Sportacus woke abruptly and sat up quickly. Confused he looked at the clock, 01:32 I wonder what woke me.... oh well.
He laid back down, turning and intending to curl round his girl and fall back to sleep. Just to find her side of the bed empty and cold. Sitting up again he listened to the noises in the house. It was then he heard it though he didn't know what the sound was. He scrambled up and saw the light on in the bathroom. Knocking lightly on the door he heard a moan and pushed it open, rushing to Sophies side he held her hair back as she threw up into the toilet bowl. She was pale and clammy and her fringe was stuck to her forehead. He rubbed her back as she brought up the entire stir fry they had for dinner that evening, wrinkling his nose at the smell, he stood, grabbed a glass from the medicine cabinet and filled it with water from the sink. Placing it into her shaking hands while she leaned against the counter.
'Are you alright?' She gave him a deadpanned glare he winced. Of course she isn't alright, she's just been puking her guts up idiot. He pushed her hair away from her face. She sighed when his cool hand touched her. She knew she had a slight fever. Standing up a little unsteadily, she cleaned her teeth and made her way back into the bedroom while Blue cleaned the loo and brought her water in. She changed out of her sticky clothes and into some warm pajamas. Climbing back into bed she cuddled up in Blues arms and drifted back off to sleep.
Sportacus watched her as she slept. He hoped it was a one time thing, she had only just recovered, her body needed a break. He sighed, He was lucky that he never got sick, it's one of the perks of being an official super hero. They were given special potions when training in the Hero guilde and it prevents their immune system was collapsing in anyway. Sighing yet again he went back to sleep.
Waking again to the sound of Sophie throwing up. Sportacus dragged himself out of bed and made the now familiar path to the bathroom to hold her hair back. This was the third night that she was vomiting and he was starting to worry. Surely a bug should have gone by now? He helped her clean up and carried her downstairs to the couch, tucked a blanket round her and stroked her hair. She was asleep within minutes, having been up so many times during the night she was exhausted. Getting ready for the day his crystal flared.
'Someones in trouble!' He said quietly, making sure not to wake her. He hesitated but he was the resident hero, he could let them down. But he didn't want to leave her alone. Looking out the window he knocked on a special tin can that Robbie had installed in the wall after the lake attack. It sent a vibration down to Robbies Lair to let him know Sportacus would be leaving and Sophie was alone. It came in handy when he had rescues to do. Kissing Sophie on the forehead and rushing out the door, he flipped and jumped to Ziggys house.
An hour later Sophie woke up to find Bessie sat in the chair opposite knitting needles going wild and chatting on her phone. When she saw she was awake Bessie hung up and said
'Oh Soph how are you dear? feeling any better?'
' Yes thanks Aunt Bessie, in fact I feel great just really thirsty!' Jumping up she went to the kitchen, got put a carton of pineapple juice and drank it all in one. Bessie stared at her,
' erm Sophie Dear are you sure youre okay?' Sophie was confused.
'Of course, I don't feel sick anymore, I think the bugs finally gone.'
' Well yes dear that's great, but the thing is.. you hate pineapple... and you've just drunk an entire carton or pineapple juice.'Bessie was looking at her strangely, Sophie looked at the carton in her hand and shrugged, throwing it into the bin.
'oh yeah, well I guess I just fancied it. maybe it's like an allergy where you sometimes grow out of it after 7 years right?'
'hmm' Bessie traced her finger over the lips thinking. Suddenly she jumped up said goodbye and rushed out the door.
Sophie went for a shower and went outside to see if she could find Rebecca. She found her sat on a bench in the park looking worried and holding a letter in her hand. wrapping her arm round the girls shoulder Sophie said
'Bex, what's wrong. Are you okay?' She was worried for her friend, she hadn't seen her this anxious before.
'Oh Soph I don't know, I've had a letter from my parents saying they expect me to go to Technopolis tomorrow for the new exercise expedition. But I don't know anything about exercising! if I don't show up with some type of performance they are going to disown me!' She started to cry and Sophie wrapped her into a hug. How Horrible! Hey wait maybe Blue can go with her! he knows everything about exercising!
'Becky why don't I talk to Sportacus? He's been creating some new excericises I'm sure he would be happy to do one for the expo!
' No I couldn't ask him to do that, it would mean leaving tonight and I don't want you to be left alone that long!'
'it will be fine, you could both go in the airship in the morning? that way he's here tonight and you still get there in time, the airship is 3 times as fast as a car. plus you'll be back by tomorrow' night easily!'Rebecca sniffled,
'are...are you sure Soph?' Would he mind?'
' course not let's go and find him.'
