"And now I'd like to dedicate this song to my girl Charlie. I hope you like it Baby." he started as he began to opening riff to Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns and Roses.
"Oh my God." she said from behind the bar smiling up at him.
"She's got a smile that it seems to me, reminds me of childhood memories. Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky. Now and then when I see her face. She takes me away to that special place and if I stared too long, I'd probably break down and cry." he began as she stared up at him with tears in her eyes. She started making her way to the front of the stage still staring up at him. He was looking right at her the whole time he was singing. He decided to do that song last in the set so he could tell her he loved her right afterwards. When he finished the song, he flashed her a smile and stepped down off of the stage.
"Roger, I love you." she told him as she threw her arms around his neck.
"Charlie, I love you too." he said leaning down to kiss her.
"You do?" she asked smiling at him as she wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Yeah, I do. Why do you think I sung that song for you? I wanted to tell you, but I couldn't, so I thought I'd do what I do best. Tell you how I feel with a song. How'd I do?" he asked smiling at her.
"Pretty good." she told him laughing as she caressed his face.
"Oh yeah?" he asked picking her up kissing her again.
"Come on." she said as he let her down and she led him into her office.
"What are we doing in here? I have to go back on in 20 minutes." he asked as she wrapped her arms around him again to kiss him.
"I just wanted to be alone with you for a minute." she told him running her fingers through his hair.
"Well OK, but 20 minutes isn't much time." he said picking her up to put her on her desk.
"Not that. I just didn't want to share you with all of the other girls out there who stare at you like you're a rock god right now." she told him laughing.
"Oh come one. I mean, I think I can do it in under 20 minutes. It won't be my best, but it'll be fun trying." he told her laughing as he kissed her neck.
"Roger, you have a one track mind." she said laughing as him as he looked into her eyes.
"I love you Charlie." he told her caressing her cheek.
"I love you too Roger." she said leaning up to kiss him again as there was a knock at the door. "Come in." she called out as she got off of the desk.
"Tony needs you at the bar, Charlie." Mark told her standing in the doorway.
"I gotta go Baby. I'll see you later. I love you." she whispered before leaning up to kiss him.
"I love you too Charlie." Roger whispered caressing her cheek one more time before she left the office.
"You what?" Mark asked coming into the office and closing the door.
"We told each other I love you. It's not a big deal. We've been dating for 2 months, Mark." Roger said going to the door.
"Roger, that's great. Really. I'm happy for you guys." he said smiling at him.
"Yeah thanks. I'm gonna go for a cigarette before I have to go back on." he said trying to get away from him.
"Roger, I can't believe you told her." Mark said following Roger through the club and out the door.
"It's not a big deal Mark. I mean, I love her and I thought it was time to tell her, so I did." he told him lighting his cigarette and taking a drag.
"And you sung her a song. I'm sure that was to sweep her off her feet." Mark said standing in front of him.
"Yeah well, she likes that song and I've been wanting to sing it to her for a while, so I figured tonight was perfect." he told him as Charlie came out.
"Tell me again, why did I want to be manager?" she asked taking Roger's cigarette and taking a drag.
"So you could date the lead singer of the band and drive him crazy." he told her sweeping her into his arms.
"Oh yeah." she said laughing as she leaned up to kiss him.
"Hey Charlie." Mark said laughing at them.
"Hey Mark." she said laughing as she let go of Roger. "Listen, I had an idea I wanted to run by you." she told him giving Roger his cigarette back.
"What's up?" he asked smiling at them.
"I was thinking that I'd like to start selling your stuff in the club. I mean, Wine and Vision is the most popular band in the city. The videos would sell pretty well. I mean, you guys would get most of the proceeds of course, but I just thought it would be nice." she told him smiling.
"That's a great idea Baby." Roger said smiling down at her.
"I thought you'd like that idea. We can get together this week and start viewing what you have and we can put it together." she told them as Roger wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Yeah, I mean, I've already put some stuff together I wanted to show you. But you and Roger are always too busy." Mark said smiling at them.
"Sorry Mark. I'd love to see what you have." she told him as Roger leaned down to kiss her head.
"Baby, I gotta go. I'll see you after my set." he said smiling down at her.
"OK, I love you." she told him leaning up to kiss him.
"I love you too." he said before they went back inside. He went back on stage and she went back behind the bar.
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"OK, you have to keep that." Charlie said as they sat in the loft watching Mark's footage of Roger.
"No, I only did that song to piss you off." Roger told her leaning over to kiss her head.
"But you really rocked that song. And it was the night you first kissed me." she said smiling up at him.
"But I only sung that song because I was pissed at you for trying to dictate my playlist." he told her smiling back.
"So what, it's good footage." she said leaning up to kiss him as he caressed her face to pull her into a deeper kiss.
"OK you two. That's enough." Collins said coming out of his room.
"Sorry Collins." Charlie said laughing as he plopped on the arm chair.
"That's OK. So what are you guys up to tonight?" he asked smiling at them.
"Movie." Roger told him.
"Club." Charlie said at the same time.
"OK." Collins said sitting back to enjoy the show.
"Movie? Roger, why do we pay for a movie we never get to see?" she asked looking up at him.
"I thought you liked making out with me at the movies?" he asked as she shifted in her seat.
"I like making out with you here or at my place for free. And we don't get kicked out." she argued getting up.
"What club do you want to go to? That hairband one again? You know I hate that place." he said looking up at her.
"You only hate that place because it's not your music." she told him getting a beer out of the refrigerator.
"No, I hate that place because the band sucks." he said getting up.
"Roger, just because it's not you, it doesn't mean they suck." she told him taking a sip of her beer.
"No they suck because they really do suck. It has nothing to do with it not being me." he said taking her beer from her to take a sip.
"OK fine, but I'm not going to the movies either." she said looking up at him.
"Fine, we'll go back to your place and stay in. Maybe we'll rent a movie." he said sweeping her in his arms.
"Oh great, so we'll only be wasting 2 bucks not seeing a movie rather then 6.50." she told him laughing as he leaned down to kiss her.
"That's the idea." he said laughing with her.
"You two are so funny." Collins said laughing as he leaned back in the chair.
"Oh quit it." Roger told him holding her close.
"OK, Mark and I have work to do, so why don't you go do something so we can finish?" she said leaning up to kiss him again.
"But I wanna hang out with you." he whined pouting his lips at her.
"Well, I can't get any work done with you around. Why don't you and Collins go down to the Life Cafe and we'll meet you there?" she said caressing his cheek.
"Good idea Babygirl. Come on loverboy. You can buy me a drink." Collins said getting up as Roger looked down at her.
"I'll see you later Baby. I love you." she said kissing him again.
"I love you too Baby." he told her as he was dragged out of the loft by Collins.
