A/N: To my readers, I am so sorry that I haven't written in about a month!
I've just been busy and such and also dealing with a small amount of
writers block. This chapter might not be the greatest, but to make up for
it I will be writing another chapter shortly. I hope to update at least
once a week, and with my other stories going on I think the schedule will
be a little something like this.
Give Into Love: Mondays
When they were seventh years: Tuesday
A Different Kind of Love: Weds.
And Send Me that Horizon: Friday.
Please forgive me for my delay, and I hope this chapter isn't too much of a
disappointment. I do miss my Fiona, Genevieve, Aaron, Roger, Mark,
Collins, Maureen, and Joanne. So...here I go!
Disclaimer: I do not own Roger, Mark, Maureen, Joanne, Collins, Benny, The Loft, or The Life. I however do own Fiona, Genevieve, Aaron, and Genevieve spiffed out SUV. Kick ass.
Quick Thanks to.... the-fraulein- I love your reviews and I love your stories. I know I haven't written in forever, therefore I haven't heard from you in a while, but thanks for the support with my first ten chapters.
And on to the main event...
Secrets Revealed.
The next morning Gen was awoken by the sound of someone knocking on the door, scratch that, pounding on the door. Rubbing her eyes groggily she grabbed the blanket she had slept with and wrapped it around herself before walking to the door. 'Damn its cold in here she thought to herself.' Her thoughts were then returned to the constant pounding. "Hold on I'm coming." She muttered to herself while making her way over to the door. She unlocked the four locks on the door and opened it. "Good Morning Asshole, what can I do for you on this fine morning?" She asked sarcastically. Her eyes finally adjusted and she saw the figure of Roger standing at the door.
"Hey is Fi in there?"
"Nah uh." She said yawning.
"Well um, where is she?"
"I thought she spent the night with you." Gen stated, deciding she was going to have a little fun with him.
"No she said she was spending some time with you, something about a 'girls night'." Roger said growing a little anxious.
"Nope, she wasn't here last night. If she comes by I'll tell her you inquired about her."
"If?"
"Oh yeah, she met this guy, Devon I think his name was, well anyway they hit it off real nice and..."
"And what?" Roger said, his eyes flashing with anger. Gen only shrugged. "Damn her!"
"Damn who?" Asked a sleepy voice from inside. "What's going on Gen?" Fi muttered, walking to the door and wiping the sleep from her eyes. Gen started laughing.
"I thought you said she wasn't here."
"Guess I lied."
"Wasn't that funny."
"It's what you get for waking me up. And don't worry Roger, she doesn't cheat. Never has, never will."
"I'm confused." Fi said her mind still in dream land even though her body was obviously awake.
Gen looked at her sister in a concerned tone. "You always are. But they can help with that."
Fi glared at Gen, "Screw you."
Gen shrugged, "As you wish your highness." Gen bowed and Fi laughed quietly. "I'll let you two talk now."
"I'll have my revenge." Roger stated good naturedly.
"I'm sure you will you big bad wolf you, but as for me, I'll have my sleep. Do try to keep it quiet in here. Sleeping Beauty has yet to be awoken by the kiss of his prince, and I happen to know for a fact he turns into an ogre if he's awoken by the sounds of passion when he's gaining none." Gen said walking away from them and into her own room. She looked at her bed gratefully and plopped down face first into her feather pillows and fell quickly into sleep.
Meanwhile at the door Roger had pulled Fi out into the hallway. "Good Morning sunshine." Fi only smiled sleepily. "Have a good time with your sister last night?"
"Yeah, we watched some movies before the three of us passed out in front of the TV?"
"Three?"
"Yeah, Aaron, Gen, and me."
Roger frowned, "I thought you said it was a 'girls night' thing."
"It was it was me, Gen, and Aaron. Need I say more?" She asked. Roger only shook his head before dipping down to kiss her lightly. Fi pulled him down for a more "passionate kiss" that left them both breathless. After the two broke apart, Roger leaned his forehead against Fi's. "Do you do that on purpose?"
"Do what?"
"That."
"What's that?"
"That!"
