Ok everybody thisis the last chapter. thank you all for reading my story and especially to those who read it and reviewed. i relly appreciate it. I had so much fun writing this stroy and I'm sad it's over. please enjoy. : )

Mark stood at the door confused. The celebratory make-out session had ceased out of sheer curiosity. The three teen, dressed in jeans and Rent t-shirt, were standing open-mouthed at the door.

"Oh my goodness, you're Mark Cohen!" Kyan squealed.

"Yes I am and you are?"

"Gwen," She said matter-of-factly. "and these are my friends Kyan and Jesse.

"You guys we found them!" Jesse exclaimed in amazement finally able to speak. She pushed past Mark and entered the loft.

The seven Bohemians stood there dumbfounded. Collins spoke first. "Did we invite you in?"

"No, sorry," Jesse said. "Can we come in?"

"That depends," Maureen responded. "What do you want?"

"Well we wanted to find you. It's kind of a funny story." Gwen said feeling uncomfortable.

"Well you found us!" Angel pointed out finally speaking.

"You're Angel!" Kyan gasped almost passing out. "But your…I thought…You're supposed to be…I could've sworn…"

"Why aren't you dead!" Jesse asked bluntly.

"Jesse!" Gwen exclaimed.

"Good question dear." Angel responded. "We'll explain about our lives after you tell us why you're here."

"Well," Kyan began not fully comprehending the fact that he was IN the loft. "We went to see Rent at the Nederlander and it was amazing! It was crazy! There were lights, and colors, and songs, and…"

"We know honey. Keep going." Mimi said coaxing him on.

"Sorry. Anyway, we got our t-shirts," he continued pointing to himself. "and Jesse thought…..WAIT you're Roger! I LOVE YOU! You're much hotter in person!"

"Thank you," Roger responded. Mimi who had been staring at Kyan turned to glare at Roger.

"Kyan just shut up and let me finish the damn story," Gwen spat. "Jesse here thought it would be neat if you guys existed. We were a bit skeptical…"

"WE!"

"Okay Kyan, I was a bit skeptical but we decided to try and track you down anyway."

"Oh!" Maureen exclaimed. "That's so cute."

"Well you three are the first people to ever figure out we existed. Never mind find us," Joanne said finally able to express her opinion.

"Well now I'm confused," Jesse said. "How is it that you guys are here?"

"Well when two people really love each other…"

"Collins they know that!" Angel shrieked.

"It was a joke baby." Collins said laughing at the mortified looks on the three newcomers faces.

"Let me guess," Mark said "You thought we were fictional characters."

"Well yeah," Gwen replied simply.

"Most people do," Mimi said looking a little sad.

"So what's the real story of Rent?"

"Basically, Rent is based on actual events in our lives." Mark said. "We were friends with…"

"You guys are so cute together!" Kyan squealed staring at Angel and Collins who were snuggling on the couch.

"Kyan let Mark talk." Gwen scolded him getting angry at his sudden outbursts.

"Yeah Kyan you're so rude!" Jesse unnecessarily added.

"Pleas continue Mark."

"Uh okay. We were friends with Jonathan Larson and we knew his other friends who have since passed away."

"He liked all the quirky little things we did in our lives and wrote a play about it." Maureen added.

"Jonathan wrote the songs and the spoken words, he just took the story line from us." Roger told them.

"Wow!" Jesse gasped.

"Yeah that's really cool but Angel's not dead," Kyan pointed out.

"Good point." Angel said. "Since the play centered on the seven of us, eight with Benny, he decided one of us had to die so the audience would know the full effect AIDS had on people. It wouldn't make sense if one of his other friends died in the play, because the audience didn't know them. So many of his friends died and he wanted them to be memorialized."

"Jonathan chose my Angel, because the two of us had found true love. This chose showed that no one was safe from the devastation."

"Wow!" Jesse said again.

"So Benny really exists?" Gwen asked.

"Oh yeah," Roger answered.

"And he really wanted the rent." Mark added.

"Did Allison really pull him out of the East Village?" Kyan asked.

"You bet." Joanne responded.

"It was pretty damn funny," Maureen said laughing.

"Who told her?" Jesse questioned.

"An Angel."

"You go girl!" Kyan exclaimed.

"So what have you all been up to post Rent?" Gwen asked.

"Angel and I were married 3 years ago." Collins informed them.

"Out of state of course." Angel added smiling.

"We got married seven years ago." Mimi said kissing Roger.

"Any kids?"

"NO!" Roger quickly replied.

"Me and pookiebear don't have any either," Maureen chimed in.

"You married?" Kyan asked"

"No," Joanne replied. "Just committed to each other."

"How about you Mark?" Jesse asked. "Girlfriend? Wife? Mistress?"

"What is this 20 questions? No there's no girlfriend wife or mistress. I've had some girlfriends, but nothing longer then a year."

"Poor Markie!" Kyan exclaimed. Mark blushed looking a bit uncomfortable.

After this awkward Q&A session the teens found out Mark really did quit Buzzline and now sells his films to quality companies: for the right price. Mimi quit the Catscratch club and opened a dance studio. Roger plays in a local band, and Collins still teaches at NYU. Angel took up fashion, design while Joanne stuck to practicing law. As for Maureen we she's still Maureen.

"Um I've been meaning to ask you all, I know we touched on it before, but how is it no one knows you're here?" Gwen asked.

"Well no one expects us to be here. They think we're fictional. We prefer it that way so we can live. Plus they all think I'm dead."

"Well out Angel," Collins said. "No ones ever put it together, well except you I guess. New York City is so big it's easy to get lost in the crowd."

"That makes sense." Gwen responded looking at her watch. "Wow it's late we better get going."

"Awwwwwww!" Jesse and Kyan whined simultaneously.

"Guys grow up!"

"Fine, we'll go, but we know where you live," Kyan said getting up from his seat on the floor.

"Is that a threat?" Maureen asked."

"Could be," he answered eyeing Roger.

"Do us a favor?" Mark asked.

"Anything!" Kyan said.

"Don't tell anyone we exist." Collins finished.

"Done!" they agreed.

"and stop staring at me I'm happily married." Roger said.

"I'll try," Kyan said careful not to promise.

"Just one question before we go," Jesse said turning from her spot at the door. "Why the hell are you guys still living here?"

"Jesse!" Gwen screamed mortified.

"It's ok," Mark said. "I guess we just couldn't part with it."

"Yeah and now we can afford it," Roger added laughing.

The teens laughed too. "Thanks for your hospitality." Gwen said sliding the door open.

"Maybe we'll see you again sometime." Kyan added following her out the door.

"Bye!" Jesse called.

The Bohemians waved.

"Wow!" Maureen exclaimed.

"That was odd," Mimi sighed.

The others nodded in agreement and sat in silence trying to absorb what had just happened. In four hours they had played charades and spill their guts to seven teenagers. Back on the street the three teens skipped merrily back to the subway talking about their amazing day in New York City.

Please let me know what you think of the last chapter. Thank you all again. blueangel224 : )