The Day After London

What really happened after that make out session in the hospital. 

by Mary Ann 

 

Oh, Niles...I've really done it this time! After Fran and I made out yesterday I just know she thinks that our relationship is farther along than it is. I'm just not ready to make a commitment!" Maxwell Sheffield confides in his butler Niles who has just come home to recover from a mild heart attack. "I think I really took advantage of her yesterday. Now what do I do?" He cried wringing his hands. Max remembered touching her breast for the first time. The memory caused him to shudder with surprising pleasure. He quickly dismissed the thought.  

Niles gave him a dismayed look. He knew that Mr. Sheffield was crazy about Miss Fine and had been for years. Niles had been so happy to wake up and hear them necking in the next bed. He could kick himself for tricking C.C. to interrupt them. Of course, she would have heard the noises and discovered them sooner or later. "Well, you could admit that you love the woman and marry her. What are you so bloody afraid of...sir?" Niles asked shaking his head. He is peddling on a stationary bike as per the doctor's orders to strengthen his heart. 

"I'm not afraid. I just don't think it's the right time to start anything that I can't take back," Max said stubbornly. 

"Like saying 'I love you?' You certainly took that back easily enough. I just don't understand you. How can you not want to make love to her? You do know how gorgeous she is, don't you? My god. Do you think she's going to wait around forever?" Niles exclaimed.  

"Miss Fine's not going anywhere," Max said rather smugly. "I'm just going to invent a ploy to keep her occupied and distracted. She won't have time to think about a relationship." Max left a disgusted Niles to his exercise and subsequent nap. He headed for his office to think up a scheme.  

Fran clicked off the intercom in the kitchen. She had been so happy when she thought after yesterday that she and Mr. Sheffield were finally going to that next step. The tears that were threatening to fall the last few minutes finally released. Her heart was pounding at the discovery of Mr. Sheffield's true feelings. She dragged herself through the living room up the stairs to her bedroom. She sat heavily on her bed and looked around the room. After a half hour of deep soul searching, Fran made a decision. She got off her bed sat at her desk and pulled out a piece of stationary. With a slightly shaky hand she wrote. 

Dear Mr. Sheffield, 

I will return later to pick up the rest of my stuff. I'll contact Niles soon to give him my location. Please have him call me when you won't be home. You see, I never want to set eyes on you again. You can save yourself the trouble of thinking up a 'ploy' to keep me distracted. And contrary to what you may think, I am going somewhere. Out of your life forever. 

I have been a damn fool to wait for you this last year. You made me fall in love with you on that plane from Paris, which is why I gave you this year to sort out your feelings for me. Apparently you did. Enough. I'm a normal woman with needs...emotional and physical. I will not deny myself those needs for another second. You don't deserve my love or fidelity. I hope you're happy in the solitary existence you have chosen for yourself. 

I'll contact the children soon. You can tell them anything you want. Maybe the truth would be a nice change. 

Goodbye Mr. Sheffield. 

Best Regards, Fran Fine 

Fran folded the note and put it in an envelope with Max's name on it. The tears had stopped. A palpable anger had replaced them. She walked down the hall to his bedroom and placed it on his pillow. The irony of the situation didn't escape her. It should be her head on that pillow, not this note. What a waste. Fran thought shaking her head. Her eyes well up again, as she hurried back to her room to pack. She wanted to get out of here as soon as possible so she only packed enough clothes for a few days. Fran took her purse and suitcase and slipped down the back stairs and out the kitchen door. She hailed a taxi. 

"Where to miss?" The driver asked in broken English. 

"The Four Seasons please." I'm not going to ma's or Val's. He would find me too easily in Queens. I need this for myself. "What a hypocrite he is." She whispered realizing that he had passed himself off as a gentleman in that hotel room in London. He had suddenly backed out of making love to her claiming to be a gentleman. Then yesterday he almost made love to her. Now he wanted to trick her out of a relationship. What a fool I've been. She took a deep breath to try and relive the shivering that all of a sudden came upon her.  

The cab pulled up the entrance of The Four Seasons. She handed the driver a ten-dollar bill and told him to keep the change. The bellman took her bag and led her to the check-in counter. She handed the young lady at the counter her credit card. "I'd like a king size bed if you have one available."  

"Certainly. Just one guest?" she asked. 

"Yes. Just one," Fran said sadly. 

