"Perchance to Dream"

by

Abby

LIVING ROOM - EVENING

NILES LOUNGES ON THE COUCH, WATCHING TV.
FRAN ENTERS.

NILES EXITS.

FRAN PICKS UP THE REMOTE AND CHANNEL SURFS.
SHE STOPS ON AN ADDAMS FAMILY RERUN.
MORTICIA AND GOMEZ SHARE A ROMANTIC INTERLUDE.
MAXWELL ENTERS.

FRAN DASHES TOWARD THE STAIRS.

FRAN EXITS UP THE STAIRS.
MAXWELL TAKES THE REMOTE AND CHANNEL SURFS.
HE STOPS ON THE SOUND OF MUSIC AS MARIA SINGS MY FAVORITE THINGS.
C.C. ENTERS.

C.C. CHANNEL SURFS AND STOPS ON A DYNASTY RERUN.
BLAKE AND ALEXIS ARE IN THE THROES OF PASSION.

SHE EXITS WITH A FLOURISH.

INT. C.C.’S BEDROOM - NIGHT
C.C. IS ASLEEP.

FADE TO:
INT. LIBRARY - DREAM
C.C. ADDRESSES THE DESK CHAIR, WHICH FACES AWAY FROM HER.

SHE CROSSES TO THE CHAIR SEDUCTIVELY.

SHE SPINS THE CHAIR AROUND, REVEALING MAXWELL.
SHE SITS ON HIS LAP, GRABS HIS LAPELS, AND KISSES HIM PASSIONATELY.

RETURN TO:
C.C.’S BEDROOM
C.C. MAKES OUT WITH HER PILLOW.

INT. FRAN’S BEDROOM
FRAN IS ASLEEP.

FADE TO:
INT. LIVING ROOM - DREAM
FRAN SITS IN THE CHAIR. MAXWELL STANDS BESIDE
HER. NILES PLAYS SOMETHING BAROQUE ON THE PIANO.

MAXWELL BENDS ONTO ONE KNEE AND CONTINUALLY SPREADS KISSES UP AND DOWN FRAN’S ARM.
DOORBELL RINGS. NILES ANSWERS.
MAGGIE AND BRIGHTON ENTER.

LOUD CLAP OF THUNDER.
MAGGIE AND BRIGHTON PEEK OUT THE WINDOW.

DOORBELL RINGS. NILES ANSWERS.
GRACE ENTERS, CARRYING A BAG. HER HAIR IS LONG, HUGE, AND WILD.

GRACE MUMBLES SOME GIBBERISH.
NILES SHAKES HIS HEAD AND GROANS DEEPLY.
GRACE MUMBLES AGAIN, AGITATED.
NILES GROANS BACK ANGRILY.
GRACE STOMPS ON NILES’ FOOT, THEN CROSSES TO FRAN AND HANDS HER THE BAG.
NILES EXITS, GROANING AND HOBBLING.

ONE BY ONE, SHE PULLS OUT A LARGE ARRAY OF DIFFERENT HAIR SPRAYS.

HE INCREASES THE FERVOR OF THE ARM KISSING.

MAXWELL PICKS UP FRAN AND CARRIES HER UP THE STAIRS.

RETURN TO:
INT. FRAN’S BEDROOM
FRAN TOSSES AND TURNS.

INT. NILES’ BEDROOM
NILES IS ASLEEP.

FADE TO:
INT. KITCHEN - DREAM
NILES STANDS BEHIND THE COUNTER, FRAN BY THE SINK, AND BRIGHTON BY THE OVEN. MAXWELL SITS AT THE TABLE AND READS FROM A COOKBOOK.

BRIGHTON TURNS ON THE OVEN.

MAXWELL CROSSES TO THE INTERCOM.

C.C. ENTERS, IN A HUFF.

C.C. SASHAYS OVER TO THE FRIDGE AS MAXWELL RETURNS TO THE TABLE.

C.C. OPENS THE FRIDGE AND PEERS INTO IT.

C.C. PULLS VARIOUS FOOD ITEMS OUT OF THE FRIDGE AND PILES THEM ON THE COUNTER.
SYLVIA ENTERS.

SHE APPROACHES THE PILE OF FOOD.

SYLVIA SNATCHES A LARGE STEAK FROM THE PILE AND THREATENS FRAN WITH IT.

NILES DISARMS SYLVIA IN ONE SWIFT MOVE.

NILES FLIPS BRIGHTON A TOKEN.
BRIGHTON OFFERS SYLVIA HIS ARM AND ESCORTS HER TO THE DOOR.

THEY BOTH SLAP NILES.

BRIGHTON AND SYLVIA EXIT.

C.C. WRESTLES WITH A JAR OF MAYONNAISE.

THE JAR POPS OUT OF THE FRIDGE.

MAXWELL AND C.C. EXIT.

HE GRABS HER AND KISSES HER PASSIONATELY.
C.C. ENTERS.

NILES GRABS HER WITH HIS FREE ARM AND KISSES HER PASSIONATELY.

RETURN TO:
INT. NILES’ BEDROOM
A SLOW, SATISFIED SMILE APPEARS ON NILES’ FACE.
HE ROLLS OVER AND SIGHS CONTENTEDLY.

INT. MAXWELL’S BEDROOM
MAXWELL IS ASLEEP.

FADE TO:
INT. LIVING ROOM - DREAM
MAXWELL AND C.C. SIT ON THE COUCH.
NILES STANDS AT ATTENTION BY THE DOOR.

MAXWELL BLOWS A CAPTAIN’S WHISTLE.
MAGGIE, BRIGHTON, AND GRACE ENTER, RUN DOWN THE STAIRS, AND LINE UP AT ATTENTION.

DOORBELL RINGS. NILES ANSWERS.
FRAN ENTERS, CARRYING HER SHADES OF THE ORIENT MAKE-UP CASE.

SHE LOOKS AROUND THE HOUSE.

HE HANDS HER THE MUSIC. SHE READS IT OVER QUICKLY.

THE CHILDREN RUN TO HER EXCITEDLY.

FRAN OPENS UP THE MAKE-UP CASE, WHICH TRANSFORMS INTO A MINI BOOMBOX AND PLAYS MUSIC TO MY FAVORITE THINGS.

HE BENDS ONTO HIS KNEE, PULLS A RIDICULOUSLY LARGE DIAMOND RING OUT OF HIS POCKET, SLIPS IT ON FRAN’S FINGER, AND KISSES HER PASSIONATELY.

RETURN TO:
INT. MAXWELL’S BEDROOM
MAXWELL BOLTS UPRIGHT IN A PANIC, SHAKES HIMSELF AWAKE, THEN, WITH A SIGH OF RELIEF, WIPES HIS FOREHEAD WITH HIS SLEEVE AND SLUMPS BACK INTO BED.

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