It's a month after the rape and Marty has decided that it was time to go back to work. She hasn't left the loft without Roger, Mark or Collins with her. She's still afraid to be out on her own, but she knows she needs to start working again.
"Roger, I'm gonna be late." Marty said rushing around the loft.
"I know, Baby. I'm coming. Give me a minute." he said coming out of his room.
"Honey, you look great. Let's go." she said putting her jacket on.
"Are you sure you're ready, Baby? It's only been a month." he asked looking down at her.
"Roger, I'm sure. I'm fine. The bruises have been gone for a while and I'm walking fine. I have to go back to work eventually." she told him smiling up at him.
"As long as you're sure." he said leaning down to kiss her.
"I'm sure, Roger. And you're gonna pick me up, right?" she asked holding the front of his shirt.
"Yes, I'm gonna pick you up." he said smiling at her as he took her face in his hands.
"Then I'm good." she said leaning up to kiss him.
"OK, Let's go." he said opening the door for her.
"Thank you, Baby." she said smiling up at him.
"Are you ready?" Roger asked as they stood outside the coffee shop.
"Roger, I'm fine." she said looking up at him.
"I love you Marty. You know that, right?" he asked holding her hand tight.
"Yes Roger, I now. I love you too." she told him wrapping her arms around his waist.
"Call me if you need anything. I'm serious, Marty. Don't just stick it out. If it's too much you call me." he told her burying his face in her hair.
"I will, Roger. I promise. I better go in." she said leaning up to kiss him.
"OK. I love you, Marty." he said kissing her again.
"I love you too, Roger. I'll see you later." she said smiling at him before going inside.
"Hey Rog. Did Marty get off for her first day at work OK?" Mark asked as Roger entered the loft.
"Yeah, I just dropped her off." he answered quietly as he sat on the couch.
"How was she?" Mark asked looking over at him.
"Incredible, as usual. I'm the mess." Roger said laying his head back.
"Rog, she'll be fine. It's been a month already. All of her wounds are healed and she doesn't have nightmares anymore." Mark told him sitting next to Roger.
"Not all of them." he looked over at him.
"Did she seem OK when you dropped her off?" he asked looked over at him.
"Yeah, she's a rock. I'm the one who's nervous as hell. What if she gets scared and I'm not there?" Roger said sweeping his hair back.
"She'll be fine, Roger. She's the strongest person I know. If she needs you, she'll call." Mark said looking over at him.
"I know. I'm just worried about her. She's just never been out of the loft alone before." Roger told him resting his head in his hands.
"Roger, you have to believe she knows what she's doing. You've been taking care of her for a month and she's strong enough to go back to work. You did that for her." Mark told him smiling.
"I know Mark, but I love her and I'm really worried about her. I want to check on her later." Roger told him looking up at him.
"We will. Now come on. I want to show you something." Mark said as Roger followed him into his room.
"What did you do?" Roger asked looking around.
"I made this for Marty's room." he told him handing him a picture frame.
"This is great. She's gonna love it. She keeps complaining she has no pictures of us." Roger said smiling at the picture. It was of Marty and Roger from the previous week in the loft. They were on the couch and they were both laughing. Roger had his hands in Marty's hair and Marty had her head on Roger's shoulder.
"I figured she would." Mark said smiling at Roger who was smiling at the picture.
"God, she's beautiful." Roger said sitting on the edge of Mark's bed.
"Yeah, she is. Why don't we go for coffee? On me." Mark said smiling at Roger.
"Thanks, man." Roger said looking up at Mark.
"No problem. I can see you're going through Marty withdrawal." Mark laughed as Roger handed the picture frame back to Mark.
"Very funny." Roger laughed as they left the loft.
"I was thinking tonight we could all go out to celebrate Marty going back to work." Mark said as they walked to the coffee shop.
"Let's see how Marty feels first. She might be too tired." Roger said looking in the window at Marty. She was standing at a table talking to a couple of elderly women and she was touching the chain necklace he gave her.
"She looks fine to me." Mark said seeing her laugh.
"Yeah, she does. She is so beautiful." Roger said in a trance.
"Roger, you wanna go in?" Mark asked trying to snap him out of it.
"Yeah, I do." he said going in as Marty saw them.
"There's my handsome boyfriend and wonderful roommate. What are you guys doing here?" she asked excitedly leaning up to kiss Roger.
"Mark wanted to go for coffee and I figured that since I'm in love with one of the waitresses here, it would give me a good excuse to see her." Roger said as Marty smiled up at him.
"Roger, I want you to meet my two favorite customers. This is Mrs. Klein and that's Mrs. Stewart. Ladies this is the man I was telling you about." she said smiling at the elderly women.
"Oh Margaret, he's more handsome than you described. It's a pleasure to meet you Roger. This young lady has been talking about you all morning." Mrs. Stewart said looking up at Roger.
"She is the most wonderful woman I've ever met." Roger said sweeping her into his arms.
"He's a keeper, Margaret." Mrs. Klein said smiling at them.
"I know Mrs. Klein." Marty said patting Roger's chest. "Why don't you guys go sit down and I'll get you menus." Marty said leaning up to kiss Roger.
"OK, Baby. It was very nice meeting you ladies." Roger said smiling at the ladies."
"It's nice meeting you too, Roger. You keep our Margaret happy OK?" Mrs. Stewart said smiling at the young couple.
"I will, Mrs. Stewart." he said smiling at Marty.
