Lifes Little Lessons
Dear Angela Irene,
How is it going on over there on Velexia? Life is stenuous here on Yokiuous. My wife Moocan is due in three weeks and I would love for you to be there for the birth. Moocan is also hoping for your coming to the birth. I'm thinking about naming the baby Shemilie or maybe Irma, that is if it is a girl. If it is a boy I'll name him Ranji. Aren't those nice names? I can't tell you how happy and nervious I am about being a father. What if I mess up and what if the baby doesn't live? Can I ask you to please come here? I'd be much relieved if you did. I know my wife would too, she's a big fan of yours.
King Goobot and Queen Moocan
And that was were Angela and the gang were headed. Midnight Phantom was safely stowed in the cargo hold and so was The Phantom. Libby, Cindy, Carl, Jimmy, Sheen, Eustace, Meldar, Tee, Zix, Travoltron, baby Eddie, The Junk Man, Vandanna and Grandma Taters were sitting in the back of the ship. Meldar and Tee had fallen asleep a few hours into the trip, baby Eddie and Grandma Taters three hours later. Jimmy, Sheen, Carl and Libby had fallen asleep just fifteen minutes ago. Zix and Travoltron had retreated to the way back of the ship, conversating about a trip to the next galaxy. Cindy, The Junk Man and Vandanna were the only ones that were quiet. Vandanna had a frozen hard look on her face that demanded attention from Angela. The Junk Man looked as if he was bored. Cindy was content with looking out the window at the stars.
"Say Vandanna come up here." Angela said.
Vandanna moved effortlessly. Meldar shifted his body and fell back to sleep. He was now using Jimmy and Libby as a pillow. It looked as if the whole seat that Jimmy, Libby, Sheen, Carl, Eustace, baby Eddie and Grandma Taters were sleeping on was a pillow. Libby was sleeping on Grandma Taters. Eustace was sleeping on Carl. Carl was sleeping on Sheen. Sheen was sleeping on Jimmy. Tee was sleeping on Meldar and Meldar was sleeping on Jimmy. Baby Eddie was sleeping on Grandma Taters's lap. Looking at them made Angela even want to sleep.
"What do you want?" Vandanna rasped.
"Take the wheel for awhile." Angela said. "My eyes need a break."
"And since when do your eyes need a break?" Vandanna laughed.
"Since my butt asked your permission." Angela rasped in a whisper.
Angela watched Vandanna with one eye as the other rested. Her other eye though threatened to shut itself. She was that tired. Within five minutes she was fast asleep, sleeping on Meldar's metallic hip. Meldar snored away, his dreaming mind making his hands and body shiver. Jimmy and the others were also moving, but they moved with quickening strides. It was as if they were dreaming about running away from a terrible monster. Soon even Angela was moving. But she was moving slowly, and her breathing was slower.
Three hours later they all awoke to find the ship stalled. Outside the windows they saw trees, buildings and litle green men floating about. They were on Yokiuous, King Goobot's home world. Vandanna was missing was ht efirst thing that Angela saw. Meldar was half asleep but he also noticed it. He wasn't as frightened by it though. Angela shouldn't have felt so frightened because at that moment Vandanna walked in with a tray. Meldar picked himself up enough to allow Vandanna to walk over and help him up the rest of the way. On the tray was a small cup of coffee, and alongside the coffee cup was a plastic cup with five pills in it. Before Angela could stop him, Meldar swallowed the pills and the coffee in one gulp.
"Meldar!" Angela shreiked.
"It's his medication." Vandanna explained.
"It's for my hormones." Meldar laughed.
They all laughed at that one, even Angela herself. King Goobot floated aboard then and when he saw them all laughing he couldn't hold it in. He too started to laugh. They laughed for awhile then it tappered off. Afterwards they all cleaned up and followed King Goobot as he led them into the palace that they had landed infront of.
