It was the day that Maxwell was to leave to New York and the whole family went to the airport to say good bye. They were sitting down waiting for Maxwell's plane to board, Niles and CC were sitting together his arm around her, Fran was hugging Maxwell not wanting to let him go and the kids were eating nachos they'd bought from the snack bar. Maxwell was trying to absorb everything that was going on and wanted to absorb more but was interrupted by someone over the speaker.
"Flight 334 to New York now boarding"
Maxwell got up and walked over to his children "Alright children I want you to be good for your mother ok?" And all three of them nodded, and his and Fran's six year old twins, Jonah and Eve, came up to him to hug him. "Bye daddy" they both said which broke both his and Fran's hearts. "Can I have a dollar daddy?" Eve asked and everyone laughed.
Jenn Max and Fran's 11 year old daughter walked over as Max put Eve down. "Eve you know that's not nice, asking for money." She hugged Max, "Bye dad, don't forget to buy me something pretty." Fran walked over and playfully pushed Jenn, then shared a soft kiss with her husband.
"Bye sweetie. Oh and here's a list for things ya can buy me." She said handing him a piece of paper and he looked at it questioning. "Oh and that's the name of the stores where ya can find the stuff." She explained pointing to a section of the paper. "Oh good I thought you wanted me to buy you these stores." Max said getting his bags, "Well if ya want ya can buy me Macy's" Fran said playfully.
Max sighed he was really going to miss his wife. "Maxwell I still don't understand why I can't go with you." CC said interrupting his thoughts, "Because I need you to stay here and take care of the sitcom for me." Max said thinking the discussion was over. "Why can't you get some one else?" he was wrong he realized as CC said this.
Maxwell sighed "I just thought you would be disappointed if you were separated for your anniversary." "Why would you think that?" CC said which shocked Niles even though he new she was playing, "So your saying you'd rather be working than being with me on our anniversary?" Niles said playing along CC looked him "Yeah I don't get paid to be with you." Niles wrapped his arms around her "Ah but no one at work kisses you like I do." "Well there was Roger." Niles pulled away "Who's Roger?" CC smiled, "I love it when you get jealous" Niles smirked at her and they kissed.
"Hey knock it off you two." Fran said trying to pull them apart. "Fran's right, and I don't want you two behaving like that while I'm gone." Maxwell stated. "We won't." CC assured them but then Niles whispered in her ear "We'll be worse." Which caused CC to laugh Max and Fran both ignored her. "I also want you two to help Fran out as often as you can" Max stated, "Well there goes our plan of playing hooky and checking out the sheds at home depot." C.C. said to Niles, and Max gave them both a "You better not" look.
Fran smiled at her husband, she was really going to miss him, just then Eve walked over to her and tugged at her sleeve. "Mommy, Jonah stole my quarter!" she whined. "No I didn't!" Jonah disagreed. "Ok, give the quarter to mommy and I'll give it to ya when you two behave." Fran said and Jonah put the quarter in her hand. "See I told ya he had it!" Eve said pointing at her brother. "Ok go sit down and we'll talk about this later." Fran told them and they sat in the nearest chairs. She looked at the coin "Hey this is a nickel, well so much for my snack from the vending machine." She said as she put the coin in her purse, Max smiled. "Are you sure, you're going to be able to handle them?" he asked with concern Fran smiled to help reassure him that she'd be fine, "Honey please, they're our kids, our responsibility." "No I meant Niles and CC." he said while pointing to the two. "I know." She said calmly.
They laughed and again the voice over the speaker was heard again, "Last call for flight 334 to New York."
"I guess I really should be going." Max said picking up his bag. "Bye sweetie, I love you." Fran said hugging him, "I love you" he said returning the hug and then giving her a soft kiss and then pulled away, "Bye everyone." Max said waving to his family "Bye" they all said returning the wave. He turned away and started walking and Fran stood there watching him board the plane and then let out a long sigh, while wondering how she would survive two months with out him.