Disclaimer: I don't own any part of Cheers or the Characters. This is
simply a fan-fiction, by me the fan. I am not getting paid or receiving any
money to write this. I only own the plot.
(At Cheers present day)
Norm: good afternoon everybody.
Everyone: NORMMM!
Woody: what's up Mr. Peterson?
Norm: My cholesterol, Sugar, and Blood Pressure levels, and the sky.
Woody: Just came from the doctors huh?(pours norm a beer)
Norm: (sits on his stool) Yup Vera insisted on me getting a check up, because she says I don't do enough exercise. Can you believe her? Do you know How much incredible energy it takes me to walk up and down those steps (points to the steps outside the bar)?
Woody: (looks a little confused and then ponders a little bit while Norm sips his beer) No Mr. Peterson how much Energy does it take for you to climb those steps?
Norm: ALOT woody...hey where's Sammy?
Carla: (comes in from the back room) he's in the office trying to figure out his new computer. Frankly I don't know why he keeps trying, that gives Rebecca something to do while she's here.
Norm: Yea, but now Rebecca has her two kids with Don and they are 5 and 6, she's a little busier than she was before.
Carla: So what?! I have my 8 children plus 5 grand kids all living with me and only two of the so called "fathers" are helping me support the entire family.
Norm: (thinks about his answer cautiously before answering) uhhh... yea but Carla your super woman....we ARE talking about Rebecca Howe. The same woman who burnt down this bar. I think you have proven to be a little bit more responsible.
Carla: Yea i guess your right
(Sam comes out of the office)
Sam: hey norm...um do you know anything about computers?
Norm: yea i know a little bit..why?
Sam: what switch turns it on?
Norm: switch...aren't there buttons?
Sam: um....ok
Norm: here i'll go see it
Sam: thanx man
Norm: No problem.
Sam: hey Carla the beer distributor was supposed to call, did he call?
Carla: No Sam, the phone hasn't rung all morning.
Woody: Yea Sam they haven't called
Sam: (walks in behind the bar) (phone rings) here that's probably them let me get it.
Sam: Cheers
(on a cell phone in a cab)
Diane: Sam? is that you?
Sam: D-Diane?
Diane: hello sam, How are you?
Sam: Im Good, real good and you?
Diane: Oh im wonderful, just excellent...And everyone down at Cheers?
Sam: (looks out into the bar at everyone) yea they are all good.
Diane: thats good....
Sam: Diane?
Diane: mmhhmmm?
Sam: Is there something wrong...or well why did you call?
Diane: Well sam i guess (sighs and slightly lets out a nervous laugh) i have to talk to you in person....i have something to tell you. Im in a cab down the street from Cheers. I wanted to call before i went in... (right after the last scene you see a girl, around 9 years old, walking down the Steps of Cheers)
Carla: (sees the girl walking into the bar and is confused when she doesn't see anyone following) Hey kid, are you here by yourself?
Elizabeth: um...No my mommy is right outside paying the cabbie.
Carla: (realizes how cute the little girl is, she has brown hair and these beautiful big green eyes, with the perfect little nose, and perfect hair) Oh, aren't you a little young to be bar hopping with your mom?
Elizabeth: (smiles) No my mommy said that she had some work stuff to do here and she said that if i was a good girl and sat down by the Indian in the booth she was going to take me out for ice cream later.
Carla: (chuckles a little bit) Well the Indians name is Tecumseh, and im guessing (points to the booth next to tecumseh) thats where your mommy wants you to sit. By the way whats your mommies name?
Elizabeth: Oh im not suppose to say.
Carla: Well then whats your name?
Elizabeth: Im not really suppose to talk to strangers, but you seem kind of nice. My name is Elizabeth.
Carla: (smiles and looks amused) Well Elizabeth would you like some orange soda?
Elizabeth: Sure!
Carla: Ok (leads elizabeth to her booth) well here's your booth and i will bring you that Orange soda in just a second.
Elizabeth: Thank you Ma'am!
Carla: Ahh you can call me Carla kid!
(Sam is behind the bar trying to cope with the phone call he had just got, drops a few alka seltzers into a glass of water)
(the door opens and Diane walks into the bar)
Diane: Hello everyone.
(carla is getting the orange soda out of the freezer...stops... drops the the bottle.... and realizes who just walked in)
Carla: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! (faints and is barely caught by Sam)
Sam: Norm, Woody, Cliffy get her into my office to lie down.
