"Roger, we have to get out of bed eventually, you know?" Gina told him as he held on to her kissing her all over her face.
"I know, but why do we have to do it today?" Roger whined between kisses.
"Because we haven't really hung out with your friends for the last month. They're gonna start referring to me as Yoko." she told him laughing.
"Not a chance. You make me happy. That's good enough for them." he said laughing with her.
"Well, I would like to venture out of this apartment with my boyfriend one of these days. Maybe go to a movie or something?" she asked kissing his lips.
"Why? I have all I need right here in this nice warm bed." Roger told her holding her naked body against his. "What the hell is that?" he asked looking up as he heard a pound at the door.
"Roger. Open the door man." Collins shouted from the hall banging on the door.
"Go away Collins. I'm busy." he yelled as he shielded Gina's ear.
"Roger I gotta talk to you man. Get off of Gina and come to the damn door." he yelled more persistant this time.
"We should answer it Roger. It sounds important." Gina told him getting up and slipping into her robe to answer the door. "What's the matter Collins?" she asked as she opened the door for him.
"Where's Roger?" he asked looking around the apartment.
"I'm right here. This better be good." he told him wearing a pair of sweatpants and no shirt.
"Man, your mom called. She said that Gina's missing and her ex boyfriend, Glenn Baker is suspected in her disappearance." Collins told him looking at Gina.
"What? You're kidding? Did you tell her I'm here?" she asked looking up at Collins.
"No, she left a message on the machine. She wanted to know if Roger heard from you or knew where you were. She figures you ran away and came to Roger. She sounds really worried." he answered looking down at her as she sat down on the couch.
"You can't tell her where I am Roger. None of you can. She'll tell my parents and then they'll come down here and make my life a living hell. I can't go back there. Please." she said burying her face in her hands.
"Baby, don't worry. She's not gonna tell them where you are. It's been 2 months since you ran away, why now are they reporting you missing?" he asked sitting next to her putting his arm around her.
"They thought I was in rehab. I guess my dad got the quarterly reports telling him I cashed in my retirement fund and sold my apartment. I left rehab after only a month. I decided what I was gonna do when I was in there and I wanted to do it before they figured it out." she said looking up at him.
"Why did you leave early?" he asked her concerned.
"Because after a couple of weeks I felt strong enough to leave, but I needed to figure out what I was gonna do when I did get out. My parents wanted me and Glenn to get married when I got out and I didn't want to marry him. I was scared to death of him. So I left when I was a month clean and had my plan. They thought I was gonna be in for 3 months. But since I was an adult, I signed myself out after a month and they didn't have to tell my parents or even Glenn. I had the rehab tell them that I wasn't allowed visitors so they wouldn't know I was gone." she told him quietly as Collins knelt next to her.
"It's OK Baby girl. We'll protect you. No matter what. But Roger, you gotta call your mom before she freaks out and then I'm sure you're gonna need to go down to the nearest FBI office to prove to them that you are still alive, so that Glenn guy doesn't go down for your murder." he told her holding her hand.
"I know. Let us just get dressed, and we'll be upstairs so Roger could call his mom and then we'll go to the FBI." she said looking over at him as he smiled at her.
"OK. I'll let Mark know we're going on a field trip. He'll be so happy." Collins said kissing her head before standing up.
"You guys don't have to come with us." Gina said raising her arms up to hug Collins as she stood up.
"Are you kidding? You're gonna need moral support. That's what we do best." he said smiling at her.
"Thank you Collins." she said looking up at him.
"No problem Baby girl. You're one of us now. We'll do anything for you." he said kissing her head again.
"Thanks Collins. We'll be up in a little while." Roger said hugging him before Collins left the apartment.
"Wow. Dramatic much?" Roger said sitting down on the couch.
"They're just trying to control me. They probably didn't tell the FBI everything." she said leaning in to him. "Roger, what if the FBI calls my parents and tells them where I am? Oh God, we'll never be able to live our lives." she said burying her face into his chest.
"Gina, we'll think of something. You're 25 years old. You don't need their permission to leave home. We'll give them a phony address if we have to. Just don't worry about it. It'll be fine." he said caressing her hair.
"I know. Come on, we have to get dressed." she said wiping her eyes before kissing Roger and getting up from the couch taking his hand to get him up too.
"I'm coming Baby." he said following her. "I guess this is one way to get me out of bed, huh?" he said jokingly as he took his clothes out of the dresser.
"Yeah, this isn't really what I had in mind when I said I wanted to go out with my boyfriend." she said laughing as she buttoned her pants and put her sweater on.
"I know Baby." he answered getting dressed as well.
"Are you ready to call your mom?" she asked as they left the apartment.
"Yeah, she'll be happy your OK." he told her kissing her before they headed upstairs.
"Hey Rog. How you doin Gina?" Mark asked getting off of the window sill to greet them.
