"Roger, did you see my notebook?" Marty asked looking around the bedroom hearing Roger come out of the shower.
"Yeah isn't it in your nightstand?" he asked towel drying his hair.
"I thought it was, but I just looked." she said looking around the bedroom.
"I'll help you look for it later. Everyone's coming over." he said leaning down to kiss him.
"OK thanks." she said smiling at him.
"Anything for my girl." he said smiling back as he got dressed. "What were you working on anyway?" he asked slipping into his jeans.
"Nothing really, I just wrote some stuff yesterday and wanted to wanted to look it over." she told him watching him as he stood in front of her shirtless.
"Guys, come on. They're here." Mark said from the other side of the door.
"We're coming Mark." Marty said as Roger pulled his Led Zepplin shirt over his head.
"Happy Birthday Baby." Roger said pulling Marty close.
"Thanks Sweetie." she said leaning up to kiss him before they went out to the living room.
"Hey, there's the birthday girl." Collins said running over to pick Marty up.
"Hi Collins." she said laughing as she hugged him.
"So how does it feel to be one year older?" he asked putting her down.
"Better than the alternative." she said smiling up at him.
"I hear ya Babygirl." he said kissing her head.
"Happy Birthday Marty." Maureen said as she hugging her.
"Thanks guys, really. But it's just another day." she told them as Roger and Mark seemed to have disappeared.
"But it's your birthday. It can't be just another day." Joanne said as Roger and Mark emerged from Mark's room.
"What are you two up to?" Marty asked smiling at them.
"Baby, we wanted to give you something special for your birthday." Roger said handing her a large, thin box.
"What did you guys do?" she asked as they sat on the couch so she could open it.
"We all chipped in." he told her as she opened it.
"Oh my God. Guys, this is a laptop computer." she said looking up at them.
"Well you go through notebooks so fast, we thought you could use one of these." Roger said as tears formed in her eyes.
"I love it Roger. Guys this is great. I can't believe you bought me a laptop. Wasn't this expensive?" she said looking up as tears fell from her eyes.
"Baby, you deserve it. Your hands hurt so much when you write in your notebooks. We just thought this would be better for you. Plus you can store a lot of stories in here." he said wiping her tears with is thumb.
"I love it. I can't believe you guys did this." she told him looking up at them.
"We love you Babygirl. Roger's got his guitar, Mark's got his camera. Now you have your laptop." Collins said as Roger brought Marty into his arms.
"I love you guys too. Thank you so much." she said as Roger caressed her hair.
"And we got you some floppy disks to save your stories on." Mark said handing her a box with 10 different colored floppy disks.
"And we even put some of your stories on there already." Roger said smiling at her.
"This is great. This is the best birthday present ever. I can't believe you guys did this. This is too much. Way too much. How did you guys get the money for this?" she said wiping her face.
"We chipped in. Mark got a raise because of our segment and I've been performing at the bar. Baby, you deserve this." Roger told her smiling down at her.
"Babygirl, you give us so much. We wanted to give you something back. It's not much, really." Collins told her
"It's everything. Thank you guys so much." she said kissing Roger then hugging all of her friends.
"Who says we head to the Life for one of our all nighters?" Roger said smiling at everyone.
"That's a great idea Sweetie." Marty told him smiling.
"Come on Babygirl. We'll do some birthday shots." Collins said excitedly.
"Sounds good. Let me just go in and do my hair." she told him smiling as she brought her laptop in the bedroom.
"Is she OK?" Joanne asked as Roger watched her.
"Yeah, she's probably overwhelmed. I'll go check on her." Roger said quietly as he got up.
"OK." Mark said as he went into his room to get more film.
"Baby, are you OK?" Roger asked coming into the bedroom seeing Marty sitting on the bed crying.
"You guys didn't have to do this. We really can't afford this." Marty said looking up at him. Her eyes were wet and swollen from crying.
"Baby, you deserve it. And don't worry about us affording it. We're doing fine. We've been affording our AZT and everything's paid." Roger told her holding her in his arms.
"But Roger..." she started before he cut her off.
"Baby, you do so much for everyone. The way you are and everything. Everyone was more than happy to pitch in. Baby, we love you." he said taking her face in his hands.
"But Roger, this is too much." she said looking in his green eyes.
"Nothing is too good for my wife. Don't ever forget that. I love you. We love you. Since you came into our lives, you have given us so much. And you've never asked for anything in return." he told her kissing her head before holding her to him.
