Chapter 15

It had been a few weeks since Stephanie and Sportacus were told what had happened. Captain Dogooder and Agent Brynja had promised that the search for the boss would continue. Sportacus had been happy that they had raided the building and caught most of the men but the boss getting away made him angry.

Eysteinn had been taken away to a safer location where he had pled guilty and accepted his sentence. Anna had allowed Sportacus to be at the trial but made him swear not to tell anyone where he was. The villain still refused to admit that he was sorry and that just upset Sportacus.

It was now Friday and Sportacus would be coming home in a few days. Stephanie had been organizing things in their new apartment. Amanda and Robbie had pitched in so that when Sportacus got back everything was ready.

Stephanie sat down to take a break and Amanda came over to her. The two friends had been painting the master bedroom a wonderful shade of light blue.

"Do you think he'll like it?" Stephanie asked.

"Are you kidding? The room is blue. He'll love it." Amanda could see that there was something else on her friend's mind. "What's really going on?"

"Well, I just hope he's going to be ok. Sometimes it's so hard to tell what he's thinking. We still have to go back to Iceland and go through Þórir's things. I think he's been avoiding it." Stephanie said.

"It's not easy when you lose somebody you love. I'm still having trouble falling asleep over it. But hopefully the trial will bring some closure." Amanda said. "Besides when he sees how hard we worked, it'll brighten his mood." The girl said trying to cheer Stephanie up.

"You think that when he sees the pink kitchen, he won't freak out." Stephanie giggled.

"That is why we bought extra cans of blue." Amanda teased. The two had a good laugh and got back to work.

Sportacus arrived back in LazyTown on Monday. Stephanie greeted him with a great big hug.

"I missed you. How are you?" She asked.

"I'll be better when I do this." He smiled and gave her a big kiss.

"Mm that made me feel better." Stephanie beamed. "I have something to show you."

"Do you want me to cover my eyes?" Sportacus teased.

"No, I'm not walking all that way with your eyes closed. Besides if you trip and fall then what?" She laughed. Stephanie led her husband to their apartment. Opening the door, she let him in.

"Wow! You did all this?" Sportacus asked amazed.

"Well she had a little help." Amanda said as she and Robbie emerged from the kitchen.

"So what do you think?" Stephanie asked.

"I'm very impressed. You repainted the walls, put up some drapes, and got some furniture." Sportacus said.

"I'm sure that Stephanie will want to give you a private tour. So Robbie and I will be going." Amanda said pulling Robbie along.

"Just for the record, I thought the kitchen should've been purple." Robbie said as Amanda continued to pull him out the door.

"Well I kind of figured that at least one of the rooms was going to be pink." Sportacus smiled.

"Come on. I want to show you the master bedroom." Stephanie said grabbing his hand and walking down the hall with him.

To Be Continued…