Jeannie leapt out of his arms. "Oh Master! I am so happy! I will make up
the guest list straight away!" And she blinked herself into the kitchen.
Tony sat there for a while wondering whether this was a good idea or not. Marrying a jeannie? How long could he keep up such a charade? Eventually the secret would get out. The results of that could be catastrophic! And what about Dr. Bellows? He was already suspicious enough and somehow that nosy little man would find out and want to meet her and . . . it just wouldn't be good. But he loved her so much. His thoughts were of course interrupted by Roger. What's new?
"Hey Tony! Is Jeannie back yet?" He asked cheerfully.
"Yeah. And she wants to get married." He said glumly.
"Well heck what's wrong with that? You guys are cute together."
Tony gave him a dirty look. "Roger think about it; I can't marry a jeannie! It wouldn't work!"
"But you love her right?"
"Well yeah but-"
"Then what does it matter? If you're in love, marry each other!"
Tony thought for a moment. " You're right Roger. If I love her, marry her!"
"Ok one thing though," said Roger uneasily; "I am your best man, right?"
"Yes you are my best man," he replied rolling his eyes and smiling.
Right about now Jeannie walked in. "Oh hello Major Healy! Did you know Master and I are getting married?"
"No! You are? How wonderful that is. I am the best man right?"
She giggled. "That is for Master to decide. What do you-" Tony cut her off,
"Jeannie if you and I are gonna get married you're going to have to stop calling me 'Master'. You may call me Tony."
She shifted uneasily cocking her head this way and that. Finally she spoke. "I cannot do that Master. A Jeannie cannot call her master by his first name. That is against the great taboo. The only way a jeannie can call her master by name is if he lets her go and she stays by choice. Right now I am bound to you."
"Well then I'll just let you go." He replied simply.
"No! No you cannot do that! I will be vulnerable to my mother. You see if you own me like you do now my mother cannot take me because that would be stealing, but if I am set free, even though I would choose to stay here she would be able to take me away. And even if she did not take me I may be called to a new man so I can serve him. It is all very complicated Master. I am sorry."
"That's all right Jeannie, uh hey Rog would you mind leaving I'd like to spend some time with Jeannie."
"No problem. I'll see you bright and early tomorrow." Roger said looking quite preoccupied as he stepped outside.
"No to get down to business." Said Tony unbuttoning his shirt.
Tony sat there for a while wondering whether this was a good idea or not. Marrying a jeannie? How long could he keep up such a charade? Eventually the secret would get out. The results of that could be catastrophic! And what about Dr. Bellows? He was already suspicious enough and somehow that nosy little man would find out and want to meet her and . . . it just wouldn't be good. But he loved her so much. His thoughts were of course interrupted by Roger. What's new?
"Hey Tony! Is Jeannie back yet?" He asked cheerfully.
"Yeah. And she wants to get married." He said glumly.
"Well heck what's wrong with that? You guys are cute together."
Tony gave him a dirty look. "Roger think about it; I can't marry a jeannie! It wouldn't work!"
"But you love her right?"
"Well yeah but-"
"Then what does it matter? If you're in love, marry each other!"
Tony thought for a moment. " You're right Roger. If I love her, marry her!"
"Ok one thing though," said Roger uneasily; "I am your best man, right?"
"Yes you are my best man," he replied rolling his eyes and smiling.
Right about now Jeannie walked in. "Oh hello Major Healy! Did you know Master and I are getting married?"
"No! You are? How wonderful that is. I am the best man right?"
She giggled. "That is for Master to decide. What do you-" Tony cut her off,
"Jeannie if you and I are gonna get married you're going to have to stop calling me 'Master'. You may call me Tony."
She shifted uneasily cocking her head this way and that. Finally she spoke. "I cannot do that Master. A Jeannie cannot call her master by his first name. That is against the great taboo. The only way a jeannie can call her master by name is if he lets her go and she stays by choice. Right now I am bound to you."
"Well then I'll just let you go." He replied simply.
"No! No you cannot do that! I will be vulnerable to my mother. You see if you own me like you do now my mother cannot take me because that would be stealing, but if I am set free, even though I would choose to stay here she would be able to take me away. And even if she did not take me I may be called to a new man so I can serve him. It is all very complicated Master. I am sorry."
"That's all right Jeannie, uh hey Rog would you mind leaving I'd like to spend some time with Jeannie."
"No problem. I'll see you bright and early tomorrow." Roger said looking quite preoccupied as he stepped outside.
"No to get down to business." Said Tony unbuttoning his shirt.