Sweet Memories
I don't own RENT
"FUCK BENNY!!!" Mark yelled walking into the living room with a towel wrapped around his waist, and shampoo still in his hair. Roger, Collins, and Mimi let out loud laughs.
You see, Benny started this new thing with them; their water only runs for 12 minutes, so all four of them have 3 minutes each to take a shower. And of course Mimi said "ladies first", and Collins is the "guest", Roger can't risk getting the water shut off on him because "it might ruin his hair", so Mark got last.
"Hey, he gave you an extra 30 seconds," Collins said between laughs.
"How do yo… OH MY GOD, YOU TIMED ME!!!" Mark yelled. Roger nodded laughing.
"Why don't you just rinse it outside?" Roger said, finally controlling his laughter. So Mark did. After that Mark started babbling, and Mimi and Roger agreed; "Collins, were going to YOUR apartment, and cleaning out Angel's things," he said.
"What? But? Huh?" Collins said as they pulled him off of the couch.
"I'll call Maureen and Joanne," Mimi said picking up the phone.
RENTRENTRENTRENTRENTRENTRENTRENTRENTRENTRENTRENT (Walking to Collins' apartment)
"Collins, the key," Mimi said sticking out her hand. He slapped it into her hand.
When the door opened their mouths dropped.
"Wow, everything's right where it was," Mark said.
"Who cares!? OOOOOOOO, look FOOOOOOOODDD," Roger said, as him and Mark ran over to the fridge. They immediately started shoving food into Roger's shirt, and stuffing their faces.
"Come on," Mimi said walking into a room.
"Well this is Angel's wig box," Collins said. "Moving on," he said stepping over the huge box. "Now entering her closet,"
"OOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Mimi and Maureen shrieked running over to it. They started pulling clothes off of the rack.
"I WANT IT," Maureen yelled trying to pull Angel's green sweater with the yellow and red sleeves out of Mimi's hands.
"I was her BEST FRIEND I should get it!" Mimi yelled pulling it towards her.
"Guys! Guys! We'll settle this in a proper manner," Collins said pushing in between them. "We'll flip a coin," he said pulling a penny out of his pocket.
"HEADS!" Maureen screamed.
"Fine I'll take tails," Mimi signed. Collins flipped the coin.
"Tails it is," he said.
After about twenty-minutes of them fighting they were finally moving on.
"Okay here's her jewelry," Collins said wincing. They ran over to the drawer. They started shoving rings, ear-rings, bracelets, etc. into their bras.
"I got an… earring," Joanne sighed.
"Lastly, the pictures," Collins said.
"Wow, Self-centered much?" Mimi asked looking at the big portraits of Angel and Collins on the wall.
"What? We liked to keep memories," Collins said.
"OK. Oh, what's that?" Mimi said pointing at a photo album.
"That's our memories," Collins said picking in up, and slouching on the couch, only to get crowded by them.
"So.. open it," Mimi said leaning.
"Okay, Okay," he said turning to the first page.
"Oh, the original lofties," Mark said pointing to the picture. I was a picture of Mark, Roger, Collins, Maureen, Benny, and April.
"I remember that day," Roger said.
Flashback…
December 17, 1988
"MARK! YOU GOT MY STUFF?!" Maureen yelled.
"Yeah, your fourteen bags," Mark said lugging fourteen bags out from behind a peach couch.
"Mark, just set them down, and move the couch upstairs," Roger said.
"PUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mark, Roger, Collins, and Benny yelled pushing the couch up the stairs. "COME ON MAUREEN, PULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Mimi walked out of her apartment to the sound of the commotion.
"Are you moving that couch, or giving birth to it?" she asked leaning against her doorframe.
"Ha, ha, you're soooooooooooooo funny," Roger said.
"I know," she said spring up and down. "The landlord said there were six of you?"
"We have someone driving the car,"
"Oh, so she's the smart one of the loco bunch?"
"HA, HA,"
Later that day…
"Hey dumbshit," April said jumping out of the car tossing the key at Mark. "Your oil tank broke,"
"Screw you, April," he said glaring at her.
"Guys stop it. We're in New York City, let's walk around," Roger said.
"Okay," they all said.
They started walking down the street, Mimi following them.
"Can you stop following us MIMI," Collins said turning around.
"How do you know my name?"
He pointed up at her window, were it said. MIMI AND ANGEL, and ANGEL WAZ HERE, and MIMI WAZ HERE.
"Screw Angel," she said under her breath. "There are two names up there, how do you know which one I am?"
"Well you just said "screw Angel"," he said.
"Dammit,"
When they were walking down the street they saw a street drummer.
"Hello," he said looking up at them. They just smirked. "What?" he said looking confused.
"I can't believe you think you can make money from drumming," Maureen said.
"Well it does," he said. "I mean at least I'm not a yuppie," he said looking at Benny. Collins immediately swooped down shoving him into the wall.
"What'd you say bout' Benny!?" the drummer's eyes widened and looked scared.
"Nothing!" he yelled. Mimi finally saw them. Her eye widen when she saw what they were doing.
"ANGEL! What are they doing to you!!??" she yelled trying to pull Collins off of him.
"Chica! You're embarrassing yourself," Angel yelled.
"LET GO!" Mimi said. Collins let go.
"Fine," he said backing up. Angel grabbed his wrists.
"GO AWAY!" Mimi yelled. And they did.
Later, they walked back home, when they saw Mimi and Angel writing Mimi's window. Then they heard Mimi say something;
"Oh, you forgot this here," she said throwing Angel a wig.
"Thanks," Angel said putting it on. They started to crack up. Mimi looked down at them.
"You guys are a bunch of… BECHAS!" she yelled.
"Whats?"
She just shook her head.
"Nice one, girlfriend," Angel said giving Mimi a high five.
In their apartment they started making fun of Mimi and Angel, but not to their knowledge they could hear every word they were saying.
Downstairs Angel's mouth dropped.
"I'll handle this one," Mimi said standing up. She walked up the stairs, and banged on their door. She was greeted by a laughing Roger.
"I came up here to do this, cuz' Angel's too polite to do it," then she flicked them off in French, English, and Chinese. "Or the good old American way," she flicked them off "the good old American way"
"Whatever," he said slamming the door. Mimi curtsied towards Angel. They both giggled.
Later that night Mimi and Angel thought of a plan. They stared talking into the heating vent. They pretended to be ghosts. Then they heard freaked out Roger and Mark screaming, and then April tell them to stop.
The next night at 3:00 Roger, Mark, Collins, Benny, and Maureen thought of a plan. They lowered Maureen on a rope down by Mimi's window, and painted the window black.
At 8:00 a.m. Mimi woke up.
"Angel, what time is it?" She asked looking up. She guessed they just dropped where they landed last night.
"Chica, it's the middle of the night go to sleep," she heard from behind a pile of clothes. So Mimi fell asleep.
She woke up at 4:15 p.m. "Angel, how could it only be 4:15?" she glanced at the clock. She saw a red dot by the PM symbol. So she walked over to the deck and open the door. And sure enough it was light out.
She walked over to the vent.
"FUCK YOU!" she yelled up it.
End Flashback
"I remember that," Roger laughed.
"It wasn't funny," Mimi said.
"Good times, Good time," Mark said. Then Collins turned the page
A/N We know long chapter. So basically this story is all flashbacks. Hope ya like it!
Translation:
(Spanish)
Bechas: Bastards
Ways Mimi flicked them off (just if you wanted to know):
French- Hit your wrist together while hands in fists
English- Peace sign w/ palm facing inward
Chinese- Pinky up!