A/N: I own nothing. Follow along. The gang is around 30 and Angel is alive.


Maureen woke up in the middle of the night and went out to the balcony, for a smoke, and a moment to think.

"She's going to be a mother." She chuckled at the idea, Roger and Mimi were good people and would make good parents, she was sure of that; but Alphabet city was not exactly the best place to raise a child. "Their screwed." she said trying to picture Roger raising a child.

"Honeybear?" she turned around to see Joanne

"Hi pookie." She put on a smile "what are you doing up?"

"I was going to ask you the same thing. You seemed a little distant at the party. Everything alright?"

"I was just thinking about what Angel said." She said dropping her cigarette and putting out the flame

"Angel said a lot of things. And half the time she was drunk." Joanne pointed out

"About Roger and Mimi being the only people who can have a child."

"Honey, if you want a child we could adopt one."

"A child of my own." She said

"What's the matter with adoption?"

"Nothing. It's just every child who is adopted lives their lives with secrets." She said leaning on the railing "Like who their parents are; and why I wasn't good enough for them?"

"Oh Maureen." Joanne wrapped her arms around her waist "How come you never told me?"

"It doesn't matter. I want a baby. And because of who I am, I can't have one." Joanne opened her mouth to protest "with the person I love."

"Do you really want a child?" Maureen nodded "Listen to me." Joanne said "If you really want one, we can go through some local agencies, and maybe we could find a child for us. Just the two of us. And it'll be ours."

"But it won't be ours."

"Yes it will. It will be ours, because we will raise the baby ourselves."

"Okay. But I don't think we can handle two babies. Shouldn't we pick a kid a little older?" she proposed

"Like eight?"

"Like thirteen."

"You want a teenager?"

"I think it'd be fun."

"We'll look at it in the morning. But for now." She yawned "let's get some sleep."

"I'll be in, in a sec." said Maureen and Joanne left. She looked out into the city I'm going to be a mother. And Mimi is having a baby. What have we gotten ourselves into now?