"Miss Fine, where are you off to in such a hurry this afternoon?" asked Niles.

Grabbing her coat from the closet, Fran replied "Oh, Niles I am so late. I got sidetracked helping Gracie this morning, and totally lost track of how much time I had left to get ready."

"Get ready for what, Miss Fine?" Niles questioned as he dusted the table.

"Oh, I was suppose to meet Mr. Sheffield an hour ago to audition for his new play. See ya later Niles," Fran said as she walked out the door.

"What!? You're auditioning for Mr. Sheffield's new play?" asked a stunned Niles, but it was too late Fran was already gone.

"Oh sure I've only been professionally trained, but Miss Fine gets to audition," Niles mumbled to himself as he continued his house work.

Across town, Miss Fine was just getting out of the cab and making her way into the theater.

'Hmm, I wonder if anyone else is auditioning today?' Fran wondered to herself just as she ran into a line of beautiful hopeful starlets.

"I guess that answers my question," Fran said to herself.

"What did you say?," one of the starlets asked her.

"Oh, nothing. I was just wondering is this the line for the auditions?" Fran said.

"Yes. I heard they have been brutal out there. It seems they haven't liked anyone for the part yet," replied the starlet.

"What is the part anyway," Fran asked as she was fixing her lipstick.

"You don't even know what the play is?" asked the shocked starlet.

Speaking while applying her make-up, "No, this was kinda a last minute favor I was doing, to come down and audition ya know."

"Oh, I see," responded the skeptical starlet. "Well, the audition is for the role of Babe Williams in 'The Pajama Game.' What other plays have you done?"

Thankfully before Fran got the chance to respond, the stagehand yelled, "NEXT."

"Well, that's me. Nice talking to you. Good luck," said the starlet as she started to walk to the stage.

"Ya, you too honey break an arm," Fran yelled to her.

Soon enough if was Fran's turn to audition. As she walked out on the stage she saw Mr. Sheffield sitting with three other older gentlemen.

"Hi, Mr. Sheffield," Fran yelled as she waved to him in the audience.

"Do you know this women, Maxwell?," one of the investors asked.

Maxwell started rubbing his temples praying that Fran would not embarrass him too much.

On stage stood a tall good looking man. 'And who is the stud muffin,' Fran thought.

"Hi, I am Greg Logan. I'm the lead actor playing Sid Sorokin, and I'll be reading with you for your try-out," the actor said as he handed Fran her lines to read.

"Fran Fine. Nice to meet you," Fran replied. "So, what's this play about?"

The actor laughed, but when he saw Fran wasn't kidding he said, " In short, I'm your boss and you're the feisty employee who causes trouble and sparks fly."

Now it was Fran's turn to laugh. "Oh I think I can handle this just fine," she said with a smile.

After the read through was done, Greg commented, "Wow, Fran you were great. Very convincing as the feisty employee."

"Aww, thanks Greg. That's one role I know how to play," Fran responded with a wink.

Meanwhile down in the audience with Maxwell, the backers had much of the same feeling.

"Maxwell, who is this women?" one of the backers questioned. "She showed so much passion in the role," said another.

Just as Maxwell was going to talk C.C. was heard yelling as she was running over to them.

"Maxwell, what in the hell is Nanny Fine doing on stage?" fumed C.C.

"I'm in 100 Maxwell, if this women gets the role," said the remaining backer.

Maxwell just stood there completely baffled. 'Oh God I feel a headache coming on,' was all he could think.

"Maxwell, I am waiting for an answer," said an agitated CC.

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