Three Months Later...
October 1987
Not much had changed since July. Roger and April were still going strong, and although we were all friends I felt like a third wheel most of the time. After a couple weeks I stopped following them on their various dates.
Sadly, I still couldn't fight my attraction to Roger. Everytime I saw him, electrifying sparks went up my spine. And when he smiled at me...oh, God. Words couldn't describe how amazing that felt. In an attempt to stop this, I began dating someone.
His name was Benjamin Coffin III. I just called him Benny. He was, to be honest...horrible. He was late for dates, called me in the middle of the night, and various other jerkish acts.
After my stint at Catscratch, I went off to the Life Cafe. It was a local cafe that served rather disguisting food, yet for some reason I absolutely loved it. I sat at a table to wait for Benny, who was supposed to be meeting me tonight.
A half hour later he still hadn't shown. This didn't suprise me. I began to light a cigarette when Benny came striding through the doors of the cafe. He planted a kiss on my cheek.
"Sorry I'm so late. I got held up at work." Benny worked in real estate. If I could say one nice thing about him, it's that he was extremely rich.
I rolled my eyes at him. "Whatever, Benny. I gotta get home," I said, standing up. Benny suddenly grabbed my arms and pulled me close to him.
"You sure you don't want to go back to my apartment and...do a little business?" He whispered seductevly in my ear. "My roommates are out. We'd have the place all to ourselves."
Two could play this game. "Depends," I whispered sexily. "Are we gonna do a little business, or a lotta business?"
"Whichever you prefer." Benny pressed his lips to mine.
"In that case, let's get going."
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Things were getting rather heated between me and Benny. Shortly after leaving the Life Cafe, Benny took me to his loft on Avenue B.
"You whore!"
"You cannibal!"
Both of us were rather into it. I hoped we weren't being too loud.
All of a sudden, the door opened. In th doorway stood a skinny blonde man with a camera and a scarf. Scarf Guy was holding hands with a pretty pale brunette. Next to Scarf Guy was Roger. My jaw dropped.
"Mimi?!" Roger looked furious.
"You two know each other?!" Benny looked from me to Roger, then back to me.
"Yes, but that's beside the point." Roger pointed to Benny. "Why the hell are you HERE?! And with my girlfriend's best friend? Dude, Benny, we kicked you out months ago!"
I looked at Benny, aghast. "You don't actually live here?!"
Benny sighed. "Look, I can explain-"
The brunette lunged forward. Scarf Guy held her back. "I don't think ALLISON would approve!"
I looked back and forth between everyone while they argued. "Whose Allison?"
The room went silent. Scarf Guy and Roger exchanged a glance. "Allison is Benny's wife," the guy with the scarf said awkwardly.
I jumped up off the couch. "You're MARRIED?!"
Roger walked forward, his face totally serious. "Out. Out now." He pushed Benny towards the door. Benny tossed his key to Scarf Guy and left.
The brunette pounded on a wall. "What a SCUMBAG!" she yelled.
Roger looked at me. "Mimi, I'm so sorry this happened. Benny must've still kept the key, and obviously he didn't want his wife to find out about you-"
"Whatever. It's fine," I interrupted. "These must be your roommates."
He nodded. "That's Mark, and his girlfriend Maureen."
I waved to them.
Roger gestured to me. "Guys, this is Mimi, April's best friend."
"Nice to meet you." Maureen smiled. "Mark, stop filming."
Mark lowered his camera. "Sorry."
I laughed. "Well, this has been amusing, but I should get going."
"I'll walk you out," Roger said, turning to the door. At that moment, the phone rang. No one made any notion to get it.
"Aren't you gonna answer that?" I asked.
"Nah, we just screen it," replied Mark. "It's never anything interesting, anyway."
The answering machiene beeped. "Hey, Roger, it's April-"
Roger ran to pick up the phone. "Hey, April, what's up?" He asked casually. "Uh huh. Yeah, I remember. Wh-wait, what?! Oh, God. I'll be right there. Yeah, I'll tell her. Just stay there, we're coming." He hung up, looking pale.
"Roger? What is it?" Maureen asked, concerned.
Roger looked at me. "Mimi, we gotta go. April needs us."
A/N: CLIFFHANGERRRRR. =D You guys probably know what happens already....whatever. xD
