Maybe I should have called you first but I was dying to get to you.
I was dreaming while I drove the long straight road ahead…
I Drove All Night – Celine Dion
Wow.
That was pretty much all that Daphne could think after she talked to Donny.
She told him that she couldn't marry him. She loved him, but not enough or in a way that she couldn't marry him.
I can't marry him, or be together with him, even if Dr. Crane is over me. Donny is a great man, but he's just not the one for me.
Hell. I should have stuck with what my visions were telling me when I found out that Donny was going to propose. The man I kept seeing must have been Dr. Crane!
Wait a minute…
When I went to see him the day I had my first vision about a mystery man, at first he told me that I should say no to Donny, but after he was alone with his brother, he took back what he had said and agreed with his brother. Could it be that he was trying to get Donny out of the picture so he could tell me how he felt? Would he do something like that?
No. That doesn't seem like something he would do.
After what seemed to be hours of driving, Daphne finally arrived at the Montana.
Here goes nothing.
Again…
She was almost at the floor Niles lived on when suddenly the elevator suddenly stopped.
Bloody hell!
She picked up the emergency phone.
"Hello? Hello? Is anybody there?"
A man answered.
"Yes. Who is this?"
"This is Daphne Moon. I'm calling from one of the elevators in the Montana apartment complex. It seems to have gotten stuck."
"Alright Ma'am, is there anyone else in the elevator with you?"
"No, just me."
"Okay, I'll be able to get someone over within the hour to help you."
"Within the hour! Can't anyone get here sooner?"
"I'm sorry Ma'am."
"Well is there to get out of here myself?"
"Well there is a release switch but you would have to climb out through the little door on the top of the elevator."
She looked up at the door.
"How am I supposed to get up there? Even if I do get up there I'll be surprised if I can fit through there!"
"I'm sorry then, but you'll just have to wait."
"But you don't understand! I have to talk to Dr. Crane! I need to tell him that I know about his feelings for me and that I think I feel the same way! I just told my finance that I couldn't marry him because of this! I need to talk to him now!"
"Look lady, I don't have a clue what you're saying, but what I'm saying is that I can't get anyone over there now."
"Fine!"
She angrily hung up.
Great. What am I supposed to do here for an hour?
She sat on the floor of the elevator for a while.
She managed to reach the door by standing on the bar in the elevator. She could get her head through the door but that was it.
Swell. Just swell.
Maybe if reach me hand through I'll be able to find the switch.
She got her hand through the door and started feeling around for it.
Just then Niles came out of his apartment. He pressed the button for the elevator and realized that it wasn't working.
Hmm. That's odd…
Daphne thought she was getting close to the switch when she felt something furry under her hand. I was moving too.
She screamed extremely loud. Not so much of the rat but everything else as well.
Niles heard a scream and called down to the elevator where he was pretty sure the scream had come from.
"Hello! Is anyone down there? Is everything alright?"
Daphne heard the call and the voice was familiar.
She responded, "Dr. Crane! Is that you?"
"Daphne?"
"Yes, it's me! I'm stuck in the elevator!"
"Are you alright? I thought I heard a scream!"
"You did! I'm looking for the release switch and I found a rat!
"I'm sorry! Is there anything I can do to help?"
"Thanks, but I don't think- wait a minute! I think I found the release switch!"
She did.
"Hold on, I'm coming up!"
"Alright!"
Alright Daphne, you need to tell him.
The elevator doors opened and Daphne immediately hugged Niles, which shocked him a bit.
"Daphne, how long were you stuck in there?"
Still hugging him, "About twenty minutes."
"Wow, well I'm glad you're alright."
Daphne pulled away.
"Dr. Crane, I really need to talk to you. Are you busy?"
"Well, actually, I was just heading over to Mel's…"
Niles could see the change in Daphne's face when he said that.
"Well, I guess I can talk if it's really that important."
She sighed, "Oh, no that's alright… you go ahead."
"No, you came all this way to tell me something obviously important."
"Alright."
Niles opened the door to his apartment so that they could talk privately.
"There we go. So what is it that you need to talk about?"
"Well…" she sat down on the couch, "I just came from a therapy session, you know, like the judge suggested."
"Yes?"
"Well, she helped me realize something…"
"What's that?"
"Well, first… I should start with something that I should have told you months ago."
He was getting a little worried.
"Yes?"
"I know…"
"Know what?"
"I know…I…"
Come on Daphne you can do it!
"I know about how you've felt about me all these years."
Niles was completely shocked.
"What? How? It was Frasier wasn't it?"
"Yes, but that's not important. What's important is that… that… that I feel the same way… I know you're with Mel now and that you may not have those feelings anymore but I needed you to know how I felt."
He just looked at her.
At least he knows.
She stood up, "Well, I've taken up enough of your time. I'll be going."
He couldn't let Daphne leave.
"Daphne. Wait."
"Yes?"
Niles grabbed her and kissed her. He kissed her the way he had always dreamed of.
They stayed like that for quite some time.
When they finally pulled away they both smiled.
"Forget Mel. I'm staying right here with you, the true love of my life."
By this point Daphne was practically in tears.
"Oh Niles!"
This time she kissed him. She pulled him as close to her as she could.
"I love you, Daphne."
"I love you too, Niles"
The End.