Glen Gordon Caron created the characters. They are not mine. This is for entertainment purposes only, not for profit.

Set at the beginning of "When Girls Collide", one of my least favorite episodes. In my humble opinion, this is how it should have been done.

The episode opens with the camera panning up from the pumps of a woman. As the camera keeps panning we hear a voice.

Maddie: "Yes, Annie meet me at the office. You have the address?"

We see Maddie talking on the phone at her home she is obviously excited.

Maddie: "I can't wait to see you."

Maddie hangs up the phone and smiles. Then looks as though she is thinking and frowns.

Fade to black

The elevator door opens and we see the same pumps walk trough the door opening and down a hall. From inside the Blue Moon office we see Maddie open the door.

Maddie: "Good morning Ms. Dipesto."

Agnes: "Morning Ms. Hayes."

Maddie: "Mr. Addison in yet?"

Agnes: "No not yet Ms. Hayes, but you do have someone waiting for you in your office."

Maddie: "A client?"

Agnes: "No, she said she was your cousin."

Maddie looks at her watch. "Already? She's early. I really wanted to…"

Just then the office door opens. David enters. "Good morning ladies."

Agnes: "Good morning Mr. Addison."

Maddie looks at David "Could I please see you in your office?"

Agnes: "But Ms. Hayes, what about…"

Maddie cuts Agnes off. "Would you please tell her I will be with her in a moment?"

Maddie and David enter David's office.

At the same time all of this is going on in the outer office Annie is in Maddie's office looking around. She sits at Maddie's desk and opens a drawer. She is going through some papers and comes across a photo of Maddie and David standing outside a building. The picture that was in the newspaper from the pilot episode.

Annie smiles. "So this is David Addison. I am looking forward to meeting you."

Agnes pokes her head in. "Ms. Hayes will be with you in a moment."

Annie a bit startled, "Thank you."

Meanwhile in David's office. David is sitting at his desk, Maddie is standing.

David: "What's up"

Maddie: "My cousin Annie is here. She's going to be in town for a week."

David: "And?"

Maddie "And I hope that she can have a nice visit without experiencing anything…"

David: "I get it. This is the old 'Behave yourself in front of my family' routine."

Maddie smiles at David.

David: "Don't worry, I'll be on my best behavior."

Maddie: "Thank you."

David looks at Maddie. "I get the feeling that there is more to this."

Maddie: "Well, Annie. I don't know how I should say this."

David: "Try using your mouth and tongue."

Maddie: "We have always been competitive when it comes to men. We were roommates when I lived in New York."

David grins.

Maddie: "What?"

David: "You. You're worried that she will make a play for me."

Maddie: "Why would I be worried about that?"

David grins again.

Maddie: "David, I don't care what you do or who you do it with. You are free to do what you want and you should move on with your life."

David suddenly looks very sad and turns away from Maddie "Well then I don't see where there would be any competition. I mean you and I are not an item and you have no designs on me. I see no reason that you two would compete."

Maddie is a little hurt. "Right. But keep this in mind. She's married."

David: "Then I can see no point in this discussion."

Maddie turns and walks out of David's office. She closes the door behind her and leans on it. "If only I could believe all of that."

Maddie sighs and walks over to her office and opens the door. "Annie it is so good to see you."

Back in David's office.

David: "What is it with her? I mean, we go to Paris, have a good time. We didn't make the naked pretzel or anything, but still a good time. We get back to LA and she's back to the old, "We're pals" routine. And now she's acting jealous over her cousin who I haven't even met yet."

David sits down slowly in his chair. "She didn't mean any of that. She wouldn't have even brought it up if she did."

David sits back in his chair and props his feet on his desk. "Okay Blondie, you want to play games? We'll play games."

David gets up and walks to his door. When he opens the door he sees Maddie and Annie leaving. He doesn't say anything, instead he goes back into his office and shuts the door. "Maddie, Maddie, Maddie are you that insecure? How could you think that I would be interested in someone like that? This is going to be a challenge." David looks to the camera. "I'm gonna deserve an Oscar for this performance."

David walks out of his office and over to Ms. Dipesto's desk. "Ms. Dipesto, do you know where Ms. Hayes and her cousin…"

Agnes: "Annie."

David: "Yes, Annie went?"

Agnes: "Yes, they went shopping and to lunch."

David: "Did she say if they will be back?"

Agnes: "Yeah, in two or three hours."

