"Roger, how can we afford this?" Brenda asked looking up at him.
"I have some money saved. Baby, it's OK. This place is ours." he smiled looking down at her as he put their bags down.
"Are you serious?" she asked looking up at him as she looked around the loft. It was located on Avenue A and 11th Street in Alphabet City in the East Village.
"Yep. I paid for it before I went to get you last night. I wanted to have someplace to bring my new wife to." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.
"It's great Roger." she smiled looking up at him.
"You really like it?" he asked smiling down at her.
"I love it." she smiled throwing her arms around his neck to kiss him.
"I love you Mrs. Davis." he smiled looking down at her.
"I love you too Mr. Davis." she smiled as he picked her up and brought her into the bedroom to make love for the first time as husband and wife.
"So, what do you want to do now that we're here?" he smiled looking down at her.
"I want to be with you every minute." she smiled crawling up to kiss him.
"You know what I mean Brenda. We're gonna be out of money soon. We need to figure out what we're gonna do now." he said looking up at her.
"How about we start a band? You play guitar and we could both sing. We could play clubs and bars and stuff." she suggested sitting up leaning her back against the wall.
"That's a great idea Baby." he smiled leaning up to kiss her as he pulled her down on top of him as they made love again before falling asleep in their new home.
"Baby, are you ready? We're gonna be late." Roger called out putting his guitar in it's case in the living room.
"Yeah, I'm coming." she answered as she came out of the bedroom. She was dressed in tight black pants and an off the shoulder crop top and high heeled boots. Her hair was off her face in ringlets and her black eyeliner was thick around her blue eyes.
"Wow. Baby you look incredible." he smiled looking up at her.
"Really? It's not too much? I didn't want to look like a stupid kid from Long Island for my first performance." she said looking down at her clothes.
"You definitely do not look like a stupid kid. You are the most beautiful woman in the world." he smiled before wrapping his arms around her slender waist.
"You're only saying that because you're my husband." she smiled looking up at him.
"No, I'm saying it because it's true." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.
"Come on. We gotta go. We can't be late for our first performance." she smiled looking up into his green eyes.
"You're gonna be great Baby. You totally rock." he smiled looking down at her.
"I'm so nervous." she told him lookng scared.
"You have nothing to be nervous about. You're the best singer I've ever heard." he smiled leaning down to kiss her again.
"I love you Roger. You always know how to calm me down." she smiled wrapping her arms around his neck and holding him close.
"I hope that's not the only reason you love me." he said looking down at her.
"Of course not. I love you for so many other reasons. Some of which I will gladly demonstrate for you later my wonderful husband. But now, we have to go to the club." she smiled leaning up to kiss him.
"OK Baby. Let's go." he smiled looking down at her before they left the loft to go to the club. They performed their first show in the city to a packed club. They stuck around the club after the show and the other band members snuck them beer. As they sat at the bar, Brenda noticed a young black man. He was drinking stoli arguing with a man. When the other man got up and stormed off, Brenda noticed the younger man looked upset.
"I'll be right back Baby." she said looking up at Roger as she got up and went to the other man. "Excuse me, are you OK?" she asked looking up at him.
"Yeah, I'm OK. My boyfriend just broke up with me and now I have no where to go." he said looking down at her.
"I'm Brenda Davis. My husband Roger is right over there. Why don't you come sit with us?" she asked looking up at him.
"Tom. Collins. Everyone just calls me Collins." he smiled looking down at her.
"It's great to meet you Collins. So, do you want to sit with us? Please. You look like you don't want to be alone." she smiled looking up at him.
"Why would you ask a perfect stranger to sit with you and your husband?" he asked looking down at her.
"Because no one should have to be alone when they get their heart broken." she smiled taking his hand and leading him to where Roger was sitting smiling at them.
"Hey Baby. I see you picked up a black man. That was not on the shopping list." Roger laughed drinking his beer.
"Roger, don't be an ass. This is Collins. His boyfriend just broke up with him and now he has no where to go." she said looking up at him.
"Hey Collins. I'm Roger. It looks like my better half invited you to stay with us?" he asked looking up at him.
"No, I couldn't." Collins said as Roger and Brenda looked at each other.
"We have plenty of room. You're more than welcome." Roger smiled looking up at him as they continued to celebrate with everyone before going home to their loft and getting Collins settled in.
"How the hell is this happening?" Brenda asked herself as she stood in the bathroom of the loft.
"Babygirl, are you OK in there?" Collins called out standing by the bathroom door.
"Um... yeah. I'm fine Collins. I'll be out in a minute." she called out standing in front of the bathroom mirror. She was holding a home pregnancy test in her hands. She couldn't believe she was pregnant. In a way she was happy. She loved Roger and knew he loved her. But she was also scared. They could barely take care of themselves and here they were about to have a baby. How was she gonna tell Roger? What was he gonna say? Was he gonna be happy? They had never talked about having kids, so she didn't know what his reaction would be. She put the test back into the box and hid it under the bathroom sink and opened the door.
"Are you sure everything is OK?" he asked as she came out of the bathroom.
"Yeah sweetie. I'm fine. Really. I'm gonna go wake Roger up." she smiled looking up at him.
"Thanks for the warning." he laughed leaning down to kiss her head.
"No problem." she laughed before going into hers and Roger's bedroom and stood in the doorway. Roger was sleeping so peacefully. She loved watching him sleep. He looked so handsome. As she watched him, she leaned in the doorway and smiled. She knew he would make a great father. He was so loving and caring, how could he not be? She walked over to the bed and began kissing his face and head to wake him up. "Roger. Roger, get up." she sung smiling down at him.
"Mhmm, Brenda. What time is it?" he asked looking up at her.
"8 o'clock, I think. I have something I want to tell you Baby, but I need you up." she smiled leaning over him.
"What's the matter?" he asked rubbing his eyes as he began to sit up.
"Roger, I'm pregnant." she smiled sitting up next to him.
"You're... we're... Are you sure?" he asked looking into her blue eyes.
"Yeah, pretty sure. I just took the test. What do you think?" she asked almost afraid to hear the answer.
"I think this is the most amazing news. We're gonna have a baby." he smiled wrapping his arms around her kissing her head.
"I love you so much Roger." she smiled as tears rolled down her face.
"I love you too Brenda." he smiled kissing her head over and over again. "Collins get in here." he yelled happily covering her head to protect her ears.
"I didn't do it." Collins said opening the door to the bedroom.
"No, we're pregnant." Roger told him happily as Brenda turned to look at him.
"Babygirl is having a baby? That's great. Congratulations." he smiled going over to kiss Brenda's head and hug the two of them.
"Thanks, but we'll see how great you think it is when it's time for 3 o'clock feedings." Brenda laughed looking up at him as she wiped the tears from her face.
"I'll do 3 o'clock feedings, diaper duty. Just name it and Uncle Collins will do it." he smiled sitting at the foot of the bed.
"You might regret offering that." Roger laughed looking up at him.
"Oh my God, Roger, what about performing? I can't stand on the stage with a huge belly in front of me." she asked looking up at him.
"Don't worry about that Baby. It'll be OK. I'll pull double shifts at the store and I can take over singing when you start to show. Everything is gonna be fine Brenda. I promise. We're gonna take care of this baby and love this baby." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.
"We are gonna have the luckiest baby in the world." Collins smiled looking over at them.
"With a mother as beautiful as Bren, yeah we are." Roger smiled holding Brenda in his arms.