"He's just scared Mimi. I understand that. You don't know what he went through with his parents. I don't have to be married to him for him to be my family." Keely said sitting in hers and Roger's apartment.
"Do you mean to tell me that if Roger never asks you to marry him, you'll be OK with it?" Mimi asked looking over at her skeptical.
"Yeah." Keely answered unsure before getting up to fold the clothes that she and Mimi had just washed.
"You're a liar Keel and you know it." Mimi told her sitting up on the couch.
"Mimi, if he's not ready, he's not ready. What am I gonna do? Tell him, marry me or I'm leaving you? I could never leave him. You know that. I love him." she asked looking back at her.
"No, but I'm sure if he knew how much you want to marry him, he'll do it." she said looking over at her.
"At what cost Mimi? I don't want to lose him. I love him and if that means I have to be his girlfriend for the rest of our lives, so be it." she said putting the clothes back in the basket before struggling to get up from the couch to walk around the apartment.
"You're not gonna lose him Keely. He loves you and you're the mother of his daughters. He would walk to the ends of the earth if you asked him to." she said looking over at her.
"OK, what if I did tell him that I wanted to get married and he did it, even though he wasn't ready, he would wind up resenting me for making him do something he wasn't ready to do." she asked looking over at her.
"Honey, he could never resent you. He's in love with you. You and those little angels in there." Mimi told her getting up to go to the kitchen.
"Yeah well, I'm not willing to chance it. If I have to wait forever, I will. That's how much I love him Mimi." she said looking over at her.
"But you and Roger don't have forever." she said quietly as she approached her.
"Yeah, I know." she whispered as Mimi wrapped her arms around her to comfort her.
"Wow, was that the little ones?" Mimi asked jumping back after feeling a kick to her side.
"Yeah, one of them anyway. They usually move around a lot when Roger's here. They love hearing his voice." she laughed looking over at her.
"Don't we all?" she laughed putting her hand on Keely's belly to feel the babies kick.
"Yeah, he's got a way with women, doesn't he?" she laughed as the babies kicked again.
"He's gonna be the best dad these little girls could ask for, you know that, right?" Mimi asked looking over at Keely.
"Yeah Mimi. I know." she smiled looking down at her belly.
"We have to throw her a monutmental party of epic proportions." Mimi smiled looking over at Oliver as they sat in the loft with everyone else.
"OK, but remember, she's pregnant with twins. She probably can't take a surprise party." Maureen laughed looking up at her.
"I got it. We'll make it a birthday party slash baby shower. Yeah, that could work. It'll be awesome. We can make the shower co-ed to mix it up a bit." she smiled looking down at them.
"OK, but I wouldn't plan on anyone beating Roger out for best birthday present." Collins smirked looking up at her.
"What do you know?" Maureen asked leaning over towards him on the couch.
"Let's just say that is not the only party I see in our near future." he smiled looking over at them.
"He's gonna ask her to marry him, isn't he?" Mimi asked rushing over to him. "Oh my God." she smiled putting her hands over her mouth.
"I didn't say that Babygirl." he laughed looking over at her.
"He is. I knew he couldn't wait forever. Good for him. It's about time he took the plunge." Joanne smiled looking over at him.
"Yeah. I mean, I don't know why he hasn't already. It's not like there's anyone else out there who is more perfect for him then Keely." Oliver smiled looking over at them.
"It's complicated Baby. But there's no one else he wants to spend the rest of his life with more than Keely. That much I know for a fact." Mimi smiled looking up at him.
"Keel, um... I want to give you your birthday present now. Before the party." Roger said coming out of the bedroom as Keely stood in the kitchen drinking a glass of water.
"I don't mind waiting." she smiled leaning on the counter.
"Yeah well, I can't." he smiled taking the ring box out of his jeans pocket.
"Roger?" she asked looking up at him in shock.
"Marry me Keely. Make us a family." he smiled walking over to her.
