Chapter 7
When Tuesday morning arrived, Stephanie was glad to be getting out of the house. She desperately wanted to go to LazyTown. Quickly she loaded her suitcases into the back bed of her truck. Stephanie then said goodbye to her parents and climbed into the truck. The train station wasn't far away and she arrived there about thirty minutes before her train was supposed to arrive. She played with her locket while she waited and thought about how she wanted to thank Sportacus for his wonderful little gift. Every year it got harder and harder to say goodbye to him. Even though they would call each other two or three times a week, it just wasn't the same. Her thoughts were interrupted but the call of the attendant.
"All those heading for BeanTown, FunTown, and LazyTown, please board the train in track three."
Stephanie pulled her two suitcases and backpack to the train. When she boarded the train it seemed unusually full. Toward the back of the car there was a seat next to a girl with a laptop.
"So where are you headed?" The girl asked.
"I'm going to the last stop in LazyTown." Stephanie answered as she crammed her bags above their heads. She thought everything was packed in pretty well but when the train pulled out of the station her book bag fell. With speed that might have rivaled Sportacus, the girl grabbed the bag before it hit the ground.
"Sorry about that. I caught that out of the corner of my eye." The girl said moving off Stephanie's lap.
"That was incredible! How did you move so fast?" Stephanie said her eyes wide with amazement.
"Ten years of being a soccer goalie tends to make you a little faster on the draw. By the way my name is Amanda." She explained.
"My name is Stephanie. You played goalie for ten years?"
"Oh yeah for every year since I was eight, on both summer teams and my high school teams." Amanda told her. Stephanie explained that she played goalie too but not for so many years. The two girls talked for most of the ride to LazyTown.
Sportacus was waiting at the train station for Stephanie. It was quarter to four and the train would be there soon. He had decided to talk to Stephanie about Robbie later that night. He hated to throw that right onto her but he didn't really have a choice.
About fifteen minutes later the train pulled into the station. A few passengers disembarked before Stephanie got off with this girl Sportacus didn't recognize. The two were laughing and enjoying each other's company from the looks of things. Then Stephanie noticed Sportacus, dropped her luggage, and ran over to him. He opened his arms and wrapped them around her as she wrapped her arms around him.
"I've missed you." She whispered.
"I missed you too." Sportacus said, squeezing her.
"Um, I hate to interrupt but I think I'm going to fall over." Amanda said. She had managed to carry her luggage and Stephanie's over as far as Sportacus but she was starting to lose them. Sportacus quickly grabbed the ones he recognized as Stephanie's.
"Thank you…" Sportacus started.
"Amanda, my name is Amanda. Well I guess I'll leave you two alone. It was nice to meet you, Stephanie. I hope we see each other around LazyTown."
"It was nice to meet you too. Where are you staying?" Stephanie asked.
"It's called the LazyTown Inn. Could you actually point me in the right direction?" Amanda asked. After getting directions Amanda headed for her hotel and Sportacus and Stephanie headed to the Mayor's house.
To Be Continued…