"Roger, where do you think you're going?" Fiona asked looking up from her book as she sat in the hotel room.
"Um... down to the pool. Wanna come?" he smiled draping the towel over his bare shoulder as he stood by the door in his bathing suit and little else.
"Are you kidding? I thought you wanted to stay in the room. In case Jake had guys traveling across the country looking for us." she asked looking up at him.
"I can't believe I'm about to say this, but I need to get out of here." he laughed looking over at her.
"Roger the hermit needs to get out? Now that's funny." she laughed looking up at him.
"Well, I'm freaking out. Come on Baby. Come down to the pool with me." he whined looking over at her.
"But what about your safety?" she asked looking over at him.
"It'll be fine Fee. It's been 3 months and we've been stuck in either hotel rooms or the car the whole time. We're perfectly safe, now let's have some fun." he smiled going over to her.
"I could use time out of this room." she smiled as he leaned down next to her.
"That's my girl. Now go put on that sexy bathing suit of yours and let's have some fun in the sun." he smiled taking her book from her before leaning in to kiss her.
"OK Roger. You win.. I'll go get my suit on." she smiled reaching over to caress his cheek. He was fully healed now from the beating he took a few months earlier.
"That's my girl." he smiled as she got up and went into the bathroom to put her bathing suit on. As Roger waited for Fiona, the cell phone rang. He looked down at the number. It was Collins. He pressed the button. "Hello?" he said nervously leaning forward on his knees.
"Roger, you'll never guess what just happened." Collins said excitedly.
"What?" he asked standing up from the couch.
"The feds took over the case and they got him. Him and his crew were caught. They just called to tell us. They said it's a witness tampering case since beat you up trying to get to Fee. You and Fee can come home now. You may have to testify against them, but you're safe now. It's over." he said as Roger stood there quietly running his fingers through his now out grown dirty blond hair.
"You're kidding? Tell me you're not kidding." he said pacing around the hotel room.
"I'm not kidding man. You guys can come home now." he smiled excitedly.
"Who's on the phone Baby?" Fiona asked coming out of the bathroom in her white and pink bikini.
"Collins. They got him. Him and his crew were arrested. They said we can come home now." he said looking over at her.
"Are you serious? Please tell me you're serious." she said looking over at him.
"I'm serious Baby. It's over. We can go home now." he said looking over at her still holding the phone to his ear.
"Oh my God Roger. Do you know what this means?" she screamed excitedly running into his arms.
"We can go home and get married now." he smiled looking down at her.
"We can what?" she asked looking up at him surprised.
"You can what now?" Collins asked still on the phone.
"Um... Collins, can I call you back?" he asked looking down at Fiona.
"Sure man. I'll talk to you soon." he said smiling at Mark.
"Thanks man. I mean it. Thanks." he smiled before pressing the button to disconnect the call.
"Roger, what are you talking about? Since when do you wanna get married?" she asked looking up at him.
"For a while now. Since before we had to run." he smiled looking down at her as she pulled gently pulled away from him to pace the hotel room.
"Why Roger? Don't you think things are going good the way they are?" she asked looking over at him before sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Yeah, I do Fee. That's why I wanna marry you. I love you and I don't want to live the rest of my life without you." he smiled sitting next to her.
"Why do you want to marry me? My life is so complicated. Look at what the last guy I was engaged to did? We're on the run because of him." she said looking up at him.
"But we don't have to be on the run anymore. They got him. We're safe now. And I love you Fee." he smiled wrapping his arms around her.
"Are you sure you know what you're doing? I mean, we're gonna probably have to testify against him and the guys who beat you up. Things are not gonna calm down any time soon. Are you sure you want to get married in the middle of all of it?" she asked looking up at him.
"I've never been so sure of anything in my life. I love you Fee. Marry me." he smiled sliding off of the bed to kneel down in front of her.
"I love you so much Roger. You know that, right?" she asked looking down at him with tears in her eyes.
"Of course I know that Fee." he smiled reaching up to caress her face.
"I'll always love you and I'll always be here. Whether we get married or not." she said looking down at him.
"Fee, I love you. I want to give you what you never had. A real family." he told her as tears fell from her eyes.
"We don't need to get married for you to do that. You already have." she said wiping her face.
"But I want you to be my wife Fee. I want to spend the rest of my life making you happy. It's all I want to do." he smiled looking up into her glistening blue eyes.
"OK Roger." she smiled looking down at him.
"Yes? You'll marry me?" he asked looking up at her surprised.
"Yes Roger. I'll marry you." she smiled as he jumped up to hold her in his arms.
"I love you Fee. So much." he whispered holding her in his arms.
"I love you too Roger." she smiled holding him tight.
"Now, come on. Let's have some fun." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.
"What did you have in mind?" she asked looking up at him.
"We can go down to the pool and have some fun and then I wanna take my fiance out to dinner." he smiled looking down at her.
"To celebrate our engagement?" she smiled looking up at him.
"Yeah Baby. To celebrate our engagement." he whispered bringing her into a long, tender kiss.
"So what kind of wedding do you want? I was thinking a big church wedding with all the trimmings. Long train, veil, flowers." Fiona smiled as they lay on floats in the pool holding hands.
"You and my mom freaking out over details." he added looking over at her.
"Hey, you only get married once. Why shouldn't it be perfect?" she asked smiling at him.
"You're right Baby. Whatever you need me to do. I'll do." he smiled bringing her hand up to his lips kissing it.
"Even wear a tux?" she asked looking over at him.
"Even wear a tux." he smiled looking over at her.
"Thank you Roger. I love you." she smiled squeezing his hand.
"I love you too Fiona." he smiled before laying his head back again to enjoy the Nevada sun.
"Fiona, let's go. We have 8 o'clock reservations and you're cutting it really close." Roger yelled standing in the hotel room waiting for her to come out of the bathroom.
"I'm coming. I wish you would be a little more patient. It takes time to look this good." she smiled coming out of the bathroom putting her earrings on.
"Oh Fee, you look... Wow." he smiled looking over at her. Stammering over her words.
"I love doing that to you." she laughed looking over at him.
"What? Turning me into a bumbling idiot?" he asked smiling down at her.
"Nope. Turning you into a ball of fluff." she giggled leaning up to kiss him.
"You look beautiful Fee." he smiled looking down at her. She was wearing a loose fitting black dress that went down to her mid thigh with black stockings and high heels. Her hair was slicked back and her hoop earrings hung down from her ears. Her eyes were lined in black making her blue eyes stand out. Her lips were shined from clear lipgloss.
"You look great yourself." she smiled looking up at him. He was wearing dress pants and a white dress shirt. He had gone shopping earlier that day for something nice to wear when he took Fiona out for dinner.
"Well I couldn't look like a slob while my girl looks amazing." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.
"You could never look like a slob Roger. You look great all the time." she smiled looking up at him.
"With you on my arm I do. Now come on. We gotta go." he smiled looking down at her.
"OK Baby." she smiled looking up at him before they left the hotel room.