"Mommy. Mommy." RJ called out looking down at her.
"She's gone Roger." Julia whispered as Mark cried quietly.
"No. She has more time. She has to." he cried looking down at her.
"Come on Roger. Why don't we go call the ambulance?" Julia cried taking his hand as Mark took her gently into his arms.
"I love you mommy. Kiss dad for me." RJ whispered kissing her head.
"Come on sweetie." she said leading him out of the room.
"Marty, I love you. Try not to tear shit up too much up there with Roger, Collins, Angel and Mimi, OK." he said kissing her head as he cried over her.
"Mark, the ambulance is gonna be here in a little while. Do you want me to call Maureen and Joanne?" Julia asked from the doorway wiping her eyes.
"Yeah, where's RJ?" he asked putting her down on her pillows as he wiped his eyes.
"He's in his room." she said as he got out of the bed turning the cd off and taking it out.
"I need to talk to him." he said gathering up some pictures before going into his room.
"I'm gonna make some coffee." she said looking up at him touching his arm.
"I'll be right out Baby." he said kissing her head.
"Take your time." she said going into the kitchen as Mark opened RJ's bedroom door.
"Hey Rog, are you OK?" he asked quietly as RJ laid on his bed holding a picture of his parents in his arms.
"Yeah, I am Uncle Mark." he said looking up at him.
"Did they ever tell you about the day that was taken?" he asked sitting on the bed looking at the picture.
"No." he said sitting up.
"Your mom's bruises had just gone away and she had given me permission to start filming her. They had just gotten back from the doctor and your mom's first HIV test was negative and we went out to celebrate. That was the day your dad told her he loved her." he told him smiling at the picture.
"Mom and dad never told me about that." he said caressing the picture.
"That was also the day I decided to do a documentary on them. But it was only supposed to be about your dad finding love. Unfortunately 3 months later they found out your mom was positive too." he told him looking at the pictures he brought into the bedroom.
"But that was when they really started living." he said smiling at Roger's favorite picture of him and Marty.
"Yeah it was. Here, this is yours." he said handing him the cd.
"I think we should bury this with mom." he said not touching the cd.
"No, mom wanted you to have it. It meant a lot to her." he said holding the cd out.
"She did?" he asked looking up at him with tears in his eyes.
"Yeah, she wanted you to have something of your dads." he said as RJ took the cd from him.
"I do have something of my dads. His eyes, pictures, guitar, music and you guys." he said as Mark leaned over to hold him.
"You'll always have us Roger." Mark said as the door opened.
"The ambulance is here." Julia said quietly as Mark looked up.
"OK. I'll take care of it. I'll be right back." Mark said kissing RJ's head.
"Thanks Uncle Mark." he said smiling at him.
"No problem kiddo. I'm always here for you." he said getting up. "Baby, can you stay with him?" Mark said kissing Julia's head before leaving the room.
"OK. Hey kiddo." she said sitting on the bed next to him picking up one of the pictures. It was one of Roger, Marty and RJ. Marty was in the middle of them smiling. It was taken just as Roger was getting sick before he was admitted to the hospital.
"Hey Aunt Julia. Do you remember when Uncle Mark took that?" he asked smiling at her.
"It was on your dad's birthday." she said smiling at him.
"It was his last one." RJ said starting to cry.
"Listen to me Roger, they're together now. They're not sick anymore and they're not suffering anymore." Julia said taking her in his arms.
"I know. Thanks Aunt Julia. I love you." he said hugging her tight.
"I love you so much too kiddo. You are the greatest gift your parents ever gave us." she said caressing his hair.
"Baby, wake up. Baby." a familiar kind voice called out caressing her face.
"Roger?" she said looking up as her eyes crept open.
"Hi Baby. I've been waiting for you." he said tenderly leaning down to kiss her.
"I'm sorry, I left him." she said beginning to cry.
"Baby, it's OK. You tried." he said taking her in his arms.
"I missed you so much Roger." she said holding him tight.
"We missed you too Babygirl." Collins said from across the room.
"Collins." she called out crying as he rushed to her.
"Hi Babygirl. You have no ideal how much I missed you." he said crying into her shoulder.
