A/N: Our first story has to do with the first reviewer of this series of stories, rubberducky1. It came to the Lazytown Chronicle's attention that she said some incredibly kind words about the story. And so we at the Lazytown Chronicle would like to encourage 'BJ' as she is also called, to make her dreams come true and to follow her own path.
In a recent interview with the Author, the Lazytown Chronicle has learned this is the end of Part I in this series of stories. The Author will take a short vacation for Spring Break and then she will return to fan fiction . net to bring us more about the developing relationship between Tara Trueheart and Sportacus 10. She also says she will update her other fan fiction on fan fiction . net shortly before she leaves on Saturday. She thanks everyone for reading and for their patience. The Author wishes to remind everyone that she does not own 'Lazytown' and it's characters and she certainly does not own the song posted at the end of the story and that it was made available in the public domain on the Internet. She was quoted saying,
"Read and Review!
peace, love and lipgloss,
Mlle. Fox"
Tara was cleaning up her kitchen, when she happened on the towel Sportacus had used earlier. She smiled at the memory when the doorbell rang. She crossed over to open it only to gasp when Sportacus fell at her feet.
"Sportacus! Oh my gosh! Sportacus! Are you alright?" She bent over him to which he weakly whispered,
"...Tara..."
"Come on! Let's get you to the couch!" Tara said putting his arm over her shoulder. She tried to lift him, but his weight pulled her to the ground with him. Getting up and bracing herself, Tara muttered sarcastically, "Boy you do workout don't you?" She managed to get to her feet, dragging him over to the couch that he had placed there only minutes ago. She dumped him on the couch out of breath, before lifting his feet up and placing a pillow behind his head. "Sportacus? Sportacus...I'm going to call a doctor." She tried to get up, but his hand clutched her wrist,
"...No...doctor..."
"But..."
"...No Tara..." Sportacus said out of breath. Tara nodded reluctantly,
"Okay Sportacus...I'm going to go get a cool washcloth okay?" He nodded a little and let her rush to the kitchen. She got the washcloth, ran it under the cold water before rushing back over. She pulled the cap off his head, surprised at the dirty blond locks of hair, brown in the underlayers. She tried not to focus on how it fell into those kind blue eyes or how thick and wavy it was. Instead she asked him gentle wiping his hot face. "Sportacus? What happened? Come on Sportacus...talk to me..." Sportacus mumbled out,
"Sugar...meltdown..." Tara furrowed her brows together,
"What?"
"Need...sports...candy..." he said.
"Sports-candy? Sports-candy!" Tara exclaimed with understanding. She jumped up and rushed to her fridge, looking around for something he could chew, when she saw a bowl of grapes in the corner.
"Perfect!" she exclaimed taking it out and rinsing the grapes off really quick. She returned to the couch and lifted Sportacus' head up. She sat behind him, with his head in her lap telling him,
"Okay Sportacus...I'm going to feed you some grapes okay? Be cure to chew them up good. Here we go...chew Sportacus...chew." She popped the first grape in his mouth to which Sportacus parted his lips and took the grape from her fingers.
Down at the park, the kids were playing when the Major and Miss Busybudy walked up and the Mayor asked,
"Children! Children, have you seen Sportacus around? I need to talk to him about Saturday's soccer tournament."
"The last we saw of Sportacus he had just come from Tara's house." Stephanie answered.
"Then maybe Tara knows where he is. Come on Miss Busybody." said the Mayor.
"Right behind you Milford." said Bessie.
"Can we come too? We want to ask Sportacus to teach us some new moves for the game Saturday." asked Pixel.
"Of course children! Just follow me!" said the Mayor leading the way.
"Oh Milford! Milford, Tara's house is the other way." said Bessie.
"Oh...I knew that." said the Mayor blushing as the kids giggled. But soon, they came upon a sleeping Robbie Rotten with a half eaten box of chocolates lying on a bench.
"Oh my...it's Mr. Rotten!" said the Mayor.
"Wonder what he's doing out in daylight?" asked Trixie. Suddenly Robbie snorted awake and screamed at everyone staring at him,
"I didn't do anything!"
"Didn't do what?" asked Stingy. Robbie scoffed,
"Oh right! Like I'm going to tell you I tricked Sportacus into eating chocolate!" The others gasped, "Opps..." he finished.
"Chocolate! With sugar in them? Oh no!" said Ziggy.
"That means Sportacus is lying down somewhere having a meltdown!" exclaimed Pixel.
