"Are you feeling better Baby?" Roger asked as Marty woke up in his arms.
"Not really. I'm still tired." she said looking up at him. Her eyes were barely open and she looked pale.
"I'm taking you to the doctor. I don't like this at all." he said starting to get up.
"OK." she said worried herself.
"Just stay under the covers Baby. I'll be right back." he told her kissing her head.
"OK." she said falling back to sleep as he left the bedroom.
"Is she any better?" Mark asked pouring coffee.
"No, she's still tired. I'm gonna make an appointment for the doctor. I want to try to get her in today." he answered going straight to the phone.
"Rog, she'll be fine. Her t-cells were high just last month." Mark told him as Roger dialed the phone.
"Well Mark, my wife has done nothing but sleep for 3 days. I don't care what her t-cells were last month. She's sick now." he said as the phone rang.
"I know Rog." Mark told him sympathetically.
"I'm sorry Mark. I had no right to... Hello, my name is Roger Davis. I need to make an emergency appointment for my wife, Margaret Davis... Yes I'll hold... Yes I'm holding for an emergency appointment for my wife, Margaret Davis... No, she doesn't have a fever... No, she's not coughing or vomiting. She's HIV positive and she's been sleeping for the past 3 days... 10:30? Thank you. Yes, we'll be there." he said before hanging up the phone.
"What did they say?" Mark asked looking over at him.
"She has a 10:30 appointment. I'm sorry I snapped at you Mark. I'm just worried about her." Roger said going over to the metal counter to pour himself some coffee.
"It's OK Rog. I understand. I'm worried about her too." Mark said watching Roger sweep his hair back over and over again in frustration.
"I'm really worried about her Mark." he said beginning to cry.
"I know Rog. But she'll be OK. You have to believe that." Mark told him leaning over to hug him.
"I want to. But when my wife is laying in our bed for 3 days straight, only moving to go to the bathroom and eat the little that she does eat, I have a hard time believing that she's gonna be OK." Roger said wiping his eyes violently. "I'm sorry. I have to go get her ready for the doctor. We have to leave soon. Thanks Mark." Roger said before going back into his room to get Marty up.
"OK Rog." Mark said quietly. He was worried too. Marty had been doing so well up until 3 days ago. She started calling in sick to work and just sleeping all day. And it seemed like no matter how much sleep she got, she always needed more.
"Marty, Baby. It's time to get up. You have a doctor's appointment at 10:30." Roger said gently waking Marty up.
"OK Honey. Give me a little while." she said dragging herself out of bed.
"Do you need help with anything Baby?" he asked smiling at her.
"No, I can do it. Thank you. Roger, I'm fine." she told him smiling.
"I'm just worried about you Marty. You've been so tired for 3 days." Roger said sitting on the edge of the bed.
"I'm fine Roger. I have been spreading myself pretty thin lately with work, the documentary, my writing and hangin' out. The doctor's probably gonna tell me to slow down. Don't worry Roger." she said smiling at him as she got dressed.
"I hope so." he told her with a weak smile.
"I'm sorry you're getting so worried Honey. I hate seeing you unhappy." she said sitting next to him as he wrapped his arms around her.
"I hate seeing you so weak. My Baby is strong and full of life." he told her kissing her head.
"Whatever it is Roger, I'll be fine. Now I have to finish gettting ready. I'll be done in a minute." she said leaning up to kiss him.
"Mrs. Davis, right this way." the nurse said from the door leading to the examining rooms.
"That's us." Marty said looking up at Roger as they got up and followed the nurse.
"So what brings you in this morrning Marty?" the nurse asked as Marty sat in the chair to have blood taken for tests.
"I've been really tired the last 3 days and my husband was worried." she said looking up at Roger, so she didn't have to look at the nurse take blood.
"When was your last period?" the nurse asked.
"A month ago. I'm a week late, but that's not unusual for me." she told her smiling up at Roger.
"OK, if you could just go to exam room 3, the doctor will be with you shortly." the nurse said as putting a bandaid on Marty's arm before she and Roger headed to the exam rooms.
"Thank you." she said as Roger put his arm around her, leading her to the room. As they entered the exam room Marty got light headed and had to grab a hold of Roger for support.
"Are you OK Baby?" he asked concerned.
"Yeah, I just got light headed for a minute. It's probably because she took half my blood supply." she said laughing a bit as Roger helped her to the examining table.
"Good morning Marty. How are you feeling today?" the doctor asked walking into the room looking at a folder.
"I've been tired a lot these last few days and Roger was getting worried, so he made me come in." she told him as Roger stood next to her.
"Well let's see if we can't figure out what's worrying your husband so much." the doctor said looking at the chart.
"Good idea." she said laughing.
"Now, while most of your tests won't be back until next week, I think I see one reason why you're so tired. Marty, Roger you're pregnant." he said smiling at them.
"Are you serious?" Roger asked smiling.
"Positive means yes, so yes I'm serious." he said smiling at him.
"Baby, did you hear that? We're having a baby." Roger said looking at Marty who was stunned.
"How? I mean we're always careful because of the HIV." she said as tears filled up her eyes.
