Chapter 14

Three months flew by and the next day was the wedding. Everything was ready and in order, but Stephanie kept pacing the floor. It felt like she had forgotten something, but she hadn't.

"Nervous?" Amanda asked walking into the room.

"What gave it away?" Stephanie laughed uneasily.

"Come on. You're making me dizzy. You know you're almost as bad as Sportacus. He's never been able to stand still and now you won't either. Everything will go as planned. Don't worry. Besides I have a surprise for you. Grab your coat. We're going out." Amanda told her friend.

"Where are we going?" Stephanie asked.

"It wouldn't be a surprise if I told you, now would it?" Amanda teased. She threw Stephanie's coat at her and pulled her own coat on.

In the airship, Sportacus was pacing as well. His father was just shaking his head. He hadn't remembered being this nervous when he got married.

"What if we forgot something?" Sportacus asked.

"You didn't. You picked up Stephanie's parents and they have everything they need. The fire hall is ready for the reception and everyone has the suits and dresses. Now come on, its time to go out." Þórir told him.

"Out?" his son asked.

"Yes, out." Number Nine replied. He grabbed his son's arm and pulled him to the ladder. Once down the ladder his father led Sportacus to a little place that for some reason Sportacus had never noticed. His father opened the door and the two of them were met with a shout of "Surprise!"

"What is going on?" Sportacus asked now completely confused.

"You can't get married and not have a bachelor party. What fun would that be?" Þórir winked at him.

"Come on Sportacus. Let's have some fun!" Pixel said grabbing the hero.

"Gentleman, the drinks are on the house!" Shouted the bartender. Pixel, Stingy, and Ziggy had pop but the Mayor, Herb, Sportacus, and Þórir had something a little stronger.

On the other side of town, Amanda and Stephanie arrived at Trixie's house. Amanda knocked on the door and Trixie ushered them in. In the living room, Olive and Bessie were waiting for the girls.

"Let's get this party started!" Trixie exclaimed. Stephanie didn't know what was going on.

"Your bachelorette party, silly. Come on, let's have some fun." Amanda told her. Trixie turned up the music and passed out some drinks. Amanda grabbed the presents while Bessie pulled the cake out of the oven.

Back at the bar, Ziggy was running around. Though he was older he still had a problem with sugar. Pixel had turned the hockey playoffs on and Stingy had stolen the remote saying "MIIIIINNNEEEE!" The Mayor, Herb, Sportacus and Number Nine were cheering on their favorite team. Sportacus grabbed Ziggy and said,

"Don't you think you'd better slow down? That's your fifth cup of Mountain Dew."

"No, can't slow down. Gotta go, go, go." The caffeine buzzed boy replied. Sportacus just shook his head and let Ziggy go. The Mayor ordered another round for the group and Þórir stood up.

"A toast, to my son. May Odin protect you and Stephanie on your journey through life together."

"Hear, hear." Herb said as he downed his shot. Sportacus thanked his father and everyone for throwing him a party. Then their attention was turned back to the hockey game.

Stephanie had opened all her presents and the cake had been polished off. Trixie and had pulled out Twister and Bessie had spun the wheel. Amanda was trying her best to keep her left foot on the green, her right foot on red, and her left hand on yellow while Stephanie wasn't having much difficulty.

"Right hand, blue." Bessie called. Olive fell over and landed on top of Amanda.

"Sorry about that she said getting up. I'm not as flexible as I used to be."

"That's ok. Apparently, I'm not as flexible as I should be." Amanda told her. Soon Bessie called out left foot, blue and Amanda toppled over.

"I win!" Stephanie exclaimed.

"I want a rematch." Trixie said her competitiveness kicking in. Bessie had everyone get onto a side of the game and begin again.

Around eleven, both parties had started to wind down. Tomorrow was going to be a big day and everyone needed sleep. Stephanie crawled into bed around eleven-thirty. She realized that tonight would be the last night she slept alone. A smile spread across her face as she drifted off to sleep.

To Be Continued…