Daphne tried to concentrate on the making dinner but it was nearly impossible. She slipped on a pair of blue
potholders and slid the meat loaf back into the oven, relieved to have finally finished it.
Mr. Crane and Dr. Crane were probably furious with her for taking so long to make a simple meal, but she just
couldn't help it. She knew it was ridiculous, worrying over something that was literally all in her mind.
Her visions were becoming stranger and stranger. Why just the other day she'd had a vision of a snowstorm.
Who ever heard of a snowstorm in Seattle in the middle of June?
Of course, she never considered the fact that her premonitions could be vague ones. That is, until she saw the
weather report about the freak snowstorm that covered Stevens Pass, much to the delight of skiers.
But her most recent vision was by far the most insane.
Her soul mate... with a dragon.
It was something out of a fairy tale.
She remembered the exact moment it occurred. She was in the living room with Mr. Crane when the vision hit
her out of nowhere. When she told him what she'd seen, he agreed with her that it was crazy.
It was absurd... What in the world would a dragon have to do with the man she was destined to be with
forever?
Donny hated dragons!
Her mind drifted back to a recent date with Donny. He'd invited her out to dinner and she'd happily accepted.
She'd had a horrid, exhausting day, dodging endless complaints from her mum over the wedding plans, and
couldn't wait to spend a relaxing evening with the man she loved.
Not wanting the evening to end, they headed for the local video store to rent a movie. As Donny contemplated
between renting a Mel Gibson or Robert De Niro film, Daphne found herself drawn to Walt Disney's Sleeping
Beauty. It was one of her favorite movies as a child and she loved the way the brave Prince Philip battled the
fierce dragon to win the heart of Princess Aurora.
Grinning like a schoolgirl, she picked up the box and brought it over to Donny. "Can we rent this? Please?"
"A Disney movie? Honey, you can't be serious!" he said.
Her heart fell at the irritation in his voice.
"Well, it's been quite a long time since I've seen it, and it's so romantic. It was one of me favorite movies as a
girl, and-."
"There's no way I'm watching a kid's movie." Donny said firmly. "I've had it up to here with kids." He held his
hand above his head. "All week long it's been nothing but angry parents complaining about seeing their kids, or
not seeing their kids..."
"It's fine." She said with a sigh. She took the box and returned it to the shelf.
Sensing her disappointment, he touched her cheek. "Look, All I want to do is sit and relax with you and watch
an enjoyable movie. How does this sound?"
He held up the box.
"Goodfellas? Oh... Well... It's not very romantic, is it?"
"Who needs romance? This is a classic! Robert Di Nero is pure genius and this is just the type of film that will
get my mind off of the week from hell I just had."
"Well, can't we just get two movies?" She asked, dreading the thought of watching a mobster movie.
His expression brightened. "You know that's not a bad idea. Why don't you go pick one out?"
"Well, let's just get-."
"No Disney, okay? Anything but that."
She frowned, almost wishing she hadn't agreed to renting a video. She searched the romance section, finally
settling on a dull Jennifer Anniston movie that she'd seen one too many times.
"How's this?" she asked, holding up the box.
"Fine, fine. Let's just get out of here, okay?" Donny said, ushering her to the counter.
They spent the evening watching the Jennifer Anniston movie, but she couldn't help but wish they were
watching "Sleeping Beauty."
However, she still couldn't understand what had drawn her to that film. After all, it had been years since she'd
last seen it.
Now she knew why...
But a vision of a dragon? Surely it had nothing to do with the movie.
It was completely ridiculous!
So why had she spent last night tossing and turning?
Her dreams, when she'd finally gotten to sleep, were filled with a faceless, handsome stranger who fought a
fierce dragon to win her heart.
And in return for his bravery, she'd showered him with love, affection and endless kisses.
Martin walked into the kitchen startling her out of her thoughts. "What's that smell?"
Annoyed, she glared at him. "It's dinner, old man! What do you think it is?"
He leaned over and opened the oven, causing a wave of dark smoke to fill the kitchen.
"Daphne, what have you done?"
She coughed, trying to fan the smoke away from her face.
Martin took the potholders from the counter and slipped them on before pulling the meat loaf from the oven.
"Oh geez! Look at this! It's burned to a crisp! How long did you leave it in here?"
Daphne looked at the meat loaf, unable to believe she'd done something so stupid.
"I-It wasn't ready earlier so I put it back in for a minute."
Martin peered at the oven temperature and picked up the recipe card.
"No wonder it's burned. You set the oven for 500 degrees!"
"What?" She said, looking at the oven temperature. "But that's impossible! I just put it in to warm it up!"
"Well, you did a damn fine job of that. Now dinner's ruined. I'm going out to eat."
"But Mr. Crane..."
"What's burning?" Frasier asked, rushing into the kitchen.
"Our dinner, that's what! I'm starving! I'm going to The Timbermill. Who's joining me?"
"Dad, wait..."
"I've been waiting long enough! If I wait any longer it'll be time for breakfast! The meatloaf at the Timbermill is
better anyway."
Ignoring Martin's comment about her cooking, Daphne looked at her boss in horror.
"D-Dr. Crane, I'm so sorry..."
"It's all right, Daphne." Frasier said with a sigh. "I'll just order take out."
"Dr Crane..."
"Look, don't worry about a thing. Is Italian okay?"
"Yes... that's fine." Daphne said.
When he left the kitchen she looked around at the disaster she'd caused...
And promptly burst into tears.