"Roger sweetie, the door. It's probably Collins here to torture us." Gina said being woken up by pounding at the door.
"Go away Collins, we're hung over." Roger yelled from the bed before closing his eyes again and wrapping himself around his wife.
"Roger, he's not going away." Gina told him whining.
"Collins, this better be important or I'm gonna kick your fruity ass." Roger said getting up and putting on the robe Mimi bought him for his birthday. "What the hell are you doing here?" he asked seeing Mr. Darrien standing in front of him.
"I'm here for my daughter Davis. Where is she?" he asked sternly.
"Well my wife is still in bed. Didn't your errand boy tell you? We got married yesterday." Roger said standing up straight blocking the man entrance into the apartment.
"Gina Marie Darrien. Are you here?" he shouted as Gina got out of bed throwing her robe on and coming out.
"No daddy. But Gina Marie Davis is. What are you doing here?" she asked joining Roger at the door.
"I've come to take you home dear. Get your things." he said leaning toward,
"Does that include Roger. He is my husband now. Can he come too?" she asked calmly.
"You can get it annulled. I'm sure you were in no shape to make a decision that would make this legally binding." Mr. Darrien told her pointing to Roger.
"Daddy, I'm clean. I have been for 6 months. I don't want to get my marriage to Roger annulled. I love him daddy. I always have. But you and mom wouldn't listen. This is my life now. There's no place for you. Just leave and don't come back. You're not welcome in our home." she said calmly shutting the door on the older man.
"Are you OK Baby?" Roger asked as Gina sat on the couch.
"Yeah, actually I'm better than I have been in a long time." she said smiling up at him. "I feel so empowered." she continued as he pulled her close to him.
"You wanna go back to bed?" he asked kissing her head.
"Yeah. I do." she said smiling up at him before kissing him as they went back to bed.
"Roger, Gina. Are you guys OK?" Collins yelled pounding on the door.
"We better get that, sweetie." Gina said on their way back into the bedroom.
"Hey Collins, yeah we're find." Roger said as he opened the door and Collins come in and went straight to Gina.
"We heard the pounding from upstairs. Are you OK baby girl?" he asked looking down at Gina.
"Yeah, it was my dad. Glenn must have told him where I was and that I married Roger yesterday. He wanted to take me home and get my marriage annulled. But I stood up to him. I told him my life is here and there's no room for him in it. And then I threw him out." she said smiling up at him.
"So you handled him?" Collins asked smiling down at her.
"Yeah, I did. Thank you for coming down. I really appreciate it." she said reaching up to hug him.
"Well I came down thinking you needed someone to get your back, but it seems my baby girl can hold her own." he said laughing as he held on to her.
"Yeah she can. You should have seen her Collins. It was amazing." Roger told him smiling as he wrapped his arms around his wife.
"I'm proud of you baby girl." Collins said smiling.
"Thank you. It's because of you guys you know. All of you. You gave me the strength to stand up for myself and what I want." she said holding on to Roger.
"But you did it Baby. All on your own." Roger said kissing her head.
"So what were you guys gonna do today?" he asked looking at his two happy friends.
"We were gonna go back to bed. It is the morning after our wedding you know." Roger said pulling Gina closer to him.
"Why don't you guys come upstairs? Mimi's making breakfast." Collins told him as Gina looked up at Roger smiling.
"Sure. Tell her to set two more plates at the table. Just let us get dressed." she said leaning up to kiss Collins. "Thanks again for coming down to check on me."
"No problem baby girl. I'll see you guys upstairs." he said as he left.
"Now why did you do that?" Roger asked standing next to her.
"Because, we have our whole lives to spend the day in bed. Our friends, who threw us an awesome wedding reception, made us breakfast." she said kissing him before going into the bedroom.
"You do realize that that's only gonna work for so long?" he said following her.
"Yeah, I know. But I'm gonna use it as long as I can." she said laughing as she got dressed.
"Well, I have to work tomorrow and I wanted to spend the day in bed with my wife." he complained as she threw his clothes on the bed.
"I know sweetie and I'm sorry. I'm starving and don't feel right blowing off our friends. We can spend the whole weekend in bed if you want, OK?" Gina told him leaning over to kiss his head as she brushed his hair out of his face.
"I'm gonna hold you to that." Roger told her turning to look at her.
"I hope so." Gina told him as he began to get dressed.
"Oh shit. I have band practice on Saturday afternoon and a show that night." he said looking up at her.
"That's OK sweetie. We have all day Sunday." she said as she slipped into her jeans.
"I guess." he pouted looking up at her.
"Oh stop you big baby." she said laughing at him.
"Are you ready, Mrs. Davis?" he said laughing back.