 

Max hadn't seen Fran all day. He was hoping she would come into his office so he could put his scheme to action. He was going to have her redecorate the kitchen. That should keep her busy for a few weeks, after that I'll have to think of something else. He thought quite pleased with himself. He decided to find her and check on Niles. As he passed his bedroom he noticed something on his pillow. He walked over to the bed and picked up the note addressed to him. His heart started pounding as he subconsciously realized that his could not be good. 

With his hands trembling slightly he opened it. By the time he got to the end his heart was pounding through his chest. "Oh my god! What the bloody hell have I done?" he cried suddenly feeling dizzy. He sat down hard on the bed and reread it. "Niles wouldn't have told her. How did she...the bloody intercom! Oh No!" Max stuffed the note in his breast pocket. He raced out of his bedroom to Fran's room, hoping against hope that she was still here. The room looked the same, but he inherently knew that something was missing. It felt empty. 

Max went to Niles room. He was relieved that Niles was awake reading a book. "She's gone!" he practically screamed. 

"Who's gone?" Niles said softly. He knew Mr. Sheffield could only be talking about one person. Niles cursed under his breath. He had been afraid of this after witnessing Max's cavalier attitude regarding their relationship earlier. 

"Miss Fine you blithering idiot! Who the hell else would be gone?" Max yelled in a panic. "Oh god!" 

"Oh sir! How wonderful! I'm so happy for you! Now you don't have to think up a ploy to keep her at a distance." Niles smirked. He pretended to be calm and cool, but his heart was breaking. He was furious with Maxwell and blamed him entirely. "How did she find out?" he asked a little more gently. The stricken look on his bosses face softened his anger towards him. 

"I think she heard us on the fucking intercom," Max said dejectedly pointing to the offending culprit on the wall. "Why the bloody hell was it turned on anyway?" 

"You ordered all the intercoms in the house to be on in case I had another emergency." Niles reminded him. 

"Oh yes." Max sat down on Niles bed and put his head in his hands. "Now what do I do?" he asked his best friend. 

"So you aren't happy about all this? And why is that?" Niles was not quite ready to let Max off the hook. 

Max looked up at him angrily. "Oh shut up. You know I love her." He shuddered as he finally said it out loud. "Oh god, Niles. I am bloody head over heals in love with her!" Suddenly he remembered her note. He retrieved it from his pocket and handed it to his butler. Niles just shook his head as he read it.  

"Niles she said in her note that she has needs, emotional and...physical that needed to be filled. What do suppose that bloody hell means. Max knows exactly what it bloody hell means and is terrified. He ran all ten fingers through his thick hair. 

Niles gave him a withering look. "I think it's quite obvious what it means, and so do you. I can't believe she didn't go looking for love in all the wrong places before this. She's a very sensual person and you have deprived her the last year. God only knows how you were able to keep your hands off her all this time." Niles is thrilled that Mr. Sheffield finally admitted he loved her. "Then go to Flushing and bring her home! There are only three places she could be...her mother's, Val's or her sister Nadine's. It doesn't take a blasted rocket scientist to figure that out...sir." 

Max brightened a little. "You're right old man." He got up and frantically reached for the phone on Niles nightstand. After three quick phone calls Max put the receiver in the cradle. "They either don't know or won't tell me where she is." He whispered defeated. His trembling legs gave out and deposited him back on the bed. "Now what do I do?" 

Even Niles was at a loss now. He had been positive that Miss Fine was at one of those homes. "New York is a big city, you may have to hire a professional to find her." In a way, Niles is secretly proud that Miss Fine had finally made a 'last stand' in this recurring sexual flirtation between them. Brava Fran, he thought admiringly. 

 

It has been three days with absolutely no word of Miss Fine. Max is literally ready to have a stroke. His guilt was consuming him. He can get no work done because she never leaves his mind. Niles had told the children the whole story, so they were furious with their father. Max had exhausted every method of finding her, save hiring a private detective. He missed her dreadfully and his mind repeatedly went to the memory of him on top of her in that hospital bed, gently caressing her breast. This unfailingly caused him to experience a sensual erection. He knew that if they hadn't been so rudely interrupted by C.C., he would have taken her right there in a hospital bed next to his incapacitated butler. 

