"Uncle Mark, get up." Cassandra called out quietly as he entered Mark and Hanna's room.
"What? What's the matter?" he asked waking up.
"Mom and dad are gone and it doesn't look like they slept in their bed last night." she said looking down at him.
"Is that unusual?" he asked looking up at her.
"Yeah it is. I was talking to mom last night before we went to bed and she was reading over some papers and they're still on her bed. And dad's side hasn't been messed up or anything." she said looking over at him.
"What's going on sweetie?" Hanna asked waking up.
"Mom and dad didn't sleep in their bed last night and I don't know where they are." she said sitting gently on the bed on Mark's side.
"Sweetie, they're around somewhere. Did you check your dad's studio? He mentioned doing some writing down there." Mark said looking up at her.
"Yeah but they wouldn't sleep down there. Mom definitely wouldn't and dad always come up to their room no matter what time it is. He would never sleep without mom." she said looking over at them obviously worried.
"I'm gonna go check just to make sure. Don't jump to any conclusions sweetie. I'm sure they were down there talking and they fell asleep. Stay here with Aunt Hanna, OK?" Mark told her putting his glasses on before leaning down to kiss his goddaughter's head.
"Thanks Uncle Mark." she said looking up at him as he left the room.
"I'm sure they fell alseep in each other's arms. You know how your parents are." Hanna smiled looking over at her.
"But it's not like them to just not sleep in their own bed. They've never done that before." she said looking over at her.
"Uncle Mark'll find them toots and everything's gonna be OK." she smiled reaching over to her neice's hand.
"Thanks Aunt Hanna." she smiled looking up at her.
"No problem sweetie. So did the boys keep you up all night?" she asked looking down at her.
"Nah, Zach told them it was time to go to sleep and they did. I'm telling you, he's gonna make a great dad one day." Cassandra smiled looking up at her.
"I'm sure he is sweetie." Hanna smiled looking down at her.
"Did mom and dad tell you that Zach is gay like Uncle Collins?" she asked looking up at her.
"No one's like Uncle Collins tootsie." she smiled leaning down to kiss her head.
"You know what I mean." she smiled looking up at her.
"Yeah, I know what you mean sweetie. Yeah they told me. They also told me what a good friend you've been to him since he came out." she smiled looking down at him.
"He's really cool. He's like a brother to me, you know? Especially since he plays my dad's son on tv." she smiled looking up at her.
"That's good sweetie. I'm glad you have someone your own age who you can depend on and talk to." she smiled reaching over to play with her neices's hair.
"He's probably one of the only people here who doesn't act like my HIV is such a big deal too." she said looking up at her.
"Sweetie, it's not. You do know that, right?" she asked looking down at her.
"Yeah, I know. My parents tell me all the time" she smiled lookingup at him.
"We're very lucky to have found you sweetheart. You know that, right?" Hanna smiled looking down at her.
"I wouldn't want to be in any other family." she smiled looking up at Hanna.
"Mark, what the hell?" Roger yelled as he and Alexandra covered themselves with the blanket that was on the couch downstairs.
"You know, your daughter is worried about you two? She came running into my room worried that something happened to you two because you didn't sleep in your room last night." Mark said looking down at them.
"Well, as you can see we're fine Mark. Do you mind? We need to get dressed." Roger yelled looking up at him as Alexandra covered her mouth laughing.
"Oh, sorry. What do you want me to tell Cassie?" he asked standing by the stairs.
"Tell her you found us having sex in the basement. What the hell do you think you should tell her you damn bonehead?" Roger asked as Alexandra dropped her head on his shoulder as they all tried not to laugh.
"Right. Sorry. I'll just tell you that you two fell alseep down here last night. I'll see you guys upstairs." he laughed turning around before going upstairs.
"Geez, can you believe him?" Roger laughed putting his pajama pants on.
"Well that was kind of exciting, huh?" Alexandra laughed looking up at him as she put her tank top over her head.
"What? Getting caught by Mark?" he asked looking over at her.
"Yeah. I mean, after all these years, we can still get caught in compromising positions." she laughed looking over at him.
"I'll give you all these years." he laughed pinning her to the couch to kiss her passionately.
"Roger, we have to get upstairs. I'm sure Mark told everyone where we are by now." she laughed looking up at him.
"I just wanted to steal another kiss before we had to go upstairs." he smiled looking down at her.
"I love you Roger." she smiled wrapping her arms around his waist as he caressed her face.
"I love you too Alex." he smiled before getting up.
"Do you think Marky's upstairs making breakfast?" she asked as he held his hands out to help her up.
"Yeah right. How long have you known Mark?" he laughed holding her close.
"Good point." she laughed before they went upstairs.
"Why did you guys sleep down there last night?" Cassandra asked as Roger and Alexandra opened the downstairs door.
"Daddy was working on something, so I came down to check on him and we got to talking and fell asleep." Alexandra said looking over at her daughter.
"I was worried about you guys when I saw your bedroom light still on, but your bed wasn't slept in." she said looking over at her.
"We're sorry princess. We didn't mean to scare you." Roger smiled leaning down to kiss her head.
"Is everything OK daddy?" she asked looking up at him.
"Yeah Cass. Everything's OK." he smiled looking over at Alexandra.
"How's Aunt Hanna feeling?" Alexandra asked looking over at her.
"She seems really good. I was just in talking to her." she smiled looking over at her.
"Good. Are Zach and the boys up?" Alexandra smiled looking over at her.
"Not yet. They were up late watching dvd's of dad's show." she laughed looking up at Roger.
"What? Is it my fault I'm great." he laughed leaning down to kiss her head.
"Yeah, you're a legend in your own mind." Hanna smiled as Mark helped her down the stairs.
"Do you need help sweetie?" Roger asked rushing to help them.
"No, it's OK. Marky's got it." she smiled looking down at him. It had been 2 weeks since her surgery and she was getting around better everyday.
"I was thinking of making a huge breakfast for everyone. Do you want to help me sweetie?" Alexandra asked looking over at Cassandra.
"Cool. Can I make the pancakes? She asked looking over at her.
"Sure sweetie." she smiled as she and Cassandra went into the kitchen.