A/N: Okay, not the best of chapters/parts. But I'm trying to stick to a Lilith-Frasier-Lilith-Frasier patteren. lol
"Hey Fras… Hello Freddie!" Roz exclaimed, as we entered my booth at the station.
"Afternoon Roz."
"How come Freddie isn't at home with your Dad?"
"Dad's gone out with Duke, some overnight fishing trip they've had planned for months, Daphne's gone on an all day shopping spree with a friend, and as you know Niles and Maris have gone to that charity ball in Chicago."
"Oh, so I suppose you want me to keep Freddie in my Booth during the show?" She questioned, already knowing the answer.
"Please." I said with my best 'sad little puppy dog face'.
She chuckled. "Of course. Come on Freddie, I'll show you where your Dad keeps his secret stash of candy."
"Yay!" Freddie's face lit up, as she lifted him into her arms and carried him to her booth.
As I set my briefcase on the counter-top, Roz did the same with Freddie. When I closed the lid on my briefcase after retrieving some papers, I noticed a beautiful blonde woman enter Roz's booth wearing a fetching blue skirt-suit.
After the disaster I made of my relationship with Madeleine, I hadn't been able to bring myself to even approach a woman for some time. Well, today that ends. I entered Roz's booth, and made up some excuse about my headset not working.
"Oh, excuse me. I'm…" I started, as I offered the charming woman my hand.
"Dr Frasier Crane. I know…"
"Frasier, this is Gillian. A friend of mine. She's a lawyer." Roz chimed in. "I'll just go to storeroom and get you a new headset. You two be good now." She winked as she left.
"So. A lawyer huh? That's very commendable." I tried to make conversation while I figured out the words to ask her out.
"Thank you. I'm a great admirer of your work actually. I almost took psychology at university."
"Oh, why didn't you?……"
Suddenly, our conversation was overshadowed by an almighty cry. "Daddy!!"
"Frederick!" I'd almost forgotten he was even there.
He had fallen off of the counter-top, and landed in an awkward position on his right arm. Probably as he was reaching to get my attention.
As his screams continued, Roz returned with the new headset. "Oh My God! What happened?!"
"Roz, it's all my fault. He fell off the counter reaching for me; I think his arm's broken. What am I gonna do?!"
"Maybe I should go?" Gillian observed.
"Oh, no!….." I called after her.
"See you Monday, Roz."
"Okay, bye." Roz responded before turning back to help me with Freddie, who was now in my arms, still screaming.
"You can use the phone here." Said Roz.
"What for? He doesn't need an ambulance?" I replied.
"To call Lilith. I'm sure I'd want to know if something happened to my child."
"No, not yet. She'll kill me! I'll take him to the emergency room, and find out if it really is broken. Then I'll call her once I'm sure of what's happened."
Roz looked at the clock. "Frasier! We're on in 2 minutes!"
"Just play 'the best of Crane'!" I shouted over Frederick's cries, as I swiftly left the station.
"Hey Fras… Hello Freddie!" Roz exclaimed, as we entered my booth at the station.
"Afternoon Roz."
"How come Freddie isn't at home with your Dad?"
"Dad's gone out with Duke, some overnight fishing trip they've had planned for months, Daphne's gone on an all day shopping spree with a friend, and as you know Niles and Maris have gone to that charity ball in Chicago."
"Oh, so I suppose you want me to keep Freddie in my Booth during the show?" She questioned, already knowing the answer.
"Please." I said with my best 'sad little puppy dog face'.
She chuckled. "Of course. Come on Freddie, I'll show you where your Dad keeps his secret stash of candy."
"Yay!" Freddie's face lit up, as she lifted him into her arms and carried him to her booth.
As I set my briefcase on the counter-top, Roz did the same with Freddie. When I closed the lid on my briefcase after retrieving some papers, I noticed a beautiful blonde woman enter Roz's booth wearing a fetching blue skirt-suit.
After the disaster I made of my relationship with Madeleine, I hadn't been able to bring myself to even approach a woman for some time. Well, today that ends. I entered Roz's booth, and made up some excuse about my headset not working.
"Oh, excuse me. I'm…" I started, as I offered the charming woman my hand.
"Dr Frasier Crane. I know…"
"Frasier, this is Gillian. A friend of mine. She's a lawyer." Roz chimed in. "I'll just go to storeroom and get you a new headset. You two be good now." She winked as she left.
"So. A lawyer huh? That's very commendable." I tried to make conversation while I figured out the words to ask her out.
"Thank you. I'm a great admirer of your work actually. I almost took psychology at university."
"Oh, why didn't you?……"
Suddenly, our conversation was overshadowed by an almighty cry. "Daddy!!"
"Frederick!" I'd almost forgotten he was even there.
He had fallen off of the counter-top, and landed in an awkward position on his right arm. Probably as he was reaching to get my attention.
As his screams continued, Roz returned with the new headset. "Oh My God! What happened?!"
"Roz, it's all my fault. He fell off the counter reaching for me; I think his arm's broken. What am I gonna do?!"
"Maybe I should go?" Gillian observed.
"Oh, no!….." I called after her.
"See you Monday, Roz."
"Okay, bye." Roz responded before turning back to help me with Freddie, who was now in my arms, still screaming.
"You can use the phone here." Said Roz.
"What for? He doesn't need an ambulance?" I replied.
"To call Lilith. I'm sure I'd want to know if something happened to my child."
"No, not yet. She'll kill me! I'll take him to the emergency room, and find out if it really is broken. Then I'll call her once I'm sure of what's happened."
Roz looked at the clock. "Frasier! We're on in 2 minutes!"
"Just play 'the best of Crane'!" I shouted over Frederick's cries, as I swiftly left the station.