Chapter 14
Robbie decided that his best time to act was when he was out for his community service. He had received his schedule and tomorrow he was going to be in a large group of volunteers at the LazyTown Retirement Home and it would be easy slip away. This time Robbie had a way for his plan not to fail. It would be his greatest moment and Sportacus' down fall.
Sportacus pulled Stephanie into the living room. She was begging him to tell her what was going on.
"Your mother finally broke down. Once I told her that I would never hurt you in any way and that I loved you with every fiber of my being, she finally gave in. She said that only if I truly loved you would I make that phone call. She was just worried that you would get hurt and that since it's your first relationship that she didn't want it to ruin college for you. She was also afraid about the age difference but I told her that you and I had already worked that out." Sportacus finally told her everything. Stephanie wrapped her arms around him and kissed him.
"I have ever told you how incredibly amazing you are. You save people, mend relationships, and convince mothers. I have no words to describe what I'm feeling right now." Stephanie responded.
"Don't tell me, show me." Sportacus said with a grin. That is just what Stephanie did. The two were so busy kissing they didn't hear Mayor Meanswell get off the phone nor did they see him walk into the living room. Loudly clearing his throat, the Mayor announced that he was taking Bessie out for dinner.
Sportacus' cheeks turned red as he agreed that it was a good idea and thanked him for everything. Stephanie could feel the temperature rising in her cheeks as well. The last thing she wanted was for her Uncle to see her and Sportacus kissing. After the Mayor left, Sportacus told Stephanie that he wanted to do something special for her.
"Oh yeah, like what?" Stephanie asked.
"Oh, I don't know. Maybe some dinner and then whatever your heart desires." Sportacus said smiling. Stephanie smiled right back and grabbed his hand.
"Well then, let's get a move on." With that they went out the door. Holding hands, they walked through town searching for something that tickled their fancy. Finally, they settled on a cute little pizza parlor next to the Laundromat.
Stephanie let Sportacus order the pizza and the drinks. He decided to treat her and ordered her some orange pop. Stephanie rarely ever drank pop when she did it would always be orange. Sportacus, of course, got water. The pizza came out about fifteen minutes later. Sportacus had ordered a half cheese and pepperoni half cheese and mushroom. Stephanie liked both but she knew that Sportacus wasn't about to touch the greasy pepperoni.
After dinner, the two went out and walked around town. Sportacus was so glad to see Stephanie happy. Finally, Stephanie pulled Sportacus around a corner. She pointed out the putt-putt place and Sportacus agreed they'd play some putt-putt. As usual, there was no game Sportacus couldn't play. Soon he had a whopping lead over Stephanie. But suddenly around the ninth hole, Stephanie began to catch up.
"Someone was holding out on me." Sportacus laughed at Stephanie sank a hole in one on the eleventh hole, which put her one shot back.
"Did you think that you were the only one who could be good at sports?" Stephanie teased.
"Well then turnabout is fair play." Sportacus said as he sunk a hole in one on the thirteenth hole, putting him ahead by two shots.
"If you're going to be that way." Stephanie smirked. The two continued to try to out do each other. Finally, they reached the eighteenth hole with the score tied.
"All right, Bubba. Who ever shoots the best on this hole has to admit they eat dirt and give the winner a big sloppy kiss. Just to make things more interesting." Stephanie said.
"All right, you're on, dirt eater." Sportacus teased back. Stephanie stepped up to the little black tee mat and placed her pink ball down onto it. She focused on the difficulty of the hole. That loop-the-loop could cause trouble, she thought. Then she pulled back her putter and smacked the ball. The little pink ball went right through the loop-the-loop and came out very close to the hole.
"Beat that, hotshot." Stephanie teased.
"Ok, I will." Sportacus said sticking out his tongue. He placed his blue ball down and hit it with his putter.
"Do I really have to do this?" Stephanie whined as she watched Sportacus' ball drop into the cup.
"Come on now. You said you wanted to make it interesting." Sportacus smirked. Stephanie made a face. She was about to admit she ate dirt when Sportacus had other ideas. Instead he put his finger to her lips and pulled her close.
"On second thought, I don't want people thinking I kiss a dirt eater so how about…" he didn't finish as their lips met.
To Be Continued…