My T.O.T.S. Stories (My version inspired by StellaZhau)

Pip Gets A Fever

*Thanks, @Jazariah217 for this request! This story part and the rest of my stories in this book will take place after Pip and Krysia start dating*

It was a beautiful morning at T.O.T.S. The sun was shining, sunlight showing a gentle shine through the windows, and not a single cloud in sight.

Freddy was startled in his sleep by the sound of his best friend's alarm clock ringing. "Pip, could you please turn off your alarm clock?" Freddy said groggily. He was half asleep and didn't feel like getting out of bed yet. He turned over onto his right side of his bed so he could face the penguin who was in his bed and was sound asleep.

That's strange. Pip always wakes up to his alarm clock. Freddy thought and decided to get up and out of bed so he could turn off Pip's alarm clock.

After he turned off the penguin's alarm, he looked at his best friend in the igloo shaped bed and shook him gently. "Wakey-wakey, Pipster..."

After a while, Pip managed to wake up. He rubbed his eyes. And he started to feel his head pound and it took a lot of his energy to sit up in bed. That's weird, Pip thought. I've never felt this tired or dizzy before.

Freddy gestured to the door and rubbed his stomach. "Let's get dressed and then go to the cafeteria. I'm craving some food right now!" Now, he felt a lot more awake and really hungry!

So the flamingo headed into his closet to get dressed and so did the penguin. Only the penguin got out of bed slowly and took small steps on the way to his closet.

After Freddy was done getting dressed, he walked out of his closet and stood in the middle of the room, waiting for his penguin pal to come out. After a few minutes, he walks over to Pip's closet and knocks on the door. "Hey, Pipster . . . you doing okay in there?" He wanted Pip to be done soon so they could hurry on over to the cafeteria in time for breakfast.

"Yeah. I'm okay. . ." replied Pip. He was still getting dressed. But he was going slow and his muscles ached. Okay, this is strange. Why are my muscles aching? He thought. Maybe the achingness would go away on its own?

After Pip was finally done getting dressed, his legs suddenly felt weak and he almost fell face first. Freddy caught him before he mounted the floor. "Woah there. You good?" Freddy asked as he caught Pip. He then helped Pip stand up.

Pip nodded his head. "Yeah. I'm probably still a little sleepy."

As soon as they were in the cafeteria, Freddy started eating his cheesy breakfast which he called "Breakfast a la Freddy" which was cheese covered in cheese dipped with cheese with a side of MORE cheese. For him, he could never have too much cheese. Pip decided to just stick with some wing waffles but he barely touched it, not really in the mood to eat. He probably only had a few tiny bites by the time Freddy was done with his cheesy delight.

Freddy glanced at his best penguin friend's not-even-finished breakfast. "Are you sure you're okay, Pip?"

Pip got up out of his seat and tried stretching his aching muscles. "I guess I just don't have an appetite right now. Wanna go to the nursery and meet our delivery for today?"

Freddy gets up off of his seat and raises a concerned eyebrow. "Okay, but . . . are you sure you're going to be okay during our delivery?"

Pip patted his best friend's shoulder. "Don't worry about me. I'm fine."

"If ya say so. . . ." said Freddy as they walked to the nursery together.

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"Hi, Fellas!" K.C chirped as soon as she saw Pip and Freddy walk in. "Are you here to meet your delivery?"