Famous. He knows that word. In fact, all through his childhood he wanted to be that word, breathe that word. Now he was that word and it made him feel all the feels. 50 million people. That's more that the entire frog population back home. He could finally show his family he wasn't a screw up or a coward. This would be the day he would change his life forever. Change. Yes.
Carly put a hand on Pepe's scrawny knee. "Is everything OK with you?" Pepe looked up at her, eyes wrinkled with pride. "Hell... Yes." He got up and walked to the door, opened it and went out. Ben was quick to follow Pepe's every move, and caught up to Pepe. "Woah woah pal! Don't get to ahead of yourself! This is Los Angeles! Basically everyone is on social media here and that means they definitely know who you are! Take it one step at a time. You will come as a shock to them so just..." He placed his arm around Pepe and turned him around to go back home.
Ben was right. Pepe knew he would shock people, just like he did with Ben and Carly. But right as they were walking back to the house, some teen was walking by Pepe's side. "Whoa, what the hell?" Pepe and Ben kept walking. "This has to be a costume. Nice one." Suddenly, the boy was pinching very violently at Pepe's skin. The boy quickly pulled back when he realized, his palm was covered in slime. He looked disgusted yet, excited.
Pepe stopped. He felt like crying. He sighed "yea... I'm-" you're famous Pepe. Pull yourself together. He stood up straight now and looked at the boy in the eyes. "Yes I am Pepe. Please, no pictures. Pepe strutted his way back to the house. Ben looked at the boy, shrugged and followed after Pepe.
Night came faster than you could say feels. Pepe and the couple had eaten a dinner of spaghetti and sauce. Now, they were sprawled out on the couch watching TV. Carly was uncomfortably close to Pepe. He scooted over a bit and she looked at him with seductive eyes. He looked to the ground and tried to pretend that never happened. "Oh my god Pepe that's you!" Ben shouted. And there he was. Pepe stared at the screen with delight. There was a talkshow on and they were talking about trends. There was a lady with blonde hair that spoke. "So they call these memes, take a look at these," at that moment the screen behind the lady lit up with Pepe's disfigured face. The audience gave a gasp/laugh and Pepe scoffed. "The kids call him Pepe the Frog. Like, seriously? Whatever happened to Kermit?" The audience laughed/clapped. "Who's Kermit?" Pepe asked. "He was the frog we grew up with. Not like you at all," explained Ben.
"Hey Pepe, me and Ben are going into town to meet up with some friend tomorrow. You wanna come? You know, introduce yourself to the public," Carly said. Well it was now or never, he knew he would have to go out sooner or later. "Yea, I guess." Carly was happy to hear that, too happy. "Well, great! Cool. Well, I'm gonna hit the hay." "I think I will too. Pepe, your glad to stay up for a while." Pepe watched them go up stairs. He sat, slouched watching mindless television, thinking about tomorrow.