All three of them: Ok Sammy
(so the each grab her and take her into the back room)
Diane: (approaches the bar) I see Carla is still pretty much the same!
Sam: Well ( walks over to the end of the bar where diane is sitting, chuckles and Smiles that Sammy smile) what can you expect? Carla's Carla.
Diane: Yes i suppose it would be awkward if she didn't put on the entire mascarade every time she saw me. I have grown accustomed to her screaming in my presence.
Sam: (still smiling) yeah, yeah i would suppose so.
Sam: So how have you've been? God its been what 7, 9 years?
Diane: ten actually.
Sam: Wow! by golly your right 10 years. Time goes by fast when your..um...here.
Diane: I have been great! I've had a good career, and I even published a few novels.
Sam: Thats great. Thats wonderful. (pauses and thinks for a couple of seconds) Well i've had success too!
Diane: Really Sam?
Sam: Yes, the bar is making more money than ever, and i've upgraded everything to computers.
Diane: thats very wise, and good for business.(Smiles) Well good for you Sam! Im happy for you!
Sam: Well thank you! (stops smiling and leans in) I believe you had something you wanted to talk about?
Diane: Yes! um....gee i don't know where to start well...hmm.. Well ok here it goes, you know how 10 years ago when i came back, we got so caught up in each other that we well you know..
Sam: um (chuckles a little bit, and gets a twinkle in his eye) Ofcourse, how could i forget? (smiles again) Sam: You came up all the way to boston, to talk about that? (giggles a little bit and looks at her playfully) WOW! You must be extremely lonely in..where is it again that you live?
Diane: (glares at him and is completely annoyed at his taunting) Los Angeles, and NO im not "lonely" as you so boldly put it!
Sam: (laughs) hey don't get mad im just joking around with you, but if your not lonely then why are you here?
Diane: Sam, the results of our little encounter w-
Sam: (gets annoyed and jumps up) hey what do you mean little?!
Diane: (smiles and slightly rolls her eyes when she realizes how little he's changed) I didn't mean anything by "little", thats besides the point Sam. Listen the results of it was a pregnancy.
Sam: (in a state of shock) wha-? (faints)
(Sam is still semi- unconscience and Woody and Cliff pick him up from the bar floor and carry him into the back room Couch, Diane follows worried with an ice pack)
Woody: (setting sam on the couch) Wow ms. Chambers! (turning to walk out of the backroom with Cliff next to him) i don't know what you did to him but whatever it was it sure knocked him out.
Cliff: Actually diane didn't have to necessarily do anything, its a little known fact that from standing in an upright position while drinking a liquid on the third Tuesday of the month in Spring, because of the moons gravitational pull it can affect you!
Woody: Wow! Thats very interesting Mr. Clavin (cliff puts his arm around him and starts walking out with him)
Cliff: Well thats nothing compared to what can happen to you if you swim on your back in a pond on the first Monday of autumn.
Woody: ( both almost out of sight) really?
Cliff: Oh yeah you see th-(too far away to here what they're saying)
Diane: (who throughout this all has Sam's unconscious head on her lap is looking after cliff with a look of amused disbelief and calls out after them) Thanks Guys!
(Sam's head starts to move back and forth and he starts to open his eyes)
Diane: Sam? Are you ok? How do you feel?
Sam: Huh? wha....Mom? (fully opens his eyes and realizes who is above him) D-D- Diane? wha- happe..Oh My God!
Diane: (puts the ice pack on his head) its ok Sam, really.
Sam: Why didn't you tell me about this sooner?
Diane: i didn't really know how to tell you. I picked up the phone so many times to call you, and there were even a few times when I did call. Then I would hear your voice and hang up.
Sam: (briskly gets up and almost trips while getting off the couch) Well that's a rotten thing to do Diane! I mean you should have told me.
Diane: (begins to cry) I know I know, Sam...I'm so sorry I should have handled the situation better. I well when Elizabeth was born I-
Sam: (gets a smile on his face) ohhh it's a girl?
Diane: (smiles) Yes, a beautiful little girl, she has your hair.
Sam: (runs his hands through his now grayish hair) really? and she should be around what 9 now?