"Yes Mr. Davis." she said smiling at him as they left to go upstairs.
"Good morning newlyweds." Mimi said cooking breakfast.
"Good morning Mimi." Gina said going into the kitchen to see if she could help.
"Go away. I'm making breakfast for you guys." she said shoeing her out of the kitchen.
"Oh sorry." Gina said laughing as she leaned over to give Mimi a kiss on the cheek.
"So you guys had a lot of excitement this morning, huh?" Mark said coming out of his room.
"Yeah, my Glenn told my dad where I was and he decided he needed to rescue me." Gina said sitting on the couch.
"Are you OK?" he asked sitting on the arm chair as Collins set the table.
"Yeah, I threw him out." Gina told him leaning into Roger.
"Good for you chica." Mimi said from the kitchen.
"Thanks Mimi. Do you believe he thought I had to be high to marry Roger?" she said laughing.
"You're kidding?" Mimi asked coming out of the kitchen.
"No. He wanted me to get my marriage annulled because he didn't believe it could possibly be legal." she answered looking up at Mimi.
"Bastard. Well you stood up to him." Mimi said smiling down at her.
"Yeah I did. And it felt good." she said smiling at Roger.
"Yes you did Baby." Roger said kissing her head.
"You know what? It's all because of you guys. You guys gave me the strength to stand up to him." she told them rubbing Roger's leg.
"How so?" Mimi asked sitting on the arm of Mark's chair.
"Well, you guys taught me to stand up for who I am and what I want. And this is the life I want. With you guys." Gina told her smiling at them.
"Well what ever gave you the strength to do it, we're glad it's done. We all know how worried you were for when they found you where you were." Mark told her as Collins stood over the back of the couch clearing his throat.
"Breakfast is getting cold." he said as they all looked up at him and got up.
"Yes dad." Gina said laughing as she leaned up to kiss him before going to the dining room table she and Mimi had refinished for them. They made sure they got one long enough for the 7 of them.
"This looks really good Mimi." Roger said as he sat next to Gina at the table.
"Thanks Roger. I picked up some cookbooks at the second hand store and I've been teaching myself how to cook." she said laughing.
"You're doin really good." Gina said putting some pancakes and bacon on her plate.
"Well thank you Mrs. Davis." Mimi said smiling at her friend.
"I love being called that." Gina said back at her before kissing Roger.
"And love that you finally are Mrs. Davis." Roger said kissing her back as Mark filmed.
"March 12, 1992 10 am Eastern Standard Time. Morning after the best wedding in the history of weddings. Close on Mr. And Mrs. Roger Davis. They finally got married yesterday after an 11and a half year year wait and a 7 year seperation. Mrs. Davis just received the visitor she has dreaded for the last 4 months and stood up for herself and her lifestyle. And Mr. Davis has never been happier than he is right now." she narrated as Roger looked at him with a smile large enough to light all of the East Village before putting his arm around Gina and pulling her closer.
"You guys look so happy." Collins commented smiling at them before putting a fork full of pancake in his mouth.
"We really are." Roger answered smiling at him.
"Well you better be good to my girl here or I'll hunt you down and cut off something important." Mimi pointed at him jokingly.
"I wouldn't dream of being anything but good to my Baby." Roger said laughing.
"You better be. Because she deserves the best you got Davis." she answered him winking at Gina.
"Don't worry Mimi, he is the best." Gina said smiling gripping Roger's hand as she reached for Mimi's hand.
"I know girl. But I mean it. You deserve the best." Mimi said leaning over to hug Gina.
"I can't believe Roger is a married man." Mark said putting his camera down and began to eat.
"I know. Roger Davis, rock star, sex god extraordinaire is officially a one woman man." Collins said said laughing.
"And he's a working man. Who knew Gina would have such an influence over him?" Mark laughed shoving a piece of bacon in his mouth.
"Yeah well it seems I'm not the only one Gina has changed for the better." Roger said looking at Mimi eating.
"Guys stop it. Mimi did most of it all on her own. All I did was be there to talk her down when she had her rough patches." Gina said smiling at Mimi.
"But the fact that you were so quick to help Roger's ex says a lot about who you are." Collins said holding Mimi's hand as she looked at Gina smiling.
"Yeah, I mean I know I wouldn't have been able to be that selfless and open to helping you if I was the one dating Roger and you were the one in trouble." Mimi said eating her eggs.
"Yeah Baby. You really changed a lot of things around here. I mean, I'm married and got a job and Mimi's clean and doing great. Take the advice you gave Mimi the other night, don't sell yourself short." Roger said looking down at her.
"Now all we gotta do is get Mark a girl and we'll be set." Gina said jokingly as she looked at Mark.
