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March 1, 2005

A kiss is not just a kiss: it's a secret

Mansion front door area:

Niles was getting all dressed up to go to dinner with his date. Ding-dong, ding-dong.

The doorbell rings.

"Your date's here Niles." Fran looks thought the window of the door and sees a man standing there.

"Niles," she turns to face him. He is looking at himself in the mirror. "You're dating a guy?" She slaps him on the back. "Who are you?"

"What? What guy?" He walks to the door and answers it.

"That's not my date," turning to Fran "that's Colon, I mean Collin. CC's boyfriend."

"Is she around?" Collin holding up flowers, "I thought she might want some company tonight."

"Real busy," Niles comments, "in the office." Collin steps in the mansion. "You can go in there if you want to." . Seeing the door open Jen briskly walks up closer. She hears people talking. Can't be him? "Collin?" Collin turns and sees Jen at the doorway.

"Jen!" Collin heads to the door to meet her. "I can't believe this. It's been so long."

Jen looks over at Niles. She sighs. Jen's mind: I know that I'm supposed to be on a date with Niles but seeing Collin with flowers for another woman. It makes me think. Am I really over this guy? I really wanted to cancel with Niles but I don't want to hurt him. Just ask him. He might let you.

"Uh...Niles." He looks over at Collin who is still standing there, eyeing Jen. Niles knows that they are meant for each other. Niles' mind: She's going to cancel with me. I just know it. Look how she is looking at Collin and how he's looking at her. I can't deny them a second chance. He shook his head. He wanted to go out with a beautiful woman but if this kept CC from dating Colon, as he calls him, then it would be worth getting dumped. He smiled he knew what he had to do. Niles' mind: I'm doing this for you CC.

"Go out. Have a good time."

"I'll make it up to you Niles." Niles sighs. Niles' mind: Yeah right. I'll never see her again but. He smiles, I'll never see him again either.

"I knew that you understand." Jen went up and hugged him. "Thanks," she whispered. He nodded.

"Yeah, I owe you one old man." Niles' mind: Old man? Why I'm not that old am I? Who am I kidding? I'm not getting any younger. Collin shakes Niles' hand.

"All in a days work." He sighs. Fran can't believe what she is seeing. Fran's mind: Oy what is happening in here? Why is Niles letting them do this to him? Does he know something that I don't? Did he set this up? But if he did, why would he do this to himself? Both Collin and Jen walk out of the mansion hand in hand. When Niles closed the door, Fran was right behind him.

"Why did ya just do that?" Niles goes towards the kitchen. CC came from the office.

"I thought I heard Collin talking in here."

"NO," Fran yelled at her. CC shakes her head. CC's mind: What is with her? I swear I must be hearing things. Oh well, she walks towards the kitchen. "We are working late again so don't disturb us Nanny Fine." When CC enters the kitchen Niles's is sitting down at the table.

"Niles, I thought you had a date tonight?" He looks up at her. His eyes are all red.

"Aw... did your date dump you? She probably saw one look at you and ran. Ha

ha ha ha." Niles wasn't in the mood to fight with her. He got up and left the room. CC's mind: Oh, he did get dumped, he always response to me with some wisecrack joke about my dates. But not this time, he really must be upset. He must really be hurting. She felt kind of sorry for him. My jokes were never to hurt him just to annoy him like he does me. Fran, who was standing by the door, just looked at her.

"Why, are you so mean to him? He does have feelings too you know."

"Unlike some people." Said under her breath as she stood there just watching CC reaction to all of this.

"I live for moments like this." Fran lets the door close in front of CC, just shaking her head. "Poor Niles," she sighs, Fran hates to see her friend like this.

"You never answered my question earlier. What gives?"

Niles who was sitting in the chair, in the den area, deep in thought just looks at her. He had forgotten what the question even was.

"You..." now he remembers. Niles' mind: She's going to ask me about why I did this. I hate to lie to her but I can't tell her that I'm falling for CC. She will laugh and never let it go. I can't risk letting anyone know about it. Not just yet anyway.

"Oh, uh...um..." he was letting his mind come up with a good, believable answer.

"Dish," she stands next to the chair so he can't escape.

He sighs. "All right...I..."

"Yes, continue..." She puts her hand on his shoulder.

"Look I wanted to get rid..." Fran thinks about what happened. Fran's mind: He just let a beautiful woman slip through his fingers into the arms of ...oy wait CC's boyfriend's arms. He...

"You let that woman go out with CC's boyfriend just to get back at her?" she shakes her head. Fran's mind: I don't believe you two. Trying so hard to get at each other. Why? Why do all this to each other? It's all a game to see who is say the best. Who can hurt one another the most? How sick are you people? "You planed all of this didn't you?"

Niles' mind: What is she talking about? I didn't set this up but it did work. Now CC's all alone again. Well, she will be when she finds out that Colon has two-timed her. His eyebrows moved.

"Man you are good. Where do you come up with this stuff?" Niles' mind: She believes that I did all of this myself? Niles went along with it.

"I wish I knew. I just do..." he couldn't let her know about what was really going on with him. No one can know. He demanded to himself. He smiled.

"You are unbelievable sometimes you know it." She smiled back. "Well, I guess I'll have to find something to do tonight since we won't see them." She started to head for the stairs.

"How about going out with me?"

"Oh, Niles I can't...I..." he lowered his head. Fran's mind: Oy, I hate to see him like that.

"Yeah, why not." She took his hand. "Let's go. They will be too busy to know that we are even gone."

Niles and Fran went to a small dance club just off the interstate. As they approached the roped off area, Fran committed about all the people being in line, she told Niles that there was no way they would get in the place before midnight.

"Niles, my man." Called a security guard who spotted the two of them in the crowd. Niles just nodded to the tall but kinda cubby man at the door. He came up to towards the two of them and held piece of the rope so they could pass under it. "Come this way."

Fran couldn't believe this. Out of all the times that her and Val had to wait outside all they needed was to bring Niles to get in.

Once inside the jammed packed club, they found a table and sat.

"Ya come here a lot. Don't ya mista."

"All the time." The bartender said as he brought Niles his usual drink.

"Wha?" Fran faced Niles. His face was starting to turn red a little.

"This," he started then took a sip of his drink.

"Yes,"

"Is were CC and I came a few times before we had to go to say events."

She shook her head. "A few times huh? These people didn't even hesitate letting you in here. They even remembered what you drank." He smiled remembering the first time that he and CC came to this place about five years ago. CC had threatened them if they didn't allow her to pass. Money talks he guessed and being threatened by her power finally paid off. He thought they might end up in jail that night but they didn't. Actually they had a good night even if they just talked the whole time. But then again CC was so drunk she probably didn't even know whom she was talking too. Niles didn't care he was just enjoying being out with a women. Something, that he didn't get a lot of working with Mr. Sheffield. He was the one the women were always interested in.

"How did you do it?" Fran's statement brought him back to what they were talking about.

"Do what?"

"Get in here like that?"

"Oh," he smiled. "CC threatened them. I'm not proud of how she did it," sure he was. He

loved seeing the scared look on those people's faces. "Ever since she did that about five years ago they let me in, no questions asked."

"Well," she looked around. "This is good to know if I need to come here again." He glared at her. "Just a thought."