"The Banana Splits": Janitor X Beth Love Story

Chapter 7: Austin Asked for Harley's Birthday

Paige was in the front of Stevie's dressing room and knocked on the door to get Stevie's attention.

"Stevie." Paige said as she calls Stevie.

Paige opens the door to see Stevie laying on the couch and drinking.

"Are you drunk?" Paige asked.

"No. I'm buzzed. After this, I'll be drunk. You want one?" Stevie asked after answering.

"Come on, they need you on set." Paige said in demand.

"Paige. The page. I just got that. Come on, have a drink with me. One drink." Stevie said while laughing.

"Stevie, seriously..." Paige said.

"They wait for the puppets. They can wait for me." Stevie said, interrupted.

Stevie was still laying on the couch.

"You know that page uniform is.. really workin' for ya. It's working for me too." Stevie said.

Suddenly, Austin appears behind Paige and goes inside the room.

"Hey. Excuse me." Austin said to Paige.

"Dude, I'm not doing autographs right now." Stevie said to Austin.

"Okay, I actually wanted to talk to her." Austin said.

Stevie gets out of the couch and walks up to Paige as she and Austin leaves the room.

"Tell that bitch Rebecca I'll be there. On cue... like always." Stevie said to Paige.

Stevie slams the door.

"I'm sorry. Hope I didn't get you in any trouble." Austin said to Paige.

"Just 'cause your fits build on a kid's show it doesn't mean you get to act like an epic asshole." Paige said about Stevie and leaves.

"Absolutely. Probably, um.. I'm not really in show business. - So I don't know..." Austin said.

Paige turns to see Austin.

"You're from the audience. You're not supposed to be back here." Paige said.

"Yeah, that is true. Um, look, it's my little brother's birthday and he's crazy about this show but we didn't get any stars on our tickets. He's like a great kid and, and you know meeting the Splits would be huge. So I need to know if there's maybe a way to, like, to get my brother happy for his birthday. I can make a bet." Austin explained.

"You make a bet?" Paige asked.

"Y-yeah. I stole a $20 bill from my stepdad's sock drawer, you know. That's in it for you if that makes a difference, seriously." Austin answered.

"Just stick around after the show. I'll take care of you." Paige said.

"For real? Seriously?" Austin asked.

Paige nodded her head 'yes' to answer.

"This is, um, this is, this is very cool." Austin said.

"Yeah, you can return to your seat now." Paige said.

"Right, yeah, um, which way would that be? I.." Austin said.

"Follow me." Paige said.

"Okay." Austin said.

Paige leads the way for Austin to go back to his seat. In another room, Janitor was sweeping the floor for a moment until he looked up to see Snorky was staring at him from the doorway until he left. Janitor was concerned about Snorky was watching him, but he decided to forget it and went back to sweeping. In Stevie's dressing room, Stevie was dressed in his suit for the final scene and looked at himself in the mirror.

"Show time, bitches." Stevie said.

Stevie finished his drink and threw away his glass cup into the trash. Stevie leaves and is on his way on the stage until he hears Andy was talking to Glen on the phone in his office to eavesdropped.

"Glen, I told her it's done. The show's cancelled. She was pissed. What do you think? Ha, and ask me if I care? Of course, I don't. Th-this show is gonna free up two stages. Not to mention, what we can do with all that tech. We're gonna tear those fuzzy bastards apart and sell 'em to the theme park division." Andy explained on the phone.

Stevie has an evil smirk while eavesdropping and walked away.

"The Banana Splits show is done. It's my call. Oh, oh, and, and Glen.. live with it." Andy said.

Andy ends the phone call and laughs until there is a strange sound and creaking. Andy gets out of his chair and looks through the folding divider to see what or who was behind it. Suddenly, the door closed by itself and Andy turns to see it.

"Hey!" Andy shouted.

Andy tries to open the door, but it is locked and he knocks on the door.

"Are you kidding me? What the hell is goin' on?" Andy asked.

Andy keeps trying to open the door, but he hears a noise from the window. Andy slowly walks closer to the window and quickly moves the curtain. Andy screams in fear to see Bingo was at the window until a honking noise that it might be from Snorky takes Andy to capture him. Andy's cigar falls into the ground.