DISCLAIMER: Fran, Pete, CBS, etc. own the show, not me, I just play with the characters because CBS HAS REALLY BEEN PISSING ME OFF LATELY! Ahem. This takes place some time after the wedding… it really doesn't matter when as long as you put it before the episodes that haven't been shown yet (duh, I haven't seen them, so how am I supposed to use them to write a story?).



A Rose By Any Other Name

by

Erin
(ChekovBev@aol.com)




INT. OFFICE – EARLY MORNING

MAXWELL sits talking to FRAN, who is perched on the edge of his desk. NILES dusts around the terrace windows.

MAXWELL

Oh, by the way you two, I bought Andrew Lloyd-Webber's nanny and butler at the auction last night. They'll be starting this afternoon then they'll finish up tomorrow night.

FRAN

Max! How could you have some other nanny come in here to take care of my kids?

NILES (equally distraught)

Sir! Andrew Lloyd Webber's butler? What's he got that I don't?

MAXWELL

Will you two calm down? I was just hoping that it would, uhm, slow him down a little.

FRAN/NILES

Hmmph!

C.C. bursts in, exerted from running.

C.C.

Maxwell!! Oh my God, you won't believe what we got in the mail!

NILES

Oh, is Hair Club for Men asking for donations again? There must be a full moon tonight. I'll get you a razor.

C.C. ignores NILES.

C.C.

Maxwell, we've been invited to the National Producer's Ball!

MAXWELL'S jaw drops and jumps from his desk, running to the center of the room. He waves his armS around in the air while jumping up and down.

MAXWELL (screaming!)

YESSSSSS!!!! OH GOD, YES!!

FRAN stares, astounded at MAXWELL'S outburst.

FRAN

Meanwhile, I am very upset that I wasn't a part of that.

MAXWELL circles back around the desk and plants a very big kiss on FRAN'S lips.

FRAN smiles.

FRAN

All better now.

MAXWELL (recovering)

Oh, Fran, you have no idea what an honor it is to be invited to the National Producer's Ball. It's so prestigious that George Lucas didn't even get invited until after Return of the Jedi.

NILES

Congratulations, sir! So, when will we all be shipping out to Los Angeles for the big event?

C.C.

Hold up, Mr. Clean, who said you were coming?

MAXWELL

C.C., of course he's coming! We're bringing the whole family. This is just too important not to be able to spend it with the people I care about. (SMILES AT FRAN)

NILES SMIRKS AT C.C.

MAXWELL

To answer your question, the event happens three weeks from tonight, Niles.

MAXWELL and FRAN resume cooing at each other.

C.C.

Well, I must go and find a date for this wonderous occasion. He's going to have to be handsome and wealthy. There's no way I'm going to this ball on the arm of anything less.

NILES

(sotto) "Thing" being the operative word. (aloud) So, where are you going to find Mr. Right, Miss Babcock? You haven't updated your little black book since Adam got mad at you for stealing his rib.

C.C.

Oh, Niles, I have more options than you could ever imagine.

CUT TO KITCHEN – LATER

FRAN

An ad, Miss Babcock?

C.C.

I need him to be perfect, Nanny Fine. Now, you've had more experience with this, so you need to help me.

FRAN

Me? You need Houdini's help to pull this one off. And besides, I ain't nevah been that desperate!

C.C. glares at FRAN.

C.C.

Fine, be that way. I just better not find out that you blabbed this all over Manhattan or the next person you'll be able to tell is God Himself.

FRAN makes a zipping motion over her lips.

FADE OUT




INT. LIVING ROOM – THE NEXT EVENING

NILES reclines on the couch, eyes glazed over and pointed in the general direction of the television as he changes channel after channel.

FRAN enters and circles the couch in front of niles, hands on her hips and staring at him incredulously. She blocks his view, which he doesn't notice as he keeps pounding the channel button despite the blocked sensor.

FRAN

Ya know, this gives a whole new meaning to that PTA meeting I went to about limiting your children's exposure to television, Niles. Did you know that 59 percent of Americans can name the Three Stoog—Niles, I'm standing in front of the TV, why are you still tryin' to change the channel?

FRAN reaches over the coffee table and rips the remote from his hand, very annoyed.

NILES laughs, still not quite all there.

NILES

Curly's my favorite!

FRAN

Niles, I have half a mind to send you off to The Place too if you can't get a hold of yourself. If you're not lucid in three seconds, I'm gonna go find Miss Babcock and ask her for recommendations.