"I'm happy with my life the way it is, thank you very much. I don't need a girl to complicate things." Mark told her drinking his coffee.
"Yeah, especially since the last one he had went lesbian on him. That would make me a bit gun shy too man." Roger said laughing as Gina elbowed him. "Ow, you see that spousal abuse." Roger said laughing rubbing his side.
"Well stop being such an ass." Gina told him laughing.
"Well am I lying?" Roger said still laughing.
"You don't have to tease him Roger." Gina told him rubbing Roger's side where she elbowed him.
"You're right Baby. I'm sorry Mark." Roger said looking at Mark as he caressed Gina's hand on his side.
"Yeah well, I know there is a girl out there for you Mark and I'm gonna find her. You deserve to be happy too." Gina told him getting up to put hers and Roger's plates in the sink.
"Gina, sit down. We'll clean this up. Right boys?" Mimi said looking at Mark and Collins.
"No, you guys did enough for us. Let me clean this up." Gina said beginning to clear off the table as Mimi stopped her.
"You just got married. You should go back downstairs with your husband and continue celebrating before he has to go back to work tomorrow." Mimi said taking the plate from Gina.
"Are you sure? I mean you guys threw us the reception yesterday and then breakfast this morning..." Gina said following Mimi to the kitchen with coffee mugs in her hands.
"Yeah well it was supposed to be breakfast in bed, but Collins invited you guys up instead." Mimi said glaring at Collins.
"Oh, that's OK. We wanted to see you guys anyway." Gina said as Mimi took the coffee mugs from her.
"No. This should be your day. Just you guys. Alone. We were gonna set a tray on the fire escape and knock on the window for you guys." Mimi said continuing to clear off the table.
"That is so sweet Mimi." Gina said hugging her.
"Yeah, but my plan was shot to hell." Mimi said looking at Collins again.
"Yeah well in my defense, Gina's father helped ruin your plan. I had to go down to make sure she was OK." Collins said helping Mimi now.
"I know. But I wanted to give them the proper morning after the wedding breakfast." Mimi told him as Mark continued eating.
"Mimi, this is the proper morning after the wedding breakfast. We're with our best friends." Gina said as Roger came up behind her putting his arms around her waist and kissing her head.
"Yeah, we wanted to spend this morning with you guys." Roger chimed in as Gina caressed his hand around her waist.
"No you didn't. Roger James Davis, I know you. I bet you wanted to spend the whole day in bed with your wife. Right?" Mimi said smirking as she pointed at Roger.
"Yeah, but this was cool too." he said burying his face in Gina's shoulder.
"See. I wanted you guys to have the perfect day after the wedding." she said beginning to wash the dishes.
"Mimi, we have our whole lives to spend together. That's all that matters. We're together and will be for the rest of our lives. Don't worry Mimi. I love that it means so much to you, but so far our marriage is perfect. We have been surrounded by the people who love us the most. How could it be more perfect?" Gina answered her wrapping her arms around Mimi's shoulders as she stood at the sink.
"Well you can start by getting out of here and spending the day making love to your husband." she said smiling as she turned to give Gina a kiss on the cheek.
"Yes ma'am." Gina said squeezing her one last time before kissing Mark and Collins goodbye.
"Thanks Mimi. You're the best." Roger said leaning down to kiss her before saying goodbye to the guys.
"Yeah, yeah. Just rock her world Davis." Mimi said giggling as they left.
"Baby, we have a message." Roger said pressing the play button on the machine by the door.
"Roger, Gina, it's mom. Listen, the shit has hit the fan. Your parents know where you are and are planning on coming into the city to drag you home. I don't know when they when they were coming, Kirsten just called me to tell me, so I'm assuming they either just left or left a while ago. Where are you kids? Oh, you must be upstairs. I'll try back later. I love you both. Bye." Mrs. Davis said on the machine as Roger and Gina looked at one another.
"I should call her back and tell her it's taken care of." Gina said grabbing the phone.
"Good idea. She sounds worried." Roger told her sitting on the couch.
"Mom... yeah it's me... I'm fine. We were upstairs. Mimi made us a big breakfast... It was really good...My dad already came and tried to take me back, but I told him I'm married to Roger now and I'm not coming back... of course he thougth I was high, but I threw him out... yeah I threw him out... thank you, I'm pretty proud of myself... I would expect they'd go to see you next because they're gonna know that you knew where I was all along... call us so we know you're alright... I know you can handle them... yes mom I remember junior year... OK we'll talk to you later... we love you too mom. OK bye." she said hanging up the phone.
"What'd she say?" Roger asked looking over at her.
"That Kirsten just called her and told her that my parents were coming here to get me. I hope my parents don't badger her. She doesn't deserve it. She was only doing what we asked her to do." Gina said running her fingers through her hair to put it out of her face.
