Houseguest
"But pookie why!" Maureen whined, as she followed Joanne down the hall, and into the spare bedroom.
Joanne sighed as she made up the bed. "Because, Collins went out of town, and Angel is our friend, and no offence to your old living arrangements, but I will not have Angel spend the weekend at the loft, when she can spend it here in a nice, comfy, clean bed."
Maureen huffed. "But why can't she spend the weekend with Mimi?"
"Did you not just hear my answer?" Joanne asked.
"Why doesn't Mimi live with us then? She lives in the loft building." Maureen augured.
"Why does it matter anyways? Angel is our friend, why don't you want her spending the weekend, do you not like her?" Joanne asked.
Maureen flopped on the bed before Joanne could start making it. "I love Angel, but this means I'll never get to be alone with you."
Joanne rolled her eyes. "That would be your reason."
Maureen smiled and propped herself up with her elbow, while she drew circles on the sheets. "Come on pookie, I hardly saw you all week, don't you want to be with me?"
"Move, I'm trying to make the bed before she gets here." Joanne said irritated. "We wont be spending that much time together anyway, I have that big case I'm working on remember?"
Before Maureen could argue some more, there was a knock at the door.
"Could you get that?" Joanne asked.
Maureen groaned, and rolled off the bed, and gradually made her way to the door, she looked through the peephole, and couldn't help but catch Angel's contagious smile.
Finally Maureen opened the door, and welcomed Angel in. "Welcome to my home."
Angel's smile got bigger as she pulled Maureen into a hug. "Thanks for letting me stay here chica."
Maureen smirked. "Anytime! You know, you are always welcome to stay here."
Joanne walked out of the spare bedroom, and over to the two. "Welcome Angel, I'll take your stuff, and show you, your room."
"Thanks sweetie." Angel said, as she followed Joanne down the hall. "And thanks for letting me spend the week. I hope I'm not intruding on your mojo alone time."
Joanne let out a small laugh. "Oh no not at all, I would give up mojo alone time, for you any day."
"You're too kind." Angel said smiling.
Maureen just rolled her eyes, as she followed the two into the bedroom.
"This is your room for the weekend." Joanne said as she set Angel's stuff down. "Make yourself at home."
"This bed is huge!" Angel said, as she looked the king size bed over. "Collins and I share a double."
"I picked it out." Maureen said with triumph.
"I'll let you get settled in, if you need anything, I'll be in the office…or just ask Maureen." Joanne said.
"Okay, thanks again." Angel said, as she set her suitcase on the bed.
"I'll let you unpack." Maureen said, as she headed for the door. "If you need anything I'll be out in the living room."
"Okay." Angel replied.
Ten minutes later, Angel emerged from the bedroom, and made her way to the living room, to find Maureen entranced by the TV. She carefully sat next to the diva, and glanced at the television.
"Titanic, I love this movie." Angel said in a whisper.
Maureen slowly looked towards Angel. "Me too, you already missed the first half."
Angel shrugged. "That's okay, I seen it so many times, I can probably react the whole thing for you."
Maureen smiled brightly. "Me too!"
A couple of minutes later, Maureen looked back at Angel.
Hey Angel, you want some popcorn?"
Angel leaned back and made herself comfortable. "I would love some!"
Five minutes later, Maureen came back in the living room with a bowl of popcorn in her hand. She settled back down on the couch, and got comfortable.
Sometime later, Joanne walked out of her office for a small break, only stopping when she saw Angel and Maureen crying.
"What's wrong?" Joanne asked.
Maureen sniffled. "Jack…he's gone."
Joanne rolled her eyes. "You watching Titanic again?"
Maureen nodded as she wiped a stray tear.
"It's okay chica, she gets to see him in the end." Angel said while dabbing her face with a Kleenex.
"That's the part of the movie that gets me the most." Maureen said.
Joanne just shook her head. "I will never understand how this movie makes people cry?"
