Disclaimer: "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" is copyrighted to Warner Brothers and Shoot the Moon Productions. The plot is mine, but not the characters. This story is meant for enjoyment purposes only. No infringement is intended.

AN: Another day, another challenge, this one by my beta, Sheila, resulting in the shortest story I have ever written.

Challenge for all you talented writers out there! During the course for the series there were many lines uttered that have now taken on a life of their own. "What do you care" "Clams again, Dear" "Not Exactly" My challenge should you choose to accept it is to take at least 5 lines that we will all recognize as being uttered by our favorite characters, and write a tale. As in real life, size does not matter, it's all in how you use them (the words). I hope this starts the creative juices flowing in our writers

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Lee was lying back on his bed and beginning to get impatient waiting for his wife to emerge from the bathroom. It wasn't nearly often enough that they had time alone together. He got up from the bed, hurriedly crossed the room and knocked on the door, "Amanda, come on!" When he got no response, he took on a gentler tone, "I know you said you had something special you wanted to wear for me, but really, how special can it be?"

Amanda opened the door and peeked out grinning at him saucily. "What do you care? You're just going to take it off me, anyway." She then stepped fully out of the bathroom covered by her comfy blue terry cloth robe and as soon as she did so, he reached for her, but she admonished him with a wave of her finger. "uh-uh...I wouldn't...not yet." She then took both of his hands and led him over to the bed and pushed him down to a sitting positing on the side of it.

"Amanda, you're killing me. I mean, you already know how it is. When we are not at work, we are not together enough to suit me."

"I know, Sweetheart," she replied as she slowly untied the belt on the conservative robe and dropped it to the floor revealing the sheer confection she wore beneath it, "But we knew what it was gonna be like." She then twirled inch by inch for him revealing the curves of her body to him that were clearly outlined through the thin material.

Lee's breath caught in his throat as he watched her movements wanting nothing more than to take her in his arms right then and there, but also wanting to see how this played out. "You did once tell me, 'when you're talking about love, you have to be patient." He took a sputtering breath, deciding that was going to be his new mantra...or at least for tonight because his wife clearly had made plans for him and he was dying to see what those plans were.