"Mr. Rotten, I'm very disappointed in you! Now where is Sportacus?" demanded the Mayor. Robbie laughed,
"Oh sure! I'm just going to blurt out that the last I saw of him was he was crawling back to Tara's house!...Opps again. Uh...bye!" He ran away leaving the others scared and very worried about the fate of their friend.
"Come on everyone! We have to go help Sportacus! Tara doesn't know about his Sugar Meltdowns!" said Stephanie running ahead while everyone followed behind.
Meanwhile, Sportacus was smiling as Tara kept feeding him grapes. He had gotten up to full strength a little while ago. And while he knew he should tell Tara this...he didn't want her to stop feeding him or running her fingers through his hair soothingly. And her lap was so comfortable. Maybe he should just have a few more grapes just to make sure he was 110.
"So every time someone gives you sugar...you collapse completely weakened?" Tara asked him.
"Mmm-hmm. Every time. It was a miracle I even got to your front door." he responded.
"Are you feeling any better?" she asked. He looked up at her beautiful face and smiled,
"Thanks to the company..." Tara blushed when The Kids burst in her front door followed by Bessie and the Mayor.
"Tara! Tara! Sportacus is..." Stephanie and the kids stopped short at seeing Sportacus' head in Tara's lap, lying on her couch as she fed him grapes. The Mayor came in,
"Oh! Sportacus is here!"
"Thank goodness!" gasped Bessie out of breath. Tara gently lifted Sportacus' head from her lap and stood saying,
"Yeah Robbie Rotten gave him some chocolate telling him it was sugar free. And something about a French accent and a bicycle..."
"Uh...yeah we found Robbie outside and he blurted out what he did to Sportacus." said Trixie.
"Some super-villain..." Tara mumbled.
"Well Sportacus how are you feeling, my boy?" asked the Mayor.
"I'm doing okay Mr. Mayor!" Sportacus nodded.
"Yeah, I've been feeding him grapes to get his strength back up." Tara explained as the others all furrowed their brows.
"You mean...you've already given him sports-candy?" asked Stephanie.
"Yeah...isn't that what's suppose to be done?" asked Tara turning her back to Sportacus and the couch to face them all.
"Well yes but..." started the Mayor when Sportacus sat up and silently tried to tell them to 'go away' with his hands. Bessie elbowed the Mayor saying,
"Oh course it is dear! We'll just leave you two alone to take care of things."
"But Sportacus is...mmmph!" Ziggy started only to have Stephanie clasp a hand over his mouth. She gave a small wink to Sportacus telling him she understood. Sportacus returned the wink thus making everyone else understand as well...except Ziggy. The Mayor said, hiding his humor badly,
"Yes! Yes! We'll just leave the two of you...all alone! Keep up the good work Miss Trueheart! Love what you've done with the place! Well,ta ta! Take care Sportacus!" They all left with Ziggy mumbling under Stephanie's hand,
"Bu Mmhahu eh uh mmph!" Tara shut the door after them and returned to the couch shaking her head,
"Wow...you sure have some great friends."
"They'll be your friends too in no time!" said Sportacus letting her lift his head to place it back in her lap. Picking another grape off, Tara said cocking an eyebrow,
"Yeah any friends that leave knowing you're better but helping you convince the pretty girl you're still weak are great friends to have." Sportacus snapped his eyes opened in a panic,
"What?" Tara pointed across the room to the vanity mirror across the way showing them reflected in the glass.
"I could see you Mr. Superhero." Sportacus winced and began to sat up,
"I guess I'll be going now." She pulled him back down by his shoulder,
"What's your rush?" Confused, he looked up at her,
"You're not mad?"
"Mmm...no...not really." Tara said shaking her head.
"What are you going to tell the others?" asked Sportacus. She leaned over his face, her hair falling over her shoulder as she popped another grape in. He stared transfixed into those green eyes of hers as she smiled and said dropping her voice to it's silken tone,
"I won't tell if you won't." Sportacus smiled and nodded silently concluding to himself that things were going to get really interesting around Lazytown from now on.
The End of Part 1
Bing Bang Diggly Dong
First thing that I say after I wake up
Bing Bang Diggly Dong
I say those words before I go to sleep
Get on up it's time to dance yeah
It's so much fun being up on our feet
So we go up up
To the top
Move around and clap your hands together
Down down turn around
Having fun is what it's all about
Bing Bang Diggly Dong
Funny words I sing when I am dancing
Bing Bang Diggly Dong
Silly words that can mean anything
Get on up it's time to dance yeah
It's so much fun being up on our feet
So we go up up
To the top
Move around and clap your hands together
Down down turn around
Having fun is what it's all about
Oh 1, 2 me and you
Move around and clap your hands together
3, 4 on the floor
Having fun is what it's all about