A/N: Please note that this chapter's storyline is following the end of chapter 6 - which I RE-WROTE! Yes, I re-wrote the last chapter because it seemed to crazy and dark for me. But anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 7
So the next day our little group decided to go on a camp, in the outskirts of the town, after the woods, nearby the lake. Sportacus was already done packing his things, so he went to check on the Meanswells if they were ready. He went and knocked on their door and the mayor opened it.
"Oh, hello, Sportacus! Come in! The girls are still getting their things ready," Milford told him as he entered, but they didn't have to wait long for Maddie to come out of her room with her backpack and her guitar in its case, both hanging on her back.
"Well, I'm ready! Oh, hi, sweetie!" she greeted him with a kiss, right in front of her dad.
"Ahm... I really hope to see less things like this in our camp for the next three days," he said.
"Sorry, daddy," Maddie apologized and the couple giggled.
"Ok, ready to go," Stephanie said coming from her room.
"Great, now we're all here, let's go, then!" Sportacus said and the group left the house.
Arriving to the place by the lake, the men started building up the tents. Well, Sportacus started... Then went to help Milford, of course. The girls sat near the lake, looking at its beauty.
"Say... How serious is your relationship with Sportacus?" Stephanie asked and tried to sound innocent.
"Uh, pretty serious, considering the fact that we're dating for almost 3 years," Maddie slightly laughed.
"Oh, I know that, I mean like, do you ever think about marrying him?" Stephanie asked curiously.
"Yeah, I guess I do... But of course not until I'm done with high school. Although he does think about it, a lot," Maddie told her. With this, Stephanie's eyes were open wide in horror. Sportacus wants to marry her? But why- wha- ho-? No! She can't let that happen! She'll have to find a new way to stop them.
"Say, how about we'll check out the lake?" Maddie changed the subject.
"Oh, I-" Stephanie could barely finish when Maddie was already in her bikini, standing above her.
"C'mon, it will be fun!" Maddie called her as she ran into the water.
Both Sportacus and Milford looked at the lake when they heard the splash in the water, but they both had very different reactions – while Sportacus had a delirious smile on his face, Milford was looking at him and he was mad (as much as this man can be). Coughing at Sportacus, the two finished setting up the tents, and Sportacus quickly changed his clothes and joined his girlfriend in the water. Stephanie just became more jealous, and went inside the tent to read her book.
"Steph, where are you going? Won't you join us?" Maddie asked from the water.
"Um, no thanks, maybe later," she said and excused herself and went into the tent.
Milford, on the other hand, sat outside the tent and watched his daughter fooling around with Sportacus. And for once, he smiled at this. It has been years since he had seen her purely smiling like that and having fun. Well, it's not easy when you're being teased and bullied all the time for not having a mother or being the mayor's daughter, and always having to fake your happiness. He's glad it's over. He's glad she met Sportacus.
Later that evening, the four cuddled around the fire and had some (sugar-free) marshmallows. Maddie told them some spooky stories she heard while she was still in her music camp, and eventually it lead to Sportacus telling about one of their early meetings, before they were a couple:
It was just one week before school starts again. Sportacus and the kids decided to have a picnic to celebrate the last week of the summer vacation, just by the lake. They had all sorts of sportscandy and plenty of water bottles, and brought some games to play. It all seemed just fine, when they saw something passing them by like a tornado, then making its way back to them. It was Maddie on her roller-skates.
"Hey, guys, what's up?" she asked as she stopped in front of their picnic.
"Oh, hi Maddie! I didn't know you were riding roller skates," Sportacus exclaimed.
"Well, you're new here, so you're not supposed to know much about me," she teased him and raised an eyebrow at him.
"Anyway, Maddie, we were having a picnic! Would you like to join us?" Ziggy asked.
"Thanks, but today I'm just patrolling on my rollers, but maybe another time. See ya!" Maddie said and left.
"Wow, I was so bitchy back then," Lola said, looking at her boyfriend.
"And what are you now?" he teased her.
"Hey! I'm not that worse now, if there was a competition about this between me and Bessie, she would win! Well, she would always win that, so not a very good example... No offence, dad. Please don't tell her," Maddie begged her father.
"Oh, trust me, I won't," he calmed her.
Stephanie quietly sighed and rolled her eyes. Another story about LazyTown's power-couple. The mayor's daughter and the local superhero. Such a fairytale. But she wanted it to be her in the story! Why her cousin had to have it all? But she was glad to know that at least at the beginning she didn't like him so much.
"Wow, did that really happen? And I thought you were oh so perfect from the beginning," Stephanie said in the most innocent tone she could.
"Nah, I actually kinda resented him for the first couple of weeks, but once I got used to him being around all the time, it all went smooth from there," Maddie said and gave her boyfriend an adoring look. She truly loved him.
"Well, I think it's getting late, we should go into the tents and get a good night sleep," Sportacus said and they all agreed.
The next morning, Sportacus and Maddie woke up in their tent, after sleeping all night hugging each other. So they really needed to stretch their arms.
"You'll never gonna believe what I dreamt this night," Maddie told him as she stretched and let out a yawn.
"What was it about?" he asked
"It's the strangest dream I've ever had. I was in labor, and the babies were just popping out of me," she started to tell him.
"What?" he laughed in disbelief.
"Yeah, but they were no babies, they were like mini-you, with the uniform and the moustache and there were like six of them running all over the room!" she looked at him a little terrified.
"So I guess we won't have kids anytime soon," he sarcastically said.
"Oh, come on! Now go, I want to change my clothes," she ordered him and so he left. He saw that Milford was starting to make breakfast and offered him to help. In the middle of all this, all of a sudden, Sportacus started to laugh.
"What's so funny, Sportacus?" Milford asked.
"Nothing. It's just a dream that Maddie told me she had last night," he laughed.
"Well, what was it about? Can you tell me?" Milford asked.
"Something about her giving birth to six mini-me's – wearing my uniform and everything – and they were just running all over the place," Sportacus told him as he continued laughing. Milford was thinking about it, then looked again at Sportacus.
"Say, Sportacus..." he turned to him, "have you ever thought about... ever marrying my daughter?" he asked the hero.
"Well, um... To be honest, Mr. Meanswell... Yes, I have. Multiple times. And in fact I wanted to ask for your permission to ask for Maddie's hand this summer," Sportacus said, and quickly added, "just to ask her to marry me, of course, but we will get married only after she graduates."
Milford looked at him deep in the eyes. He knew how much Sportacus and his daughter loved each other, and he had no doubt that Maddie would say yes.
"You have my blessing, Sportacus. I will be honored to be your father-in-law," Milford smiled at the hero.
"Oh, thank you, thank you, Mr. Meanswell!" Sportacus hugged him way to tight.
"Um, am I disturbing something?" Maddie asked as she came out of the tent, seeing her boyfriend hugging her father.
"No, nothing," Sportacus released Milford from his embrace, and Milford let out a sigh of relief.
A/N: YAY I'M BACK. I had a huge writing block, but I think I managed to get over it now. Also, I love to write parts about Milford being embarrassed by SportaMaddie's relationship. It's so cute! And yay! Sportacus will propose to Maddie! And of course, Stephanie will try to ruin it. But until then, she'll just keep ruin their relationship in other ways... you can suggest in the reviews or PM me ideas!