"I can't believe you're taking Fee out." Mark said sitting on Roger's bed as he got ready.
"It's been months Mark. It's about time." he smiled looking over at him.
"I'm glad. She needs to feel like a normal person in a normal relationship." he said getting up from the bed.
"I know. I just don't want anything to happen to her. If I lost her..." he started when Mark interrupted him.
"You're not gonna lose her Roger. She's safe and we're gonna make sure she stays that way." he said looking over at him.
"I know. I just don't want Jake and his goons to hurt her. I promised her I would take care of her." he said looking over at him.
"I know Roger and you're doing great. But she can't stay locked up in the loft all the time." he said looking over at him.
"I know. That's why I'm taking her out." he smiled looking over at him.
"Well, have fun Roger." he smiled looking over at him.
"Thanks. I'm gonna go see if Fee's ready yet." he smiled before leaving the room.
"How do I look?" she asked coming out of her room.
"You look great Fee. But then again, you always do." he smiled looking over at her. She was wearing tight blue jeans and a pink off the shoulder sweater.
"Thank you Baby. You don't look too bad yourself. So what movie are we gonna see?" she smiled looking over at him.
"Does it matter? It's not like we're gonna see much of it anyway." he smiled wrapping his arms around her and pulling her close.
"Roger, we don't have to go to a movie theatre to make out. We can do that here." she laughed looking up at him.
"But it's more fun in a movie theatre." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.
"You are hopeless." she laughed looking up at him.
"Hopelessly in love with you." he smiled kissing her again.
"Come on. Baby. Let's go." she laughed grabbing his hand and dragging him out of the loft.
"So, what do you want to do now?" Roger asked looking down at Fiona as they exited the theatre.
"I was thinking, I could use a cup of coffee at the Life Cafe and we could sit at a table and talk." she smiled looking up at him.
"Baby, we've been talking for months. I think we know everything there is to know about each other by now." he laughed looking down at her.
"I know. But I wanna be out in public with my boyfriend. Is that OK?" she asked gripping his hand.
"Yeah Baby, it's OK with me." he laughed looking down at her.
"I love you Roger. You know that, right?" she asked as he stopped a block short of the Life Cafe.
"Of course I do Fee. What's the matter?" he asked looking down at her.
"Nothing. I'm just... I'm really glad we're together. That's all I'm saying." she smiled looking up at him.
"There's a surprise party waiting for me at the Life, isn't there?" he asked looking down at her suspicious.
"Maybe." she laughed looking into his green eyes as he looked down. "Oh come on Roger. We can't let your birthday go by without recognition." she smiled wrapping her arms around his neck.
"You know I hate birthdays. Especially mine." he said looking down at her.
"But you don't know how many more you're gonna have left Baby. What's wrong with me wanting to celebrate your life?" she asked looking up at him.
"Nothing Baby. You just know I hate making a big deal over things." he said looking down at her.
"But you deserve it Roger. You do so much for a lot of people. Why shouldn't we do something for you in return?" she smiled looking up at him.
"You did already Baby and I love my necklace." he smiled reaching around his neck holding his guitar charm in his hand.
"I wanted to do more for you. But I didn't have time." she smiled looking up at him.
"I don't want you wasting your money on me." he said looking down at her.
"What else am I gonna spend my money on?" she asked looking up at him.
"Anything you want." he smiled looking down at her.
"I want to go back to school Roger. I miss it so much." she said looking up at him.
"And what about Jake? What if he finds you there?" he asked looking over at her.
"Roger please. I can't keep putting my life on hold. I need to get back to living. You offered a few months ago to go back with me for protection. Does that offer still stand?" she asked looking up at him.
"Of course it does Fee. I'll do whatever I have to to protect you." he smiled looking down at her.
"So, I'm gonna enroll tomorrow, OK?" she asked looking up at him.
"I'll go with you." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.
"Thank you Baby. I love you." she smiled looking up at him.
"I love you too. Now let's go to the cafe. My birthday party is waiting for me." he smiled looking down at her.
"You are gonna have fun, you know?" she smiled looking up at him.
"I'm gonna be with you. I'm gonna have a great time." he smiled leaning down to kiss her before they continued to the loft.
"Philosophy? Divine Providence and Human Suffering? Oh yeah Fee, this is gonna be fun." Roger mocked looking down at her schedule.
"I happen to like Philosophy. And anyway, look at who the professor is. On those days you get to sleep in. Collins will be with me." she smiled as they walked away from the campus.
"And how are you getting here? Planning on walking by yourself at 8:30 in the morning?" he asked looking down at her.
"Maybe I can walk with Collins."' she smiled looking up at him.
"We'll see Baby. I am so proud of you for wanting to come back to school." he smiled looking down at her.
"Why don't you take a couple of classes. You're gonna be on campus anyway." she suggested looking up at him.
"I never saw myself as the college boy type." he said looking down at her.
"Why not? You could take music tech or something. It'll be good for your writing." she smiled looking up at him.
"Yeah, and how am I gonna pay for it? My good looks?" he asked looking down at her.
"You could get away with it, but you won't have to. I can do it. I believe in your music Roger. I want to do it. I have all that money I took out of my account. I have over a hundred grand left." she smiled looking up at him.
"That much? Where did you get all that money?" he asked looking down at her.
"I told you, I worked for a while and then Jake set up an account for me to play with. I figured I'd need the money if I needed to set myself up out of the city. I barely spent any of it." she said looking up at him as he stopped her in the middle of the campus.
"I can't ask you to do that Fee. That's your money." he said looking down at her.
"You're not asking. I told you. I believe in your music. I want you to do it." she smiled looking up at him.
"I'll think about it, OK Fee." he said looking down at her.
"OK thank you Baby." she smiled leaning up to kiss him before taking his hand as they left the college.