Disclaimer: I don't own any part of the Nanny…yet.

A/N I just love to put the ideas out there. Niles and CC are my favorite TV couple…This story is a little bit out there. But it's fun…so stay with me…Comes some time after my story...Yenta Max. Please R&R Story tellers POV…usually…

Daddy's Little Girl

Chapter 1

When the guy knocked on my door I had no clue who he was. "Yes…can I help you?"

"Are you Lauren Weston?" The man I have to admit looked a little familiar and he seemed harmless. Plus, Tom was just in the back yard with the kids…we have twins.

I nodded. "Yes, I'm Lauren Weston…is there something I can do for you?"

"Wait until you're alone to read this…it's a matter of life and death." The man turned to leave.

I called to him. "Wait…who's life?"

"Yours." He answered and I looked down at the letter and when I looked back up he was gone.

Tom came to stand behind me. "Laur? Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, Tommy. Let's get back to the kids. You know what they can do when they have their friends around." Tom laughed heartily. It was the twin's birthday. They were 10 years old today. I remember the day they were born like it was yesterday.

Lauren recalls the day as she heads back to the twin's party…

I was sitting in a wheelchair at the reception desk and Tom was yelling at the nurse. "We've already done all this! Three weeks ago, please just take her to a room!"

The nurse tried to calm him down. "Sir, I understand you already pre-registered, we're just trying to find a place to put her. It's a very big night for deliveries."

"Don't worry, Tommy," I smiled when I saw my parents approaching. "Daddy can deliver the baby right here in the hallway if necessary."

Mom laughed at the look of horror on the nurse's face when she said, "I don't think that will be necessary, we'll take Mrs. Weston right up the hall here and get her all settled." The nurse made quick work of pushing me just up the hall to a delivery room.

10 years ago…

"Hey, Mom, you guys got here fast! Tommy only called Jonah fifteen minutes ago." Lauren seemed pretty calm given the current situation.

Niles looked at his daughter. "We were already here, Princess."

Lauren frowned. "Daddy, are you alright?"

Niles smiled. "Lauren, I'm fine. We were having dinner with Eve and Danny, and she went into labor."

Lauren's eyes narrowed like her mother's tend to do when she's feeling evil. "Oh, don't you tell me Eve is in labor, too? She's still got two weeks left."

"No, Honey," CC tried to stifle her grin. "Eve's not in labor…anymore."

Lauren pouted. "She's delivered hasn't she?" Niles and CC nodded as the nurse helped Lauren into the bed. "Please…at least tell me she had a girl?"

"Sorry, Princess." Niles shook his head.

Lauren takes a deep breath after the contraction passes. "So, Danny gets the first grandchild and the first grandson. Perfect, I'll never live this down."

"If it's any consolation, Honey," CC offered. "They named him after your Uncle Max."

Lauren perked up as Jonah entered carrying his nephew. "Hey Laur, Eve wanted you to meet little Maxy. You feelin' up to it?" Lauren nodded.

Jonah was just about to hand Maxy to Lauren when another contraction hit. "You'd better hold onto him for now, Jonah." CC instructed.

After the contraction Lauren looked down at the tiny mixture of her brother and sister-in-law. "Thank goodness, he looks like Eve."

Niles frowned at his daughter. "Hey…your brother is blessed with his father's rugged good looks, what is that suppose to mean, Princess?"

"It means that since Danny got the first grandson, I at least want the first one that looks like you, Daddy." Lauren beamed up at her father.

CC laughed. "Oh, Honey, you know just what buttons to push. I have taught you well."

"What's his full name, Jonah?" Lauren asked.

"Maxwell Niles Brightmore." Jonah winced as he said it fearing the dreaded 'Babcock' reaction.

Lauren's face couldn't hide her glee. "That's a great name!" CC and Niles exchanged an odd look. Lauren had always been and still was very much Daddy's little girl. Even Thomas knew never to cross that certain line. "Owwww…Daddy!" Lauren called Niles to her side.

"Listen to me, Princess." Niles spoke in hushed tones. "You need to relax and focus. You're scaring Thomas and he needs to be able to support you. I'll always be your father, but Tom is your husband. You chose well and I'm very proud of everything the two of you have accomplished…together. Now you must do this together as well."

