"Some Enchanted Movie"

by

IvanaBgood

It was a typical Saturday morning. Everyone was seated at the dining table eating their breakfast. Everyone, but Brighton, who was picking his food, deep in thought.

Fran: "Okay B, what’s going on?"

Brighton: "What are you talking about?"

Fran: "Even Gracie has out eaten you this morning! What are you hiding?"

Brighton: "Nothing! I’m just not hungry."

Everybody stops chewing and looks at him incredulously.

Brighton: "Okay! I’m flunking my Art Appreciation class!"

Fran: "B, how could you?! Didn’t our day at the Museum a couple weeks ago teach you anything?"

Brighton: "Fran, it was a Children’s Museum and it was Finger-Painting Day!"

Fran: "Meanwhile my picture turned out fabulous and I got a happy face sticker from the instructor. I told Ma I missed my calling."

Maggie: Taunts, "Brighton’s going to summer school. Brighton’s going to summer school."

Brighton: "I am not! My teacher said I could bring up my grade by doing a class project. I’m going to write, direct, and film a movie."

Max: "That’s my boy! You show that teacher what we Sheffields are made of! And if you need any help…."

Brighton: "Funny you should ask Dad," bending down to pick up a stack of papers hidden under his chair, "I wrote each of you a part in my movie. Even you Miss Babcock."

CC: "What?! You have got to be kidding! There is no way…"

Max: "I would count it as a personal favor CC."

CC: "…I would miss it! Of course, I’ll help you…B…B…Brenton," taking her script from the boy.

Niles: Perusing his script, "Wait a minute! My name is Dudley and I’m married to Airhead Jordan over there!"

CC: "There is no way I’m going to be in a movie with the name Fifi. I sound like a damn French Poodle for pete’s sake!"

Niles: "Oh, you always sound like a French Poodle. Come on, speak!"

CC: Glares at Niles.

Fran: "Hey, how come those two get to be the main characters and me and your dad have these teeny tiny parts?"

Brighton: You guys are very important to the story. You two play a married couple who are their best friends/neighbors/landlords.

Fran: "Oh my god, I’m Ethel Mertz!"

Maggie: "I play a shy plain niece who can’t get a date? Brighton, you worm!"

Brighton: "I was just trying to be helpful. That way you don’t have to act, just do what you normally do."

Max: "Brighton!"

Brighton: "Kidding! I’m kidding! You’re the beautiful niece orphaned and living with her aunt and uncle. Happy?"

Gracie: "What about me? I don’t see my name anywhere."

Brighton: "Oh…yeah…umm, first, I need you to go down on your hands and knees."

Gracie: "Like this?"

Brighton: "Uh-huh, now wag a pretend tail and bark like Lassie."

Fran: "Brighton! You can’t make your little sister play the family pet!"

Brighton: "Hey, it was a shot! They make great costumes that look very life-like nowadays…"

Max: Brighton! Now you write in a part for your sister."

Brighton: "I tried Dad. But the only part left is for a baby."

CC: "A BABY?!"

Brighton: "Yeah…you and Niles have started a family….you think we can borrow one from a nearby Child Care Center or something?"

Fran: "B, you can’t just borrow a baby from total strangers! Although….I just heard that Val’s neighbor’s sister’s college roommate’s second cousin just had a baby girl six months ago. We can probably use her. I’m sure her mom would love to get free babysitting."

Brighton: "Great! Okay, here’s the story. Niles plays a doctor who gets sent to work in a small town in Alaska. He pretends to be gay so he can room in with CC who plays this sexy, intelligent lady running her own Private Detective Agency using a fictitious man’s name as a front. Maggie is a simple country girl whose family is killed in a freak farming accident and so has to leave the only home she knows, that her Pa built with his own two hands, out in the prairie. She travels to Alaska where she shares an apartment with Niles who is also a great chef and CC who use to work in a flower shop before starting her own business. Fran you play this mom with big blue hair and a funny voice. Dad you work at this Nuclear Power Plant, you’re not very smart, but you have three kids. A baby girl, an overachieving saxophone-playing daughter, and a smart-mouth son who is always getting into trouble. What do you think?"

