A few days later Mimi was finally well enough to have visitors Roger came in and picked up her hand Mimi slowly turned to him
"Roger?" she said looking at him
"Ya Mimi it's me" He said stroking her hair "How are you feeling?"
"Terrible" Mimi mumbled she had dark bags under her eyes
"I love you" Roger looked into her eyes not saying anything slowly stroking her hair. A nurse walked into the room and saw Roger
"Mr. Davis may I talk to you outside" The nurse said holding a clip board. She had her long blond hair in a neat bun with a sweet smile on her face, a smile usually the nurse gave when she had bad news
Roger put Mimi's hand down and came over to the nurse
"You're the father right?" The nurse asked
"What?" He asked then he realized what she meant "Oh…Ya"
"I have some information…regarding the baby" The nurse said with a pause at the end "We tried everything we could…but that baby didn't make it" she said sympathetically
Roger couldn't believe his ears he out his hand to his head and brushed his hand through his hair he could feel a lump in his throat. How am I going to tell Mimi? He asked himself. The nurse put her hand on Roger's shoulder
"If there is anything I can do…just call for a nurse" she said taking her hand off his shoulder and walked out of the room. Roger walked over to Mimi
"What did she say?" Mimi asked Roger as he came back over
"Well…ummm…it was about the baby" He said picking up her hand again
She struggled to sit up and managed "So…how is it?" She asked
"Ummm…Mimi the baby" He could feel the lump getting bigger he had to keep it together for Mimi "It didn't make it Mimi"
Mimi looked at him "What?!" she asked
"Mimi I'm so sorry" Roger said he could see Mimi's face as tears started fall from her eyes and roll down her cheeks. She put her head on Roger's hand and cried Roger wrapped his arm around her.
Mark, Maureen, Joanne, Mattie (Joanne's new girl friend), Collins, and Benny stood outside the room. Mark looked inside and saw Mimi crying and knew that couldn't be anything good.
Maureen hadn't let go of Mark's hand she had her head on his shoulder to try and keep from falling apart
Joanne looked at the two and couldn't feel but a ping of jealousy. But she dumped Maureen she had ended it there was nothing to feel nothing to be jealous about.
Mattie didn't really know any of the group except Joanne but she had to be there for Joanne, She loved her more then anything and would do anything for her. She knew Roger and Mimi were going to have a baby and that both of them had AIDS and that was about it she knew about them. She knew Maureen was Joanne's ex, Mark was Maureen's boy friend who Maureen left for Joanne, she knew Collins had AIDS was a teacher and used to be in love with Angel, she knew Angel was dead and really was a guy, and she knew Benny used to be their friend and who was now easing his way back in. That was all she knew about any of them and it felt awkward for her to be there.
Collins said in a chair looking up as if he was looking at Angel praying everything was going to be ok. He didn't know how much more the two could handle Roger was sick for two months which almost ruined Mimi. Now if anything happened to her or the baby…He couldn't even think of what could happen. But he knew none of them could take much more, no one in the family could.
Mark kept hold of Maureen's hand he felt terrible while him and Maureen had been making out Mimi was being rundown by a car. If only he could have gotten the feeling earlier he maybe could have stopped it.
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Mimi had been able to cry her self to sleep; So Roger came out to tell every one as soon as he stepped out of the room the others all looked at him.
Maureen was the first one to say anything "So how are they?" she asked
Roger looked at her his eyes had a few tears in them but none had actually fallen yet "Mimi is doing fine" He said
"What about the baby?" Joanne asked
"The baby…the baby didn't make it" Roger said the lump in his throat almost making it impossible to talk
Maureen hid her face in Mark's shoulder
Joanne's eyes started to fill with tears all of them had been looking forward to having a little baby around.
Collins looked up again "Angel I asked you to look out for Roger…now look out for the baby…be it's favorite Aunt…raise it to be that child Mimi and Roger would want" He said Joanne put her hand on Collins's shoulder
Roger couldn't help but smile and add in "Be the mother it could never have"
Mark looked at Roger as a tear fell down his face into Maureen's hair.
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The next morning Roger came to see Mimi "Hay" He said kissing her on the head and giving her a little smile
She narrowed her eyes and looked at him "How can you do that?" she asked shaking her head
"Do what?" He asked
"Act like nothing has happened" She said
"Mimi I'm trying to just…"
"No I don't get it…you act like nothing had happened…its like the baby didn't mean anything to you" She said looking at him
"Mimi"
"No you act like it didn't" she said
"Mimi it did mean something we have different ways of copping with things" Roger said walking over to her and kissing her
She pulled away "Roger I can't do this" she said
"Do what?" he asked
"I just can't…can you just please leave" Mimi said closing her eyes
"Mimi you don't mean it" Roger said picking up her hand
"Yes Roger I do mean it please leave" She said, still her eyes closed tears falling down her cheeks
Roger backed away slowly hurt by what Mimi had said. He walked out of the room in a hurry his friends watching him leave. Leaving them with confused looks
AN Well that's that chapter