What Do You Think, Daphne?

by CosetteEponineFantine

Frasier tries private practice again, only to get some sassy orphan. Niles grows fond of this girl, since she is smarter than he was at that age, and like theater... but what if she will be sent off to San Fransisco if she’s not adopted soon?

1. This Week I’m Reading:

I love Frasier (like the show not the character) so I'm writing this fanfic! Yeah! This was actually a dream I had, and I was Elise (not my real name). I don't own these characters, just Elise and Freddy's friends and random students (to come later). Read on!

"So. What brings you here today?" Frasier asked the girl in front of him. Maybe private practice would work out he thought.

The girl looked up from her book, "I don't know. The lady just dropped me off here."

"Well, ok. You're here until my 11:00 shows up, so..." Frasier explained. "Tell me about your life, so I can try and see why the lady sent you in here."

"Ok. My name is Elise. My mom died of murder, and I've never met my dad. I live in an orphanage... and I have no friends here in Seattle. And I have a guinea pig, named Perceus." The girl said, in a monotone voice.

Frasier nodded as she told him all this. "Does any of this make you feel-"

"No. I don't feel anything." Elise imterrupted. The lady that dropped Elise off showed up and she and Frasier took a step out into the hall.

Niles walked in the room. "Frasier? Did you know that..." Niles began, not noticing Elise. Or the fact that Frasier was out in the hall. "Oh. Um. Hello. I'm Niles. What are you reading?" Niles smiled.

"The Illiad. Last week I read Bleak House. And after this I'm going to read War and Peace." Elise said, barely looking at Niles. Frasier and the lady walked back into the room.

"Ah. I see you've met Elise," Frasier said to Niles. Nodding Niles stood up, and introduced himself to the lady.

"Yes, hello. I'm Elise's... foster mom I suppose you could say." The woman looked over at Elise, who was entranced by her book. "Well Elise? Ready to go?"

Elise scoffed, "I was ready the second you dropped me off."

"Now that's no way to- Oh never mind! Sorry Doctor Crane," Elise's foster mom apologized, walking out the door.

"Well, I don't usually see kids." Frasier stated, once the woman was gone.

"Well, usually, kids don't read War and Peace, and The Illiad, or Bleak House." Niles responded.

"Yes, she is interesting, isn't she?"