"I'm OK Mark thanks. I really appreciate you guys coming with us to the FBI office. I just hope they don't have to tell my parents where I am." she said sitting on the stool at the metal counter.
"Well, I got the address and phone number of the nearest FBI office for you. We have to take the train, but it's only uptown. Maybe you should call them first before we go there?" Collins told her handing her a piece of paper as Roger dialed the phone.
"Alright guys quiet. I'm calling my mom." he said holding the phone up to his ear. "Hey mom... yeah I got your message. What the hell happened?... she what?... No mom, she's here with me... I'm positive mom... We ran into each other at the Life Cafe last months ... Yes we're back together... Thanks mom... they think this guy did what to her?... Oh my God, mom I don't want to hear this... I know it's what they think he did to her, but I still don't want to hear it... because you know I love her... OK mom, listen you can't tell the Darrien's where she is... It's a long story mom, but please, you can't tell them. It's for her own protection...Yeah, you can say that... OK thank you so much mom... I love you too mom. Yeah, she's right here. OK." he said handing Gina the phone. "She wants to talk to you to make sure you're OK." he said as she nodded and took the phone.
"Hi Mrs. Davis... Yeah, I'm fine... Thank you... I just ran away and I don't want them to know where I am... They want me to marry a man I don't love and who hurt me... No, I'm not on drugs. I was, but I'm not anymore... OK Thank you so much. I owe you... I will... OK, I'll talk to you soon. OK Bye." Gina said hanging up the phone and going over to Roger who seemed very upset. "Are you OK sweetie?" she asked touching his arm.
"They think this Glenn guy murdered you and dumped your body. They're holding him on suspicion of your murder." he told her wrapping his arms around her.
"Do I want to know what they think he did to me?" he asked looking up at him.
"No. I didn't even want to know." Roger told her holding her tight.
"I should have told you everything sooner. But I didn't know my parents were gonna report me missing." she said holding him.
"There was nothing to tell. You didn't keep anything big from me. You told me you went to rehab for a month and that you're clean. My mom was just really worried about you. She'll protect you. Remember sophomore year?" he whispered to her holding her in his arms.
"Yeah, how could I forget." Gina told him smiling at the memory.
"Oh my God, Mrs. Davis you can't tell my parents I'm here." 15 year old Gina said crying in Roger's arms as the older woman stood in the doorway of Roger's bedroom.
"What happened sweetie?" Mrs. Davis asked coming over to Roger's bed where the young girl was sitting as Roger held her.
"It's nothing mom, can you just please cover for her? Please?" 16 year old Roger asked pleading with his mother.
"You two are gonna have to tell me what's going on if I'm gonna help you." Mrs. Davis asked wiping the girls tears with her own hand.
"My mom and I got into a huge fight over Roger and I yelled at her and she smacked me, so I ran away and came here." she told her as Roger pulled her closer to him.
"What were you fighting about?" Mrs. Davis asked caressing the girls face.
"She doesn't want me to see Roger anymore. She found out Roger got into a fight in school today and thinks he's gonna hurt me too, but Mrs. Davis I love him and he loves me. He would never hurt me, I know he wouldn't. But she won't listen." Gina told her breaking down again as Roger pulled her to him.
"Don't worry sweetie. I think you and your mom just need a night away from each other to cool down. You can sleep in here tonight and Roger will sleep in the living room. Won't you Roger, dear?" she asked caressing Gina's hair as Roger nodded at her with Gina's face still pressed against his chest. "I'm gonna call your mom and tell her that you're fine and that your staying here tonight. It'll be fine sweetie. Don't worry about it." Mrs. Davis told her kissing the girl on the forehead.
"Thank you Mrs. Davis." Gina said hugging her.
"It's no problem sweetie. You just go get yourself cleaned up. We're gonna eat dinner soon." Mrs. Davis said as Gina got up to leave the room. "You better stop getting into fights Roger. Do you see what you put that girl through?" she said to him pointing at him.
"I know mom. I'm sorry." he said looking down at the floor.
"Your actions have consequences, you know. I know you love Gina, but her parents are worried about your temper. And their concerns are valid. She's their daughter. Now I know you would never hurt her, but you have to think about how other people percieve your actions." she told him lifting his chin up with her hand.
"I do love her mom. I would never hurt her." Roger told her as she sat back down on the bed.
"I know that my baby boy, but the Darrien's don't know that. They think you two are too young to be in love, but I know better. She has been very good for you. Your grades are up and this is the first fight you've been in since you started seeing her. Even though you won't tell me what the fight was about. I can see that you really love her and she loves you. You just need to learn how to behave yourself Roger James Davis. For Gina." she said rubbing his shoulder.
"I will mom. Thanks. You're the best." he said hugging his mother.
"And I mean it. You are sleeping on the couch tonight. I hear you come up here to see her once, you're grounded for another week." she told him patting the back of his head.
"I know mom, I promise." he said smiling at her.
"Why don't you let me call the FBI to see what I have to do to prove I'm alive and well and then we'll call her back." Gina told him smiling.
