"Good morning Collins. Is there any coffee?" Ava asked as she entered the kitchen where Collins was reading the news paper. Roger was still asleep and he looked so peaceful, she didn't want to wake him.
"Yeah Babygirl. I just made a fresh pot." he smiled looking over at her.
"Whatcha got there?" she asked pouring herself some coffee.
"Sports section." he smiled showing her the section he was reading.
"Sports section? You?" she laughed before drinking her coffee black.
"What? You think just because I'm gay, I can't like sports?" he asked laughing.
"You read the rest of it and you were bored, huh?" she laughed joining him at the table.
"Pretty much. Are you hungry? I'll make you something." he laughed putting the paper down.
"Maybe in a little while. So, how do you like it here?" she asked putting her coffee mug down.
"I like it a lot. It's not as crazy as the city. And I've never seen Roger so happy." he smiled looking over at her.
"Do you think Roger likes being back here? I mean, really?" she asked looking over at him.
"Babygirl, you know the only reason why he left here was so he didn't wouldn't have to watch you hurt yourself. He loves it here. He wants to raise your family here." he smiled crossing his legs.
"Yeah but, how realistic is that. I mean, he's HIV positive. Do you really think we're gonna be able to have a family?" she asked leaning her elbows on the table.
"Why not? Modern medicine has a lot to offer people like you." he smiled reaching out for her hand.
"People like who?" she asked confused.
"Two people who are so desperately in love with each other that you're willing to do anything to be together. Including give up your privacy." he smiled looking into her bright blue eyes.
"Yeah, he did give all that up for me, didn't he?" she asked looking up at him.
"That boy loves you so much. Probably more now than he did when you were teenagers. Trust me Ava, you guys are meant to have a family. A little girl as beautiful and talented as you and a little boy who'll grow up to be a good man like his father. I would be honored to watch those kids grow up." he smiled looking over at her.
"But what about our music? I mean, I worked really hard to get where I am, but I've been here a while. I'm sick of not being able to have my own life. I just want to be able to go into a grocery store for tampons or hair dye and not have it splashed on the front page of every supermaket rag the next day. I'm ready to call it quits, but it's Roger. He's the reason I've been able to get as far as I have. It was his dream for us, so I figured if he couldn't live it, I would and now that he's living it too, I don't want to take that away from him. He deserves it, you know? He always did." she said as tears stung her eyes.
"You know, if you tell him you want to give it all up right now, he would stand by you. He loves you that much." he said reaching over to caress her face.
"Yeah, but is it being selfish to want to have my own life again? Or to have Roger all to myself again?" she asked looking up at him.
"I don't think so. You're husband and wife. There's nothing wrong with that at all." he smiled looking over at her.
"Thank you Collins. Now I see why you're the big brother.." she smiled getting up to hug him.
"Babygirl I'm your big brother too. And I meant what I said. I would be honored to see you raise those babies with Roger." he smiled kissing her head.
"We would be honored to have you in our childrens lives." she smiled sitting back down in her chair.
"I love you." she smiled looking over at him.
"I love you too Ava." he smiled caressing her hand.
"Feel like having a little breakfast now?" he asked smiling at her.
"Yeah, I would really like that." she smiled as he got up and started making breakfast.
"Roger, I'm late." Ava said looking over at Roger as he sat on the bed with the guitar on his lap.
"What are you late for Baby?" he asked with the pencil clenched between his teeth looking down at a notebook.
"Roger, look at me." Ava said looking over at him. "I'm late, late." she said moving closer to him.
"Late as in..." he started as he began staring at her belly.
"Um... yeah." she smiled looking down at him.
"Are you...?" he asked putting the guitar down on the bed.
"I don't know. I haven't taken the test yet. I'm sort of scared to." she said as he put his hands around her waist and pulled her to him.
"Baby, we've been wanting this. Why are you scared to?" he asked looking up at her.
"Because we haven't tried the invitro yet and I'm scared that if I am pregnant, you'll think that I'm positive and you'll blame yourself." she said looking down at him running her fingers through his hair.
"Ava, it's possible for you to be pregnant and not be positive. And if you are, we'll deal with it. I promise. Everything's gonna be OK." he said bringing her onto his lap.
"Are you sure? Because if I am positive the last thing I want is for you to blame yourself. I'm a big girl, I know the risks and I'm here anyway." she said looking over at him.
"Ava, take the test first and then we'll deal with everything else, OK?" he smiled leaning up to kiss her.
"OK, I'll take the test." she smiled caressing his face. "I love you Roger." she smiled kissing him again.
"I love you too Ava." he smiled as she got off of his lap and went into the bathroom. She pee'd on the stick and put it on the counter.
"It's done. Now we have to wait a couple of minutes for the test results." she said looking up at him.
"Are you nervous?" he asked as she sat on the bed next to him.
"A little. Are you?" she asked as he put his arms around her.
"Nope. I want this so badly Ava." he smiled pulling her closer to him.
"What about our career?" she asked looking up at him.
"We'll ditch it. I can get a job with my dad, and you can do whatever it is you want to do. I wanna be here to raise our family with you Ava. Nothing else matters." he smiled as she leaned up to kiss him.
"You mean it? I mean, really mean it? You wouldn't care if we just ditched everything and stayed here to raise our kids?" she asked looking over at him.
"Care? Ava, all I care about is you and our family. Yeah going on tour was fun and all the attention and the fans were unreal, but my life is you. I wanna be here with you raising our kids." he smiled as tears filled Ava's eyes.
"You're serious, aren't you?" she asked quietly looking into his green eyes.
"I've never been more serious Ava." he smiled looking over at her.
"OK then. We'll ditch our career and raise our family here." she smiled hugging him tightly around his neck.
"Ava, finding you again was my second chance. I swore to myself for a lot of years that if I ever had another chance with you, I'd do whatever it takes not to lose you again. Right here is where I wanna be Ava." he whispered kissing her again. "Is it time yet?" he asked looking over at her.
"Um, yeah. I think it's time." she smiled as tears of happiness streamed down her face. As they got up and made their way to the bathroom, Ava held Roger's hand tightly. She looked down before picking up the test stick. "It's positive Roger." she smiled turning around to face him.
"We're gonna have...?" he asked looking down at the test stick.
"Yep. We're gonna have a baby." she smiled as he wrapped his arms around her holding her close.
"I love you Ava." he told her barely being able to speak over his tears of joy.
"I love you too Roger." she laughed crying again.
"We have to tell everyone." he smiled down at her wiping his eyes.
"How?" she asked smiling up at him.
"We'll invite everyone over and tell them over dinner." he smiled caressing her face.
"And what about Josh? We have to tell him we quit." she said looking up at him.
"How about we tell all of our friends and family first and then worry about Josh." he said leaning down to kiss her.
"OK. How do you think everyone's gonna react?" she asked holding his biceps.
"Josh is gonna hate it, but he'll live. It's our life. And I know our friends and family are gonna love it." he smiled looking down at her.
"Who cares what Josh likes? All I care about is my family." she smiled leaning up to kiss him.
"We're gonna be parents." he smiled reaching down to caress her flat belly.
"Yeah we are." she smiled touching his hand.
A/N: Josh is their manager.