Seeing how upset Niles becomes when he reads about Maris’s new romance in the society pages, Martin tells Niles it’s time he started dating, as well. Niles responds by asking a woman to the upcoming “Snow Ball,” but frets that his dancing skills aren’t up to snuff. Daphne offers to give Niles dance lessons.

As the days pass, Niles enjoys the lessons so much, he doesn’t even tell Daphne when his date calls to cancel. Martin warns Niles that he might blurt out his true feelings for her if they continue dancing together, so Niles tells Daphne that his date has backed out. To Niles’s delight -- and Martin’s chagrin, Daphne suggests that she go to the ball with him, and Niles readily agrees.

At the dance, former friends of Niles rub in the fact that Maris is dating up a storm. This prompts Daphne to dance even closer with Niles. Just as Martin predicted, Niles slips and tells Daphne that he adores her. She replies that she adores him as well, and they kiss. Niles is ecstatic -- until Daphne remarks that they sure put on a good act to fool his friends. At first crushed by Daphne’s comment, Niles perks up when an attractive woman slips him her card and tells him to call her sometime.