"This?" He asked before kissing her again. She pulled away after a few sweet moments, breathless.
"Yeah, that." She stated in a breathy voice.
"Well, someone has to leave you breathless in the mornings; otherwise you'd knock out the entire city of New York with that morning breath of yours."
She looked shocked, "Why you..." she raised her hand, about to playfully punch him when he grabbed her wrists and pushed her against the wall, kissing her once more. "You just do that so I won't talk. Am I right?"
He smiled his gentle smile, "Correct Milady."
She nodded. "Just making sure," and the two kissed again. Someone cleared their throat quite a few times, Roger and Fi however ignored the presence completely.
"As fun as it is watching you two kiss the senses out of each other, and it really is fun. I wanted to know if Aaron was inside."
Fi broke apart for a second, "Yeah he's sleeping on the living room floor, go on in, the door is unlocked." She said looking at Collins. He laughed and winked, "I would say get back to business, but people shouldn't be put through the torture of watching you two in the hallway."
Roger spoke up, "You're a real pal you know that?"
"Of course." He said while walking inside.
Fi returned her attention to Roger, "So what brings you to my doorstep?"
Roger thought for a moment, contemplating on whether she should really tell her what was bothering him and decided against it. It was still too early in their relationship, if that was what it was, and he did not want to scare her away with the his health "condition" as his friends were calling it. He knew Collins felt the same way, the two had talked about it last night. Yet Collins had decided he would tell Aaron before things got too "messy." Roger had thought that what was what he wanted, but as he had been often called by Mark, he was being a coward. He did not want to be deserted again, and so while looking into her eyes, he decided he would keep it a secret, for a little while longer at least. "Nothing, I just missed you last night."
Fi looked at him, watched his face for something else, and something in his eyes flickered, but she let it go. She would find out what was up with him soon enough, but it really was too early in the day to start an argument. "Alright. Well hey, I'm going to go take a shower and brush my teeth and such. You can come inside and watch Aaron and Collins make out senselessly or I can meet you upstairs when I'm done." She said sweetly.
"As glad as I am that Collins has finally moved on, I think I'll choose the latter."
Fi winked, "Good choice, see you in a bit." She leaned up and kissed his cheek before walking inside.
"Hey kids." She stated to Collins and Aaron, who had finally woken up.
Aaron grunted, "How come you're so cheery this morning."
"Oh no reason really. I'm going to take a shower, see you in a bit." She said contentedly while walking to her bathroom.
"She's the reason I'm glad I'm gay." Aaron said shaking his head. Collins just laughed.
"She's just happy, that's all."
"I know, and I'm glad. But my protective senses are taking over."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean Roger had better be careful, Fi is family to me."
Collins smiled, knowing exactly how he felt. "Yeah Roger, Mark, and unfortunately, Maureen, are all family to me. Roger makes mistakes, and he made big ones a long time ago and he's reaping the consequences, but he cares for Fi, he really does. I can't say that about many."
Aaron nodded, "Good. So handsome, what brings you by this morning." He said standing up and moving up onto the couch on which Collins was sitting.
Collins looked uncomfortable for a second, "Well actually, I needed to talk to you about something." He said before looking down to his feet. Aaron grew concerned.
"Hey," he said softly while placing his hand on Collins cheek, forcing Collins to look at him, "what is it."
"It's just...shit I don't know how to put it in better terms so I'll just say it." Collins paused and searched Aaron's eyes for a moment, hoping that Aaron would not reject him once he found out. "Aaron, I have AIDS."
Aaron looked shocked for a moment and then looked down, after a few moments he cleared his throat and looked up at the ceiling. Collins was growing more uncomfortable as the minutes passed, the awkward silence growing longer. "Aaron, please say something."
Aaron looked at him for a moment before speaking, "I uh, I need to think about this." He said standing up and walking over to the window. Collins sat still for a moment before standing up and walking over to the door.
"I understand."
"Collins."
"Yeah." Collins said, turning to face Aaron.
"I'm not rejecting you, I just need to think on this."
"Okay." Yet somehow Collins didn't feel comforted by that. He opened the door and walked back upstairs. When he opened the door he saw Roger and Mark sitting on the couch, obviously waiting for him.