"Thank you Baby." he told her leaning down to kiss her before she went to the phone to call the number Collins got out of the phone book.
"Hi, I need to speak to the agent in charge of the Gina Darrien case, please... My name is Gina Darrien and I just heard that I have been reported missing and I wanted to see what I had to do to prove that I'm not... I need to go down there? Do I need to bring anything with me to prove that I am who I say I am?... OK, I have all that. Anything else?... And can I ask you a question? Do the people who reported me missing need to know that I'm not missing? I mean, do you have to tell them where I am?...For safety reasons actually... OK thank you. I'll be there soon...:" she said hanging up the phone. "Well the good news is all I have to do is go down there and show them all my ID's and they'll know I am who I say I am. The bad news is, they have to at least inform my parents that I am not missing. They don't have to say where I'm living or what office reported me found, but they will know and I know they aren't gonna stop until they find me and make my life hell." she said sitting on the window sill where Roger was sitting.
"OK. So let's go down there and clear this up and we'll worry about your parents when we have to." he said moving towards her.
"OK let's go." she said standing up and following Roger out of the loft. She was followed by Collins and Mark.
"Are you sure this is the way Collins?" Roger asked with his arm slung over Gina's shoulder as they walked down Broadway.
"Yeah, that's what it says. There. That's the building." Collins told them pointing to a large skyscraper.
"What floor?" Mark asked as they approached the building.
"23rd." Collins said as they went in and a front desk attendant asked their destination.
"The FBI office on the 23rd floor please." Gina asked as Roger still held her.
"One moment please. Which agent are you here to see?" she asked picking up the phone.
"Agent Phillips. Tell him it's Gina Darrien. I just spoke to him a half hour ago." she told her looking up at Roger.
"You can have a seat right over there. He'll be with you shortly." the receptionist told her pointing to the waiting area.
"Thank you." she told her as she, Roger, Mark and Collins went to sit down. "I hope this doesn't take long. I don't want to risk seeing my parents here." she said looking around as Roger pulled her close.
"If they do show up, we'll deal with it. Don't worry Baby. I'm right here." he said kissing her head.
"I know. I just don't want to get into anything with them." she said turning to kiss him.
"Miss Darrien?" Agent Phillips said approaching the waiting area.
"Yes, that's me." Gina said standing up to greet the agent.
"I'm Agent Phillips, are you Gina Marie Darrien?" he asked looking in a folder.
"Yes sir I am." she said as Roger and their friend flocked them.
"And who might I ask are these gentlemen you have with you?" he asked looking at Roger, Collins and Mark.
"I'm sorry, this is my boyfriend Roger Davis and our friends Thomas Collins and Mark Cohen." she said turning to the men.
"Have you been kidnapped, Miss Darrien?" he asked writing down the mens names.
"No sir. I ran away alone and moved here 2 months ago." she said looking at the agent.
"OK. I just need to see all of your identification and for you to sign this paper and you are free to go." he said as she fished the papers out of her pocket book.
"No problem. You aren't gonna tell my parents that I live here are you?" she asked handing them over to him.
"That depends. Are you a danger to yourself or anyone else?" he asked looking at her license and other paper.
"No sir, I'm not. I am not on drugs and I'm not unstable." she told him looking at Roger.
"And how long have you known these men?" he asked handing her the papers back.
"I've known Roger since high school, but we reconnected a month ago and that's when I met Mr. Cohen and Mr. Collins." she told him as Roger stood over them protectively.
"Is that true Mr. Davis?" the agent asked looking at Roger.
"Of course it is. She's not nuts. And if you could leave my name out of this, that would help a lot. You see, my mom still lives near Gina's parents and they would know where she was if you told them I was with her." Roger told him sternly.
"Not a problem Mr. Davis. Miss Darrien is not a minor so I am under no obligation to tell them where she is, only that she is still alive and doing well, so Mr. Baker could be released. I thank you for coming down here Miss Darrien. Have a nice day." he said getting back on the elevator.
"That's it?" Collins asked looking at Gina and Roger.
"What the hell you bitchin about? Let's get out of here." Roger said as he swept Gina into his arms to kiss her and they left.
"So what now?" she asked looking up at Roger.
"I don't know, I planned on getting some filming done, so I'm gonna go into the park." Mark said taking his camera out of the bag and winding it.
"Yeah, and I was gonna go with him. Have fun guys." Collins said putting his arm around Mark's shoulder and dragging him off.
"I guess that leaves just you and me." he said stopping in the middle of the sidewalk to kiss her.
"How about we go to that movie I wanted to go to?" she said as he bowed his head down.
"But I wanted to go back to bed." he whined as she took his face in her hands.
"We can make out in the back row." she teased as he jerked his head up and smiled.
"Just like we used to." he said as she laughed.
"Yeah, I don't think I ever saw Flashdance." she told him laughing as they embraced.
"OK let's go." he said as they walked down Broadway.