3 Weeks Later
"Roger, I'm freaking out here. I'm sick of being stuck in this loft all the damn time." Fiona complained coming out of her room as Roger strummed his guitar on the couch.
"Fee, would you stop bitching please? I'm trying to write a song." Roger yelled looking up at her.
"Roger it's been almost a month. I need to get out of here." she yelled back looking down at him.
"Well you can't, so just deal with it." he told her putting his guitar down.
"I'm sick of being a prisoner here." she told him sitting on the couch next to him.
"Fine, you want to go outside. Let's go outside." he told her getting up before taking her hand and leading her out the door.
"Where are we going?" she asked as he led her out of the loft.
"You'll see." he said leading up to the roof.
"We've been up here a million times." she complained looking up at him.
"Well you're outside." he said looking down at her.
"I'm sorry I'm being such a pain in the ass. I'm getting cabin fever in there." she said looking up at him.
"I know, but we have to make sure it's safe for you before you start wondering around Alphabet City." he said looking down at her.
"Roger, it's safe. It's been almost a month. Can we please go somewhere? The Life Cafe? The park? Anywhere but here, please." she asked looking up at him.
"Fee..." he started when she cut him off.
"Roger, I need to get out of here, please. You can come with me if it'll make you feel better." she offered looking up at him. Her blue eyes made it impossible for him to say no.
"Fine Fee, but when I think it's unsafe, we leave. No argument. And you stay with me the whole time." he told her setting down ground rules.
"Thank you Roger. I'm gonna go get my jacket and stuff on." she squealed jumping up to hug him before going down to the loft.
"Yeah, yeah." he mumbled following her at a slower pace.
"Where did you guys go?" Mark asked as Roger entered the loft.
"The roof. Fee's driving me crazy. We're going to the park." he said looking over at him.
"Are you sure it's a good idea? Her leaving the loft?" he asked looking over at her.
"She's freaking out and driving me insane. I figure, we go out for a little while and she's be fine. I'll be with her the whole time." he said looking over at him.
"OK, just be careful Roger, OK? Jake might have guys out looking for her." Mark said looking over at him.
"I know Mark. I'm not a retard. She'll be OK." he said as she came out of her room.
"Are you ready Roger?" she asked smiling up at him.
"Yeah, I'm ready. Mark, do you want us to pick anything up for you? I figured maybe we'll go to the store on our way back." Roger asked looking over at Mark.
"Yeah, we need more milk." he said looking over at them.
"Cool. We'll be back later." Fiona smiled looking up Mark as she went towards the loft door.
"Bye Mark." Roger said looking over at him.
"Be careful." he called out looking over at them.
"We will." Fiona yelled rushing down the stairs. "Ahh freedom." she called out raising her arms into the air as she stepped outside.
"I never realized what a drama queen you are. No wonder why you and Maureen get along so well." he laughed looking over at her.
"Yeah, you be forced to stay in that stale, stinky loft for a whole month." she laughed looking up at him.
"I do it all the time." he said looking down at her.
"Yeah, but you do it voluntarily." she laughed as they started towards the park. "So when are you gonna start a new band?" she asked looking up at him.
"What makes you think I want to start another band?" he asked looking down at her.
"Roger, you've been writing songs all month. If you don't want to start another band, why would you be writing?" she asked looking up at him.
"Song. I've been writing a song all month." he said looking over at her.
"One song? But you've been doing it all week." she pointed out looking up at him.
"I'm having a hard time. Ever since Mimi left, I can't seem to get the words and music to come together." he said looking over at her.
"I'm sorry Roger. I didn't know. But you are gonna start a new band, right? I mean, you're really good. What I've heard anyway." she said looking over at him.
"Thanks." he smiled looking around for anyone suspicious.
"Roger, we're safe here. Don't worry about it." she said linking arms with him.
"Does that guy look like he's a little lost?" he asked looking over at a guy in a suit.
"Roger, he probably works in the area. Don't be so paranoid." she said looking up at him as Roger noticed the guy looking at them.
"I don't want to take any chances. Come on." he said taking her hand and leading her out of the park. He noticed the guy got up and started following them.
"Roger, what are you doing?" she complained looking up at him.
"Fee, run." he told her holding her hand and running. The guy in the suit began walking faster.
"Oh my God, he found me." she said running behind Roger.
"Calm down, we just have to get back to the building." he said looking back at her before they rushed behind a building.
"Roger, what am I gonna do? His goons found me." she asked looking up at him.
"It'll be OK. I'm not gonna let anything happen to you. I promise. Just stay quiet." he whispered looking down at her.
