A/N: Thank you all for your wonderful reviews to my story! It's greatly appreciated. However, I know I promised a new chapter everyday, because I was almost done writing them. But... I put all of my chapters on my flash drive. Which, my dog used as a chew toy while I was at work. Don't you just love your pets? :D So, updates will sadly be slower, seeing as how I've got to re-type all of chapters. :)
Disclaimer: I, once again, DO NOT own "The Nanny" or any of it's characters.
The 23 Phrases
1. I hate doll houses.
2. Well just because someone doesn't like you, doesn't mean you should be rude...at least not like that.
3. I absolutely love potatoes!
4. Being with someone without awkward silence isn't normal...In fact, it's a little awkward.
5. Friendship bracelets?
6. Toe rings are a little ridiculous... I mean rings, on your toes? Who's heard of shoes? Show of hands?
7. Being in love isn't about who, it's about YOU.
8. That was as easy as keeping an ice cube frozen in 90 degree weather.
9. Excuse me, you're in my bubble... get out of it.
10. Dating is a little non-existent for me.
11. Well, hate is a strong word for that!
12. And just whatchya gonna do 'bout it?
13. Shopping just isn't my thing... I mean, you have to try everything on when you're my age.
14. Sleeping is like success to teenagers. It makes them happy.
15. Children is something I'm definitely out of. Just the word makes me cringe.
16. I don't think responsible is the word you're looking for, but if you insist...
17. I like trees with green leaves. Trees with red leaves makes them look angry.
18. So you gave up your dreams for your child? That makes me look bad...
19. Jiffy is a very funny word. It's also very descriptive and meaningful.
20. Are you insane? You're acting like a _.
21. You can't give someone all of you, you have to keep some so you still belongs to you.
22. Yes, bottle blondes are a little... sneaky.
23. Kissing under a rainbow is something I've always wanted to do.
Romance Needed
Chapter 2
kateandharvey
"Uh... Okay." Niles and CC agreed.
"Great!" Marie exclaimed, "Now, I'm sure you two are just exhausted. I'll go upstairs and set up your room, and you can get some sleep." She paused, and said, winking, "Or not."
"Mother!" Niles exclaimed.
"Please, Niles. You're almost fifty! Surely you don't expect me to believe you and CC aren't... you know." She waggled her eye brows at her eldest son.
"Mother!" Niles gasped, yet again.
She waved him off and headed up the stairs to fix up their room.
"CC," Niles let her name roll off his tongue, "I'll fetch our bags and carry them upstairs. Would you like to come?"
CC nodded, "Sure." She stood up, and told Joseph. "Thank you for allowing us to stay here."
Joseph shook his head and answered, "The pleasure's all mine. Besides, family always stays in the house. And if I know my son, with the way he looks at you, you'll become family in no time."
CC's eyes widened at what he was suggesting.
Before she could answer, Niles called to her, "CC, Love? Are you coming?"
She nodded, smiling. "Yes, let's go."
And they walked up the stairs together.
Inside their room, Marie was just finishing turning down their bed. "There you are, dears. There's fresh towels in the cupboard in the bathroom, and space in the closet and all of the drawers for your clothes."
"Thank you, Mum." Niles told his mother, kissing her on the cheek.
CC nodded, and followed Niles as he set their things down.
"Before I go..." Marie held up a finger. "There's something I need to discuss with the two of you."
Niles sighed, irritated. "Mother..."
"Son..." She mocked, "This is very important." She paused, "I'm sure you two are having...doing...being intimate before marriage. That doesn't bother me a bit!" She exclaimed, "However, I don't need to hear it, alright?"
Niles, blushing a deep crimson, nodded along with CC.
"Good. Goodnight!" And she was gone, closing the door behind her with a smile.
CC sighed. "Well, that was..."
Niles turned from the closet where he was unpacking his things. "That was as easy as keeping an ice cube frozen in 90 degree weather."
CC laughed. "Well, yeah."
