Summary: Post-Rent.
Disclaimer: Same as before. The characters of "Rent" aren't mine. But OoOo if I owned Adam Pascal's Roger....
A/N: Thanks to the reviewers. And thanks for the welcome!
Chapter 2- Party at the Life Café to Follow!
"Oh my God it's freezing out there!" Mimi shivered out as she walked back into the loft, with the others right behind her.
"Yeah, but it was fun!" Maureen squealed, removing her gloves and hat. "So what do you guys wanna do now?" She asked.
"Sleep." Roger said, yawning and then collapsing on the ratty couch. "Aw, baby. Do you need a back massage?" Mimi asked, approaching him.
"Hm...maybe." He laughed, pulling her next to him.
"Get a room you two!" Collins said jokingly. "Now, who's up for some hot chocolate?"
"Do we have hot chocolate?" Mark asked.
"I don't think so. But why don't we go to the Life?" Collins suggested.
"Sounds good to me." Maureen said.
"Me too." Mark agreed.
"Roger? Mimi?" Collins asked.
"Hm, what?" Roger asked, gingerly pushing Mimi off him.
"If you two weren't so busy kissing maybe you would've heard us." Mark hissed.
"Hey, play nice. Now what's up?" Mimi asked.
"Do you and Roger want to go to the Life for some hot chocolate?" Collins restated his question.
"Sure. We'd love to." She said, smiling.
"Hey what if I didn't want to go? You can't answer for me." Roger said, partially joking around.
"Oh hush. You want to go right?" Mimi asked
"Well, yeah..." He admitted.
"So there's nothing to whine about."
"I wasn't whining. I was making a point."
"You're such a kid sometimes. Now lets go." Mimi stated and pointed to the door.
5 minutes later they all walked into the Life Café. They went to get a table. Maureen saw something and stopped dead in her tracks. Roger noticed.
"Maureen, what's the matter?" Roger asked.
"I-um-there's Joanne." She said nervously. Roger looked toward the direction she was looking at. Joanne was talking to some woman. They seemed rather close.
"Oh cool. We should ask her to join us." He said.
"NO!" She screamed. Roger gave her an odd look. "I mean she-she looks like she's in the middle of something. I wouldn't want to-to disturb her. It could be a big-a big case." She stuttered out, hoping Roger would believe her.
"Oh...okay. So let's go sit down." He said. 'Something isn't right between Maureen and Joanne', he thought, as he looked at Maureen's hurt face.
"So what will it be?" A young woman asked the group.
"Hot chocolate for all of us, please." Collins answered.
"Okay. 5 hot chocolates." The young waitress replied and walked away.
"She looks new." Mark noticed.
"Yeah." Roger agreed. "So what do you guys want to do after this?" Everyone shrugged. Except for Maureen. She was staring at Joanne's table. "Maureen? You there?"
"Huh? Oh yeah. I'm...here." She said, her eyes falling to the ground. She desperately wanted to go and talk to Joanne. But she knew couldn't. No, she wouldn't.
A few minutes later the young waitress returned with the hot chocolates.
"Thank you. So are you new?" Mark asked curiously.
"Um, yeah. I just started yesterday." The young woman said.
"Ah, I see. So what's your name?"
"Mark, stop being nosy." Mimi hissed. "No it's okay. I'm Charlotte." She smiled.
"Hi, Charlotte. I'm Mark."
"Hi. Are you all regulars?"
"Yeah. All of us. This is the only place we can afford."
"Mark!" Mimi yelled.
"What?" He asked innocently.
"Uh, never mind." She rolled her eyes. "Anyway, I'm Mimi, this is my boyfriend Roger." Mimi introduced Collins and Maureen also.
"Hi. It's nice to meet you all, really. Look, I don't want to get fired on my second day, so I should get going. Enjoy your hot chocolate." She smiled, and then walked away.
"Well she was nice." Mark said; his eyes never leaving her as she walked away. He looked at everyone's smirking faces. "What?" They all laughed.
"Oh, nothing. It's just you look as though you're ready to jump on her and do all type of nasty things." Collins said, highly amused.
"Shut up and drink your hot chocolate!" There was something about Charlotte; he just didn't know what it was. He'd definitely have to make more visits to the Life Café.
After the group finished their hot chocolates and an odd conversation about Mark's sex life they were ready to leave.
"Well, that was fun." Mimi said.
"Yeah, for you. Not for me." Mark whined.
"Aw, Marky. Don't be mad at us." Roger joked.
"Shut up Rog!" Mark elbowed him.
"Ow, I'm so hurt!" Roger said sarcastically. Mark glared at him. Roger quickly decided to change the subject. "So Maureen, are you okay? You were awfully quiet in there. And that never happens." "Yeah. I'm fine. I'm just tired." She replied quietly.
"So do you all want to go back to the loft or do something else?" Collins asked.
"I think we should go back to the loft and watch some of Mark's old movies." Mimi suggested.
"Oh, I like that idea!" Roger agreed.
"Sounds good to me. Hey, we should go buy some popcorn!" Collins said excitedly.
"Aw, guys do we have to?" Mark groaned.
"YES!" Collins, Roger and Mimi yelled.
After they bought the popcorn, and in an impromptu snowball fight by Mark and Roger, they arrived at the loft and Mark reluctantly set up the projector.
"Let the movies begin!" Roger said.
A/N- Okay, so next chapter it's movie time. I know, I know, stop writing fluff!
