"Mommy, daddy get up. I wanna fly my kite." Rose called out entering Roger and Brenda's bedroom waking Roger up.
"Shh, sweet girl. Mommy's still sleeping. Why don't we let her sleep and we'll in the kitchen and have breakfast." Roger whispered looking over at her.
"Too late. I'm up." Brenda groaned opening her eyes.
"I'm sorry mommy. I'm just excited to fly my princess kite." Rose smiled climbing up on to the bed.
"It's OK sweetie. Why don't we all get ready to go out and we'll go to the Life Cafe for breakfast before we go to the park." she smiled leaning up on her elbow.
"Really mommy?" Rose asked smiling up at her.
"Yeah sweetie. Go get dressed. Me and daddy will meet you in the living room in a minute." she laughed looking up at Roger.
"OK mommy. Don't take too long guys, OK? I wanna fly my kite." she smiled looking over at them as she got off of the bed.
"OK sweet girl." Roger laughed as she ran out of the bedroom closing the door behind her. "Out for breakfast, huh?" he smiled leaning down to kiss Brenda.
"Yeah, I thought it would be nice. Just the 3 of us." she smiled looking over at him.
"What about Chelsea? You're gonna leave her and Mark here alone?" he asked looking over at her.
"I wouldn't worry too much about them." she smiled getting out of bed.
"Why is that?" he asked getting up too.
"Didn't you see the way they were looking at each other yesterday? I think they need time alone." she smiled brushing her hair.
"Baby, nothing is gonna happen between Mark and Chelsea." he said taking clothes out of his dresser.
"Don't be so sure. You don't know Chelsea. If she likes Mark, she's gonna tell him she likes him. That's just the kind of girl Marky needs. Someone who's not afraid to take a chance." she smiled taking her clothes out of her dresser.
"But Chelsea lives in Florida and Mark is here. How is that gonna work?" he asked beginning to get dressed.
"They'll figure out a way. Maybe Chelsea will move to New York for him, the way I did for my man." she smiled going over to him wrapping her arms around his waist.
"Maybe." he smiled leaning down to kiss her as they continued to get dressed.
"Good morning Chelsea." Mark smiled sitting at the metal counter drinking his coffee.
"Hey Mark. Where's Brenda, Roger and Rosie?" she asked looking over at him.
"Park. I guess princess couldn't wait to fly her kite." he laughed picking up the note they left him.
"That's nice. When Bren and Rosie left with Roger, I was really worried about them. I mean, Brenda had been telling me for 5 years now great Roger was and now wonderful things were between them until their son died, but I still wondered how great he could have been if she left him. But seeing for myself how happy Brenda and Rosie are when they're with him makes me feel a lot better. And seeing how devoted to them he is, makes me wish for the same thing." she said looking up at him as he poured her coffee.
"They have that effect on everyone. I mean, Collins is the only one who knew them before they lost their son, but he says that they're better now than they were then." he smiled looking over at her as he handed her her coffee mug.
"I can believe that. I mean, they've been through so much. I guess they appreciate each other more." she smiled looking up at him.
"Yeah, and they have Rosie." he smiled looking up at her.
"Yeah, that kid is something, isn't she?" she laughed looking up at him.
"She sure is. She's the center of our universe." he smiled bringing the coffee mug up to his lips.
"I can tell. They deserve it, you know? Having a big family who loves them." she smiled looking up at him.
"We do Chelse. Don't worry. There's nothing we won't do for them." he smiled looking up at her.
"Daddy, make it go higher." Rose called out as Roger held the kite in his hand.
"I'm trying sweetie, hang on." he smiled looking down at her as Brenda sat on the bench drinking a coffee.
"Yeah daddy, make it go higher." she laughed looking over at them.
"You're help I don't need." he laughed looking over at her.
"But you look so cute flying a princess kite." she laughed lookingn up at him.
"Very funny. Would you like to do this?" he asked trying to unravel the kite string.
"No, you're doing fine." she smiled looking up at him.
"Daddy, it's flying." Rose yelled out excitedly jumping up and down.
"OK now, you hold this string and ty to keep it in the air." he smiled leaning down to give her the kite.
"OK daddy." she smiled looking up at him taking the string.
"See, you're doing it sweet girl." he smiled looking down at her as she looked up at the kite.
"Look mommy, I'm doing it. I'm flying a kite." she called out lookinng over at Brenda.
"I see sweetie. You're actually flying a kite." she smiled looking over at them.
"She is getting so big, isn't she?" Roger smiled looking down at her as he sat next to her to watch Rose with her kite.
