar farm stood. He stopped outside the door. "Look, it's hard to get Wartwood to accept you and you two didn't exactly leave a good first impression. Since Anne, Marcy and I are vouching for you, I'm sure you'll be fine. Maybe one day they'll even come to respect you."

"Just get on with it." Grime said.

"Right..." Drake knocked on the door then stepped aside.

Anne opened the door a few seconds later to greet them.

"Back off!"

"Don't kill me!"

"Take Hop Pop! He's old!"

"Ahem!" Anne gave the Plantars a dirty look.

The Plantars quickly shifted from their guarded stance to a more relaxed stance. "I mean, hey, how's it going?" Hop Pop said, trying to sound relaxed.

Grime wheeled in a cake that was covered up. "My sincere thanks to you all for the kind invitation. Your home is sufficient for habitation." then he wheeled the cake further into the living room. "I baked a vol-cake-no. It needs a little more time to rise, but it's sure to end the night in a devastating explosion! Of chocolatey goodness."

"Uh... thanks. I'll just put it over here." Hop Pop wheeled the cake somewhere else in the living room.

Sasha moved to address Anne and Marcy. "Ahem. Well, girls, looks like... we're all finally back together again!"

"Eeek!" Anne and Marcy squealed.

The three of them started jumping up and down with joy. "Oh, my gosh!"

Drake stepped into the room and tried to walk around them.

"Get in here." Sasha grabbed Drake and pulled him into the celebration.

"Human friendships are loud!" Polly complained.

A few minutes later, the celebrations died down and everyone went to take their place at the dinner table. Polly had her own special seat for tadpoles at one end of the table. At the other end was a single seat by itself which Drake rushed to grab. Anne and Marcy sat at one side of the table. Sasha was about to join them but as she sat down, she felt something else was on the seat. She noticed Sprig had made it to the chair first.