The party for Major Gregorian had been a success. Despite the fact that Jeannie had gone budget-crazy, it worked, with all the candles and the cheap food and drinks. Their boarders' friends provided the music (thank Heavens Russian music was in their repertoire) and all the entertainment. It went against everything he planned, but Major Nelson was relieved in the end.
- Was it not nice? They all enjoyed themselves so!
- What was in the letter?
Jeannie had handed Dr. Bellows a suspicious envelope. He dared not think what was in it, but he asked her, anyway.
- Oh, that was the bill for NASA. I only charged them for the food, I did not charge them for...
He promised himself he would stop complaining about Jeannie's loony ideas. And she always ended up being right in the end somehow. But this was too much. They weren't really paupers, for Heaven's sake!
- Jeannie! Jeannie.
- ... and the electricity bills and... yes, Anthony?
- Darling, we have to talk.
- Sure!
- Come here.
He sat on the couch and pulled her to sit on his lap. It wasn't the best way to talk about their finances, but he didn't plan on spending much time on that subject, anyway.
- Now, when I told you that we were going to live on my salary, I didn't mean that we had to save money on everything!
- But Master, I just...
- I know, I know. What I meant was... well, I just can't afford to buy extravagant things!
- Extravagant things?
- Yes! Like... uh... two-hundred-dollar suits and Rolls Royces, that's all.
- Oh, Master! Why did you not tell me this before?
- Huh?...
- We are going to live on your salary and we are not going to save money.
- No, well, we can save a little money here and there...
- What if you want caviar for breakfast?
- Jeannie, believe me, I will not want caviar... for breakfast.
- Are you sure?
- Yes, dear, I'm sure.
- Oh, well...
- Do you understand what I'm trying to say?
- Yes, Master.
- Good, good...
- We are going to live on your salary, save a little money but not too much in case you want caviar for break...
- No! Jeannie!
- Haha! I was just kidding, Master!
- Oh! Haha!
- Now, I have to make our...
She tried to get up but he didn't let her. He enjoyed having his wife on his lap. Very much.
- Master! I have to get up!
- No, you don't.
- I do not?
- No...
She was beginning to understand what was going on now and she wouldn't dare leave...
- I cannot?
- You cannot...
- Oh... Okay, then!
She put her arms around him and kissed his cheek. He smiled and did the same to her.
- Darling! Darling...
- Yes?
- Could you do me a favor?
- Of course!
- Remember that dress of yours?...
- Um... which one, Master?
- The patterned one...
She blinked and a brown-pink-orange dress appeared on her.
- This one?
- Uh, no... the colorful one, you know... blue, orange, pink, purple...
- Colorful one?
- With the buttons!
- Buttons?
- The one you had on when you gave me a starched shirt to wear the other day.
She remembered which dress he was talking about. It was a silk one with bright colors.
- Oh! Uh... sorry about that, Master.
- That's OK. Do you remember the dress?
- Yes. Is it this one?
She blinked the dress he'd just described on herself. The look on his face when he saw her in it could only mean one thing...
- Ohhh...
- Master?
- You look so...
Yes, that was it. His voice dropped an octave and it sounded really mellow... He started kissing her neck; she loved it when he did that!
- Ohhh... well... do I?
- Yeah...
- Oh! All right, then! Mmm...
He kept kissing her neck and she hoped it would lead them to a more comfortable place.
- Mmm... It is the silk one, Master...
- Yes... silk... mmm...
He ran his hands on her back and she sighed.
- I love the way it feels... on you...
He kept kissing her: cheeks, neck, lips... She was loving it; she loved how his lips felt on her skin... And it would definitely lead them to a more comfortable place! He squeezed her thigh through the dress and she grinned.
- Mm, I am beginning to like it too!
- Good...
- Mas... ter...?
- Yeah?...
- Is that why you... were so quiet... at the party?
He had indeed been too quiet at the party; whenever she looked at him he would be listening to Dr. Bellows or listening to Major Healey or to the Russian Major... never talking. And he had a different gleam in his eyes whenever he noticed her looking at him.
A/N: Again, to me, Jeannie and Major Nelson aren't just that cute & sweet couple we saw in the show most of the time. They were as hot together as they looked!
There are some details here that are different from what happened in the series, for the story's sake...
