"Maureen, I'm not fighting with you about this right now... because I'm tired and I don't feel well... no I'm fine. It's just that, between you and my mother, this wedding is making me crazy... OK, I'll see you at the cafe tonight... OK bye." Adrianna said hanging up the phone.

"Is everything OK Aid?" Roger asked looking over at her as he entered the bedroom.

"Yeah, it's just Maureen and my mom. I told you we should have changed out phone number until the wedding." she smiled looking up at him.

"Are you OK Aid? You look a little pale." Roger asked feeling her head.

"Yeah, I'm just a little tired and I don't feel well. My stomach is bothering me. I'm fine. I think I just need to get some sleep." she said looking up at him as she laid down in the bed.

"I'm gonna call the doctor. I don't like this Aid." he said reaching out for the phone.

"Roger, I'm fine. I just need to get some rest. I'll be OK." she said stopping him.

"Fine, but if you still don't feel well tomorrow, I'm calling a doctor." he told her sternly.

"Yes Baby. I promise. If I'm not feeling well tomorrow you can call a doctor." she agreed looking up at him.

"I'm serious Aid. I don't like this." he said looking down at her.

"I know Roger. But I'm fine. I just need to get some sleep." she said reaching out for his hand.

"OK. Get some sleep Aid. I'll just be in the next room, OK?" he said leaning down to kiss her head.

"I love you Roger." she smiled looking up at him.

"I love you to Aid." he said before getting up and leaving the room. He was worried about Adrianna. He had never known her to be tired, but she'd been tired a lot lately. As he sat on the couch he heard her wimpering from the bedroom. "Aid, are you OK?" he asked as she clutched her stomach.

"No. I think I need to go to the hospital now." she said looking up at him crying.

"OK Baby." he said leaning down to pick her up and carry her out of the apartment. "It's OK Baby. I got you. Everything's gonna be OK." he said kissing her head as he rushed down the stairs and outside to get a cab to the hospital. When they got there he picked her up and carried her into the emergency room. "Can I get some help over here please?" he called out as doctors and nurses rushed to his aid.

"What's the problem sir?" the doctor asked looking up at him.

"My fiance, she's been tired a lot lately and she's been complaining that she doesn't feel good. And then she started having stomach pains." he told them as he watched them put her on a gurney and wheeled her into the examining room.

"Could you be pregnant Miss...?" the doctor started looking down at Adrianna.

"Constantino. Adrianna Constantino. No, I'm not. I just got my period last week." she said looking up at him as she clutched her stomach.

"Sir, you're gonna have to wait out here. We're gonna do some tests. Then we'll know more." the doctor said looking up at Roger.

"Roger, don't leave please." she said looking up at him. She looked so scared.

"I'm right here Aid. They need to examine you and find out what's wrong with you. It's gonna be OK." he said looking over at her trying to hide his fear as he eases hers.

"I love you Roger." she said as they wheeled her into the examining room.

"I love you too Aid." he said as the doors closed. He paced back and forth in the waiting room, anxious to hear word on Adrianna's condition.

"Mr. Davis. Miss Constantino wants to see you." the nurse said coming out of the examining room. He jumped up and followed her in.

"Baby, are you OK?" he asked as she laid in the bed. He could tell she had been crying.

"They found a tumor on my ovaries. I have cancer Roger. Ovarian cancer." she cried as he sat on the bed next to her and took her into his arms.

"Oh my God Aid." he whispered as she cried onto his chest.

"How did this happen to me Roger? I mean cancer." she cried looking up at him.

"I don't know Baby, but I'm gonna take care of you. I promise. I'm not gonna leave you." he said quietly as he kissed her head. He couldn't believe Adrianna had ovarian cancer. He was HIV positive and she had ovarian cancer. How could this be happening to them.

"Baby, can you call my mom please?" she asked looking up at him.

"OK Aid. I'll be right back, OK?" he said looking down at her. "Are you OK?" he asked lifting her chin up to him.

"Yeah, I'm OK." he said looking up at him wiping her eyes.

"I love you Aid." he said leaning down to kiss her.

"I love you too Roger." she said before he got up and left the room. When the door closed, his first instinct was to yell and throw things. How could Adrianna be sick. He dialed the phone and started calling Grace. He upheld his composure as he spoke to her. When he hung up the phone he called Mark. That is when he lost it.

"Mark, you have to come to the hospital." he said quietly as he began crying.

