As Roger entered his dorm room with the last of his boxes, he quickly opened one of the boxes and took out a pile of pictures he and Brenda had taken through out the summer. They wanted to have plenty of pictures to remember each other by. He was staring down at his favorite picture when his room mate entered the room. "Hey, you must be Roger. I'm Steve." he smiled looking over at him.
"Yeah, hey. It's great to meet you." he said putting the picture on his bed before getting up to shake his hand.
"Is that your girl back home?" Steve asked looking down at the picture. It was of Roger and Brenda at the beach in each others arms. Brenda was smiling big at the camera and Roger was staring down at her. Eric had taken it.
"Yeah. Her name is Brenda. We started dating this summer." he smiled leaning down to pick up the picture.
"She's beautiful Roger." Steve smiled looking up at him.
"Yeah, she's pretty incredible." he smiled looking at the picture.
"Where does she go to school?" he asked looking up at him.
"She lives in Long Island. My family has a summer house down the block from where she lives. She moved there during the winter and we just started dating. She's a senior and she sings and likes to write so she's gonna try to get in here." he smiled looking up from the picture.
"That's cool. I can't wait to meet her." Steve smiled looking over at him.
"Me neither." he smiled as he began unpacking his stuff.
"Roger, I miss you so much. I was thinking of driving up there this weekend to see you." Brenda smiled laying on her bed talking to Roger on the phone.
"Baby, I was thinking I could drive down there this weekend. We could spend some time alone at my parents house." he smiled as he stood in the hallway talking on the pay phone in the dorms.
"Oooh, I love that idea better. I'm almost 18, maybe my mom will let me sleep over your house with you." she said excitedly as she sat up in her bed.
"I hope so. I would love that. I miss you so much Brenda. You have no idea." he said softly into the phone as he leaned against the wall.
"I think I have some idea Baby. I love you." she smiled looking at the pictures of her and Roger that were stuck to the mirror above her dresser.
"I love you too Brenda. I'll call you tomorrow." he said looking down at his feet.
"OK. Bye Baby." she smiled before they hung up their respective phones. As Roger got back to his room, he laid down on his bed and just stared at his pictures of Brenda. A lot of them he took while they were hanging out with Eric and Robin at the beach. Some of them Robin and Eric took while they were playing around or just holding each other.
"Did you talk to your girl?" Steve asked as he entered the dorm room.
"Yeah. I just got off the phone with her." he said putting the pictures down on his night table.
"Did you tell her you were gonna go see her this weekend?" he asked looking down at him.
"Yeah, I had to." he said looking up at him.
"I thought you wanted to surprise her?" he asked sitting on his bed.
"She was gonna drive up here to see me. I didn't want her to think I didn't want to see her, so I had to tell her." he smiled looking up at him.
"How is she doing?" he asked looking down at him.
"She's OK, I guess. I mean, she misses me. But I miss her too. This was the best summer I've ever had." he smiled sitting up on the bed.
"You really love her, don't you?" Steve asked looking over at him.
"Yeah, I really do. I want to marry her one day." he smiled folding his legs in front of him.
"That's big Roger." he said looking over at him.
"Yeah well, my love for her is big. I can't imagine not having her in my life. I don't know how to describe it." he smiled looking over at him.
"I think I get it." Steve smiled as Roger looking down at the pile of pictures of him and Brenda.
"Brenda, door." Mrs. Durlach called out from the living room.
"I'm coming mom." she answered coming out of her room. "Oh my God. Roger." she called out running to him as she jumped into his arms.
"I missed you so much Baby." he told her kissing her as he picked her up.
"I missed you too. I'm so glad you're here." she smiled kissing him as he continued to hold her in his arms.
"It's nice to see you Roger. How's school going?" Mrs. Durlach laughed looking up at him.
"Really good. I miss being here though." he smiled putting Brenda down.
"I can see that. So what do you two have planned for the weekend?" she asked looking up at him.
"We'll figure something out." Brenda smiled looking up at Roger.
