Dayz of our Lives

DISCLAIMER: I do not own all these wonderful characters. (only Noah, Maddie, and Ben) The rest belong to the wonderful Fran Drescher, whom I'd like to thank for six years of wonderful THE NANNY episodes. Keep in mind I don't own these characters, just borrowed them, played with them, and sent them back. I am just a normal Nanny freak, who is bored out of her mind.

This story changes almost every thing especially one thing, read on to find out what. Danny married Fran, and had never owned the bridal shop, instead, works at an oil refinery. Also one note, if anyone wants to write any continuations, they are welcome.

Dayz of our Lives

Samantha Schafer
(canadianchick_89@yahoo.com)

Francine Imperialli had been married for seven years, but she and Danny, her husband acted like the other didn't exist. Danny and Fran had been together since they were sixteen. They had three children. Noah is ten, Madeline is six, and little Benjamin is only two. Lately Danny had been working night and day. One night, at around 11:00 PM, Fran called the plant where Danny worked:

MAN

Hello?

FRAN

Hi is Danny Imperialli there?

MAN

No madam, he was fired two weeks ago.

FRAN

What?! But that can't be! He has been working night and day.

MAN

Well I'm sorry ma'am, I'm not sure where you can reach him.

FRAN

I know where I can reach him, I'm his wife. Thank you Mister, you have been very helpful.

MAN

You're welcome Miss.

FRAN

Goodbye.

She hung up. The kids were already in bed, so She went to bed, laid down, and picked up her book, she was going to relax right now, but when her husband got home, there would be hell to pay. At exactly 12:00 am, Danny walked through the door, he went straight to their room...

FRAN

Hi honey.

DANNY

Great babe, I'm really tired right now, can we just go to bed?

FRAN

No honey, we need to discuss something.

DANNY

Can't it wait til mourning?

FRAN

(shouting) NO! (normal) Danny, I know you were fired two weeks age, so where have you been?

Noah and Maddie had waken up to the sound of their mother's shouting voice, and now were by their parent's bedroom, ears pressed against the door.

DANNY

Fran! What do ya mean I was fired? I was transferred to another plant in the area.

FRAN

Oh, I'm sorry honey.

That was the end of that. Then about two weeks later, Fran was going through Danny's side of the dresser, when she came upon a bra, it didn't look like her bra, and it wasn't her bra. Immediately, she got a suitcase and started packing.

FRAN

Noah? Maddie? Can ya commere please?

NOAH

Ya Mom?

MADELINE

What Mommy?

FRAN

Okay guys, we are moving today, we are going to go on a little trip, and then we are going to live at Grandma Sylvia's okay?

MADELINE

Why are we moving?

NOAH

What time is Dad gettin home to take us?

FRAN

Well ya see kids, Mommy and Daddy had a big fight, and we are getting a divorce. So you guys are gonna live with Mommy, and Grandma Sylvia now.

NOAH

Oh.

MADELINE

So are we ever going to see Daddy again?

FRAN

I don't know Maddie, maybe. Do you guys understand?

NOAH & MADELINE

Yes Mom.

FRAN

So, Go pack.

NOAH & MADELINE

Okay.

Neither one were really upset, Danny was never around, how would it be any different? After her chat with the kids, Fran called the travel agent, and told her to make reservations on that cruise ship that left today. The next day, Danny returned to find the house empty. Meanwhile, Fran was relaxing in her bathing suit by the pool of a huge cruise ship. Noah, Maddie, and Ben were in a day care facility on the ship. Fran could feel some one's eyes on her, she looked up, and there was this gorgeous guy staring at her. Still, even if he was gorgeous, the feeling made her uneasy. She picked up towel, wrapped it around her waist, grabbed her book, and went back to her suite. The next day, later in the evening, she went to the bar, sat on a stool, and ordered a cocktail. The guy she had seen the day before, came, sat down beside her, and ordered a cocktail.

FRAN

Hello

GUY

Hello

FRAN

I couldn't help but to notice you staring at me yesterday.

GUY

I'm dreadfully sorry, it's just, you are very pretty.

"Wow, this guy is gorgeous, and what an adorable accent" Fran thought.

FRAN

Thank you.

GUY

May I ask where are you from? Your voice is very...umm...distinctive.

FRAN

Flushing Queens, in New York City.

GUY

I'm from New York as well.

FRAN

Really, what part?

GUY

Manhattan.

FRAN

What's your name?

GUY

Maxwell, Maxwell Sheffield, and you?

FRAN

Fran, Fran Imp... Fine.

MAXWELL

Well Fran, I'm pleased to make your acquaintance.

FRAN

It's a pleasure. Hey, wait a minute, aren't you Maxwell Sheffield, the Broadway producer?

