Breaking The Threshold

by moun-chan

Disclaimer: The television show "The Nanny" and it's characters are the copyright of Sony Pictures, High School Sweethearts, Sternin & Fraser's Ink, Inc. No infringement on the rights of anyone involved in it is intended.

Chapter one

CC could still remember the very first time she'd seen her. She hadn't known anything about her, but she'd just been stunned by the beauty of the woman on the stairs CC had just arrived at her business partner's house, Maxwell Sheffield's. She had worked for him since many years, and for a lot of these had thought she was in love with the tall, handsome man. But with the appearance of that woman those thoughts had been out of her mind completely. The first thought that crossed her mind was "What the hell is wrong with me?" She had looked at Maxwell beside her They had arranged this event to find some new investors for the musical they were currently working on.

"Who's that?" she'd asked him. He'd answered "The new nanny," his eyes sparkling and obviously very impressed by the red dress this nanny was wearing.

The woman had come over to them and greeted them friendly.

"Good evening, Mr Sheffield," she'd said. Then the focus of her eyes was placed on CC, who had still been a little overwhelmed. The nanny's long, red dress showed her impressing curves, her full, brown hair flowing onto her shoulders in big curls, and her beautiful face smiling brightly... It had been just wow. CC herself had suddenly felt a little uneasy in her own simple outfit.

"CC," Maxwell had said, "this is Miss Fran Fine. Miss Fine, this is Miss CC Babcock my business partner."

"Hello Miss Babcock," Miss Fine had greeted her, reaching out her hand..

CC had greeted back, shaking Fran's hand for a second. As Fran had looked at Maxwell again, CC had felt a little eased somehow.

The evening had been great concerning the investors, but for CC herself it had been strange, raising many questions. Did she really want Maxwell? And what was that stuff about Miss Fine?

CC leant back in her seat. She was in her living room, alone as usual, only with a glass of whiskey in her hand, which she slowly lifted up to her lips now.

The moment she's seen Miss Fine for the first time was years ago now. She had ignored all the feelings and confusion about Miss Fine and just pretended to hate her and to want Maxwell still with all her heart. It had worked, nobody suspected anything. Yet all those things were pushed aside, there was still was something that disturbed her deep inside. The thing between Maxwell and Fran. It was so obvious that there was something going on. They were flirting all the time, and CC had even found Fran in Max' bed one morning. She'd been shocked, of course, but now she wondered – because of Maxwell or because of Fran?

But today... today something important had happened, unpredictable and surprising in many ways. She wasn't thinking of the award of the TONY, at least not in particular. As her thoughts drifted back to what had happened some hours ago, she rose the glass again.

They, which meant Maxwell, Fran and CC herself, had been at the award, waiting for the moderator to finally announce who was this year's winner – Andrew Lloyd Webber or Maxwell Sheffield. As he'd spoken out Max' name, they'd jumped from their seats, joyfully embracing each other without really thinking about it. Miss Fine had kissed Maxwell, who seemed rather pleased by that. CC had said something about she being to one who should be happy with Max, since she was his business partner and everything. She couldn't remember how or why it had come to the following, but Miss Fine in her stunning dress had suddenly turned around, grabbed her shoulders and kissed her on the mouth. It had been a quite short kiss, but it had made CC feel something she had just never felt before. She'd wanted to kiss her back, to hold her tight and never let her go, but as soon as she could, she'd exclaimed" Miss Fine, stop that nonsense!" Fran had been given no chance to answer anything, because right then they were called to step on the stage where the award was waiting for them. For the rest of the evening, CC hadn't spoken a single word with Fran, and quickly excused herself from the little after show party.

And now she was at home, just as lonely as usual. She'd been thinking about her feelings for hours now, and she couldn't deny it anymore: The attraction she secretly felt when Miss Fine was near, the warmth when she was close, the strange sensation when Fran left, the loneliness at home and most of all what she had felt being kissed by her. She, Chastity Claire Babcock, was head over heels in love with that stunning woman called Fran Fine.