Chapter Four; Despair

Thanks again I'm glad that you enjoy reading them, I'll keep that in mind. Oh and there's going to be a very cute and romantic part between Tony and Jeannie a couple episodes from now. By the way, the poll looks very interesting right now. One vote for boy and one vote for girl. I wonder who's going to be right,.. actually I KNOW who's going to be right and since it's fifty-fifty right now of course I think it's safe to say that one of you is lol.

Doctor and Mrs. Bellows walked back down to the pool and bumped into Jeannie. "Jeannie where are Peter and Sarah? I have to talk to you about something very important." She told her.

"What is it Mrs. Bellows?" Jeannie asked her.

"It's about Peter's and Sarah's parents. I'm afraid that they are no longer alive." She told her.

"That's right Jeannie. Peter and Sarah don't have any parents. They're orphans." Doctor Bellows told her with a shake of his head.

"Oh dear." Jeannie said with a gasp while she brought her hand up to her mouth.

"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Bellows." Peter began as he and his little sister returned from the restrooms. "Did you find our parents?" he asked them before Jeannie bent down in front of them.

"Listen to me darling, I'm sure that your parents loved you very much but I'm afraid that they aren't coming back for you. They had to go somewhere else." She told them.

"Oh, where's that?" Peter asked her.

"Heaven." She replied.

"You mean that they died?" he asked her as she nodded sadly at him.

"Yes, I'm afraid so." She began. "But don't worry. We're going to take really good care of you. You and your sister will stay with us until we figure out a solution of where you're going to stay." She reassured him.

"Yes and how would you like to go miniature golfing with us?" Mrs. Bellows suggested.

"No thank you, I think I would just rather go back to the hotel room." He told her before he turned around and slowly started walking away hanging his head.

"Oh dear, the poor little boy." Jeannie said while placing her hand up to her mouth. "If only Spot would have been allowed to come. He would have had no trouble in cheering him up." She said.

"Who's Spot?" Sarah asked her finally speaking up for the first time.

"Oh he's my puppy dog. I found him as a stray." She told her before suddenly she felt an imaginary lightbulb light up over her head. "I have an idea! I'll blink him here!" she cried while she started folding her arms before the Bellows grabbed her by each of them.

"Uh,.. we better go upstairs and check on Peter and make sure that he's alright. After all, the poor boy has been left on his own for too much of a long time already." Doctor Bellows said as Sarah giggled.

"What did she mean that she would blink him here? She's silly." She said.

"Well let's just say that she spends a lot of her time with her bottle." Doctor Bellows told her as the little girl giggled again.

"But she's not a baby!" she exclaimed.

"No, but I'm going to be having one in several more months." Jeannie told her.

"Really?" Sarah inquired.

"Yes she is and that's why she needs to go upstairs and lie down and get some rest." Mrs. Bellows said.

"But I'm not tired!" Jeannie cried indignantly. "Besides, I thought that we were going to go play miniature golf!"

"We'll go if Peter feels up to it. Now come on Jeannie, maybe in the meantime you and Sarah can watch some television together." Doctor Bellows told her as he and his wife led her away.

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Jeannie and Sarah laid on top of the Bellows' bed with their heads back against the pillow watching Gilligan's Island. Jeannie heaved a heavy sigh while Doctor Bellows entered the bedroom putting on his jacket. "Is something the matter Jeannie?" he asked her.

"It's just that I've seen this show over a million times and they never manage to get off the island." She said when suddenly Doctor Bellows picked up the television remote and turned it off.

"Well right now it's time for dinner. Peter said that tomorrow if the weather's nice he'll want to play miniature golf with us. And maybe we can even check out some museums." He told her.

"Who's going to watch the children when we go to the concert though?" Mrs. Bellows asked as she entered the room.

"Oh, nobody will have to watch them." Jeannie began with a grin and a shake of her head. "I know where I can get ahold of some extra tickets." She told her.

"Yes, I just bet that you do." Mrs. Bellows began as Jeannie and Sarah both sat up. "Well Sarah do you have to go to the bathroom before we leave?" she asked her as the little girl nodded before she leapt up from the bed and hurried down the hallway. "Alright Jeannie, now remember no tricks." Mrs. Bellows warned inside a whisper while she pointed a finger at her.

"Oh, I promise." Jeannie said as she sat up and raised her hand up in the air. "But what's going to happen to the children?" she wondered.

"I'm sorry Jeannie, I really wish that I could tell you the answer to that but for now I just don't know." Mrs. Bellows told her with a shake of her head. "All I know is that I dread the idea of sending them to an orphanage. Don't worry though, Alfred and I will think of something. Right now I want you to get your coat and shoes on. Alfred's already made our dinner reservations." She told her as Jeannie nodded before she stood up and walked out of the room. That's when Mrs. Bellows heaved a sad little sigh and turned around and started walking towards the window and glancing up at the moon. "What am I going to do?" she wondered aloud to herself.

To Be Continued,..

End of Part One