"Because you're heartless!" Maureen said. "Tin man, why don't you go to Oz and get a heart!"
"This is why I don't like you watching this movie, you get cranky." Joanne said, while walking away. "I'll be back in the office if you need me."
A little bit later the movie ended, and Angel and Maureen cried out their feelings. After they wiped away their tears, Maureen's stomach grumbled.
"Hungry?" Angel asked.
Maureen shrugged. "A little, are you? We can order pizza, I can't cook, I tried but I almost burned down the kitchen, Joanne can though but she is working on that case."
"Save your money sugar, I'll cook us all something." Angel said with a bright smile.
"You cook?" Maureen asked in disbelief.
Angel nodded. "I just need you to show me where everything is."
"That I can do!" Maureen said.
A half hour later, Joanne walked back out to see what everyone was up too. She rubbed her eyes when she saw Maureen setting the table; she then walked more into the kitchen to see Angel pouring spaghetti into a bowl.
"You cooked." Joanne said with a smile. "And you got Maureen to set the table, you really must be an Angel."
Angel smirked as she brought out the food and set in down. "We didn't want to bother you while you where working. So take a break, and we will all have a nice dinner together."
"Thank you Angel." Joanne said. "You didn't have to do this, you are the guest."
"It's okay, I wanted to." Angel said.
All three of them sat at the table and began eating.
"This is really good Angel." Maureen said with a mouth full of food.
Joanne shook her head. "Maureen, please swallow before you talk."
"Sorry." Maureen said, with food still in her mouth.
About twenty minutes later they all sat around the table, digesting their meal.
"I'll clean up." Maureen said as she stood up and grabbed everyone's dish.
"You will?" Joanne asked surprised.
"Yeah." Maureen said giving her an 'I can't believe you're surprised' look.
Once she was out of the room, Joanne smiled towards Angel. "She is only doing this because you're here."
Angel giggled. "Well I'm glad I motivate the drama queen. Now don't you have a case to work on?"
Joanne nodded.
"Well go work on it, I'll help Maureen, and make sure she doesn't break anything."
"Are you sure?" Joanne asked. "I feel bad, you shouldn't be cleaning anything."
"Joanne Jefferson, you have a job to do, now go and leave me and Maureen to do the cleaning."
"Okay," Joanne said as she stood up and walked away. "If you need anything…"
"I know, you'll be in the office, I'm sure we will be fine." Angel said with a bright grin.
After Angel and Maureen cleaned up, they settled down in front of the TV, and watched some TV shows for a couple of hours.
"Well chica, I think I'm going to go take a shower before I get ready for bed." Angel said, as the credits to the last show rolled.
Maureen stood up. "Okay, follow me I'll show you where everything is."
After showing Angel all the stuff, Maureen lazily fell onto the couch. Joanne came back out and noticed she was alone.
"Where's Angel? You didn't scare her away did you?" Joanne asked jokingly.
Maureen shook her head. "She's in the shower."
Joanne nodded, and smiled. "Well since we're alone…"
Maureen smiled at the thought, so she pulled Joanne down on her, and they began a make out session.
Five minutes later, Joanne broke it apart. "Okay lets stop before Angel comes back out."
"But pookie." Maureen pouted.
Before Maureen could whine some more, Angel walked out of the bathroom, and into the living room.
"Hey Angel." Maureen said, as she flicked the TV back on, Maureen however flicked the TV off and took another glance at her friend. "Angel?"
"That's my name." Angel replied.
"You look different…" Maureen began.
"She…he? Umm…" Joanne started but was unsure of what to say.
Angel smirked. "I'm out of drag…so you can call me a he."
"Wow, I don't think I ever seen you out of drag." Maureen said as she stood up, and looked him over.
"Don't stare." Joanne said.
Maureen backed away and smiled. "Nice, you know Angel, you look amazing as both a women and a guy."
"Thanks sweetie. Well I'm kind of tried, I just wanted to come out here and say goodnight."
"Night." Maureen and Joanne replied.