Max snapped out of his reverie. He had suddenly thought of a way he can find Fran. He made a phone call to his friend at TRW in Cleveland. "Frank, it's Maxwell Sheffield. I need a huge favor. Can you do a credit card check on Francine Fine. I need to find out any transactions she made the last three days." 

"No problem, Max. Give me a few minutes, I'll call you back."  

After five minutes the phone rang. Max grabbed it on the first ring.  

"She has a credit card on file at The Four Seasons. She is in room 785 there," Frank said. 

Max let out a yelp. "Thank you Frank. I owe you big time!" 

He ordered the limo to meet him out front. "Niles! I found her!" he cried. "Make sure her room is ready for her, I'm bringing her home!" He raced out the front door. 

Niles finally could breath easily. He hadn't realized that he had been holding his breath the last three days. Thank god. 

Max's limo raced through the streets of Manhattan and in no time pulled up to The Four Seasons. Frank had made it easier on Max by giving him the room number. He knew the hotel would never reveal it. Max ran to the elevators and pushed the button to the seventh floor. His heart was pounding madly at the thought of seeing her again. He had missed her terribly. Max tried to control his breathing as he stopped at her floor. He knocked gently, his heart in his throat at how she would receive him. 

************** 

 

Last night Fran had been feeling very lonely. She was having second thoughts about leaving so abruptly. Sylvia and Val had told her that Max had called frantically everyday looking for her. Following Fran's orders, they had pretended that they didn't know where she was. Maybe he was just scared He is so repressed. "I miss him so much." she whispered taking a sip of her cocktail. Fran was in a trendy pub next to the hotel. The bartender was quite smitten with her and kept refilling her drink for free. She was deliciously buzzed.  

She heard a familiar voice across the room. Fran turned towards the sound and spied the last person on earth that would be here. She got up and walked over to his table. "Danny, what are you doing here?" she said as she sat down at his table. Danny's table companions were looking for an excuse to leave and Fran provided them with one.  

It was just Fran and her ex-fiancé. "Fran, you look gorgeous," Danny slurred. He was obviously very wasted. 

"Danny, why are you here? Where's your wife Heather?" Fran practically spit out the name. Heather Biblow had stolen Danny Imperielli away from her five years ago. Of course Fran was not at all unhappy about it now, but at the time she was. Her five years with the Sheffield's were the happiest in her life. And she had fallen in love with Max, who was light-years above Danny. 

"She left me Frannie. She moved to Los Angeles and has become a soap opera star," he said barely able to keep his eyes open. 

Oh god, he's almost incoherent. I'm so glad I didn't marry this loser. She thinks gratefully. "Danny, you better go home. How did you get here?" 

"I drove," he slurred again.  

"You can't drive to Flushing in this condition! You'll kill yourself, or someone else. Give me your car keys." she said forcefully. 

"No! I'm driving," he said stubbornly. 

Fran grabbed him before he fell. I can't let him drive in this condition. "Come with me. I have a room next door. You can sleep it off and drive home in the morning." she said reluctantly. While she really didn't want Danny sleeping in her room tonight, she can't in good conscious let him drive in this condition. She would never forgive herself if he hurt himself or some innocent person. 

Fran took his hand and led him willingly out of the bar. His face had lit up when she invited him to her room. She opened the door and led him to the bed where he passed out almost immediately. She breathed a sigh of relief. She knew from experience that he would sleep straight through the night. She took his shirt and shoes off and covered him up. She shook her head at the ridiculous situation she found herself in. 

After changing into her pajamas in the bathroom, she slipped into the bed careful not to disturb him. Not that it would matter; he was dead to the world. Fran turned out the light and fell to sleep. 

 

Fran woke up early with Danny snoring next to her. She went into the bathroom and got dressed. She knew that she was lonely in Manhattan all alone. She had decided that she was going to live with Val. I miss the Sheffield's. She realized. I'm no good on my own. She looked at Danny and shuddered slightly. I had such a good thing going. How could I have just thrown it all away so easily? Her bags are packed and she's ready to check out. She is surprised to hear a soft knock on the door. Fran opened it and gasped. 

"Fran, I miss you. I...I love..." Max stopped in mid-sentence and gasped as he saw the scene behind Fran. His mouth dropped open in horror as he spotted a bare-chested Danny Imperielli snoring away in Fran's bed. His eyes went wide and he trembled slightly.  