NILES calms down, runs a hand through his hair and finally looks at FRAN. He flops back on the couch and lets his head roll back.

NILES

Mrs. Sheffield, I've never been so bored in my entire life. How dare Mr. Sheffield buy the services of Andrew Lloyd Weber's butler at that auction? Now I have no reason to pretend to vacuum. How am I supposed to know what's going on around here?

FRAN

Aww quiet down, ya big yenta. I'm the victim here! I swear, if Andrew Lloyd Weber's nanny thinks she can win him over by dressin' up all cutesy and flirting with him while he's trying to work, she's completely wrong! And anyway, if she does, I'll put her through a rendition of Phantom of the Opera so good she'll be the one needing a mask when it's all over!

NILES

Mrs. Sheffield, he's married to you. You have nothing to worry about.

FRAN crosses over to sit with him on the couch and gasps when she looks at the television, which had been tuned to The Home Shopping Network during Niles's channel-surfing.

FRAN

Oh my God! Look at those shoes, Niles! Ooooh, and they still have my size! Fifty-percent off, gimme the phone!

NILES makes a face as he reaches for the phone, then plops his chin down into his hand, resting it on his palm and propping his elbow up on his knee.

ENTER C.C.

C.C.

Oh look, Nanny Fine's found yet another magnificent pair of spike heels. I'm sure you can't wait to go tell the other cheap floozies out on the street corner all about them.

NILES

Oh, come on, Miss Babcock, you'll be able to tell them before Mrs. Sheffield can! Isn't your weekly rendezvous with Vivian tonight? I'm sure it will go well for you, you look positively masculine today.

C.C. tosses her hair with a bemused smirk and advances toward him menacingly.

C.C.

Aren't you supposed to be there too, Benson? Pimp Carlos says you're one of the best girls he's got.

FRAN steps between them, holding her arms out to distance them.

FRAN

All right, boys and girls, recess is over. And Miss Babcock, the next time you feel the need to call attention to my procreativity, real or imagined, let me remind you that I could tell Niles any second—

C.C.

That's promiscuity, Nanny Fine, and you wouldn't.

FRAN crosses her arms and looks at C.C. expectantly.

C.C. huffs and narrows her eyes at Fran.

C.C.

Fine, you win, no more rude comments.

NILES stands by eagerly waiting for FRAN to finish. He tears at his hair in frustration.

NILES

What?

FRAN shakes her head 'no.'

NILES

Mrs. Sheffield, tell me what?

FRAN shakes her head again. CC smiles triumphantly and heads off toward the kitchen, smirking at Niles as she walks past him.

NILES

Oh bloody hell, you must tell me!

FRAN

Niles, what kind of a back-stabber do you think I am? Miss Babcock entrusted me with a secret and—

FRAN abruptly stops when the kitchen door swings shut. She hands him a newspaper.

FRAN

Personals, page 10.

FADE OUT




INT. KITCHEN – A LITTLE LATER

NILES chuckles over a newspaper in his hand, pacing back and forth behind the counter.

C.C. stands against the refrigerator, embarrassed, grabbing for the paper every time NILES passes and missing each time as he pulls it away at the last second.

NILES (reading from the paper)

'Single, successful 35 year-old woman'

Niles looks straight toward the audience, deadpan expression, then turns his attention to C.C.

NILES

If you're thirty-five, this apron's an Armani.

C.C.

Shut up, you old goat, or I'm going to take that apron and—

NILES

Tsk, tsk, Juliet, I'm not the one who sent in an ad and lied about my gender. Just let me finish. 'Single, successful 35 year-old woman seeks white, well-to-do handsome male, preferably 30-40 years old. No preference regarding divorced, widowed, or single status, but children are not an option.' Oh, Miss Babcock, parents can sniff your kind miles away, especially after that unfortunate occurrence with the oven.

C.C.

Very funny, Brillo, we'll see if you're still laughing when I have a date and you don't.

NILES

Oh, I won't be able to laugh. I'll be too busy inflating him for you.

C.C.

Oh, you mean you won't get winded? You are rather out of shape.

(OFFSTAGE) MAXWELL

C.C.! I need you!

NILES

Ohh, don't you wish.

C.C. exits.

NILES picks up the phone and dials.

NILES (INTO PHONE)

Yes, Richard? Hello, it's Niles. Listen, remember that favor you owe me?