"Roger, I thought we talked about this. You don't have to. We don't have to be married for us to be a family." she said looking up at him putting her water glass down on the counter.
"Yes I do Keel. I love you and it's all I think about." he smiled looking down at her.
"Really?" she asked breathlessly with tears in her eyes looking up at him.
"Yeah Keel, really. Being your husband is the reason I was put on this earth. I see that now." he smiled reaching his hand to hold hers.
"But I thought you were scared of turning into your fathers?" she asked looking up at him.
"Not anymore. I realized that as long as I love you that I could never hurt you the way they hurt me and my brother. I would die if I ever did that to the people I love." he smiled looking into her blue eyes.
"Well I could have told you that. I've known since the moment you asked me out." she smiled looking up at him.
"I guess I'm a little slow." he smiled lifting his hand to her face.
"This is beautiful Roger." she asked looking down at the ring.
"Not as beautiful as you." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.
"So what do we do?" she smiled looking up at him.
"Marry me. Please." he whispered holding her close to him.
"Only if you're sure." she whispered looking up at him.
"You're having my daughters Keel. I'm more in love with you than I ever thought possible. I've never been more sure than I am right now." he smiled leaning down to kiss her. "Marry me. Spend the rest of your life with me." he smiled looking down at her.
"Um... OK." she smiled looking up at him.
"Yeah?" he asked still holding the ring out to her.
"Yeah, now put that on me before I go up another size." she laughed as he took the ring out of the box and put it on her ring finger.
"Perfect fit." he smiled looking down at her hand.
"Like us." she smiled leaning up to kiss him.
"Yeah Baby. Like us." he smiled holding her in his arms.
"So let's see what Roger got you for your birthday." Mimi smiled as they stood in the loft.
"What do you think? Is it my color?" she laughed holding her left hand out to her.
"This is gorgeous sweetie. And Roger picked this out all by himself?" she asked looking down at the ring in disbelief.
"For the most part. I mean, he brought Collins with him, but he said that when he saw this ring, he wanted to see it on me." she smiled looking at Roger who was drinking beer with Oliver and Collins.
"You're getting married? Congratulations." Maureen smiled leaning over to hug Keely.
"Yeah, I guess Roger figured he knocked me up with twins, so he might as well go all in." Keely laughed looking over at Roger.
"All in is right. Geez, Roger Davis is gonna be a husband and a father. I never thought I'd see that day when that happened." Joanne smiled looking over at them.
"Yeah well, I guess Keely brings out the best in me." Roger smiled rushing over to them wrapping his arms around Keely's belly.
"When's the wedding Davis? Hopefully before Keel pops." Oliver laughed looking over at them.
"It'll be OK if we wait until the babies are born. Um... if you want." Keely smiled looking up at Roger.
"No way. I wanna be your husband before I'm their father." he smiled leaning down to caress Keely's belly.
"Are you sure Baby? We can wait until the babies are born, you know? There's not rush." Keely said looking up at him.
"Yeah there is Keel. I wanna be your husband." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.
"OK Baby. It you insist." she smiled wrapping her arms around him.
"I am not wearing that Maureen." Keely protested as Maureen showed her a dress in magazine.
"What's wrong with this dress?" she asked looking down at it.
"Can you say bibity bobity boo? I'll look like the fairy godmother from Cinderella." she laughed looking down at it.
"But you have to have a beautiful dress." she smiled looking over at her.
"Maureen, we're getting married in city hall not St. Patrick's Cathedral. A simple off white dress is fine." she smiled looking over at her.
"Why not white?" Mimi asked looking over at her.
"Um... Mimi, I'm 7 months pregnant with twin girls. I don't think white is appropriate." she said looking over at her.
"Why not? You've never been married before. Have you?" she said looking over at her.
"No Mimi, I've never been married before. But it'll just feel weird. I want to, but it would be a lot more believable if I didn't have this beach ball in front of me." she laughed caressing her belly.
