Carnival of the animals: XIII. The swan playing
I slowly open my eyes, i find myself laying in Michael's bed but not with Michael since i remember falling asleep in his arms listening to his soft angelic singing voice. His voice kept playing in my head, even at the moment i started dreaming i could still hear him and feel his soft hands stroking my hair and hands. I listen closely and i hear a very beautiful classical music coming from downstairs, it sounds magical. I get up and walk down the stairs to see the front door open and the chandelier on.
I slowly walk to the kitchen and notice Michael
in the living room sitting down on a sofa with his eyes closed and slowly moving his hands and head to the rhythm of the music. I start smiling and looking at him with my arms crossed. He looks beautiful, so sweet that it makes me want to run to him and just hug him, never let him go. He stops and notices me smiling, he gets shy and looks down giggling.
,,How long have you been staring?" He asks
,,Long enough to notice you really enjoy classical music"
,,I am classical music" he says trying to keep a serious face
,,Sure" i say smiling
,,No but i love classical music. I find it the most beautiful sound to ever be heard on this earth, it's so pure,relaxing. It makes you forget everything"
,,Like you're in a whole different world" i say coming towards him and sit down ,,It's like you're creating a world in your head, a world only you know about, only you can control what to see or hear. You can be whatever you want there, the music just takes you away. It controls you" i smile
,,Exactly" he bites his lower lip while smiling
,,Breakfast is ready" The maid says
We stand up and sit down at the dinner table.
His maid brings orange juice and pancakes for breakfast. Can this man reads mind? Because i love eating pancakes for breakfast especially with nutella.
,,Don't tell me we're eating this with nutella" i say shocked while rubbing my hands and then again, i immediately cover my mouth after. I guess whenever i realize i said something wrong i punish myself my slapping my mouth. They didn't have nutella in the 80s! Michael laughs in confusion
,,I don't have Nutella at home because i don't eat that much sugar but i can tell someone to get you some"
They did have it?!
,,You know... what nutella is?" I ask and he starts laughing
,,Of course. Oh You're so silly sometimes" he nods while smiling
,,Tell me about yourself. I would like to know more about you, we know each other for months but i never heard your last name" he takes a sip of his orange juice
I'm good at naming fake names but god, last names? I suck at it.
,,Yeah" i laugh and slide my pancake
,,Yeah. What is it?" He asks
Come on Allison, just pick a singer's last name! Oh That girl's favorite singer from middle school was Ariana grande
,,Grande. Ali- Cindy Grande" i smile
,,Grande? that's special, not american. Are your parents from italy?"
Why would he say that?! God damn it Michael. I don't look italian at all
,,No they're from california but i have cousins in spain"
,,So You're spanish?"
,,I'm american, Michael" i smile and he starts laughing
,,I'm just trying to get to know you"
I look down and keep eating from my pancakes.
,,Tomorrow is christmas, you know" i say
,,Oh, i never celebrated christmas"
,,I know, your parents are Jehovah witnesses, am i right?"
,,No, my mom was and me and my siblings. I left the religion this year"
,,Oh" i say
It wouldn't be polite to ask why isn't it? I mean i am kind of shy to ask why
,,It's not that i hated it or something but it's just, it's life. You do and don't do many things you know"
,,Yes. Well it will be weird without a christmas tr-" a loud sound comes from outside and interrupts me
,,Rob?" Michael shouts
,,Sorry Mr Jackson! It's been an accident while we tried to repair the bank" the man shouts
,,I hope you did not break that pretty statue!" Michael shouts
,,No sir"
,,Excuse me for a moment, please" he stands up ,,i don't want that statue around you anymore!" He shouts while leaving the house.
Well, as i wanted to say. Christmas will be weird without a tree or lights or... family. Suddenly i hear the phone calling, it's literally five feet away from me but I'm not sure if i should respond. It keeps ringing nor Michael or the maid is coming to pick up so i go and pick the phone up.
,,Yes?" I say
,,Are you out of your god damn mind?" A familiar man voice shouts
,,I'm sorry? Can you watch your mouth? You're calling Michael Jackson right now"
,,Since when does Michael Jackson sound like an annoying woman?"
,,Hey!" I shout in anger
,,Are you so stupid to make Michael celebrate Christmas now? In 1988? Tell me, i thought you were a freaking fan!" Now i get it who this is, it's the weird man. God i have to give him a name, I'm going to name him screamy because he is always angry and screaming
,,What do you want screamy?"
,,Listen to me, Michael Jackson doesn't celebrate Christmas in the 80s, and he doesn't until 1994 because Elizabeth taylor decorates the house and does all the christmas vibes so she gives him his first christmas you hear me? Elizabeth Taylor, not Allison Johnson! You can't ruin that"
I remember that video, it was called private home videos. He is right, it would turn the whole thing upside sown in the future.
,,Behave! And seriously, Ariana grande?" He says. I roll my eyes and put the phone back then it starts ringing again
,,Yes! So what? What would you pick? Biber? Styles?" I angrily say
,,I am sorry, is this Michael Jackson's residence? Neverland?" Says a woman in a sassy voice
,,Yes? Who are you?" I ask
,,Listen up, i got no time but i gotta talk to Michael right now you hear me?" She says
,,I'm not letting Michael talking to some strange crazy obsessive fan who stole his phone number"
,,Woah woah woah! Watch your mouth lady, i ain't no fan of your man. I want to help"
,,What's your name?" I ask
,,Again, i don't have time for all this chitty chat! I'm coming to neverland right now" she hangs up
I put the phone back and i slowly cover my mouth. A murder or someone dangerous is coming to Michael right now! And i did nothing... oh god
,,Michael!" I shout and run outside ,,Hey you! Where is Michael?"
