AN:Chapter 2 comin' at ya! I'll try not to drag the story out for too long. We find out who the mysterious person who attacked Maureen in the first chapter is. Dun dun duuun... Ok, so here we go with the story

Disclaimer: Don't own Rent or the characters, I just own this story line.

Summary: Maureen takes a job working at a school, what will she get herself into? (Warning: could get dramatic!)

Rating: T for some language, and references to child abuse

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Maureen got up from the floor, and took her headphones out of her ears. "You!" she said coldly to her attacker. "What are you doing here?" she questioned.

"Does that matter? No, but what does is that someone went and opened her big mouth."

" You hit and degraded a child!" responded Maureen angrily.

"Lies!" shouted Mrs. Snider. "All that child does is lie!"

"Hey sugar, you ready?" asked the always-perky voice of Angel. "What's with all the yelling?"

Maureen almost forgot that Angel was picking her up from work today.

"Ha, and what is that supposed to be?" Mrs. Snider asked looking disgusted at Angel.

"Hi" answered Angel casually."I'm Angel."

" You leave my friends out of this!" warned Maureen. "And you'd better stay the hell away from Aeryn!"

"You testify against me, and I'll inform the school board of your distasteful lifestyle," replied Mrs. Snider cooly. "Good day." With that, she left the room.

"God!" cried Maureen "I hate her so much!"

"Now honey," said Angel. "You know hate is a strong word."

"Yeah, but Angel, you don't know what she's like, what she did." Then Maureen told Angel the whole story.

"Oh that is horrible!" stated a very shocked and saddened Angel. "How is she even a teacher?"

"I don't know" answered Maureen

"So, are you gonna testify?" Angel asked

"Of course!" Maureen had her mind made up. "She is not getting away with this."

"But if she does what she says she's going do, you could lose your job," Angel pointed out.

"Not necessarily," said Maureen smirking. "I'm dating a lawyer, remember?"

So all the bohemians met up at the loft and discussed what to do about Aeryn's case, which Joanne agreed to take on. Everyone agreed that this so-called teacher had to be stopped. "So, let me get this straight, " said Joanne. "First, she picks on a child, and now, you?"

"Unbelievable" Collins spoke up. "No one picks on my girl, Mo."

"Did she leave a bruise?" asked Mark . Maureen showed everyone the bruise that was left on her face.

"Well she has crossed the line!" Joanne said putting an arm around Maureen. "I think we have a case!"

"Poor kid," Mimi said sadly. "Picked on just because she's Spanish. I can kind of relate". Roger, Mimi's boyfriend circled his arms around her waist, and kissed her gently on her forehead. He knew she didn't have the best childhood.

"Hey guys!" Maureen said excitedly. "I could plan a protest!"

Everyone thought this would be a great idea for once, instead of groaning like they usually did when Maureen mentioned "protest". Maureen worked most of the weekend on her protest. She really wanted to do this; for children everywhere, for herself, and, most of all, for Aeryn.

Maureen returned to work on Monday to a very big surprise. She walked down the hall to the familiar classroom only to find the new teacher was someone she already knew. "Collins?" she asked in surprise.

AN: Sorry the chapter was a little bit short. Next chapter will most likely be the protest. Yay! I probably won't be able to update until Sunday-ish.