"Hey, that's my nieces you're talking about." Mimi laughed leaning down to caress her belly. "Don't worry my little angels. We'll get mommy and daddy married. And I promise I won't let Auntie Maureen pick out what mommy wears." she laughed talking to her belly.
"I do not have bad taste in clothes." Maureen whined looking over at her.
"Three words Maureen. Rubber Cat Suit." she laughed looking over at her.
"Um... rubber cat suit?" Keely laughed looking over at them.
"Long story sweetie. Marky has the pictures. Maybe he'll show you some time." Mimi smiled looking over at her.
"Oh, I'd love to see those pictures." she laughed looking over at Maureen who was now pouting.
"They're not very interesting." Maureen groaned folding her arms across her chest.
"Oh, don't underestimate yourself Maureen. I saw them. They're very interesting." Oh my god, do you remember us trying to break back into the building that New Years Eve when Benny locked us out?" she laughed looking over at her.
"Yeah, that was a lot of fun. Do you remember Angel dressed up as Pussy Galore and Collins was dressed as James Bond? That was so much fun." she smiled looking over at her thinking about Angel.
"Roger told me about Angel. He said when you and Angel came into the group it changed him." Keely smiled looking over at her.
"Yeah, they changed all of us." Maureen smiled looking over at Mimi.
"I was thinking that I wanna name one of the babies Angel and the other Randy after Roger's brother, but I don't know how to bring the subject up to Roger. I don't know how he'll react if I bring him up. He's still a bit touchy when it comes to them, you know?" she said looking over at her.
"I think he would love that sweetie. Angel meant a lot to all of us. Having another Angel in the family would be really great. And I'm sure Roger would love it if you named the other baby after his brother. They are the future of this family after all." Mimi smiled looking up at her.
"Yeah, and then when me and Roger are gone you guys are still gonna have them to remind of how much Roger and I loved each other and them." Keely smiled caressing her belly fighting tears.
"It's hanging over all of our heads. But Honey, when we lose you, Collins, Roger, Oliver, and Mimi we're still gonna have these little angels to carry on. But we're here now and there's nothing that can change that. These moments are gonna stay with us forever. We have to make them last." Maureen smiled bravelly looking over at her.
"You're right. We have to live for today. No day but today. Right Mimi?" she smiled looking over at Mimi.
"That's right chica. No day but today." she smiled as the women continued looking through bridal magazines.
"Collins man. Can I ask you something?" Roger asked looking up at Collins as they walked to the Life Cafe.
"Sure, what's up man?" he asked looking over at him.
"Um... me and Keel haven't come up with a name for the babies yet and I was thinking maybe... if it's OK with you... we could name one of them after Angel? But if it's not OK, I understand." he stuttered looking over at him.
"You want to name one of your angels after my Angel? Roger, I would be honored." he smiled looking over at him.
"Thanks man. It means a lot to me to name one of them after him. I mean, he meant a lot to me and I wanted my little girl named after her." he told him shoving his hands into his pockets.
"I understand man. He meant a lot to all of us. He changed us." he smiled looking over at him.
"Yeah he did. Had it not been for him and Mimi I wouldn't be getting married and having kids right now. I'd still be stuck in the loft trying to write that damn song." he laughed looking up at him.
"Yeah, now you're getting hitched, having kids and still trying to write a damn song." he laughed looking over at him.
"Yeah well I'm trying to write a song for my daughters. I love them man." he smiled looking up at him.
"I know man. They deserves to have an original Roger Davis song written for them." he smiled looking down at him.
"Yeah they do." he smiled looking up at him as they approached the Life Cafe to meet up with Mark.
"Did you girls find a dress today?" Roger asked sitting on the couch taking his boots off.
"Um... not yet. You know how impossible Maureen could be. I swear, I thought I had to worry about my mom and Mimi. Maureen is 10 times worse than the two of them put together. Roger... Um… I was thinking of names for the babies today and I have one that I really like." she said looking over at him from the kitchen where she was making herself a decaffinated tea.
