"Mandy, no." Roger cried out as he tossed and turned in his old bed at his parents house.
"Roger. Baby, wake up. Roger." Charlie said shaking him.
"What happened?" he asked sitting up in his bed. His eyes were wet from crying.
"You were dreaming about Mandy. You were calling out her name." she asked caressing his arm.
"I'm sorry Baby." he said putting his arm around her.
"It's OK Roger. You're bound to have feelings about her being back here." she told him holding him tight.
"I guess I haven't thought about her in a while either. Our baby would have been about 10 now." he told her wiping his eyes.
"I know. I guess this is hard on both of us." she said looking up at him.
"That's why we make such a great pair. Our baggage." he said kissing her head.
"And the fact that we understand each other." she said leaning up to kiss him.
"I am sorry Baby. I didn't mean to bring Mandy up. I know it's not easy for you." he said looking down at her.
"Roger, I'm fine. Really. I know you'll never stop thinking about her. You were gonna marry her and she was carrying your child. I understand. Never feel guilty for thinking about her." she told him reaching up to caress his face.
"I love you Charlie. I really do." he said caressing her head.
"I know Roger. I love you too. Now we have to get ready to go visit your sister and the baby." she said kissing him before getting out of the bed.
"Charlie, do you ever think about getting married?" he asked staring up at her.
"Sometimes, why?" she asked brushing her hair.
"I don't know. I haven't thought about it since Mandy and I thought she would be the only girl I ever wanted to marry, but then I met you and... I don't know. I've been thinking about it lately." he said looking down as she sat on the bed next to him.
"Roger, are you asking me to marry you?" she asked quietly as he took her hands.
"Yeah, I am. I know I'm really bad at this and I don't have a ring or anything, but will you marry me Charlie?" he asked looking into her blue eyes.
"Roger, I love you so much and you have no idea how much I want to say yes. But I really don't think this is the right time for us to make that decision." she said as tears came to her eyes.
"You're right. I'm sorry." he said getting out of bed clearly hurt.
"Roger, I'm just saying with you being reminded of Mandy and the baby and me being reminded of the baby I gave up when I was 16. We're just vulnerable right now." she said chasing after him.
"I get it Charlie. You don't want me to be asking you because I'm thinking about Mandy and the baby. I understand." he said running his fingers through his hair in looking in his mirror.
"No Roger, you don't understand. You have no idea how much I want to say yes. I mean, I never thought of getting married before I met you. Even when we're pissing each other off, I want to marry you. I don't want to live without you." she started telling him before breaking down in tears.
"Baby, I don't want to live without you either. When I was with Mandy, I couldn't imagine my life without her. Then I lost her and I didn't know what to do. I didn't know how to live without her. I ran away from here and told myself I would never come back here. I started drinking a lot, I shot up. I was a mess. Then you were so excited about coming to be with my sister and meet my family that I couldn't say no. I wanted you to meet my family because I wanted to make you a part of it. I love you Charlene Marie Spade and I want to marry you." he said looked down at her, taking her face in his hands and wiping her eyes with his thumbs.
"Roger I love you so much. Yes, I'll marry you." she said looking up at him.
"Yeah?" he asked smiling at her.
"With a proposal like that how could a girl say no?" she answered crying and laughing at the same time.
"I love you Charlie." he said holding her tight.
"I love you too Roger." she said burying her face in his chest.
"Are you two up yet?" Mrs. Davis asked knocking on the bedroom door.
"Yeah mom, come on in." Roger called out as Charlie wiped her eyes.
"Are you kids ready to go? Visiting hours start in a half an hour." she said as they faced her.
"OK mom. We'll be ready in a bit." he told her looking down at Charlie.
"Is everything OK?" she asked seeing that Charlie had been crying.
"Yeah mom. I just asked Charlie to marry me and she said yes." he told her excitedly as a smile came across her face.
"Oh that's wonderful. Congratulations." she said rushing over to hug them.
"Thanks Mrs. Davis." Charlie said laughing as Roger leaned over to kiss her head.
"No more Mrs. Davis stuff. Call me mom." she told her smiling up at Roger.
"OK mom." she said laughing as she let them go.
"You two look so beautiful together. I can't believe it. My baby had a baby and my sons getting married. All in one day." she said wiping her eyes.
"We're not getting married today mom. I just asked her. We need to pick a date and I need to get her a ring. There are a lot of things we need to do before we get married." he told her still holding Charlie in his arms.
"Well, I may be able to help you with at least one of those things." she said leaving the room.
"Um, where is she going?" Roger asked looking down at her.
"I'm supposed to know? She's your mother. I just met her." she said looking up at him laughing.
"Mom, what are you up to?" he asked following her into her room.
"Here. I've been hanging on to this for a while. I want you to have my ring. To give to Charlie." she said handing her the engagement ring her husband gave her when they got engaged.
"Mom, I can't take your ring. Dad gave this to you." he told her looking down at the ring.
"Well now I'm giving it to you. You and Charlie." she told him with tears in her eyes.
"Thanks mom." he said hugging her.
"Just put that on her finger, so we can go see my grandson. And hurry up. I have no time for your mushy stuff." she laughed as Roger left the room and went back to his room, where his new fiance waited for him.
"I love you Charlie." he told her putting the ring on her left hand ring finger.
"I love you too Roger." she said smiling at him as tears came to her eyes. "This is beautiful.
"It's my moms. She wants you to have it." he smiled at her.
"OK, now let's go." Mrs. Davis called out rushing them so they could get to the hospital to see Tori and the baby.