"I'm sorry Roger. I mean, you guys buy me this incredible gift and I act like this. It's just that we've been together for 3 and a half years and since we've been together, I have never been so loved and so taken care of. I mean, you guys would sacrifice anything for me. And you have. You all bought me a laptop worth almost a thousand dollars for my birthday. A thousand dollars we really can't afford." she said as tears ran down her cheek again.
"Baby, you're everything to us. Now let's go out and celebrate your birthday." he said wiping her tears and kissing her.
"OK. I love you Roger." she said pulling him close.
"I love you too Marty." he told her caressing her hair before leaving the room so she can fix her hair.
"Is she OK?" Collins asked jumping up from the couch.
"Yeah, she's fine. She's just overwhelmed by everything." he said as Collins looked down at him.
"She thinks she doesn't deserves it, huh?" Collins said shaking his head.
"No. You know her. Always giving and never expecting anything in return." Roger said rubbing his hands together.
"Yeah, I know her. You have some wife there." Collins said putting his arms around Roger to hug him.
"Yeah, I do." Roger said as Marty came out of her room.
"You OK Babygirl?" Collins asked directing his attention to her.
"Yeah, I'm fine." she said smiling up at him as he pulled her into an embrace.
"Let's go. We have some celebrating to do." Maureen said smiling at her.
"Good idea. Mark, are you filming or are you drinking tonight?" Marty asked as Collins still held her.
"Whatever you want Marty. Tonight is about you." he said smiling at her.
"How about you do both? You film a little and then drink with us?" she said smiling at him.
"OK deal." he said as they all left the loft.
"Marty, I love you." Roger said on the stairwell lagging behind the others.
"I know. I love you too Roger." she said leaning up to kiss him before they continued to the Life Cafe.
"OK, I would like to propose a toast. To Marty, the birthday girl and the back bone of this family." Joanne said smiling at her as she held up her shot.
"I'm not the back bone. I'm just a part of this family like everyone else." she said modestly.
"Baby, you are the back bone of this family. I wish you would stop being so modest." Roger insisted smiling down at her.
"I'm sorry Sweetie. I'm sorry guys. Really. I just... I don't know. I'm overthinking things. Maybe I should just say thank you and move on." Marty said looking at everyone.
"Babygirl, you know we love you. You're the greatest thing that's ever happened to this family since we lost Angel and Mimi. You've become an example for us. You may not have come up with No day but today, but you live it everyday." Collins told her as she looked at everyone.
"You guys are the greatest thing that's ever happened to me. I love you guys so much." she said smiling at them.
"We love you too. Now can we do these shots now?" Roger asked smiling down at her.
"Yeah, let's do it. I'm sorry." she said picking up her shot.
"Now, let's try this again. To my wife. Happy birthday Baby. We love you." Roger said holding up his shot.
"To Marty." everyone said following suit as Mark filmed it all.
"Thanks for the best birthday ever." Marty said smiling at everyone.
"Well thanks for being the best friend ever." Maureen said smiling back.
"So what should we do now?" Marty asked looking around at everyone.
"You'll see Baby." Roger said leaning down to kiss her before hopping up on stage.
"Um, what is he doing?" she asked looking at Collins, who was sitting next to her.
"Happy birthday Baby girl." he said putting his arm around her.
"Ladies and gentleman. Can I have your attention please? I'm Roger Davis and it's my wife's birthday today and I wanted to do something special for her. So here goes." he said as he started the opening riff to the song he wrote her. "I love you Marty." he said before he started singing.
"I love you too Roger." she whispered as tears filled her eyes.
"You are my everything." he said as he completed his song to her. "Thank you." he said before stepping down from the stage as the Life Cafe exploded in applause.
"I love you so much Roger." she said crying as she ran to him and buried her face in his neck.
"Well I wanted to give my girl a proper birthday gift just from me." he said holding her tight.
"That was the most perfect song." she said still crying in his neck.
"I love you Marty." he said stroking her hair.
"I know." she said as she held her in her arms.
"Are you OK Marty?" Mark asked standing next to them.
"Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm just very emotional tonight." she said wiping her eyes.
"It's OK Babygirl. Birthdays do that to people. Especially the big 28. you're 2 years away from 30." Collins said laughing as he caressed her hair.
"It's not that Collins. I'm just feeling like the luckiest girl in the world to have such a great family. And my husband here. I don't know what I did to deserve such a wonderful man, but I couldn't have asked for a better soul mate." she said as tears escaped her eyes again.
"Baby, you are loved more than you will ever realize." Roger said wiping her tears with his thumbs.
"I know. I love you all so much." she said as Roger brought her closer to him as everyone looked at her smiling.
"Group hug." Mark said as everyone hugged Marty and Roger.
"I love this group." Marty said laughing.
"We love you too Babygirl." Collins said laughing.