"Oh yeah? I can't wait to see what you came up with. Just to let you know, my daughters are not being named Pookie and Honeybear." he laughed getting up to go to her.
"Of course not Baby. Um... I was thinking of naming one of the babies after Angel. I mean, Angel made a big impact on this family." she said looking up at him.
"Um... I was thinking the same thing Baby. about Angel anyway. I talked to Collins and asked if it would be OK and he said that he's be really happy if we named one of the girls after Angel. Um... how would you feel about naming the other one Randi with an I? After my brother." he smiled looking over at her.
"I was thinking the same thing Baby." she smiled walking over to him.
"Thanks Keel." he smiled looking down at her.
"Roger, tell me about Randy." she asked looking up at him.
"What do you want to know?" he asked looking down at her.
"What was he like?" she asked looking up at him as he sat on the counter in front of her.
"He was super cool. He was born 5 and a half minutes ahead of me and he was really protective of me when we were growing up. He took the brunt of our step dad's abuse. Until he started playing basket ball and hanging out with the cool crowd. After school he had his basketball. I was stuck at home to deal with my step dad's drinking, so I started playing guitar. Randy used to talk about getting a basketball scholarship to some really good school and getting out. He's the one who said I had something and should come to the city to pursue a career. He used to say that we were gonna be the deadly Davis brothers. Sweeping girls off their feet everywhere we went. Him being an NBA player and me being a rock star. But what we really wanted to do was get away from everything. Randy tried talking my mom into leaving the bastard a million times, but she kept telling him how much she loved the bastard and couldn't leave him. When we moved in with our grandmother, that's when Randy started smoking weed. When he died everything got worse. Whenever I would see the bastard, he blamed me for living. I was the one who wouldn't amount to anything." he said looking down.
"Baby, you're a really talented musician. Whether you get a record deal or not, you can never not amount to anything. You know that, don't you?" she asked standing between his legs as they dangled from the counter.
"Thanks Keel." he smiled reaching up to caress her face.
"I'm serious Roger. You're a great musician, you're gonna make an amazing husband and you're gonna make a great father. These girls are extremely lucky to have you as their father." she smiled holding on to his legs.
"I'm gonna try my best." he said looking down into her blue eyes.
"I know you will Baby." she smiled as he brought her into his arms.
"Maureen, if you don't quit showing me those big, puffy dresses, so help me God, I'll elope and wear jeans and Roger's Pink Floyd tshirt." Keely yelled pointing at Maureen who was holding a bridal magazine in her hands.
"You wouldn't." she sneered looking over at her.
"Try me." she told her stone faced.
"Roger would never let you. I'll make sure of it." she countered standing up to her with her hands on her hips.
"He doesn't have to let me Maureen. All I have to do is bat my eyelashes at him and pout my lips and he's putty in my hands. You're no match for me when it comes to Roger." she smiled putting her hands on her hips.
"OK, OK. Fine." she pouted knowing she was defeated. "I won't keep showing you these magazines. But you have to pick out a dress eventually. You're getting married next Friday." she said looking over at her.
"I know. But do you have any idea how hard it is to find a white dress for a woman my size? Everything makes me look like a marshmellow puff." she said looking over at her.
"Listen to you. A woman your size. You're pregnant with twins Keel. Don't worry about it. It's your wedding day." she smiled looking up at her.
"Yeah, and while Roger looks incredible in his suit, I'm gonna look like the Goodyear blimp." she said sitting next to her on the couch.
"You are not gonna look like the Goodyear blimp. You're gonna look beautiful." she smiled putting her arm around her.
"I just don't want to look like a whale." she said looking over at her.
"How about we call Mimi and Joanne and go out to some more stores? We'll find the dress for you." she smiled looking over at her.
"OK. Thanks Maureen." she smiled looking over at her.