"Yeah, she sure is." she smiled looking up at him as he put his arms around her holding her close to him.
"OK, Rosie go put your kite in your room and get changed out of those grass stained clothes." Brenda smiled looking down at her as they entered the loft.
"Where is everyone?" Roger asked looking around handing Rose her kite.
"I don't know. Do you want a beer?" she asked going into the kitchen.
"Yeah, I could use one. Where do you think Mark and Chelsea went?" he asked looking over at her before sitting on the couch.
"Maybe Collins and Eric came over and they went out to show Chelse bohemia." she smiled handing him a beer bottle before sitting next to him sipping her own.
"Possible. You know what I was thinking?" he asked looking over at her.
"Not a clue." she smiled looking up at him.
"How about we have everyone over for dinner? Just us grown ups. We'll feed Rosie early and when she's in bed, we'll hang out." he smiled putting his arm around her.
"I like that idea. Chelsea has to leave in a few days and I really want to spend as much time with her as I can." she smiled looking up at him.
"And then tomorrow night you, Chelsea, Maureen, Joanne and Robin can have a girls night out. I'll have the guys over and we'll watch Rosie." he smiled looking down at her.
"OK Baby. Thanks." she smiled looking up at him.
"No problem Baby." he smiled leaning down to kiss head as someone came out of Mark's bedroom. It was Chelsea.
"Oh... um... we didn't know you guys were home." she said pulling her t-shirt down to cover herself more.
"Chelsea? What are you doing in Marky's room?" Brenda asked looking up at her.
"Like you didn't know. Where's the little one?" she asked laughing.
"In her room getting changed. Her and Roger kind of brought most of the coloring of the grass home with them." she smiled looking over at her.
"So, where's Mark? Or dare I ask?" Roger laughed looking up at her.
"He's coming. He's getting... anyway. How was the park?" she laughed looking down at them.
"It was nice. Rosie flew a kite all by herself." Brenda smiled looking up at her as Mark exited his room.
"Hey... what are you guys doing home so soon?" Mark asked embarrassed.
"So soon? We were gone all day Marky." Brenda smiled looking up at him.
"Oh Mark, we were thinking of having everyone over tonight. We're gonna feed Rosie dinner early and then hang out, just us grown ups." Roger smiled looking over at him.
"Great idea. Listen, I have to go out and get more film. I got sidetracked today. Do you wanna come Chelse?" he asked looking over at her.
"Yeah, I'd like that. Just let me get something on. I'll be right back." she smiled looking over at him before going to the guest room. The one that used to be Collins'.
"You and Chelsea, huh? Smooth move Mark. How did that happen?" Roger asked looking over at him.
"We were talking about you guys and then we got on the subject of her wanting to see my films and I don't know, she just leaned over to kiss me and it went on from there." he said going into the kitchen to get his bag.
"Really? Well good for you Mark. You deserve it." Brenda smiled looking up at him.
"Yeah well, it can't go anywhere." he said looking over at her.
"Why not Mark? If you guys like each other, go for it." she said getting up and going towards him.
"She lives in Florida Bren. Do you really see us taking turns flying in to see each other? I think not. It was just a one time thing." he said looking down at her.
"It doesn't have to be Mark." Chelsea told him from her doorway.
"What do you mean? How can we have a relationship with me in New York and you in Florida? It's not practical." he asked looking up at her.
"Mark, I have been thinking about this for a couple of years now and I always found an excuse not to do it, but I think I found the perfect excuse to go for it." she said walking to him as Roger and Brenda looked at each other before looking over at them.
"You don't have to move here for me Chelsea. It's not fair to you." he said looking down at her.
"I told you, I've been thinking about it for a couple of years now. Ever since Bren and Rosie left. I have nothing but a job in Florida. A job I hate. And now not only would I be moving her to be closer to Bren and Rosie, I'd be doing it to be closer to you too." she smiled looking up at him.
"Really? You would really do that? Give up what you have in Florida to be closer to me?" he asked smilng down at her.
"Yeah, I would. To be with you." she smiled looking up at him with tears in her eyes.
"Then I accept." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.
"Yay, Uncle Mark and Aunt Chelsea are boyfriend and girlfriend." Rose called out coming out of her room.
"Guess what little one?" Chelsea asked as Mark held her in his arms.
"What?" she asked running over to them.
"I'm gonna be living with you, mommy, daddy and Uncle Mark." she smiled looking down at her.
"Yay." she yelled jumping up and down hugging Chelsea.