A/N: Another fic from me! Don't worry, ATCNOAG will be continued…I actually forgot about it[Gasps Bad, I know, but, that'll be continued, so, I will update that when I can. So, yes, it's Spring Awakening Rent style and yes…Angel and Collins are Melchior and Wendla. I promise I'll make that work…obviously, Angel and Collins can't have a baby together, but…just trust me, I'll make it work. And of course, the Rent gang are all teens.
Mamma Who Bore Me
"Mom," said Angel quietly, walking to her mom in the living room. She toke a deep breath. Her mother had to listen to him this time, she just had too, "I…I had a dream."
His mom looked up from her spot on the couch, giving her son a confused look.
"A dream?" she asked, raising her eyebrows.
"Yes," said Angel, taking a deep breath, "Mom…I dreamt…about a boy."
He looked at his feet, waiting for his mother's response. Whenever he tried to talk about him being unattracted to women, his mom always ignored him and didn't really listen. She told him he was being silly and that one day he'd fall in love and have a wife and kids like every man should.
And, he knew he was supposed to…he didn't know what was wrong with him. He remembered yesterday when he looked at Collins and suddenly had felt a blush creep to his cheek when he looked his way. He had no clue why that would happen. Collins had been his friends since elementary, and he had never made him blush before. Shouldn't women be making him blush?
What was wrong with him, he always wondered. He had told his mom about what had happened with Collins and she told her that she was just being silly and told her the right woman would come along soon…her blushing because of Collins meant nothing. Then, why did Angel think it meant something? And now, she was having dreams of him.
"Angel," said her mother, rolling her eyes, "Is this about you telling me that you aren't interested in girls? Angel, please stop worrying about this…you like woman just like every other normal boy, and have a family soon like a young man should-"
"Mom!" said Angel, looking up, suddenly a bit mad at his mom, "Mom! Please! Listen to me! I dreamt I kissed a boy…and I liked it!"
He screamed out the last words loudly so her mother would get what he meant. He was serious about this! Why didn't his mother understand? He was having odd feelings he shouldn't!
"Angel," said her mom, getting off the couch and faced her son and gave him a soft smile, "Angel…my dear Angel…forget about this…these dreams, these feelings mean nothing. In fact, it only means you should try harder to search for the right woman before you start having unnatural urges," she said and shuddered at the thought of the 'unnatural urges', "You will not have those…you're a sweet, normal boy, Angel,"
"Mom-" Angel tried again. He tried to tell her, to tell her he may be feeling these 'unnatural urges,' and that scared her. All his life he had been told he would go to Hell for these urges…and he tried not to feel them he did, but he couldn't help it, it just felt so…right.
"Not another word Angel!" said her mom, "You are a normal boy! I'll be in the kitchen if you need me!"
And with that she left. Angel sighed and flopped on the couch, hands in his head.
"I'll never know why I feel these things…never. Why won't she just listen to me?"
Meanwhile
"Mark," said Collins, shaking his head at his friend, "You are seriously going to fail the mid-terms if you don't stop and take a break."
"No," said Mark, from his spot on the desk, taking a break from his book to turn to his friend, "I'm going to fail if you don't stop distracting me. Look, Collins, I need to study, I can't fail this test, my dad will kill me!"
Collins shook his head and sighed, "Mark," he said, "You've studied for HOURS, there's NO WAY you could fail! Come on," he said, stealing his friend's book from his desk, "Maureen, Joanne and Angel were all going to the Life to have a little fun before we have to test all day, I was going to go with them."
"Give me that back!" said Mark and tried to reach for his book, but Collins instantly held it over his head, "Come on Collins! I have to study! I little studying wouldn't kill you too, you know!"
Collins smirked and shrugged, "I did study…yesterday…as that's good enough for me as far as I'm concerned."
"That's only because it's good enough for your dad," said Mark.
Collins sighed. Mr. Cohen, in his opinion, was an ass. He was always mad at Mark because he wasn't the 'perfect' kid like his sister was, and whenever he did badly, his dad was always very rough on him and his sister only taunted him, which didn't help matters. Sometimes Collins just wished Mrs. Cohen was a little less of a push-over. She was the only one in the family who seemed to show Mark any love, but, she would never argue with her husband or have a fight with her 'sweet daughter' on how they treated Mark.
"Are you sure you don't want to come?" Collins asked, "It'll be fun."
"I'm sure," said Mark, as he tried to jump and grab his book, "Have fun."
"Damn boy!" said Collins with a chuckle at the sight of Mark jumping up and down, "Calm down…" and handed the book back to Mark.
"Thank you," said Mark, taking the book and going back to his desk to study
"Just…" said Collins, "Don't wear yourself out."
"I won't," said Mark, turning to Collins and smiling at him, "Don't worry about me…I just need to study for a bit longer…you have fun."
Collins sighed, "Alright man," he said, "But, feel free to join us when you decide to stop…"
He sighed as he saw his friend was deep in his textbook. Sometimes he worried about that kid…sometimes he almost felt like something bad would happen to him if things kept going on like this. He quickly dismissed the thought and walked out to the Life.
