"OK, so you have off tomorrow, right?" Gina asked Roger as she lay in his arms in bed.
"Yes Baby. I am off all day tomorrow. Don't worry about it. Nothing is gonna ruin our wedding day." he said kissing her head.
"OK. So you're gonna go stay with Mark and Collins in Mimi's room and she's gonna come down and stay here with me." Gina told him resting her chin on his chest.
"I know Baby. Why are you so nervous?" Roger asked looking down at her.
"I'm not nervous, I'm anxious. I just want everything to be perfect." she told him looking up as he caressed her hair.
"It will be. No matter what happens." he said leaning down to kiss her head.
"Oh and remember, you can't see me before the wedding tomorrow, so bring your suit and everything you need upstairs tonight so we don't have any problems. Your mom, Maureen and Joanne are coming here to get ready and you guys are getting ready upstairs." she said sitting up.
"I know Baby. Calm down. Everything will be perfect. I promise." Roger said sitting up next to her.
"I know. I'm just stressing. I'm sorry if I'm freaking you out." she said putting her head in her hands.
"Baby, by tomorrow night we are gonna be Mr and Mrs Roger Davis. Nothing is gonna ruin that for us. Breathe Baby." he said putting his arms around her.
"It's just that we've waited so long and I just have a feeling that things are going too perfect for us. I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop." she said looking up at him as she swept her hair back.
"What shoe? I don't see any shoes around here." he said looking around the bed jokingly.
"Roger, you know what I mean." she said smiling at him.
"Yeah I do know. But if we keep waiting for the other shoe to drop, how are we gonna enjoy our life together?" Roger asked holding her face in his hands.
"I know, you're right. I just need to put all the bad stuff behind me and just enjoy my life now. Here with you. The man I love more than anything in the world." she said moving in to kiss him.
"Now, let's get dressed so we can go upstairs and help everyone set up for the reception." Roger said bringing her into an embrace.
"Yeah, we better hurry before they send Collins down to get us out of bed. And I don't want to lose the sexiest man alive to a big, black gay guy." she said laughing as she kissed him again before getting out of bed to get dressed.
"I don't think you have to worry about that. I'm not exactly his type." Roger laughed as he swung his legs over the side to get dressed.
"What? I have the perfect leather skirt that would really show off those sexy legs." she said joking pulling her underwear on.
"You are so lucky I am marrying you tomorrow." he said reaching over the bed and pulling her back down on the bed.
"You got that right." she said wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him into a passionate kiss.
"This is not gonna motivate me to get dressed and go upstairs." he said kissing her neck.
"I know, I don't want to move either, but we really have to go Roger." she said wiggling out from under him.
"I know Baby." he said letting her up as there was a knock at the door.
"There's your boyfriend." Gina told him jokingly as he slipped into his boxers.
"Coming Collins." he said laughing with her as he ran for the door.
"No, Collins is upstairs in a heated debate with Maureen over the meaning of life, they sent me down." Mimi said shyly as Roger stood before her in nothing but his plaid boxers. The ones she always loved to wear after they made love.
"Oh, sorry Mimi. We're just getting dressed. We'll be up in a minute." he told her rushing back to the bedroom as a dressed Gina came out.
"Hey Meems. Roger got home from work a little while ago and we got caught up in something. I'll walk up with you. Roger, I'll meet you upstairs sweetie, OK?" she said putting her long blond hair up in a ponytail as she slipped her slippers on and started walking out the door.
"OK Baby. I'll be up in a minute." he said from the bedroom as she shut the door behind her and she and Mimi made their way upstairs.
"Sorry about that Mimi. It's just that tonight is the first night we'll be apart in 3 months and it's gonna be hard." Gina said heading up the stairs as Mimi followed her.
"I know. But you guys are getting married tomorrow. You guys are gonna be together your whole lives." Mimi said quietly as they entered the loft.
"I know, I can't wait." Gina said as she opened the loft door and saw Collins and Maureen standing toe to toe arguing. "What the hell is going on here?" she asked rushing over to the two of them to seperate them.
"She is being so stubborn." Collins shouted as Gina looked up at him.
"Why? Because you're a philosophy professor and you think you know everything?" she yelled back as Mark and Joanne sat nearby laughing at them.
"And what the hell are you two doing?" Gina asked looking at them laughing.
"Meaning of life. It's Collins new hard on and he loves getting a rise out of Maureen." Mark answered as Joanne grabbed him still laughing.
"You guys are demented." Gina said laughing more and going into the kitchen for some water.
"Yeah well, we were waiting for you and Roger to get up here and we needed something to do. Where is Roger anyway? Wasn't he supposed to be home from work an hour ago?" Mark asked wiping the tears from his eyes trying to regain his composure.
"He's getting dressed. We got sidetracked." she said taking a sip of her water as Mimi sat on the arm chair silently.