Fran: "B, you just plagiarized practically the whole Nick at Nite!"

Brighton: "I did not!"

Fran: "Listen, you’re talking to the Great Oz of 70’s and 80’s sitcoms. You just described ‘Northern Exposure,’ ‘Remington Steele,’ ‘Three’s Company,’ ‘Little House in the Prairie," and ‘The Simpsons.’

Brighton: Hanging his head, "Okay, you’re right."

Fran: "When is this assignment due?"

Brighton: "Monday."

Max: "MONDAY! Today is Wednesday, that’s 6 days away! Young man, you march yourself up to your room and don’t come out until you have a decent script in your own words or I will send you to military school this time!"

Brighton: "Yes, Dad." Gathers all the scripts from everyone and goes up the backstairs to his room.

             time passes by…Brighton hard at work, trying to save himself from a crewcut fate…

That night at dinner, Brighton wolfs his food down with relish, a big relieved smile on his face.

Fran: "Okay, hand over the script."

Brighton: Passes the script to her, grinning. "I think I did a pretty good job."

Fran: Reads the script outloud to everyone. "A widower, (Niles), with three beautiful daughters, (Maggie, Gracie, and the baby), discovers an attractive woman, (CC), in a wedding gown lying on the side of the road on their way to their ranch. Her dress is sullied and torn, she’s bruised and shaken, suffering from amnesia. He takes her in and with the help of their friendly well-meaning neighbors, (Fran and Max), get to the bottom of the mystery. B, this is great, I don’t recognize any sitcoms in this one!"

Max: "Congratulations Brighton!"

Brighton: "Thanks! Here are your scripts. Please memorize them, we start filming tomorrow. Dad, I need a ranch for my movie."

Max: "No problem son. Niles will call around tonight and I’ll just rent one for a few days. It’s a good thing you children are on holiday from school."

Fran: "Wow! My dad threw a fit when he had to go out and buy me more popsicle sticks for the fort I had to make for my school project. But here, son wants a ranch for his movie, and just like that, son gets a ranch for his movie." Snapping her fingers.

Niles: "So what grade did you get on your project?"

Fran: "Oh, a low one, I turned it in late. My Ma kept taking it apart to lick the sticks."

Niles: Chuckles as he makes his way to the phone, in search of an available ranch to rent.

The next day they all pile in the limousine on their way to the countryside. Everyone in high spirits at the unexpected outing. Fran and the kids sing Striesand songs and Niles mixes drinks for CC, Maxwell, and himself.

CC: Reading her script suddenly spits out her whiskey. "I have kissing scenes with Niles?!"

Brighton: "Sure. There’s an underlying sexual tension between the two of you, that you both fight against. Good idea, huh? It just came to me."

CC: "Maxwell, there is no way I can go through with this."

Max: "Oh come on CC, please? It’s just acting. You can do it."

CC: Melting under Maxwell’s smile and charm, slowly agrees.

Max: "You don’t hear Niles complaining do you?"

Niles: "Oh no sir. I don’t mind."

CC: "You don’t?!"

Niles: "No. After all, I know for a fact that you have all your shots. I gave you the one for rabies just yesterday."

CC: "What? I thought that was a mosquito last night!"

Niles: "Buzz, buzz."

CC: "Niles!"

Niles: "Calm down, I’m only kidding Fifi." He looks over his script. "Master Brighton, why is my character’s name also Niles?"

Brighton: "I figured it would make it easier for everyone if I used their real names. But if you don’t want to, you can make up another one. Niles is a pretty prissy name for a rancher anyhow."

Niles: "I beg your pardon. Niles isn’t a prissy name, it’s classy."

CC: "Don’t you mean classless!" laughs at her own joke.

