Later that night after saying goodnight and thanking Gia, Fran went over to Max's room where she'd be sleeping. Max still wasn't back, so she sat down at the desk that was there and relaxed, then she decided she'd call Niles, to see how things were going over there. She waited for quite a while but finally Niles answered. He was in his and CC's kitchen wearing an apron and had some flour on his cheek, "Hello?" Fran smiled, "Hiya Niles." Niles now knew who it was, "Oh hi Fran." "How'd ya know it was me?" she asked, "Just shot in the dark." he said, which made Fran laugh.
"Well you're sure in a good mood, was I right?" he questioned, "I guess." Fran said, she didn't like being proven wrong, "Uh hu." Niles said, he knew by the tone in her voice he was right. "Oh alright, ya were right." but before Niles good say anything she added, "But that could change, he left to work awhile ago, so we'll see when he comes back." across the country Niles looked confident and said, "I'm sure I'll be right again." "Let's hope." Fran said to herself.
"So what's going on over there?" Fran asked, she wanted to see if she could make time go by faster, by trying not to think about Max. "I'm teaching CC how to make pancakes." Niles explained, "Aw how nice." Fran said, she began to think of how it would be to make pancakes with her husband.
All of a sudden her thoughts were interrupted by CC yelling, "Niles come here!" "I'll be right back." Niles told Fran and then he must have gone over to wear CC was because, all Fran could hear was some mumbling and then minutes later Niles came back on.
"Uh Fran I have to go, CC flipped a pancake to high and now I've got a pancake on my ceiling." Niles explained and Fran laughed and said, "Oh I remember something like that." "Oh you and Maxwell, made pancakes?" Niles asked, "Nah, we haven't made anything together, well except love, kids, and memories." Fran explained. "Well suggest it sometime, it helps make all those things." Niles said smiling, "I've got to, I'll try to call you later, bye." "Bye Niles." Fran hung up and sighed.
Then she got an idea, she walked over to their bed and got comfortable, 'After all Max should be home any minute now.' she thought. But the minutes turned into a half hour and then hours, and after getting into many different poses Fran had fallen asleep.
Fran had been asleep for awhile when a very looking tired Max came into the room, and Fran woke up to the sound of the door closing. "Oh honey you're back." she said as she started walking over to him. "Oh darling I'm sorry I took so long, there was another problem at the theater." he started as he began to rub his temples, "Oh honey don't worry. Ya just lay down right here and relax." she said as she led him to the bed, "And I'll dim the lights a little." she said walking away to the light dimmer "Oh Max I can't tell ya how much I've missed ya." she said her back still facing him after wait a few seconds of waiting for an answer she turned around to find him asleep.
Fran sighed and then turned the lights off all the way, she walked over to the bed and then snuggled up to Max and fell back to sleep.