David nods his head to Ms. Dipesto and walks back into his office and picks up the phone as he sits behind his desk. On the phone. "Yes, I would like to make a reservation for three. Addison. Yes, 8 o'clock sounds great." David hangs up the phone and smiles.

Fade to Black

Two and a half hours later Maddie and Annie come into the Blue Moon office laughing like school girls.

Agnes buzzes David and asks Maddie and Annie. "You two have a good lunch?"

Maddie: "It was great."

Maddie hears David's office door open and turns to him.

Maddie: "Hello David."

David: "Hello"

David walks over to Maddie and Annie. Annie is eyeing David up and down. Maddie notices this and gets a bit aggravated.

Seeing Maddie's reaction, David makes sure to introduce himself to Annie.

David with his hand out and a grin on his face. "David Addison."

Maddie: "This is my cousin I told you about, Annie."

Annie: "I can introduce myself Maddie. Nice to meet you David."

David still grinning. "Do you ladies have any plans for tonight?"

Maddie a little startled by David's question. "Plans? Tonight?"

Annie: "No, we don't have any plans."

David: "How about I take you two out on the town? A little dinner. A little dancing."

Annie: "That sounds great."

Maddie: "Yeah, great."

Annie turns to Maddie. "I think I'll go shopping. I'll see you later. Don't work too hard." Annie turns to David. "It was nice to finally meet you David."

David: "It's nice to finally be met."

Maddie rolls her eyes and Annie leaves the office.

David: "How about eight?"

Maddie: "What?"

David smiles and goes back into his office.

A few seconds later Maddie comes blazing into David's office.

Maddie: "Why are you doing this?"

David sitting at his desk. "What this? Are you referring to?"

Maddie: "This. This asking Annie and I to dinner and dancing?"

David: "What? I can't take my pal and her," He sighs like he is in love. "cousin out to dinner and dancing?"

Maddie: "Did it ever occur to you that maybe Annie and I wanted to do something together. Just the two of us."

David: "I asked if you had any plans. I don't see where…"

Maddie: "Stuff it Addison!" She stomps out of David's office slamming the door behind her.

David leans back in his chair with his hands on his head smiling. "Blondie, this is going to be fun."

Fade to black.

It is exactly eight o'clock at Maddie's house and the door bell rings. Annie, dressed to the nines, answers the door.

Annie: "David, please come in. Maddie is still upstairs. She'll be down in a few minutes."

David glances upstairs. "And she calls me vain."

Annie: "Excuse me?"

David: "Nothing. Maddie is usually on time."

Annie: "Well, the older you get the longer it takes to look… becoming. I'll go tell her we're ready."

David goes into Maddie's living room and sits down. He shakes his head and thinks. "Becoming? What is she talking about. Maddie is the most becoming dame I've ever met." David puts his hands over his face. "How am I going to do this? Not only am I not attracted to Annie. Now, I don't even think I like her."

David hears Maddie and Annie coming down the stairs. He stands up and walks to the stairs. He sees Maddie and thinks to himself, "Becoming. Hell she's gorgeous."

Maddie: "We're ready." David: "Are we ready?

Maddie and David smile at each other.

Fade to black.

At the restaurant, the same one that they went to in "When Girls Collide", David, Maddie and Annie are sitting at a table drinking wine. Maddie and David have been chit-chatting throughout dinner while Annie, much to Maddie's aggravation, has been mostly flirting with David.

Annie asks David to dance. David accepts Annie's invitation, although he had rather dance with Maddie. On the dance floor Annie is all over David like a dog in heat bumping and grinding. David thinks to himself. "I thought this was going to be hard. This woman is an animal. All I have to do is stand here."

Maddie is watching them not believing what she is seeing.

After the song is over Annie and David retreat to the table where Maddie is obviously boiling over with jealousy.

David to Maddie: "Your turn."

Maddie looks at her watch. "It's late. I really need to be getting home."

David: "Oh, come on Maddie one dance. Then you can turn into a pumpkin."

Maddie smiles.

David holds out his hand and Maddie takes it. As she gets up to dance with David. "I don't quite think that's how the story goes."

David smirks and walks with Maddie to the dance floor holding her hand.

Annie sits at the table a little miffed that David went to the trouble to convince Maddie to dance with him. "She doesn't deserve him. She is so uptight. She wants to go home while the night is young. She even corrected his joke. What a bore."

On the dance floor, David and Maddie are dancing to a slow song. They are dancing close. A little too close.