Mark spoke up, "Well..."
"I told him."
"And..."
"It could have been worse." Collins said.
"But it could have been better?" Mark asked.
"Yeah, it could have been a lot better. I didn't ask for this you know. I guess I should have known it would happen, but never once did I expect this." Collins said, growing angry. Mark and Roger looked at each other, Collins did not show his temper much.
"Neither did I." Roger said.
"Did you tell her."
"No, I-I couldn't."
"I should have done the same."
"No Collins you did the right thing, and Roger, you are going to have to tell Fi eventually."
"Tell me what?" Fi asked, walking into the loft.
"Roger spoke up, "Nothing. Don't worry about it."
"Okay..."
"Want to go out?"
"Sure, where?"
"The park?"
"Alright. See you guys later." Roger and Fi left the loft.
"Mark I'm going to go do something...productive. I'll be back later." Collins said, walking out of the loft. Mark just nodded and mumbled something that sounded a lot like, 'drama.' He then decided to go visit Gen, after taking a shower of course. He walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower head, the water was hot when he got in but no less than five minutes later it was freezing.
"Damnit Benny! Mark shouted, jumping out of the shower as quickly as he could. He turned off the shower head and walked into his bedroom to change. After he was dressed he left the loft and walked downstairs to Fi and Aaron's apartment where Gen was currently staying. He knocked, Aaron opened the door.
"Is Gen here?"
"Yeah she's sleeping though."
"Oh." Mark said, "Well could you..."
"If you promise to wake her up in the meanest way possible though, I'll let you in." Aaron said, a mischievous grin growing on his face.
"Oh I don't think..."
"Please?"
"Well, I guess it could be fun." Mark said, walking into the apartment.
"Her room is down the hall and second door to the left."
"Are you coming with?"
"Oh no, I don't want to be in her line of fire."
Mark grew a little nervous, "Oh alright then..."
"Don't worry, her bark is worse than her bite...usually."
"Would you stop?"
"No problem.
Mark walked down the hallway and pointed to a door, Aaron nodded, and Mark opened the door to the room. It was silent with the exception of the rustle of the bedcovers whenever Gen moved. He smiled at her and watched her for a few moments before a brilliant plan entered his mind. He picked up a pillow that was thrown carelessly on the floor and began hitting her with it, she shot up almost immediately. "WHAT THE HELL! AARON I'M GOING TO MURDER YOU!"
"Go ahead, but it isn't Aaron."
Gen looked at him, "Mark?"
"The one and only."
She muttered something under her breath and Mark held the pillow over his head, "What was that?"
"I said jerk, now put down that pillow before I send your most important possessions UPS to some clinic." She said glancing down to his crotch making sure he understood, he did and immediately put the pillow down. "Thank you, now why are you here? Everyone else preoccupied?"
"More or less." She smiled sleepily, and again Mark looked at her, her cheek was red from an imprint of her hand, and her hair was mussed in sleep. She looked adorable.
"Mark?"
"Yeah?" He asked, still staring at her.
"Take a picture, it'll last longer." Gen said making herself comfortable by placing pillows behind her back while she leaned against the headboard.
"Or I could just sit here."
"Yeah, you could do that." She slid over on the bed making room for him and he moved to sit next to her, leaning against the headboard.
"Have a good sleep."
Gen nodded and rubbed her eyes, "Had a nice dream too."
"About?"
"Nah uh. Not telling."
"Why not?"
"You know the Disney version of Cinderella?"
"Sadly yes."
"Well like she said, 'A dream is a wish your heart makes.' And I don't tell my wishes to people, otherwise they won't come true."
"Gen the sentimental."
She lightly punched him, "You better believe it."
"Feisty too."
"Yeah," she said grasping his hand, he however was the one who intertwined his fingers with hers.
"Romantic as well."
"Hopeless romantic."
"I noticed that, from your slight obsession with fairy tales."
"Just how I've always been. I'm just a princess waiting for her prince to come and save her from...well I guess the dragon."
"And who is the dragon?" Mark asked.
"Loneliness." She said seriously.