The girls set off to find Sportacus, chatting about the expo and how well the swimming lessons were going. Sportacus was very unsure about going the next day, he was anxious about being away so long and not even having his airship in the Lazy Town airspace. But after alot of pleading from Sfroie he relented, he wanted her happy and if he was helping her friend he was happy with that. Rebecca went home to get sorted and promised to be back in the morning. Sophie went home and started on dinner, Stephanie was staying over this evening on the couch so she wanted to make her favourite meal. Bessie came in about 7pm and handed her a grocery bag, when Sophie looked inside she gasped in surprise
'What on earth? Aunt Bessie why have you bought me this?' She hissed, trying not to let Pickle overhear.
'It's just to be sure dear, some things are not adding up, please just humour me? it needs to be taken in the morning when you first wake up alright?' She kissed her cheek and left quickly praying she was correct.
Sophie stood there for a moment gaping but when Stephanie asked what was in the bag she blushed and hid it in the bathroom.
Hours later Spotacus arrived home very tired.A small smile crept across his lips when he saw his girl and Stephanie cuddled on the couch asleep. Lifting Sophie he took her to bed, kissing her gently on the lips and chuckling when she moaned in her sleep, returning back to stephanie he moved her so she would be comfortable and covered her with a blanket. He watched her, thinking about how he loved her like his own daughter, even going as far as to imagine having a child with Sophie. Smiling at the thought he got up and was just making his way to the stairs when he heard a knock at the door. Confused, and a little anxious at the late night call he opened it to find Rebecca on the porch with her handbag on her arm and an apologetic look on her face.
' Rebecca? are you alright?'
' I'm so sorry Sportacus, I managed to lock myself out and can't get back in. May I stay here and we can head off tomorrow together?'Sportacus sighed, there wasn't any room here at Sophies with Stephanie here too. He would have to offer for her to stay in the airship, but he wasn't about to leave her alone in a new place woih such high tech.He trusted her but it could be very overwhelming. He would have to stay there, he'd set up a bed on the floor for himself.
' come on, don't worry, we'll stay in the airship. LADDER!'
After the ladder decended, they both climbed up into the blue and white blimp. Sportacus felt uneasy, he wanted to be in bed with his girl. But they had said goodbye earlier in the evening as he would be leaving extra early in the morning, probably before she was even awake.
Rebecca mentioned that she didn't have anything to wear to bed so she would just be in her underwear. He tried not to feel even more uncomfortable, said good night and went to sleep on his pillow and duvet on the floor.
Sophie woke up feeling sick again racing to the bathroom to throw up she stayed until she could catch her breathe. Staring in the mirror she remembered what Bessie had bought her the day before. Taking it out of the box she sat thinking. am I really doing this? surely I'm not.. but.. I do keep being sick.. and I'm tired alot.. She took a deep breathe and completed the task. Reading that it needed 5 minutes for the result to show she jumped in the shower and got ready for the day. She spent as long as she could getting sorted, delaying the inevitable of reading the result. slowly she made her way into the bathroom. taking a deep breath she picked it up.
Pregnant
Sophies eyes widened and she slipped to the floor. Oh my god, I'm pregnant? oh god what will Blue say , and Stephanie! theyre going to hate me! I can't take care of a baby I can't even have custody of Pickle again! what am I going to do! Tears dripped down her cheeks but after a while she begun to think about how this was hers and Blues baby, a little life they had created from their love. The more she thought about it the more excited she became. They were going to be parents!
Maybe I should suprose him .. I know, i'll put it in an envelope and post it to him with a card.
Making a decision she picked up a piece of her flowery stationary and wrote a card to her Blue. Hearing Stephanie downstairs she popped it into an envelope wrote Blue on the front and put it into her bag. She would post it later.
After breakfast she walked Stephanie home to her Uncles and walked to the postbox, after pushing the letter threw she walked home, q little confused as to why the airship was still there. She thought they would have left by now. She decided to climb up and say goodbye. Despite it only being today she was going to miss her man. She neared the top but stopped dead just below the platform whe she heared Rebecca's voice. What's she doing here already? or are they about to leave?'
'oh Sportacus I forgot my toothbrush, may I borrow yours?' what? why would that happen, surely she would brush her teeth before she came? Sophie frowned and climbed up a little more. What she saw made her choke back a sob. She saw Rebecca in nothing but a black lacy underwear set and HER Blue standing in front of her. Sophie ducked back down, her heart braking at a speed of knots. How could she do this! How could he? Here she was pregnant with his baby and he was up there in his airship sleeping with another woman? her best friend at that!' She rushed back inside and cried her heart out. She had never felt so much pain before. She felt as if her heart was breaking into a million tiny pieces. A while later she heared the airship start up and watched it zoom at lightening speed away from Lazy Town. Bessie texted her asking about the result but she couldn't bring herself to answer. Shit! the letter! She needed to get it back before the postman got it. She rushed out of the house and down the street. Deciding to cut through the small woods at the end of the road to get to the post box quicker. As she did, she didn't see the person in black behind the tree. Didn't see the hand fly out and place itself over her mouth, and definetly didn't see the needle that was stabbed into her arm. She blacked out almost instantly.
