"Roger, I'm not naming my daughter Kaelyn." Keira asked looking up at him as he made Kylie a sandwich.
"Why not? It's a pretty name." he asked smiling down at her.
"Don't you think we have enough K names around here?" she asked smiling up at him.
"But it's a celtic name like yours and Kylie's." he said as Kylie came out of her room.
"Roger, why do we have to give the baby a K name though? Why can't we give her an R name, like Riley or something?" she asked looking up at him.
"Did mommy say no to Kaelyn?" Kylie asked looking up at him.
"Afraid so princess." he laughed looking down at her.
"Why not mommy? It's a pretty name." Kylie argued smiling down at her.
"Because poor daddy's gonna get confused with which one of his girls are driving him crazy." Keira laughed looking up at them.
"What? I like K names. All of my favorite girls have K names." he smiled patting Kylie on the head.
"Well I like Riley." Keira said looking up at him.
"You really have your heart set on Riley, don't you?" he asked walking over to the couch to sit next to Keira.
"Yeah I do. I thought Riley Kathleen Davis." she suggested smiling over at him.
"Riley Kathleen, huh?" he asked smiling at her.
"Yeah, what do you think?" she asked as he slipped his arm around her shoulders.
"I like it. Hey Riley Kathleen Davis. I'm your daddy." he smiled leaning down to Keira's belly.
"Yay, my sisters name is Riley." Kylie yelled excitedly jumping off of the kitchen chair.
"Looks like princess." Roger laughed as Kylie ran to them on the couch and jumped on Roger's lap.
"Cool. Can we have a party at the Life Cafe tonight to celebrate?" Kylie asked smiling at them.
"Don't we celebrate everything at the Life Cafe?" Keira asked smiling at her.
"I'm gonna call Aunt Mimi and Uncle Mark." she yelled jumping off of Roger's lap rushing to the phone.
"Well, tell them we'll meet in a few hours. I wanna go lay down for a little while. I'm exhausted." Keira said struggling to get off of the couch.
"Are you OK Baby?" he asked looking up at her.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just tired." she smiled as he helped her into the bedroom.
"OK, just let me know if you need anything, OK Baby?" he said helping her lay on the bed.
"Roger, I'm 8 months pregnant. I'm fine. Why don't you take Kylie out to the park. I can meet you guys at the cafe later." she smiled looking up at him.
"I don't like leaving you here alone like this." he said sitting next to her as he massaged her legs.
"I'll be fine Roger. Mimi and Mark are right upstairs and you have your beeper on you, right?" she said smiling up at him.
"Of course I do. Are you sure?" he asked looking over at her.
"I'm positive Roger. Go. Really, I'll be fine. Have fun with your daughter." she smiled caressing his arm.
"OK. We won't be long, OK? I love you Keira." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.
"I love you too Roger. Just have fun with your little princess." she laughed closing her eyes as Roger left the room.
"Come on princess. Let's go to the park." Roger smiled looking down at Kylie.
"What about mommy?" she asked looking up at him.
"Mommy's gonna call Uncle Mark and Aunt Mimi if she needs anything and she can always beep us." she smiled looking down at her.
"OK. Can we get ice cream at the park too?" she asked looking up at him as he grabbed his keys off the hook.
"We'll see princess." he smiled as they left the apartment. "I just need to go upstairs first to let Aunt Mimi know that mommy's home alone, OK?" he asked looking down at her.
"OK daddy." she smiled taking his hand as he led her upstairs.
"Hey Rog, how's mommy doing?" Mark asked as they entered the loft.
"Fine. Tired, but fine. Listen, I was looking for Mimi. Is she around?" he asked looking around the loft.
"Yeah, she just got back from dance class. Do you want me to get her?" he asked looking over at her.
"Nah, I wanted to talk to her alone anyway. Can you keep an eye on Kylie while I go talk to her?" he asked as Kylie went to Mark.
"Sure. Come on squirt. You can help me put away the dishes." Mark smiled looking down at her as Roger went to Mark and Mimi's room.
"Mimi, are you decent?" he called out knocking on the door.
"Yeah, come on in Roger." she shouted putting her hair up in to a pony tail. "Is everything OK Roger?" she asked looking over at him seeing the distress on his face.
"No. Keira's really tired and I'm worried about her." he said sitting heavily on Mark and Mimi's bed.
"What happened Roger? Did she say something?" she asked sitting next to her.
"No, she didn't say anything, she's just tired all the time." he said looking over at her.
"Roger, she's 8 months pregnant. She's gonna be tired for the duration of this pregnancy and whether you like it or not, you're gonna have to deal with it. You can't worry about her every minute of every day." she smiled looking over at him.
"I know. It's just, the pregnancy, the leg cramps, her HIV. I'm scared Mimi. I mean really scared." he said looking over at her.
"Roger, she's gonna be fine. The baby is gonna be fine. You have to believe that. Angel would never let anything happen to them." she said putting her arm around him.
"I know. I just don't think I could take it if anything happened to my girls. Any of them." he said as Mimi wrapped her arms around him to comfort him.
"Nothing is gonna happen to your girls Roger. You just gotta have faith." she said holding him in her arms.
"I know. Um, can you go downstairs and keep an eye on her for me please? She wants me to take Kylie to the park to get her out of the house." he said looking over at her wiping his eyes that had teared up.