"You guys are so pathetic. You're getting married tomorrow and you can't even go one day without attacking each other?" Collins said sitting on the couch next to Maureen with his arm around her shoulders.
"We haven't spent a night away from each other in 3 months, shut up." she said laughing as Roger walked into the loft.
"Here comes the groom." Maureen said jumping up to greet Roger.
"Hey guys. Did my wife to be grill you guys yet about tomorrow?" he asked hugging Maureen before joining Gina in the kitchen.
"Not yet. She just seperated a screaming match between Collins and Maureen and then yelled at us for laughing at them." Mark told him smiling.
"I'm gonna go get the streamers and stuff out of my room. I'll be right back." Mimi said getting up and going into her room.
"What's with her?" Joanne asked wiping down the kitchen counters.
"I don't know. She's been quiet since we loft our place." Gina told her looking up at Roger.
"Maybe I should go talk to her. When she came downstairs, Gina and I were kinda getting dressed and I answered the door in my boxers because I thought it was Collins." Roger said leaning down to kiss Gina before going into Mimi's room. "Mimi. Mimi are you OK?" he asked quietly seeing her laying in bed.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just not having a good day. I'll be fine." she said sitting up wiping her eyes.
"What's wrong?" he asked sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Nothing Roger. I'm fine. Really." she said getting up and going to her closet to get the bags with the party supplies in them.
"Mimi, I know you. You don't lock yourself in your room and cry for no reason. We're friends, right?" he asked as she nodded. "So talk to me." he said walking over to her.
"You know I love Gina, right?" she asked turning to him.
"Yeah, of course I do. You're her best friend." he answered putting his hand on her shoulder.
"And I love it that you have someone who loves you as much as she does?" she asked again looking down.
"Yeah?" he answered apprehensively.
"And I know how much you love her. I just miss being with you Roger. Being around Gina these last couple of months has really been good for me. I guess I'm just afraid that when you guys get married, she's not gonna have much time for me." Mimi said wiping her eyes.
"Mimi, you know as well as I do that Gina would never ditch you. She loves you. Things aren't gonna change that much. We're still gonna be right downstairs." he said pulling her in for a hug.
"I know. It just took me by surprise. I mean, I thought I'd be upset about you getting married, not her. I don't know. I guess she has had such a positive effect on my that I the feelings for you I thought were gonna come rushing back when you got married turned into my fear of losing my best friend. Stupid huh?" she said laughing in his arms.
"Not really. I can relate." he told her laughing with her as there was a knock at the door before it opened.
"Are you guys OK?" Gina asked seeing Roger and Mimi hugging by the closet.
"Yeah, I just had a bit of a breakdown. I'm fine." Mimi said as she walked over to Gina and gave her a hug.
"What's the matter sweetie?" she asked hugging Mimi.
"I had this stupid fear that when you married Roger, you wouldn't have time to hang out with me and do woodworking and stuff. Stupid, huh?" Mimi said laughing as she smiled at Gina.
"You were afraid of losing me?" Gina asked surprised.
"Yeah, what did you think? That I'd want Roger back?" Mimi asked laughing.
"Yeah, kind of." Gina said looking at Roger confused.
"Gina, you and Roger are meant for each other. I know that. It's just that we've gotten so close these past couple of months that I was afraid of losing my best friend." Mimi said as Gina pulled her in for another hug.
"Oh sweetie, you are never gonna lose me." she said laughing as they hugged.
"You have done so much for me that I'm afraid if I lose you, I'll go back to using." Mimi told her holding her tighter.
"Marianna Louisa Marquez, you listen to me. You're clean because you want to be. I just helped you accomplish something you already wanted to do. Don't sell yourself short." Gina told her holding her by her shoulders.
"She used your full name Mimi, you better listen to her, she means business." Roger said joining the ladies laughing.
"I've learned that." Mimi said looking up at Roger as they all laughed.
"I mean it Mimi. You are strong enough to do this on your own if you had to. But I'm not gonna leave you. I promise." Gina told her smiling at her.
"Thanks Gina. Now we better get out there before they think we got into a catfight in here over Roger." Mimi said laughing.
"Actually there's a pool going on. Maureen and Joanne think that. Mark and Collins think you two were goin at it over me." Gina said as she put one arm around Roger's waist and the other around Mimi's shoulders as they left the room.
"They live." Collins said laughing.
"Is everything OK?" Mark asked coming over to them.
"Yeah, everything is fine now. The boys win." Gina said laughing.
"I knew it. Pay up ladies." Collins shouted laughing as he hold his hand out to Maureen and Joanne.
"Mimi, we're very disappointed in you." Joanne said laughing.
"I can't believe you guys bet on what was wrong with Mimi." Roger said finding amusement in the situation.
"Well like Gina said, we're demented." Mark said laughing as Collins handed him his share of the money.
"OK, enough drama. We need to decorate this place for a wedding tomorrow." Mimi said running back into her room and grabbing the bags.