Niles: Scowling at CC, "I know just the right name for my character. It’s manly and easily rolls off the tongue. Which is something most men can’t say about you. And it describes me perfectly."

CC: "Oh yeah, what?"

Niles: "Dirk Diggler."

CC: Spits out the rest of her whiskey right at Niles’ face. She tries to talk, but is laughing too hard. Finally she gets it out, "YOU, Dirk Diggler! In your dreams!"

Niles: "I’ll have you know that I was quite a catch in my day."

CC: "Was that before or after Eve took your rib?"

Niles: Smiles, conceding the round to her.

CC: "I’ve got it! Why don’t you call yourself Daniel?"

Niles: Studies her, wondering if she was about to make a ‘Daniel Boone’ joke, but no, she was being sincere. "Hmmm….Daniel…Danny…Dan. Yes, I like that. Just call me Dan the cattle-branding man." He squints his eyes and gives his best Clint Eastwood impersonation.

CC: "Oh brother. I think all this fresh air is getting to you."

Niles: "And you should be called Lauren."

CC: "Lauren. Why Lauren?"

Niles: "Oh, I don’t know. I’ve always liked that name. A pretty name for a pretty….ummm…bride that you are suppose to be in the movie." ‘Whew, that was a close one,’ Niles thinks to himself, ‘this fresh air *is* getting to me.’

The limousine finally pulls up to the ranch house and everyone comes tumbling out, eager to stretch their legs. Fran cuddles the baby that they borrowed and will be taking care of, giving the baby’s single mom a well needed vacation.

As soon as everyone settles down, Brighton quickly gets down to business.

Brighton: "Okay everyone in their places. Niles this is the part where you carry in Miss Babcock after discovering her in a state of delirium at the side of the road. And…ACTION!"

Niles: "Girls, open the door to the house for me." Gently lifts up the unconscious woman and carries her to the guest room. He calls the doctor to come over so he can examine the mystery woman. Dan takes a warm washcloth and quietly wipes the grime off her face. "She’s beautiful, but who is she? And why of all places would she be lying on the side of a dirt road out in the middle of nowhere?" He murmurs to himself. Dozens of other questions fill his head as he admires her high cheek bones and her soft alabaster skin.

CC: Her eyes open slowly, her vision a little blurred. Finally able to focus, she notices a total stranger sitting next to her. Her attention immediately is drawn to the concerned look encased in brilliant blue eyes. He was attractive in an understated way. His looks didn’t bowl a woman over, but sort of sneaked up on her, she mused. In fact she was just noticing his reddish blonde hair combed away from his wide, lined forehead. "Who are you?"

Niles: "Dan Davis, Ma’am, and you are?"

CC: "I’m….uhh…I’m….I can’t seem to remember. That’s odd, how can I forget my own name?"

The doctor, (Brighton), enters the scene and gives the woman a very thorough examination.

CC: ‘The little pervert, those hands of his got a bit too familiar with my body. If he tries that again, I’ll use ‘The Force’ on the junior George Lucas.’

Brighton: "You seem to be suffering from a mild case of amnesia. You hit your head against something and twisted your ankle. But don’t worry, everything will come back to you and I’m sure your family is looking for you too. Meanwhile, rest, recuperate. Dan here will take good care of you."

They went through many scenes. Dan introducing his daughters, carrying the baby carefully in his arms.

CC: "She’s beautiful. All of your daughters are very beautiful. You and your wife are truly blessed."

Niles: His smile vanishes, shoulders sag, and gives the baby a close embrace, like he was drawing strength from the baby’s nearness.
"My wife died during labor, Ma’am."

CC: "Oh, I’m so sorry….may I…may I hold her?" Reaching for the baby.

Niles: Carefully puts the baby in her arms.

CC: Looking down at the sweet cherubic expression on the baby’s face, makes her smile even more.

Niles: Draws in a breath as the woman becomes even more radiantly beautiful when she smiled.