Diane: yes she just turned nine on 20th of February. You see when I found out i was pregnant i didn't know what to do, I thought about going back to Boston so well we could all be part of her life. But I was afraid of how you would react. I mean i knew you were good with children. its just that well when we were together we never really discussed having kids. and well i was afraid that you wouldn't like the Idea of being a dad. That it would interfere with your Don Juan life. Sam: Wha...? Diane that's crap and you know it! You should have told me! (Gets his "crazy" eyes look, you know which one, the one where he gets when one of three things is happening to him. 1)Cheers is in trouble, 2) fighting with Diane or Diane has done something to him, or 3) Something happens to his "vette") I mean don't get me wrong I enjoy my lifestyle but you know me better than that, and plus when have you had a hard time telling me something.....Now that i think about it when have you ever had a hard time telling any one anything?!
Diane: (tears start to well up in her eyes) Sam, I understand that you are angry with me for not telling you, and you have every right to be,(sobbing) but for Elizabeth's sake could you put that past you for right now?
Sam: (sits next to her and tries to comfort her by putting his arms around her) Aww Diane don't cry (gets a sad look on his face) I hate it when you cry...please don't cry. I'm not mad at you, I just want to see my daughter. I have always wanted a kid...I just want to see her, I want to make up for lost time.
Diane: (stops crying sniffles a little bit and smiles) I should have known you would make a great dad. I was stupid, could you ever forgive me Sam? I Mean I know what I did was unforgivable, but we-
Sam: Relax sweetheart I forgive you.(smiles)
(stare at each other for a brief moment)
Diane: (Stands up Quickly) Sam, I haven't told you everything.
Sam: Huh? What else could there possibly be?
Diane: Elizabeth is here.
Sam: You mean in Boston.
Diane: No, I mean she is in Cheers.
(Sam tries to stand up, but does so too quickly so he trips and smashes against the pool table where two balls come down and hit Sam on the head)
Diane: (bends quickly) Sam are you alright?!!
Sam: ...Yea ...I'm ok, I've been meaning to get that pool table fixed.
Sam: (stands up to his full 6'4 feet height, and smiles) She's here?! where ?!
Diane: I told her to wait for me by the booth next to Tecumseh, lets go see her (grabs his hand and starts walking but Sam isn't moving)
Sam: Wait, but...I wasn't prepared for this..I don't even know what to say.
(At Cheers present day)
Norm: good afternoon everybody.
Everyone: NORMMM!
Woody: what's up Mr. Peterson?
Norm: My cholesterol, Sugar, and Blood Pressure levels, and the sky.
Woody: Just came from the doctors huh?(pours norm a beer)
Norm: (sits on his stool) Yup Vera insisted on me getting a check up, because she says I don't do enough exercise. Can you believe her? Do you know How much incredible energy it takes me to walk up and down those steps (points to the steps outside the bar)?
Woody: (looks a little confused and then ponders a little bit while Norm sips his beer) No Mr. Peterson how much Energy does it take for you to climb those steps?
Norm: ALOT woody...hey where's Sammy?
Carla: (comes in from the back room) he's in the office trying to figure out his new computer. Frankly I don't know why he keeps trying, that gives Rebecca something to do while she's here.
Norm: Yea, but now Rebecca has her two kids with Don and they are 5 and 6, she's a little busier than she was before.
Carla: So what?! I have my 8 children plus 5 grand kids all living with me and only two of the so called "fathers" are helping me support the entire family.
Norm: (thinks about his answer cautiously before answering) uhhh... yea but Carla your super woman....we ARE talking about Rebecca Howe. The same woman who burnt down this bar. I think you have proven to be a little bit more responsible.
Carla: Yea i guess your right
(Sam comes out of the office)
Sam: hey norm...um do you know anything about computers?
Norm: yea i know a little bit..why?
Sam: what switch turns it on?
Norm: switch...aren't there buttons?
Sam: um....ok
Norm: here i'll go see it
Sam: thanx man
Norm: No problem.
Sam: hey Carla the beer distributor was supposed to call, did he call?
Carla: No Sam, the phone hasn't rung all morning.
Woody: Yea Sam they haven't called
Sam: (walks in behind the bar) (phone rings) here that's probably them let me get it.
Sam: Cheers
(on a cell phone in a cab)
Diane: Sam? is that you?
Sam: D-Diane?
Diane: hello sam, How are you?
Sam: Im Good, real good and you?