"Where are we?" she asked wiping her eyes looking around.
"It's heaven Baby." Roger said playing with her hair.
"Who else is here?" she asked as Collins caressed her cheek.
"Angel, Mimi, April. We're all here." Collins said as the other three came into her sight.
"Hi Marty." Mimi said quietly moving closer.
"Mimi?" she said looking up seeing a pretty latina standing before her.
"Hi. It's really nice to meet you. Roger's been doing nothing but crying over you since he got here." she said as Collins got up off of the bed so she could lit down.
"Roger, what's going on?" she asked looking over at him.
"Baby, this is Mimi. Mimi this is my wife Marty." he said taking Marty into his arms.
"Marty, I've been watching you guys for 20 years. Thank you for making Roger so happy." Mimi said reaching out to hug Marty.
"But why? I mean you loved him and he married me?" she asked looking at her.
"I know. I sent him to you. You were laying in that alley for almost an hour. You needed him and he needed you." she said smiling as tears streamed down her face.
"RJ?" Marty asked crying again.
"I sent him to you, but you made him negative." she said wiping her eyes.
"Thank you Mimi." Marty said crying into her shoulder.
"I knew as soon as Roger found you he would take care of you and fall in love with you." she said as Angel came into view.
"Thank you so much. You gave me the best 20 years of my life." Marty said hugging her again.
"Some one else wants to meet you." Mimi said looking back at Angel.
"Hey chica." she said looking down. She looked so beautiful. She had on a blue and pink sweater and a tie dyed skirt with white leggings and high heels.
"Hi Angel. It's very nice to meet you." she said beginning to move off of the bed.
"Be careful chica. You're gonna be light headed for a while." she said coming over to the bed.
"I have been wanting to meet you for 20 years." she said throwing her arms around Angels neck to hug her.
"Oh chica, it is such a pleasure to meet you. Thomas has been doing nothing but talking about you from the minute he got here." she said smiling at her.
"Well he's my big brother." she said smiling at her.
"Thank you for taking such good care of him." she said caressing her hair.
"No, he took care of me." she said looking up at Collins.
"You took care of each other. You took care of my family Marty. Thank you." she said kissing her head.
"I love my family Angel." she said as Roger caressed her face.
"I'm gonna let you and this boy catch up. He's missed you so much." she said smiling at them.
"I missed you so much too Roger." Marty said wrapping her arms around him as he cried into her hair.
"I am so proud of you Marty. You did it." he cried caressing her hair.
"It was you. I heard you." she said holding him tighter.
"Where did everybody go?" April asked bouncing into the room.
"Marty's here April. Isn't that great?" Mimi said looking at Roger and Marty.
"Oh my God, it's about time. You have no idea how crazy he has been making us." she said smiling down at them.
"April?" she asked looking up.
"Hi Marty. It's great to finally meet you face to face." she said smiling at her.
"So what do you think of my girl? Is she everything I told you she was?" Roger said kissing Marty's head.
"Yeah Roger, she is." April said smiling at them. "I'm gonna let you guys have some time alone. We'll catch up later when you're feeling better." she said leaving them.
"Is it weird being up here with your old girlfriends?" Marty asked looking up at him.
"No, I've been watching and waiting for you." he said leaning down to kiss her.
"I'm sorry I couldn't hold on until RJ was older." she said looking up at him.
"Don't worry Baby. He's gonna be fine you know. Mark and Julia love him just as much as we do. You did the best you could." he said kissing her head.
"Everybody really took care of me, Baby." she said smiling at him.
"We always told you you were the heart of this family." he said smiling down at her.
"And you were my heart." she said leaning up to kiss him deep and passionately.
"I love you Marty." he whispered holding her face.
"Oh Roger, I so love you too." she said looking up at him.
"OK you two, we've been watching this for 20 years. It's time we show Marty around." Mimi said smiling at them.
"Sorry Mimi." Marty said smiling at her as Roger got up and took her in his arms.
"Come on Baby, I'll give you a ride." he said leaning in to kiss her.
"I can walk you know. I'm feeling better." she said laughing at him.
"You know how much I love carrying you." he said smiling at her.
"I remember." she said holding him tight.