Chapter 10

It was ten in the morning when Maureen left the loft and headed towards Joanne's apartment. She did not want Joanne to continue this ridiculous relationship with Kitty, no matter how pissed off she still was with Joanne. She just couldn't sit back and watch Joanne shove her tongue down some bitch's throat when there were other better women out there for the lawyer…women like Maureen.

When Maureen arrived at Joanne's apartment, she stood nervously in front of her door, not sure if she should knock or not.

"Do I really care that Joanne is dating Kitty?" She pondered out loud, and then nodded firmly and pounded on the door. "Yes I do! Kitty is a bitch!"

A few minutes later Joanne swung open the door and froze at the sight. "Maureen?"

"Hi Joanne…" Maureen said and then stood on her tip-toes so she could look over the lawyer's shoulder and see if Kitty had spent the night. "Did I interrupt anything?"

"Uh not really…I'm just eating breakfast." Joanne answered, and eyed the diva with confusion. "Can I help you with something?"

Maureen turned her attention back to Joanne, not able to see if Kitty was in there or not. "No. Actually can I use your bathroom?" She asked wanting to get inside the apartment to see if the other woman was in there.

"I guess…" Joanne said with uncertainty. "Come on in."

Maureen brushed pass Joanne and quickly walked into the apartment taking a look around. She noticed there was only one plate of food, and there was no extra clothes lying around, which produced a smile on her face.

"So where is Kitty?" Maureen asked rather amused, since she knew the stupid slut wasn't there.

"She's at home…" Joanne answered with knitted eyebrows, and watched as Maureen smiled from ear to ear, not sure why she was all of a sudden so happy. "I thought you needed to use the bathroom?"

Maureen's face fell. "Oh right…be right back…"

Joanne shook her head as she watched the diva walk away, not at all understanding why she made the surprise visit. She pushed that to the back of her mind for now, and took a seat in front of her plate and finished eating her breakfast.

A few minutes later Maureen came back, and stood in front of the kitchen table.

"So you and Kitty huh?" Maureen questioned, ready to put a stop to their romance.

"Yup…" Joanne said not sounding to thrilled.

"I think you should dump her." Maureen bluntly blurted causing Joanne's head to snap up.

"What?"

Maureen nodded while taking a seat across from Joanne. "She's a bitch Joanne."

Joanne sighed. "Maureen is that really why you're here, to talk about Kitty?"

Maureen thought about it. That was part of the reason; the other part was she wanted to see Joanne. "Of course…" She forced out.

Joanne stood up and took a seat next to Maureen. "How about we don't talk about Kitty…let's talk about us."

"About us?" Maureen asked unsurely.

"Yes come on Maureen, I still love you."

"But what about your new girlfriend?"

Joanne huffed. "Forget about her okay? It's just you and me, so let's talk."

"We already did talk." Maureen stated bitterly.

"Well let's try again. Please I know you still love me. Why else would you come here and check if Kitty was still here?" She smirked and Maureen turned her head away to cover her faint blush.

"But you hurt me-"

"I know." Joanne cut her off. "I'm a huge ass for doing that."

"More than an ass." Maureen pouted.

"A first class bitch." Joanne said. "But you hurt me too. Not as bad as I hurt you, but how do you think I used to feel when you would flirt with other people in front of me, and grope them?" Joanne asked.

"I know…but I never went further than that." Maureen stated. "If we got back together, how do I know you wouldn't cheat on me again?"

Joanne sighed she didn't want to bring this up, but she had to prove a point. "You cheated on Mark and not just with me. I took a chance with you Mo, how did I know you wouldn't have done the same thing to me?"

"Because I fell in love with you." Maureen stated matter-of-factly. "I would have never cheated on you."

"And I'm in love with you." Joanne said.

"Then why did you do it?" Maureen asked.

"I told you why Maureen. I was stupid and angry. But I swear I would never act stupid like that again, I'd be stupid to let you go. So please…give me a second chance…I took a chance with you, and it was the best thing I have ever done."

Maureen took in a deep breath, her eyes glued to Joanne's staring directly into a pool of love. Before she could say anything the phone began to ring, but Joanne didn't seem to mind and let it ring.

"What about Kitty?" Maureen asked again.

"I'll dump her." Joanne quickly answered.

Again before Maureen could say anything the answering machine picked up.

"Joanne please pick up the phone!" Her mother demanded.

Joanne was going to ignore it, but the sound of her mother's troubled voice made her think twice, so she ran to go grab the phone, leaving Maureen to think over her thoughts.

Maureen quickly shot up when a frantic Joanne entered the kitchen a few minutes later.

"I have to go." Joanne said, trying to hold back tears.

"Joanne what's wrong?" Maureen asked taking noticed at how upset Joanne had become.

Joanne sniffled. "My father had a heart attack, I have to go!"

Maureen went numb at the thought. She knew Mr. Jefferson quite well. Maureen was never good when it came to meeting parents, but Joanne's were different, especially Mr. Jefferson. He treated her like one of his own.

"I'm coming with you." Maureen said causing Joanne to suddenly stop what she was doing.

"What?"

"I'm coming." Maureen stated. She wanted to be there for Mr. Jefferson, but most importantly she wanted to be there for Joanne.

"Okay." Joanne nodded. "Let's go."

Down at the hospital Joanne hugged her upset mother for a few moments. Mr. Jefferson was currently in surgery, and wouldn't be out for a couple of hours.

"I can't sit here anymore." Mrs. Jefferson said. "I'm going to get some coffee."

"Do you want me to go with you?" Joanne asked.

"No…no I'll be fine." She said and then left the waiting room and went for coffee.

Joanne slouched in her seat not able to say a word. Maureen sat next to Joanne, not sure what to say. She then realized she didn't have to say anything at all, so she reached out her hand, and intertwined it with the lawyers.

Joanne smiled at the contact. She didn't say anything either and the two sat in a comfortable silence.