CC: "Aww, this baby is so sweet." CC coos at the baby, making funny little faces at her, and taking in the smell of baby powder. Placing a light kiss on her nose. This wasn’t in the script, but the gesture was irresistible.

Niles: ‘She looks good holding that baby in her arms. In fact, I’ve never seen her more beautiful than she is now, as she plays with that baby.’ He walks over and places his arm around CC as they both coo at the infant.

Brighton: "Cut! Niles, you weren’t suppose to do that!"

Niles: "Oops, sorry." He forgot the role he was playing for a second and just felt the need to snuggle with CC and the baby. "Let’s break for lunch. I brought a picnic basket filled with all sorts of goodies."

Brighton didn’t need to be told again. Like all growing teenagers, he was always hungry.

CC: "Isn’t she adorable?" she bends down and kisses the baby’s cheek, loving the touch of her soft skin, the total trust in the baby’s eyes.

Fran: "Here you go Miss Babcock, I’ll take her off your hands. She has a ba ba all warmed up and waiting for her."

CC: "Oh, I’ll feed her Nanny Fine. Just hand me her bottle."

Fran: Surprise clearly showing on her face, "Okay, Miss Babcock, here’s her lunch. Just let me know when you need help."

CC: "We’ll be fine, won’t we, yes we will, yes we will," CC coos at baby Kate as she adjusts her hold on her.

Niles: Stands there, taking in the whole scene. Who would have thought that Miss Babcock would bond so quickly with the baby. Sitting down next to her on the bed, Niles watches her feed Kate. "You look good with a baby in your arms."

CC: Looks up and gives Niles a smile. "I know I probably seem like I have no maternal instinct whatsoever when it comes to Maxwell’s children, but now it feels like time is passing me by and I’ll never have one of my very own." She says the last part of the sentence in a sad whisper. Looking down at the baby, cuddling her close to her bosom. A faint tear threatens to roll down her face.

Niles: Concerned, "Miss Babcock, what’s wrong? You have plenty of time to have a baby. It will happen."

CC: Shakes her head. "No, I’ve already resigned myself to the fact that I will be childless. I’m over forty and no prospective husband in sight."

Niles: "That’s because you’re not looking carefully enough."

CC: "Hmm…what do you mean?"

Niles: Sighs, "Oh, nothing." And walks away.

CC: Picks up the baby to burp her and her gaze follows Niles as he walks out the front door. Getting up off the bed, she walks past Nanny Fine in the kitchen feeding Maxwell some grapes.

Maggie: "Could I hold the baby now?"

CC: "Uh…sure, you need to burp her though." Hands Kate to Maggie and proceeds to walk out the door.

CC takes in the scenery, enjoying the blue sky and the miles of land stretched as far as the eyes can see. Not a skyscraper in sight. Her eyes alighting on a lone figure sitting under a tree by a babbling brook.

Niles: Deep in thought. ‘Much as I love the Sheffields, I don’t want to be a butler for the rest of my life. I turned down the chance to become a professional singer all those years ago. It would have been fun traveling all over the country, but then I would have had to leave her behind, wouldn’t I.
I’m getting on in years. Nothing to show for it. She’ll never notice me. I’ve got to get that through my thick head. All these years of waiting for her, for some spark to light up between us. A tight embrace, one soulful kiss, and a very romantic dance…it’s just not enough. What am I going to do?’ he sighs again. Hearing light footsteps approaching, Niles turns his head to see who it was.

CC: "Hello, hello. It’s just spectacular out here isn’t it?" CC stretches her lithesome frame, pulling the kinks out of her legs. "Mmmm, I love the countryside."

Niles: Nods in agreement, not understanding why she was out here, talking to him, when Mr. Sheffield was in the house. Nonetheless he enjoyed watching her contort her body and the sight of her chest heaving as she took a deep breath.

CC: Not sure what to say next, she sits down next to Niles, pulling a blade of grass from the ground and nervously plays with it. "Niles, what did you mean back there?"