David closed his eyes savoring the feel of her body against his. He was grateful for her closeness and wanted to savor every minute of it. He wanted so badly to kiss her, but that would be the wrong move. He slowly and cautiously runs his hand down and up her back and pulls her a little closer.

David thinks to himself, "If only we could stay like this forever."

Maddie closed her eyes relishing his the feel of his strong arms around her. Breathing deeply she savored his scent that had eluded her for a while now. She feels him running his hand up and down her back sending tingles down her spine. She could easily loose control. She bites her bottom lip fighting off the urge to kiss him. When she feels him pull her closer she almost looses control.

Maddie thinks to herself, "Oh God. If only we could stay like this forever."

The song ends and David and Maddie separate slightly looking into each other's eyes and inch away from each other's face. David smiles and decides to blow caution into the wind and kiss her just as Maddie shakes herself back to reality. She remembers that just moments ago he was dirty dancing with her cousin.

Maddie: "I'm really tired. Could you please drive us home?"

With that Maddie goes back to the table leaving David on the dance floor alone looking very confused. David shakes his head and walks slowly back to the table where Maddie and Annie are waiting for him.

Fade to black

David brings Maddie and Annie home. Maddie says her goodnights and goes upstairs.

Annie: "Would you like another glass of wine?"

David looks at the staircase wanting nothing more than to follow Maddie up to her room, lock the door and spend the rest of the night making love to her.

David looks back at Annie. "Sure."

David and Annie have their glass of wine. David is very quite, Annie is doing all of the talking and David is only half listening to her.

David is thinking as she is talking. "How are these two even related? She is so materialistic and shallow. I can't do this. I wonder what Maddie would do if I went up there." He instinctively rubs his cheek and smiles.

After about thirty minutes David stands. "I really need to get going." David looks upstairs again. "I forgot to tell Maddie something."

David walks upstairs.

Annie watches him in disgust.

David knocks on Maddie's door.

Maddie thinking it's Annie. "Come in."

David opens the door and enters the room.

Maddie comes out of the bathroom. "David! What do you want?"

David says nothing. He walks over to Maddie and gives her a deep long kiss. To his surprise Maddie kisses him back. He knows he can't take this any further and he better leave quickly or he will suffer the 'Wrath of Hayes' so he steps back. "Goodnight Maddie."

Maddie in a bit of shock mumbles "Goodnight."

David turns and walks out the door. He meets Annie on the stairs. "Night."

Annie: "Goodnight."

David walks straight out the door.

Annie looks up to Maddie's door and goes to the phone table. She looks up a number and calls a cab. She then walks up the stairs and knocks on Maddie's door.

Maddie: "Annie?"

Annie opens the door.

Annie: "Maddie, it's still so early. I think I'm going to go out."

Maddie: "Go out? Now?"

Annie: "Yeah. I'm on vacation remember."

Maddie: "Yes I remember. But going out this time of the night…"

Annie: "Maddie you're starting to sound like my mother."

Maddie sighs. "Just be careful there are a lot of weirdoes out there."

Annie: "Goodnight."

Maddie says "Goodnight." As the door is shutting.

Annie goes downstairs and into the kitchen. By the phone she finds Maddie's address book. She finds David's address and then goes outside to wait for her cab.

On the way home David is thinking about the night. "What is with the women in that family. They are either red hot or icy cold. And what ever happened to family loyalty? Annie talks bad about Maddie behind her back and then is all over me knowing damn well Maddie is watching." David shakes his head. "And Maddie, she is definitely jealous. She always acts that way when she gets jealous. The fact that she did get jealous says that we're not through. The way we were dancing tonight and that kiss…" David jerks the steering wheel hard to the left and we hear tires squealing.

In Maddie's bedroom. Maddie is getting ready for bed and thinking to herself. "How dare he? They… and with me right there watching." Maddie sits on her bed. "I don't think David is really interested in Annie. He is just trying to make me jealous. And it's working. But Annie, she knows my past with David. Well most of it. Why would she do this to me?" Maddie lays down on her bed and pulls the covers up to her armpits. "The fact that he was trying to make me jealous says that we're not through." Maddie thinks back to their dance. The closeness she felt. Like they were the only two people in the world. The she thinks about the kiss. Maddie sits up in bed and throws the covers off.

Fade to black.