FADE OUT




INT. OFFICE – THE NEXT DAY

MAXWELL sits at his desk looking over papers. NILES paces back and forth past the door, still upset about the "new" butler. C.C. sits on the couch when her cellular phone rings.

C.C.

C.C. Babcock. Hello… you're responding to my ad?

C.C. sticks her tongue out at NILES, who stands in the doorway, feigning shock.

C.C.

Why yes, Richard, Friday sounds wonderful. I'll be waiting. Ciao.

C.C. hangs up here phone and looks very satisfied with herself.

NILES

Oh, but he doesn't know what you look like. Did you tell him you'll be the one with the five o'clock shadow?

MAXWELL

Niles! C.C. was just asked out on a date. Can't you at least pretend you're happy for her?

NILES

Oh, I'm ecstatic, sir. I'll have to take one less trip to the liquor store this week.

C.C.

Oh, Niles, that's wonderful! It will give you the time to take another trip to "Dustbusters 'R Us."

MAXWELL

Stop it!

NILES/C.C.

What?

MAXWELL SHAKES HIS HEAD.

MAXWELL

Niles, just—just, well, just go mope somewhere else!

NILES EXITS, MUTTERING

FADE OUT




INT. MANHATTAN DELI -- AFTERNOON

NILES AND RICHARD SIT AT A TABLE DRINKING COFFEE.

RICHARD

So, what is it I'm supposed to do?

NILES

The whole reason she wanted to start dating someone is so she can drag him to this big to-do for the biggest producers in the country. The first thing you'll have to do is pretend that you're old money, not new money. Just inheriting all that money from your lonely old employer doesn't make you her dream date, it has to be old money.

RICHARD

Ohh, Niles, you're just mad because you're so far down on Sheffield's list while I had the luck to serve under a very wealthy man with no family to speak of.

NILES

This isn't about me, you fool. Now, the second thing you have to do is make her like you enough so that she wants to take you to this ball. Then, at the ball, your favor to me is going to be repaid. You will make C.C. Babcock the laughing stock of the entertainment community.

RICHARD

And how am I supposed to do that?

NILES

You'll think of something. Just make her really like you beforehand so it makes it that much worse.

FADE OUT




INT. FOYER – FIRDAY NIGHT

Doorbell rings. NILES enters to answer it, revealing RICHARD, dressed in suit and tie. Niles silently gives a thumbs-up to RICHARD, who returns the gesture.

NILES

Miss Babcock! Your rent-a-man is here!

Enter C.C. in a long-sleeved black v-neck dress. NILES'S jaw drops. Richard stares.

NILES

That dress is incredible…

C.C. LOOKS AT HIM, SURPRISED. NILES SHAKES HIS HEAD TO CLEAR IT. HE SHIFTS HIS WEIGHT, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COVER UP HIS COMMENT.

NILES

…you made it over to the good-will shelter even with that busy car-chasing schedule?

C.C.

Niles, not that I care enough that I must inform you, but this dress is a Versace.

RICHARD still stares at C.C. He swallows audibly.

RICHARD

Niles, was it? Why don't you cut the lady a break? She's obviously way out of your league.

NILES glares at RICHARD.

NILES

Just be careful, uh, Richard was it? Her kind has been known to eat their partners after mating.

C.C.

We're off, Niles, don't wait up.

NILES glares at RICHARD as RICHARD and C.C. exit.

NILES slams the door behind them.

FADE OUT




INT. FOYER – LATER THAT NIGHT

NILES sneaks down the stairs, dressed in robe and slippers. He looks out the window expectantly.

MAXWELL comes up behind Niles quietly.

MAXWELL

Niles!

NILES yelps, jumping.

NILES

Sir!

MAXWELL

Niles, are you waiting for C.C. to come back from her date?

NILES

Of course not! I'm looking at that house across the street. They got a new gardener and I'm just looking at his mums.

MAXWELL smiles and crosses his arms.

MAXWELL

At one o'clock in the morning?

NILES

They look better at night.

MAXWELL

Right.

C.C. and RICHARD stand outside the door as MAXWELL and NILES watch. They appear very happy as they kiss goodnight.

C.C. reaches for the door.

NILES yanks it open, causing C.C. to tumble into him. NILES catches her, startled.

C.C.

Ooomph. Goodnight, Richard, I had such a wonderful time.

RICHARD

As did I. Goodnight, my beauty.

C.C. watches him leave, smiling stupidly even several moments after RICHARD has left, still in NILES'S arms.