The palace was of a rich golden color with whitened windows and lighter golden shades. There were flower gardens and fountains around in the yard and to make the scene seem almost magical, a deer statue sat in the middle surrounded by benches and birds. Maids walked about the place, cutting bushes, trees and planting new flowers. One of the maids was putting up a poster announcing the birth of the baby. King Goobot watched silently as the wind caught one of the corners of the poster.
"Your honor, Moocan is in delivery." One of the maids said.
"Really, oh my god lets go." King Goobot exclaimed.
"Yes lets do." Angela agreed.
Running up the yellow stairs and past the white-gold hallways they almost collided as they swept into Queen Moocan's chamber. Queen Moocan was, in both Angela's and King Goobot's eyes, the prettiest ever seen. Her pinkish blue skin with purple eyes held love and patience in the world. Her bulging body pulsed with sweat, and she was breathing hard. Angela ran up to Moocan and grasping her hand she started to reassure her that she'd be okay.
"Quiet now, calm yourself." Angela said.
"Angela Irene?" Queen Moocan asked. "Can I get your autograft later on?"
"Sure, anything you want." Angela said.
"Get a doctor in here." King Goobot yelled.
"Not so loud darling." Queen Moocan said.
"Shush dear." King Goobot said. "It'll be over soon."
Queen Moocan's voice was rich in honey and it too was full of patience. Just like her eyes, it told a story of love. It made Angela smile, because she knew that this was a motherly person and that the baby that was coming was going to have a family worth smiling for. The doctor walked in at that moment, and it was at that moment that the convulsions and the birth happened. The doctor was not even there when the birth happened, he just stood there, shell shocked. Angela was the one that delivered it, and she did it like a pro.
King Goobot watched as the baby, slimy and blood matted, was born. The skin of the baby was of a tealish color and the eyes were dark purple. And wouldn't you know it, the baby was a girl. He didn't name it then, he wanted Angela to name it. And when she saw the decision on King Goobot's face, she felt her chest erupt. The only name that fit this baby like a diamond was a name that she had been holding to herself for a very long time.
"Irma." Angela whispered.
"Irma?" King Goobot asked.
"Irma." Angela said a little louder.
"Irma's a nice name." Grandma Taters said.
"Irma." Angela screamed.
King Goobot and Queen Moocan understood the reason for Angela repeating the baby's name three times. It was an old ritual, that if you said the name three times the being that recieved the name would know it forever. King Goobot had learned about it in his freshman year of being a king. Queen Moocan knew it for almost fifty odd years. Meldar, Vandanna, Grandma Taters, The Junk Man, Tee, Travoltron and Zix even knew about it. Cindy, Eustace, Libby, Jimmy, Sheen, Carl and baby Eddie though hadn't ever heard about it. They all almost screamed at Angela, fearing that the baby would start crying.
Angela sat in the dining hall five hours later, her eyes faced with worry and stress. Cindy, Eustace, Libby, Jimmy, Sheen, Carl, Grandma Taters, The Junk Man, Tee, Zix, Travoltron and baby Eddie sat around her. The maids had all went home, all of them had rejoiced with glee with the birth. King Goobot and Queen Moocan were awaiting the evalutaion of the baby. Meldar and Vandanna were quietly conversating about the birth on the other side of the room.
"I can't believe she did that." Libby said.
"Yeah, Angela's my hero." Cindy whispered.
"She's my hero too." Sheen sighed.
"Angel, are you okay?" Jimmy asked.
Angela was feeling more than okay, she was feeling great. She felt like a million bucks. She felt as if all those years taking care of orphan Velexians had paid off. She had never seen that in the future, after all of her hard work in raising orphans, that she'd bring into this world a baby from a queens womb. And she felt that it wasn't the last time she'd do this either. Seeing the looks on Jimmy's, Libby's, Cindy's, Carl's, Sheen's, Eustace's, and baby Eddie's faces, she now knew what to do next. It was time that they went their separate ways. For a little while anyways.
I promised that I'd get up the next chapter and I kept it. I hope you guys like this chapter. Yikes it's been such a long time, I missed all of you guys and I must say that I'll never ever take such a leave like that again. Another promise I hope to keep.