Fan Fiction - "The Incredible Shrink 'N' Witch" Part 8
CHAPTER 8 - Epilogue
"So she’s heading back to Boston? Too bad," Roz told Frasier over mid-morning coffees they shared with Niles at Café Nervosa. "I liked her."
"It’s not something to cry over," Frasier said. "We handled it like adults. It was probably a long shot to begin with."
Niles nodded, rubbing his still-aching calves. "We all know you can’t force-feed a relationship. It needs time, months, years even, to develop, till you know for sure she’s the one." He sat back and glared at the ceiling, then turned to Frasier. "At the same time, I’m sorry it didn’t work out for you. She apparently had a lot going for her."
"Well, look who’s coming through the door," Roz said as the brothers turned around. "It’s Zelda again, and another woman’s with her."
"Hi there," Zelda said. "Just wanted to drop by and say goodbye, and also have you meet my younger sister, Hilda. She was visiting here for a few days."
"Hilda, how come we didn’t see you?" Frasier asked.
"Oh, I was around," she said. "Saw a lot of the sights. We simply never crossed paths, I guess."
"Zelda, you would have gotten a kick out of what Frasier said earlier," Roz said, smiling. "He called you the thinking man’s sex symbol."
Zelda softly laughed at the compliment. Had he said that yesterday, she thought, what would I have been transformed into? Probably a version of that famous Betty Grable swimsuit pinup from the forties, although I’d also have a graduate’s cap and tassel on my head.
Frasier gave an imperceptible nod to Zelda confirming the comment, as they briefly stared into each other’s eyes. "Would you mind if I dropped you a line every now and then? By letter, I mean," he asked. "E-mail is so, how should I say it, impersonal. I have your address from an extra copy of your resume you left from last night."
"A letter from you? It would be an honor," Zelda said, "as long as Hilda here doesn’t get hold of it before I do." Everyone laughed...well, everyone but Hilda.
"Are you taking the train back?" Roz asked.
"No, this time I’m, er, we’re flying," Zelda said, checking her watch. "And if we hurry, we’ll get to the airport just in time."
"Though I hate sounding so trite, bon voyage," Niles said.
"And...so long," Frasier added, smiling at Zelda as she and her sister turned to leave.
However, just before the Spellman sisters were out the door at Café Nervosa, Zelda turned to Hilda. "I can’t let it end without one more thing," she said, pointing back and "freezing" the café and its inhabitants.
Walking over to the immobilized Frasier – who, thankfully, had not been in the process of sipping his cup of coffee at that split-second – Zelda bent down and gave him a full-bodied kiss, complete with a bit of her lipstick.
"Couldn’t have done it better myself. That’ll give him something to think about," her sister said admiringly. "Oh, and since I’m not flying back with you, I’ll see you in a few hours," she added, zapping herself back to the family house.
Zelda then looked around the café and slowly walked out, pointing back to unfreeze time.
THE END
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