Diane: Oh im wonderful, just excellent...And everyone down at Cheers?
Sam: (looks out into the bar at everyone) yea they are all good.
Diane: thats good....
Sam: Diane?
Diane: mmhhmmm?
Sam: Is there something wrong...or well why did you call?
Diane: Well sam i guess (sighs and slightly lets out a nervous laugh) i have to talk to you in person....i have something to tell you. Im in a cab down the street from Cheers. I wanted to call before i went in... (right after the last scene you see a girl, around 9 years old, walking down the Steps of Cheers)
Carla: (sees the girl walking into the bar and is confused when she doesn't see anyone following) Hey kid, are you here by yourself?
Elizabeth: um...No my mommy is right outside paying the cabbie.
Carla: (realizes how cute the little girl is, she has brown hair and these beautiful big green eyes, with the perfect little nose, and perfect hair) Oh, aren't you a little young to be bar hopping with your mom?
Elizabeth: (smiles) No my mommy said that she had some work stuff to do here and she said that if i was a good girl and sat down by the Indian in the booth she was going to take me out for ice cream later.
Carla: (chuckles a little bit) Well the Indians name is Tecumseh, and im guessing (points to the booth next to tecumseh) thats where your mommy wants you to sit. By the way whats your mommies name?
Elizabeth: Oh im not suppose to say.
Carla: Well then whats your name?
Elizabeth: Im not really suppose to talk to strangers, but you seem kind of nice. My name is Elizabeth.
Carla: (smiles and looks amused) Well Elizabeth would you like some orange soda?
Elizabeth: Sure!
Carla: Ok (leads elizabeth to her booth) well here's your booth and i will bring you that Orange soda in just a second.
Elizabeth: Thank you Ma'am!
Carla: Ahh you can call me Carla kid!
(Sam is behind the bar trying to cope with the phone call he had just got, drops a few alka seltzers into a glass of water)
(the door opens and Diane walks into the bar)
Diane: Hello everyone.
(carla is getting the orange soda out of the freezer...stops... drops the the bottle.... and realizes who just walked in)
Carla: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! (faints and is barely caught by Sam)
Sam: Norm, Woody, Cliffy get her into my office to lie down.
All three of them: Ok Sammy
(so the each grab her and take her into the back room)
Diane: (approaches the bar) I see Carla is still pretty much the same!
Sam: Well ( walks over to the end of the bar where diane is sitting, chuckles and Smiles that Sammy smile) what can you expect? Carla's Carla.
Diane: Yes i suppose it would be awkward if she didn't put on the entire mascarade every time she saw me. I have grown accustomed to her screaming in my presence.
Sam: (still smiling) yeah, yeah i would suppose so.
Sam: So how have you've been? God its been what 7, 9 years?
Diane: ten actually.
Sam: Wow! by golly your right 10 years. Time goes by fast when your..um...here.
Diane: I have been great! I've had a good career, and I even published a few novels.
Sam: Thats great. Thats wonderful. (pauses and thinks for a couple of seconds) Well i've had success too!
Diane: Really Sam?
Sam: Yes, the bar is making more money than ever, and i've upgraded everything to computers.
Diane: thats very wise, and good for business.(Smiles) Well good for you Sam! Im happy for you!
Sam: Well thank you! (stops smiling and leans in) I believe you had something you wanted to talk about?
Diane: Yes! um....gee i don't know where to start well...hmm.. Well ok here it goes, you know how 10 years ago when i came back, we got so caught up in each other that we well you know..
Sam: um (chuckles a little bit, and gets a twinkle in his eye) Ofcourse, how could i forget? (smiles again) Sam: You came up all the way to boston, to talk about that? (giggles a little bit and looks at her playfully) WOW! You must be extremely lonely in..where is it again that you live?
Diane: (glares at him and is completely annoyed at his taunting) Los Angeles, and NO im not "lonely" as you so boldly put it!
Sam: (laughs) hey don't get mad im just joking around with you, but if your not lonely then why are you here?
Diane: Sam, the results of our little encounter w-
Sam: (gets annoyed and jumps up) hey what do you mean little?!
Diane: (smiles and slightly rolls her eyes when she realizes how little he's changed) I didn't mean anything by "little", thats besides the point Sam. Listen the results of it was a pregnancy.
