AN: I know I've taken a while to update, and I apologize, but anyway here's chapter 10... Woo! The big one-oh!

Mentally In Love

Chapter 10

kateandharvey

"Where's Niles?" Maxwell asked his wife around seven in the morning, "He isn't down here cooking breakfast."

Fran shrugged, walking over to Maxwell in their kitchen. "I don't know, honey. Maybe he's...out."

Maxwell's brow furrowed at his wife's response. "Well, no matter where he is- I'm going to find him!" And he walked towards the stairs, Fran right behind him.

"Honey, I think you're being irrational about this, you're overreacting..."

"Well if he isn't down here, where could he possibly be?" Maxwell asked Fran, turning abruptly on the stairs.

"Maybe..." Suddenly, a scary thought crossed her mind. With a gasp she asked Maxwell, "You don't think-" Gulp. "Miss Babcock killed him...do you?"

Maxwell shook his head. "No, Darling. I don't think that's what's happening."

Walking up the stairs, and straight to Niles' room, the couple didn't even bother to knock on the door. And upon opening it, they discovered what they never thought they would.

Immediately, without thinking, Maxwell began screaming. "CC! Get your bloody rear end out of bed right now!"

Startling awake, CC yelled back. "Maxwell! What the hell is your problem? I'm-" Realizing her surroundings, and figuring out why he was so angry, CC shut up. However, Niles awakened.

"What were you thinking? What are you doing?" Maxwell yelled, completely blocking Fran's attempts to calm him down out of his mind.

"Excuse me!" Niles yelled, entering the argument, "I'm oh so very sorry!" He exclaimed with a sarcastic tone, "How dare I make love to my wife!"

"Yes! Because you have no idea how she-" Maxwell stopped, looking at Niles, remembering, and realizing what he just did.

"How she what? How she what?"

"Nothing. I'm very sorry." Maxwell told Niles, and he and Fran left the room.

"Good Lord." Niles spoke to his wife, "What was that all about?"

CC shrugged, "I think Maxwell doesn't like it when we're intimate inside the house."

"But it's our own floor! We can do whatever we want with it!"

"I know." CC sighed, no being able to come up with another excuse.

"What do you say about another go?" Niles asked, raising his eyebrows suggestively.

Suddenly, it dawned on CC what she'd done. Maxwell's real problem. Her eyes wide, and filling with tears, she spoke, "Um... Actually, I'm going to take a shower."

"So?" He asked, not comprehending. "You don't have to shower alone..."

Not being able to speak, CC's tears flowed from her eyes and down her cheeks.

"What's wrong?" He paused, "Love?"

"Nothing, I just..." She paused, "Why don't you shower first, alright? I'll talk to Maxwell."

He nodded, still suspicious about her behavior. "Alright then, I'll be quick like a bunny."

She smiled at him as he left the room.

Still concerned about CC's behavior, Niles slowly began preparing for his shower. He turned the water on, letting it warm up as he took his clothes off. Why was she acting so odd? He thought. Shaking his head as to free his mind from it, Niles stepped into the shower. However, his footing was a bit off. And he fell to the ground, hitting his head on the toilet next to the bath.

Hearing the sound of his body slamming onto the tiled floor, CC rushed into the bathroom. "Niles?" She asked, completely ignoring his lack of clothing. "Niles?" She slapped his face. "Wake up, Niles. Niles! Wake up!"

Groggily, he opened his eyes. "Miss Babcock? What happened? Did you play a prank on me?"

And the plot thickened...