"What happened Roger? Are you OK?" he asked as he held the phone.

"It's Aid. She's got cancer." he said trying to regain his composure.

"She's got what?" he asked confused.

"She has cancer Mark. Ovarian cancer. They found a tumor on her ovaries." he cried leaning his head against the wall.

"I'll be right there Roger. Do you hear me? Don't do anything. I'll be right there, OK?" he asked looking down at his feet.

"OK. Thanks Mark." he whispered before hanging up the phone. He looked up and wiped his eyes. He had to regain his composure before he went back in to Adrianna. He didn't want her to see him fall apart. He had to be there for her. He walked back to her room where they were wheeling her out. "Where are you taking her?" he asked rushing over to the bed.

"I need to have more tests done Roger. It's OK. Did you call my mother?" she asked looking up at him.

"What kind of tests?" he asked looking up at the doctor.

"She needs a pelvic scan. We need to examine the size of the tumor and see if it's operable." he told him looking over at him.

"What do you mean, see if it's operable? You can't just go in and take it out?" he asked looking at the doctor.

"Well from our initial scan it looks like it's too big to be removed. Removing it would render her unable to have children and at her age, we're not willing to so that yet." he said looking over at Roger.

"So what if we can't have kids. The cancer will be gone if you take this thing out, right?" he asked looking over at Adrianna who had tears streaming down her face.

"It's a little more complicated than that Mr. Davis. Why don't you let us take Miss Constantino for her test and we'll know more." he said looking up at Roger. He looked over at Adrianna and she looked so scared.

"I love you Roger." she said looking over at him.

"I love you too Baby." he said leaning down to kiss her before they wheeled her out. He went back to the waiting area and paved nervously.

"Roger, what happened? Where's Aid?" Mark asked rushing into the emergency room.

"They took her for more tests. They may not be able to take this thing out." he said looking over at him.

"What do you mean they may not be able to take this thing out?" he asked looking up at him.

"The doctor said that from the first scan they did, it looked too big and if they got it out, she may not be able to have kids." he said quietly before sitting down.

"So what. You can adopt, right?" Mark said looking up at him.

"I don't care Mark. I just want this thing out of my girl. I don't want her to die." he told him starting to cry.

"I know Roger." he said sitting next to him putting his hand on his shoulder.

"What am I gonna do? My girl has cancer and there's nothing I can do." he said looking up at him.

"I don't know Roger. But you have to keep it together for Adrianna. She needs you right now Roger." he said looking over at him.

"I know Mark, I just can't stand the thought of my girl going through this." he said wiping his face.

"Roger, she's gonna be OK. We'll take care of her." he said looking over at her.

"Mr. Davis." the doctor called out standing in the hallway.

"Yeah, how is she? Can I go in and see her?" he asked wiping his eyes as he got up to go to him.

"She's OK. The tumor is the size of a golf ball. We can't operate. Taking it out would do irreparable damage to her reproductive organs. She's gonna need to under go intense chemo and radiation therapy to shrink it." he said looking over at Roger who was running his fingers through his hair.

"Is she gonna be OK? I mean, is she gonna die from this?" he asked looking over at the doctor.

"We don't know, but we'll do the best we can." he said looking up at Roger.

"Can I see her? Please." Roger said wiping his face with his hands.

"Sure. I'll take you to her." he said leading him to Adrianna's room.

"Roger." she called out crying when he opened the door.

"I'm right here Baby. It's OK. It's gonna be OK." he said rushing over to her holding her in his arms.

"They can't take it out. I have to have chemo and radiation. I'm gonna lose all my hair." she cried with her face buried in Roger's chest.

"It's OK Aid. We're gonna get through this, I promise." he told her quietly as he comforted her.


"How could Adrianna have cancer?" Maureen asked looking up at Collins.

"I don't know Maureen." he said looking up at her.

"I mean, Roger's got HIV and now Adrianna has cancer. They can't handle this." she said starting to cry.

"They're so in love, they can handle anything." Joanne said quietly looking up at her.

"But they're gonna have to do chemo and radiation and her recovery." Maureen said looking at her.

"They can handle it Maureen." Joanne yelled getting up from the couch.

"How do you know Pookie?" she asked looking over at her as Mark and Collins sat surprised at Joanne's reaction.

"Because if anyone can handle this Roger and Aid can." she said starting to cry.