MAXWELL

As a matter of fact, I am.

FRAN

Oh my God, I love your plays. Wow, I've neva met a celebrity before. So Maxwell, what brings you on this trip?

MAXWELL

It's kinda a way to get away from it all. You see, my wife Sarah, died about 2 months ago. I needed to get away.

FRAN

Aww, that's too bad. Coincidentally, I just found out my husband was cheating on me about 2 weeks ago.

MAXWELL

Really?

FRAN

Yeah, I just grabbed my kids and left.

MAXWELL

You have children? How are they dealing with it?

FRAN

Ya, pretty good. They are having a ball on this boat. My youngest, Ben, I don't think has seen his father maybe a week or so. The other two understand, and are taking it really well, they really are great kids. In fact, right now, Ben is in the care of this gorgeous fourteen-year-old girl. She seemed really shy, withdrawn. I think her name was Margaret or something like that.

MAXWELL

It is Margaret, she is my daughter. She is baby sitting your son?

FRAN

Yes. So that's where she gets her good looks. Ya got any other kids?

MAXWELL

Yes, a ten year old boy, Brighton, and a six year old girl, Grace.

FRAN

What a coincidence, Noah is ten, and Maddie is six.

MAXWELL

Really, we should introduce them. Have you used the child care facility yet?

FRAN

Yes.

MAXWELL

Then they probably have already met.

FRAN

Probably, what part of the boat is your cabin in?

MAXWELL

D 15 and 16, the girls have their own cabin, yours?

FRAN

D 27. Listen, it's almost 9, I told Margaret that I'd be back to get Ben by 9. So I better go.

MAXWELL

Fran, would you like to meet me tomorrow? Say around 6 PM? We can talk, you know about kids, life, both our recent loses.

FRAN

Sure.

MAXWELL

Goodbye Fran, I shall see you tomorrow.

FRAN

Bye Max.

The rest of the trip went by very quickly, Maggie volunteered to take the kids most of the time, all except Brighton and Noah, they can take care of themselves. But they had all kinds of stuff that Maggie took the girls and Ben to, they went swimming, and they even saw a movie in a theater on the boat.

Meanwhile Maxwell and Fran had almost as much fun as the children did. They spent almost all of their time together. They had so much fun. They danced, it was almost like they were dating, but not really. By the end of the first week, Fran had completely forgotten about Danny, and Maxwell had completely forgotten about Sarah. With or without the kids, they had become great friends. Though neither chose to admit it, they were falling for each other. Maxwell knew everything about Fran, he knew about her weird family, her children, her (ex) husband, her passion (shopping, with he took her on a few shopping trips, and seen how much she enjoyed it for himself), and her problems, and how she delt with her husband's treatment of her. Yet, Fran knew little about him. She knew all about his kids, how he has tried, but never succeed at beating Andrew Lloyd Webber out of a play, his sophisticated high class family, his friendship with his butler, and how his business partner had eyes for him. By the end of the trip, Maxwell was head over heels in love with Fran, and vise-versa, but both were too proud, and scared to admit it.

Sadly, the last day of the cruise came by very quickly. Everyone was sad to say goodbye. Ben was sad to have to say goodbye to Maggie, he had grown quite close to her. Maddie and Grace had had a lot of fun with Maggie and Ben, they enjoyed helping her take care of him, more so Grace than Maddie, but she still liked to help when it wasn't her mother that she was helping. Noah and Brighton had had a lot of fun lazing around the swimming pool, watching all the hot chicks...uhh....young ladies in their swim suits.

Now was the time for all to part, they said their good-byes, and went their separate ways, never to see the other again, or so they thought.

A couple of months down the road, after Fran and Danny had legally and officially divorced, Danny was engaged to Heather Biblow, the woman he'd been having an affair with. Meanwhile Fran and the kids had moved into another apartment, Fran's friend Valerie Toriello moved in with them. Noah and Maddie were in school, Ben was in a day care facility all day, and Fran and Val were at the Hair Saloon all day, and no one had time for anyone else, there was always a baby-sitter there after school. One day, when Fran was at the Hair Saloon, every thing was normal until the phone rang. Fran answered it, and by the time she hung up, she was in tears.

VAL

Fran, what's wrong?

FRAN

That was the bank, they are closing the hair saloon, and taking the apartment away to pay the debts.

VAL

We gotta close?

FRAN

Yes, oh how am I gonna explain this to the kids?

By the next week, Fran and the kids were living at her mothers, and Val had moved back in with her parents. By the week after, Fran got a job on Broadway, this CC Babcock lady hired her to do the star's hair and make-up for their next play. About 3 months after Fran got the job, at a dress rehearsal, Fran saw a familiar face. She went up to him, tapped him on the shoulder and:

FRAN

Maxwell?