"No, she was only doing it because it was what was best for you. She can handle herself." Roger said smiling at her.
"Remember the last run in she had with my dad?" Gina said looking up at Roger.
"Oh yeah." Roger said laughing at the memory.
"Steve, you know as well as I do that the kids are fine. Just because Gina left without telling you, it doesn't mean Roger is hurting her. Geez why do you have to be so dramatic?" Mrs. Davis told a man her age standing in the living room of the Davis home.
"I don't know why that boy of yours insists on corrupting my daughter." Mr. Darrien told her getting up to pace around.
"Now you listen to me Steve. You know Roger would never hurt Gina. He loves her and she loves him. When are you gonna realize that? They've been together for 2 years. Maybe the reason why Gina doesn't tell you where she's going is because she doesn't want to hear you criticize Roger, you ever think of that?" Richard Davis told the man sitting next to his wife on the couch.
"Well if your boy wouldn't get into fights and think about his future, maybe I wouldn't criticize him." Mr. Darrien said looking down at Mr. Davis.
"He is a teenager Steve. He's supposed to love music. And he's only been in one fight since he started dating Gina and even though he won't tell us what it was about, I have a feeling he was probably defending your daughter. It's the only thing I can think of that would upset Roger so much to get into a fight." Mrs. Davis told him standing up.
"Yeah well, if he hurts my daughter, so help me I'll..." Mr. Darrien started before Mrs. Davis cut him off.
"You'll what Steve. Would you just please stop talking now? The kids should be home any minute. Why don't you and Ellie go home and we'll call you when they get here?" Mrs. Davis told him pointing to the door as they noticed headlight pulling into the Davis driveway.
"Oh thank god." Mrs. Darrien said running out to Roger's car.
"Mom, dad what are you doing here?" Gina said getting out of Roger's car as she saw her parents running out of Roger's house.
"We were worried. You left without telling anyone where you were going." Mrs Darrien told her hugging her daughter.
"Mom, you knew I was with Roger. Why were you worried?" Gina asked pulling away from her mother and going to Roger.
"Because you were with that boy." Mr. Darrien cut in coming towards them.
"Now Steve, you listen to me. I am not gonna allow you to talk about my son like that in my own home. If you want to talk to your daughter about Roger, I suggest you change your tone and consider her feelings for him. She's 17 years old now, you can't keep treating her like she's a child." Mrs. Davis cut in yelling at Mr. Darrien.
"Lynda honey, calm down." Mr. Davis said holding his wife in his arms.
"No Richard. I'm sick of them treating Roger like he's a delinquent. He loves that girl and she loves him. He's never been anything but good to her. I'm sick of them acting like he's hurt her. Does she look hurt to you Steve? Does she look like she was kidnapped against her will? NO. Just go home." Mrs. Davis told him as she pointed to Roger and Gina.
"Go mom." Roger said after kissing Gina good bye and she left with her parents, as he followed his parents into the house.
"Roger James, don't you start right now." she told him sitting on the couch picking up her glass of water trembling.
"She really laid into my dad." Gina told him laughing.
"Yeah, then she turned on me. She lectured me about going out without telling anyone where we were going and shit. I really got in trouble for that." he told her puttinghis arm around her and pulling her close.
"Well Roger, we were 17 then. I'm 25 now. It's a lot different now." she said looking up at him.
"I know. But you know your parents can't let go." he said kissing her head.
"Roger, can I make a suggestion and have you not freak out on me?" she asked sitting up looking at him.
"What?" he asked apprehensively.
"I think I should go to the clinic and get an HIV and drug test. Just to show them that I'm fine and I'm clean. Maybe they'll leave us alone then." she said taking his hand in hers.
"But Baby, you just got an HIV test last month and everything is fine." he said sitting up straighter.
"I know. It's just that I'm sick of them thinking that I'm unstable or that you're gonna hurt me. I've been dealing with that for years and I don't want to do it anymore. If I show them that I have nothing to hide, maybe we can go on with our lives." she said as he caressed her face.
"Do you think it'll work?" he asked tilting his head.
"I don't know, but it's worth a shot right." she said running her fingers through his hair.
"Than I think you should do it. But can it wait until tomorrow when I'm at work? I don't want to waste today in the clinic." he asked pulling her close to him.
"Yeah, of course sweetie. I'll take Mimi with me. She can get a check up while we're there. She's gonna need a refill on her meds soon anyway." she told him leaning in to kiss him.
"Good. And you'll call me as soon as you get out, right?" he asked pulling her into an embrace.
"Of course sweetie, but you know they won't get the results to the HIV test until next week." she said holding him tight.
"I know. I just want to know how Mimi is." he told her smiling.