The next day, Sportacus and Elena awoke with Loquia between them. The night before Sportacus sang her an Icelandic lullaby his mother used to sing to him at night. Loquia did fall asleep. Neither knew when she got into bed with them, but they really didn't mind.
Sportacus looked at Loquia. He stroked her head. "I really want us to be parents."
"Aren't we now?" She smiled.
"She is beautiful."
"I do love her."
"So do I." Sportacus smiled.
She looked serious for a moment. "Sporty, I need a little time this afternoon. Could you?" She glancd at Loquia.
"Of course. What are you going to to do?"
"I need to tell Robbie about us."
"Oh. Are you sure you wouldn't like me to?"
"No, I think it should be me."
"What if he tries to kiss you again?"
She could tell Sportacus wasn't too fond of the fact that he did that, but he wasn't mad.
"I'm still not too sure why he did that. I guess he was just happy I was alive?" She shrugged her shoulders.
"That is very unusual behavior, even for him."
"Don't worry. The only man who can sweep me off my feet, is you."
"I can not wait till we are married. I am going to make you so happy."
"You already do." He leaned forward and kissed her.
Later that day-
Robbie rotten was in his lair running around frantically from one end to the other. He went into a back room and pulled out a small rectangular table. He unfolded the legs and sat the table upright. Then he opened up a drawer and pulled out a table cloth and placed it over the table. He was excited and wore a smile in anticipation.
He ran to an his kitchen and took off the top to a pan where he was cooking noodles and meat in a sauce. He stirred it, turned off the heat and threw in some spices for flavor. Then he opened the oven, took out a chocolate cake and set it on the counter to cool.
"Are you really cooking me lunch, Robbie?"
"Of course. And it'll be ready soon. So," He took Elena's hand and led her to his orange chair and sat her down. "You just watch some TV while I finish up."
He ran out of the room and back to the table with plates and silverware. He got two wine glasses and set them next to the dishes. "Almost done my love!" He hollered happily. "It'll be the best dinner ever! Better than that Sportaflop could ever do."
He hurried back to the kitchen to frost the cake. When he finished, he retrieved serving bowl and poured the noodles into it. Then he looked all over for the serving spoon, which was nowhere to be found.
Elena went to the entrance hatch of Robbie's lair. She lifted the heavy lid and slid down. She slid down so fast, she landed in front of his orange chair. She got up and rubbed her side as she got up. She looked around noticing everything was clean and neat. She walked over to the table and it looked like Robbie was getting ready for a date.
"Ah! I found it! Now my dear, we feast!" He entered the room with a ladle in a large soup dish. He looked at Elena. "I hope you're hungry."
Elena's eyes widened. "Hungry?" 'How did he know I was coming? He must've been spying.'
"Yes." He pulled out a chair and sat her down then filled the bowls. Then he sat down. "What do you think?"
She took a breath and tried the meal he prepared. It was surprisingly good. "It's great!" She paused for a moment. "Where did you learn to cook?"
"I just followed the recipe on the box."
"Robbie, we need to talk."
"Is this about that movie last night?"
"What?"
"Because, we can watch it again if you still don't get it."
"...No. Wait, what? Wait, what?!"
"I'll make some popcorn after desert."
"Robbie, what are you talking about? I came here to talk to you about something important and I wanted to tell you myself."
Robbie froze. His eyes slowly looked at Elena. "How long have you been here?"
"Just a few minutes. Are you alright? I'm worried about you."
He straightened up. "I'm fine. Just on top of things. What do you want?"
There was something not right with Robbie. His tone changed. "I want you to know I do care about you and I always will but you should know...I wanted you to hear it from me... I'm going to marry Sportacus." She watched as he set his spoon down and sat calmly.
"Ok." He smiled.
"Ok? Are you-do you have anything to say?"
"Congratulations?"
"You know I'm alive right? And we rescued a little girl who is staying with us...in my house...in LazyTown."
"I understand."
"You do."
"Yes. You love Sportacus."
Elena was waiting for him to blow up. Throw stuff. But he remained calm. And that worried her. "I love you too."
"Yes, but you love Sportacus. And that's fine. Now if you'll excuse me, I have lunch to finish."
He was dismissing her. She knew he had to be hurting but she didn't feel anything from him. Or rather, she didn't know what she was feeling from him. But she did care for Robbie. "If you ever need to talk, I'll be happy to listen. And you can still come over and play chess, if you want." She walked over and gave him a hug. "Do you really want me to leave?"
"I'm fine." He stood up. "I am just recharging after our little ordeal. I'm plotting now, as we speak, to get the over active blue elf out of town. I'm fine. Go, go, go." And she shooed her back up the hatch.
She stopped half way and went back down when she heard him talking.
"Sorry for the interruption, my dear. How is everything? Oh, yes? Really? Me too. I think we should celebrate. I'll get the cake!"
She headed back up. This was not good. Something must've happened. This was not a job for her but it was for a hero. And she felt Robbie needed to be saved.