"I know what that's like."
"Don't we all at one point." She said gazing at their intertwined hands. She finally looked back up at him and he kissed her, she was hesitant at first, but finally she responded. The kiss wasn't deep, wasn't overly sexual, but it was gentle, and one full of promises. It was by any word, perfect.
Okay the second part to this is coming right up!
Disclaimer: I do not own Roger, Mark, Maureen, Joanne, Collins, Benny, The Loft, or The Life. I however do own Fiona, Genevieve, Aaron, and Genevieve spiffed out SUV. Kick ass.
Quick Thanks to.... the-fraulein- I love your reviews and I love your stories. I know I haven't written in forever, therefore I haven't heard from you in a while, but thanks for the support with my first ten chapters.
And on to the main event...
Secrets Revealed.
The next morning Gen was awoken by the sound of someone knocking on the door, scratch that, pounding on the door. Rubbing her eyes groggily she grabbed the blanket she had slept with and wrapped it around herself before walking to the door. 'Damn its cold in here she thought to herself.' Her thoughts were then returned to the constant pounding. "Hold on I'm coming." She muttered to herself while making her way over to the door. She unlocked the four locks on the door and opened it. "Good Morning Asshole, what can I do for you on this fine morning?" She asked sarcastically. Her eyes finally adjusted and she saw the figure of Roger standing at the door.
"Hey is Fi in there?"
"Nah uh." She said yawning.
"Well um, where is she?"
"I thought she spent the night with you." Gen stated, deciding she was going to have a little fun with him.
"No she said she was spending some time with you, something about a 'girls night'." Roger said growing a little anxious.
"Nope, she wasn't here last night. If she comes by I'll tell her you inquired about her."
"If?"
"Oh yeah, she met this guy, Devon I think his name was, well anyway they hit it off real nice and..."
"And what?" Roger said, his eyes flashing with anger. Gen only shrugged. "Damn her!"
"Damn who?" Asked a sleepy voice from inside. "What's going on Gen?" Fi muttered, walking to the door and wiping the sleep from her eyes. Gen started laughing.
"I thought you said she wasn't here."
"Guess I lied."
"Wasn't that funny."
"It's what you get for waking me up. And don't worry Roger, she doesn't cheat. Never has, never will."
"I'm confused." Fi said her mind still in dream land even though her body was obviously awake.
Gen looked at her sister in a concerned tone. "You always are. But they can help with that."
Fi glared at Gen, "Screw you."
Gen shrugged, "As you wish your highness." Gen bowed and Fi laughed quietly. "I'll let you two talk now."
"I'll have my revenge." Roger stated good naturedly.
"I'm sure you will you big bad wolf you, but as for me, I'll have my sleep. Do try to keep it quiet in here. Sleeping Beauty has yet to be awoken by the kiss of his prince, and I happen to know for a fact he turns into an ogre if he's awoken by the sounds of passion when he's gaining none." Gen said walking away from them and into her own room. She looked at her bed gratefully and plopped down face first into her feather pillows and fell quickly into sleep.
Meanwhile at the door Roger had pulled Fi out into the hallway. "Good Morning sunshine." Fi only smiled sleepily. "Have a good time with your sister last night?"
"Yeah, we watched some movies before the three of us passed out in front of the TV?"
"Three?"
"Yeah, Aaron, Gen, and me."
Roger frowned, "I thought you said it was a 'girls night' thing."
"It was it was me, Gen, and Aaron. Need I say more?" She asked. Roger only shook his head before dipping down to kiss her lightly. Fi pulled him down for a more "passionate kiss" that left them both breathless. After the two broke apart, Roger leaned his forehead against Fi's. "Do you do that on purpose?"
"Do what?"
"That."
"What's that?"
"That!"
"This?" He asked before kissing her again. She pulled away after a few sweet moments, breathless.
"Yeah, that." She stated in a breathy voice.
"Well, someone has to leave you breathless in the mornings; otherwise you'd knock out the entire city of New York with that morning breath of yours."
She looked shocked, "Why you..." she raised her hand, about to playfully punch him when he grabbed her wrists and pushed her against the wall, kissing her once more. "You just do that so I won't talk. Am I right?"
