"Roger, we've been dating for almost 3 weeks. How slow do you want to take this?" she asked looking over at him as they sat on the couch.
"Fee, I just want to be careful." he said looking over at her.
"But Roger, I don't want to wait any longer." she said looking over at him.
"I just can't Fee. Not yet." he said getting up from the couch.
"Roger, I'm gonna be OK, you know? You're not gonna hurt me." she said looking up at him.
"I just want to make sure Fee. I'm in love with you." he said looking down at her.
"You're in love with me? Um...I'm in love with you too Roger." she smiled getting up to go to him.
"That's why I can't sleep with you yet. I don't want you to get hurt just because you love me. I would never forgive myself if anything happened to you." he said looking down at her.
"Nothing is gonna happen to me Roger. You've done nothing but make sure I was safe since the day we met. You couldn't hurt me. You're not capable of it." she said caressing his arm.
"I just love you Fee. I don't want to hurt you just when I'm trying to show you." he said looking down at her.
"Roger, we have condoms. I want to show you that I love you too. I want to be with you." she smiled looking up at him.
"I want to be with you too Fiona. You have no idea how hard it is seeing you everyday and not pick you up and carry you into the bedroom." he said wrapping his arms around her.
"Carry me into the bedroom, huh? That sounds interesting." she smiled looking up at him.
"Well I love you Fee. I want our first time to be special." he smiled looking down at her.
"It'll be with you, of course it'll be special." she smiled leaning up to kiss him. "I love you Roger." she whispered as he leaned down to pick her up.
"I love you too Fee." he whispered carrying her into the bedroom to make love.
"Roger, that was better than I imagined it would be." she smiled looking up at him.
"I love you Fiona." he smiled caressing her bare shoulder before leaning down to kiss her head.
"I love you too Roger." she smiled leaning up to kiss him.
"Are you hungry?" he asked looking into her blue eyes.
"Starving. What do you want for dinner?" she asked looking up at him.
"How about you stay here and I'll make dinner tonight?" he suggested looking down at her.
"You're gonna cook? Are you serious?" she laughed looking up at him.
"Yeah, I'm serious Fee. I want to make dinner for you. You've been teaching me how to cook and I think I'm doing pretty good. I want to make something special for you." he smiled caressing her face.
"OK, deal." she smiled looking up at him. "But um... I'm gonna supervise. You know, just in case you need someone to call 911 or something." she laughed leaning in to kiss him.
"Oh yeah." he laughed rolling her over onto her back and pinning her hands above her head.
"Yeah Mr. Fluff Ball. What are you gonna do about it?" she laughed looking up at him.
"This." he told her kissing her neck tickling her.
"Roger stop. You know I'm ticklish." she squealed squirming on the bed to try to get free.
"I know your ticklish. That's why I'm doing it." he laughed looking over at her.
"I never knew you were such a child." she laughed looking into his eyes.
"Well I am with you." he smiled looking down at her.
"Come on, let's make dinner." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.
"OK Roger, let's go." she smiled as they got up and got dressed.
"You are so beautiful." Roger smiled looking over at her as she put one of Roger's rock shirts on.
"And you are stalling." she laughed looking over at him.
"No I'm not. I can't wait to make dinner for you." he smiled looking over at her.
"What about Mark?" she asked looking over at him.
"What about him?" he asked looking over at her.
"What are we gonna tell him about us?" she asked sitting on his bed.
"He knows we're dating Fee. It was only a matter of time before we started sleeping together." he said sitting next to him.
"Yeah, but things are different now. I'm gonna have to go to the clinic with you every month for an HIV test and it's gonna be more uncomfortable for him now." she said looking over at him.
"Fee, do you regret us sleeping together?" he asked looking over at her.
"No. Oh my God Roger, no. I could never regret anything about us. I'm in love with you. I'm just saying for Mark. Things are gonna get complicated for him with us taking our relationship to the next level. He's gonna start worrying more. About me being positive and getting tested and everything." she said reaching up to caress his face.
"Fiona, if you ever started regretting us... I don't know..." he started looking over at her as she interrupted him.
"Roger, I could never regret us. You're the best thing that's ever happened to me." she smiled leaning up to kiss him.
"You're the best thing that's ever happened to me too Fee. I worry about you being positive. That's why I was reluctant for us to sleep together. If I ever hurt you... I don't... I don't know." he said getting up from the bed.
"Roger, we've been over this. You could never hurt me. We're careful and I'm gonna get tested every month. All you've ever done is love me and protect me. Please don't start regretting us being together." she said getting up to go to him.
"I do love you Fee. I've never felt this way about anyone before. When I'm with you, I feel like nothing can touch me. I don't regret us being together. I just want to keep taking care of you." he said wrapping his arms around her.
"So keep taking care of me. Just like I'm gonna keep taking care of you." she smiled looking up at him.
"OK Fee. Now come on Baby. I'll make you dinner." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.
"OK Baby." she smiled holding him close before leaving the room.
"Mmmm, what's for dinner?" Mark asked entering the loft.
"I'm making that chicken stuff that Fee likes so much." Roger smiled standing over the stove.
"You're cooking? Where's Fee?" he asked looking around.
"The most beautiful woman in the world is in her room. She needed to get changed." he smiled continuing to cook.
"There's something different about you. But I can't put my finger on it." Mark smiled looking over at him putting his bag down.
"I told her I love her and we took our relationship to the next level." he smiled looking over at him.
"You slept with her? I thought you were against sleeping with her. What about your HIV?" he asked looking over at him.
"I was, but I'm in love with her Mark. And we're being careful, I swear. You know I would never put her life at risk." he said looking over at him.
"I hope you know what you're going Roger." Mark asked looking over at him.
"I do Mark. We're in love. Just don't worry about her, OK? I'll worry enough for both of us." Roger said as Fiona entered the room.
"Roger, you don't have to worry about me. Neither of you do. I'm a big girl." she said entering the kitchen.
"That's not what I meant Fee." Roger said looking over at her.
"Yeah it is Roger. You've been worrying about me since the day we met and it's OK. I'm just saying, you don't need to. I can take care of myself." she smiled looking up at him.
"I know yow, I just want to make sure you're OK." he said looking down at her.
"I'm fine Roger. Check the cutlets." she smiled before leaning up to kiss him.
"Yes Fee." he smiled looking down at her before taking the chicken cutlets out of the pan.
"And yes Mark. We're making enough for you too." she smiled sitting on the stool at the metal counter.
"Thanks Fee. I knew you wouldn't make me starve." he laughed looking over at her.
"How about we call Collins, Maureen and Joanne and we can have a dinner party?" she suggested as Roger turned around to look at her.
"A dinner party? But I thought we were gonna have a romantic dinner for 2?" Roger asked looking over at her.
"We can do that anytime. I wanted to hang out with everyone tonight. Please Baby." she asked batting her eye lashes at him.
"You know I hate when you do that." he said looking down at her.
"What? What do I do?" she asked innocently.
"Turn him into a fluff ball." Mark laughed as Roger looked over at him.
"He's my Mr. Fluff Ball." she laughed looking over at him.
"Yes I am Baby." he smiled leaning down to kiss her as Mark went to the phone.