"Um, Mr. Sheffield. It's not what you think." Fran said when she saw is _expression. Her stomach was suddenly in knots. She knew he would never believe the truth. "Let me explain."  

He stopped her. Through clenched teeth he said, "Get your belongings. You're coming with me." He wasn't looking her in the eyes.  

Mr. Shef..." 

"Just get your suitcase," he softly said again stepping out of the room.  

Max led Fran to the lobby. He went to the check out counter. "We are checking out of room 785." He handed his platinum card to the receptionist. 

"Certainly sir," she said typing his card number into her computer. She printed out the room charges and handed it to him along with his credit card. 

"Thank you." Max took Fran's arm and guided her out to the waiting limo. He helped her into the back. To her surprise he opened the front passenger door and sat up front with the chauffer. The fifteen-minute ride home was the longest fifteen minutes of Fran's life. She wondered the whole way home why he wouldn't let her explain what happened. She was starting to get a little angry at his reaction. She suddenly remembered that he was the one who wanted to slow down their relationship.  

Fran was indignant. Why do I feel so guilty? I did nothing wrong and don't owe him an explanation. He's the one who drove me away. She decided that she wasn't going to grovel to him. She had tried to explain what happened and he wouldn't give her that courtesy. Fran is working herself into a slight frenzy. "The hell with him. We had no commitment to each other. God knows he pushed me away often enough this last year. Let him think what he wants to." She suddenly realized that she wants things to go back to how they were before. She doesn't want him to fire her. She loves his children as if they were her own. She couldn't stand it if he threw her out of his home. She took a deep breath and decided that she would just go with the flow. She resigned herself to go back to how it was before that hospital bed. 

The limo pulled up to the Sheffield mansion. Fran took her suitcase and opened the door. Max got out of the front seat and took her bag. They walked silently through the front door. Maggie, Brighton, Gracie and Niles were in the living room. They let out a yelp when they saw Fran walk through the front door. They converged on her all at once. She took them in her arms for a collective hug and kiss.  

Tears were flowing freely. The kids were professing their love and feelings of missing Fran the last three days. 

Max couldn't help but witness the abject love his family had towards Fran. He silently walked away and headed to his bedroom. Niles took her suitcase and happily walked up the stairs to her room to unpack it. She released the children with promises of a long talk later and followed him. 

When Niles and Fran were alone in her room she confided what had transpired last night and this morning. Niles eyes went wide when she told him how Mr. Sheffield had discovered Danny in her bed. "Oh Miss Fine. You have to tell him the truth! You can't let him think that you...and he...well, you know," Niles stammered a little. 

"Oh, Niles. I tried a couple of times. He just didn't want to hear it. It's like he just wants to believe the worst. Maybe he subconsciously wanted to make it easier for him not to make a commitment to me." She suddenly realized. It was like she had an epiphany. "He wants to believe the worst!" she cried. "That will make it so much easier for him, won't it?" She started to think that maybe Max was happy at his perceived indiscretion by her. "It was way better than a ploy to keep me busy. Now she was the villain and he didn't have to worry about being the bad guy in their quasi-relationship. 

"Niles! I see everything clearly now! Seeing Danny in my bed released him of any obligation he had after making out with me. Oh what a fool I was. Well the hell with you Maxwell Sheffield. I won't be a pawn in your repressed mind. Think what you want. If you're that terrified about being with me then you don't deserve me!" she exclaimed. 

Her declaration depressed Niles tremendously. "Miss Fine, I don't think that's the case. You're jumping to conclusions. I know Mr. Sheffield cares for you very deeply. He went crazy the last three days trying to find you. You have to tell him the truth."  

"No, and don't you say anything either," she warns him. "I tried twice and he stopped me. He doesn't want to know the truth," she said as she started to unpack her suitcase. When she was settled in, she decided to take a nap before dinner. 

After an uncomfortably quite dinner Fran retired to her room. She wasn't in the mood to socialize with anyone and was still tired after the long night she'd had. Danny snored most of it away, and she didn't sleep well.  

Maxwell Sheffield was deep in thought on the couch in his bedroom. He was sipping his scotch on the rocks and staring into the huge fire. He had changed into his robe and pajamas. His mind had been tortured for hours. He had no clue what his next move would be. Witnessing Danny in Miss Fine's bed had shaken him to his core. Max was in love with Fran, no doubt about it. But seeing that bloody Italian bloke in her bed, knowing that they had sex destroyed him. Worse, he also realized that it was his fault. If he weren't such a blasted coward about his true feelings, this would never have happened. 