MAXWELL

Fran?

He hugged her, It had almost been a year, but their thoughts were still on each other. CC was onstage fixing something, and had a horrified expression on her face. She was wondering why Maxwell was hugging the beautician.

MAXWELL

So Fran, how have you been?

FRAN

Horrible, the only thing I enjoy is working here. What about you?

MAXWELL

Same old, Brighton is rebellious, Margaret barely even comes out of her room, and Grace walks around saying therapeutic words that I don't understand. So what's wrong?

FRAN

Where to start, I got my divorce, but my ex is engaged already. I bought a new apartment, we moved in there, then a couple months after that, we were evicted from the apartment, and the Hair Saloon closed. So life's rough, ya get what ya get.

MAXWELL

That's horrible, where have you been living?

FRAN

With my mother, and it's hell. I hate it. She is so pushy, always setting me up on dates, and trying to find a guy for me that I can marry. When in reality, I don't really want to get married right away.

MAXWELL

I can totally understand where your coming from. But, I have a solution, you and your children could move in with us. We have plenty of room.

FRAN

Wouldn't that be too much trouble?

MAXWELL

Nothing is too much trouble for a friend.

FRAN

Well, okay then.

She hugged him.

FRAN

Thank you Maxwell.

MAXWELL

It'll be my pleasure.

So, by the next month, Fran had moved in with Maxwell. The house was so crowded, six kids, a butler, CC was almost always there, Fran and Maxwell. They moved bunk beds into the kid's rooms, so Noah Brighton and Ben slept in the same room, so did Grace and Maddie, Maggie had her own room, Niles (the butler), Fran and Maxwell had their own rooms.

About two years later...

As time went on, Fran and Maxwell grew closer and closer. They had gone on dates, kissed when they thought no one was looking. They loved each other more than themselves, more than life itself. And they loved the children so much, almost as much as each other, and that's a lot. They were so much in love that lately, they had found it more and more difficult to control themselves around each other, so they had been avoiding each other for the last week. They would see each other all the time, but still they avoided looking at the one another.

Everyone including the children were extremely happy, well except CC that is. The children now knew Maxwell as their father, and Fran as their mother. Although Sarah was not forgotten, every year on her birthday, the whole family has a small party for her, and every year on the day that she died, they all went and put so many new flowers on her grave. Fran made sure everyone communicated, she made them look like a big happy family, and that's what they were, a big happy family. Fran and Niles were good friends aswell.

Fran thought it was about time she and Maxwell stop avoiding each other, so she went into his office, He was working with CC. CC got so jealous, every time this woman entered the same room as Maxwell, his eyes didn't come off her until she was out of site, and CC was just invisible.

FRAN

Hi Max!

MAXWELL

Hello Fran. CC will you please excuse us for a minute.

But Maxwell, we have work to tend to.

MAXWELL

She unwillingly leaves.

FRAN

So Maxwell, what ya up to tonight?

MAXWELL

Nothing, Say would you like to have dinner with me, alone this evening?

Now he was standing up, his arms around her waist (See I told ya he couldn't control himself), Fran's arms were around his neck (and neither could she), she was leaning back a bit.

FRAN

(seductively) Sure Max, but I had some thing else in mind.

MAXWELL

Really darling, what might that be?

FRAN

Well remember my friend Val? (he nods) Well her cousin GiGi got tickets to the launching party of Michael Boltons's new album. So, ya wanna go? We can have dinner before we go there.

MAXWELL

I'd love to Fran.

Without warning, he kissed her, she returned the kiss.

FRAN

(seductivly) Goodbye Maxwell, see you later.

MAXWELL

Bye Fran.

She gave him a peck on the lips, and ran upstairs to get ready. While she was getting ready, Maggie stopped in her room:

FRAN

Hey Mags.

MAGGIE

Hi Fran, you and Dad going out tonight?

FRAN

Yup

MAGGIE

Think he'll make a move?

FRAN

Not if I do first.

MAGGIE

Nahh, I think he'll make his move some time soon, maybe even tonight.

FRAN

Ya think?

MAGGIE

Yes.

FRAN

Well, maybe, now go get ready if the rumors are correct, you've got a date today aswell.

MAGGIE

Bye Fran.

Fran finished getting ready, and at presicly 5:30 PM, Fran descended the staircase. She was wearing a skintight black dress, accessorized with silver earrings. Her hair was pulled back into a pony, with curls just barely touching her shoulder. Maxwell was wearing one of his best suits.

MAXWELL

My God Fran, you, you look exquized.

FRAN

Ya like?

MAXWELL

Very much, shall we?

FRAN

Let's.

They go out the front door.

