"The theater is jammed packed with people." Fran said talking to a nervous Max. "Calm down everything is going to work out." She straightened his tie for him. "Ya look handsome ya know."

"It's not me I'm worried about." Max paced the floor. "Did you see CC? She's a nervous wreck. She's looking very second for her date."

"I think that's what Niles wanted to see. Her in a panic mood but she looked fanatic though."

"That's just great." They both take their seats in the front row.

Backstage Niles was getting ready for the performance of his life. He had to get her on stage and keep her there. Somehow, he thought.

"I just hope that she can handle this. What am I saying, of course she will? I just want to see her face. But should I tell her?" He strengthens his tie. And sighs. "Now is the time."

CC sat at her make-up dresser and sighs. "I hope that this goes good. We need this to boast our names." She slightly shakes as she looks in the mirror for the hundredth time. "Why am I so nerves? It's not like something is going to happen to me? Is there? The person that Nanny Fine has as a friend did fine the other day, so why not now. I have nothing to worry about." Everyone is watching the stage wanting to know what will happen next. Max looks over at Fran. Max's mind: god that dress dresses her to a tee. He shakes the thoughts out of his head. I have to think of CC now. How is Niles going to pull this off?

On the stairs of the theater,

"Who shall be this? My lover wants to dance?" CC calls from the stage below.

"That's my cue." Niles said softly to himself. He ascends the stairs. CC looks up, at the stairs, turns and runs off the stage. Niles' mind: What playing hard to get? That wasn't part of the play. I have to do something and quick. Think. Think Niles quickly.

He moves halfway across the stage. Why did she run off like that? That wasn't what I had in mind. He didn't think it would happen like that. He looks at the crowd. He has to think quick which, he is really good at. I'm glade I'm a quick thinker.

"I see my darling is playing hard to get. I love a woman like that." Crowd didn't think anything of it. They just laughed at the scene that was before them. Max swallowed. Something was going terribly wrong with his show. "My love my love where did you go?" Niles shrugged at the crowd. "Where can she be?"

Crowd laughs again. Niles ignores them. Niles' mind: Good they think that this is part of the show. He knew that he had to help CC.

He thought this was his entire fault. Guilt took over his thoughts. I think I might have ruined her one night to be on stage. I have to get her to act with me. I couldn't let her do this alone. He actually felt real bad for her and Max. What if I can't get her to trust me? Then what? I will have screwed up not only her day but Max's as well. Max was beginning to worry now. This was not how he planed it to be. No one was more shocked then Fran. Fran's mind: Oy. This is not going to be good. What have I done? I think I screwed up big time this time. Look at them. Max glares at Fran. He whispers,

"Look at this mess you…."

"We…" Fran corrects him. Max sighs, she's right. "We created, we should never have asked…Niles to do this." Max commented. Niles continued on as he edged off the stage some. "Why do you run? My love i….i want to stay here with you all night."

"I don't…" CC's voice was heard somewhere off the stage, where the crowd couldn't see her. He held out his hands.

"But I do." Niles drags CC by the arm. Before she realized what was happening they were back on the stage. The crowd roared.

"I don't…" she protested. He let go of her. Then noticed that the crowd was quite again. He had to come up with another scene to keep her on stage.

"I see my love's not enough." He walks towards the other side of the stage his back towards CC. He reaches for something in his pocket. The crowd was watching intently at his every move. That worried Max even more. What was Niles planning and would his plan work? "Maybe this," He shows the crowd the box that he opens. The light shines off the small object inside.

"You go."

"That's it man. Tell her how you feel."

"Oh…."

"That's the way it should be."

"Love is in the air."

"Dance all the way to paradise."

"It's beautiful. She will love it," Yelled different people in the crowd.

"My… my love why want you come back to me? I want to ask you a question one that will change our lives for good and for the better, I hope." He walks back across the stage CC was still there barely on stage.

"I just…" She was cut off by his actions. He gets on one of his knees. He held out his arms in front of him. "Please come back to me. My sweet darling, you know we are meant to be." The crowd cheered. She faced the crowd and smiled. They had no idea that they were making this up as they went along. He scooted closer to her. Then stopped. "I wanted to ask you this one question for years now." CC's mind: What is he trying to do? Embarrass me even more? She wanted him to stop all this. Stop embarrassing her. Stop embarrassing Max with his lame play. She went closer to confront this head on with him. He grabbed her arm and pulled her closer to him. He pulled her down. Pulled her down, to his level. She was now practically in his lap. He wanted to get her farther on stage to ask her but this will have to do. This time he wasn't taking any chances. He wrapped his hands around her waist. He held her tight.

"Now just seems like the perfect time to." She looked in his eyes and at that moment she thought she was going to lose all the control she had. In his eyes she read what he wanted from her. This was not just a play to him. He was serious about how he felt for her. Or was this all to embarrass her. She was buying into it what ever the reason had been.

"Will my love, my darling," he breathes deeply as to suck in courage. "Marry me?