Max was despondent. He put his head in his hands and let his fingers run through his hair. "Oh god, Fran," he whispered. Niles knocked on his door to see if he needed anything before retiring. Max had earlier decided to let Miss Fine go. Memories of his children in her arms today made him realize that he can't do that. They love her like a mother. He also knew that he couldn't live under the same roof as her always picturing what she and Danny did last night. 

"Niles," he said softly. "Please tell Miss Fine I want to see her...now." He looked at Niles with a stricken _expression. 

Niles heart sank. "Sir, you're not going to fire her are you?" he said quietly. 

"Just tell her to come here," he said a little more forcefully. 

Niles heart started pounding madly as he left his room. He had never seen that look in Maxwell's eyes. It terrified him. He walked to Miss Fine's room and softly knocked on her door. When Fran answered, he informed her that Mr. Sheffield wanted her to meet him in his bedroom. Niles was quite nervous when he delivered the message. He was terrified that Mr. Sheffield was going to fire Miss Fine. Niles figured that Max would never be comfortable with her living here after last night.  

"Oh, Niles! He's never summoned me to his room before," she said her heart in her throat. His sad _expression horrified her. She knew that his could not be good. "He's going to fire me, isn't he?" She looked at him in fear. Niles could only shrug his shoulders as he looked sadly at her.  

"I'm just the messenger. He didn't confide in me." He left Fran to her fears.  

Of course he was going to have to let me go. She knew how repressed he was about sex. If he thought she had sex with someone else when they were so close to a relationship it would push him over the edge. But her pride wouldn't let her give in. She was still furious with him for wanting to push her away and create a diversion to give him more time. Like five years wasn't enough time. Fran decided that she wouldn't tell him what really happened last night even if it meant her job. 

At five minutes to nine Fran put her bathrobe on over her pajamas. "Well here goes, my last night here," she whispered. She was angry with herself as she realized that she was close to tears. She swallowed and took a deep breath to compose herself. She opened the door and marched down the hall to Mr. Sheffield's room, hesitating only briefly before knocking on his door. 

He answered it almost immediately. "Please come in Miss Fine," he said leading her to the couch. He handed her a martini he had mixed earlier without even asking if she wanted it. Max began slowly. "Miss Fine, we've been together for five years now. I just want you to know that you did a wonderful job raising my children. I will be forever grateful for they way they turned out. I give you full credit. Of course, they are old enough now where they don't really need a nanny." He swallowed and gathered all his courage. "Miss Fine, I think it's time we went our separate ways," he said not able to look her directly in the eyes. 

Fran gasped involuntarily. Her heart starting beating through her chest as she heard the words she had always dreaded. "Oh Mr. Sheffield," she said putting her hand to her throat. She looked at him wide-eyed and valiantly fought back tears. 

"Yes, um, well, my children are pretty much grown. I didn't forget my promise to buy you a condo when you retire. Of course I'll honor it. You can find someplace near here so the children can visit you whenever they want. You know I'd never deprive them of you," he said looking up into her eyes for the first time since she got there. The look of shock and betrayal in them caused him to shudder slightly. 

"Miss Fine, I'm afraid I have no choice." He looked down at his hands, swallowed and continued. "I just can't get the thought of you and him..." He stopped. Suddenly he blurted out. "How could you? How could you do that to me?" he cried as he took her arms and shook her angrily. 

Fran was shocked by his sudden outburst. Her worst nightmare was unfolding. He was firing her. She knew she should tell him the truth, but something held her back, and not just the thought that he wouldn't believe her. She wouldn't let herself lower herself. He had no right to be this angry or imperious. He had pushed her away and yes, humiliated her enough over the last year. She had never been so humiliated as she was in that hotel bed in London when he stopped making love to her. She can't dignify his accusations with an explanation. She had tried twice before and been rebuffed. He no longer deserved one, she thought angrily. Fran looked at him defiantly and unconsciously lifted her chin. 

Max noticed her sudden surge of dignity and was for some reason impressed. They looked into each other's eyes. Both their hearts were breaking. "Miss Fine. I...I am afraid..." he mumbled.  

