Open Wounds

Chapter 3

Except for Alex, everything and everyone calmed down a bit since the other day. Alexander was still trying to find out how did Mark realise out of jail, and more important – why?

"Alex, would please cut it out?" Valeria snapped him out of his thoughts.

"I'm sorry, what?"

"Alex, this can't keep your mind that occupied that much! It has been already a month! You have to let it go," Valeria told him.

"But I can't, Vale! I just can't," he told her.

She couldn't take it. She rolled her eyes at him.

"Look, after I'm picking up Matias from his kindergarten, I have my first appointment at the doctor, and I could really use your company," she told him softly.

"Uh... I'll think about it," he told her.

"Ok... It's your decision..." she sadly said. He noticed it, but had nothing to say.

*****

Meanwhile, Stephanie hung out with her friends at school.

"You know, guys, I'm really worried about my dad..." she told them, and Pixel, her boyfriend, pulled her into a hug.

"Is it really that serious, Pinky?" Trixie asked.

"Yes. That man, Mark Prescott, is literally after them," Pixel told her.

"Yeah, and especially now, that my mom is pregnant..." Stephanie blurted out.

"Wait, your mother is having a baby?" Ziggy asked.

"Yeah, and she kinda made us swear we won't tell until-" she began to say.

"Oh, Stephanie, that's wonderful!" Trixie said.

"Steph, you didn't tell me that!" Pixel smiled at her.

"So is that finally means that I would get to be the baby's godfather?" Stingy asked.

"STINGY!" they said at once.

"Well, at least I tried."

*****

At noon, Stephanie was already home when Vale and Mati came back home. They found Alex sitting in the living room in his Sportacus uniform, surrounded by old boxes full of photos and letters.

"Daddy!" Matias screamed, making Alexander turn around.

"Hey, little guy!" Alex picked him up and sat him on his lap.

If there was anything that Alex liked more than playing with the LazyTown kids, it was to play with his own kid. Every time he was near him, he just looked at him and asked himself how he could act so stupid while Valeria was having him. When Valeria told them she was pregnant again, he promised that he would be 100% into this. This promise didn't last long, though.

"Hey, honey, what's all this?" she asked.

"I'm trying to find any clues about Mark, something that will give me hint for why he's back," he told her.

"Oh... Well, I'm leaving in 15 minutes if you still want to join me," Valeria said.

"Um, sorry, my love, but I gotta stay here, cause if I stop-" he was about to finish his sentence, but he heard her going upstairs without saying a word.

"Daddy, is mommy upset with you?" Matias asked.

Sportacus sighed.

"Yeah, but I'm going to apologize to her later," he told his son.