"You are a crazy bird" Jack grumbled wringing the water out of his long hair "He IS a god, you know! He might
as well just have dumped us into the water and called for his friends the sharks - brr ..."
"Yes, Jack" I said trying to
look like a very well behaved chicken.
Then said "Come on, sweetie. This path over here through the wood will take us
up to Grandie's house so we can borrow some dry clothes and find out whether or not you have to pay to two unions"
So off we went on foot with Jack boots squalching with every step. Strangely enough a pirate's boots are not
meant for going into the water.
When I teased Jack with him he said with his cute little nose stuck up in the air "I am
a captain - ON a ship, birdie! So not suppose to swim around down in the wet element! ... stop giggling, will you? O.K. I
have been forced to swim once or twice - but I am not suppose to. My boots are not made for swimming! ... hardly for walking
either - I am glad I can see the garden fence now"
And so we could.
Plus hear a lots of female voices too - laughing and talking and singing. What was going on?
I looked at Jack to ask him. And he looked like he wanted to turn around and jump into the lake again or something
- or at least hide in the wood.
But it was too late to do that since a blond woman came towards us with a very happy smile
yelling "Oh, am I glad to see you two little ones. What a pleasant surprise! Hi there, my sweet baby hen" she smiled at me
and then continued "And you, my wee Johnny - ain't you just the cutest little cutie-cute one ever did see? I could eat you
with a spoon - you are that delicious to look at!" while pinched Joh - Jack's cheek although Aphrodite know he hates that.
"MUMSY!"
Johnny exclaimed totally forgetting in his embarrassment that he was suppose to play Jack Sparrow in my daydream.
And I
couldn't help laughing like the other women now crowding around us.
From venerable ancient Isis to the youngest of the Fates everybody seemed to agree with the goddess of love's
statement. They loved every inch of the cutest cu ... Now I am beginning to talk babytalk too - that love goddess is infectious
! *o* !
But everybody looked happily at the gorgeous sight in their midst.
Even Johnny himself grinned while blushing
and said sounding exaperated "You can be cute yourself, Mumsy! Can't you see I am playing the pi - the evil, dangerous pirate
today (wonder what pirate he meant? Can't have been Jack ...) and Jack Sparrow is not your son now anyway, is he ! ? !"
"Of
course he is" Athena said calmly laying her arm around my shoulder "How else did that little pirate-guy manage to charm all
those people - even the critics - if he wasn't the son of the goddess of love, charm and silliness? But - not that I am not
delighted to see you two here - but what brings you up here today? Lady Hera has called all the goddesses together here ...
Will you stop crowding him, ladies! He is adorable but also quite shy so could you give him some room now! Try to remember
you are most of you centuries old - NOT teen agers! ... but we were suppose to be only females here present now - have to
discuss some 'girlie stuff' if you like to express it that way ... Oh, and by the way - why are you two kids soaked? YRD !!!"
I
am still allergic to divine magic so I had to sneeze violently several times while Johnny/Jack explained about Apollo and
Ares coming across him at Tortuga and talking about a union for immortals Jack really had to pay to.
Then he ended his
tale rather lamely "But I ain't immortal just being little Meepsie's boyfriend so I don't have to pay anything, I guess. ...
what about Depp though - or the 'real' Jack Sparrow? Do they have to pay?"
"Of course you are immortal!" Aphrodite said
sounding like an offended five year old. Then went on in a more grown-up manner "You are my little baby boy after all. And
Meepsie being Athena's little chick is immortal too"
That statement left me with my beak - erm - mouth hanging open and
Johnny beaming at me. "Fucking A you are, Chickiepoo!" he said proudly. Then noted that my Grandie - lady Hera, queen of the
gods - stood quietly listening and blushing added "I mean ... Of course you - are ... Sorry, Grandie Hera"
"Oh, well" Grandie
said in her quiet fashion "If your mother delights in treating you like you are four years old instead for the grown man at
41 you actually are - although you sometimes look 14 ... - I guess I can't expect you to keep a civil tongue in that little
gorgeous head of yours. Little children after all delights in saying stuff like that"
That made both Johnny and his Mumsy grin sheepishly.
So Hera went on with a little delighted smile "And of course our little Chickipoo is immortal too. In a fashion
- like all good sensible people with their head screwed on properly. That said I think I better get a hold of the gentelmen
in question ... Apollo - Ares!"
She didn't raise her voice but I swear the two gods couldn't have come quicker if she had
roared *O*
As it were they arrived so fast they rised quite a cloud of dust making us all coughed and sneeze.
Apollo immediately tried to cover his prompt arrival by sneering in his best bad boy manner "What!" then yelped
because the god of war - being older and perhaps less spoilt stepped quite hard on his foot and then without missing a beat
bowed and said quite politely "You called, your Majesty? How may we be of service ..."
