Chapter 9

The mailman was walking along his usual route and placing letters in people's mailboxes. Soon he came to a letter that was going to the Mayor's house. Realizing that he had already dropped the mail off there, he quickly doubled back. The mailman wondered who it was from, but since he couldn't find any return address, he just dropped it off in the Mayor's mailbox and went back to his route.

Stephanie and Sportacus sat on the swing for the rest of the afternoon. They talked about forgiving and forgetting. Stephanie didn't want to ruin anything more than she had already and was completely surprised that Sportacus seemed to forgive her so quickly. He seemed to just want to get things back to normal, yet she could still feel a wall between them. It was then that Sportacus said he must leave and hoped to see Stephanie tomorrow. She agreed that she would love to see him and gave him a big hug. He squeezed her tight and kissed the top of her head goodbye.

After saying goodbye to Sportacus Stephanie walked around to the front of the house and noticed that the mail and paper hadn't been picked up. Strange, she thought, Uncle Milford always grabs the mail and paper. Shrugging her shoulders, Stephanie collected it all and headed inside.

"I got the mail and paper!" She shouted to her Uncle. Then she sifted through the mail to see if anything was for her. The only letter for her came in a plain envelope with no return address. Opening up the letter she began to read it. Then suddenly she screamed.

Sportacus was climbing up the ladder into his airship when he heard the screams. He knew that it was Stephanie. Quickly he jumped off the ladder and ran back to the Mayor's house. Upon entering the house Sportacus found Stephanie standing in the kitchen.

"Stephanie what's wrong?" He asked. She handed him the letter and he read it. The letter was from Robbie. He wrote to Stephanie professing his "love". It was quite obvious to Sportacus that Robbie was lying but why he was continuing the charade was beyond him. Putting the letter down, Sportacus wrapped his arms around Stephanie.

The next morning, Stephanie walked to the prison. She decided to confront Robbie about her feelings. Amanda saw her friend and caught up to her.

"Hey, where ya going?" She asked.

"I'm going to prison." Stephanie replied bluntly.

"Why?" Amanda asked.

"Because officially, Sportacus and I are finished." Was all Stephanie would offer up.

"But going to see Robbie…" Amanda started but Stephanie cut her off.

"I cannot delay. My new love awaits." She left Amanda standing there completely confused. Stephanie continued on. What she was about to do had to be done.

About five minutes later Amanda snapped back to reality and ran to find Sportacus. He was the only one who could sort this out. Whatever Stephanie was about to do she had to be stopped.

Stephanie stopped at the prison gate and asked if she could visit Robbie Rotten. The guard said she could and that she had to sign in. Then he led her to the visiting room while another guard retrieved Robbie.

When Robbie came out and saw Stephanie, he wasn't sure what to do. He hadn't expected her to show up. The joke had been funny up until now. Sitting down, he didn't hide his surprise.

"So uh, Stephanie what are you doing here?" Stephanie was surprised that he actually called her by her real name. He had always called her the pink cheerleader or Pinky.

"I got your letter and since Sportacus and I are over, I thought I'd come to see you." She answered.

"Oh you got my letter. Well I…" Stephanie stopped him.

"You know all this time I never noticed how good looking you are. I can't imagine me spending time with that blue elf over you."

"Really?" Robbie asked.

"Of course. Now why did you wait so long to tell me?" She asked him.

"Uh because, I wouldn't want to hurt your feelings. You seemed happy with Sportakook, so I kept my mouth shut." Stephanie leaned in and whispered,

"Well I don't think we'll be keeping our mouths shut anymore." She kissed his cheek and Robbie practically fell off his chair. Then it was his turn to say,

"What have I done?"

To Be Continued…