17 years old.

''Alright so do I have everything.'' Said the mayor to himself the next morning.

''I'm sure you do Mayor enjoy your holiday,'' Sportacus said with a big smile.

''Alright there are groceries for at least two weeks in the kitchen. Lots of fruit and some big bottles of water if needed.'' The mayor said when Bessie got into the car.

''It's alright Mayor,'' Sportacus said to ensure the mayor that everything would be alright.

''Oh there's extra money in my room if you need it. And..'' but Sportacus knew enough.

''Mayor everything is under control why don't you go enjoy your holiday?'' Sportacus said while he put the last suitcase with clothes into the car. He closed the door and with a last goodbye, the mayor and Bessie left town.

''So let's see what Stephanie wants to do,'' Sportacus said to himself. He walked back inside and upstairs to Stephanie's room where he saw her watching out of the window.

''He didn't even say goodbye,'' Stephanie said when she knew he was in her room.

''He didn't want to wake you. You've had a rough day yesterday why don't you rest a bit or do you want to do something?'' he said while he sat down on her bed next to her. He took her hand in his and smiled warmly at her.

''Just a bit hungry and need to pee but otherwise, I'm good.'' She said to him.

''Alright let's fix that.'' He said while he took her in his arms. He put her down on the toilet and left the room. She had changed herself in her nightgown that morning because she woke up feeling a bit uncomfortable in her old clothes so it was a bit easier for her to lift her nightgown up and her knickers down. When she was done she called for Sportacus and he helped her wash her hands and brought her downstairs for a bit. When he lay her down on the couch he began to make some breakfast for her. He had heard her uncle saying that morning that she liked toast with egg so he was going to make that for her while she was lying there doing nothing because she could do nothing.

''Sportacus why did you want to help me this week? Don't you have some other things to do? Like save the town?'' she said from where she was looking at him baking her some eggs.

''Why shouldn't I help you? You're my special friend aren't you?'' she said while avoiding eye contact with her. Those words where killing Stephanie when he said them. Friend? She didn't want to be friends. Well, of course, she wanted to be friends but she wanted to be more than friends she wanted to kiss him and do so much more. Wanted to live her life with him and grow old together even if that would probably be longer for her than him.

''Stephanie is everything alright?'' he said when he looked at her and saw her think over everything he had just said. Her brows were knit together and her lips pursed. Those adorable lips. He wanted to kiss them so badly.

''Yeah, Yeah sure.'' She said while not really knowing what she said. When he walked towards her with her breakfast in one hand and a fork in the other he saw that she finally came out of her daydream.

''So I need to get going after you're done is there anything I can do for you while I'm still here?'' he asked her genuinely concerned something would happen while he was gone.

''No but could you bring me back to my room before you go?'' she asked him with pink tinted cheeks.

''Sure.'' Before long he was walking with her in his arms and the temptation of kissing her was almost too big with her face so close to him. When he placed her down he attempted to walk away but remembered something so he turned around and fished it out of his back pocket.

''Here I just thought maybe a walk-talkie would be handy so that if you want anything you can just ask me if I'm away.'' She nodded and took it out of his hand. With a smile on his face, he walked back towards the front door. Key in his pocket so he could always come inside.

When Stephanie was sure Sportacus had left the house she lifted up her mattress and picked up her pink diary to write her new adventure in it.

''Hey Sportacus do you know where Pinkie is.'' Asked Trixie when he ran past her. He stopped and turned around.

''Stephanie is at home she broke her leg.'' Was Sportacus his answer. He walked back to her and waited for her to answer.

''That's terrible no wonder she didn't come yesterday.'' She said more to herself than to Sportacus.

''Was she underway to you?'' Sportacus asked her while Stingy walked by with a new shiny coin in his hand.

''Yeah Stephanie and I we had been talking about...'' just in time Trixie remembered who she was talking too and shouldn't tell Stephanie's secret to Sportacus.

''About what Trixie?'' Sportacus asked a little concerned.

''About… well, it doesn't matter. Is not important but she promised me she would come to my house and I waited a few hours but she never came.'' Trixie said quickly.

''Alright.''

''Can we come visit her?'' Trixie asked him when he was about to walk away.

''Today is not such a good idea she's had a tough day yesterday so let her rest. But it would be lovely if you come by tomorrow.'' Sportacus said quickly before he went to do backflips and ran away stretching his muscles to the limit so for a moment he wouldn't think about her soft pink lips.

When Sportacus come home that evening after a quiet day and hearing some interesting news he walked up towards Stephanie's room where he found her sleeping with a book on her chest. The pen had fallen to the ground. But when he turned around the book with the purpose of putting it down on her desk he saw his name multiple times in her handwriting. He knew he shouldn't. He knew he should just close her probably diary and lay it on her desk but the temptation. Oh the temptation of maybe knowing that she loved him was so big that sat down on her chair and began to read the pages.

''Dear Diary,

Oh if you just knew what happened to me yesterday. I had just been walking outside when I slipped on the ice. The downside of that is that my bum is awfully sore but the upside is that Sportacus was there to almost safe me. I did fell down and broke my leg in the process. But Sportacus was there and I am so ashamed he had to see that. He helped me and got me safely home. But now this morning, when I saw my uncle go away to be a week alone with Sportacus, is more than I could ever wish for.

This morning I just found out that I truly and utterly love him with my whole heart. For all that time I believed it was only a crush. But now I know that I will never love someone else. Now I know that I will never be at peace if I can't get Sportacus to love me. Trixie always says I'm too young for him. But in a few days, I will turn 18 and then no one can tell me not to love him. If they could just see why if they could just let me do my own thing then I would be so happy. But even if that was what they did the only thing remaining would be to tell Sportacus. What if he didn't love me? It would break my heart if he would say those words. Even when he said this morning that I was his special friend it broke my heart a little. If he would just give me a chance. If he would''

Of course, she wouldn't have finished writing it. She fell asleep while writing. But would she ever know how much she was wrong? Would she ever know how much he loved her?

Right then at that moment, Sportacus decided he would give her the best birthday party she had ever had in her entire life. When she was 18 he would tell her. When she was 18 he would finally kiss her. He just had to refuse the temptation to do it right now. Then everything would be alright.