Chapter Two; The Secret House Guest

Thanks 456amafan (sorry if I got that wrong) By the way, I forgot to mention that a couple days ago we lost a very legendary actor who even guest starred on IDOJ (Commander Kisky I think) Mister Don Rickles. So rest in peace Don and thanks for all the laughs you hockey puck! (Mister Potato Head reference) Anyway, here's the next chapter! Hope you enjoy it!

Later on that afternoon Jeannie decided to go jogging in the park by herself (her outfit had now changed to a pink sleeveless shirt with matching shorts, white tennis shoes, and pink laces.. That is she went against Tony's wishes and without his knowledge since he wanted her to stay off her feet as much as possible. However she decided that she wanted continue to exercise for as long as she could and occasionally she would stop for water breaks.

"Phew, Anthony was right." She began while dabbing the sweat off her forehead from a white dishrag that she had pulled out of her pocket. "Jogging certainly works up quite a sweat." She said while unscrewing the lid from her water bottle and then tilting her head back to take a drink out of it. Then she placed the dishrag back inside her pocket before removing a pink ponytail holder from the other one. She screwed the lid back on top of the bottle before sticking the ponytail holder inside her mouth and bit down on it with her teeth while she gathered bits of her hair together inside her fingers.

As she continued fixing her hair she suddenly heard a frightened little whimper. Jeannie finished tying her hair up before she turned her head to see two little brown eyes peering back at her from inside the bushes. "Oh my goodness, is that a puppy?" she wondered aloud to herself before she knelt down in front of it. "It's alright puppy, you can come on out. I'm not going to harm you." She reassured him soothingly while she patted her knees and continued calling to it by clicking her teeth with her tongue.

Sure enough, after a few moments of coaxing the puppy slowly emerged out of the bushes. It was one of the tiniest puppies that Jeannie had ever seen, although a tad bit bigger than Djinn-Djinn was when he was a puppy. He was very fluffy white and scraggly dog and had a big black spot on his back towards his rear and tail area. He also had pointed ears and was very dirty and smelly. Jeannie smiled warmly at him. Even though he had been extremely filthy, she thought that he was still very adorable.

"Where in the world did you come from?" she asked him. "Do you belong to someone?" she wondered but when she glanced down at him again she realized that he didn't have any collar around his neck. "Oh no, you must be a stray. You poor little thing!" she exclaimed before she picked him up by the ribs and hoisted him up into the air and then held him inside her arms. "Come on Spot, I better take you home and give you a bath before my master comes back home." She told him before she carried him away.

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"Come on Spot, the sooner that you sit still the quicker that I will be done with giving you a bath." Jeannie told him while he wriggled around inside her arms as she tried to put him inside the bathtub. That's when all of a sudden the front door opened.

"Jeannie! I'm home!" Tony exclaimed as Jeannie gave a horrified gasp before she accidentally fell into the tub.

"Oh no, my master's home! I've got to find somewhere for you to hide!" Jeannie whispered as she hurriedly leapt back up onto her feet and carried Spot over to the bed before she quickly tossed the covers over top of him. A few moments later she emerged out of the bedroom. "Hello darling husband." She began as they exchanged warm and loving smiles.

"Hello Jeannie, how was your day today? I hope that you got a lot of rest." He said while greeting her with a loving and tender kiss on the lips.

"What?" she began anxiously. "Oh yes Master, I laid down all day and there weren't any problems at all." She told him.

"Well that's great, are you sure?" he asked her when all of a sudden he heard Spot bark. "What was that?" he asked her.

"What was what Master?" she asked him as the puppy barked again.

"That. It sounded like a dog barking." He told her as he started heading towards the bedroom but Jeannie darted towards the door first and stretched her arms out blocking it from him.

"Don't go in there Master, I haven't made the bed yet and it's a terrible mess." She told him as Spot let out a third bark and Jeannie started pretending to cough and clear her throat so that he wouldn't hear it.

"Are you alright darling?" he asked her.

"No, I don't think that I am feeling very well Master. So if you don't mind I'm going to go lie down for a little bit." She told him.

"No, of course I don't mind. I could join you if you want me to." He told her with a knowing and playful grin as Jeannie sighed dreamily.

"That sounds wonderful,.." she began. "But you and Roger Healey have a lot of packing to do so I'm afraid that I would only get in the way." She told him.

"Well alright, if you're sure." He told her eyeing her suspiciously (just like he always did when he knew that his wife was up to something) before turning around and walking away.