I had a dream about a "Oh say, can you ski"-AU.
It was about Niles and CC (who else?) and I decided to write it down.
I first wanted to post a One Shot but then it was too long. Rating goes up to M later.
So here we go!
Here see, I can't ski
By
justCiles4life
Imagine that CC decided not to bring Chester to the meeting with the president ...
"Miss Babcock! Miss Babcock, they found them! They found Mommy and Daddy!"
CC groaned and gulped her glass of Jack Daniels down.
What a perfect scene it could have been. CC already had a imagination of it ...
"Fran didn't survive."
"Maxwell, I'm so sorry."
"Don't care about her, CC, I had time to think about it and now I know I never loved her, I always loved you, just you."
And then they would kiss, but in real he girl told her they were in the hospital and they were healthy. Tired, but alright.
"I know you prayed that Mrs. Sheffield would die", a sudden voice said.
CC turned around and saw that the little one was gone, while the nosy annoying butler had taken her place.
"Go away", CC mumbled and faced her empty glass.
Niles said nothing but he also didn't go. He saw that this woman was hurt and he didn't feel like hurting her more - what a surprise!
But since Mr. and Mrs. Sheffield's wedding, Niles couldn't control his feelings for her, it seeme she had stolen his heart in this night.
Nothing had happened - besides their dances, kisses, touches and the fact they had slept in the same bed ... But just next to each other.
But something was different since then, with her and with him ... She smiled more often at him, she learned how to talk almost normal to him and could held herself back when he was - for example - sleeping during his working time.
Niles on the other side started to insult her more often - just to hear and see that wonderful laugh of her.
The days where the new married pair had been stranded, he was kind of best friends with Miss Babcock, so he had been really surprised that the blonde socialite went to her room without a word after the news they were missing again, covering herself with Whiskey.
Niles wanted to comfort her, but then he had been to shy again.
Now he saw that she wasn't happy though they were okay.
"No, I won't go. First I want to know why you hate Mrs. Sheffield that much!"
"Oh, is that so obvious?", CC said with a light grin and let the bartender pour her another glass.
"You're the queen of the ice sculptures in the ice palace of the ice queen", Niles said.
"So this time I'm not the ice queen?", CC asked, not really interested in bantering with the butler.
"The ice queen is too pretty to be portrayed by you", Niles answered and CC gulped another drink down.
Why did every man think of her like that?
Niles regretted what he said instantly, but he didn't apologise. He thought that CC was the most beautiful, perfect woman he'd ever seen ... He just found no courage to tell her.
But suddenly his plan came in his mind again, he wanted to ask her to spend time with him, originally planned to bring her on other thoughts.
"Wanna go skiing?"
CC stared at him. "What?"
"Skiing", Niles said, slowly thinking he'd screwed it up. "With me. Fun!", he added.
"Fun and your name mentioned in a single breath is almost too much for me", CC said and then sighed. "And no, I can't go skiing. And this time I mean it. I can't ski."
Niles made a shocked face. "You can't ski? What?"
CC glared at him. "Is that so shocking?"
Niles gulped. "Of course - you were born rich! Sure, it's more than a million years over, but you were born rich and rich people like to go skiing."
"Yeah, I was more the horse-back-riding child. My sister and brother used to laugh 'cause I always fell from my skis. But - why am I telling you this?"
"Because, my dear Babs", Niles began with a light grin, "we will go skiing now."
At first CC hadn't been amused at all. But then she thought of how wonderful Niles had raised the children ... She had ignored the sudden racing of her heartbeat and agreed.
Now she was standing on the skis, not willing to drive.
Niles had won another fight and CC wore a helmet now - Niles said it was neccessary, CC didn't understand why - and a thick ski suit.
I'm so fat in this!, CC thought. What will he think about me?
But Niles - sometimes gentleman (at least to her) - didn't say a word about her body shape.
If he had to be honest, he was thinking about ripping that damn suit off of her and taking her right there, no matter they were in the snow.
But he could resist. He didn't want her to yell, to be scared, to laugh, whatever she would do.
Niles taught her how to lay in the curves and how to drive faster, how to slow down and how to stand.
When they started to drive down the hill, Niles figured out, that Miss Babcock was a very quick and good student.
Soon they were exhausted and wanted tot take a break, but then it happened ...
"Please don't go, Niles!", CC whined for the seventh time.
"This is all your fault!", Niles said angrily as he turned around again, facing an almost crying CC.
"My fault?", she yelled.
"Who's fault else should it be?" Niles.
CC's leg was sticking in the snow, covered by a root where she had tripped over. Now her foot hurted, but she didn't want to complain about that now.
Niles at first had tried to dig her out, but when it didn't work, he wanted to call help.
But CC didn't want to be alone.
CC scolded and whined and finally
Niles had enough, he grabbed CC beneath her axles and pulled. When he got her out, he heard a crack and CC screamed loudly.
He lifted her up in his arms. CC cried and told him her foot probably was sprained, but Niles ignored her. He loved her, but he knew she could be a dama queen.
He carried her for two hours with breaks. It was four in the afternoon and already a little bit dark.
Niles was exhausted - CC was heavier than she looked, the snow was powdery and CC wouldn't stop scolding.
Suddenly Niles placed her down. "I won't go a single step further", he said. "You're heavy, you're annoying, it's dark. We won't reach a cottage, Miss Babcock!"
"So now what", CC said angrily. "Dying in the snow?"
"I guess I could make a fire ..."
"Then do that, I'm freezing", CC ordered.
Niles looked at her. The blonde placed herself on the snow and closed her eyes. Niles sighed.
"We won't sleep here, Babcock." She opened her eyes.
"What?"
"We are going to die when we sleep there. I'm going to look for a cave or something. And you -" Niles lifted her up again. "are coming with me."
CC didn't complain, in fact she enjoyed being carried around by Niles. He carried her with so much caution, she didn't even feel his arms beneath her. That's why she closed her eyes, then she imagined she was flying.
And for a very stupid reason, Niles was flying next to her.