Present day…

If only Daddy knew how that little speech change my life. He gave me permission to put my husband first. I looked up from where I sat next to my husband. There were our children, Niles and Abby playing volleyball in the pool with their closest friends Max and Claire, my brother's kids. Danny was always trying to outdo me. I knew as soon as Eve had a little girl that they would name her after Mom. Well sort of. Mom always hated 'Chastity'. Thank God for Jonah. He finally got married. He and Renee', Aunt Val and Uncle Fred's daughter, oddly enough, smart as a whip; anyway, they decided to adopt. They have two girls they adopted from China, Joy and Anne. They were here at the party too as well as a few other friends and family members. Tommy and I have done very well for ourselves so we have a nice big place in the country. Daddy would've hated it. Too many rooms to take care of, he'd say…he'd be right to.

"Mom!" Niles called me from the buffet table. "When are we gonna cut the cake?"

That's my boy. He looks so much like my father. "We're waiting for Gramma…as soon as she gets up from her nap." I call just before I hear from the doorway behind me…

"Hello…hello!" My mother moved a little slower now than she did 10 years ago when Niles and Abby were born. Not because of her age, she just hated going anywhere alone.

We moved Mom in with us about three years ago…just after… "Mom! How was your nap?"

"It was just fine, Lauren. Now let the children cut their cake." She winked at me. "Niles…" I heard it catch in her voice when she said it… "You save me the biggest piece."

He smiled at his grandmother. "I will Gramma! Come on, Abby…let's cut this cake."

The party went on most of the night and everyone children and adults alike had a marvelous time. It wasn't until well after midnight that I remembered the letter I was supposed to read… 'when I was alone'. I had just settled down into the Jacuzzi for a nice soak and opened the letter…

Dear Lauren,

Wow…it feels strange to call you that, but better for these purposes. I know this will all sound very strange to you, but you have to trust that I know what I'm doing.

The matter of your life and death…well technically your brother's too. And all those who followed after you as well, truth be told. You are the only one who can fix it, stop it, prevent it…or, maybe cause it is more accurate.

The things I'm about to tell you are going to sound insane, unbelievable, like something right out of a science fiction movie. But I promise you every word is true.

I am your descendant. I come along later… Where I'm from…or more accurately when I'm from it's possible to travel through time, as an observer. Well, the practice has been stopped because someone figured out how to break the barrier of observation. It wasn't intentional on his part, but for the few moments that he broke through barrier from observer to participant, he affected the future. Your future.

I'll explain further when I arrive tonight to send you on your mission. I'll meet you in the pool house 2am. Please, believe me…it's not just your life you'll be saving.

All my best,

Joseph

I couldn't believe it and didn't know exactly what to do. I suppose I could go and see what this Joseph wanted to see me about. What could it hurt? I'd be safely in my own back yard. I glanced at the clock and saw I had just enough time to dress and head out to the pool house.

I dressed quickly and quietly so I wouldn't wake anyone in the house. I made my way out to the pool house and there he sat waiting for me. I recognized him to be the same man from this morning. But there was definitely something about him…no not him exactly…his eyes. That's it…this man had my father's eyes.

"Well," I started. "Joseph, I presume?"

He stood and hugged me. "I knew you'd come." He felt strange in my arms, not dangerous, but oddly familiar.

"Joseph, do I know you?" I had to ask.

He smiled with a all too familiar lopsided grin. "Not yet." He sat again and frowned and I fear if you can't fix things, you may never get the chance.

"I suppose it's one of those things that you can't tell me or it'll alter the space time continuum." I laughed at my words…he didn't. He raised his eyebrows in a way that sent a chill through me that I haven't felt since my father…last scolded me, many years ago. "Joseph, I'm not sure why, but I believe you. I'll do whatever I must to protect the lives of my children."

"Here." He handed me a small device of some sort, smaller than my cell phone but resembling it all the same. "You type the date in here, using the numbers like on a phone. Month, day, year, and time of day, I've already programmed it for you. When you've finished your task, just hit the home button and it'll return you to this moment. If I'm here you'll know you've succeeded. If not…"

"I'll just go back and try again." I told him in no uncertain terms.

He gave me a few brief instructions as to my 'task'. I have to say I was scared to death. I didn't know how I would achieve my goal without making matters worse. But he told me he's taken that into consideration and added some sort of preventative measures. We didn't have time to discuss it further as I had to 'go'. I stood and stepped away from him and pressed the 'send' button. I didn't feel a thing until I woke up on the sofa looking into a very familiar pair of sparkling blue eyes.