Chapter One; The Airport
Jeannie held her hair up and finished vomiting inside the toilet. She was about two months pregnant now and she had been having the worst case of morning sickness when she woke up as well as before she went to bed. Jeannie groaned wishing that she could perform magic to make it go away. However she knew that she couldn't, and in a few more months when her stomach would be larger she wouldn't even be able to do magic at all. As Jeannie flushed the toilet, stood up, and walked out of the bathroom she saw something that made her feel even worse.
"Alright puppy, it's time to get in your carrier now because we're going on a little trip and you're going on your own vacation to the kennels." Mrs. Bellows said while she bent down and hoisted Spot up inside her arms while the little puppy started to struggle out of her arms as well as howl and whimper. Mrs. Bellows still managed to place him inside the carrier and shut the door behind him.
"Spot!" Jeannie cried with a horrified gasp.
"Don't worry Jeannie, he's going to be alright. It's just that they don't allow dogs at the hotel." Doctor Bellows told her with a shake of his head before she bobbed her head and blinked her eyes turning her puppy into a black and white kitten.
"What about cats?" she questioned him as the tiny kitten gave out a little meow.
"Jeannie, he meant that they don't allow pets of any kind." Mrs. Bellows told her. "Now come on change him back, we already made an appointment with the kennel." She said as Jeannie heaved a heavy and reluctant sigh before she blinked her eyes again and turned the kitten back into a whimpering, frightened, and trembling little puppy.
"I'm sorry Mrs. Bellows, I just don't like the idea of my dog being left alone in a cage all the time. You know how much he hates that." She told her.
"Don't worry Jeannie, Spot will have plenty of time out of his cage to run and play with the other dogs. It'll be like spending a couple of weeks at the dog park. Not to mention that he'll have plenty of food and water and love attention. Now come on let's go. We'll miss our plane if we don't hurry and we still have to drop him off. Do you have everything packed?" she asked her as Jeannie nodded.
"Yes, it's already in the trunk of the car." She told her while she turned and pointed towards the front door.
"Good, let's go or we'll be late." Doctor Bellows said before Mrs. Bellows picked up Spot's carrier by the handle and carried him out the door while the other two followed her outside.
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Once they arrived at the airport, Doctor Bellows parked his car inside the parking lot. Then all three of them got out of the car and headed towards the building together. "Does everybody have all of their luggage?" he asked them as the other two silently nodded. "And what about the you know what?" he questioned referring to Jeannie's bottle since there would only be one bed inside their hotel room.
"Yes, that's one of the first things I packed." She replied with a nod.
"Good, do you have your ID Jeannie?" Doctor Bellows asked her.
"Alfred, how can she have her ID when she can't even be photographed?" his wife asked him.
"Oh that is no problem." Jeannie said before she bobbed her head and blinked a card inside her back pocket as Mrs. Bellows grinned at her.
"Clever thinking Jeannie." She told her while they entered the building together.
"I think I have to use the restroom." Jeannie said.
"I do too but we will as soon as we get through security. Then we'll meet him down at baggage." Mrs. Bellows told her.
"Mrs. Bellows, I have to admit that I am a little nervous. I have never flown on a plane before." Jeannie said.
"Oh it's alright Jeannie, there's nothing to it. It's like a magic carpet but it has an engine." Mrs. Bellows told her.
"What if I get airsick?" Jeannie questioned her anxiously.
"Believe me Jeannie there is nothing to feel embarrassed or nervous about. Besides you're two months pregnant. We're used to you getting sick by now. Now come on let's go ahead and check ourselves in. We'll have lunch on the airplane." Mrs. Bellows told her before all three of them turned around and walked away.
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Jeannie and the Bellows boarded the plane together. "Would you like the window seat Jeannie?" Mrs. Bellows asked her as Jeannie nodded before she sat down next to the window and buckled herself in while Mrs. Bellows sat down next to her and her husband sat down on the other side of her.
"Please make sure to buckle your seatbelts since flight two-seventeen to Nevada is about to takeoff." The flight attendant announced while Jeannie watched out the window as the airplane started heading for the runway. Before she knew it the plane was gathering speed and taking off into the air. Doctor Bellows put on his reading glasses and started reading his book while his wife started working on her crossword puzzle.
Jeannie just simply heaved a deep and heavy sigh since she wasn't sure what she wanted to do. She was getting hungry and hoped that the food cart would be making its way towards them soon, but she had found her thoughts were constantly drifting back to Spot. Even though Mrs. Bellows had assured her that he would be alright and the people at the kennel would take very good care of him, she still worried about him very much. She also thought about her own husband and her best friend Roger Healey and how much she had loved and missed them both. With another little sigh she leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes and went to sleep.