Disclaimer: Same as before. The characters of "Rent" aren't mine. But OoOo if I owned Adam Pascal's Roger....
A/N: Thanks to the reviewers. And thanks for the welcome!
Chapter 2- Party at the Life Café to Follow!
"Oh my God it's freezing out there!" Mimi shivered out as she walked back into the loft, with the others right behind her.
"Yeah, but it was fun!" Maureen squealed, removing her gloves and hat. "So what do you guys wanna do now?" She asked.
"Sleep." Roger said, yawning and then collapsing on the ratty couch. "Aw, baby. Do you need a back massage?" Mimi asked, approaching him.
"Hm...maybe." He laughed, pulling her next to him.
"Get a room you two!" Collins said jokingly. "Now, who's up for some hot chocolate?"
"Do we have hot chocolate?" Mark asked.
"I don't think so. But why don't we go to the Life?" Collins suggested.
"Sounds good to me." Maureen said.
"Me too." Mark agreed.
"Roger? Mimi?" Collins asked.
"Hm, what?" Roger asked, gingerly pushing Mimi off him.
"If you two weren't so busy kissing maybe you would've heard us." Mark hissed.
"Hey, play nice. Now what's up?" Mimi asked.
"Do you and Roger want to go to the Life for some hot chocolate?" Collins restated his question.
"Sure. We'd love to." She said, smiling.
"Hey what if I didn't want to go? You can't answer for me." Roger said, partially joking around.
"Oh hush. You want to go right?" Mimi asked
"Well, yeah..." He admitted.
"So there's nothing to whine about."
"I wasn't whining. I was making a point."
"You're such a kid sometimes. Now lets go." Mimi stated and pointed to the door.
5 minutes later they all walked into the Life Café. They went to get a table. Maureen saw something and stopped dead in her tracks. Roger noticed.
"Maureen, what's the matter?" Roger asked.
"I-um-there's Joanne." She said nervously. Roger looked toward the direction she was looking at. Joanne was talking to some woman. They seemed rather close.
"Oh cool. We should ask her to join us." He said.
"NO!" She screamed. Roger gave her an odd look. "I mean she-she looks like she's in the middle of something. I wouldn't want to-to disturb her. It could be a big-a big case." She stuttered out, hoping Roger would believe her.
"Oh...okay. So let's go sit down." He said. 'Something isn't right between Maureen and Joanne', he thought, as he looked at Maureen's hurt face.
"So what will it be?" A young woman asked the group.
"Hot chocolate for all of us, please." Collins answered.
"Okay. 5 hot chocolates." The young waitress replied and walked away.
"She looks new." Mark noticed.
"Yeah." Roger agreed. "So what do you guys want to do after this?" Everyone shrugged. Except for Maureen. She was staring at Joanne's table. "Maureen? You there?"
"Huh? Oh yeah. I'm...here." She said, her eyes falling to the ground. She desperately wanted to go and talk to Joanne. But she knew couldn't. No, she wouldn't.
A few minutes later the young waitress returned with the hot chocolates.
"Thank you. So are you new?" Mark asked curiously.
"Um, yeah. I just started yesterday." The young woman said.
"Ah, I see. So what's your name?"
"Mark, stop being nosy." Mimi hissed. "No it's okay. I'm Charlotte." She smiled.
"Hi, Charlotte. I'm Mark."
"Hi. Are you all regulars?"
"Yeah. All of us. This is the only place we can afford."
"Mark!" Mimi yelled.
"What?" He asked innocently.
"Uh, never mind." She rolled her eyes. "Anyway, I'm Mimi, this is my boyfriend Roger." Mimi introduced Collins and Maureen also.
"Hi. It's nice to meet you all, really. Look, I don't want to get fired on my second day, so I should get going. Enjoy your hot chocolate." She smiled, and then walked away.
"Well she was nice." Mark said; his eyes never leaving her as she walked away. He looked at everyone's smirking faces. "What?" They all laughed.
"Oh, nothing. It's just you look as though you're ready to jump on her and do all type of nasty things." Collins said, highly amused.
"Shut up and drink your hot chocolate!" There was something about Charlotte; he just didn't know what it was. He'd definitely have to make more visits to the Life Café.
After the group finished their hot chocolates and an odd conversation about Mark's sex life they were ready to leave.
"Well, that was fun." Mimi said.
"Yeah, for you. Not for me." Mark whined.
"Aw, Marky. Don't be mad at us." Roger joked.
"Shut up Rog!" Mark elbowed him.
"Ow, I'm so hurt!" Roger said sarcastically. Mark glared at him. Roger quickly decided to change the subject. "So Maureen, are you okay? You were awfully quiet in there. And that never happens." "Yeah. I'm fine. I'm just tired." She replied quietly.
"So do you all want to go back to the loft or do something else?" Collins asked.
"I think we should go back to the loft and watch some of Mark's old movies." Mimi suggested.
"Oh, I like that idea!" Roger agreed.
"Sounds good to me. Hey, we should go buy some popcorn!" Collins said excitedly.
"Aw, guys do we have to?" Mark groaned.
"YES!" Collins, Roger and Mimi yelled.
After they bought the popcorn, and in an impromptu snowball fight by Mark and Roger, they arrived at the loft and Mark reluctantly set up the projector.
"Let the movies begin!" Roger said.
A/N- Okay, so next chapter it's movie time. I know, I know, stop writing fluff!