Disclaimer: I don't own Cheers.

This chapter is based on "Someone Single, Someone Blue" from season 1.

"Congratulations. But couldn't you just finish the first one?" I asked.

"Sometimes I wish we did. But Sam wanted me to have a chance to publish my novel, so we waited." Diane gazed adoringly at her groom.

"I meant the one you had at the bar. Then I could have kept your father's money."

Diane laughed. "Mummy, Sam and I weren't even ready to admit we had real feelings for each other back then."

"But you married him anyway; you could have saved me a lot of trouble by staying married the first time."

"Mummy, please be quiet."

Her groom pulled her closer. "I doubt that's possible, Diane. It's never been possible for you, and she's your mother."

"Sam!"