Mark
He's so sweet, I've known Roger for years but I can never remember him being this touchy, towards me anyways. Granted that could have something to do with the fact that I'd never slept with him before... Looking towards Mimi I step away from Roger, looking upset so it's not totally random that he was hugging me. "Hey Mimi," I walk over to her and kiss her on the cheek. "I'm sorry to run but I've got to edit a few things tonight and I'm a little short on time, but I'll see you later?"


Roger
Great, wonderful thing for her to see first thing. Brushing that aside I move towards her, bend down and kiss her firmly on the lips. "Why, what happened at work?" The fact that she's annoyed is a bit strange as she usually enjoys work; it's the attention I guess...

Mimi

 "Bye Mark." I wave at him, making a note to ask Roger what he was upset about, before settling Roger's arms firmly around me. "It's just the new one... He's getting at me about my weight again." I roll my eyes, looking up at Roger. "I mean, he knows I'm sick, you think he'd realize I can't magically put on weight like *that*." I snap my fingers and scowl. "Besides that, he asked me, again, if I would ever think about breast implants. Like I have the money for that! I'm perfectly fine the way I am, I'm the star!"

Roger
"I'm sorry babe, he is an asshole. Is he the only boss? Because you could always go to someone else and ask them to make him shut up. And I like your boobs, don't worry." I mess with her hair while giving her a hug and hoping that will make it better. I'm not sure whether or not to bring up the Mark thing as she already seems kind of pissed...

Mimi

 "Well..." I grin up at Roger, my eyes glinting. "I *am* friends with a couple of the bouncers and bigger bartenders." I start to giggle, resting my head on Roger's chest. I should have realized he could make this better, he always can. "And I know you like my body, baby." I tip my chin, smiling up at him. For all his stupidness and jealousy, I have a good boyfriend.

Roger

"See there's a way to get back at him, any guy that says you need to change your boobs deserves to have the shit knocked out of them."  That probably came out slightly differently than I meant it but… "I can think of a way to make you feel better!  It will… double your pleasure."

Mimi

 Or maybe I don't have as good of a boyfriend as I thought. I stare up at Roger for a minute, my mind racing to try to figure out what he means. Roger is currently in a drug-hate state of mind—has been for several years—so what is he talking about? I can feel my forehead starting to wrinkle, but I'm just so confused! I know any other guy would probably mean sex while on drugs, or something, but I know Roger means nothing like that. "I… uh… what do you mean?" I ask softly.

Roger

Brilliant Roger, she looks… not extremely happy but perhaps she's going to be more open-minded.  "Well, you like guys, right?  What if… you have two guys?  At the same time?  Because you know I thought that would make you happy because I know… other people that it would make happy and…" Shit…

Mimi

 I just stare at him. Roger wants to have a threesome? Now, how does that sound wrong? I mean, I knew he was bi, Maureen told me enough times when she was "warning me off him" but… I never thought… "You don't want that for me, do you?" I ask in a small voice, not wanting to yell with Mark in the other room. I don't think this would have upset me before—in fact, I know it wouldn't. If it upset me, I never would have agreed with the other guys. But this is supposed to be a committed relationship! "Who's the guy, Roger?" I hear my voice tremble halfway through and immediately steel it.

Roger

"I… I thought we would both like it, Mimi what's wrong?" I ask, now genuinely worried because of something I heard in her voice that screamed 'No way in Hell.'  "We won't if you don't want to I promise…" I shake my head and lean down to hug her.  Brilliant Roger, you knew, you KNEW this was a bad idea, but what did you do?  You let yourself be horny and just paid attention to Mark, and now look what you've done.

Mimi

 I want to pull myself away from him but I just don't have the energy after that huge argument with my boss. "I just… any other guy and… I thought we were supposed to be in a committed relationship, Roger! I… I love you and you're supposed to love me and I just thought…" I just thought you wouldn't want anyone other than me! Not on the long-term! And certainly not going through with having sex with them. Even if I were there.

Roger

"I do love you, I just thought adding someone else once in a while would be fun, and I thought if we added someone together it still would be committed, I'd never go behind your back Mimi…" And for a second I don't even catch what I said, I don't remember that I just had sex with Mark.  "It was just an idea, and I'm not saying we have to, or that I will… I love you."

Mimi

  "Maybe…" I say, still quietly, picking up his hand and tracing designs over the back of it. I can see his way of thinking, and… maybe… as long as we both understood what we were doing… it might be able to work. Intertwining my fingers with his, I lead Roger over to the couch and sit down, cuddling against him some. After sitting for a long time, looking at the differences in our hands, I finally look back up at him and break the silence. "So… uh… who was the guy you were thinking about?" Obviously he was thinking about a particular guy, bringing it up the way he did. Like he already had it planned.

Roger

How did I manage to get myself into this?  How could I have been so stupid? All that's going to happen is one or both of us are going to get hurt and that's just…  "I don't know, I'm open about almost anyone but I was thinking about Mark," I attempt to mention offhandedly.

Mimi

"Mark?" My jaw drops, literally drops, and I just stare at him in absolute shock. "Mark? Mark's not gay and even if he were… I… I…" I sputter, trying to put my thoughts back in order. "I'm not attracted to Mark like that! At all! He's a cutie, but he's like a protective big brother and that's disgusting! Why did you have to choose Mark? Why couldn't you have chosen someone better? Like Benny! Or Collins! Or… or anyone!" I realize I'm starting to get a little loud and just pray Mark is too involved with his work to hear me.

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Author's Note: We know, we know, you think this entire thing is crazy and random and… it'll all come together in the end! Who knows when that'll be… but it will be!

Disclaimer: Definitely not ours… and I'm sure you're all glad of that.

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