NILES looks after him as well, pouting.

MAXWELL

So, C.C., it looks as if you've found yourself a date for the ball.

NILES and C.C. finally realize their relative positions and repel away from each other with a glare. C.C. quickly recovers at the thought of RICHARD.

C.C. (dreamily)

He's wonderful.

MAXWELL

Well, I'm glad you had fun.

NILES stomps up the stairs.

C.C.

What's with him?

MAXWELL

He's, um, tired.

C.C.

Oh.

THEY EXIT.


"COLLAGE" OF SAPPY SCENES WITH C.C. AND RICHARD ENJOYING THEMSELVES AND NILES BEING MISERABLE:

INT. MANHATTAN DELI – EARLY AFTERNOON

NILES sits with RICHARD drinking coffee.

NILES

Richard, what are you doing?!?

RICHARD

What? You wanted me to make her love me so that when I embarrassed her at the ball, it would be that much worse.

NILES

Did you bloody have to woo her like this?

RICHARD NILES
(simultaneously)
What's so wrong with showing somebody a nice time? I'm actually starting to enjoy myself, okay? And no matter what you say, I'm going to keep on dating her because— I can't believe you would take this so seriously, Richard. I ask you to do so seriously, Richard. I ask you to do one little thing for me, and you take it... I can't believe it. I don't even want to do this anymore. It's wrong because it's her big night and because—

RICHARD/NILES (together)

I like her, okay!?!

NILES and RICHARD stare at each other in shock. NILES sighs, hurt expression on his face. He puts his head in his hands.

RICHARD

Niles, I had no idea. If I'd known, I never would have gone out with her. Why would you want to hurt some poor woman like you're planning on hurting C.C. if you have feelings for her?

NILES (exasperated)

Because I didn't know I had feelings for her. I was setting her up for the prank of the century and then I saw how happy she is with you and I realized that I wanted her to be that happy because of me instead.

NILES stands up.

NILES

Richard, just keep making her happy. That's all I want. Have fun at the ball.

NILES walks toward the door.

RICHARD

Niles, I can't take her away from you. I won't do that.

NILES exits.

RICHARD pulls out a cell phone and dials.

RICHARD

Hiya C.C. Listen, I need to talk to you right away. Can you meet me at the deli off Broadway? Right, you know the one. See you in a few.

FADE OUT




INT. LIVING ROOM – LATER THAT AFTERNOON

NILES slumps on the couch, staring at the television.

C.C. lets herself in, fuming.

C.C.

NILES! How could you?

C.C. slams the door as NILES looks up at her.

NILES (suspiciously)

What did Richard tell you?

C.C.

He told me that you had him answer my ad just so he could humiliate me at the ball! All for your sick pleasure! And to think I actually fell for him!

NILES stands and advances toward her.

NILES

Miss Babcock, that's the way it started out, but Richard fell for you as well and was planning on taking you to the ball honestly. You have to understand, this isn't his fault.

C.C.

Isn't his fault!? This is his fault almost as much as it is yours! To think he was dating me, even at first, under those kind of pretenses.

NILES

Miss Babcock, it's not his fault. You can't imagine how sorry I am, how sorry we both are—

C.C.

Cut the crap, Niles, Richard is out of the picture, and you, you hurtful, horrible servant, have pulled your last prank on C.C. Babcock. I never want to see your disgusting form again.

C.C. storms back out of the house.

NILES (quietly)

I'm sorry.

FADE OUT




INT. KITCHEN – MORNING

NILES lumbers around the kitchen, distressed.

MAXWELL stomps down the back stairs angrily.

MAXWELL (roaring)

Niles, I don't know what you did, but you had better make my ex-business partner seriously reconsider her ex-ness or I'm going to fire the bloody pants off of you!

NILES

She quit??

MAXWELL

Yes, and I was bloody well hoping you could tell me why!

NILES

I hurt her rather badly, sir.

MAXWELL (venomously)

Fix it.

MAXWELL EXITS.

ENTER FRAN.

FRAN

Niles, sweetie, why are you so down in the dumps today?

FRAN SITS NEXT TO HIM.

NILES

I did something horrible to Miss Babcock.

FRAN

Oh my God, you mean worse than usual? What did you do, screw up her chances with Richard?

NILES

Something like that.

FRAN

Niles, tell me what you did to her and I can help you fix it.