"Are you two checking up on me?" Marty asked as Roger and Mark sat at a table.
"No, I just needed to see you. I was gonna check up on you later." Roger said smiling at her.
"OK. Well I'm off at 4 so how about we call everyone and hang out at the Life Cafe?" she said smiling down at him.
"That's what I was thinking, but Roger wanted to see how you were feeling." Mark said filming them.
"Oh he did, did he? My protective boyfriend." she said reaching out to caress his face.
"Well it's your first day back at work and I wanted to make sure you didn't tire yourself out." he said bringing her hand to his lips and kissing it.
"You take such good care of me, but you worry too much, Roger. I'm fine." she said leaning down to kiss him.
"I can't help it Baby. I'll always worry about you. I don't want anything to happen to the woman I love." he said smiling at her.
"I know, Roger. I love you too." she said smiling at him. "But you guys better order something or my boss is gonna fire me on my first day back." she said laughing.
"Two coffee's please." Mark said smiling at them.
"OK. I'll be right back." she said going behind the counter for the coffee.
"She is so beautiful." Roger said watching her.
"Earth to Roger." Mark said filming him.
"Sorry, Mark. She is just so beautiful, you know?" Roger said watching her behind the counter.
"Yeah I know, Roger." Mark said smiling at him as Marty returned with the coffee.
"What are you looking at?" Marty asked smiling at Roger as she poured the coffee.
"You. I can't help it. You are so beautiful." Roger said looking up at her.
"Yeah, well I have to get back to work now. I love you." she said kissing him.
"I love you too, Marty." he said smiling up at her as she went back to work.
"So, what is going on with you today?" Mark asked watching Roger watch Marty.
"I don't know. I'm so in love with her and I'm not even sleeping with her." Roger whispered watching her talk to another waitress.
"I know, but Roger you need to wait until she's ready. It's only been a month." Mark said sipping his coffee.
"I know. And I'm fine with it. Really I am. I love her and as long as I have her, I don't care how long I have to wait." he said smiling at her across the room.
"OK." Mark said finishing his coffee.
"How was your first day at work, Marty?" Maureen asked sitting across the table in the Life Cafe.
"Ask Roger. Him and Mark spent most of the day there." she said looking up at him.
"What? I just wanted to see you." he said smiling at her.
"Yeah well, I'm glad you were there. I needed to see you too." she told him kissing him.
"That's so sweet." Joanne said smiling at them.
"Oh Marty, I have something for you for your room." Mark said taking out a wrapped gift.
"What did you do Mark?" Marty asked opening it.
"Just a little something I thought you'd like." he told her smiling.
"This is great, Mark. I love it. I've been wanting a picture of me and Roger for my room." she said looking at the picture.
"I love that picture. You guys look so cute." Maureen said leaning over.
"Isn't this from last week?" Marty asked looking at Mark.
"Yeah, it was when I was filming everyone at the loft." Mark said smiling at her and Roger looking at the picture.
"I love your smile, Roger." Marty said looking up at Roger.
"Well I was happy to be with my girlfriend." he said kissing her head.
"Thank you, Mark. I love it." she leaned over to hug him and kiss him on the cheek.
"No problem Marty. There's more to come. I'm working on a bunch of them for you." he said smiling at how happy her and Roger are.
"Roger, can I talk to you outside for a minute." Marty asked looking up at him.
"Sure Baby. We'll be right back." Roger said following Marty outside.
"Roger, I love you." Marty said looking up at him smiling.
"I love you too, Marty. You know that. What's the matter?" Roger asked holding her in his arms.
"I'm ready, Roger." she said smiling up at him.
"Ready for what, Baby." he asked confused.
"Roger. Honey, I'm ready. I want to be with you." she said smiling at him.
"Are you sure, Baby? We don't have to." he asked holding her.
"I know we don't have to. Roger, I love you and I want to. With everything that's happened this past month, I have had a lot of time to think. When I fell in love with you I was still recovering and you were so patient with me. Every night you'd sleep with me in my room so I could get to sleep and when I had nightmares, you'd sit up with me to comfort me and you've been everything to me. I've been ready for a while now. I just didn't want to push you." she told him smiling at him through her tears.
"Baby, I just wanted to make sure you were OK. I want you to feel safe. The last thing I want is to traumatize you while I'm trying to show you I love you." he said holding her face in his hands.
"I know. I want to be with you. You have no idea how hard it's been to have you lay right next to me and not make love to you. Especially after seeing you wet and half naked." she said wiping the tears from her eyes.
"I want to make love to you, Marty." he told her kissing her.
"So take me home and make love to me." she suggested smiling at him.
"Sounds like a plan to me." Roger said wrapping his arms around her before they went back inside to say goodbye to everyone else. They went back to the loft. They barely made it inside before they were taking each other's clothes off. They went into Marty's room and fell onto the bed.
"Roger, I love you." Marty said pulling him to her.
"I love you too, Margaret." he said opening the condom wrapper and placing it on himself.
"Roger, make love to me." she whispered as they rolled around on the bed.
"With pleasure my love." he told her kissing her repeatedly as they began to make love. Roger was gentle and caring. He wanted their first time together to be special and memorable and it was. When they were done they laid in each other's arms. "Are you OK Baby?" he asked looking down at her.
"I have never been better." she said leaning up to kiss him.
"Good. I love you." he said kissing her again.
"I love you too, Roger." she said before they fell asleep in each other's arms.