To this day, she has no idea what caused her to do it. Fran suddenly threw her arms around Max and kissed him almost violently. He gasped at the unexpected assault. Without knowing what possessed him, he pressed his tongue between her lips and took her into his arms hugging her tightly to him. Something primal took over his mind. He wanted to love her, and to punish her at the same time. Max wasn't completely in control of himself. The vision of Imperielli and her in bed last night filled his mind. He was enraged, but aroused at the same time. He wanted her gone, but was terrified that she would leave. In a word, he was conflicted. Above and beyond that, he had to have her...now. 

Max lifted her into his arms and carried her quickly to his bed. They gazed into each other's eyes. Neither were sure why this was happening, but neither wanted it to stop. Max deposited her there and quickly got on top of her. He undressed her quickly. She reciprocated. Max looked into her eyes then started covering her with kisses as his hands found her breasts. At the sound of her involuntary moan, his arousal increased two-fold. He was on top of her pressing it between her legs. Fran had her legs closed. He tried to force them apart with his leg. 

Fran knew that she and Mr. Sheffield were going to have sex and then part their separate ways. This certainly wasn't making love. She was a willing participant. It wasn't meant to be for them to be together permanently, but she would at least have the memory of sex with him forever. She'd always wondered what it would be like. If this was the only way, so be it. Besides, she was very turned on. She didn't know he could be so primal. Fran had never experienced the level of passion that she felt now.  

Max let his hand reach down to sensually caress her. "Spread you legs," he whispered. She looked up at him a little apprehensively. "Please," he said looking into her eyes. 

She looked up at him and for some reason had to obey him. She complied. His mouth covered hers as he let his fingers in to find that spot. Fran let out a low moan in her throat at his touch. Her heart pounding, she let her hand travel down his body until it reached his hard length. She gripped it firmly but softly. Max let out a groan and whispered a profanity feeling more blood gorge his manhood. 

Fran's heart was pounding madly as she caressed and stroked her wonderful discovery. Max was having trouble breathing. Slowly he removed her hand. "I won't be able to control myself if you continue with that," he gasped. "God your wet." 

"Are you firing me?" Fran murmured as her hips rose to meet his now probing finger. 

"Yes," he whispered.. 

"I didn't like seeing you with Danny, not one bit," he whispered. Max felt quite possessive all of a sudden. He hasn't felt like this before. Something deep in his male psyche took over. He suddenly turned her over on her stomach. He covered her so his belly is firmly up against her bottom. He suddenly pushed into her with one thrust, which caused her to cry out his name in shock and ecstasy.  

As he entered her she started crying softly. Not from pain, because it certainly felt wonderful. But from knowing that he was in a way trying to hurt her as much as please her, as she had hurt him. At the sound of her tears Max regained some of his senses. Oh god! Did I hurt her? She was so slippery wet that he had entered easily. "Don't you dare cry," he whispered more self-assuredly than he actually felt. "Not after what you did to me." He tried to be strong but was feeling guilty. He knew he wasn't raping her because she had initiated it and was responding to him. "Please don't cry," he said starting to cry himself. 

"I didn't have sex with Danny. I swear to you. He never touched me last night," she moaned as she felt the inner walls spasm around his penis. He whispered her name and some more profanities feeling it. "I don't believe you," he said weakly, but he was relieved. He did believe her. Max pushed into her with a passion that he subconsciously wants her to forget she was ever with Danny, or any other bloke for that matter. He gently bit the back of her neck in an animal-like, possessive way. She succumbed to his over whelming masculinity and gave in first. Her womanhood grasped his manhood convulsively and milked a climax out of him. They cried out each other's names as waves of rapture surged through their glistening bodies. Max thrust in one last time as he released. Spent, his limp body covered her back.  

Fran's face was buried in the pillow. She was trying to catch her breath. "I...I..." She began as he kissed the tears off her face. 

"What?" he murmured breathlessly.  

"Nothing." 

"What?" he repeated more forcefully pulling out of her slowly. Max turned her over to face him. "What?" He said again more gently gazing deeply into her eyes and holding her tightly. He could wait for the explanation about Danny for now. He wanted to know what she was thinking at this moment. 

Fran looked at him in awe and swallowed. "I've never had sex so...dirty." She cast her eyes down a little embarrassed, but definitely satisfied. 

"Good." He smiled kissing her triumphantly. He took her back in his arms. "Now, about Danny..." 

The End