Chapter 6
Sportacus' first reaction was to punch the park bench. Stephanie sat there trying to apologize but he wasn't listening. In fact without saying a word, he got up and left her there.
Stephanie just sat there unsure if she should follow him. She didn't know, after that reaction, if he'd even listen to her. But she didn't care as she got up and ran after her love.
Amanda had been watching the two of them. She knew that this wasn't good. Of course she hadn't expected Sportacus to just take it and be ok with it either. But the two of them needed each other and so did LazyTown. Quickly she ran after Stephanie.
Sportacus ignored his bleeding knuckles as he made his way to the police station. When Captain Dogooder had told him about Stephanie's visit, he knew something was wrong. His suspicions were only confirmed when she had spilled her horrible secret. Sportacus charged up the steps and bumped into the Captain.
"Where is Robbie?" Sportacus demanded.
"He is being transferred to the prison. Why?" The Captain responded.
"I need to speak to him, NOW!" Sportacus shouted. Captain Dogooder only shook his head.
"That's not a good idea. You're upset and I don't want you to do something you'll regret." Sportacus was about to say something when Stephanie arrived. She grabbed his arm and pulled him down so that their faces met.
"Don't do this. It's my fault not Robbie's. If you're going to take your anger out on someone, let it be me." Sportacus ripped his arm away from her grasp.
"Now you're protecting him? I thought you loved me but obviously you're just a lying, manipulative person. You never loved me at all. I never want to see you again." He lashed out. Stephanie stood there as Sportacus ran away. His words cut her deep but she realized that what she had done had hurt him just as badly. It was then that Amanda arrived.
Seeing Stephanie and the Captain standing there she knew things were way beyond bad. Amanda could see that Stephanie was on the verge of tears and that Sportacus had probably said something he didn't mean. Carefully grabbing Stephanie's arm she said, "Come on let's take you home." But Stephanie didn't want to go home. She shook Amanda's hand off of her and responded, "This is all you're fault. You told me to tell him the truth. Now he won't see me again for the rest of my life!" Amanda took the statements in stride.
"Oh and I suppose that what you did had nothing to do with it." Stephanie stopped herself before speaking another word. She knew that Amanda was right. It wasn't Amanda's fault for what had happened.
"I'm sorry. I just want things to go back to normal. I feel like my world has come crashing down around me and there's nothing I can do about it." Stephanie apologized to her friend.
"I know you're hurting but so is Sportacus. Why don't we let you and him cool down for a few days and then to talk some sense into the two of you. Meanwhile try to go on with life. You can't get stuck in a funk for the rest of your life. I promise by tomorrow things will look better." Amanda smiled. The two girls turned and walked back to the Mayor's house, leaving Captain Dogooder completely confused.
Sportacus climbed the ladder into his airship. His hand was throbbing and so was his head. There was also a pain in his chest. It felt like someone had ripped his heart out. Something inside his head screamed for him to seal himself off and never love again. There was too much pain involved and it made him weak. He couldn't afford to be weak. Thoughts raced about in his head. Why would Stephanie do something like that? Why had he said the things he did? Would the pain ever go away?
To Be Continued…