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

A/N: My husband gave me the overall idea…ok, actually he gave me the title. But every now and then I like to throw him a bone. LOL - D

The Nanny Mysteries

Chapter 6

The following morning, Fran tapped lightly on CC's door. When there wasn't an answer she slowly opened the door. Seeing that CC wasn't in her bed but the bed had been slept in she panicked and ran up the hall to Niles' room, worried for CC. She knocked and opened the door to find CC sleeping peacefully in Niles' arms. Her jaw dropped and she quietly backed out of the doorway and closed the door.

When Fran returned to her room Max was coming out of their bathroom wrapped in his robe. "Good morning, Darling." Then he noticed her face. "Fran…are you alright? Is something wrong?"

"I went to check on CC and she wasn't in her room. I panicked a little…" Fran explained.

Max panicked too. He was practically at a jog heading toward the door. "We'd better wake Niles...and we have to find CC."

"Max, wait." Fran grabbed his arm. "CC's just fine and you don't have to disturb Niles."

Max looked confused. "I thought you said she wasn't in her room?"

"She's not in her room." Fran answered simply.

Max frowned. "Then how do you know she's fine?"

"She's in Niles' room." Fran answered simply again.

Max's mouth opened to speak and then just a quickly snapped closed. "Oh…"

"Maybe we should just let them sleep. I'm sure they'll explain everything later. The kids are all still away and I think I can handle a couple of bagels for us." Fran smiled at him.

Max nodded. "Very well, Darling. I'll get dressed and we can head downstairs."

"Ok, Honey." Fran sat on the edge of the bed.

Max looked at her. "Darling, what's the matter?"

"Oh, I guess I'm just worried that this thing with Niles and CC won't last. What if it's just because of the scare she had, or all the excitement? I know Niles loves her and I don't want him to get hurt if she changes her mind." Fran looked up at Max with sadness in her eyes.

Max sat down beside Fran. "I don't want to see either of them hurt, Darling. I don't think that CC will change her mind. To be honest, I think CC's had feelings for Niles for a very long time."

"I hope you're right, Honey." Fran leaned her head on his shoulder.

EPILOGUE

"Niles!" CC called from the office. "Get in here, Hazel!"

Niles entered the office. "What is it now my evil Queen?"

"Don't just stand there, help me up!" CC barked at him.

Niles offered his hands and she took them as he pulled her too her feet. "Now that I've hoisted you up off the sofa is there anything else, Broomhilda?"

"Yeah, Benson…get me a seltzer, grab my bag, and take me to the hospital, I'm in labor!"

Niles moved through her requests like a pro. He went into the kitchen and grabbed a seltzer, picked up her bag and managed to call Fran next door before CC was half way to the front door of their house. When CC finally got to the front door, Niles had his coat on and hers at the ready. He helped her into her coat, and opened the door just as Fran stepped up to help CC down to the car.

"Ok, Niles do you have CC's suitcase?" Fran asked.

Niles nodded. "Let's move, I'm gonna be a Daddy."

"Don't get me started, Niles." CC scoffed as she headed down the steps.

Niles smirked. "Fran can you take the bag?"

Fran picked up the joke. "I've got her, I've got her."

"Very good, Fran, but I actually meant the suitcase this time." Niles handed Fran CC's case and took over aiding his very pregnant wife into the waiting car.

CC's delivery went like clockwork. Niles was there through the whole thing taking everything she threw at him in stride. The doctor finally announced "Congratulations! It's a boy!"

"I love you, Niles." CC whispered as the doctor handed her a well swaddled baby.

"I love you too, CC." Niles kissed her head.

"He has your eyes and that reddish tint to his hair." CC smiled.

The baby suddenly wailed. "He's got your voice, Love." Niles chided. "Let's hope he keeps his father's rugged good looks and his mother's tenacity…they will serve him well."

"Hey, you two." Fran and Max peeked in the door. "We hear there's a new member to the family."

"Come on in." CC called. "Max, Fran…Niles and I would like you to be the baby's God parents."

"One condition," Fran started. "Ya gotta tell us his name." Fran cooed at the boy.

Niles looked at CC and she handed Niles his son. "Son, this is your Aunt Fran and Uncle Max. Fran, Max…this is Daniel Joseph…Brightmore."