David pulls back up to Maddie's house stopping in the street. He looks at Maddie's house and then leans back in the seat. "Maddie, Maddie, Maddie. Why does this have to be so hard?" He puts his hands over his eyes and slowly moves them down his face. He looks back at Maddie's house and sees a red mustang sitting in the driveway and Sam is walking up to the front door.

David: "What the hell?"

Maddie comes down the stairs in old reliable nightgown and trench coat. She grabs Annie's rental car keys and opens the front door. Very startled "Sam"

Sam: "Hello Maddie"

Maddie: "Sam, what are you doing here?"

Sam: "That glad to see me huh?"

Maddie: "I'm sorry. It's just that you are the last person I thought I would see tonight."

Sam: "Well, I'm here."

Maddie looks puzzled. "Would you like to come in?"

Sam: "Well, you look like you are headed somewhere..."

Maddie looks down at herself and smiles. "No, it can wait until tomorrow."

They go back into Maddie's house.

David sees this and looks worried and sad. He shakes his head and puts the car into gear and heads home.

Sam and Maddie are walking to Maddie's living room.

Sam: "I kept waiting to hear from you."

Maddie: "You did?"

Sam: "Yeah. A little 'Hey Sam guess what.' or 'Congratulations, you're a dad."

Maddie looks down.

Sam: "I know it's late. I hope I didn't wake the baby." He looks at Maddie "Where the hell were you going in the middle of the night when you have a newborn baby? Do you have a live-in nanny?"

Maddie looks up with a tear in her eye. "I went in labor early. The baby didn't make it."

Sam looks sad. "I'm sorry Maddie." He reaches out and hugs Maddie.

After a brief moment Maddie breaks from the hug. "It's okay Sam. I'm okay."

Sam: "I half expected to see David here."

Maddie thinks to herself. "Batting 1000 Sam."

Maddie trying to sound like everything is fine. "David left a few minutes ago."

Sam looks unhappy. He changes the subject back to the baby. "When were you going to tell me about the baby? Or should I say were you going to tell me about the baby?"

Maddie: "I don't know. I really didn't see any need."

Sam is angry "You didn't see any need? You didn't see the need to tell me that I was going to be a father? You didn't think that I would want to be a part of my child's life?"

Maddie looks down again. "David was the father."

Sam: "David?"

Maddie: "After you left…It's very complicated but David was the father. So, I didn't see any need to tell you."

Sam: "Well."

Maddie: "Well."

Sam: "Are you and David still together?"

Maddie didn't know exactly how to answer the question. She and David weren't together in the sense that they weren't sleeping together. Although her words say otherwise, her actions made it clear that she wasn't ready to let him go from her heart.

Maddie: "Like I said it's complicated. After the baby died we kind of drifted apart. Things are getting better. We're starting to become friends again."

Sam looks confused.

Maddie: "Listen. I am really tired. I've had a long day." She whispers "And night."

Sam starts for the door. "I'll let you get to bed then. I'll be in town all week. I'll get in touch with you tomorrow." Sam yawns real big.

Maddie: "It's so late. Why don't you sleep on the couch tonight."

Sam looks puzzled.

Maddie realizes that he's wondering why she didn't offer him the guest room. "My cousin Annie is in town for the week she is staying in the guest room."

Sam: "Oh. The couch is fine. I'll see you in the morning."

Maddie: "Goodnight Sam." As she turns to head upstairs.

Fade to Black

David is walking up the stairs of his apartment building and suddenly stops.

Annie is sitting on the top step. "Hi David, for a minute there I thought you might not be coming home."

David: "What are you doing here?"

Annie: "It's still early and I wanted to go out. Maddie just wanted to go home for some reason."

David is thinking. "Does she even know Maddie."

Annie: "I don't know anyone here in L.A. and it wouldn't really be safe for me to go out by myself, so I thought of you."

David not amused. "Really?"

Annie: "Yeah, you seem like a night owl too."

David: "I have my moments."

Annie: "I thought we could go out for a drink or two."

David not really wanting to go "out on the town" with Annie. "Look Annie, it's been a long day…"

Annie: "Oh, come on David the night is young."

David looks at Annie. After seeing Maddie letting Sam in her house a drink is exactly what he needed. Although he wasn't too excited about his drinking partner he decides to go ahead. "Come on let's go."

Fade to black.

David and Annie are sitting in a bar. Annie is on her third glass of wine and David, not wanting to get so hammered that he does something stupid like sleep with Annie, is still nursing his first mixed drink.

