Chapter 15
Stephanie woke up the next morning and looked at her clock. It was eight in the morning and the sun was starting to blind her. She got up and closed the shade. Yawning she went to the mirror on her desk and stared at her head. She sighed and went to go take a nice bubble bath.
She put her arm in a plastic waterproof bag and climbed into the tub. The warm water felt good and soon she fell back asleep. A little while later there was a knock on the door.
"Stephanie, are you almost done? Pixel is here waiting for you." Mayor Meanswell spoke through the bathroom door. "Give me fifteen minutes." She told him.
She got out of the tub and quickly got dressed. Stephanie put a pink bandana over her hair. Or what's left of it, she thought.
"I'm coming Pixel!" She shouted.
"Ok, take your time." He replied.
"Here I am." Stephanie smiled. Pixel smiled and told the Mayor they'd be back later. The two of them headed for their meeting with Sportacus.
They reached the ladder and Pixel had Stephanie go up first and then he followed. Sportacus was happy to see them and asked, "So what do you want to talk about?"
"Well about what you and I talked about at the hospital, is what we want to discuss." Pixel explained.
"Oh." He winked at Pixel.
"I took your advice and spilled my heart to Stephanie and well…"
"Now we can't stop thinking about each other." Stephanie finished.
"But how do we tell the Mayor and our other friends?" Pixel asked and grabbed Stephanie's hand. Sportacus smiled and the three talked for a long while. Finally they came up with an idea.
A few days later, the Town Square was a buzz with activity. What's this meeting about? Was the question on everyone's mind. Number 9 got up to the podium and quieted the crowd.
"All right everybody. May I have your attention please?" Everyone turned to the podium and listened to what he had to say.
"My son, Sportacus, has decided to throw a dance to commemorate my return and my new job. The Mayor of neighboring FunTown as asked me to be their hero. I have accepted because it will allow me to stay close to all of my new friends and my family. Anyway the dance will be held in the school gymnasium at five o'clock on Friday. That's tomorrow night at five o'clock. Thank you for your support. See you tomorrow."
With that the meeting was over and everyone congratulated Number 9 and Vigdís. The kids ran off to play and Pixel and Stephanie told them they'd catch up.
"Well everything is working out so far." Pixel said.
"Yeah well it'll be a big day for us. I'll have to take it easy. But it'll be worth it." Stephanie leaned over and kissed Pixel on the cheek.
"Hey, you don't want to ruin the surprise." Pixel blushed. She smiled and said, "Well we should probably meet up with our friends."
"Yeah, I guess so." This time he leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.
"Hey, you don't want to ruin the surprise." She said in a sing song voice. The two of them laughed and went off to join their friends.