Chapter One; The Letter

Jeannie sat inside her bottle busily writing her letter to Tony and Roger. "Let me see," she began aloud while she tapped the end of her pencil to her chin before she started to write. "Dear Anthony and Roger Healey," she wrote while she spoke and then tapped her chin a few more times before she continued to write. "The Bellows are proud new owners of an adorable puppy dog. Her name is Cassie and she is a black and white Border Collie that I have enclosed a picture of.

She is very sweet and playful and she has become very good friends with Spot already. Sarah is learning how to ride her bicycle very well and she has also signed up for horseback riding lessons. I can't believe that it'll be Halloween in a couple of more weeks! Of course Peter and Sarah are very excited about it and I don't really blame them since they'll be getting lots of candy trick-or-treating. Sarah said that she's going to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz and Peter is going to be a pirate. I'm going as a witch to the NASA Halloween party since they scare me the most. I miss you both very much and I can't wait to hear back from you.

Love Jeannie. Oh and Ps. I recently got my driver's license." She wrote quickly before she read it back to herself a few times before she brought the piece of paper to her lips and kissed it before she tore it off of the notepad and folded it and then placed it inside the envelope. Then she licked it shut before she stood up and bobbed her head. Then with a blink of her eyes she smoked out of her bottle.

"Oh good morning Jeannie." Mrs. Bellows said while she entered the living room leading Cassie inside of it.

"Good morning Mrs. Bellows." Jeannie replied while Mrs. Bellows bent down and unclipped the puppy's sparkling pink leash from her matching leash.

"I was just letting Cassie out to go the bathroom and busy seeing the children off to school. Since you got your license you can pick them up later on if you want. They're going to spend the weekend over at their grandparents." She explained.

"Oh I'm sure that they'll love that. I wish I knew my grandparents but they died when I was just a little girl." Jeannie told her while she caught a glimpse of the letter that she was holding inside her palm.

"Let me guess, another letter for Colonel Nelson and Colonel Healey." She said as Jeannie nodded.

"Yep! When is it isn't?" she inquired with a giggle.

"Well you just missed Alfred, he just went out to get the paper. If he would have known I'm sure that he would have put it out for you." Mrs. Bellows told her.

"Oh that is no problem." Jeannie said with another bob of her head and popped herself into blue jeans and an orange long sleeved top with black patches. "I'll get it." She told her.

"You know, pretty soon you won't be able to do that anymore. You're going on four months pregnant." Mrs. Bellows pointed out.

"I know, and I'm starting to get a little bit of a bump already. However at least I don't have morning sickness anymore." Jeannie said while she hurried over to the door just as Doctor Bellows was coming through it wearing his robes and holding his paper inside the palm of his hand.

"Ah, good morning Jeannie." He told her with a bow of her head.

"Good morning Doctor Bellows." Jeannie told him before she turned and went out the door.

"How is she doing this morning?" he asked his wife while he turned and walked towards his chair.

"You know Jeannie, she's always in a happy mood whenever it comes to keeping in touch with Colonel Nelson and Colonel Healey." Mrs. Bellows told him as he went to sit down but that's when suddenly Spot leapt up instead and turned around a few times in a circle before finally lying down with his head on top of his paws.

"Why is that whenever I go to sit down my spot is always somehow taken?" he questioned as the tiny little puppy perked his ears and raised his head to look at him. "Oh you can stay there." Doctor Bellows told him with a grin before scratching him behind the ears. "I could use a little company anyway since both of the children are at school." He said before picking him up and then setting him back down on top of his lap as he started to read his paper and drink his coffee.

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Jeannie waited outside the school building for Sarah to arrive. Peter was already standing with her. "Hello Jeannie." Sarah said when she caught sight of her. "Hey Peter." She added.

"Hey." Peter replied.

"I'm here to take you to your grandparents' house now." Jeannie told her.

"Thanks Jeannie, I can't wait to go visit Grandma and Grandpa." Sarah said while they turned around and started walking back towards the car together.

"It is very nice especially since I never spent any time with my own. I'm sure that my mother will love my baby just as much as Anthony and I will." Jeannie said.

"What about his parents?" Peter asked her.

"Oh I'm sure that they will love them too but neither of them know that I'm a genie so I'm not quite sure how we're going to handle that yet if the baby turns out magical as well." She replied. "Genies can start getting their powers as early as five months but they won't be able to start learning to control them until they're five years old." She explained.

"Wow, you're really going to have your hands full then." Peter told her while she unlocked the car and allowed him to climb into the passenger's seat while Sarah climbed into the back.