Chapter 5
Twenty minutes later, just as she had promised, Amanda was back inside the airship. Sportacus was looking a lot better and smelling a lot better, too.
"Now isn't that better?" she asked. Sportacus half smiled and sat down on his bed.
"Why did you want to see me?" he asked with complete seriousness.
"I came to see you because LazyTown needs you. You have to talk to Stephanie. The silence is deafening. Neither one of you has come out of their own little worlds for too long. Now I've talked to Stephanie and I think I understand the situation. But I want to hear your side of the story." Amanda told him.
"You talked to her?" Sportacus said weakly.
"Yes and she so desperately wants to talk to you. She's sorry but she scared to talk to you. She had a hard time talking to me. If you just come down and see her." Amanda tried to convince him.
"All right, I'll come down." He agreed.
"Now tell me everything." Amanda pleaded. Sportacus took a deep breath and spilled everything he knew.
The next day, Amanda pulled Stephanie out of bed. She struggled at first until Amanda said,
"Get up! Sportacus is waiting for you!" At this Stephanie gave her a strange look.
"What do you mean?"
"I meant exactly what I said. He is waiting for you. Get showered and dressed. You two are going to work out your problems and you're going to like it!" Amanda said, at the end of her rope.
Soon the two girls were walking toward Sportacus. He had been debating in his head about what to say and how to react. It was obvious he had no clue.
"Now you two are going to have a nice little chat and I'm going to leave you alone." Amanda said.
At first neither one could look straight at each other. But soon Stephanie swallowed hard and turned to her love. She brought her above-average hero's Icelandic baby blues to her's. They weren't as bright as usual and she could feel his pain.
"I want to make what has happened right. I love you and can't imagine life without you. I sincerely meant it when I asked you to marry me. But I'll understand if you don't want to even see me again." She explained.
"I love you too, but I want the truth. Only then can I make any decisions. What happened that made you tell me that you didn't deserve my love and affection?" He asked. Tears began to well up in Stephanie's eyes. What she was about to do wasn't easy. But Amanda had been right. Only the truth would completely set her free.
"Sportacus, you know when I went to confront Robbie?" she asked.
"Yes. So?" He asked.
"Well before you came he told me that maybe the reason that he continued to bother you and I wasn't because of you but because of me." Stephanie's cheeks turned red. Sportacus was shocked as Stephanie continued.
"After you and I had our little argument at the graduation party. I went to go see Robbie. I asked him if he really meant that and he said he did." She stopped talking.
"And?" Sportacus asked.
"And I kissed him." Stephanie blurted out.
To Be Continued…