Niles: "What?" although he knew exactly what she was talking about.

CC: Turns her head and makes eye contact with him. "What did you mean when you said I wasn’t looking carefully enough?"

Niles: Turns his head away and looks at the water as it rushes around the stones in the brook. "Just that all these years the only person you ever saw was Mr. Sheffield. Sighs, "He’s just not the right man for you, but you refuse to see that."

CC: "I know. I realized that a long time ago."

Niles: Whipping his head towards her, "What? What do you mean you realized it a long time ago? Not a day goes by that you don’t flirt with the man."

CC: "I don’t flirt with him. I compliment him, yes, but flirting, no, that’s not who I flirt with."

Niles: His eyes questioningly travels all over her face. Her face, he knew it so well. From her red luscious lips to her pert little nose to her exquisite emerald eyes. "Who do you flirt with?"

CC: Reaches over and gently places her hand on his cheek, "You, I flirt with you. All those insults we trade off, day in and day out, all that was foreplay, didn’t you know?"

Niles: Incredulous, "Me, you flirt with me? Foreplay? Miss Babcock, I don’t understand."

CC: "Oh god, Niles, how many more years do I have to invest in this relationship?! And damn it, call me CC!"

Niles: "Ummm…okay…CC….are you saying what I think you’re saying?"

CC: "WHY ARE MEN SO DENSE?! Do I have to be the first one to say it, Niles, do I?"

Niles: Hoping beyond hope that this wasn’t some cruel trick she was playing on him, Niles realizes it’s now or never. He glances down and picks up her hand, taking the twisted piece of grass she held and dropping it to the ground.
Loving the sensation of her hand in his, he gives it a gentle squeeze and looks at her. His eyes searching hers, trying to read her mind. "CC…I….I love you."

CC: Her mouth trembles, she could feel the tears building, and her heart felt like singing.

Niles: Bringing her hands to his lips, he kisses each finger in turn. "I don’t want to live my life like this anymore. I’m not happy. I need you to make my life complete."

CC: Tears streaming down her face. ‘Finally, oh dear god, he’s finally saying the words that I’ve waited so many years to hear.’

Niles: Reaching up with his knuckle, he catches a tear as it fell from her face. Putting the knuckle to his mouth, he tastes the salty sensation that was just a part of her.

CC: Reaches out and wraps her arms around Niles, wanting to hold him and to be held by him.

Niles: Enfolding CC to him, he picks her up and places her on his lap. Their bodies so tenderly close, that each could feel the other’s rapid heartbeat. "How do you feel about me, CC?" he asks, worry etched on his face.

CC wet her dry lips with the tip of her tongue, surprised at how difficult it was to answer him. She never said those words to anyone before. And in fact never heard those sweet words directed towards her. Her body quivering, she met his level gaze and her breath caught in her throat. She had never been looked at with such adoration. She knew she loved him, why can’t she say it?
Watching him, she felt a tenderness that was always missing in her life. A love that she always yearned for ever since she was a child.
"Niles…I…oh Niles, hold me, please just hold me!" she wanted to feel his strong arms around her so much. To feel his love emanate from his body and emerge with hers.

Niles knew CC had a lonely and sad childhood and understood without a shadow of a doubt that she was having a hard time expressing her feelings for him. All he could do was hold her and let her know his love for her was very strong, the strongest that any love can be. Niles waited patiently, but with a worried heart, wanting to hear the same three words from her. As he felt her body stop its trembling, he pulled her away from him slightly. He watched as her eyelids opened and stared with such devotion at him that it shook him to the very core. He knew now that CC did care for him, even though she has not declared it. "CC, do you love me?"

CC, her eyes still glistening with tears, nodded and tightened her embrace.

Niles: "CC, please say it, I need to hear you say it baby."

