"Collins honey, are you here?" Ava called out as she entered the house.
"I'm coming Babygirl. Hang on." he yelled out from the bedroom.
"She can't know I'm in here. I haven't told her and Roger yet." Will said looking over at Collins.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it." Collins said kissing him before getting out of the bed and putting his robe on.
"Sweetie, where are you? I need to talk to you about something." she yelled wandering around the house.
"Hey Babygirl, sorry. I'm getting a late start today. What's the matter?" he asked looking over at her.
"Where's Will?" she asked looking around.
"He's out. What do you need to talk to me about?" he asked walking into the kitchen for some coffee.
"I know what's going on, you know? You two don't have to hide it from me." she smiled following him.
"Who? What are you talking about?" he asked avoiding eye contact with her.
"Thomas Byron Collins, don't you play dumb with me. It doesn't become you. William Davis get out here right now." she yelled smiling at Collins. When he didn't come out, she yelled again. "William Steven Davis, don't make me go in there and drag you out of that bed. It'll only be embarrassing to you, believe me." she smiled as Will came up behind her.
"Hey Ava. How did you know?" he asked standing behind her wearing his robe.
"Just a hunch. How long has this been going on?" she asked turning around smiling.
"A couple of weeks. I'm sorry I didn't tell you guys. I wanted to, but I didn't know how." he said looking over at her.
"Will, you have no reason to be sorry. This is great. We're so happy for you two." she smiled rushing over to hug him.
"Roger knows?" he asked looking down at her.
"He may be pretty and blond, but he's not stupid either. I think everybody knows." she smiled looking up at him.
"How?" he asked looking over at Collins.
"You two look at each other the way Roger and I do. Men are worse than women when it comes to keeping secrets." she laughed looking up at him.
"OK, so the cat's out of the bag." Collins smiled looking over at them.
"Will, are you...?" she asked looking up at him.
"Yeah, Ava. I'm positive. I found out a couple of years ago." he said looking down at her.
"I'm so sorry sweetie." she said looking over at him.
"I'm OK Ava. I'm on good meds." he said looking down at her.
"Roger's positive too." she said looking up at him.
"He is? How?" he asked as tears entered his eyes.
"Heroin. It was before we got back together. He's clean now. But I'm not. We take precautions." she said looking up at him.
"Is he OK?" he asked looking down at her.
"Yeah, he's fine. He's on some good meds too. His viral load is undetectable and his t-cells are still really high." she smiled reaching up to wipe the tear that had escaped his eye.
"Ava, do you think you can... tell Roger? I don't think I can tell him myself." he asked looking down at her.
"OK sweetie. If that's what you want, but I want you to know, as long as you're happy, we're happy for you." she smiled looking up at him.
"Thanks Ava. I appreciate that." he smiled leanind down to hug her again.
"Anything for you sweetie. If you need anything, you tell me and Roger. We'll take care of you. You're our family." she smiled looking up at him.
"Thanks Ava. I still love you, you know? You're one of the best friends I ever had." he smiled caressing her face.
"I love you too sweetie." she smiled hugging him again as Collins smiled at them.
"Does anyone want me to make them breakfast?" he asked looking over at them.
"I would love that sweetie. I'm starving." she smiled sitting on one of the stools at the breakfast counter.
"You're always starving." Will laughed sitting next to her.
"Yeah well, I'm eating for 3." she smiled looking up at him.
"Leave her alone honey. Those babies need their nourishment. And so does their mama." Will smiled before winking at Collins.
"You two are gonna be sickening, aren't you?" she laughed looking over at them.
"No more than you and Roger are." Collins laughed looking over at her.
"Well, you weren't there the first time around. They were worse. It was almost like none of us ever existed." Will laughed looking over at Collins.
"You mean you guys were there?" Ava laughed looking up at Will.
"Yeah, you wouldn't have thought so back then." he smiled as Collins brought him coffee and Will leaned up to kiss him.
"You two are so cute." she smiled looking up at them.
"Will and Collins are...?" Roger asked looking down at Ava as she sat on the couch.
"Roger, you've been suspecting for weeks now. Why are you so surprised now?" she asked smiling up at him.
"I know I've been suspecting for weeks, but it's one thing to know for sure." he said looking over at her.
"Are you OK Baby?" she asked looking up at him.
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just weird. I mean, Will was in love with you all those years ago and now he's in love with one of my best friends. Um.. he is in love with him, right?" he asked looking over at her as he sat down.
"I think so Baby." she smiled looking up at him.
"Oh good. The last thing I want is for either one of them to get hurt." he said looking over at her.
"So, you're OK?" she asked looking over at him.
"Yeah, I'm OK. Is he OK? I mean, is he...?" he asked looking over at her.
"He's fine Roger. Yes, he's positive, but he said he's on good meds and we'll make sure he's on the best. Everything's gonna be OK." she said looking up at him.
"Oh man. He doesn't friggin deserve this." he said running his finger through his hair as he began pacing around the living room.
"Oh, and you and Collins do, huh?" she yelled getting up off the couch.
"Ava, calm down. The babies." he said going over to her.
"Roger, you, Collins and Will do not deserve this damn disease, but you have it. There's nothing we can do about it. All we can do is make sure you guys have the best treatment we can afford and hope it's enough." she said looking up at him with tears in her eyes.
"Ava, everything's gonna be OK. Don't worry about it." he smiled reaching out to hold her in his arms.
"I'm sorry Roger. I just don't like to talk about this. I'm very hormonal right now and I just blow things out of proportion." she said looking up at him.
"It's OK Baby. I know." he said kissing her head as he held her close to him.