Sam: (in a state of shock) wha-? (faints)
(Sam is still semi- unconscience and Woody and Cliff pick him up from the bar floor and carry him into the back room Couch, Diane follows worried with an ice pack)
Woody: (setting sam on the couch) Wow ms. Chambers! (turning to walk out of the backroom with Cliff next to him) i don't know what you did to him but whatever it was it sure knocked him out.
Cliff: Actually diane didn't have to necessarily do anything, its a little known fact that from standing in an upright position while drinking a liquid on the third Tuesday of the month in Spring, because of the moons gravitational pull it can affect you!
Woody: Wow! Thats very interesting Mr. Clavin (cliff puts his arm around him and starts walking out with him)
Cliff: Well thats nothing compared to what can happen to you if you swim on your back in a pond on the first Monday of autumn.
Woody: ( both almost out of sight) really?
Cliff: Oh yeah you see th-(too far away to here what they're saying)
Diane: (who throughout this all has Sam's unconscious head on her lap is looking after cliff with a look of amused disbelief and calls out after them) Thanks Guys!
(Sam's head starts to move back and forth and he starts to open his eyes)
Diane: Sam? Are you ok? How do you feel?
Sam: Huh? wha....Mom? (fully opens his eyes and realizes who is above him) D-D- Diane? wha- happe..Oh My God!
Diane: (puts the ice pack on his head) its ok Sam, really.
Sam: Why didn't you tell me about this sooner?
Diane: i didn't really know how to tell you. I picked up the phone so many times to call you, and there were even a few times when I did call. Then I would hear your voice and hang up.
Sam: (briskly gets up and almost trips while getting off the couch) Well that's a rotten thing to do Diane! I mean you should have told me.
Diane: (begins to cry) I know I know, Sam...I'm so sorry I should have handled the situation better. I well when Elizabeth was born I-
Sam: (gets a smile on his face) ohhh it's a girl?
Diane: (smiles) Yes, a beautiful little girl, she has your hair.
Sam: (runs his hands through his now grayish hair) really? and she should be around what 9 now?
Diane: yes she just turned nine on 20th of February. You see when I found out i was pregnant i didn't know what to do, I thought about going back to Boston so well we could all be part of her life. But I was afraid of how you would react. I mean i knew you were good with children. its just that well when we were together we never really discussed having kids. and well i was afraid that you wouldn't like the Idea of being a dad. That it would interfere with your Don Juan life. Sam: Wha...? Diane that's crap and you know it! You should have told me! (Gets his "crazy" eyes look, you know which one, the one where he gets when one of three things is happening to him. 1)Cheers is in trouble, 2) fighting with Diane or Diane has done something to him, or 3) Something happens to his "vette") I mean don't get me wrong I enjoy my lifestyle but you know me better than that, and plus when have you had a hard time telling me something.....Now that i think about it when have you ever had a hard time telling any one anything?!
Diane: (tears start to well up in her eyes) Sam, I understand that you are angry with me for not telling you, and you have every right to be,(sobbing) but for Elizabeth's sake could you put that past you for right now?
Sam: (sits next to her and tries to comfort her by putting his arms around her) Aww Diane don't cry (gets a sad look on his face) I hate it when you cry...please don't cry. I'm not mad at you, I just want to see my daughter. I have always wanted a kid...I just want to see her, I want to make up for lost time.
Diane: (stops crying sniffles a little bit and smiles) I should have known you would make a great dad. I was stupid, could you ever forgive me Sam? I Mean I know what I did was unforgivable, but we-
Sam: Relax sweetheart I forgive you.(smiles)
(stare at each other for a brief moment)
Diane: (Stands up Quickly) Sam, I haven't told you everything.
Sam: Huh? What else could there possibly be?
Diane: Elizabeth is here.
Sam: You mean in Boston.
Diane: No, I mean she is in Cheers.
(Sam tries to stand up, but does so too quickly so he trips and smashes against the pool table where two balls come down and hit Sam on the head)
Diane: (bends quickly) Sam are you alright?!!
Sam: ...Yea ...I'm ok, I've been meaning to get that pool table fixed.
Sam: (stands up to his full 6'4 feet height, and smiles) She's here?! where ?!
Diane: I told her to wait for me by the booth next to Tecumseh, lets go see her (grabs his hand and starts walking but Sam isn't moving)
Sam: Wait, but...I wasn't prepared for this..I don't even know what to say.
