Well days went by and Fran and her kids were still staying with Niles and CC. It was a regular Monday morning and Fran was standing by the front door waving the kids off to school when Niles came in and watched her. "Bye! I'll miss ya too! Bye!" Fran said waving then finally waved one last time, closed the door and looked at Niles, while saying, "I thought they'd never leave!" all Niles did was smile at his friend.
It was so good to see her back to normal, instead of walking around the house looking depressed and mopping about missing Maxwell. "Well Niles, I'm off to therapy." Fran said while getting her coat from the closet near the door. Niles gave her a questioning look "You're not in therapy." he stated, "Well," Fran started as she put on her coat, "Shopping, therapy same thing. After all they both make you feel better and you spend thousands of dollars on them." they both smiled and said their goodbyes and soon Fran was out the door.
Later that day Niles was lying on the couch with CC lying in between his legs reading a book. It was a quiet and they both felt relaxed until the phone rang, Niles reached over and grabbed it. "Hello?" he said into the phone, "Niles, I'm in trouble and I need your help." Fran said from the other line. CC looked at Niles questiontly and asked "Who is it?" "It's Fran and she's in trouble." he explained "Quick hang up." CC told him but he ignored her and went on to asking Fran, "What's wrong?"
"Well," she started to say into her cell phone. She was standing on the sidewalk somewhere in town, while talking to Niles through her cell phone, with a worried expression on her face. "There was an accident." she finished and right away Niles asked, "What are you ok?" Fran looked nervous and started to bite her nail as she said "I'm fine, but the Porsche isn't." a surprised worried expression now replaced the worried one as he asked, "What!" but before Fran could answer him he said, "I'm on my way." Fran tried to stop him, "Now Niles it's not that…"
"Bad!" Niles exclaimed. Niles left the house as soon as Fran gave him the address of where she was and before she knew it Niles was standing beside her on the sidewalk looking at the wrecked Porsche. "If this isn't bad to you, I'd hate to see what terrible is to you." Niles said as he bent down to look at the car's wounds while Fran still stood still looking nervous. She put her hands to the side of her face and whined, "Oy Niles wha am I gonna do!" Niles got up as she took her hands off her face and began to nervously fidget with her fingers. "Tell him." Niles simply said which made Fran stop fidgeting and say, "I can't tell him, it's like his baby!"
"Exactly, and a father has to know right away when his child is injured. It's just as important as him finding out right away that he's going to be a father." Niles pointed out "Yeah but ya were like the last one to find out about Michelle." Fran said trying to defend herself, "Ah but remember, Maxwell was the last one to find out about Jenn, and remember how he reacted?" Niles threw in. That really made Fran think, "Ya think someone he works with will take a message?" she asked Niles to which he just smiled at her.