Chapter 3~ Meeting Melody
In the days that followed, Lili and Roger were at the house practically every day. Jeannie took very kindly to Lili and the two would sit in the kitchen all morning looking over cake designs and invitations.
"Oh I like this one." Lili said turning the book for Jeannie to see.
"Oh, well, it's awfully big."
"Well I'm planning on a big wedding."
"Oh that's good. Do you have a lot of family?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact I do. I have four sisters and two brothers."
"That is a lot of siblings."
"Yes, it wasn't always easy growing up in a house of 7 children. But we got by." She said and looked at Jeannie. "Do you have any sisters?"
"Oh yes. . ."
"Do you get along with her?"
"Well, sometimes. She is always trying to get my mas. . . . I mean Tony."
"Get him?"
"Yes. She has tried to marry him before."
"Really?"
Jeannie nodded.
"Does he like her?"
"Oh, not at all."
"Well that's good." Lili said then shut the book. "Why don't we go see what the boys are doing."
"Oh I would love to." Jeannie said and jumped out of her seat happy to go see her master.
~*~
"So you really love her huh?" Tony asked his friend while they were sitting on the couch.
At that moment Jeannie and Lili were coming out of the kitchen, but stopped short to listen in.
"I do. I really do. I never loved anyone more."
"Well, I'm happy that you're happy Rog."
Jeannie looked over to Lili who was smiling, but tears coming to her eyes.
"Are you okay?"
"Oh Jeannie, he really loves me." She said and the two walked over to the couch.
"Roger."
"Yes?"
Lili walked over to him, sat on his lap, and kissed him. Jeannie looked on happily but Tony got up and walked to the kitchen, pulling Jeannie after him.
"How long were you two standing there?"
"Oh not long master. We had just got done looking at cake designs and she mentioned that we go see what you and Major Healey were doing."
"Well, listen Jeannie. . . ." but he was cut short by the doorbell.
Leaving the kitchen, Tony went to get the door but Lili was already talking to someone.
"Oh, Tony, let me introduce you to my sister Melody."
He stood rooted on the spot. He was looking at a beautiful redhead in a short spring dress.
"Hello Tony, I have heard so much about you." She said taking his hand.
Jeannie was at her master's side in a second.
"Oh hello, you must be his girlfriend Jeannie."
"Yes I am." She said without hesitating.
"I have only heard good things about you from both Lili and Roger."
Jeannie smiled and looked at Tony, whose eyes hadn't yet strayed from Melody.
"Well we should go." Lili said walking out the door. "Roger."
"Coming."
"Would you like to come too Jeannie?"
"Where?"
"Well we have to go and get everyone measured for they're outfits for the wedding, maybe you can pick up a new dress to."
"Oh that sounds wonderful!"
"Good." Lili said and they went to the shopping mall.
~TBC~
In the days that followed, Lili and Roger were at the house practically every day. Jeannie took very kindly to Lili and the two would sit in the kitchen all morning looking over cake designs and invitations.
"Oh I like this one." Lili said turning the book for Jeannie to see.
"Oh, well, it's awfully big."
"Well I'm planning on a big wedding."
"Oh that's good. Do you have a lot of family?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact I do. I have four sisters and two brothers."
"That is a lot of siblings."
"Yes, it wasn't always easy growing up in a house of 7 children. But we got by." She said and looked at Jeannie. "Do you have any sisters?"
"Oh yes. . ."
"Do you get along with her?"
"Well, sometimes. She is always trying to get my mas. . . . I mean Tony."
"Get him?"
"Yes. She has tried to marry him before."
"Really?"
Jeannie nodded.
"Does he like her?"
"Oh, not at all."
"Well that's good." Lili said then shut the book. "Why don't we go see what the boys are doing."
"Oh I would love to." Jeannie said and jumped out of her seat happy to go see her master.
~*~
"So you really love her huh?" Tony asked his friend while they were sitting on the couch.
At that moment Jeannie and Lili were coming out of the kitchen, but stopped short to listen in.
"I do. I really do. I never loved anyone more."
"Well, I'm happy that you're happy Rog."
Jeannie looked over to Lili who was smiling, but tears coming to her eyes.
"Are you okay?"
"Oh Jeannie, he really loves me." She said and the two walked over to the couch.
"Roger."
"Yes?"
Lili walked over to him, sat on his lap, and kissed him. Jeannie looked on happily but Tony got up and walked to the kitchen, pulling Jeannie after him.
"How long were you two standing there?"
"Oh not long master. We had just got done looking at cake designs and she mentioned that we go see what you and Major Healey were doing."
"Well, listen Jeannie. . . ." but he was cut short by the doorbell.
Leaving the kitchen, Tony went to get the door but Lili was already talking to someone.
"Oh, Tony, let me introduce you to my sister Melody."
He stood rooted on the spot. He was looking at a beautiful redhead in a short spring dress.
"Hello Tony, I have heard so much about you." She said taking his hand.
Jeannie was at her master's side in a second.
"Oh hello, you must be his girlfriend Jeannie."
"Yes I am." She said without hesitating.
"I have only heard good things about you from both Lili and Roger."
Jeannie smiled and looked at Tony, whose eyes hadn't yet strayed from Melody.
"Well we should go." Lili said walking out the door. "Roger."
"Coming."
"Would you like to come too Jeannie?"
"Where?"
"Well we have to go and get everyone measured for they're outfits for the wedding, maybe you can pick up a new dress to."
"Oh that sounds wonderful!"
"Good." Lili said and they went to the shopping mall.
~TBC~