"Rosie, hurry up. You're gonna be late for your first day of school." Brenda called out finishing her coffee as Roger came out of the bedroom.
"Why do we have to bring her to school?" he asked sitting on the couch to put his boots on.
"Roger, she's 5. That's what kids do when they're 5. They go to school." she laughed putting her mug in the sink.
"But I don't want her to grow up. I want her to stay my little girl forever." he whined looking up at her.
"Roger, she will always be your little girl. But she has to grow up. Now stop being a baby and help me get her ready." she laughed leaning down to kiss his head.
"Come on Rose Michelle Davis. It's time to go." he called out as Rose came out of her bedroom.
"Daddy, I'm here. Why are you yelling?" she asked coming out of her room with her Cinderella back pack on her shoulder.
"So let's go." he laughed looking over at her.
"You look so pretty sweetie." Brenda smiled looking down at her.
"Thank you mommy. Come on. I don't want to be late." she called out looking up at her.
"OK sweet girl. Let's go. Where's Mark?" Roger asked getting up from the couch as they left the loft.
"Work, I think." Brenda smiled walking down the stairs.
"Daddy, are you and mommy gonna pick me up from school?" she asked looking up at him as they went down the stairs.
"Yeah sweetie, we are. And then we're gonna go out for a special first day of school dinner with Uncle Collins, Uncle Mark, Aunt Maureen and Aunt Joanne." Brenda smiled looking over at her.
"Yay, can we go to the Life Cafe?" she asked looking up at them as they opened the door to leave the building.
"Of course you can go to the Life Cafe sweetie. Anything our little girl wants, she gets." Collins smiled as him, Mark, Maureen and Joanne waited outside for them.
"What are you guys going here? We thought you had to work?" Brenda asked surprised as Rose jumped into Collins arms.
"Uncle Collins." she yelled as he picked her up.
"We couldn't miss our little girl's first day of school." Mark smiled looking up at them.
"Yay, everybody's gonna walk me to school." Rose smiled as Collins held her in his arms.
"That's right princess. Everybody's gonna walk you to school." he smiled leaning over to kiss her head.
"Come on sweetie. We don't want you to be late." Brenda smiled as she and Roger watched their daughter with all of their friends.
"Yeah, I don't want to be late. Come on." Rose called out as they began walking towards the elementary school.
"We have a pretty great family, don't we?" Roger asked looking down at Brenda as he wrapped his arms around her.
"Yeah, we really do." she smiled as he leaned in to kiss her head.
"Come on mommy and daddy. We gotta go." Rose called out looking back at them.
"We're coming sweet girl." Roger smiled as they followed everyone.
"Roger, are you here? Roger." Brenda called out excitedly as Mark sat in the corner of the living room tinkering with his camera.
"He's not here. He said he had to do something for Rosie. What's up?" he asked looking up as she smiled at him.
"I got a job." she smiled looking over at him.
"You did? That's great. What are you gonna be doing?" he asked getting up to go to her.
"I'm gonna be singing with a house band in a hotel lounge." she smiled looking over at him.
"You sing? No wonder why Roger fell head over heels in love with you." he laughed looking over at her.
"Yeah, we used to have a band together before I left. We both sung lead and he played lead guitar. We had so much fun. You should have seen us Mark. It was the best time of my life." she smiled sitting on the couch.
"Was it because you were singing or because you were singing with Roger?" he smiled sitting next to her.
"B, definitely." she smiled looking over at him.
"I figured. Well congratulations. You look really happy." he smiled putting his arm around her shoulders before kissing her head.
"I am. Thanks Mark. Listen, I know this has been a lot to handle at times. I mean, one minute it's just you and Roger living here and the next you have his wife and daughter here. I know this must be really hard for you to get used to." she said looking over at him.
"Nah, I like it actually. We were a family before, but having you and Rosie here makes us complete. You not only gave Roger his daughter, you gave all of us a sister and a niece." he smiled looking over at her as she leaned her head on his shoulder.
"I love you guys too Mark." she smiled as they sat on the couch together.
"And I love how happy you and Rosie make Roger. I've never seen him like that before." he smiled looking over at her.
"Yeah well, Roger and I are meant to be together. We always were. Even if I was too scared to realize it. He's my life, he always was." she smiled looking up at him.
"I know sweetie. You and Rosie are his life too." he smiled looking down at her as the loft door opened.
"There's my beautiful wife." Roger smiled entering the loft.
"Where were you? Mark said you had to do something for Rosie." she smiled lifting her head off of Mark's shoulder.
"Yeah, you will never guess what I just did." he smiled leaning down to kiss her before sitting on the makeshift coffee table in front of her.
"I did something too." she smiled looking over at him as she sat up towards him.
"Really? That sounds interesting. What did you do?" he asked resting his hands on her legs.
"No way, you first. I'm really curious now." she smiled leaning up to him.
"I got a job. I'm the new lead singing of Up in Flames." he smiled looking over at her.
"What's Up in Flames?" she asked laughing.
"Up in Flames. It's the biggest up and coming club band in the city." he smiled looking over at her.
"Oh my God. That's great Roger. I'm so proud of you. But how is that for Rosie?" she smiled leaning up to hug him excitedly.
"Well, I need a job to support my wife and daughter." he smiled looking over at her.
"Roger, I got a job too." she smiled looking over at her.
"But why? Bren, you don't need to get a job. I'll handle everything." he smiled looking over at her.
"Roger, I've been working for the last 5 and a half years to support me and our daughter. It's OK. I don't mind. Actually, I'm gonna be singing again too." she smiled looking over at him.
"Are you serious? You're gonna be singing again?" he asked smiling at her.
"Yeah. I'm singing with a house band at a hotel lounge." she smiled looking over at him.
"A hotel lounge? Baby, that's great." he smiled leaning in to kiss her.
"I figured you'd like that." she laughed as he held her tight.
"I missed hearing you sing." he smiled leaning in to kiss her again.
"I missed singing for you." she laughed kissing him more passionately.
"This is my cue. I'll be in my room." Mark laughed looking over at them before getting up from the couch.
"Sorry Mark." Brenda laughed looking over at him.
"That's OK. Congratulations you two." he smiled going into his room.
"I can not believe it. We're both gonna be singing." she laughed holding Roger tight.
"You know what that means, don't you?" he asked smiling at her.
"Celebration time?" she smiled seductively.
"You read my mind." he smiled picking her up and carrying her into the bedroom where they made love. When they were done, they laid in the bed in each other's arms. As Brenda played with Roger's chest hair he closed his eyes running his fingers through her hair.
"Oh my God, Rosie." Brenda called out bolting up in the bed.
"What?" he asked opening his eyes to look at him.
"Rosie. What are we gonna do with her while we're working? I'm pretty sure we're gonna both be working nights." she asked looking down at him.
"Baby, we're not alone. We have Mark, Collins, Maureen and Joanne. She'll be OK. We could put her to bed and walk her to and pick her up from school. All we'll be doing is working a few hours at night. Everything'll be fine." he smiled leaning up to kiss her.
"Are you sure it's OK? I don't want her to feel like we're not here for her." she asked looking down at him.
"Bren, she could never feel like we're not here for her. She knows how much we love her. It's gonna be OK Baby. Don't worry about it." he smiled caressing her face.
"You still have a way of making me believe that." she smiled leaning down to kiss him.
"It's true Bren. Everyting's gonna be OK. I promise." he smiled bringing her down to him as they made love again.