Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 02:30:24 -0700 From: Cousin April This is just some fluff I wrote in one sitting. Thanks to all the people who encouraged me to post this! to all. This is totally un-beta-read, so there is probably grammatical and spelling errors galore. Thanks to Darrin Rose for the title! Natalie Wishes and Djinn Dreams By April Ruskin Disclaimer: Forever Knight characters belong to TriStar. But we can wish, can't we? ===== Natalie stared at the object in her hand. It looked very old. 'Maybe I should have Nick look at it... Wait, what am I saying? I'm still mad at him! Well, I'll just have to figure it out myself. But who would send me a brass lamp anonymously?' She absently rubbed the lamp with her shirtsleeve, trying to remove some of the dust. Suddenly, the lamp started to shake and grew warm. "What the...?" Natalie almost dropped the lamp, but caught it in time. Smoke poured out of the lamp and formed into a close facsimile of Brad Pitt. "Thank you for releasing me mistress. What are your wishes?" he said in a melodic voice. "Wishes?!?" Natalie exclaimed. "Yes my lady, you get three wishes for rubbing the lamp. But know this, they must be selfish wishes and they cannot be multiplied past the three." "So you're saying I can't ask for more wishes, and the wishes have to be for my personal gratification?" she asked the genie. "Yes ma sahib." the genie humbly replied. Natalie grinned wickedly. ===== "Natalie, you're telling me that you got a genie that looks like Brad Pitt, and he's going to grant you three totally selfish wishes? Get real!" Tracy said with an annoying perky expression. "I really wish you acted un-perky Tracy." Natalie said. Suddenly, there was a puff of smoke, and a new Tracy stood there. Natalie stared, open mouthed. "What are you staring at?" Tracy asked in a surly voice. "Nothing... Actually, isn't that a new ring in your nose? And did you get your ears pierced again?" Natalie replied. "No. Same ring, still have 7 piercing in my ears." Tracy said as she grabbed her leather biker jacket, making her shirt sleeve ride up her arm, showing a tattoo of a skull with roses. Natalie just shook her head as Tracy left to look for her partner. "Wait, I'm supposed to make selfish wishes." Natalie said to an empty room. The genie appeared and said, "You did. You didn't want to be bothered with Tracy's perkiness anymore." "Oh..." ===== Natalie stared at the nutritional label on the container of ice cream in her hand. "16 fat grams a serving?!? Sigh.... I wish I could stay my perfect weight without worrying about what I eat." "Your wish is granted" a disembodied voice said. Natalie grinned wickedly and dug into the ice cream. ===== Natalie grabbed yet another tissue. "That was so romantic." "Whatever you say Nat." Nick replied as he got up to rewind the tape. "You just don't understand it do you?" "Not really..." "Hmmmmm... I think it's time for my third wish." Natalie said. "You're third what?!?" Nick asked, perplexed. "Wish. I wish that I could have a full relationship with a vampire without them losing control, unless I want them too." Natalie said to the air. Nick looked at her strangely. Suddenly, smoke appeared and turned into Brad Pitt. "Your wish is granted o glorious one." The genie intoned and left. "So Nick, ever got past third base with a woman before?" ===== Natalie stretched and smiled a catlike grin. Who knew that her third wish would lead to this? "OK, sun is down and I have to make the bed. Everyone up." A tangle of bodies disbanded and glared at her. "Can't it wait till tomorrow night?" Nick asked. Vachon silently nodded his head in agreement. LaCroix just smiled lustily at Natalie in hopes of making her forget about kicking them off the bed. "Yes ma cherie, can't it wait till tomorrow?" Janette added. "No it can't. The sheets are a disgrace! They should have been changed yesterday, but somebody distracted me." She glared at the others on the bed. "Just look at those bloodstains! If someone came in here, they'd think we murdered someone!" ===== "It's gone!!!" Natalie cried. "What is?" Nick asked as he rushed to Natalie's side. "My brass lamp! It was here a minute ago." Natalie replied as she searched the loft. She never did find it... ===== Where is the lamp now? Who knows.... But, be on the lookout for it!!!! April -- NinjaBabe * lucia@mbay.net *Cousin K-nigget*YMET*TOG*TOTC*SKL A-Team*QOTEML*FKWF X*Bugs McGregor*MAD**38% (47% FK)*Cyberchild of the Webgoddess*Merc-Grandbaby*SKL-CCCC*Ith's secretary FK Welcome Wagon*N&N*UF*Val*LH*NVC**J-Pack