"Ya know Wogew... I wuv you." Maureen said, very drunk.
"I know Mo. I love you too." Roger told her as everyone laughed.
"No weally. I weally do. Who wouldn't. I mean, your handthome and thexy ath hell and if I wathn't a lethbian, ooo baby. I would tho wagage you." she said as Joanne put her hands over her face in embarrassment.
"Come on Maureen, I think we should go home now." she said taking her arm to help her up.
"But Joaaaaanne, I'm telling Wogew how much I wuv him and how handthome he ith." she pleaded getting up with Joanne's help.
"We're gonna leave soon too Maureen." Roger told her with his arms around Gina.
"OK. I wuv you guyth. You guyth aw tho cute." Maureen said stumbling over to Roger and Gina as Mark laughed filming everything and Collins had his head on the table pounding it hyserically.
"We know, Mo. We love you too. We'll see you tomorrow." Roger told her standing up laughing as he leaned in to kiss her goodbye.
"Bye guys." Joanne said smiling.
"Do you need help with her Jo?" Collins asked as he nudged Mark.
"I would really appreciate it. You know how she gets." Joanne told them accepting their help.
"We'll see you at home Rog. It was really nice meeting you Gina. We look forward to getting to know you better." Mark said smiling at Roger as he and Collins helped Joanne get Maureen out of the Cafe.
"So, are you ready to go?" Gina said looking at Roger who had just sat back down.
"Do you want to come back to the loft with me?" he asked her putting his arms around her again.
"Um... I was thinking maybe we could go to my apartment. You know, because Collins and Mark will be home soon." she said looking into his green eyes.
"That works." he said getting up to put his jacket on before helping Gina on with her jacket.
"You know Roger, Maureen is right. You are so handsome and sexy." she said joking as they held on to each other as they walked home.
"You're not too bad yourself." he told her holding her closer to him.
"Are you sure you're OK with coming into my apartment? I mean, I did a lot of work when I moved in but..." she said when he interrupted her.
"Gina, I'm fine. Really." he told her stopping in the middle of the sidewalk to kiss her. "I love you Gina, I wanna go with you. Wherever this takes us." he told her kissing her again, more passionately this time.
"OK. I'm convinced." she said leaning her head back weakened by the touch of his lips. "We should stop at the store. Unless you have..." she said putting her head down to his chest.
"No I don't. We can go to the bodega on the corner." he said looking down at her.
"OK." she said looking up at him as they walked to the bodega.
"Do you need cigarettes?" he asked as they approached the counter.
"Yeah, I could use a pack." she said taking the money out of her pocket.
"Nah, I got it. Do you need anything? For breakfast I mean." he asked looking at her smiling.
"No, I just got eggs and stuff this afternoon." she told him standing next to him at the counter.
"Can I get a couple of packs of Marlboro Lights, please. Oh and these." he said putting the box of condoms on the counter. He handed the clerk the money and they left. They crossed the street to the building and climbed the steps to Gina's apartment. Roger felt a little bit uneasy entering the apartment Mimi once occupied, but felt better when he entered and saw how different it looked. "Wow, this looks really great." he said looking around. There were neon lights and movie posters decorating the walls and a chinese screen separating the living area from the bedroom. The kitchen had all new appliances including a refrigerator and stove. There was a breakfast bar between the living area and the kitchen and there was track lighting along the ceiling. The place looked totally different from when Mimi lived in it.
"Thanks. Like I said, I did a lot of work." she said taking her coat off and hanging it up on the coat rack that was next to the door and her keys in the dish that was on the table on the other side of the door.
"You're not kidding. Maybe you should come upstairs and do our place. It's bigger than this but looks like shit." he told her laughing as he took his coat off and put it on the rack next to Gina's.
"Yeah well, I had some extra money after I bought this place and decided that if I spent it on fixing up this place, I couldn't spend it on drugs. Stupid philosophy, huh?" she asked sitting on the couch.
"Not so stupid. I understand." Roger said sitting down next to her and putting his arms around her.
"Yeah, well. Whatever gets me through, right?" she said laying her head on his chest.
"How do you feel now?" he asked looking down at her.
"I have my good days and my bad days, but right now, I couldn't be better. I'm with you." she said smiling up at him leaning in to kiss him.
"I'm pretty good myself." he whispered in her ear as he pulled her into an embrace. "That would be Mark and Collins. I should tell them I'm down here. Just so they don't worry. I'll be right back." he said hearing voices outside, kissing her head before getting up and going to the door. "Hey guys. Me and Gina are down here." he said opening the door.
"Hey man. Nice to see you two are still hangin out." Collins said laughing as he and Mark tried to peek into the apartment.
"You guys wanna come in and see what Gina did with the place?" Roger said holding the door open smiling from ear to ear.
"Hey guys. Come on in." Gina said smiling at them still sitting on the couch.
"Wow. Gina, you did a great job decorating this place. It looks so bright." Mark said looking around in awe.
"Thanks. Roger likes it too." Gina said laughing.
"You should come up to our place. See what you could do with it." Collins told her laughing.
"Yeah I know. Roger suggested it. I might just have to go up and see this sorry excuse for an apartment." she said still laughing as Roger sat on the couch next to her and wrapped his arms around her.
"Well it can wait. We should go. We'll see you guys tomorrow?" Collins said pushing Mark out the door.
"Definitely." Roger told him still smiling.
"OK. Good night you guys." Mark said as he and Collins left before closing the door behind them.
"So Roger. What do you want to do now?" she asked running her fingers through his hair before he pulled her into a kiss.
"Does that answer your question?" he asked laughing.
"Mmmm. Just what I had in mind. I love your hair like this." she said scrunching her face playing with his hair.
