Olive - The Chosen One (7 page)

    As he got closer he saw that several teeth had been used and were cemented together.  He had never seen anything like it.  He could feel the excitement welling and bubbling up inside him.

    The tooth fairy was called Bianca. Everything around her was white, the house, the roof top, the furniture, she was dressed in white and she had the blondest whitest hair he had ever seen before along with piercing blue eyes.  She was
bellissima
,
he felt like he knew her.  Perhaps she came to him when he was a little boy, when his mother put his baby fairy tooth under his pillow for the fairies to collect.

    They decided to opt for a few big teeth.  He chose one for the base of his new bed.  He would buy a fairy memory foam mattress from the donated money as Olive said that he would get the best night’s sleep ever.  He chose a big long one for his dining room table, two the same in size so a couple of sofas could be made by the wood man and some flat ones for his kitchen cabinets.  He was so excited.  Bianca said she would donate them.  He had chosen so many and was given them on the condition that when Speranza had his fairy house warming party she was invited.  Woody has also said that if he got enough he would make him a retro display cabinet which he assured Speranza would be a work of art.

    Woody was such a clever fairy.  He used olive tree trunks to make the legs for the furniture.  They were a work of art.  For Speranza, he was going to paint them white as he wanted to go for that modern, timeless retro look he knew Speranza wanted.

    The whole community of fairies had offered to help with the painting, decorating along with anything that needed to be done.  Nothing was too much.  Why should anyone suffer?  Fairies were Christians and no-one should be made to live the life that Speranza had.  He had suffered and endured so much.

    They left Bianca on a real buzz, excited and looking forward to making a special warm and comforting home for Speranza.

    Destiny suggested ‘‘why not fly to
Bagni per me
(Baths for me) which was only a half an hour’s flight away.  They had the most amazing tubs there made out of cast-iron, some even had gold feet.’’ 

    ‘Speranza would love soaking in one of those’ she thought to herself. 

    Maybe Cielo could be persuaded to splash out after all their anniversary was coming up soon.  It was her dream to have an independent state of the art bath.

    ‘Why not kill two birds with one stone?’ she giggled to herself.  Why not?  They headed to Baths for me -
Bagni per me
.

    ‘I so love this shop’ thought Destiny. 
Amore, amore, amore!

    When they arrived the flags were out along with a big sign which said ‘Sale.  Everything half price!’

    ‘This is destiny!’ thought Destiny.  Two for the price of one.  Bargain!! 

    She thought to herself ‘Cielo can’t say no now!  Plus I have his credit card so I will treat myself to a little anniversary present.  I will have it wrapped, delivered and addressed to him.  I will say it’s a special present for him.  That always works.  Maybe I can also have that diamond ring I have my fairy eye on!’

    ‘Sometimes you just have to play the game’ she thought to herself, especially as Cielo is normally happy to go along with most things she wanted as he liked to see her happy.  Destiny knew he loved her so.

    Everything was tantalizing in this shop. 
Mio Dio
OMG! 

    ‘I want!  I want!  I want!’  thought Destiny to herself but, first let’s get Speranza sorted. 

    She linked his arm and headed straight for a white tub with black feet saying ‘‘this would look amazing especially with black and white fairy tiles on the floor.  So very stylish!  What do you think Speranza?’’

    Speranza swallowed hard and thought ‘have I died and gone to heaven, is this really happening to me?

    ‘‘I love it!’’ he said ‘‘are you sure the budget will stretch?’’

    ‘‘No problem’’ said Destiny ‘‘if we are short I can put an extra bit on Cielo’s credit card, he won’t mind in the least, he is a generous soul!’’

    Destiny zoomed in on the tub she wanted.  She wasn’t sparing any expense.  Gold taps it was!  Oh yes, she was beyond excited.

    She loved the toilets, the sinks, you name it, they were going to have it all.  The toilet had an automatic toilet seat, so cool.  It opened all on its own and the toilet flushed after each use automatically.

