Chapter Eight; The Secret's Out
Thank you and here's the next chapter and there's only a couple more of them left so I hope you enjoy it! I SHOULD be able to start the next one today. I'll also try to check out that movie, call me crazy but I actually like square dancing lol. Oh and I never actually read that book I just heard about it over the internet.
Later on that night Doctor Bellows and Jeannie returned to the hotel. Mrs. Bellows was already fast asleep in bed but Peter had one of his eyes open. "Wow, thanks for all the help Jeannie." Doctor Bellows began in a whisper unaware that Peter was lying awake and listening to them. "I'll tell you, it's absolutely amazing! One blink out of you and I'm a millionaire!" he exclaimed inside that same whisper.
"You're welcome Doctor Bellows, but considering that it is very late now I think I am going to go to bed." She told him before she folded her arms on top of one another.
"Alright, goodnight Jeannie. Pleasant dreams and I'll see you in the morning." He told her as she gave out a rather large yawn before smoking inside of her bottle. Peter rolled over onto his side and widened his eyes with complete and utter astonishment and amazement.
"I knew it!" he exclaimed before he leapt out of bed and Doctor Bellows just simply stared at him and gaped his mouth wide open. "I knew that she was a genie!" he cried as Jeannie gasped inside her bottle and quickly placed a hand over her mouth to cover it.
"Listen to me Peter," Doctor Bellows began before he slowly walked over to him and placed his hands on top of his shoulders. "you're dreaming. You and I both know that there are no such things as genies." He told him.
"Doctor Bellows, tell me something. If this is a dream then why does this hurt?" the boy asked him before he grabbed ahold of his arm and pinched it. That's when all of a sudden Doctor Bellows heaved a deep and heavy sigh.
"Alright Peter, the truth is you're right. Jeannie is a genie. Her husband which is also her master gave her to us while he was away so we could watch over her and be her temporary masters. Now I trust that this little secret is going to stay just between you and me. You have no idea how much trouble that my friends Colonel Nelson and Colonel Healey could get into if this got out. Why they both would be kicked out of the space program." He told him.
"Why?" Peter asked him.
"Because NASA doesn't allow astronauts having their own genies." Doctor Bellow began with a shake of his head. "How would that be fair to the other astronauts who have to train and do everything else on their own?" he questioned him.
"I guess you're right. Alright Doctor Bellows, I promise that I won't say anything." Peter told him with a shake of his head.
"That's a good boy. Now climb back into bed and go back to sleep before Sarah and Amanda wake up." Doctor Bellows told him as Peter nodded and obeyed him while Doctor Bellows breathed a deep sigh of relief and went to bed himself.
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The next morning Jeannie woke up and threw up inside of the toilet again. "That poor woman has spent every morning and every night in the bathroom getting sick ever since she moved in with us." Mrs. Bellows began as she shook her head in disbelief. "By the way, I forgot to mention to you when you woke up this morning that Colonel Nelson and Colonel Healey called here last night." She told her husband.
"Really? But it was after midnight their time when we went out." He said.
"I know that." Mrs. Bellows began firmly.
"Well what did they want?" he asked her.
"They wanted to come here because they were worried out of their minds about Jeannie. And believe me I mean that literally." She told him. "The only way I convinced them not to and to get them off the phone and go back to bed was that I promised them that Jeannie would call them back this morning and let them know that she was alright." She said when all of a sudden Jeannie flushed the toilet and came out of the bathroom.
"Jeannie, you need to give your husband and friend Roger Healey a call." Doctor Bellows told her.
"Yes, they were worried sick about you." Mrs. Bellows told her as Jeannie nodded.
"Alright I will." She replied.
"Uh Jeannie before you do that there's something that I need to talk to you about too. You see before I went to bed last night Peter saw you smoking into your bottle." He told her.
"I know. I heard you both discussing it." She said.
"But seeing as he promised not to bring it up with anybody, I think everything should be alright." He told her before all of a sudden they heard somebody giggling behind them. They stopped and turned around looking back over at the two children standing there in front of them.
"I didn't know that she was a genie!" Sarah exclaimed while she pointed up at Jeannie and grinned at her. That's when Doctor Bellows rolled his eyes.
"I tried to tell you that last night." Peter muttered under his breath.
"Uh Peter, I thought you said that you weren't going to tell anybody else about it." Doctor Bellows said.
"I thought you meant adults. Sarah's my little sister though, so I thought that she would be perfectly alright to tell." Peter said.
"Very well, but it can't go any farther than this." Doctor Bellows told them.
"My lips are sealed!" Sarah exclaimed before she pretended to lock them up and throw away the key.
"Good. So let's go down to breakfast while Jeannie makes her phone call and then we'll all take the bus to go to the zoo and also visit some museums." Mrs. Bellows told her before the three of them turned around and headed towards the door together.