"I can tell." he said laughing as she pulled him into another kiss. A passionate kiss. Roger's hands wondered all over her body. She quivered with every touch. He was gentle and caring. As his lips moved down her chin to her neck she tilted her head back in pleasure. The feel of his lips sent her in ecstasy. She ran her fingers down his back and pulled his shirt over his head. She kissed his chest as he ran his fingers through her long blond hair. He looked down at her and kissed the top of her head as he put his fingers under her chin and brought it up to kiss her again. He began to remove her shirt and struggled with her bra clasp. She unbuttoned his jeans as he helped her take them down. He still had his boots on, so he had a problem. "I can't believe I forgot to take my boots off." he told her laughing as he untied them quickly and kicked them off as Gina removed her jeans.Roger successfully removed his pants and picked her up to bring her into the bedroom. They kissed furiously as Roger caressed her bare breasts.
"Roger, the condoms." she told him as he rushed back out into the living area to his jeans.
"Sorry." he said as he returned to the bedroom laughing as he waved the box in the air.
"Mmm Roger, I love you." she said kissing him again.
"I love you too Gina." he said smiling at her as he caressed her face before burying his face in her hair pulling her into an embrace. "Are you sure you want this?" he asked leaning up onto his elbow.
"Yeah, I'm sure. You have no idea how sure I am. I missed you so much Roger. You're the only man I ever really loved." she told him running her fingers along his jaw line, which had a couple of days worth of stubble on it.
"I've always loved you." he told her leaning down to kiss her long and deep. As he put the condom on he took his time. He was slow and gentle. Kissing her passionately the whole time. As they climaxed together Roger rested on her placing small kisses all over her face and down her neck.
"Roger, I have so missed this. Being with you." she said as he laid down next to her and caressed her face.
"Me too. Remember our first time?" he asked smiling down at her.
"How could I forget? It was at your house after school. God your room was a mess." she said laughing as she rolled onto her side to look at him.
"April 17, 1981." he answered as she leaned up surprised he remembered the date.
"How do you...?" she asked as her sentence trailed off.
"I lost my virginity that day. Remember?" he said running his fingers through her hair.
April 17, 1981
"Oh my God, I love this song." Gina told him as she dove to the radio in Roger's bedroom to blast it just as Keep on Lovin' You by REO Speedwagon comes on the radio.
"And I'm gonna keep on lovin you. Cause it's the only thing I want to do. I don't wanna sleep, I just wanna keep on lovin you." he sang as he reached out for her and pulled her onto the bed.
"Roger, you are so cute." she said leaning up to kiss him.
"Oh yeah? How cute?" he asked looking deep into her blue eyes.
"Cute enough." she said kissing him passionately as she pulled his shirt off.
"Gine are you sure you wanna do this?" he asked pulling away from her.
"Yeah, I'm sure. I want you to be my first." she said looking at him as she pulled off her t-shirt.
"Well, I want you to be my first too, but are you sure you're ready? Now?" he asked caressing her face.
"Yes Roger. I'm positive." she insisted as she pulled him into another kiss and they began to make love for the first time.
"Do you remember what song was playing?" she asked smiling at the memory.
"REO Speedwagon Keep on Lovin You." he said smiling back proud of himself for remembering the song.
"Oh my God, Roger. I am very impressed." she said laughing rewarding him with a kiss.
"I figured you would be. Everytime I'm in the loft alone, I play that song on the stereo and think of you. If anyone ever knew I loved that song, I'd be dead meat." he confessed kissing her head.
"That is so cute. When you sang Open Arms by Journey, I thought about that time in your room when we were laying in your bed naked and your mom came home and we didn't hear her because of the radio, so when we finally did hear her coming up the stairs, I had to hide in the closet and you made believe you were sick." she told him laughing hysterically.
"That was so not funny. She didn't let me see you for 3 days because she was afraid I was gonna get you sick." he whined laying back.
"Well you're the one who couldn't think of a better excuse as to why you were laying in bed at 4:30 in the afternoon." she said laying on his chest playing with his chest hair.
"Yeah well, it was the best I could come up with on such short notice. I was 16." he said tickling her under her arms.
"Roger." she squealed as she jumped up.
"Still works." he said as she knelt on the bed next to him holding his hands.
"You are bad. Do you really want to play? I remember you're spots too." she said leaning down still holding his hands and nibbling on his ear.
"No, no, no. I'll stop. I'll stop." he told her laughing as turned to her to pull her into a kiss.
"You are still so easy." she said laying back down next to him laughing.
"Yeah well it doesn't help that you discovered the majority of my spots." he laughed along pulling her close to him.
"I'm really glad we found each other again." she told him kissing his chest.
"Me too. You have no idea how much I missed this. You and me together. I still can't believe you've been right here under my nose for a month." he said caressing her hair.
"I know. And I've been listening to you play up there and thought it was you, but I never tried to find out for sure." she told him playing with his chest hair.
"When did you get that?" he asked moving her hair to expose her tattoo.
"Last year. I was high and thought it would be cool to get a superman tattoo." she laughed looking back at her shoulder blade.
"It is cool." he said tracing it with his fingers.
"When did you get yours?" she asked holding his bicep and bringing it closer to her.
"When I got to the city. I thought it would be cooler if I played clubs in sleeveless t-shirts and a cool celtic tattoo." he laughed looking down at his.
"I like yours better than mine." she said tracing it with her finger nails knowing it tickled Roger.
"Do you want to start playing again?" he asked laughing.
"No, I'm just tracing your tattoo." she said slyly laughing.
"I love you Gina." he leaning down to kiss her.
"I love you too Roger." she said kissing him as they fell asleep in each others arms.
