Here's chapter six. It's short, like I said, but it wouldn't have made sense with the other chapter. :p
Thanx to Steph, again, and now I'll stop bothering you with new chapter sso you can finish Breaking Dawn. :p
Enjoy. :)
"Hey, guys," Rebecca said as she headed toward Roger and Mimi about an hour later, "I think we should head home. Nathan's about to pass out on the grass." She pointed behind her to where Nathan sat, leaning against a tree, his eyes half-open. As they watched he yawned largely. They all stifled laughs and Roger walked over to him.
"Hey, Buddy, you ready to go back to the house?" he asked, leaning on the ground in front of him. Nathan just nodded, rubbing at his eyes and Roger picked him up to carry him back.
"There you kids are!" Marie exclaimed as they walked in the front door. "I was about to send out a search party for you. And what did you do to that poor kid? He looks almost passed out."
"He and Becca were playing at the playground together," Roger explained, "He'll be fine, but I think he's going to need to go to bed soon."
"Well, then it's a good idea I have dinner all ready. Come on, you're parents went out to another dinner party, so you guys can eat in the kitchen."
"Yes!" Rebecca exclaimed, "And they didn't make me go with them! You guys should visit more often."
"Wash your hands," Marie commented as they entered the kitchen.
Dinner that night was much more enjoyable than the one the night before. Everybody was talking and laughing and having a good time. Marie interacted with everyone more and everybody was just much happier and more relaxed. It almost reminded Mimi of back in New York, when she and Roger would get together with all their friends for dinner at whatever place they decide to annoy that day, only with no alcohol.
"Aunty Becca, do you wanna go pway something wif me?" Nathan asked once they were done eating, now re-energized from the food.
"Sure." Rebecca looked ecstatic at the little child's desire to play with her. She had always wanted a younger sibling and this was just as good as. The two left the kitchen and headed for Nathan's room, after dropping their dishes off in the sink.
"Well, I guess we have the night to ourselves," Roger commented to Mimi, wrapping his arm around her shoulders.
"Ooh, what are we going to do?"
"I have no idea. But, whatever it is, I want to get the hell out of this house."
Mimi laughed.
"Roger, we just got here. And you've barely spent any of that time 'in this house' and most of the time you did spend here you were asleep."
"True. But that doesn't make my desire to leave any smaller."
"Well, then where do you want to go?"
"I don't care, let's just get out of here."
Mimi laughed and they grabbed their coats and walked out into the evening air.
They ended up visiting a bar Roger's old friends usually frequented, hoping to see one of them. To Roger's delight, all three of the friends that had stayed behind were there.
"Oh, my God," a man at the bar said laughing, "Don't tell me that's actually the Roger Davis, come back from the big city to visit us small-town folk."
Roger smiled and play-punched him on the arm.
"Yeah, Becca's one persuasive teenager."
They all laughed at that, probably thinking back to how she had behaved when she was a very persuasive child.
"So, what finally got you down here?" asked a man who was sitting next to the first, "After you left last time, Rebecca told me you said you were 'never going to be caught dead back here.'"
Roger sobered slightly at the thought of his last visit. It had not gone well at all and he had acted like a total jackass to everybody, especially Rebecca. He tried not to think about it and since she never really mentioned it, he followed her lead and didn't mention it either.
"Nana's in the hospital. It's probably the last time, this time, and she said she really wanted to see me, so I came." The other guys became somber immediately.
"Wow…" the last guy of the group said, "Really? Man, I cannot imagine that woman being in the hospital for the last time…"
Nana had been a wonderful grandmother, not just to her own grandchildren, but to their friends, as well. She always treated them like her own grandchildren and would bake them cookies, play games with them, give them advice, let them watch movies and eat in the living room. The thought of her gone was a depressing thought to all of them.
"But, I didn't come here to depress all of you guys, so I want you to meet my fiancée, Mimi." The men's eyes were drawn, for the first time, to the small Latina girl standing beside Roger.
"Whoa…" the last guy to speak said, looking her over, then he held his hand out to her, "Hi, I'm Eric."
"Watch it…'" Roger growled half-jokingly.
"I'm just kidding," he laughed.
"You better have been," Roger muttered, "Mimi, these are some of my old high school buddies. You already know Eric, and that's Carl" he motioned to the man who had first spoken, "And Scott, the unfortunate man who married my cousin Kayla."
