Copyright: I do not own all characters in this story, they were created by Jonathan Larson.
SUMMARY: Maureen and Collins friendship fic. Character death. Major.
MAIN: Maureen, Collins, Joanne.
The rest of the cast are in the background all through story.
ANGEL LIVES!!!!!!!
CHAPTER 1: "The Loveboat…. La la la la…"
"Baby when are you coming to bed?"
I felt my eyes roll and looked towards the ceiling for help.
Not tonight…. I thought, not now. I looked over at the paperwork piled in front of me from my fresh batch of cases from the office, nearly all of them hopeless. I don't know why I let myself get this far in my work, I don't enjoy it and the atmosphere around the firm is changing, it not a happy place to work anymore. It could just be me…I'm not exactly the little go getter I once was when I first started out, in my first firm I was so excited I would take any case thrown at me and work my ass off till I was eating, sleeping and thinking my case days on end. But it paid off. I got my first promotion at 25 and was made partner at the new firm just after three years.
It is still rewarding, changing peoples lives for the better, but now all the interest is gone. I know what to expect everyday, same old cases, same old bitter judges etc. This one case I'm working on, a wife wanting half the profits made by her husbands business that he co-founded with her. A great case, but the wife is impossible to talk to. She's already rich and probably just wants the money for petty arguments sake. Blah. This coffee is terrible.
"Pookie??"
Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you about that. Me and Maureen that is, we kinda hit a rough patch, not much difference to others but still we always made it through those. This one is more complicated… I love her, I really do, but then again I might be saying that to convince myself I do. Oh I don't know! There are just ways that she knows how to push me and she uses them at every opportunity, it gets tiring after 6 months. All her flirting, and being 'friendly' with practically any woman in eye and earshot. And she expects me to be fine with it all, well I'm not, and I don't think I ever will be….
I scowl as I close the cupboard door,
"Maureen!? Where the hell is the coffee??"
"What d'you say??" Maureen came bouncing out of the bedroom in a flimsy second hand ¾ length kimono type robe.
"I asked you where the coffee was as I was about to make some. I thought I bought some just three days ago???"
"Oh coffee….oh! I think I gave it to Mimi as she said she was out"
"So you gave her ours???"
"Yup"
"Great. No coffee"
"We could get some down at the Life"
I looked at the clock on the wall behind me,
"At 2 in the morning?? Mo it gonna be closed, not all places stay open at night like you're little clubs"
Maureen bit her thumb nail…
I wish she would stop that
"Ooo I know!" she stated after a period of time, her eyes sparkling.
"What?"
"There's a new place opened just round the corner! I think its one of those 24 hour stores or something!"
"Oh great, you wanna go shopping!?"
"No silly, they have a coffee place in there!"
"Hun we can just forget about the coffee, I'll buy some on my way home from work tomorrow"
"No! you want coffee, I'll bring you coffee…or to the coffee" she giggled
"I'm not going out now im too tired"
"all the more reason to go! Ha."
Oh she got me there.
30 mins later we arrived, it didn't take that long to walk it's just that Maureen had to choose between 2 different outfits before leaving.
"Mo, I don't think people are gonna worry what you look like at 2 in the morning"
"well I do, and besides you never know who mite be looking"
see what I mean??
When we got there, I think I saw three people in the entire store and none of them were interested in buying things. It was fairly big, but not a market. It had the essentials; milk, bread, fruits, vegetables – those in which Maureen steered away from immediately.
She grabbed my hand and located me towards the cafeteria area, which was desolate.
"Mo this place looks dead, maybe not such a good idea huh?"
"Oh come on, just one cup?"
I looked around some more. I shivered.
"Okay one cup then we scram kay?"
"Yes'm"
Three cups later and Maureen was very very hyper and would not stop singing the theme song from Loveboat – getting most words wrong but knowing that the word loveboat was in there reassured her she was getting it right.
"Mo come on it's getting late, I have to be up early and u have a protest to plan"
"Oh spoil sport!" she giggled
I just stood up and waited for her to join me, one verse later we were on our way back to our apartment.
We were just about to turn the corner when Maureen grabbed me and spun me around, standing in front of me she was looking like a little girl, he hair all curly and shiny, her eyes bright. Mostly from the caffeine, but still she looked cute.
Then she kissed me. Hard.
I felt nothing…
To be continued!!!
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Later!
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