David gets up. "I'll be right back."

Annie watches David walk off. "Damn. Maddie what is wrong with you? Oh well, your loss is my gain."

David comes back to the table and sits down.

Annie: "I thought you would be a bigger drinker than that."

David looks down at his half empty glass. "I still have to drive home. Speaking of which, I think I'm ready to go."

Annie: "Oh okay. Will you take back to Maddie's?"

David was afraid she would want him to take her home. He knew he should, but he didn't want to take a chance of running into Maddie or Sam.

David: "The bartender is calling you a cab. I'm really tired and just want to get home."

Annie thinks to herself. "He's making me take a cab?"

David really isn't paying any attention to her and is looking out the window wishing the cab would hurry up.

Annie: "David, what's with Maddie?"

David looks back at Annie. "What do you mean?"

Annie: "How could she let a guy like you get away?"

David: "In Maddie's defense, I have a lot of faults."

Annie: "Well contrary to Maddie's belief so does she. She is so used to everyone foning over her and telling her how great she is that she actually believes it. And why not she's Maddie Hayes she's beautiful, although that beauty seems to have an age limit…"

David doesn't want to hear anymore. "Look Annie, Maddie does have faults just as everyone else on earth. She is aware of that."

Annie looks out the window. "Looks like my cab is here."

David, to himself. "Thank God."

Fade to black.

The next morning Annie comes into Maddie's kitchen, looking a little hung-over, where Sam is cooking breakfast.

Annie looks shocked. "Sam, what are you doing here?"

Maddie comes into the kitchen and sees Annie. "Rough night?"

Annie smiles. "It was actually a very nice night. I do think I may have had too much wine though."

Maddie: "Maybe you should go back to bed. I however am not on vacation. I hate to leave you two, but I've got to get into the office early this morning. I'll call later and talk about lunch or doing something tonight."

Sam a little perplexed not only because she was leavening, but she had not acknowledged the breakfast he cooked. "Okay, see you later."

Annie: "Bye."

With that Maddie leaves.

Annie watches Maddie leave then turns back to Sam.

Annie: "Cheer up. I'm sure she was just in a hurry."

Sam shrugs.

Annie: "So, you stayed here last night?"

Sam: "Yeah. Well, I got here late and Maddie and I talked for a while. It was so late that Maddie told me I could sleep on the couch, so I did."

Annie looked like she was thinking.

Sam: "What?"

Annie: "Do you want Maddie?"

Sam: "Well, yeah. I wouldn't be here if I didn't."

Annie: "So is that what this visit is about?"

Sam: "Yes, I mean no. I am here for a conference. But, I was hoping that Maddie and I could reconnect while I was here."

Annie: "How would you like me to help that happen?"

Sam looks at Annie inquisitively. "What do you have in mind?"

Annie: "From what I understand, the reason you and Maddie didn't stay together last time was David."

Sam: "You can say that."

Annie: "So if David were out of the equation you and Maddie would be together."

Sam: "But he's still around."

Annie: "I don't know how around he is. I don't know what is going on between the two of them. The three of us went to dinner last night. It was strange. The two of them have a strange way of communicating. It's kind of like bickering. I don't know."

Sam: "What?"

Annie: "It's like they love each other but they don't want to be together."

Sam: "May be just deep down Maddie knows that she is above David and that he will just end up hurting her."

Annie: "Maybe it's the other way around."

Sam: "You can't be serious."

Annie shrugs.

Annie: "What if I told you that I went out drinking with David last night?"

Sam: "It wouldn't surprise me. The man drinks like a fish."

Annie: "What if I go to their office today and tell David that you are in town and that you spent the night here and insinuate that you did more than sleep on the couch." Annie pauses to try to read Sam's reaction. "David would be so upset that he would turn to me. Then I could let Maddie find out that David and I went out together and things may have gotten a little carried away and then we could see what happens." Annie studies Sam again. "We could both have what we want."

Sam looks puzzled. "You and Addison? Aren't you married?"

Annie: "Yes, but Mark and I haven't been happy in a long time. I don't plan on going back. That's part of the reason I am here. I need to live, have an adventure. I think David Addison is the perfect person to have that adventure with."

Sam thinks for a minute. He knows this is beneath him and that it could backfire into a horrible mess between him and Maddie. But if this works, it could give him what he's always wanted…Maddie.

Sam: "Okay, I'm game."

Annie flashes a devious smile.

Fade to Black