Authors Note: So not many people have been reviewing, and I'm a little disappointed so I'm hoping to get more people to review..i don't know how to though.

Well I hope you all enjoy this chapter, this takes place a few months later. Though I'm not really happy with this chapter, but I hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I do not own of the RENT characters but I do own, Claire and a new character that I'm planning on introducing this chapter, and her name is Dara.

Angel walked down the street, his heels clicking as he walked on the cement. It was April 7th, 1978 and Angel was walking home from a long shift at the clothing store that he was working at.

Angel was now living with a girl he had met at the clothing store name Dara, she was a cute girl of only 16 and Angel felt like it was his duty to take care of her, even though she had been living on the streets longer then he had. They shared an apartment across the street from Tompskin Square Park, it was small yet neither Angel or Dara felt crowded.
they both enjoyed the others company when they were home together, they both would talk about their past and show new clothes to eachother.

Angel had been encouraged by Dara to be himself and to not care what others thought about him and just do what he wanted, dress the way he wanted. So since then Angel had only been wearing drag unless he felt like relaxing.

Angel opened the door to apartment and found Dara laying on the couch, her sketch book open and a pencil in her mouth, she was erasing something and she looked very into it, and Angel knew not to interrupt her when she was drawing. So Angel just walked to his room and began undressing, tonight was a relax night, so Angel decided not to spend it in drag, also the heels he had been breaking in all day long were giving him major blisters.

Angel was changing into a pair of jeans when Dara came into his room and lay down on the bed.

"How was work?" Dara asked

"Good." Angel replied taking of his tank top and deciding on a t-shirt to wear, Angel held up two different shirts for Dara to decide.

"The blue one. Did that asshole come in again today?"

Angel nodded while he put on the blue shirt,

"Yeah, and he decided to invite himself to stay for a hour or so."

Dara groaned "Ugh, I hate when guys like that do things like that, just think they rule the world and they can just interrupt whatevers going on that doesn't involve them…in short assholes."

Angel grinned at his friends anger "assholes!" He agreed

"So what's on tonight?" Dara asked a mischevious grin on her face

"Nothing, I wans't planning anything?" Angel took a good look at the grin on Dara's face "What?" he asked regretting already whatever it was that Dara had set up for him

"I think you should go out on a date." Dara said

Angel shook his head "Oh no! We've talked about this honey, and I thought we both agreed that I should wait awhile and get settled into my new environment before I start dating."

Dara nodded her head "Yeah and I do agree with that, but you've had long enough. So I set up a date for you. His names Michael and he's a musician."

Angel rolled his eyes, and knowing that he wouldn't be able to get out of this sat beside his friend on the bed and looked at her

"Ok, tell me about him. and when is he picking me up?"

Dara squealed in pleasure and smiled wide while she told Angel everything about Michael.

Collins

Collins looked around the loft, nobody was home.
Roger was at a gig, Benny was on a date with some girl and Mark was shooting his movie and who knows when they'd be back.

Collins was bored and he knew that not much would cheer him up, he calmly walked to his room and pulled out a bag full of weed. He wrapped it up and licked the paper and lit the joint. After a while he could feel the drug settling itself into his body and Collins immediately felt relaxed.

"I need to get out" Collins said to the darkness and rolling another joint he walked out of the apartment and toward the subway.

Authors Note: in the next chapter Angel and Collins meet and something bad happens to Dara.

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