Chapter 14
Sportacus and Mayor Meanswell hailed a cab. The above-average hero hadn't been thinking when he went to get Uncle Milford and just ran to FunTown.
"I'm surprised you didn't use your airship." The Mayor spoke up in the car.
"I was too busy wondering what was going on in your head. After I read the letter and you said a few days I was afraid what that would do to Bessie." Sportacus said.
"Well I was coming home earlier than I expected anyway. I thought what I had to do was going to take longer but everything is in place." Milford told the above-average hero. Sportacus was about to ask what he meant but the Mayor continued.
"Sportacus, I want to thank you for everything. You have been sacrificing time with Stephanie and Joshua to help me. I know that it hasn't been easy and I feel awful. So I've decided that that only way to make it up to you is to give you a vacation."
"A vacation? Remember the last time we tried that?" Sportacus asked remembering the whole robot dog incident.
"You didn't even take time off when your father was killed. There has to be a way for you to relax." Milford said.
"Well our honeymoon was nice but I just can't sit still." The above-average hero told him.
"Yes but you and Stephanie weren't gone that long. Now with Joshua, the three of you deserve some time together without LazyTown's constant interruptions. So I'm giving you two weeks off. Whether you go anywhere or not is up to you." Mayor Meanswell said.
"We were gone for ten days and to be perfectly honest there were times that I worried about everyone back in LazyTown." Sportacus said.
"Even on your honeymoon?" Milford questioned. The above-average hero nodded.
"Pretty sad. Anyway, Iceland's Prime Minister has been asking me to come back and give a speech for the next class of Icelandic Interpol agents. It'll be good to see Dad again too." Sportacus told him. Hard to believe but it had been just over four years since Þórir Scheving's horrific death on the Mayor's front step. Sometimes Milford could swear that someone was watching him when he walked out the door.
The cab pulled into LazyTown and stopped in front of the Mayor's house. Quickly the two men disembarked and Milford paid the cabbie. Knocking on the door, Sportacus waited for someone to answer it.
That someone was Stephanie. She and Bessie had sat in silence since the other woman's odd comment. Giving her husband a hug and her Uncle a glare, Stephanie let them in.
"Bessie, can I talk to you for a moment alone?" Milford asked. His wife nodded and followed him into the living room. Stephanie took Sportacus down the hall to the guest room since she could hear Joshua playing with his toys.
"Bessie, there are so many things I have to say. I have made it difficult to be around lately and I'm sorry. I know I've apologized a lot but I don't know what else to do. You are more important than any election and more important than anything I could ever think of. I know I forgot our anniversary and I was hoping that you would let me make it up to you." Milford said. Bessie was about to say something but he didn't let her.
"While I was in FunTown, I made some arrangements. The town council is perfectly capable of handling LazyTown and I have filed for a vacation. Upon its approval, the two of us are going on a cruise in the Bahamas." He finished. Bessie's mouth hung open.
"But don't we have to resolve our problems?" She asked.
"That is what the cruise is for. It will be just you and me. No one to interrupt us; we can work out our problems without causing anyone else any trouble. We can talk like two civilized adults and work things out." Mr. Meanswell told her.
"No screaming?" Mrs. Meanswell asked.
"No screaming. Just kissing and making up." Milford promised.
"Sounds wonderful." Bessie smiled as she wrapped her arms around him. The two sat in each other's arms until they heard Stephanie and Sportacus shouting.
To Be Continued…