Love Or Something Like it.

Mimi looked around The Life Café, her eyes scanning the usually alive restaurant. But today was different, nobody was drinking, nobody was laughing, the only noise that could be heard was sobbing. The usual inappropriate body contact, replaced by an uncomfortable hug, followed by an "I'm sorry."

I can't believe you left me here, I was supposed to go first not you. Now I have to deal with all the pain and suffering alone. How could you do this to me, you said you loved me, you said you would always be around. Now I have to deal with your family, most importantly your mother…will she ever stop crying?

Mimi's scanning eyes came to a stop on Roger's mother. Joanne was speaking to her, and was now wrapping her into a soothing hug, something Joanne was always good at. The lawyer seemed to at least calm Mrs. Davis down a bit.

"Hey." A voice from behind her called out, causing her to pull her eyes away.

"Hey Collins." Mimi weakly smirked.

"How are you doing?" Collins kindly asked.

"Please don't…" Mimi quietly said. "I had enough of that today, and I lied every time. I'm not okay, I'm a mess, I lost the love of my life, and hearing that question keeps reminding me that it's real."

"Sorry…" Collins said while placing his hand on her shoulder.

"It's okay…" Mimi replied, and then turned around to give the taller man a hug. He was the only one who understood. They both lost the same thing, and right now all she wanted him to do was hold her. "Tell me its okay Collins. Tell me everything is going to get better."

Collins pulled her in close, rocking their bodies together, while whispering words of comfort into her ear. After a couple of minutes, Mimi pulled away from the hug, her cheeks stained with tears.

"I can't do this anymore…" Mimi said. "I need to get out of here."

"Do you want me to come with?" Collins asked with worry.

Mimi shook her head. "No, I'm just going back to the loft."

Collins watched with sadness as the dancer fled the restaurant, he was scared for her, and scared she was going to do something she regretted.

"Is she okay?" Mark asked, his eyes witnessing the entire thing from the back of the room.

Collins shrugged. "It's going to take time."

Mimi ran into the loft, tears now pouring down her face. The fact that Roger was gone forever finally hitting, and hitting her hard, causing a pool of water and emotion to escape from her eyes. She slammed the door shut and then scanned around the empty loft for a place to sulk. She wanted to be alone and didn't want anyone to find her. Quickly she made it to the bathroom, and climbed in the tub, pulling the curtain closed, where she let the rest of her tears drain.

How could you do this to me?

After what seemed like an hour, Mimi sat in the tub, her eyes fixated on the wall in front of her. Just as she was about to get up and wash off her face, she heard giggling, and then the bathroom door opened up.

"See…" Maureen's voice could be heard. "I told you no one would be here."

Mimi's mouth fell open, was Joanne and Maureen going to have sex at a time like this?

"But what if somebody walks in?" The other voice asked, indicating that it wasn't Joanne after all.

Mimi flew a hand over her mouth to try and stop herself from gasping out loud, Maureen was about to have sex with another women.

"That's why I picked the bathroom." Maureen slyly replied, her fingers now locking the door. "Problem solved."

Before Mimi could interrupt anything, she heard more giggling.

"Mmmm Maureen, you're like a professional."

"More like a Goddess." Maureen corrected. "Say it…" The diva then demanded.

"You're a goddess." The girl replied, "Oh Maureen" She moaned. "You're my goddess" The word now repeating until Maureen satisfied her.

"Now…" Maureen smirked, while pulling the girl closer, and then processed to seductively whisper in her ear, "Its time for you to pleasure your goddess."

Mimi covered her ears through the entire thing, not wanting to come out in the middle of Maureen's fun time. Finally after what seemed like forever, the two ended their fun.

"Let's do this again sometime." The girl brightly said, while she wrote down her number on Maureen's hand. "I'd be happy to make your sadness disappear again."

Maureen only smirked as she read the number, and then let the girl give her a kiss on the cheek, before she happily bounced out of the bathroom.

Maureen closed the door, sighed, and then scrubbed the number off of her hand. Once the number was completely off, she reached in her pocket and grabbed a cigarette, quickly lighting it up. Sure the sex she just had made her forget about the lost of her friend, but that was only temporary, and now the sadness was seeping back in.

Right has Maureen exhaled some smoke, Mimi pulled back the shower curtain to reveal herself.

Maureen jumped back in fear. "Jesus Christ!"

Mimi glared at her, a little bit of anger building up inside. "Nice way to respect the lost of one of your good friends."

Maureen was speechless, the only thing she could do was watch as Mimi stormed out of the bathroom, and slam the door in her face.

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Yeah...I plan on making this a Maureen/Mimi fic. So if you don't like them together, then I wouldn't read the rest of the story...

Title might change...

My first chapter was based off of the movie Catch and Release (Such a good movie! I don't own it!) That's the only idea i'm going to take from that movie, the rest of the story will hopefully come from my mind!

I don't Own Rent.

Enjoy the rest of the story!