,,I don't know" he nods
He is dead. If he is not dying because of Murray then he will be shot by a fan like John Lennon and it's all on me. He can't die this young... i run around and look for him but there is no sign of him anywhere. Maybe I'm exaggerating? This lady sounded very sassy but in that way funny black actresses are like whoopi goldberg. God i love her! Could this be her?
,,Did you call my name?" I see Michael coming out of nowhere
,,Michael!" I say shocked ,,I was calling you, you- okay look there is some obsessive fan coming to neverland to see you and-"
,,Oh no it's okay. They're sweet, they always visit me and stay outside the gate shouting my name and singing. Sometimes i get so sad and invite them in because they stay in cold and rain just for me and i feel bad"
,,No,no! It's not like that. This girl is... she is-"
,,Boy get the hell out of my face before you lose your legs" i hear the exact sassy voice from the phone
I turn around and i see this young woman with big curly hair, black but not black? She is wearing only black clothes and has an annoyed face expression. Ok but why did i expect a whoppi goldberg?
,,Hey you! Tell your doggos to stop touching me or else you will remain without any doggos"
She comes towards us while two bodyguards hold her arms
,,Leave her" Michael says
She grabs her arms from them and give them an angry look. I still can't get over the fact that i expected this woman to look completely different. She comes towards us ,,I hate to ruin your holidays but there are some people who have something on you Michael, a plan. They will use it to drag you down. Like really really down, like a whole. Deeper than that whole rats enter and exit like-"
,,We get it! Who are these people?" I ask
,,I never seen them in my life but this guy, Who calls himself Alejandro for i don't know what reason said he will help me find my sister"
,,Okay so? What do you want us to do?" I ask
,,You need to come with me, both of you. I'll meet you in my car, don't make me wait long" She turns around
,,Ahm sorry? I hate to say this but this is Michael Jackson, he can't just get in a stranger's car and go i don't know where" i say
,,Fine, then go get your super duper makeup artists to give you a different look and done." She smiles
,,Woah woah woah, how can i know you're not going to kidnap him? Or how can we trust you?" I say
She comes towards Michael ,,Look i enjoyed smooth criminal but i'm more into prince. We don't have time to waste, the more time we waste the more time we give those cruel people time to ruin Michael." She turns around and goes to her car
I look at Michael and he raises his shoulders in confusion. She might be right but i just don't believe her, could she also be from 2020 and she is trying to save him from murray? But that couldn't be because murray's time isn't here yet. I follow Michael into a small cabin and see him putting a long black wig on and a black hat
,,So you're trusting her?" I ask him
,,She looks serious and you heard her, she likes prince not Michael Jackson"
We leave the cabin and go into her car, of course Michael has to take at least two of his bodyguards for safety. One of the bodyguards comes riding a big car to us since the girl's one is too small for all of us five to fit in.
,,Okay since you brought your two puppies, why don't they ride so i can tell you the plan?" She says
I roll my eyes and the bodyguards get in front and we in the back, Michael is sitting between us.
,,So, i kept receiving these weird calls from this creepy annoying ass who said that Michael is in danger.He gave me an address and said it's a family living in this huge house in California. We have to sneak in" She says
,,Sneak in? Are you out of your mind?" I shout
,,Listen girl, if you want to save your man then you sneak in. Period"
My face turns all red and i notice Michael looking down biting his lower lip and suppressing his laugh. My man? Michael is not my man and we are not even together.
,,Is he bad? Like has he done bad things?" Michael asks
,,I don't know but he is definitely not innocent" she looks through the car's window ,,right there! Pull over" she says
The bodyguard pulls over and stops the car in what it looks like a parking spot. Next to us we see a huge house that is actually the only good looking house in the whole neighborhood so you can tell this guy is the richest over here.
,,This guy might have over 40 security alarms and who knows how many bodyguards. There is no way we can sneak in" michael says
The girl looks through the window and starts analyzing the house and neighborhood
,,He is right. Let's just call the police" i say
,,No. No freaking police, I ain't going to jail for his ass" she says
,,Fine, then we're not going in there" i say but she ignores me and keeps looking
God how selfish can this girl be? If Michael's life is in this then I'm not risking anything, besides who cares if i die? I'm not even from this dimension. I open the car and i hear the girl whispering
,,Hey! What do you think you're doing?"
,,I'm not letting Michael die" i turn around to her and Michael but when i want to get out the car Michael grabs my arm
,,You will not. We're doing this together, okay?" He smiles
I smile back and i hear the girl stepping annoyed out of the car. We get out and she grabs a blonde short wig from her big bag and throw it to Michael
,,Here, wear this" She says ,,And please let that stupid hat in the car, they will immediately know you're Jackson"
Michael takes off his long black wig and puts the blonde one on. Wow, now he looks different. ,,So no sneaking in?" I ask
,,No, here wear these" she hands me and Michael two rings
I wear it and stare at it to notice that it definitely looks like a wedding ring.
,,So you think they won't recognize him?" I ask
,,As long as he doesn't grab his crotch and doesn't make the he-he sound we're alright" she closes the trunk and Michael starts giggling
,,Let's go now" she says