"Not fair, man, I never insulted the girls you liked," Scott defended himself, laughing.
"Yeah, but that's just because I never dated any of your cousins. I'm still not sure how you got her to shut-up long enough to propose to her."
They all laughed again and Mimi smiled slightly, trying not to feel awkward. Roger placed his hand lightly on her back and guided her to sit down in one of the empty chairs at the table, pulling her chair out for her before seating himself.
"Wow," Carl said suddenly, "Man, she has got you trained a german shepherd." The men all laughed and that and Mimi held her hand to her face to keep from laughing.
"Well, just because you seem to have forgotten the manners your mother raised you with, Carl, doesn't mean we all have."
"Ooh," the other two said before bursting out laughing again.
"So, Mimi, could you explain something to me, please?" Scott asked, turning to Mimi.
"Uh… Depends on what it is…"
He laughed.
"It's nothing big, really. Just… How the hell did you get this guy-" he gestured towards Roger "-to propose."
"Five bucks says she asked him," Eric commented and they all laughed again.
"I, honestly, have no idea," Mimi finally answered once they had quieted, "I'm, actually, more interested in how he managed to get me to settle down- I was always more of a 'go out and party with a different guy each week' kind of girl. I've only had, like, three actual boyfriends."
"Wow…" Carl commented, "He had you beat Freshmen year."
They all laughed again and this time Roger joined them.
"Well, then, I guess that just means Roger made more mistakes than I did," she defended herself and they all "Ooh"ed again as Roger smiled in slight embarrassment.
"I like this girl," Eric commented, "She's perfect for you, Rog. She's, like, sassy enough to keep you in-line."
"Yeah, I know," he agreed lovingly, wrapping an arm around Mimi's shoulders. Mimi smiled at him and kissed hi lightly on the cheek before resting her head on hi shoulder.
The guys began catching up with each other after that. Scott claimed everything was fine with Kayla, although Roger seriously wondered how someone as awesome as Scott could tolerate someone as shallow and bitchy and Kayla; Eric had just been dumped by his long-term girlfriend and was currently scouting for someone new (Roger half-jokingly warned him to stay away from Mimi or else he'd break his hand off); and Carl was currently trying to figure out how to bring about the subject of marriage to his commitment-phobe girlfriend without scaring her off.
Mimi just rested her head against Roger's shoulder as the friends caught up with each other, sipping her soda as the others ordered beer-nobody made a comment about her lack of alcohol consumption and she was glad.
They had been sitting there for a little over an hour and Mimi was just drifting off to sleep when the music in the bar switched to "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith. (A/N: I have no idea when this song came out, so I'm sorry if the timing is off-I just think the song is cute and have always imagined Roger and Mimi dancing to it. :p) She watched with half-open eyes as couples slow danced with each other in the small hardwood floor in the middle of the bar. Suddenly, she decided she wanted Roger back. Her eyes snap open and she grabbed Roger's hand, pulling him off his chair.
"Mimi, what are you doing?" Roger asked, half-laughing.
"Come dance with me!" she exclaimed, pulling him toward the dance floor.
Roger glanced back at his friends and gave them a half wave, before turning back around to face Mimi.
"You're lucky I love you so much, or else I would be very pissed right now," Roger laughed, wrapping his arms around Mimi's waist.
"Yes, I feel very lucky," Mimi agreed, her arms tight around Roger's neck and a smile on her face.
They danced in silence for a while, Mimi's head leaning on Roger's shoulder, her eyes closed and a content smile on her face. She looked up at roger when she heard him singing along to the song. Mimi smiled, blushing slightly, as Roger leaned his forehead against hers and sang quietly to her, staring into her eyes with a look that couldn't be paralleled by anyone else.
The song ended and he leaned in to kiss her on the lips.
"I love you," he murmured, pulling back slightly to look in her eyes again.
"I love you, too," she sighed, smiling.
The next chapter might take a while. I have a family picnic tomorrow and a book to finish. Plus, it should be pretty long from what I'm planning-but I'm excited for it, this is one of the chapter Ive been most looking forward to. :) But I'm not stepping near this computer again until I have finished my book. :p runs to go finish Breaking Dawn