    ‘How does it know when you are finished?’ she thought to herself.

    The order was placed and everyone was happy.   Destiny felt even more exhilarated then Speranza.  He was in shock, numb from the fairy’s kindness.  Destiny was just happy.  She was used to spending Cielo’s money and getting what she wanted. 

    He would say ‘whatever makes you happy makes me happy.’

    Yes!  She was so fortunate to have met her soul-mate that day on the beach.  It was such a long time ago now but, he still made her tiny fairy wings flutter.

    Olive smiled to herself. 

    Her
mamma! 
She was the best and could wrap her father around her little finger.  He adored her.

    Destiny said she would be buying all the things that make a home a home like towel rails, kitchen pots and pans etc on the fairy internet.  The local artist Paolo was donating some arts and had even promised to sketch a picture of Speranza’s family, his late wife Elissa and his two fairy children Chiara and Eros.  Speranza would always be able to see them and know that even if they were with the fairy angels, in spirit, they were always with him.

    ‘What an eventful day’ thought everyone as they sat in the sky mobile enjoying the return journey. 

    It had been tiring but, well worth it.  Speranza had promised that once he was settled in his new home, he would throw a fairy house-warming party.  Everyone would be invited.  His eyes met with Sunshine’s as he said this.

    Cielo picked them up in the sky-car from Sunshine’s.  ‘‘Did you get everything you wanted?’’ he said.

    ‘‘Oh yes!’’ said Destiny.

    ‘‘I am pleased’’ he said.

    Destiny hoped he would remain so when he saw the credit card bill.  She smiled to herself thinking ‘oh well, she did the banking, she could always slyly hide it, he would never know!’

    They had a long month ahead of them.  The work had been planned and scheduled to build Speranza his home.  The fairy builders came in first to make sure that the olive tree would remain strong.  It had to be fully damp-proofed so that it would not let any water in when the rain came again.

    Olive decided that whilst all this was going on, she would have a word at the school where she taught music to see if there were any vacancies for Speranza.  After all he was a very experienced teacher and they could use his skills, he was a teacher of the arts.  He could play the guitar but, history was his passion.  Olive sold Speranza’s talents to the school board and managed to swing an interview for him the very next week.  She knew he would need money to pay the bills when his new home was ready.  She didn’t think it would all happen so quickly.  Cielo gave him a suit to wear.  Destiny ordered some teeth whitener off the internet.

    ‘We had better get them teeth whitened
pronto’
she thought.  Either that or he wouldn’t be able to smile without feeling conscious!

    The teeth whitener arrived.  Speranza was a bit apprehensive.  The instructions said he would have to dip the moulds in hot water and mould them around his teeth whilst they were soft.  He was to fill them with the foaming stuff and put them in his mouth for three hours a day. 

    ‘Quite strange but, worth it if it worked’ he thought to himself. 

    He even felt he had a mouthful of yellow tomb-stones and they weren’t exactly fetching!  Destiny, Olive and Willow said they would all join him in the teeth whitening process just to support him.  It would all be rather fun.  Hopefully they could get through it without laughing too much.  Destiny put the plastic tooth coverings in hot water so they melted a little.  She said to Speranza ‘‘open your mouth wide so I can put them in and then close so they have time to mould themselves around your teeth.’’

    Speranza smiled to himself.  These fairies are so wacky and full of life but, he did as he was told.  They all did the same with their moulds and before any time at all they were all bleaching their teeth.  Destiny gave Speranza a little more than anyone else as his teeth needed the most work as they were so yellow and dull.  It was a hoot as foam started to come out of Speranza’s mouth.  Destiny had told him not to swallow it.  She gave him a tissue to wipe away the excess.  Everyone was trying not to laugh.

    ‘It had better be worth it’ thought Speranza to himself.  It was all so hilarious, they continued this process for a week to get ready for his interview.  In the end, everyone had sparkling white teeth including Speranza.

