"Hello." Charlie said as she picked up the phone at a quarter to 5 in the morning.
"Hi is Roger there?" the voice on the other end asked.
"Um, yeah. Hang on." she said confused as she rolled over to wake him up. "Roger. Baby, phone." she said shaking him as she held the cordless phone in her hand.
"Mmmm, what?" he asked groggy.
"Phone. It's your mom." she said handing it to him.
"Hello?" he asked opening his eyes.
"Roger, Tori's in labor. We're at the hospital." she told him happily as he sat up.
"But she's not due until next week." he said rubbing his eyes as Charlie sat up.
"Well, you're nephew's not waiting." she said sniffling as he looked at the clock.
"That's great." he told her caressing Charlie's back.
"What is it Baby?" Charlie asked quietly.
"My sister's in labor." he told smiling.
"That's great." she said caressing his arm.
"Yeah, sorry mom. OK, keep us posted." he told her as Charlie wrapped her arm around his waist.
"OK, I love you. Tell Charlie I said hi." she said cheerfully.
"OK mom. Love you too. Tell her I love her." he said smiling before hanging up the phone.
"How dilated is she?" Charlie asked smiling up at him.
"4. But it could take a while." he told her leaning down to kiss her.
"Are we gonna go up there?" she asked caressing his chest.
"How are we getting up there?" he asked smiling at her.
"Rent a car." she told him sitting up.
"You want to rent a car and meet my family?" he asked looking up at her.
"Why not?" she asked getting out of bed.
"Um because it's not even 5 in the morning. Where are we gonna rent a car at this hour?" he asked smiling at her.
"I don't know. We can find someplace. I'm gonna go in the shower." she told him excitedly.
"Why don't we go back to bed and we'll wait until everyone else in the city is up?" he suggested laying down.
"How can you go back to sleep?" she asked getting the towel off of the chair in the corner of the bedroom.
"Easy, it's 5 in the morning. I don't do 5 in the morning, Baby. You know that." he told her laughing.
"OK, but I'm going in the shower. That gives you an extra 20 minutes." she said leaning down to kiss him as he pulled her onto the bed.
"Why don't you stay here with me?" he asked leaning over to kiss her.
"Roger, I have to get ready." she said giggling as reached under her t-shirt to caress her bare skin.
"Oh come on, we have time. I like being in bed with you anyway." he told her kissing her more passionately.
"Good thing, I like being in bed with you too." she told him kissing him again as they began to make love. When they finished Charlie got out of bed to go in the shower and Roger started looking in the phone book to call car rental places. None of them were opened so he called Joanne.
"Jo, hey it's me." he smiled holding the phone.
"Roger, is everything OK?" she asked concerned.
"No everything is fine. Listen, my sister is in labor and Charlie wants us to drive up there and be with my family. Can I borrow your car?" he asked leaning back on the bed.
"Yeah, of course. Anything you need. Whenever you and Charlie are ready, you can come pick it up." she smiled, happy to help.
"OK, thanks. Yeah, we'll be there within the hour. OK thanks, I really appreciate it." he said hanging up the phone as Charlie came into the bedroom wrapped in a towel.
"Who was that?" she asked towel drying her hair.
"I was calling rental car places. None of them are open yet, but then I called Joanne. She's letting us borrow her car." he told her leaning over to her side of the bed to hang up the phone.
"Roger, that's great. Oh my God. Thank you." she said excitedly jumping on the bed.
"It's no big deal Baby." he said laughing as she leaned in to kiss him.
"Yes it is. Thank you Baby. I love you. This is gonna be so exciting. Your sister is having a baby and I'm gonna meet your family." she told him as he held her close to him.
"No problem Baby. Now I gotta go in the shower. I told Joanne we'd be there within the hour." he said kissing her.
"OK. I'm gonna call Wes and get a couple of days off." she told him as he got up and she reached for the phone.
"Can you call my beautiful, sexy manager and let her know I need a couple of days off too, please?" he asked standing in the doorway.
"I think she'll be cool about it." she told him laughing as she dialed the phone and he went into the bathroom.
"Come on Baby. We gotta go." he called out tying his boots in the living room.
"I'm coming. I just had to pack a few things for us. I want to make sure we have enough clothes for a couple of days. Where's my camera?" she yelled putting clothes into a duffle bag as the phone rang.
"I think it's in the closet. I'll get it, you just hurry up." he told her reaching for the phone on the end table.
"I'm hurrying." she yelled at him as he picked up the phone.
"Hello... hey mom, how is she?... 6 dilated now? Great... No we were up. Listen, me and Charlie are driving up there... No we're borrowing Joanne's car... We want to be there... I know, Charlie's really excited too... OK, we'll see you guys in about 3 hours... OK, see ya then... I love you too mom... Bye." he said hanging up the phone as Charlie came out of the bedroom.
"So what did she say?" she asked as he rushed over to help her.
"She's 6 dilated now. Um... did you pack both of our dressers, or does it just feel like it?" he asked carrying the bag.
"I just want to have enough clothes. Is she excited that we're coming?" she asked putting her jacket on.
"Yeah, she can't wait to finally meet you." he told her putting his coat on.
"Well we've been dating almost a year." she told him laughing as she opened the door to the apartment.
"I know, but we could never get up there with work and stuff." he said as they left.
"Well now's the perfect excuse." she said putting her arm around his waist as they walked to Joanne's apartment.
"Yeah it is." he told her putting his free arm around her shoulders.
"This is so exciting. I mean, I'm an only child and I don't see me going through this, so it's the next best thing. You're gonna be Uncle Roger." she told him laughing as they approached Maureen and Joanne's building.
"Yeah, not such a big deal to me Baby." he told her opening the door for her.
"What do you mean? You're gonna be the cool uncle. The rock star uncle who teaches him how to rock out to Guns and Roses and Queensryche." she told him as she pressed the elevator button.
"And Bon Jovi and Poison too, huh?" he asked as the elevator opened.
"There is nothing wrong with Bon Jovi and Poison." she argued laughing.
"Yeah, you keep telling yourself that." he said laughing as they rode the elevator up.
"You're not gonna get me pissed today, so forget it." she told him before the doors opened.
"I would never want to get you pissed off on purpose." he told her acting innocent.
"Yeah, it's a gift, right?" she asked knocking on the apartment door.
"If you say so Baby." he said leaning down to kiss her as Maureen opened the door in her pajamas.
"Must you two? It's not even 7 in the morning." she grumbled leading them into the apartment.
"Don't mind her. You know Maureen doesn't do this early unless she's still up from the night before." Joanne said laughing before handing Roger the keys.
"Yeah we know. Good morning Maureen." she told her laughing.
"Whatever." Maureen said taking a sip of her coffee before laying on the couch.
"Be careful Roger, OK? There's a full tank of gas in it and keep it as long as you need it." Joanne said smiling up at him.
"Thank you so much Jo. I really appreciate this. Charlie really wanted to be there." he told her smiling down at Charlie.
"Well this is really exciting. Roger's gonna be an uncle. I don't want to miss this. Plus Tori's been really looking forward to having this baby." Charlie smiled as he put his arm around her.
"I know Baby. It's OK. We'll call you when she has him." Roger said smiling at them before they left.
"Have fun." Joanne smiled at them.
"Thanks Jo." Roger laughed as he and Charlie walked down the hallway. "Are you ready to meet the Davis clan?" he asked as they made their way down to the parking garage.
"I'm totally ready." she said leaning up to kiss before they got in the Audi.