"Hey Mark." Roger called out as he and Ava entered the loft holding each other.
"Good afternoon." he smiled looking over at them.
"Hi Mark. I'm sorry we didn't go back into the bar last night. We had some catching up to do." Ava said smiling over at him.
"I figured. So what are you guys doing here? I thought you'd be in bed all day." he teased looking over at them.
"I needed to get my guitar and change my clothes." Roger said looking over at him.
"Your guitar? What are you doing with that?" Mark asked looking over at them.
"Mark, Ava asked me to join the band and I said yes." he said walking over to him.
"Roger, that's great. Are you gonna play tonight?" he asked smiling up at him.
"I want him to, but he doesn't think he's ready. Maybe you can talk to him." she smiled looking up at him.
"I said I go to practice with you and see if I still got it." he said looking down at her.
"You don't lose what you have from not playing with a band, you know?" she smiled looking up at Roger.
"Especially when he continuously strums Musetta's Waltz." Mark laughed looking over at them.
"You still play that damn song?" she asked looking up at him as he held her close to him.
"It's the first song I ever learned." he laughed kissing her head. "If I remember, you used to like when I played it." she smiled looking down at her.
"The first hundred times." she laughed leaning up to kiss him.
"Yeah, yeah. Don't we have to go to practice?" he asked looking down at her as she looked at her watch.
"Yeah, we do. If we're late, you know Jimmy and June are gonna torture us." she laughed looking up at him.
"Yeah, I know. You guys are coming to the concert tonight, right?" Roger asked looking over at Mark.
"We wouldn't miss it Rog. It was awesome seeing you again Ava. Are you guys hanging out later?" Mark asked as Roger rushed into his room to get changed and grab his guitar.
"I'm looking forward to it Mark. Listen, Roger told me all about what you guys did for him the last 10 years. Thank you for taking care of him. It means a lot." she said quietly looking over at him.
"He's my best friend Ava. I would do anything for him." he said smiling at her.
"Mark, I'm gonna be here for a week, so we can get to know each other before we go back on tour." she smiled looking up at him.
"I'd really like that Ava." he smiled looking down at him as Roger came out of his room.
"Are you ready Baby?" he asked putting his leather jacket back on.
"You still can't dress yourself." she laughed looking back at him.
"What? I thought you liked the way I dressed?" he said looking down at his clothes.
"Yeah, when I was 15 and didn't know better. I have my work cut out for me, don't I?" she laughed walking over to him.
"I guess so." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.
"We'll see you later Mark." she laughed as Roger held her in his arms.
"See you guys later." he laughed watching them leave.
"I knew it." Jimmy yelled coming out from behind his drum set to greet Roger and Ava.
"What did you know?" Roger asked looking over at him.
"I knew you were gonna rejoin the band. Right? I told you June. Roger's rejoining the band." he called out excitedly.
"Yeah, you called it Jim." he smiled looking over at him.
"Are you performing tonight?" Jimmy asked looking over at him smiling.
"I don't know. I want to see how much I know first." he laughed looking over at him.
"Roger, it's gonna be so cool. Us together again." he smiled looking over at them.
"It's gonna be great." Ava smiled looking up at them.
"Well, let's see what you got." June smiled looking over at them. Roger put his guitar on and began playing from the sheet music June had set out for him. Ava held her microphone and sang to him. He felt like old times. The days in his garage when they used to play together. Roger playing and singing with her. They were like one person back then and it was no different now.
"OK, now for your wardrobe." Ava laughed as they left the theater.
"What's the matter with my wardrobe?" he asked looking down at her.
"You can't be serious Roger." she laughed looking at him. He was wearing an old heavy metal t-shirt and worn blue jeans.
"Fine, let's see what you want me to wear." he asked as they walked down the block.
"Oh my God, you're Avalon. I love you." a young girl called out excitedly as she approached Ava.
"Hi. Thanks. I hope to see you at the concert tonight." Ava smiled looking over at her.
"I will definitely be there. Can I have your autograph?" she asked handing her a notebook and a pen.
"I would love to." she smiled signing a simple autograph before handing the young girl her notebook back.
"Are you Avalon's boyfriend?" the girl asked looking up at Roger.
"Yes. And he's also our new lead guitarist. This is Roger Davis." Ava smiled looking up at him as she signed her autograph.
"Can I have your autograph too?" the girl smiled looking up at Roger.
"Um... sure, I guess." he smiled uncomfortably before taking the notebook and signing his name.
"Thank you. We'll see you at the concert tonight." Ava smiled before they continued down 8th Avenue.
"Wow. That was cool." he smiled looking down at her.
"Yeah, it's pretty great." she smiled looking up at him. "That's what you have to look forward to." she smiled opening the door to a clothing store in Manhattan.
"All I'm looking forward to is being with you again." he smiled taking her into his arms.
"Me too Baby." she smiled leaning up to kiss him.
"Why don't we get married?" he said looking into her eyes.
"What?" she asked being taken by surprise.
"Why not? We always talked about getting married when we got out of college. And we're out of college." he smiled looking down at her.
"Roger, we just got back together last night." she said looking into his green eyes.
"I want to marry you Ava. I always wanted to marry you." he said caressing her face with his thumb.
"I always wanted to marry you too Roger." she smiled looking up at him.
"So, why not? Let's get married." he smiled leaning down to kiss her again.
"OK. Let's get married." she laughed looking up at him.
"Yeah?" he asked surprised.
"Yeah. I love you Roger. What did you think I'd say?" she asked smiling at him.
"OK, so I guess we're getting married." he smiled leaning down to pick her up.
"Yeah we are." she smiled holding him tight.