Dragon Times - page 3

"But - darling ..." Johnny said but then - looking hurriedly at me - clearly deciding he wouldn´t discuss this in company. But Meeps looked over at his down turned face and his hands fumbling with a little figure of an owl he had hanging from his belt. So she sighed - smiled at me - and went back to his lap.
"Sorry, sweetie" she smiled and kissed him again. This time the chair kept quiet. It was perhaps as romantic inclined as me and loved the happy smile spreading around Johnny´s gorgeous lips. Then Meeps turned her head and looked back at me and said slowly "I do apologize, Amy ... I am not feeling so well today - am a bit unhappy and dissatisfied with ... mostly myself, I am afraid. Peevish, in short ... But Johnny has this idea he has to work - actually work at being sweet and cute. Hush, baby. I´m explaining to Amy!" she giggled and kissed Johnny´s nose before he could protest further.
Then she went on "Which he of course don´t have to work on at all! ... but - on the other hand - I can´t believe neither that I am sweet or smart or - Johnny even claim I am beautiful and sexy ... And I can´t see either. I am - me - like I have always been and can´t see anything remarkable about that that people could perhaps like much less love. And Johnny have it much the same way so we are sort of two emotional cripples supporting each other down the road - toward the sunset, perhaps. ... and I don´t know what I would do without his sweet, loving support - break down bawling at the top of my lungs at the road side I guess ..."
Johnny hugged her fiercely and kissed her again. But then added "There is just the difference that Meeps is born sweet where as I am an evil old actor who just know how to push the right buttons - say and do the right things. I doesn´t mean - a word - of what I am saying ... Do you really hate - me ... Meepsie?"
"No, my darling baby. I love you" Meeps had clearly been acting herself because neither her tone of voice nor action nor loving smile showed the anger there had been in her face a moment ago.
Then she got up shaking her head and saying to me "What do one do with such a silly boy? Or with me ... At least we can help the poor chair by me moving over to my own *o* ... and perhaps we could go down to the beach a little later and sit in the sand and watch the sunset?"
Both Johnny and I agreed to that plan.
And since I wasn´t sure what to do with the two silly humans I grabbed hold of something else Meeps had said earlier and asked "But since Meeps invented you you of course have to love her, Johnny - you are made that way, right? Can not help yourself loving her ..."
Then could hear how very dumb that sounded - like Meeps isn´t quite lovely on her own so I hurried up and apologized for my question.
"No, no, that is quite a legitimate question. And something I am sure your readers are wondering about. Does the awful woman literally force the sweet little cutie pie to - stick his tongue out at her ... I mean to love her?" Meeps said with a smile "But along with deciding early on we wouldn´t have any secrets - not even for the good of the other part - I also gave Johnny the freedom to do exactly what he wants. Love who he wants and when and where he wants. ... I won´t say I can´t be jealous - but he should actually go to bed with another woman - person - before I would start to complain ... And up to now there has been none of that" Here Meeps knocked on the wooden table in front of her and then continued "The only condition I sat for that freedom was that he should tell me if he had feelings for another person - I would probably rant and rave if he did - but he has his freedom. Also to leave ... But could we change the subject a bit - perhaps - my chicken feathers are beginning to make themselves felt"
"Sure, sweetie" Johnny said kissing her cheek. Then said with a loving smile "This silly little fowl here has apparently not figured out that as I have my freedom to do exactly as I want I also have the freedom to stay right where I am"
"Really - Johnny ..." Meeps said looking at him with her mouth hanging open. Then got up mumbling something embarrassed sounding about the tea getting cold and went into the house. But stopped in the kitchen door and send him so happy a smile that he blushed and hurried up and said "Next question, please, Amy?"
Now I couldn´t help giggling and had to think a bit before I could remember what I wanted to ask. Then I said "O.k. Johnny - you never did get to explain what Danish Silliness Inc. does?"