"I'm sorry Roger. I didn't mean to put you in danger. That's the last thing I wanted." she whispered starting to cry.
"It's OK Fee. Just calm down. I'll get you back to the loft and you'll be safe." he said putting his arms around her.
"But he saw you with me. Now you're in danger too." she said looking up at him.
"It'll be OK Fee, just stay close to me, alright?" he said looking down at her.
"OK." she sniffled looking up at him.
"I think it's safe, come on. We only have a couple of blocks to go." he said as they stepped out of the alley and started towards the loft.
"I'm never gonna be free, am I? He's always gonna find me." she cried as they entered the building.
"It's OK Fee, you're safe now. We weren't followed." he said looking down at her as she sat on the steps.
"It doesn't matter. It's never gonna be over. He's not gonna let me live. He'll never stop looking for me. And now he knows in here." she cried burying her face into her hands.
"Fiona, listen to me. You'll be OK. He doesn't know you're staying here. All he knows is that one of his guys saw you in the park. He doesn't know you're here." he said putting his arms around her.
"I can't stay here anymore Roger. I can't put you and Mark in danger anymore than I already have." she cried looking up at him.
"Fee, it's OK. Just calm down. Me and Mark can take care of ourselves." he said looking down at her.
"Roger, I'm so sorry. For everything, but I have to go. I have to get out of here. I can't stay here any more." she cried getting up and rushing up the stairs to the loft.
"Fee wait." he called out running after her.
"Roger, I can't anymore. Just let me go." she cried as she entered the loft and rushed towards her room.
"Roger, what happened?" Mark asked looking over at him.
"One of Jake's guys saw us in the park. We lost him, but she's scared and she wants to leave." he said going towards her room.
"Where is she gonna go?" Mark asked going with him.
"I don't know Mark." he said looking back at him before opening Fiona's door. "Fee, where are you gonna go?" he asked looking over at her as she started packing her clothes.
"I don't know Roger, but I can't put you guys in danger anymore than I already have." she told him through her tears.
"Fee, it's OK. You're safe now. We lost the guy. He didn't follow us." he said going over to her.
"For how long Roger? I can't leave the loft without worrying about someone finding me and putting you or anyone I'm with in danger. I can't do it anymore. I gotta get out of the city." she yelled at him.
"Fiona stop. You're not going anywhere." he yelled looking down at her.
"What are you gonna do Roger? Hold me hostage? I need to leave so no one hurts you." she asked looking up at him.
"Please don't go Fee. Please." he pleaded looking down at her.
"Why? HIV isn't enough of a challenge for you? You need to have gangsters looking for you too? Because that's what's gonna happen. He saw you with me. Now he's gonna be after you too. I can't let anything happen to you." she yelled looking over at him.
"No, because I have feelings for you." he yelled plopping down on the bed.
"Um... you..." she stammered looking down at him.
"I have feelings for you Fee. I can't let you walk out of my life." he said looking up at her.
"Roger, I have feelings for you too, but my life is so complicated. I have Jake's gangster buddies after me and I don't want to put your life in danger anymore than I already have." she said quietly sitting next to him.
"I don't care about that Fee. All I care about is you and not losing you." he said looking over at her.
"How can I ask you to do that? It's not fair to you. Before I came along you had a life. Now you have mobsters chasing after you." she said looking over at him.
"No, I didn't have a life. I was just existing. Ever since you came here, I've been happier then I've been in a long time." he said looking down at her.
"But Roger..." she started looking up at him.
"Fee, stop." he whispered leaning down to kiss her.
"Roger, how are we gonna do this?" he asked looking up at him.
"We'll figure it out Fee. I wanna be with you and I know you want to be with me." he said looking down at her.
"I do wanna be with you Roger. I just don't want you to get killed because you want to be with me." she wept looking up at him.
"I'll be fine Fee. It's OK. Just say you'll stay so we can be together." he said reaching up to caress her wet face.
"OK Roger. I'll stay." she smiled looking up into his green eyes before he leaned down to kiss her again.
"OK. Um... I was thinking, since we can't go out, why don't I try to make something for us on the roof?" he suggested looking down at her.
"You're gonna cook? This should be interesting." she laughed looking up at him.
"I can cook somethings. Kind of." he laughed looking down at her.
"How about we cook something together? I can teach you for the next time so you can make me something all by yourself." she suggested looking up at him.
"Oh yeah?" he laughed tackling her down to the bed to kiss her.
"Yeah. You'll be a good cook yet." she laughed leaning up to kiss him as she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him deeper.
"I like kissing you Fee." he smiled looking down into her blue eyes.
"I like kissing you too Roger." she smiled looking up at him.