'The Nanny' and all its characters all belong to Fran Drescher and co. I am not stealing them, just borrowing them, and I promise to take very good care of them, and not to return them in a condition not fit for the next person to use. Something like that anyway.......



What Can I Do

by

Jenny Reynolds
(jenny-reynolds@lineone.co.uk)




ND

Fran sat, red-eyed, in front of her mirror. The bags under her eyes were huge now, the tell-tale sign that she hadn't slept since that night. And since that night, she and Max had hardly spoken to each other, not really talked.

'I should be used to it now, ' she thought, 'He's always doing this to me. But why? What is it that I'm doing wrong?'

She loved him. Everyone knew it. And at times she even though Max knew it, but if he did, why would he treat her like he did? Fran had tried every possible scenario and outfit to try and get him, to get him to open up, and tell her he loved her more than anything. Or at least tell her he cared. She had even tried to talk to him about Sarah, to try and talk him through the pain, but nothing had worked. She was still alone.

'That's it.' she resolved, 'I can't take this anymore. He keeps hurting me, and I'm just gonna let him go, no matter how much it may hurt. I might even feel better about myself, if I stop trying so hard, if I stop hoping that one day, the impossible might happen.'

So she decided, she wasn't going to wait for him, she'd live her life, date guys, and hope the constant pain inside her would go away. The fights between her and Max would come and go, but she'd stop trying to snag him, and save herself the pain.

But there was still nothing that she wanted to say to him. And in her resolution to let him go, she felt, in some weird way, a sense of calmness wash over her. The power for a relationship between them wasn't hers, but his. And if he wanted her, he knew where to find her.

But despite the resolution, she still wanted him. And on all of her subsequent dates, she was still wandering what she had to change between them to make their relationship work. After all, she still was in love with him. And that wasn't going to change.



The End




The idea for this came from the Corrs song "What can I Do". I used the idea that Max was always hesitant to start a relationship with Fran quite early on, and I wondered what might have happened if Fran just decided to stop 'chasing' him, and leave him be.

I've included the song words for your entertainment

I haven't slept at all in days
Its been so long since we've talked
And I have been here many times
I just don't know what I'm doing wrong

What can I do to make you love me
What can I do to make you care
What can I say to make you feel this
What can I do to get you there

There's only so much I can take
And I just gotta let it go
And who knows I might feel better
If I don't try and I don't hope

What can I do to make you love me
What can I do to make you care
What can I say to make you feel this
What can I do to get you there		 No more waiting
No more aching
No more fighting
No more trying

Maybe there's nothing more to say
And in a funny way I'm calm
Because the power is not mine
I'm just gonna let it fly

What can I do to make you love me
What can I do to make you care
What can I say to make you feel this
What can I do to get you there

What can I do to make you love me
What can I do to make you care
What can I change to make you feel this
What can I do to get you there



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