Judy grabbed her sweater and back came out to Phineas. He smiled at her as she closed the door.
"Sorry about my mother. She can be a little too protective," she said as they started walking.
"That's all right, ma'am. I have a son, so I know how she feels."
"You're married?" Judy questioned.
Phineas chuckled. "No, I'm not. Jeffrey's my adopted son;"
"Oh," Judy said thoughtfully.
"As a matter of fact, he's about ready to potray the role of Dorothy."
Judy was silent for minute and then she laughed. "I am trying to imagin your son doing the role!"
Phineas grinned. "Well, at this very minute I'm pretty sure he's hoping I'm coming back soon with you. He's not all that thrilled,"
"I can understand why. If I were a boy, I wouldn't want to be caught dead in a dress, either!"
"Well, on that thought, let's tred a little quicker, huh? I don't want to disappoint Jeffrey."
"Niether do I,"
So, in less than a half hour, Phineas arrived at the production center with Judy. He looked around to find Jeffrey and got a little nervous when he couldn't locate the boy.
For the second time that day, Phineas felt a tug on his arm.
"If yer lookin for the squirt, he's still in the dressin room. He won't come out," said the little man, annoyance in his voice.
"Timmy, hello!" Judy smiled.
The little man beamed when he saw Judy. "Judy, my love! So nice to see you! Are you coming back?"
"I hope so, Timmy. If they'll take me back,"
"Judy, they're desperate. Of course they'll take you back!"
"We'll see won't we?"
"Don't worry, love, they will!" Timmy puckered up his lips. Judy, smiling, bent down and gave him a peck on the cheeks.
"I've got to tell the others you're back!" he ran off.
"Well, I think it's time to put Jeffrey out his misery, don't you,Judy?" Phineas asked.
Judy nodded. "I think that's a wonderful idea, Mr. Bogg."
The two walked to the dressing room and playfully Phineas knocked on the door.
"I told you I'm NOT coming out!"came Jeffrey's voice.
"You will if I tell you too, kid." Phineas said.
In a flash, the door flung opened and a pair of arms wrapped around the pirate's kneck.
"Bogg! I thought you'd NEVER get back!"
Phineas let Jeffrey down to the floor and put his hands on his hips.
"Hey, I wasn't gone THAT long,"
"It sure felt like it. Do you know how uncomfortable a dress is?" Jeffrey moaned.
"No, I don't, but I'm sure you'd like to give it to this person over here, though."
Phineas stood aside and Judy came into view.
"You're right, Mr. Bogg, he does look rather silly." Judy said, a chuckle coming from her lips.
"Boooooogg," Jeffrey moaned.
Phineas laughed. "Okay, okay. You can go and get undressed, kid."
"It's about time!"
Jeffrey left and came back after a few minutes. He looked more comfortable in his jeans and t-shirt.
"Phew...that's better!" Jeffrey sighed.
Judy looks over at Jeffrey. "I hear you're a fan of mine," she said, smiling.
"Yes, ma'am. I love your work with Andy Rooney!" Jeffrey gulped.
He realized he just might have done a flub...she probably hadn't even met the guy yet!
Phineas gave him a warning look and in turn, he gave his partner an apoligical eye roll. He'd done it again...
"Oh, I adore Andy! He's such a sweet heart!"
Jeffrey sighed with relief.
"Judy, curtain time in ten minutes!" came a voice from behind Phineas.
"Thanks!" she looked over at the two of them.
"Guess I'd better get ready. Wish me luck?" she said.
"You'll do great, Judy!" Jeffrey smiled, giving her a thumbs up.
"Thank you so much...the both of you."
She gave Jeffrey a peck on the cheek and squeezed Phineas's hand.
Jeffrey looked up at Phineas.
"Can we watch the whole thing take place, Bogg? Please?" Jeffrey almost begged.
Phineas sighed. When could he ever deny those puppy brown eyes.
"Okay, I guess it wouldn't hurt."
"Hey, check the omni, first, to make sure everything's all right." Jeffrey mentioned.
For once the both of them had totally forgotten about the omni.
Sighing, and praying that it was a green light, Phineas pulled out the omni from his left pocket.
He flipped it open and smiled before showing it to Jeffrey.
"We're in luck, kid. Green light;"
"All right!"
Jeffrey fell silent for a minute.
"What's wrong, kid?"
"Well, I know it'd be great to watch the movie live, Bogg, but I would still like to see it in a theater."
Phineas shrugged. "We can still do that, ya know? It's up to you,"
"Really?" Jeffrey smiled.
"Hey, don't think for a minute I forgot it was your birthday today!"
"Bogg, you're the greatest!"
Phineas shrugged with a grin. "Yeah, I know. So, kid, what year should we go see the movie?"
"Same year? 1939?"
"You got it,"
Hollywood, California 1939
Phineas sits next to Jeffrey, who held a thing of pop corn in his lap. Phineas had gotten them each a soda and they were now relaxing in the seats of a theater.
The music started and they saw a brown haired girl running down a road with a little black dog.
Phineas grinned. She sure looked better in that dress than Jeffrey had! He chuckled a the thought.
The movie went pretty well. Phineas didn't like the flying monkeys, however, nor did he like the wicked witch. He just hoped the movie didn't give Jeffrey nightmares!
At the end, Dorothy was waking up in bed, being greeted by her Aunt, Uncle and the farm hands.
"Oh, Auntie Em, there's no place like home!" Dorothy said.
Phineas sat in there in thought and looked over at Jeffrey, who had place his head on his shoulder during the movie.
He realized that you really didn't need a home to have a family. And a family didn't really need to be consisted of a parent.
As long as you had someone who loved you, depended on you, and cared about you, you had family.
Phineas put his arm around Jeffrey. And right about now, Phineas thought, I'm home.
Because Jeffrey is all I need to be a family....
"Bogg? You okay?" Jeff's voice interupted him.
"Yeah, kid. I'm just fine..."
Note from the author:
Sorry this is short. But, I thought the ending was just perfect. Course, my story's (when written by just me) are usually short. Short, but sweet! LOL
Now I'll work on my other stories! Hope you all enjoyed this little tid bit of adventure I put the guys through! :)