"These things happen sometimes Marty. I'll leave you and Roger alone to talk." he said quietly opening the door.
"Roger, how could this happen? We use protection." she asked getting up to pace around the room.
"Baby, you heard him. These things happen. But Baby, we're having a kid. I would think you would be happy." he asked standing beside her.
"Roger, don't you see? Our child is gonna have to grow up without us. Mark, Maureen and Joanne are gonna have to raise our child one day. And he might have AIDS." she said breaking down in his arms.
"Marty, you know the percentages are low for that. Baby, it's OK." he told her holding her in his arms.
"But Roger, I don't want to leave our baby." she said crying into his chest.
"Me neither Marty. But all we can do is love this baby while we're here. This baby is gonna be a part of you and me." he said kissing her head.
"I guess Mark's not gonna get a life any time soon." she said looking up at him semi smiling.
"Why's that Baby?" he asked looking down at her.
"Because this is his next documentary." she said with a full smile this time.
"So we're good?" he asked looking down at her.
"Yeah, we're good. We're having a baby." she said smiling as Roger picked her up excitedly.
"Yes." he said as she laughed.
"I take it the shock wore off?" the doctor said coming back into the room.
"You can say that." Roger said laughing still holding his wife in his arms.
"Now we talk statistics, meds and other fun stuff." he said sitting in his chair and explaining everything to them.
"Less than a 25 percent chance? That's good odds." she told him leaving the clinic.
"See Baby. There's a very good chance we won't give our baby HIV." he said with his arm around her.
"That's a relief." she said looking up at him.
"Oh Baby, I can't believe it. We're gonna be parents. I have to get a little guitar and a little baby leather jacket." Roger said excitedly as they walked home.
"How are we gonna tell everyone?" she asked looking up at him.
"Well Mark's gonna want to know what's going on with you, so we can't keep it from him, but I figured we could invite everyone else over later and tell them then." he said with his arm around her.
"OK, just let me take a nap before we do that. You know how Collins is." she said laughing.
"Yeah I know. He's almost as protective as me when it comes to you." he told her laughing along.
"Do you wanna screw with them?" she asked as they approached the building.
"How?" he asked looking down at her as he swept her into his arms.
"Well, I was thinking of setting up shots for everyone but me. You know that will really mess with them." she said smiling up at him.
"Yeah, that's an idea." he said kissing her head.
"OK so that's what we'll do." she said leaning up to kiss him.
"I love you Marty." he said caressing her face tenderly.
"I love you too Roger." she told him smiling at him.
"Is everything OK? What did the doctor say?" Mark asked rushing to the door.
"Everything's fine, Uncle Mark." Marty said smiling at him.
"Uncle Mark? Are you serious?" Mark said worried.
"Yeah, I'm 4 weeks pregnant Mark." Marty told him smiling.
"That's amazing. But what about your HIV? Is the baby gonna have it?" he asked looking at them concerned.
"There's a 25 percent chance that the baby will have it, but there are ways to cut that down considerably. The baby has a good chance of being born negative." Roger said smiling at him.
"Really? The baby could be fine?" he said as a smile crossed his face.
"Yeah Mark. How do you feel about being a godfather?" Roger asked as Mark grabbed Marty into an embrace.
"That's incredible. I'd be honored. Congratulations." he said hugging her tight.
"Thanks Mark." she said laughing.
"We have to celebrate. But not you. You're pregnant." he rambled as Roger and Marty watched excitedly.
"About that. We were thinking of screwing with everyone. We want to invite them over and set up shots for everyone except Marty. That'll get them." Roger said laughing.
"I think that'll work. Marty's usually the first one throwing them back and the last one standing." Mark said laughing.
"Just let me take a nap before we call them to invite them over. I'm exhausted." Marty said smiling at them.
"Is that why you've been so tired?" Mark asked.
"Yeah. I mean, he's doing more tests that won't be back until next week, but he said that's a pretty good reason why I've been so tired." Marty said looking up at Roger.
"OK, you go lay down. We'll take care of you from now on." Mark insisted smiling at her.
"Mark, I'm pregnat. Not fragile. Really, I'm fine. The fatigue will pass soon. Then I get to look forward to morning sickness." she said smiling at him.
"Sorry." Roger said rubbing her back.
"It's not your fault Roger. I'll be fine. I'm gonna lay down now. I love you guys so much." she said pulling them both into a group hug.
"We love you too Marty." Mark said hugging her before she went into hers and Roger's room to lay down.
"Can you believe it Mark? Me a dad?" Roger asked looking over at him from the couch.
"Why not? You and Marty love each other so much. You're gonna make great parents." Mark said smiling as he tinkered with his camera.
"Oh by the way, Marty found the subject for your next documentary." Roger said laughing.
"Yeah, it can be about HIV Positive Parents." he said smiling at him.
"I think that was her point, yeah." he said sitting back excited.
"You really are happy about this, huh?" Mark asked smiling over at him.
"Yeah why wouldn't I be? This is great." Roger said smiling as Mark filmed him.
"Yeah it is." Mark answered laughing.