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It was a calm night in the gemberry woods, and one Barbara Lambchops was on the way back to her amp-shaped house, from taking a walk to get some energy out before going to bed.
She walks past the swampy area, careful not to get stuck in the muck.
Suddenly, she notices something.
Her friend, Allister gator, was lounging in the swampy water.
Smiling a bit, she walks over to the edge of the swamp, once again being careful not to get stuck in the mud.
“Hey, Alli.”
She says, getting the Gator’s attention.
Alli looks over to her.
“Oh, hey Babs.” He says with a smile. “What’s up?”
Babs shrugs. “Not much.” She says. “I’m just having a walk before I go to bed.”
“Cool.”
Alli continues floating, while Babs sits down. “What are you up to?”
She asks.
Alli giggles. “Stargazing.”
He says. “It’s my favorite thing to do this time of night.
Babs smiles a bit. “Cool.”
She says, looking up at the stars.
“Do you have a favorite constellation, Babs?”
Alli asks.
“Hmm…”
Babs thinks for a bit.
“I guess the Aries constellation is my favorite.”
She says, pointing to a cluster of stars.
“It looks really fierce and ready to knock something over.”
She adds.
Alli smirks. “Never would have guessed.”
He then notices Babs was wearing eyeliner, smiling.
“Hey, your eyeliner is on point today.”
He says.
Babs smirks. “Thanks.” She says. “Took me a while to get it right.”
Alli gets up out of the water, moving to sit by her.
“I wish I could wear eyeliner, but I bet I'd just look silly.”
Babs hums a bit.
“I could do your makeup sometime.”
He says. “I bet I could make you look at least halfway decent.”
Alli looks at her. “Really?”
Babs nods. “I’m not that great at eyeliner but I could try.”
Alli smiles. “Thanks.”
He says. “Mind if I come over tomorrow?”
Babs nods. “No problem.”
She says. “And sure, that sounds fine.”
Alli scoots a bit closer. “Awesome.”
~The next day~
It was pretty cloudy in the gemberry woods, and Alli was making his way over to Babs house so she could do his eyeliner.
He’d never worn makeup before, but maybe it’d make him look more menacing.
Everyone always said his head was too round and didn’t make him look like an alligator, or it was too similar shaped to Iggy’s head.
He didn’t care.
Walking up to the giant amp, he knocks softly on the door.
A minute or two later, Babs answers it.
“Hey, Alli.”
She says with a smirk.
“You here for your makeover?”
Alli nods. “Yeah, sure.”
Babs lets him in. “Alright, go sit on the bed, and I'll go get my makeup kit.”
She says, walking towards the bathroom.
Alli goes to sit on Babs bed, which was of course shaped like a giant black skull, with skull shaped pillows.
“Okay.”
Babs says, walking over and sitting beside him.
“You wanna do eyeshadow or eyeliner first?”
She says, opening her makeup kit.
Alli shrugs. “Whichever’s easier.”
Babs smiles. “I think we’ll go for eyeliner first then.”
She says, taking out a pencil of deep black liner.
“Close your eyes.”
Alli does, trying not to flinch as Babs carefully puts the eyeliner on him, going slowly so as to not mess it up.
When she’s finished, she says, “Okay, what color eyeshadow you want?”
Alli shrugs. “You have dark purple?”
Babs nods. “Keep your eyes closed.”
Alli remains blind as Babs takes the brush, carefully applying the dark purple eyeshadow to the gator’s lids.
“Alright, I'm done.”
She says after about 2 minutes.
Alli opens his eyes. “How does it look?”
Babs smiles, picking up the hand mirror from the makeup box.
“See for yourself.” She says, handing it to him.
As Alli looks at himself in the mirror, he notices that with the eyeliner and eyeshadow, he looks like a punk rocker.
“Ha!”
He says. “I kinda look like my dad.”
He snickers. “Now all I need is a red mohawk.”
Babs snickers too. “Oh yeah.”
She says. “You look just like your old man.”
She gets out her phone. “Wanna take some pictures?”
Alli smirks. “Sure.”
They spent the next 5 minutes or so taking selfies together, from different angles, and some of Alli by himself.
After they took about 20, Alli points out one of them together.
“Haha we kinda look like a couple here.”
He says, jokingly.
Babs blushes a bit and pushes him away. “Shove off.”
The two laugh for a bit.
Then, while looking at Babs, Alli notices something.
“Hey, I just noticed…”
He says, moving closer.
He points to Babs’s skull shaped pendant.
“Our charms kinda match.”
Babs looks at his crossbones charm.
“What do you mean…?”
Alli takes his pendant off. “Can I see yours for a second?”
Babs nods, taking hers off as well and handing it over.
Alli carefully combines the two together, making them into a skull and crossbones charm.
“Haha, it looks like a pirate flag.”
Alli says.
Babs giggles. “Yeah, it kinda does.”
She scoots a bit closer. “Maybe we could go search for treasure later.”
Alli gets an idea, smirking.
“Nah, I think you’re a treasure.”
He says.
Babs blushes, then fake gags, pushing him away.
“Eww, that’s so cheesy!”
Alli laughs. “Is it? Or not cheesy enough?”
They both laugh.
Babs moves up to kiss him softly on the cheek.
“Shut up you dork.”
Alli blushes, gently pulling her closer. “Never.”
The two snuggle for a bit, just enjoying the moment.
“But seriously…” Alli says. “You wanna go steal some of Simon’s gold to piss him off?”
Babs gets a devious look on her face.
“Hell yea.”