AN: This is probably my one and only Get Smart fic, so enjoy... It's my take on the episode in which 99 leaves Control to get married.

Gertrude

"99?"

"Yes Max?"

"My name's Maxwell Smart, and my Control number is 86." He stated, pausing as if trying to wrap his head around a difficult concept.

"That's right, Max" She agreed smiling.

"And your number is 99"

"You know that Max" she agreed again, still waiting to see what the point of the conversation was.

"And your name is 99 too?" he asked "That doesn't seem fair. I have to remember a name and a number and you just have to remember a number"

"Oh Max" she groaned "My name isn't 99."

"But you told me your name wasn't Susan, it was 99. You lied to me" he whined, pathetically.

"Oh Max" she groaned again "My name isn't Susan, but it isn't 99 either, that's my number, like you"

"Oh. Right" Max accepted and the pair continued to drive in silence for a moment on their way back to Control headquarters after yet another case.

"Err, 99?" He asked again "What is your name?" The dark haired woman next to him smiled broadly.

"Gertrude" She told him with a sigh, she much preferred 99.

"Of course it is" Max agreed falling silent.

"Max?" she questioned several minutes later when he had made no further comment.

"Um, Gertie... no Gertrude" he corrected "What is your surname?"

"Hilton" She confirmed as they pulled up in front of Control headquarters "But I'd prefer it to be Smart" she replied coyly, stepping from the car, leaving Max gaping confusedly.

"And Max" She said turning around "Gertie's fine"

"Actually" he began having caught up to her on the sidewalk "I think I prefer 99"

"As you wish, Max" she acquiesced, it was always one step forward two steps back with their personal relationship she thought wryly, why couldn't he just see her as Gertrude Hilton affectionate, caring and feminine; not the talented Control Agent 99.