He smiled his gentle smile, "Correct Milady."
She nodded. "Just making sure," and the two kissed again. Someone cleared their throat quite a few times, Roger and Fi however ignored the presence completely.
"As fun as it is watching you two kiss the senses out of each other, and it really is fun. I wanted to know if Aaron was inside."
Fi broke apart for a second, "Yeah he's sleeping on the living room floor, go on in, the door is unlocked." She said looking at Collins. He laughed and winked, "I would say get back to business, but people shouldn't be put through the torture of watching you two in the hallway."
Roger spoke up, "You're a real pal you know that?"
"Of course." He said while walking inside.
Fi returned her attention to Roger, "So what brings you to my doorstep?"
Roger thought for a moment, contemplating on whether she should really tell her what was bothering him and decided against it. It was still too early in their relationship, if that was what it was, and he did not want to scare her away with the his health "condition" as his friends were calling it. He knew Collins felt the same way, the two had talked about it last night. Yet Collins had decided he would tell Aaron before things got too "messy." Roger had thought that what was what he wanted, but as he had been often called by Mark, he was being a coward. He did not want to be deserted again, and so while looking into her eyes, he decided he would keep it a secret, for a little while longer at least. "Nothing, I just missed you last night."
Fi looked at him, watched his face for something else, and something in his eyes flickered, but she let it go. She would find out what was up with him soon enough, but it really was too early in the day to start an argument. "Alright. Well hey, I'm going to go take a shower and brush my teeth and such. You can come inside and watch Aaron and Collins make out senselessly or I can meet you upstairs when I'm done." She said sweetly.
"As glad as I am that Collins has finally moved on, I think I'll choose the latter."
Fi winked, "Good choice, see you in a bit." She leaned up and kissed his cheek before walking inside.
"Hey kids." She stated to Collins and Aaron, who had finally woken up.
Aaron grunted, "How come you're so cheery this morning."
"Oh no reason really. I'm going to take a shower, see you in a bit." She said contentedly while walking to her bathroom.
"She's the reason I'm glad I'm gay." Aaron said shaking his head. Collins just laughed.
"She's just happy, that's all."
"I know, and I'm glad. But my protective senses are taking over."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean Roger had better be careful, Fi is family to me."
Collins smiled, knowing exactly how he felt. "Yeah Roger, Mark, and unfortunately, Maureen, are all family to me. Roger makes mistakes, and he made big ones a long time ago and he's reaping the consequences, but he cares for Fi, he really does. I can't say that about many."
Aaron nodded, "Good. So handsome, what brings you by this morning." He said standing up and moving up onto the couch on which Collins was sitting.
Collins looked uncomfortable for a second, "Well actually, I needed to talk to you about something." He said before looking down to his feet. Aaron grew concerned.
"Hey," he said softly while placing his hand on Collins cheek, forcing Collins to look at him, "what is it."
"It's just...shit I don't know how to put it in better terms so I'll just say it." Collins paused and searched Aaron's eyes for a moment, hoping that Aaron would not reject him once he found out. "Aaron, I have AIDS."
Aaron looked shocked for a moment and then looked down, after a few moments he cleared his throat and looked up at the ceiling. Collins was growing more uncomfortable as the minutes passed, the awkward silence growing longer. "Aaron, please say something."
Aaron looked at him for a moment before speaking, "I uh, I need to think about this." He said standing up and walking over to the window. Collins sat still for a moment before standing up and walking over to the door.
"I understand."
"Collins."
"Yeah." Collins said, turning to face Aaron.
"I'm not rejecting you, I just need to think on this."
"Okay." Yet somehow Collins didn't feel comforted by that. He opened the door and walked back upstairs. When he opened the door he saw Roger and Mark sitting on the couch, obviously waiting for him.
Mark spoke up, "Well..."
"I told him."
"And..."
"It could have been worse." Collins said.
"But it could have been better?" Mark asked.
"Yeah, it could have been a lot better. I didn't ask for this you know. I guess I should have known it would happen, but never once did I expect this." Collins said, growing angry. Mark and Roger looked at each other, Collins did not show his temper much.
