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It was a seemingly average day in LazyTown. Ziggy, Pixel, Trixie, and Stingy were all hanging out at the park. They had all silently been wondering what the fifth member of their group had been up to, when out of the corner of their eyes she ran up to meet them.
“Tomorrow’s Valentine’s Day!” Stephanie shouted with a huge grin on her face.
“Yeah…?” Pixel replied, raising an eyebrow.
Trixie kicked a nearby rock. “Who cares about Valentine’s Day?”
“Are you telling me you guys don’t want to celebrate?” Said Stephanie, looking noticeably deflated.
Ziggy stopped licking his lollipop. “Wait, I’m confused. I thought Valentine’s day was for like, grownups and couples to say how much they love each other.”
“Exactly. Why would we care about that?” Stingy said, straightening his vest. “Adults making kissy faces… nothing in it for me.”
Stephanie let out a small chuckle. “Well that’s not the way I celebrate Valentine’s Day. I mean sure, it is mostly for adults who love each other romantically, but it can also be about how much you love all your friends, like, I love all of you guys!”
“Okay, but how do we do that?” Said Pixel.
“Lot’s of ways! You can give your friends cards, or candy, but usually we have a Valentine’s party where everyone hangs out! I already asked Uncle Milford and he said we can hold the party at town hall. Would you guys want to come?” Stephanie beamed expectantly.
“People giving me Valentine’s gifts? I’m in.” Stingy said.
Trixie seemed to be thinking it over for a while. Finally she let out of sigh and smiled. “Of course I’ll be there Pinkie.”
“Me too!” Chimed in Pixel.
“D-did you say there was going to be candy?” Ziggy asked, seemingly a bit embarrassed that that was the one thing on his mind.
Stephanie smiled and shook her head. “Yes, Ziggy, there will be candy. Chocolate is really popular on Valentine’s Day.”
“Wow…” Ziggy sighed happily. “B-but wait, are you going to invite Sportacus? He can’t eat chocolate!”
“Don’t worry, I’m not going to give any chocolate to Sportacus! There will be plenty of sports candy to eat as well.” Stephanie said.
Ziggy balled his hands into fists triumphantly. “Alright! I’m going too!”
Stephanie clapped her hands together. “Great! I’ll see you all at town hall tomorrow at two o’clock! Now I just have to go and invite Sportacus!” She waved the group goodbye as she headed off towards the mailbox.
Grabbing a piece a paper, she wrote out her letter to Sportacus and pulled the lever to send it off. She watched it sail off into the air before sitting down at a nearby bench. Taking out her diary, Stephanie began to cross names off a list. “Trixie… check. Pixel… check. Stingy… check. Ziggy… check. Now I just have to wait for Sportacus.”
After a few minutes, Sportacus descended from his ladder and flipped his way over to the bench Stephanie was sitting at. “Hi Stephanie! I got your letter, what was it you wanted to ask me?”
Stephanie hopped up from the bench in an attempt the make the height difference between the two less drastic. “Hi Sportacus! I guess first I wanted to ask if you knew what Valentine’s day was?”
“Valentine’s Day… that’s that holiday about love, right?” Sportacus said, placing his hand on his chin.
“Yeah! So tomorrow I’m having a Valentine’s Day party to celebrate how much I love my friends! Do you want to come?” Stephanie bounced up and down on the balls of her feet.
Sportacus grinned and put his hand on her shoulder. “That’s a great idea Stephanie. Of course I’ll come! What time is the party?”
“Tomorrow at two! It’ll be at the town hall.”
“Alright, I can’t wait! See you tomorrow Stephanie!” Sportacus gave a thumbs up before running off.
Stephanie waved him goodbye as his back flipped his way out of the scene. She gave a relieved sigh and crossed out another name in her diary. “Now I just need to ask…” Looking around, Stephanie spotted a familiar periscope. “Aha!” As soon as she spoke, it began to quickly descend into the ground. “Oh no you don’t!”
Quickly running to the where periscope was, Stephanie slid down and grabbed the pipe before it could disappear into the earth completely. She tried to pull it back up but it struggled against her. “Let! Go!” Robbie Rotten’s voice called from below.
“No! I have something! I want to ask you!” She spoke through clenched teeth, still desperately trying to lift the periscope back up. Finally the tug of war seemed to stop as the periscope lifted itself back up above ground.
“Fine! But make it quick.” He grumbled.
Stephanie stood back up and took a deep breath. “Thank you Robbie.” She said, giving a cheesy grin. “I wanted to invite you to my Valentine’s Day party tomorrow!”
Robbie instinctively pulled his face away from the viewfinder in shock. Shaking his head, he regained his composure and went back to looking at Stephanie. “Me? At a Valentine’s Day party? ...Why?” He meant it more as ‘why would you invite me’ but the bitter tone in his voice made it come across as more of a ‘why should I bother’.
Stephanie frowned. “Because Valentine’s Day is about letting my friends know how much I love them so I want all my friends to be there. And that includes you!”
Now Robbie was really stunned silent. Of course that brat had acted like they were friends before but to come out and say it was so sweet it was almost sickening. He was excited to go to the party, really, but he didn’t know how to reply. What if he sounded too eager? Would she change her mind? All he knew was that he needed to hurry up and say something, anything, think!
However Stephanie, with only the eyeballs of the periscope to stare at, took Robbie’s silence as a sign of disapproval. “There’ll be free chocolate…!” She sang in an attempt to appeal to him.
“I-I’ll go!” He replied, a little too quickly. “For the uh… the chocolate.”
She raised an eyebrow curiously but continued smiling. “Okay Robbie. I’ll see you at town hall tomorrow at two o'clock sharp!” Satisfied, Stephanie skipped away, crossing the final name off in her diary.
Down in his lair, Robbie finally stepped away from the periscope. “Two o’clock?” He muttered. “...That’s so early!”