Chapter 5

Joanne was at working sitting behind her desk, just finishing up some work, when all of a sudden there was a buzzing noise.

"Ms Jefferson?" A voice came on Joanne's speaker.

Joanne held down the button. "Yes?"

"Someone by the name of Angel is out here to see you; do you wish for me to send her in?"

"Yes please." Joanne answered.

A few minutes later the door to Joanne's office opened up, and Angel walked in quickly taking a seat in front of her desk.

"So we have a problem..." Angel began.

Joanne nodded. "Yeah a Collins Maureen problem?"

Angel sighed while leaning back, and crossing her legs. "I watch him, he'll sit there on the couch, then get this huge smile, reach for the phone, pull back, and then look to me, and ask if I want to go to some rally thing..."

Joanne shook her head. "Maureen tried to get me to go to some protest..."

"Then when you say no dose she go curl up in bed?" Angel asked.

Joanne nodded in agreement.

"He even dared me to eat salt..."Angel said with a grossed out expression.

Joanne snickered. "Maureen wanted me to time her, so she could see if she could drink an entire carton of milk in under one minute."

Angel giggled. "Sugar I think your girl needs to get her stomach pumped."

"I think my girl needs her best friend back. I don't like seeing her like this; she just lays around all day. I mean I love when she is home with me, but not like this." Joanne said.

"We need to get them back together somehow..." Angel suggested.

They both sat and thought about it for a few moments, until Angel's face brighten up.

"I got it; lets do a Life Cafe get together."

Joanne smirked. "Perfect...when?"

"Friday? It's tomorrow." Angel answered.

"Sounds good to me."

"They love to get drunk, so this just might work." Angel said with a grin. "Anyways I have to head back now; I was sent out to get some food."

Joanne nodded, as she walked Angel to the door.

"See you tomorrow." Joanne said while giving Angel a quick hug.

When Angel arrived home Collins was on the couch in sweat pants, and a sweat shirt. There were empty chip bags lying all around, and the TV was turned up loud.

"She's a liar!" Collins shouted while throwing a chip at the TV.

Angel sighed as she walked closer. "Have you been sitting there all day?"

Collins shrugged. "So what...I have nothing to do anyways...besides you when you are home." He then smiled from ear to ear. "Speaking of doing you, you wanna maybe...?"

Angel smirked but then pushed Collins back. "How about you take a shower first?"

Collins slowly stood up; before he began walking he turned to face Angel. "You want to maybe join me?"

Angel grinned as she jumped up and followed him to the bathroom. "Oh before I forget, we are all having a Life Cafe get together tomorrow."

Collins only nodded as he pulled Angel in the bathroom, shutting the door behind them, and then bringing her in for a long kiss.

Joanne walked into the apartment expecting to find Maureen lying on the couch, but instead the door to their balcony was open, and she spotted Maureen sitting outside in the cold. Joanne scrunched up her face in confusion, and headed out side, as she got closer she could smell something familiar.

"Maureen?" Joanne called out as she stepped outside.

Maureen jumped at the sudden voice, and turned her head to face Joanne. "Hey baby, come join me."

Joanne smiled at the chipper voice. As she got closer Maureen brought something to her lips, lingering it there for a moment, and then bringing it down only so she could blow out smoke. Joanne stood in front of Maureen, Maureen looked up and smiled.

"Kiss pookie?" Maureen asked with a pout of her lips.

Joanne studied Maureen, taking in her glossy eyes, and eerie expression. "Maureen are you high?"

Maureen giggled. "Well I am on the tenth floor of an apartment building, so it's safe to say I'm pretty high."

Joanne shook her head as she reached down, and pulled a joint out of Maureen's hand. "Oh my god you're high!"

"Give it back!" Maureen demanded as she clawed at Joanne's hand.

Joanne shook her head. "I thought you stopped this?"

Maureen shrugged. "I did...but then I went for a walk today, and then I saw someone smoking some, and it reminded me of Collins, so I thought maybe if I did a little it would help me remember what he looks like..." By the end of her sentence there were tears streaming down her face.

Joanne quickly put out the substance and gathered Maureen's face in her hands. "Honeybear if you want to talk to him, then call him! He misses you as much as you miss him."

Maureen pulled away and dramatically sighed. "No he doesn't...he has Angel!"

"Maureen he misses you, I talked to Angel trust me!" Joanne said.

Maureen just sat there for a moment processes everything, until finally she looked Joanne in the eyes. "Joanne?" She said quietly.

"Yes?" Joanne asked with hopeful eyes.

Maureen held out her arms. "Hold me?"

Joanne rolled her eyes towards her girlfriend, but she couldn't resist and brought Maureen into a warm embrace. They held it for a long time, until Joanne pulled away.

"We are all getting together at the Life tomorrow...maybe he'll be there, and you two can talk." Joanne said.

Maureen nodded. "Maybe."

"How about we go inside now?" Joanne asked.

Maureen slowly stood up, wrapping her arms around the lawyer, as they both walked into the warmth of the apartment.

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Not my best chapter, but I needed a filler...you know?