"Neither did I." Roger said.
"Did you tell her."
"No, I-I couldn't."
"I should have done the same."
"No Collins you did the right thing, and Roger, you are going to have to tell Fi eventually."
"Tell me what?" Fi asked, walking into the loft.
"Roger spoke up, "Nothing. Don't worry about it."
"Okay..."
"Want to go out?"
"Sure, where?"
"The park?"
"Alright. See you guys later." Roger and Fi left the loft.
"Mark I'm going to go do something...productive. I'll be back later." Collins said, walking out of the loft. Mark just nodded and mumbled something that sounded a lot like, 'drama.' He then decided to go visit Gen, after taking a shower of course. He walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower head, the water was hot when he got in but no less than five minutes later it was freezing.
"Damnit Benny! Mark shouted, jumping out of the shower as quickly as he could. He turned off the shower head and walked into his bedroom to change. After he was dressed he left the loft and walked downstairs to Fi and Aaron's apartment where Gen was currently staying. He knocked, Aaron opened the door.
"Is Gen here?"
"Yeah she's sleeping though."
"Oh." Mark said, "Well could you..."
"If you promise to wake her up in the meanest way possible though, I'll let you in." Aaron said, a mischievous grin growing on his face.
"Oh I don't think..."
"Please?"
"Well, I guess it could be fun." Mark said, walking into the apartment.
"Her room is down the hall and second door to the left."
"Are you coming with?"
"Oh no, I don't want to be in her line of fire."
Mark grew a little nervous, "Oh alright then..."
"Don't worry, her bark is worse than her bite...usually."
"Would you stop?"
"No problem.
Mark walked down the hallway and pointed to a door, Aaron nodded, and Mark opened the door to the room. It was silent with the exception of the rustle of the bedcovers whenever Gen moved. He smiled at her and watched her for a few moments before a brilliant plan entered his mind. He picked up a pillow that was thrown carelessly on the floor and began hitting her with it, she shot up almost immediately. "WHAT THE HELL! AARON I'M GOING TO MURDER YOU!"
"Go ahead, but it isn't Aaron."
Gen looked at him, "Mark?"
"The one and only."
She muttered something under her breath and Mark held the pillow over his head, "What was that?"
"I said jerk, now put down that pillow before I send your most important possessions UPS to some clinic." She said glancing down to his crotch making sure he understood, he did and immediately put the pillow down. "Thank you, now why are you here? Everyone else preoccupied?"
"More or less." She smiled sleepily, and again Mark looked at her, her cheek was red from an imprint of her hand, and her hair was mussed in sleep. She looked adorable.
"Mark?"
"Yeah?" He asked, still staring at her.
"Take a picture, it'll last longer." Gen said making herself comfortable by placing pillows behind her back while she leaned against the headboard.
"Or I could just sit here."
"Yeah, you could do that." She slid over on the bed making room for him and he moved to sit next to her, leaning against the headboard.
"Have a good sleep."
Gen nodded and rubbed her eyes, "Had a nice dream too."
"About?"
"Nah uh. Not telling."
"Why not?"
"You know the Disney version of Cinderella?"
"Sadly yes."
"Well like she said, 'A dream is a wish your heart makes.' And I don't tell my wishes to people, otherwise they won't come true."
"Gen the sentimental."
She lightly punched him, "You better believe it."
"Feisty too."
"Yeah," she said grasping his hand, he however was the one who intertwined his fingers with hers.
"Romantic as well."
"Hopeless romantic."
"I noticed that, from your slight obsession with fairy tales."
"Just how I've always been. I'm just a princess waiting for her prince to come and save her from...well I guess the dragon."
"And who is the dragon?" Mark asked.
"Loneliness." She said seriously.
"I know what that's like."
"Don't we all at one point." She said gazing at their intertwined hands. She finally looked back up at him and he kissed her, she was hesitant at first, but finally she responded. The kiss wasn't deep, wasn't overly sexual, but it was gentle, and one full of promises. It was by any word, perfect.
Okay the second part to this is coming right up!
