A/N: I would like to dedicate this chapter to my amazing family, especially to my older sister, Hadassah, for always being supportive, loving, and crazy!

Disclaimer: Okay I don't own RENT; you don't have to go rubbing it in my face by making me write a stupid disclaimer. goes off in to corner and cries

Hey Mister, She's my Sister

Joanne's POV

Joanne climbed the stairs up to the room that she shared with her sister, Ginny. She felt confused and upset, and the radio blasting Love Song was not exactly helping. She sat on her bed as Ginny danced around the room, and suddenly began to cry. Joanne Jefferson is not the kind of person who cries, so this just added to the amount of confusion that she was feeling. She sat their having tears silently run down her face, so quiet in fact, that Ginny did not notice her until the song had ended and she sat down breathlessly on a chair, facing Joanne.

"Jo, what's wrong, are you okay?" Ginny asked, her voice full of concern.

"What's it like to be in love?" She asked, hoping for an answer that was completely different from what she had been feeling.

"Well it's complicated, no one can really tell you what it's like, you just know. I mean, your heart gets all fluttery and your stomach feels like it's tied up in knots and you feel excited whenever you're with that person." She answered.

"And do your thoughts keep drifting back to that person even when you're focusing on something else?" Joanne asked, feeling like she already knew the answer.

"Yep. Wait, Jo, are you in love?!" Ginny had her "light bulb moment" and was so happy that her little sister was growing up. Joanne on the other hand, was thinking something along the lines of "This sucks."

"I think so." Joanne said as she buried her head in her hands.

"That's so exciting, Jo's in love with a boy!" Ginny exclaimed, as if this was the greatest thing to ever happen to human kind. She noticed that Joanne's face was still buried in her hands and then asked realized something. "Unless" she muttered to herself "Jo, is it a girl?" Joanne nodded and proceeded to cry even harder.

"Jo, don't worry, that is totally okay. It's not bad or abnormal or anything." Ginny said as she wrapped her arms around her little sister. "Who is she?" she asked.

"This absolutely amazing girl in my drama class named Maureen." She answered.

"Well, do you have any school projects that you could work on together? That way you could invite her over to our house." Ginny hoped that this would make her sister feel a bit better.

"We have something for the talent show that we could do together, it has to be finished pretty soon." She said hopping up from her bed and dried her eyes. "Thanks Ginny, you are the absolute best!" Joanne rushed down the stairs to her backpack, where she found the piece of paper with all of her friend's phone numbers. She then got her house phone, took a deep breath, and dialed Maureen's number. Someone picked up after two rings.

Maureen's POV

"Johnson residence, this is Ben speaking." Maureen's little brother answered the phone.

"Hi Ben, this is Joanne Jefferson, may I speak to your older sister, Maureen." asked a quiet voice on the other end.

"Sure, hold on for a minute." He then hollered up the stairs. "MO, THERE'S A GIRL NAMED JOANNE ON THE PHONE WHO WANTS TO TALK TO YOU." Apparently being loud ran in the family.

Maureen raced downstairs and took the phone from Ben. She mouthed a quick "Thanks" to him as she put the phone to her ear.

"Hey Joanne, what's up?" She asked casually, feeling elated that Joanne had called.

"I was wondering if you wanted to come over to my house to work on the song for the talent show." Her friend told her.

"Sure, let me ask my dad." Maureen was so excited to be going over to her friend's house that she danced all the way to the kitchen where her father was working.

"Can I go to my friend Joanne's house tomorrow to work on a project for school?" She asked.

"Sure," he said still partially absorbed in writing his report for a presentation that he had to do tomorrow "When should I pick you up?"

"Five-thirty would be great, thanks Dad!" She called out as she waltzed into the other room.

"Mmhmm" her dad said, as he returned to his presentation.

"Joanne, my dad said it was fine. He's going to pick me up at five-thirty." Maureen's voice was getting louder, as it did whenever she was excited about something.

"That was an awesome idea to do La Vie Boheme as our song." Joanne said.

"Really? Thanks! I got the idea when I was watching Project Runway and they had to do this avant-garde outfit. I looked up avant-garde on the internet and found the word bohemian, and it all kind of clicked." She exclaimed.

"You watch Project Runway? I love that show!" Joanne cried, happy to have something in common with Maureen.

"Me too, I especially like that guy named Christian, he's like a hyper cartoon character!" She was almost yelling at this point. Joanne and Maureen talked for the next hour-and-a-half until Ben came and told Maureen that she was wasting electricity and killing the polar bears. Maureen tried to argue that she was not using any more electricity than if the phone was hung up, but Ben was adamant that she get off the phone. Maureen was sad to have to stop talking to Joanne, but could barely wait for the next day when she would be able to talk to her in person.

A/N: I am so sorry that I didn't update earlier, but I didn't know how to start. I love Project Runway, Yeah! Go Christian; he is so funny and crazy! Please review, thanks to everyone who has reviewed already! I love you guys!