A big hello to those who have stuck by me! I know the cliffhanger sucked, and the wait was a bit too long, but here is the much-anticipated second chapter! You get to know what Roger did!

Disclaimer: I don't own RENT (tear, sniffle, sniffle), or anything you recognize, or Kinky Boots. Don't know what that is? Google it! Or preferably, see it!

"So," she said, conversationally "why'd you do it?"

Flashback Roger's POV

Roger was sitting on a bar stool downing his 10th shot, just as Mark walked in because the bartender called thinking he would need a ride home.

"Come on, Markie," Roger slurred, "Have a drink. 'Son me"

"Roger, what the hell?" Mark said, shocked his friend would get this wasted.

"Oh, come on, Markie. Don't be such a tight ass."

Mark had to process this five times before he could understand what his rocker friend said.

"Let's go, Rog. Mimi is freaking out because you're not home. It's fucking three in the morning!" He saw that Roger wasn't moving so he grabbed his friends arm and started to pull.

"Ow! What the fuck, man?!" Roger screamed.

Mark was really confused, so he grabbed Roger's arm, gently this time, and rolled up his leather sleeve. He let out a loud gasp at what he saw.

Track marks. Roger shot up.

"Roger, did you do heroin tonight?" Mark was appalled that his recovering junkie of a friend would risk everything he worked so hard on.

Roger giggled drunkenly. "That's not all I did." He motioned Mark to lean in. He could smell the strong scent of alcohol from the foot away he was, but he leaned in. "I went to a strip joint and--"

Mark leaned away from Roger, for he knew what was next. "Come on. We're leaving now."

Mark finally won a few minutes later after Roger almost passed out on the floor.

"I don't know Meems. I'm sorry, okay? I was wasted; I didn't know what I was doing! I'm sorry I cheated on you, I'm sorry I got drunk." Roger was groveling.

"Roger, stop. That's not what I care about." He gave her an extremely puzzled look. She continued "What I do care about is that you shot up. How could you do that? And after everything we worked on! I don't know if I can look at the person who helped me quit! I'm going to Angel's." She grabbed her coat. "Don't wait up."

Roger just stood there in a daze. He couldn't move. He didn't want to move. He stood there for what felt like an eternity, but snapped back when he heard the phone ring with Collins's voice on the other end.

(Collins and Angel's apartment)

"Dude what the hell did you do to Mimi?" Collins commanded. Mimi was sobbing into Angel out of drag shoulder while he just hugged her and led her to the other room.



"Well?" Collins waited.

"I shot up," Roger said, ashamed.

"What the fuck did you do that for?" Collins said so loudly he saw Angel give him a "shut-up" look.

"That's not all. I cheated on her too. But I was wasted," he added quickly.

"And that's an excuse?!" Collins yelled again, "You know how many times I've been wasted? And how many times have I even thought about cheating on Angel? Never!"

"Look, man, to get the complete details, call Mark. He's the one I told my drunken escapades to."

"Man, get yourself together. We're going to Marks in five minutes." Collins hung up the phone. He, then, walked into his and Angel's bedroom, where Mimi was trying to calm down. He sat down and put a comforting arm around Mimi.

"How are you doing?" he asked, lovingly.

"A bit better. I know he's sorry but that was just horrible what he did. God! What is wrong with him?" which brought more bouts of sobbing. She tucked her head into Angel's chest wetting his already soaked shirt.

"Don't worry, Mimi. I'm taking him to Mark's right now, and we're going to try to talk some sense into that boy, or we'll kick his skinny, white ass to China," he said, which made Mimi giggle a bit. Angel knew that it would be easier now to talk to her and calm her down. He mouthed a "thank you" to Collins as he left the room.

(Mark, Maureen, and Joann's apartment) (See A/N at end)

"… and then I finally dragged him to the cab." Mark finished his story as Roger and Collins sat on the couch, Collins in shock and Roger, ashamed. Maureen and Joann had gone away for a romantic trip for the week.

Roger couldn't remember anything before 10'o'clock last night, but now he had the details he told Mark, and they were more than he wanted to know.

Collins just sat there processing what he had heard. "Man, you know Mimi is at my house right now and she can't stop crying." He spat the words out for maximum effect. And Roger sure as hell felt them.

"I tried apologizing for everything, but she said she didn't care about the cheating or the drinking, although I'm sure she will in the long run, but she said what she cared about most was the fact that I shot up. Not that I blame her, because I was the one who helped her through the hellish nightmare of withdraw, and I hated seeing her suffer so much and I would never want anyone to go through that. I love her too much."

"Well, did you try talking to her?" Mark asked.

"Thank you, Captain Obvious. Yes, I did." Roger retorted.

"How about doing something so romantic that she has to forgive you?" Collins suggested. "Have you done a nice dinner with candles and wine and a ring?"

"Ring? I heard ring right? Mark, did you hear ring?" Roger was a commit-aphobe. He was panicking. He knew that he and Mimi had been together for about five years and they were equally happy. At least he thought they were.

(Collins and Angel's bedroom)

"Hush, now. Calm down, honey. It'll be okay. Calmarse, se va a estar bien. Él te ama demasiado. SHH. Remember that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Remember when Collins forgot my birthday?" Angel smiled at the memory. (A/N 2)



Mimi laughed at the memory. "You mean the one where you tied him up and--"

"Yeah, that was my favorite one because I knew he was sorry of mistake." He looked at his best friend, and said "Want to watch a movie? I just bought 'Kinky Boots.'"

"I'm sorry, but what the fuck is that?" Mimi was genuinely confused. Did her best friend want to watch a dirty movie with her?

As if reading her mind he said "No, it's nothing like that. It's this hilarious British comedy about this drag queen--"

"Of course." Mimi rolled her eyes. "Let's watch it."

The two spent the next two hours watching one of the funniest movies ever. While Mark and Collins helped Roger set up his and Mimi's apartment as silently as possible.

Okay, thank you for sticking with me for this long and I'm sorry for the wait and another cliffhanger. I've been having some horrid writers block, so there may not be another chapter for a few days. Don't hit me!

A/N: Mark moved in with his ex and her girlfriend because Benny was an ass and evicted him

A/N 2: Okay that is a completely different story. It's called "Bound" and it is my all time favorite story on this website. It is written by Mrs. Angel Collins.

Translation: Calm down, It'll be okay. He loves you too much. Shh.