Niles smiled, heading over to where she sat on the bed. "I just want you to know that we don't have to continue on with this charade. I can make up an excuse for you to leave. I mean, I know you probably didn't realize what you were doing when you told me to play along and now you regret it greatly, but I just-"
"-Niles." CC interrupted his rambling. "It's okay. I have no problem playing girlfriend for a little while."
Niles sighed in relief and nodded. Then, his eyes grew large.
"What?" CC asked.
"...There is something you don't know about."
"What is it?"
"Well," Niles began cautiously. "I haven't visited for a while, you see, and my parents, well my mother..."
"Just spit it out, Niles."
"My mother invited my family over to dinner tomorrow."
CC shrugged, "So?"
"So?" Niles asked her. "So, my brothers and sister will be here tomorrow. And my niece Kate with her little one."
CC shrugged, "So what's the big deal? They come for dinner and stay a while, and then they leave. No biggie."
Niles started sweating. "It isn't that simple, Miss Babcock. I've never brought a woman home. Never."
"Oh." CC finally understood.
"Yeah, 'Oh.'"
"Well how about this? Let's just go to bed, and we'll cross that bridge when we get to it, alright?"
Niles nodded, "Okay."
He moved over to the closet and grabbed a blanket, and then a pillow off of the bed. Putting them on the floor next to the bed, he looked up at CC who was still sitting and told her, "The bathroom's all yours."
"Niles, what are you doing?" She asked.
He looked up, "Making myself a place to sleep, Miss Babcock."
She smiled softly thinking, He's such a gentleman. Always doing the right thing, and putting others before himself.
"First of all, my name is CC. And second, aren't you going to sleep in the bed?"
He looked confused. "But Miss- CC, you're sleeping in the bed."
She nodded, "Yes."
Understanding filled his eyes. "Well... uh... I guess so. If you'll be alright with that."
"I wouldn't of said anything if I wasn't. Now, I'm going to the bathroom to take a quick shower. I'll be out in a jiffy, alright?"
He scrunched his face. "A jiffy?"
She turned in the bathroom doorway and told him, "Jiffy is a very funny word. It's also very descriptive and meaningful." And the door shut behind her.
As CC stepped out of the bathroom twenty minutes later, she found Niles under the covers reading a book.
"What are you reading?" She asked, walking over in her PJ's and sitting down next to him.
"Nothing." He replied. "A book I've read over and over again. Nothing that can't wait."
He closed the book and put it in the drawer of the night stand. "What do you need?"
"Nothing. I'm all done in the bathroom."
He nodded.
"I'm done in the bathroom." She thought to herself, "Obviously, CC!"
"Are you shaking, CC?" He asked.
"What?" She asked him.
"Are you cold?"
She shook her head, "No."
He nodded, not really believing her.
If I don't get his lips on mine soon... CC, she scolded herself, Find a way, and do it casually and simply...
"Do you think we should practice?" She blurted.
Definitely not like that.
"Practice what?" He wondered.
"For tomorrow. You know, touching... I guess..." She rambled.
He laughed heartily. "Alright. Like what?"
She shrugged, "I don't know."
He asked her, "Well, CC what exactly is it that you wanted to 'practice?' Because I've got no idea as to what you had in mind. I mean we could-"
Before Niles could finish his sentence, CC had pulled him closer by the shoulders and pressed her lips to his.
A surprised Niles took a minute to respond, but did eventually by putting his arms around her and pulling her closer. The kiss went on for several seconds until lack of air drew them apart.
Breathing heavily, CC told him, "Well, I think that's enough practice for one night."
At his disorientated nod, CC slipped into the covers next to him.
"Good night, Niles." She told him.
"Good night, Love." She heard his sleepy voice respond behind her.
And they drifted off to sleep.
A/N: So... How'd you guys like it? Did you? I hope so! I'll be posting another chapter soon, so keep checking back!
Phrases Used In This Chapter: (#8) That was as easy as keeping an ice cube frozen in 90 degree weather. (#19) Jiffy is a very funny word. It's also very descriptive and meaningful.