Chapter 13
Stephanie sat in her Uncle's living room trying to decide what to do. Mayor Meanswell brought her some lunch.
"Here Stephanie, have some brain food." He smiled.
"Thanks Uncle Milford." She picked up a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and took a bite.
"Have some milk with that. I think I put too much peanut butter on it." Uncle Milford laughed. Stephanie tried to giggle but the peanut butter had stuck her mouth together. She took a sip through a straw and that made things better.
"There is something I haven't seen in awhile." Uncle Milford said.
"What's that, Uncle?" Stephanie asked.
"You were giggling." He replied. Stephanie smiled and helped her Uncle pick up the lunch dishes. They washed, dried, and put away the dishes. There was a knock on the door and Stephanie answered it.
"Sportacus!" Stephanie shouted. She wrapped her arms around his rock hard six pack.
"Thank you, Stephanie." He said squeezing her.
"For what, Sportacus?" She asked.
"For helping me realize what is really important. We need to get things turned around here." Sportacus said.
"So you're staying?" Stephanie asked. He nodded and she hugged him again. Sportacus smiled and asked, "So, what do we next?"
"That's what Uncle Milford and I were trying to figure out." Stephanie sighed.
"Well first why don't we clean up the sports field? Maybe that will bring the kids out of their houses." Sportacus suggested.
"We might as well give it a shot." The Mayor said. The three of them went out to the sports field and picked up the garbage. Sportacus moved the soccer nets and the Mayor mowed the field. While the Mayor was mowing, Stephanie found the line painter and the cans of paint. Sportacus helped Stephanie paint the lines on the field while Uncle Milford put away the mower. Then Sportacus grabbed the soccer nets and moved them back. Stephanie repainted the goal posts while Uncle Milford fixed the gates. Sportacus fixed the bleachers and gave them a new coat of paint. Then he lifted Stephanie up so she could paint the crossbars on the soccer nets. The three of them then took the time to admire their work.
"Wow! Look at that!" Stephanie said.
"Yeah it looks great. Let's see if anyone will come out and play." Sportacus said. Stephanie and Sportacus went to Ziggy's house. Stephanie knocked on the door.
"I don't want to talk to you Trixie. Go away!" Ziggy's voice came through the door.
"Ziggy, it's me Stephanie."
"Stephanie?" Ziggy asked.
"Yes, it's me and Sportacus." Stephanie told him. Ziggy opened the door. The sun hurt his eyes and he shielded them with his hands. Upon recognizing both Stephanie and Sportacus, Ziggy shouted, "I can't believe it's you." He hugged both of them.
"I missed you guys. Sportacus, where'd you go?" Ziggy asked.
"Well I had some thinking to do and Stephanie helped me realize what was really important." Sportacus explained.
"What was that?" Ziggy asked.
"You, Stingy, Pixel, Trixie, Stephanie, and everyone else in LazyTown are what is important to me." Sportacus smiled.
"Good then you're going to stay?" Ziggy asked.
"Yes but we need your help. We have to get you and your friends back together." Sportacus said.
"Well I don't know if I'll talk to Trixie ever again." Ziggy declared.
"You can't mean that, Ziggy." Stephanie said.
"I'll doubt she'll even talk to you, Stephanie. She yelled at Pixel when he came over to help. It sounded like she blamed you for Pixel running away. Then she blamed Pixel for Sportacus having to go get him. After that she blamed Sportacus for what happened to the tree house and the power." Ziggy explained.
"Ziggy did you guys find anything out of place when you were picking up the tree house?" Sportacus suddenly asked.
"We found a bowling ball among the mess but no one remembered having one up in the tree house." Ziggy explained.
"Come on let's go to Stingy's and see if he'll come out." Stephanie said. Ziggy closed his door and the three of them headed to Stingy's. Sportacus was quite on the way there and Stephanie looked at him. She saw that he was deep in thought and didn't say anything until they reached Stingy's house. They had success at Stingy's house and then headed to Trixie's.
"This is going to be ugly." Ziggy said.
"Oh come on, I bet we can make things work out." Stephanie said. They knocked on Trixie's door.