"No" Johnny said lighting up another cigarette. He always smoke most when Meeps is not there, I have noticed. Having giggled once that he is too busy kissing her to smoke when she is around. I on the other - dragon claw? - think she make him relax - even when she is peevish and sad.
But now he continued through a cloud of nice smelling smoke "Originally it was just suppose to be a small company - me and Meeps - who could produced her stories. Got the actors together - the scenery and costumes and so on. But since Meeps has a tendency to paint with very broad strokes - eh - meaning many people and large locations we soon had to hire some people ... Then Meeps decided she could embarrass me more by taking super romantic roses and what do I know and pictures of me - eh, the American actor Johnny Depp, of course - and put them together ... It is just about enough to make a strong man cry"
"Oh, poor wee darling!" Meeps said smiling. Coming back out with a fresh pot of tea and a book full of the beautiful pictures the two have made. But she didn´t sound like she felt that sorry for him and went on "He has got quite obsessed by finding just the right pictures and colours to go together. And when Uncle saw that - Johnny´s father Hermes, that is. The old Greek god of artist, lawyer, politicians and thieves ... Stop giggling, Johnny! That isn´t Uncle´s fault! He has just tried to live up to the job description the ancient Greek poets - Homer and that lot - gave him. Eh ... what was it I wanted to say? Yes, Uncle Hermes suggested that Johnny, he and I should start a firm - and work at designing things and making clothes and doing interiors of people´s house and sometimes their gardens too. Suggested certain styles and colours that might make people and their surroundings look more beautiful. So that we do - and is quite busy doing it. ... but we only do the jobs we like. Since this is MY imagination I have decided we are never short of money. Can always buy what we want. ... I wish it was like that in reality too ... But there of course have to be a difference between fantasy and reality"
"One of the best job we did" Johnny giggled "was when the Marvellous Miss Meeps here persuading Medusa to join Greenpeace - let the snakes go free and talk wigs with Dolly Parton and Tina Turner. The three great ladies were having a grand afternoon all three of them right here in this garden. And NO, Meeps! You do not repeat that silly idea that they fell in love with me all three!! Erm ... He ... *o* And - and Joan Collins was suppose to have come too but had to cancel at the last moment. Medusa have also got a face lift on my little sweetie´s behest and looks a couple of million years younger"
"I do put the poor little baby through some awful things" Meeps giggled taking another sip of her tea "The other day he had to fight a dragon just because I was late"
I must admit this last statement amazed me and worried me - and it also worried me that Meeps thought it was so funny. That was very strange coming from a woman who normally defends and protects her Johnny all she can.
Then I look at Johnny and decided from his embarrassed grin that there probably was more to this that immediately met the eye. But still I couldn´t help myself saying "Why didn´t you call me, sweetie? Or Yacka? Was it a very big dragon and - and what happened? How did you survive - and without a scratch too it appears ..."
"It was Lilynda, my sweet Amy" Johnny explained "Just Lilynda. A little spoiled three year old dragon who to top the spoilt off wasn´t feeling so well that day - she had a cold coming on. Meeps was suppose to have been here too to share in the babysitting but got delayed down town so I had to try and entertain and amuse the little darling until she was tired enough to sleep"
"And he is very good at the babysitting stuff" Meeps said with a loving smile at her blushing beauty. Then she giggled very much and said "He doesn´t even sit himself down on top of the baby as this lazy babysitters do! But I really thought in the beginning that that is what the babysitter does! That she of course sits on the baby - tshee-hee *O* "
"Yeah. Sure you did, you silly woman" Johnny said kissing her "Any old joke will do to hide the fact that the little critters love you" For a moment Meeps looked just as miffed as Kermit the Frog in the Muppet Show sometimes did - or perhaps she more resembles Miss Piggy with her long hair and pink cheeks ...
But then a huge smile broke out and she said "Who is now embarrassing? Praising people all you can, my sweet baby?"