Disclaimer: still not mine

Last chapter before it gets interesting … it's 2 days later, and this time he's drunk (next chapter's gonna be more interesting sorry, just have to walk my way there…)

The letter --- chapter 2 --- Tracey (Rogers Pov)



"Hi!" I try to walk straight, shit, everyone's still here.

"Hey Roge" I stumble over the nonexistent doorstep, great, Marks new girlfriend must think I'm a freaking idiot, well I told him not to bring her so soon.

"Well, that explains why you're late…" okay, they got me, fuck. Mimi's here. I've hardly seen her the last days and I'm drunk, at least it looks like Tracey has already left…

"The guys talked me into staying, sorry" well, yeah, something like that.

"Hey, can I talk to you for a sec?" Is she mad? Think Davis, when did you screw up … well, we go downstairs her apartment. I still can't think of anything, I'm drunk, I don't wanna fight…

"What's up?"

"I just wanted to be alone with you, haven't seen you that much lately" she's not mad, scared me…

"I know" and it sucks, yup. I don't like talking about this, I'm drunk! No serious converyouknowwhat, drunk…

"Hey, you've missed Marks girlfriend." There we go

"…Tracey…" shit, I really had too much,

"She's cute"

"Yeah" fuck, I just said that?

"Gosh, Roge, you really had too much." Great, she's laughing at me… funny… something's moving in my tummy, no good, too much beer. My mouth tastes funny, better go… she's in my way, go around, okay…

--- 5 minutes later ---

"You're okay?" well, I just puked everything I ate the last two days

"Yeah, better" I think this is the first time she's seen me this drunk, sorry babe…

"Here, water?" hmmm, she's so cute when she tries to help, I'm drunk and I smell like puke so that's not a really good thing…

"Thanks"

"You can be glad she was already gone. First Mark was really pissed that you weren't there but I guess now he's pretty glad she left before you came." What? Sorry…

"Huh?

"Tired?" bed sounds good…

"Yeah"



Chapter 2.5 (week later)



Here we go again, Maureen's planning a new show and everyone else has to jump up and do whatever she wants them to do… and since Mark finally seems to be over her who can work now… me. At least I just have to help her with her fucking lyrics, better than being her stage-idiot… why do I help her anyways? Oh yeah, she's a friend and since half of my band is sick and Mimi's helping her mom so I don't have anything else to do… great.

"Roge?" what do you want now?

"Yeah?" please tell me I can go home…

"I'm gonna eat lunch with Joanne, can you figure out how to set up the stage hon?" sure 'hon' but you're not the only one that has to eat.

"I already told you I have no fucking clue about all that shit"

"Roge" she's pouting, great, I'm not Mark, I don't have a thing for you, pouting doesn't help…

"Besides I need to talk to Collins before he's heading out of town, I've hardly seen him this time."

"But…"

"I can help you with your lyrics, okay, but that's all."

"Be selfish than!" great now she's pissed

"Bye" I grab my coat and just get the hell out of there, Maureen is bad enough, mad Maureen is lethal.



I bump into Collins just around the corner

"Hey, I just wanted to save you" thanks, you're a little late…

"I don't know how Mark or Joanne can stand having a relationship with that girl, she'd drive me nuts."

"Yeah, same here, so what've you been up to these days?"

"Just, rehearsing with the band, helping Maureen…" spending no time with my friends, not even Mimi…

"How's the band going?"

"Okay, I guess, right now everyone's sick but we're doing pretty good."

"Hey, you're down for lunch?" food, sounds good…

"Sure, so, where are you going next?"

"WSU, Seattle"

"What the fuck do you want in Seattle?!" yeah, what the…

"About the only university that hasn't expelled me yet" well, yeah, that could be true…

"So guess we won't see you that often then."

"Hey! Who's the one that saw me maybe three times in the last 2 weeks?" that would be me

"Yeah, now ask me how often I saw Mimi"

"Not going too well with you two?"

"I don't know, just both have a lot to do"

"And you still haven't met your best friends girlfriend" shame on me, yeah…

"I know…"

"Talking bout the devil, that's her" he's pointing somewhere, shit! What the fuck is she doing here!



-- (Collins Pov)



"Roger?" he's totally zoning out

"Huh?" hello, she's cute but she's not that amazing

"You can stop starring at her now."

"What?" he's turning around, gosh, I haven't seen him that pale since, like, never, I think

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, sure, you know, I should better get back to work" what the fuck is going on?

He's taking of to their apartment

"Hey, work's the other way!"

"I, ah, just have to, ah, pick something up" weird…