"What shall we do now?" Daphne asked as Niles drove out of the hospital parking lot.
He sighed deeply. "It's been such a stressful day. All I want to do is go home and crawl into bed."
Daphne gave him a disappointed smile. "Of course you have, Darling. You work so hard and you need your rest. I can't imagine what you must have been thinking, trying to concentrate on your work knowing that Martin was in the hospital. Let's pick up David from Roz's place and I'll take care of him while you catch up on your sleep. I'll call and let her know that we're on our way."
Niles pondered the idea for a moment. "Actually, Daphne I have a better idea."
Daphne looked at him in surprise and closed her cell phone.
"Oh... All right. What is it?"
"Why don't we just leave him at Roz's for the night and pick him up in the morning?"
"Don't you want to see David?"
"Well of course my love but-."
"And you must be exhausted. Of course you want to crawl into bed. I wouldn't expect you to take care of David by yourself. You know better than anyone that even though we love him dearly, he can be quite a handful."
Niles carefully pulled the car into a nearby deserted parking lot, smiling at Daphne's confused gaze.
"Niles, what are you doing?"
"I am tired, my love. And I do want to crawl into our nice warm bed. But how could you possibly think that I'd want to do that without the most beautiful woman in the world curled up against me?"
Tears filled Daphne's eyes and she placed a tender kiss on his lips. "Well in that case, perhaps we should get home right away. Come to think of it, I'm pretty tired meself."
Niles kissed Daphne's hand before brushing a lock of hair from her face.
"Actually when I mentioned crawling into bed, sleep wasn't really on my mind."
Daphne grinned mischievously. "I was hoping you'd say that."
THE END