NILES (hesitatingly)

Richard is a friend of mine and I kind of had him respond to Miss Babcock's ad as part of a joke. He was supposed to go with her to the ball and embarrass her in front of everyone.

FRAN

Oooh, that is pretty mean, even for you. Now Niles, not that I'm condoning that kind of behavior, but that just sounds like a few notches up from your normal Miss Babcock Torture. You are the last person I'd expect to feel bad about doing that to her.

NILES

Oh, Mrs. Sheffield, she was so angry with me and that's never really happened before. We argue all the time, but that's just the way we communicate. What am I going to do?

FRAN

Well you better think of something, mister, because Max is going to have a coronary if he doesn't get Miss Babcock back working for him. So really, why are you so upset? I would think you'd be the happiest guy around pulling off something like that. Are you sad because you got caught?

NILES

I realized that I didn't want to do something like that to her and I aborted the mission, so to speak.

FRAN

Niles, what has come over you? Not wanting to go through with a prank on Miss Babcock? Meanwhile, she and Richard were looking pret-ty happy together—

NILES CRINGES.

FRAN NOTICES THIS AND HER EYES GO WIDE WITH A REALIZATION.

FRAN

Oh, now wait a minute! Niles, you were jealous!

NILES BOLTS UPRIGHT.

NILES

Was not!

FRAN STANDS AND WALKS AROUND HIM WITH A SATISFIED LOOK, WAVING HER FINGER AT HIM.

FRAN

Were so! Max told me about how you waited up for Miss Babcock when she was out with Richard. You couldn't stand to let Richard go out with her.

NILES (sputtering)

Well of course not! He was falling in love with her! She was falling in love with him!

FRAN OPENS HER MOUTH WIDE IN SHOCK.

NILES SMACKS HIS FOREHEAD, REALIZING HIS ADMISSION.

FRAN

You know, Niles, if Miss Babcock knew that the reason you gave up on your plans was because you have feelings for her, maybe she wouldn't go so hard on you.

NILES

Oh, Mrs. Sheffield, I could never do that. She would throw it my face and consider it a triumph; a way for her to get back at me for what I've done.

FRAN

Niles, she's not going to do that. She cares about you just as much as you care for her. Just be the bigger man here and tell her how you feel. It's the only way you both are gonna be able to work through this.

NILES CHUCKLES.

NILES

No, I think Miss Babcock will be the bigger man no matter what.

FRAN LAUGHS AND HITS HIM IN THE SHOULDER.

FRAN

You might want to leave that little point out of your conversation.

FRAN HUGS NILES AND EXITS.

NILES sits at the counter, playing with the silverware until his eye catches on aN OLD newspaper. He picks the newspaper up, fumbles a few pages and his eyes settle on the middle of one of the pages. He gets up to grab the phone and dials.

NILES (in a slightly disguised voice)

Hello, I'm looking for Miss C.C. Babcock. Oh, hello! I was wondering, well, I uh, I saw your ad in the paper a few weeks ago and I was terribly shy about it until today. I was hoping that perhaps you haven't been snatched up yet and I might be able to take you out?

C.C'S APARTMENT – CONTINUOUS

C.C.

As cute as you sound, mister, I'm going to have to pass. I'm not taking responses to that ad anymore. Thank you anyway.

KITCHEN – CONTINUOUS

NILES fumbles with the silverware more.

NILES

You sound awfully sad, Miss, might I ask what's bothering you?

(switch between KITCHEN and C.C.'S APARTMENT every few lines)

C.C.

You wouldn't understand.

NILES

Try me.

C.C.

A man I've been around since before I can remember hurt me very badly and I never want to see him again.

NILES

He can't be all that bad. He has to care about you or else what he did couldn't possibly hurt you that much.

C.C.

He doesn't care about anyone besides himself.

NILES

Please, would you meet me? Maybe I can help you. Just meet me once.

C.C.

I suppose it can't hurt anymore than I'm already hurt.

NILES

Great, how about the Starbucks near Times Square at 10 PM?

C.C.

Yes, that sounds fine. Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't get your name.

NILES

Um, Dave.

NILES hangs up the phone and bounds up the stairs.

FADE OUT




INT. STARBUCKS – 10 PM

C.C. waits at a table in the back, eagerly looking at each customer as they enter.

NILES enters, carrying a rose.

C.C. visibly recoils as NILES approaches her. SHE STANDS TO MEET HIM.

C.C.

Niles, what are you doing here!? I told you I never wanted to see you again!

