"Lynda will you get out here please. Everyone's gonna be here soon." Gina yelled knocking on Lynda's bedroom door.
"I'm coming mom. Hang on." she yelled through the door.
"I swear she's getting worse." Gina said as Mrs. Davis helped Roger in the kitchen.
"Well she is 12 Gina. Don't you remember what you were like at 12?" she said as Roger laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" she asked looking over at him.
"Baby, you were awkward at 12." he said smiling at her.
"Excuse me?" she asked as Mimi and Mark laughed.
"Don't you remember? You had those braces." he told her as Maureen laughed out loud.
"It didn't stop you from asking me out 2 years later." she said smiling at him.
"Yeah, well you were gorgeous by then." he said as Mrs. Davis slapped his arm.
"Gee thanks." she said taking the baby from Mimi. "If anyone needs me, I'll be in the bedroom changing the baby." she said taking the baby inside.
"Think she's mad?" he asked looking at Mark.
"Dude, you're not sleeping at our place tonight." Mark said with his arm around Mimi's shoulder.
"You're not helping." he said going into the bedroom.
"Remember, my son is in there." Mimi called out as Roger called the door.
"Baby, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to insult you." he said coming up behind her.
"I know. I just hated being 12. I mean, I had the biggest crush on you and you wouldn't even give me the time of day." she said changing the baby's diaper as Roger sat on the bed.
"You did? How come you never told me?" he asked playing with the baby.
"Like you said. I was awkward. I had those stupid braces and my hair was so plain. The summer I turned 14 I changed and you started noticing me. I didn't want to look like a dork." she told him as he laid down next to the baby.
"Baby, I was a stupid kid then. I didn't know I was making you feel like a dork." he told her smiling up at her.
"I know. It's just hard remembering being like that sometimes." she told him smiling at him.
"Baby, if being a kid was easy, no body would want to grow up." he told her picking the baby up.
"I know. Is it so bad that I don't want her to have such a hard time?" she said sitting on the bed next to him.
"Of course not. Just like it's not bad that I don't want her to grow up at all." he told her laughing as he leaned over to kiss her.
"Come on, I gotta make sure Princess Lynda is ready." she said getting up.
"Hey Baby." he called out holding her arm.
"What's up?" she asked looking down at her.
"I'm sorry I made you feel like crap when we were younger." he said smiling up at her.
"That's OK. You were a stupid kid." she said laughing as she leaned down to kiss him before they left the room.
"Nice to see you're still alive." Mark said as Roger flipped him off carrying the baby.
"Nice Roger. When my son flips his father off, I'm sending him to you." Mimi told him smiling at him.
"Whatever. I'll teach him how to flip Mark off. Right pal?" he told him smiling as she baby giggled. "See." he said laughing with him.
"Roger, you're not gonna teach your godson how to flip his father off." Mrs. Davis said smiling at him as she put the food on the table.
"I'm gonna see if Lynda is ready yet." Gina said knocking on the door before going in. "Lynda, dinner is on the table." she said looking at her daughter who was looking at herself in the mirror.
"I'm almost done mom." she said turning to Gina.
"Sweetie, you look beautiful." she told her smiling at her. She was wearing dark blue eyeliner and light pink eyeshadow with clear lipgloss.
"Thanks mom." Lynda said finishing up her hair.
"Come on. Aunt Maureen, Aunt Joanne and Uncle Collins are gonna be here any minute, OK?" she said smiling at her.
"OK. I'll be out in a minute." she told her smiling as Gina left the bedroom.
"Is she almost done." Roger asked smilng at her.
"You should see her. If you thought you didn't want her to grow up before, I'd brace yourself Roger." she said sitting next to Mimi.
"That good, huh chica?" she said putting her arm around her shoulder.
"You should see her Mimi. My baby's growing up." Gina said as tears filled her eyes.
"She better not be wearing make up." Roger said handing the baby to Mark.
"Roger, she's 12 years old. We can't keep her from wearing make up forever." she said looking up at him as she wiped her eyes.
"Yeah Gina, she's only 12. She's too young to be wearing make up." Roger said looking dwon at her.
"If you had your way Roger, she would still be wearing her hair in pigtails." Gina said laughing at him.
"Damn right. She looked cute in pigtails." he said as Lynda's bedroom door opened.
"Hi daddy." she said smiling up at him.
"Hey my girl." he said looking at her in amazement. She looked just like Gina did when he first noticed her when they were 14.
"You look beautiful chica." Mimi told her smiling at her.
"Thanks Aunt Mimi." she said smiling at her.
"Come on pumpkin, your birthday dinner is served." Mrs. Davis said as Lynda went over to the table.
"Now the real fun starts." Gina told Roger as she put her arms around his waist.
"Oh yeah. You say fun, I say the beginning of my murderous rampage." Roger said laughing looking at his beautiful daughter.