Chapter One; Jeannie's Surprise
Jeannie sat by her desk and sighed dreamily while tapping the eraser of her pencil to her chin as she thought up a list of names for her baby. So far her top names for a boy were AJ (either Anthony James Junior) and Michael, and her top girl names were April (since that's when the baby would be born) and Rose. Meanwhile Tony and Doctor Bellows sat at the nearby table a crossed from each other playing a game of checkers.
"King me." Tony said after his black checker did a triple jump over his red checkers.
"Again?" Doctor Bellows began with a shake of his head in disbelief. "Colonel Nelson, how did you get so good at checkers?" he wondered as Tony grinned.
"Jeannie and I play this all the time. In fact I was the one who taught her to play. You should play against her next." He told him while Doctor Bellows stacked a black checker on top of his.
"Really? Jeannie plays checkers?" he questioned with uncertainty.
"Yeah, the only difference is that she blinks her moves instead." Tony told him as Doctor Bellows nodded.
"Ah, I see, well it must be pretty interesting playing with a genie." He said when all of a sudden the door opened and Roger Healey entered the living room.
"Hey Tony, you'll never guess what just happened." He said as Tony and Doctor Bellows instantly stopped playing their game and glanced up at him.
"Colonel Healey, I know that this isn't my house so it really isn't my business asking you this, but don't you ever knock or ring the doorbell?" Doctor Bellows wondered.
"No not really, I love Tony and Jeannie like a brother and sister and they've always told me that their home is my home." Roger told him with a grin as Doctor Bellows rolled his eyes.
"I'm sorry I asked." He said.
"Anyway, take a look at this." Roger began before he withdrew three yellow tickets from out of his pocket. "Three tickets to see The Beach Boys." He told them.
"Really? No kidding." Tony began with a grin while Jeannie turned around in her chair and glanced over her shoulder at him. "I love The Beach Boys." He said.
"So do I. Why I love Surfin' Safari and Good Vibrations." Doctor Bellows said excitedly with a grin.
"What are The Beach Boys?" Jeannie wondered.
"You've got to be joking. You mean that you've never heard of them?" Roger inquired glancing over at her before back at Tony. "You have to own at least one or two records of them." He said.
"Yeah I do. I have quite a few. I guess that Jeannie's never listened to any of them though." Tony told him. "Hey Jeannie, would you mind?" he asked her. "You know, fetch my record player here." He told her.
"Yes Master." She told him as she blinked her eyes and made the record player appear in the center of the living room.
"Thank you Jeannie." He told her as he walked over to his record collection and pulled out his Beach Boys album before he blew on the record and placed it on top of the turntable before sticking the needle on top of it. That's when all of a sudden Surfing USA started to play. Jeannie quickly leapt up from her chair and started to dance.
"I like this type of music Master. It's more fun than harem dancing." She said as Tony grinned at her before he, Roger Healey, and Doctor Bellows joined in and started dancing with her. As soon as the song had finished Jeannie folded her arms and blinked her eyes with a slight bob of her head and changed her harem outfit into bright pink shorts and a matching hat and tank top. She also had on a pair of dark sunglasses. "I'm ready to go to The Beach Boys concert Master." She said.
"Uh Jeannie, listen I appreciate your enthusiasm but the concert isn't till a few weeks from now." Roger told her.
"Oh." She said sadly. "So, what do you want to do now?" she wondered.
"Well, I should probably get home for lunch. Amanda hates it when I'm late." Doctor Bellows began before he got up from his chair. "See you later Jeannie. Colonel Nelson, Colonel Healey." He said as he turned to each one of them with a nod of his head before he walked out the door.
"Hey you know what, I just got an idea." Tony began. "Doctor Bellows' surprise retirement party is tomorrow. Say Jeannie, you wouldn't by any chance be able to get The Beach Boys to perform at it would you?" he asked her when all of a sudden she let out an excited squeal and jumped up and down before twirling around in a circle.
"Oh I think that's a marvelous idea Master!" she cried. "Doctor Bellows will just simply love it!" she exclaimed. "I'm going to start working on that right now, goodbye Master!" she exclaimed before she grabbed ahold of his face and gave him a quick kiss on the lips goodbye before she gave another bob of her head, blinked her eyes, and disappeared.
"I'm not sure who's going to be more excited about The Beach Boys. Doctor Bellows or Jeannie." Roger said. "By the way, how is Jeannie doing? I mean with the pregnancy and everything." He said.
"She's doing fine. She's got a doctor's appointment next week. I told her that we could stop at the store on the way and do some shopping like picking out clothes, bottles, blankets, pacifiers, and diapers." Tony told him.
"Well listen Tony, I'll be happy to help out with the new baby whenever you need me. I'll help feed it, read to it, bathe it. I just absolutely refuse to change its diapers." Roger said as Tony chuckled before they headed out the front door together.