"I knew you had a real last name!" Fran winked and took the baby into her arms. "So…when ya gonna have another one?"

THREE YEARS LATER

"I don't like her," Danny said as he looked down at the infant in his mother's arms. "She's gonna make a mess and be really, really loud."

Niles smiled and lifted his son down off the bed. "Listen, Danny, Mommy and I will still have lots of time to spend with you. Lauren isn't going to change that I promise. Plus, just think how much fun it will be for you to help us teach her things."

"Can I teach her to finger paint?" The boy's eyes lit up.

CC smiled. "Not right away, Danny, but I promise when she's ready you can teach her to finger paint."

"You can teach her to clean up when she's finished finger painting too." Niles added.

Danny leaned into his father. "Sometimes that's the most fun!" Danny ran to the door of the room and opened it to call out to the rest of the 'family.'

"He is definitely your son." CC winked at Niles.

Niles raised an eyebrow. "Was there ever any doubt?"

"Never…Belvedere." CC lifted her daughter up and into the arms of her father.

"She's beautiful, CC, just like her Mommy." Niles caressed the baby's cheek.

Danny, pulling Fran by the hand, came back into the room. "Daddy, I brung Aunt Fran and the rest of everybody in to see the baby."

"Brought, Danny." CC corrected.

Fran took the baby from Niles. "So, Princess do you have a name?" Fran hated that Niles and CC kept the baby's name a secret, both times. She freely offered what she and Max had planned to name the twins. Jonah and Eve are nearly two years old now and Fran was desperate for another baby in the house. She was thrilled when Niles and CC announced they were expecting.

"Of course she has a name, Fran…" Niles winked at CC. "We're naming her Francesca."

"Really?" Fran was very excited.

"Nooooooo, not really." CC snarked at her. "Her name is Lauren Marie."

"That was kinda mean, Mommy." Danny said as he hugged Fran's leg.

CC looked from Niles to her son. "You're right, Danny. I'm sorry, Fran. I made Niles promise to play that little prank on you right after Eve let it slip that you and Max were pregnant again, but decided you weren't going to tell us."

"Ooo." Fran barked very much like a seal. "I just didn't want you to have anything to worry about but your baby."

"Uh…huh…right Fran." CC winked at her.

Niles read the look on CC's face right away. "Ok, Mommy, I think it's time you got some rest. You've worked pretty hard today and I think you should take a little nap." Niles winked at CC and kissed her cheek. "Danny, you go home with Aunt Fran and Uncle Max, alright?"

"Ok, Daddy. I'll be good." Danny hugged his father's neck. "I love you, Mommy. You to Lauren, I guess." Danny kissed his father's cheek.

Niles looked into the eyes that were so like his own. "Hey, what about the old man?"

"Daddy, you're not old. I love you too." Danny took Fran's hand after she returned Lauren to her mother. "Aunt Fran…"

"Yes, Danny?" Fran responded.

"Can I cook dinner?" Fran stopped and looked over her shoulder at Niles who just shrugged his shoulders.

"Do you mean cook like Daddy or cook like me?" Fran asked.

Danny tilted his head in full Niles fashion. "I'm too little to cook like Daddy, without Daddy. I mean cook like you."

"Mr. Wong's it is." Fran announced as they left Niles and CC with the newest addition to the family.

"CC..." Niles sat on the edge of her bed. "Dr. Bort called today…"

CC sighed heavily. "About Sharon?" Niles nodded. "What's the decision?"

"While they believe that she's made remarkable progress and that she isn't really a danger to society any longer, they just don't feel she's adjusted well enough to be out on her own."

"So she has to stay in the sanitarium?" CC was visibly saddened by this news.

Niles shook his head. "They've transferred her to a high security group home in New Jersey."

"Is it a good facility?" CC asked.

Niles nodded. "Dr. Bort said it's the very best facility of it's kind on the East Coast. She'll still have therapy, and constant supervision, but she'll have a little more freedom."

"I'm glad that she's getting better, Niles." CC smiled down at her daughter. "She deserved so much better than the life she got."

"She's going to be fine, Love, thanks to you." Niles kissed her and sat next to her on the bed. "Get some rest, CC. You've worried about Sharon long enough." He slipped his arm around her and she was soon asleep still cradling their infant daughter.