NEXT SCENE

Fran and Maxwell enter the hotel, and proceed to the Hall A.

FRAN

Wow, this is great.

MAXWELL

It sure is. Would you like to dance?

FRAN

I thought you'd neva ask.

MAXWELL

I just did.

Maxwell led Fran to the dance floor, put his arms around her waist, she put her arms around his neck playing with the thick dark hair on his neck. It felt so right, just standing there, swaying to the music, in each other's arms. Fran was so content in her position. And Maxwell, well he was cozier than Fran. Their faces were centimeters apart, suddenly, without warning, Maxwell kissed Fran with a lot of passion. Maxwell broke the kiss, they just stared at each other for a few moments, then they noticed the whole room had stopped what they were doing, and everyone was staring at them.

MAXWELL

(whispering) Uh Fran, come on.

He takes her hand and leads her out into the lobby.

FRAN

Wow!

MAXWELL

Wow is right, that was embarrassing.

FRAN

Whadda ya mean embarrassing?

MAXWELL

I mean all those people staring at us.

FRAN

You found kissing me in public embarrassing? It's not as if I'm your nanny or somethin.

MAXWELL

Well, yes...I mean no...

FRAN

Well I am not embarrassed to be seen in your arms, besides, I live with you, but I don't work for you. Naturally, people are gonna think that I'm your girlfriend. Are you embarrassed by me?

MAXWELL

No of coarse not Fran. You talk as if I am like Brighton or Noah. Like I am scared of my parents catching me kissing some girl. Which I hope they are scared to death of.

FRAN

Me too. I am not trying to make you sound like the boys, but I ... I ... I don't know what I was trying to say.

MAXWELL

Will this prove my point?

He slowly brings his lips towards hers, within seconds, his lips were on hers, kissing her thoroughly, his tongue dancing around in her mouth. They broke the kiss, but the passion was not dying, it was growing. Both knew they wanted to, both were ready.

MAXWELL

I'll be right back Fran.

Before he can get too far away, she pulls him back, kisses him, and let's him go.

Maxwell goes, and gets them a room. Then he goes, gets Fran, and takes her to the hotel suite. There he threw the keys on the table, walked over to Fran, kissed her, she eagerly accepted the kiss. They kept on kissing, their kisses becoming more and more intense. Finally, Maxwell put his arms around Fran, and undid the zipper of he dress, meanwhile Fran was unbuttoning his shirt. No words were needed. Their love making was perfect in every way, it was more than either had ever dreamed. They had found their other halves. But what do they do now? That was not a concern right now. All that mattered was trying endlessly to please the other person. Their thoughts were entirely focused on each other. In the mourning, after hours on end spent making love, their bubble of love they had created for themselves was popped when Fran awoke.

FRAN

Oh my God, Maxwell! What are the kids gonna think? They'll ask why we weren't home.

MAXWELL

Relax Fran, I called the house last night, and told Niles to make up some kind of excuse for us. Don't worry.

FRAN

Oh, but still, Ben is only four, and he expects his mother to be there.

MAXWELL

He'll be fine Fran. In the meantime, I have a question for you.

He bent over the side of the bed, and grabbed a small box out of a drawer. Maxwell got back up. He brought Fran's body close to his and kissed her.

MAXWELL

Fran I love you!

Fran was genuinely shocked.

FRAN

I love you too Maxwell!

They kissed even more passionatly than before. The Maxwell showed her the ring.

MAXWELL

Oh Fran, will you marry me?

FRAN

Oh Maxwell, Yes, yes a thousand times, I love you, I will marry you!

MAXWELL

There's one more thing, Fran, I want you to be Margaret, Brighton, and Grace's mother, legally.

FRAN

You do?

MAXWELL

Yes.

FRAN

Maxwell, I want you to be Noah Maddie, and Ben's father too, legally.

MAXWELL

Really?

FRAN

Really.

They kissed like only two people in love can, then they made love to each other again. About 2 hours later, Maxwell and Fran had gotten dressed, and gone home. When they got there, CC was chasing Ben around, who had stolen her script of the new play, Niles was trying to teach Maddie and Grace how to bake a cake, the house was a mess.

MAXWELL

Niles! CC! What the bloody hell is going on in here?

FRAN

Yeah, Miss Babcock, stop chasing Ben, Ben give Miss Babcock back her script.

MAXWELL

Everyone, come here, Fran and I have something we'd like to share with you all.

Fran and Maxwell sat on the sofa, Ben Brighton, Noah, Grace, and Maddie sat on the floor, Maggie sat on the chair, and Niles and CC stood.

MAXWELL

Okay children, Fran and I are going to be married.

Noooooooo!

She ran into the bathroom.

FRAN