Mimi carefully opened the door to Arianna's apartment. She saw a deformed lump on the bed that was Arianna. Mimi crossed the room.
"Hey sweetie, do you want to go out for lunch?" she asked. Arianna shook her head. "Why not?"
"I don't want to."
"Do you want to talk about what's bothering you?" Arianna shook her head again. Mimi couldn't figure out where this sudden depression had come from.
"I want to be alone."
"Of course; call me if you need anything, honey." Arianna nodded. Mimi waited for a minute before leaving. Her attempt to talk to Arianna had been horribly unsuccessful.
Roger sat at the table at the loft desperately trying to talk to Mark about what had happened between him and Arianna.
"Damn it Mark, it just doesn't make sense!" he exclaimed. "One day you guys ar all over each other; the next, you can't even stand her name."
"Drop it, okay?" Mark began to gather together his camera equipment so he could go film and get away from Roger.
"No, I won't drop it. I'm going to get to the bottom of this."
"No you're not, because I'm going to go out to film. I'll be back later." Roger watched hopelessly as Mark left. Ever since Mark stopped talking to Arianna, he seemed…miserable all the time. Almost like when Maureen had dumped him.
A week later, all the Bohemians, including Arianna and Brooklyn, were gathered at the loft. The tension between Mark and Arianna was evident. Everyone was getting fed-up with not knowing what had gone on between them. Finally, Maureen spoke up.
"Okay, that's it!" she exclaimed. "You two are going to drive me crazy! You love each other, so stop ignoring each other and make up!" Mark and Arianna glanced at each other.
"Miss Big Mouth over here has a point," Collins said. Maureen stuck her tongue out at him. "We're your friends; we're only trying to help."
"Don't, we're fine," Arianna argued. Roger looked at the cheap clock hanging on the wall.
"Meems, we should get going," he said.
"Going out on a hot date?" Angel asked in a joking manner. Mimi gave Arianna a hug.
"Work things out with Mark," she whispered in her ear. "Please at least try."
"I will." Mimi and Roger said goodbye to everyone and left to go out somewhere.
Half an hour later, Roger and Mimi walked across the cemetery hand in hand. Roger stopped in front of a grave.
"Hey April…um, this is my fiancée, Mimi. She wanted to come see you," he said. Mimi wrapped her arms around Roger's waist and rested her head against this strong bicep.
"Hi April. Don't you worry about Roger; I'm taking good care of him. You're a very lucky woman." Roger and Mimi talked to April for a few more minutes.
Before they left, Roger said quietly in almost a whisper, "Happy birthday, April." Mimi took Roger's hand, and they left to go home.
Maureen and Joanne left around eleven. Brooklyn was fast asleep in her mother's caring arms. Mark and Arianna were now left alone in the loft. Mark began to clean up.
"Mark, can we please talk about this?" Arianna pleaded. Mark simply brushed past her. "Mark! Will you at least listen to me? I told you mom that I'm through helping her. Being with you is much more important than living somewhere for free." Mark stopped what he was doing. The paper plates he was about to throw out hung a few inches above the trashcan.
"Really?" he asked. Arianna nodded.
"Yeah, I was trying to stop anyway. I love you; I didn't want to hurt you." Mark dropped the plates on the floor and swept Arianna up in his arms.
"I love you too." The couple pressed their lips together in a fiery kiss.
When the kiss finally broke off, Arianna said, "I may have to move back to Scarsdale; your mom's stopped paying my bills."
"Stay with me then. That is, if you want to."
"All I want is to be with you." Mark held Arianna close, agreeing with her one hundred percent.
The End
Thank you, Jonathan Larson
A/N: Kinda cheesy ending, but hey…what do you expect!?
Tina101