CC: Her eyes widened at the tenderness in his voice as he pleaded with her. Hearing his endearment, calling her baby, was the key that opened the floodgates to her very soul. "Oh Niles, Niles….I love you too."

Niles felt like a man reborn. "Yahooo!" He picks up CC and twirls her around, both of them laughing with such utter abandonment. He never knew life could be this good! As Niles twirled CC around some more, he stumbled and lost his footing, tumbling them both into the water.

~ SPLASH! ~

Niles: "Are you okay CC?…CC?" Getting worried when she didn’t answer him, her eyes remaining down.

CC: Looks up slowly and seems to be reaching up towards Niles for a hug.

Niles: Smiles and gets closer, when …..~ splash ~….CC picks up a handful of water and gets him right in the face with it!

CC: Laughing gaily, gets up and runs away.

Niles: "Oh no you don’t!" Laughing, tremendously enjoying seeing CC in such a playful mood. He gets up and runs after her, easily catching up and gathers her in his arms. "Ha, gotcha!"

CC: Giggles….

Niles: "And now for your punishment," he carries her into a deeper part of the brook and is about to dump her in.

CC: Eyes widening, still giggling, "Niles, don’t you dare!"

Niles: "Oh, are you daring me?" His eyes devilishly twinkling.

CC: "NO!..No…ummm….," and turns and gives him a soft kiss, trying to wheedle her way out of her predicament

Niles: Enjoying the tender touch of her lips on his own, kissed her back, and looked at her, his eyes still merry, "That’s not going to work woman, you’re still getting dunked!"

CC: "NILES!" she closes her eyes, waiting for the inevitable. Then when nothing happened she breathes a sigh of relief and looks at Niles.

Niles: "Before you get thoroughly soaked I want to ask you something," he smiles.

CC: She looks at him questioningly.

Niles: "CC, will you marry me?"

CC: "What?!"

Niles: "What do you mean, ‘what’? When I ask the woman I love to marry me, that is just not on the Top Ten list of good answers."

CC: Chuckles. "Niles?"

Niles: "Yes?"

CC: "Will you marry me?"

Niles: "Well, hmmm…let me think about it."

CC: "Oh, you!" and slaps him playfully on his shoulder.

Niles: Grinning, he carries her to the grass. "Let me put you down, my arms are falling asleep. You're heavy, must be from all those oats you ate this morning, Mr. Ed."

CC: "Ha! I'm not heavy, you're just a weak old man!" she smirks and gives him a hug.

They both lay there, relaxing, enjoying the heat of the day and the beautiful splendor of their surroundings.

CC: Her head resting on his chest, taking pleasure in the weight of his arms, that were possessively around her. She turns her head and looks up at him, his eyes were closed. "Niles?"

Niles: "Hmmm?"

CC: "Yes."

Niles: His eyes open, not understanding for a brief moment what she was talking about, then smiles broadly in comprehension. Hugging her to him, he gives her a very ardent, toe curling kiss. "So….how does six sound to you?"

CC: "Sex?"

Niles: "Not sex, woman, six!!"

CC: "Six what?"

Niles: "Six children…that’s a nice round even number."

CC: "Not unless you plan on giving birth to the other three!"

Niles: Laughs. He was so happy. No happy wasn’t enough to describe how he felt. Exhilaration, ecstatic, rapturous! All that and more! "Come on, we better head back. I’m sure they’re looking for us."

CC: Takes Niles’ hand as he helps her up. Arms around each other, in compatible silence as they walk back, both lost in their own thoughts. CC was picturing a nursery. An oak crib in the corner with a mobile, lots of stuffed animals, and a rocking chair. And a baby. A precious, angelic baby with her hair and Niles’ sparkling blue eyes. She sighs in pure contentment.

Niles: Looking at her, "What are you thinking about?"

CC: "Our baby. You’ll make a great father."

Niles: His arms tighten around her, kissing the top of her head. "And you will be the best mother in the whole world."

They share one more tender kiss before entering the ranchhouse.

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