    ‘Unbelievable!’ he thought.  His teeth were nearly as white as the driven snow not that they got any down in southern Italy where they all lived but, he had seen pictures on the fairy news channel.

    When Speranza now smiled, he literally glowed in the dark.  Let’s say you wouldn’t miss him!

    The teeth from the tooth Fairy were being delivered the very next day.  Woody had all the legs for the furniture lined up.  Several fairies had volunteered to paint them which meant that everything was done so much quicker.

    ‘Many hands make lighter work’ Speranza thought to himself ‘there are so many kind and giving fairies out there in this world, lots of fairies have so much good in their hearts.’

    Olive wanted to make Speranza’s home totally unique.  She felt that it would be better if she sent him away after the interview for the teacher’s job just for a few days so that when he returned it would all be ready and it would be a lovely surprise for him. She spoke to Sunshine and between them they made an arrangement that Cielo would take him there for a week.  He would be able to chill and find his old self again.  This was important after the trauma he had experienced over the last five years.

    The day of the interview arrived.  Speranza looked quite dashing.  He portrayed a young and trendy look so that the fairies on the interview panel would warm to him and hopefully offer him a position.  Cielo gave him some aftershave, nothing too heavy, something nice and airy that smelt of the sea.  He didn’t want anyone to be overcome by the smell of a heavy aftershave as that wouldn’t make them warm to Speranza especially if they were choking from the fumes of an over-bearing smell. They were bowled over by his knowledge of history, his renewed love of life even after all he had been through, this was one talented fairy!  They gave him a three month trial which began in two weeks time, this was great as it just about fitted into everyone’s plans.

    Cielo decided that they would throw a little celebration barbecue in the woods that night, not only had Speranza got a job but his son Luna along with his partner Dandy were returning from Hollywood for a few days.  There was excitement in the olive fields.

    Woody made a huge sign saying
Ben tornato
(Welcome home) and
Tanti Auguri
(lots of congratulations). 

    Cielo had even organized a fairy steel band to be flown in from the woods of Africa.  The fairies wore grass skirts and performed tribal dances to warm up.  These little fairies certainly had rhythm and knew how to dance to the dulcet sounds of the steel drums.

    Luna and Dandy flew in on a private fairy jet, it all seemed so surreal.  Luna was famous!  He played a part in a block-buster movie starring as ‘Robertus the Roman Centurion.’  He was adored by all, Dandy was happy to stay at his side and blend into the back-ground but, there was no way that was going to happen!  He stood out just as much by the way he dressed.  His style set him miles apart from anyone else. 

    The private fairy jet was like no-one had ever seen before.  It was really plush and luxurious with cream leather seats piped in black.  The seats were huge and went down into fairy beds.  A free food and wine bar was on-hand at all times.  They were served refreshments by the most handsome fairy waiters and beautiful fairy waitresses you had ever seen.  They all looked like they had just stepped out of a photo-shoot for Pam-Fairy.  Pam-Fairy was the ultimate airline in flying luxury.  If you didn’t fly Pam-Fairy, then you didn’t fly ultimate class.

    A pink fairy limousine was waiting at the airport to bring Luna and Dandy to the olive tree field.  Fairies lined the tarmac calling for Luna.

   ‘‘Luna, Luna we love you.’’

    Luna never let the fame go to his head.  He was quite happy spending an hour or so signing autographs, after all these were his fans.  If it wasn’t for these fans, he wouldn’t be where he is today living in paradise in the Hollywood Hills with Dandy.  He was beyond happy and still couldn’t believe his good fortune, every day he thanked his lucky stars.  Luna and Dandy were even talking about adopting a fairy baby.  There were strict laws on gay couples adopting fairy babies.  They were prepared to do anything to get a fairy son or daughter.  Anything legal that is!

    The whole family couldn’t wait to see them.  Cielo was so proud of Luna and the young fairy man he had become.  He had grown to love Dandy like a second son especially as he made Luna happy and fulfilled, he realized that was all that was important to him.  He loved all his fairy children, all equally.