"I'm allowing Brenda to spend the weekend at your house, but I do have some rules." Mrs. Durlach said looking up at Roger.
"Mom." Brenda called out embarrassed.
"Don't worry Mrs. Durlach. I'll take care of her." he smiled looking down at Brenda.
"You know what I mean Roger." she said putting her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, I do. Don't worry, we'll be careful." he said looking down at her as Brenda looked up at him.
"I'm gonna go get my bag. I'll be right back. Don't move." Brenda smiled leaning up to kiss Roger before running to her room.
"Be good Roger. I mean it." Mrs. Durlach said looking up at him.
"We will. I promise." he said as Brenda came out of her room.
"I'm ready. I'll see you Sunday mom. Thanks. You're the best." she smiled leaning in to kiss her mother's cheek before leaving the house with Roger. When they got to Roger's house they barely made it into his room. They were kissing furiously and taking each other's clothes off. "I missed you so much Roger." she told him breathlessly between kisses.
"I missed you too. You have no idea." he whispered picking her up in his arms and carrying her the rest of the way to his room. He laid her down on the bed and they made love.
"I'm so glad you're back Roger." she told him laying on his chest.
"So am I Baby. I don't want to go back." he said leaning down to kiss her.
"Don't you like your room mate?" she asked looking up at him.
"Yeah, he's OK. We talk about you all the time though." he smiled holding her tighter.
"Oh yeah? What do you say about me?" she asked smiling up at him.
"I tell him how amazing you are and how much I love you." he smiled looking down at her.
"Really? You think I'm amazing?" she asked looking up at him.
"Baby, I wanna marry you." he smiled as she looked up at him surprised.
"You what?" she asked looking up at him.
"I wanna marry you Brenda. I can't imagine a life without you in it." he said looking down at her.
"I wanna marry you too Roger." she smiled as tears filled her eyes.
"Yeah?" he asked smiling at her.
"Yeah, I do." she smiled leaning up to kiss him before laying back down and falling asleep.
"Baby, wake up." Roger whispered sitting on Brenda's bed as she slept. "Brenda." he whispered again before leaning down to kiss her cheek. As her eyes opened she began to say his name but he covered her mouth. "Shh Baby. You don't want to wake your mom up." she whispered leaning into her.
"Roger, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at school?" she whispered sitting up.
"I had to see my girl for her birthday." he smiled as he leaned in to kiss her.
"This is the best birthday present ever." she smiled wrapping her arms around him.
"I have a feeling I can even out do myself." he whispered looking down at her.
"What are you talking about?" she asked looking up at him.
"Brenda, I want you to marry me. Tonight." he asked holding a small ring box in front of her as she looked down.
"Tonight? What about school? For both of us?" she asked looking up at him.
"I don't want it anymore. Baby, this has been the hardest 3 months. I don't want to live without you anymore. You can get a GED and we can just be together." he said looking down at her.
"OK." she smiled looking up at him with tears in her eyes as he slipped the ring on her finger.
"I love you so much Brenda." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.
"I love you too Roger. I can't live without you either. This is killing me. I want to be with you forever." he said looking up at him before kissing him.
"We will Baby. We'll run away to the city and we'll be together forever. No one will ever find us and we can do what we want." he smiled holding her in his arms.
"I have to get dressed and put some clothes in a bag." she smiled looking up at him.
"OK. I parked my car down by my house so your mom wouldn't wake up. Meet me down there when you're done, OK? But hurry up. I don't want to be without you another minute." he smiled caressing her face before kissing her again.
"OK. I love you Roger." she smiled looking up at him.
"I love you too Brenda." he smiled before climbing out of her bedroom window. As she began taking the pictures of her and Roger off of her mirror, she smiled. She couldn't believe she and Roger were gonna get married. She was finally 18 and no one could stop them from being together anymore. She finished packing her stuff and climbed out the window to meet Roger at his house. As they got into his Chevy Nova, they pulled away from the house and drove to New Jersey to find a justice of the peace who could marry them.