NILES

Miss Babcock, I can explain—

C.C.

You don't have the luxury of explaining! Besides, I'm waiting for someone.

NILES (in "Dave's" voice)

Dave sends his apologies.

C.C.'S eyes widen and she places her hands on her hips.

C.C.

You venomous cretin! How dare you trick me like that?

NILES (frustrated)

Will you just be silent, woman!? The reason I needed to talk to you is because I didn't get the chance to tell you something important.

NILES MOTIONS FOR C.C. TO SIT AND HE DOES AS WELL.

NILES

The reason Richard told you all of this and the reason we decided not to go through with the prank is because I told him I was jealous of him.

C.C.

And this affects me… how?

NILES looks out the window, hesitating.

NILES

I was jealous of him because he… he got to hold you in his arms and I couldn't. After all those years of torturing each other, I thought I could get back at you once and for all and it backfired, Miss Babcock, it totally backfired. He was out with you and I had to stand by and watch him sweep you off your feet when I didn't want anything else more than that for myself.

C.C. looks at NILES, shocked. NILES hands her the rose, which C.C. looks at absently.

C.C.

Niles, I just don't know if I can forgive you for something like this.

NILES

I understand.

NILES rises to leave.

C.C. twirls the rose in her fingers. The thorn pierces her forefinger, which emits a drop of blood.

NILES notices the blood and moves to take her hand.

NILES

Oh, damn those thorns, let me help.

NILES presses a napkin to her skin and looks up at her. Their eyes lock.

NILES

It's amazing how something so vicious-looking is capable of piercing through tough skin so deftly that it ends up mingling with the very life of that which it pierces.

C.C LOOKS AWAY THROUGH THE WINDOW.

NILES

I'm sure it doesn't mean to hurt. I'm sure both the thorn and the skin are willing enough to disregard the hurt for the sake of the life they share.

C.C. looks back down at their joined hands.

C.C.

But what if the skin has been stuck by the thorn so many times that this time the skin is so hurt and punctured It can't take any more?

NILES

Then the rose is much more than willing to have its thorn torn off, no matter how maliciously, just so that its petals may help the skin to heal and the skin and petals can relish the softness and life of the other.

NILES takes C.C.'s finger, which has stopped bleeding, and places it against the petals of the rose, softly caressing her skin.

C.C. withdraws her hand and places it against NILES'S cheek. NILES burrows the side of his face into her palm and his eyebrows furrow with his emotion.

C.C.

This might take me a while to get over, Niles.

NILES

Are you saying you're willing to try?

C.C. stands, pulling NILES with her. She softly kisses his lips. NILES carefully returns the kiss.

They exit hand in hand.

FADE OUT




INT. L.A. BALLROOM – EVENING

FRAN and MAXWELL dance across the floor, stopping to let GRACE join in.

BRIGHTON follows various girls around AND IS rebuffed by each one.

MAGGIE looks dreamily at a young man as he asks her to dance.

C.C. and NILES enter. FRAN AND MAXWELL greet them.

MAXWELL

So, C.C., I see you've found that special man to impress all the Hollywood Bigwigs.

C.C.

Hardly, Maxwell. I just couldn't come here without a date. Since he owes me big, I figured I'd risk coming with the domestic, hoping to play him off as a rich businessman. He is sooo good at tricking people, you know.

NILES hangs his head shamefully, visibly holding in his retorts. FRAN pats him on the shoulder.

FRAN (TO NILES)

It's okay, sweetie. Once she gets over it, that Jewish-like buzz of guilt going on in your stomach will be history.

C.C.

Not if I can help it, Nanny Fine. Come, Servant Boy, let me introduce you to Steven Spielberg. Remember, your name is Dave and you're an investment banker.

C.C. takes NILES'S hand and leads him away from FRAN and MAXWELL. NILES shrugs as he is led away.

MAXWELL

Did we ever find out what Niles did to her?

FRAN

No, but judging by the looks of those two, I think he's still "doin' it" to her quite often.

MAXWELL (embarrassed)

Fran…

FRAN wraps her arms around MAXWELL'S neck.

FRAN

Yeaaaah?

MAXWELL

You know, it's quite late, I think I'm getting sleepy.

FRAN

Uhm, yeah, I think I'm getting sleepy too. The kids won't be up for an hour or so, right?

MAX nods. MAXWELL and FRAN carefully look to see if anyone is watching. They then quickly exit the room.

FADE OUT





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