"Sure Roger. I would love to." she smiled looking up at him.
"Thanks Mimi. I really appreciate it." he said looking down at her.
"No problem Roger. They're my girls too." she smiled as they got up to leave the room.
"Is everything OK?" Mark asked looking over at them as he and Kylie stood in the kitchen.
"Yeah, I'm just gonna go sit downstairs with Keira so Roger and Kylie can go to the park and not worry about her. Everything is OK. It's just so daddy doesn't worry so much." she said smiling down at Kylie.
"But daddy likes worrying so much. He says he does it because he loves us." Kylie said looking up at her.
"I know sweetie, but I think daddy needs a day off from worrying. He can go back to worrying tomorrow." she smiled looking up at Roger.
"Take care of mommy and Riley, OK?" Kylie asked smiling up at her.
"No problem chica. I'll take the best care of them." Mimi smiled leaning down to kiss Kylie's head.
"Thanks again Mimi. I really appreciate this." he smiled leaning down to hug her.
"It's OK Roger. Mark's got editing to do anyway, so at least I won't be in his way if I'm gonna be downstairs." she smiled looking up at Mark.
"Come on princess. Let's go to the park. We'll see you later." he smiled looking down at Kylie.
"OK daddy." she smiled taking his hand as they left the loft.
"Is everything OK?" Mark asked looking over at her.
"Yeah, Roger's just worried about Keira. You know, she's tired all the time and she has leg cramps constantly and with her HIV and everything. You know how Roger is." she smiled walking over to him.
"He has a valid concern, you know?" he said looking over at her.
"I know, but you know how Roger is. He takes everything to the extreme. Everything's gonna be OK, I'm just gonna go down to sit with her." she said wrapping her arms around his waist.
"OK Baby. I'll see you later. I love you." he said kissing her head.
"I love you too Marky." she smiled leaning up to kiss him before going down to Roger and Keira's apartment.
"Mimi, what are you doing here?" Keira asked as Mimi entered the apartment.
"Roger asked me to sit down here to keep an eye on you. He said you were sleeping." she said as Keira held her back walking around the apartment.
"I was having pains, so I just thought I'd walk around to see if they would go away, but they haven't gone away yet." she said still walking around.
"Could you be in labor chica?" she asked rushing over to her.
"I don't think so. I mean, it's too early, right?" she said wincing in pain.
"I don't know chica. Let me beep Roger and have him come home, OK?" Mimi said looking over at her.
"OK." she submitted looking over at her.
"Why don't you sit down, OK? I'm gonna beep Roger." she said looking over at her.
"OK. Thanks Mimi." she said as Mimi helped her to the couch helping her sit down.
"No problem chica. I'm here. I'm just gonna call Roger and we're gonna get you to the clinic. Everything's gonna be OK." she smiled before going to the phone.
"Daddy, is that your beeper?" Kylie asked as they walked to the park.
"Um, yeah. It's mommy. We have to go back home, OK princess?" he said looking down at her.
"OK daddy." she said looking up at him.
"Sorry princess." he said as they turned around.
"It's OK daddy. Mommy needs you." she smiled looking up at him.
"You are one special little princess, you know that?" he smiled picking her up as they continued to walk home.
"I know daddy." she smiled looking over at him before hugging him.
"Now, let's get home to mommy." he smiled rushing home. As he climbed the stairs he began to worry more and more with each step. What if she was in labor? It was too early. What if something was wrong with the baby? What if something was wrong with her? What if Mimi called him because when she got to the apartment she couldn't wake Keira up. Thoughts raced through his head faster than he could process them. When he opened the door he noticed Keira sitting on the couch breathing deeply. "What happened?" he asked looking over at them as he put Kylie down.
"I'm fine Roger. I was laying down and started feeling pains so I got up to walk around. They say with the Braxton Hicks things, if you start to walk around the pains go away, but these aren't going away. They're getting closer together." she said looking up at him as he sat on the couch next to her.
"Are you OK Baby? I mean really OK?" he asked as Kylie stood in front of Mimi.
"Yeah, I'm fine Roger. Remember, I've done this once before and look how great it turned out." she smiled looking over at him as he brought his hand up to caress her face. "I'm fine Roger, but I think we should go to the doctor." she smiled looking up at him.
"I guess Riley Kathleen can't wait to be born, huh?" he asked laughing.
"I guess not." she smiled before gripping her stomach. "Ugh." she cried out doubling over in pain.
"I think we should go to the hospital instead of the clinic. Your pains are really close together." he said looking over at her.
"OK." she smiled as Roger helped her up.
"Hey pumpkin. Mommy and daddy are gonna go to the hospital now, OK? Everything's gonna be fine. I promise. Me and Riley are gonna be OK." Keira said smiling down at Kylie.
"I love you mommy." she said wrapping her arms around Keira.
"I love you too pumpkin. Just stay with Aunt Mimi and Uncle Mark and be good, OK?" she smiled caressing her hair.
"OK mommy. I will. I love you daddy." she smiled looking up at Roger.
"I love you too princess. Mimi, call everyone, OK. And I mean everyone." he said looking down at her.
"No problem Roger. I'll tell everyone. They're gonna be OK. Don't worry." she smiled knowing what he meant. He wanted her to talk to Angel and have her put in a good word for Keira and Riley.