"Roger, would you stop staring at the phone and call him please? You're making me nuts." Ava said looking up at Roger as she passed him in the living room as he stood over the phone.
"I will. It's just... I haven't seen or spoken to Will since... well a long time." he said looking down at her wrapping his arms around her waist.
"I know Baby, but you need to call him. I don't want these babies not to know Will." she said looking up at him.
"I know Ava. I'm calling him. I just need to figure out what I want to say to him." he said leaning down to kiss her head.
"Just call him and say hi. Knowing you and Will the rest will come to you. It'll be like old times before you know it." she smiled leaning up to kiss him.
"Thanks Baby. I love you." he smiled caressing her face.
"I love you too Roger." she smiled looking into his green eyes before patting his chest and walking away. He picked up the phone and began to dial. His father had gotten him Will's new phone number. He stood next to the phone.
"Hey Will, it's Roger." Roger said looking over at Ava as she shuffled through some papers on the coffee table.
"Roger, I haven't talked to you in... a long time. How are you? I saw you and Ava got married. Congratulations." he smiled sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Thanks. We're also expecting twins in the spring." Roger smiled as Ava looked up at him.
"Wow, that's great Roger. I'm really happy for you two. You always did belong together. Listen, um... can I see you guys? I really miss you." he said looking around his living room.
"Yeah, we'd like that. Why don't you come by the house? We can have a barbeque. We can get everyone together for one last hurrah before the weather gets too cold." he suggested as Ava smiled wider.
"I'd really like that. There's something I want to tell you guys anyway. Where do you guys live?" he asked sitting on the couch.
"We live at Ava's old house. She bought it when her mom moved to Florida and we moved in a couple of months ago. We want to raise our babies here." he said looking over at Ava.
"Well good for you guys. There's no better place to raise kids. I'll see you guys on Saturday." he smiled looking down at his feet.
"OK, we'll see you Saturday. Bye Will." he said smiling before hanging up the phone.
"See, I told you. How'd it go?" she smiled looking over at him.
"Good. He's coming for a barbeque on Saturday. He said he has something he wants to tell us." he said looking over at her.
"I wonder what it is?" she said looking up at him as she sat on the couch.
"I don't know." he smiled sitting next to her wrapping his arms around her and holding her close.
"I wanna call Jimmy and June and have them join us. I think it'll be nice to have everyone here." she smiled looking up at him.
"I think that's an excellent idea Baby." he smiled reaching down to caress her very small belly
"OK, I'm gonna go over to Mark and Collins place and make sure they're gonna be around." she smiled leaning up to kiss him.
"Why don't you just call them?" he asked looking over at her.
"Because I want to go over and see them." she smiled looking up at him as she got off of the couch.
"OK Baby. I'm gonna go over to my dad's. I need to ask him something." he smiled getting up taking her hands.
"OK, do you wanna walk with me?" she asked smiling at him.
"I would love to Baby." he smiled leaning down to kiss her before they left the house.
"Roger, what are you doing here? Where's Ava?" Mrs. Davis asked looking up at Roger entered the house.
"She's over torturing Mark and Collins. Is dad around?" he asked looking up at her.
"Um, yeah sweetie. Is everything OK?" she asked looking over at him.
"Yeah mom. Everything's great. Oh, Will's coming for a barbeque on Saturday." he said smiling over at her.
"You finally called him? Good for you sweetie. You two used to be so close. I hated seeing you two not talk all these years." she smiled looking up at him.
"Yeah, Ava's been torturing me since we moved back home to call him and forgive him." he said looking over at her.
"Roger, that thing he did with Ava was so long ago. You should have forgiven him sooner." she said looking over at him.
"Mom, he kissed Ava. He was my cousin and one of my best friends. He knew how I felt about her but he made a move on her anyway. That hurt me mom and it hurt Ava too. I just needed some time to think about it and wrap my head around it. But I'm fine now and I'm ready to move on. I mean, me and Ava are back together and we're married with twin babies on the way. It was time to let it go." he said looking over at her.
"I understand. Your father is in the kitchen." she smiled looking up at him.
"Thanks mom." he smiled walking towards the kitchen. "Hey dad." he smiled looking down at his father who was reading the paper.
"Hey Roger. Where's the little Mrs?" he asked smiling up at him.
"Torturing Mark and Collins. I wanted to talk to you about something." he said looking down at him.
"What's up?" Mr. Davis asked putting the newspaper down.
"I spoke to Will. He's coming for a barbeque on Saturday." Roger said sitting at the table.
"How do you feel about that?" he asked looking over at him.
"Dad, it's been a long time. I'm fine." he said looking over at him.
"Does he know about you and Ava?" he asked looking up at him.
"Dad, it would be pretty hard for him to miss it. It's been in the papers for almost a year." he said looking over at him smiling.
"Good point. Did you tell him about the babies?" he asked looking up at him.
"Yeah, I did. He said he's happy for us and he has something he wants to tell us too." he said looking over at him.
"So what's the matter?" he asked looking over at him.
"Dad, how did you know you were ready to be a dad?" he asked looking over at him.
"When you were 8 and I stopped drinking. Your mother told me if I didn't stop drinking, she would throw me out and I would never see you or her again. That's when I knew I had to grow up." he answered looking over at him.
"I don't remember that." Roger said looking over at him.
"You were only 8 Roger. You wouldn't remember that." Mr. Davis smiled looking over at him.
"I'm afraid that I'm gonna screw up with these babies. I don't want to mess up their lives." he said looking down at the table.
"Roger you're already a grown up. You've screwed up in your life, but look at you. You're clean, you're an incredible husband to Ava and you're gonna be the greatest father to these babies." Mr. Davis smiled taking his sons hand.
"That's what they deserve, but I don't know if I can give it to them. I mean, I'm living off my wife, what kind of man does that?" he asked looking up at him.
"Roger, you're not living off of your wife. You're working, damn hard." he said looking over at him.
"But Ava's got so much more money than I could ever bring in working with you." he said all Ava cares about is you looking over at him.
"Roger, you know that doesn't matter to Ava and it's not gonna matter to these babies either. All their gonna know is that their father was there for them when they needed him to." he said looking over into his sons green eyes.
"And what about when I'm not there for them. For their first day of school, their first kiss, their first date? All the moments their gonna need me for." he said looking over at him.
"Roger, you're gonna be there for them as long as this disease allows you to be and you have no choice but to take what it gives you. Does it suck? You bet your ass it does, but you can't live your life trying to avoid the 800 pound gorilla." he said looking over at him.
"I need more time dad. I lost so much of it being an immature jerk and now I can't find enough of it." he said getting up to pace the living room.
"None of us are guaranteed time. Life is a crap shoot. What matters is what you do with the time you have. I'm sorry Ava and these babies are gonna lose you and Collins too soon, but they will know who you are." he said looking up at him.
"But I don't want my kids just to know who I am. I want them to have memories of me, like I have of you." he said looking down at him.
"Roger, you can't help how long or short you're here. All you can do is do what you can to be here as long as possible and make en impression while you're here." he said getting up out of the chair.
"But dad, I want my son to be able to bring his girl home to meet me like I brought Ava home to meet you." he said smiling down at him.
"I want that too Roger, but you can't live your life avoiding what eventually happens to everyone. We all die, it's what you do with the time you have. You and your friends taught me that." he smiled looking over at him.
"I know dad. Thanks." he said looking down at him.