A/N: Thanks everybody who reviewed! You have made a very big difference in my story : ) And thanks so much for that! Anyways this is my newest chapter as you can tell and I've decided to update early because I'm leaving for a vacation tomorrow until Sunday, so I thought well they deserve an update! I hope you like this update and I would do review replies, but I have no time! I'm sorry! Anyways I hope you like this chapter and don't find it too confusing.

I hope it's not confusing! Let's see, it's titled 'Light My Candle' because basically it's a rewrite of the scene because it would be different because Mimi's not doing drugs anymore so part of the song would be cut out. So that's the deal with that. Let's see, there will be a FLASHBACK in the next chapter about how Collins and Angel met, so don't get confused by that.

So here's a question for you all. Why does Roger think April's dead? If you don't know what I'm talking about, you have to read it! Hehehe, I'm so bad! So again thanks for all the reviews and please review this chapter! I will talk to you guys on Sunday or Monday because I might not have any time on Sunday because I would have just gotten back. Well enjoy! Happy summer to all! I hope all of you are having a wonderful summer already… And if you're not having summer now, I hope you will have a wonderful summer!

Please feel free to tell me if something is confusing, I'll try to explain it the best I can! The Spanish that is in there isn't that good because I don't speak Spanish. : ( It basically means 'I can't speak English'. So if you're confused about that, well that's what it means. Also the lines in the song 'Light My Candle' are in italics, so you know their a song. All songs will be like that. OK MY LONG AUTHORS NOTE IS OVER SO SIT BACK AND ENJOY :o)

I DO NOT OWN RENT!

I Should Tell You

Summary: Who is April? What if she was still alive? Would Roger and Mimi still fall in love? Would Angel and Collins still meet the same way? How would the plot of the movie/play change? Would Mimi, Angel, Roger, and Collins still have AIDS? Read to find out.

Light My Candle

(Present Day)

December 24th 1989

5:45am E.S.T

"Appprrriiiilllll!" A nineteen year old girl squealed from underneath a red pillow. Her long dark curly hair was tangled and fanned around her body. Her pale limbs were twisted in the sheets of the bed that she shared with her best friend. "It's not even six o'clock…"

The young redheaded girl didn't seem to react to the nineteen year old girl's comment. She flipped her hair over her shoulder and waved a hand in front of the nineteen year olds face. "Morning sunshine's!" She said to both of them. The second body in the bed picked up a pillow and aimed it at the girls head. She threw it and April dunked, this was their usual routine every single morning.

"Shut up April, I have a headache." Angel Dumott-Schunard answered and snuggled back into the bed. Mimi Marquez who lay on the other side of the bed sighed loudly and opened her eyes.

April Ericsson stood in front of Mimi's face. Mimi jumped back and gasped loudly. "Shit!" Mimi cursed and landed an inch away from her best friend, Angel. "Annnggggeeeellll!" Mimi whined.

"What is it babe?" Angel mumbled.

"April scared me."

"April, leave the poor girl alone, I think she's still hung over."

"I think you both are." April answered.

"Shut up." Mimi muttered from underneath the pillow. "April, let us sleep and remember to take your AZT's."

"Like I would forget… It's not like I want to be dying from this disease."

"Whatever," Mimi shifted from underneath the blankets and pushed the pillow off of her head.

"You guys remember to go to rehab today ok? I don't want you guys getting this disease also…" April trailed off.

"Don't worry sweetie, we've been clean for almost four years, I'm not going to back to them." Angel answered.

"Agreed." Mimi replied and took April's hand.

"Don't worry about us, just worry about yourself. Anyways go to your doctor's appointment and meet us at the Live Café after."

"You must really be hung over; my doctor's appointment isn't until two in the afternoon. I have to go to work first; I thought I'd just wake you up. Okay everybody! Up!" April laughed and pulled back the sheets and watched as Mimi shivered. She rubbed her arms in an attempt to warm herself up, but it didn't work. Mimi curled herself up against the white sheets. Her eyes were still closed.

"Come on you guys! You can't sleep forever."

"What kind of person would be up this early?" Angel questioned and sat up.

"People who work."

"On Christmas Eve?"

"Some people don't have anywhere else to go." April hinted and walked out of the room and entered the kitchen.

"Was that an insult?" Angel asked Mimi.

"Dunno, too tired to think." Mimi slurred her words. She rubbed her eyes and stood up; she wrapped her robe around her shivering body and walked into the kitchen where she found April making coffee. She grabbed a cup and sat down at the kitchen table. She sipped the coffee slowly and smiled at her two friends. She felt worse then before, but she still managed to smile.

"So any plans tonight?" Mimi questioned and April smiled.

"None really, maybe I'll come and see you at the Cat Scratch Club."

"Both of you?"

"You think Angel would want to come?" April asked and Mimi nodded.

"Of course she would! Anyways after we can go out and celebrate." Mimi smirked and watched as her best friend came out, her clothing and make-up in tact.

"I don't know how you do that Ang, but I know that you should teach me someday."

"Mmmkay Meems."

"And where are you two lovely ladies going today?" April questioned.

"SHOPPING!" They shouted in unison.

"Are you sure we have enough money for that?"

"Aw April, you're always worrying about that." Angel noted and April smiled.

"I have too! We have to have enough money for food you know."

"Of course mommy." Mimi joked and brushed back some of her tangled curls. "We're just going out for a little while before I have to go to work at four."

"Are you sure you don't want to quit working there and start working at the Live Café? They're offering a job to anybody who can speak English and can carry anything on a tray."

"Pero no puedo hablar inglés!" Mimi laughed.

"Well then why don't you take the job Angel?"

"No puedo hablar inglés tampoco!" Angel answered.

"You guys just love doing that because I can't understand Spanish."

"Si!" Mimi pushed back the chair. "Ok we'll stop messing around with you honey, I'm going to get changed and then we'll hit the streets. Maybe we'll get lucky and something will be open at six thirty in the morning."

"Good luck! I'll see you at three at the Live Café." April stood up and grabbed her bag.

"Talk to you later sweetie!" Angel waved to her friend and watched as she opened the door and exited.

-:-

(Present Day)

December 24th 1989

6:43pm E.S.T

It was freezing in the building. She had no idea what she was still doing here. She had nothing warm that she could carry around. She sat on her fire escape and pondered what to do. Work had been cancelled at four and now she was left alone. Angel was somewhere on the streets looking for something or another and April was probably still out with her Life Support group. Great, just what she needed, to be alone. She tried to warm herself up, but it wasn't working. She had been off drugs for about four years and she couldn't feel any better. Mimi ran her hands over her freezing arms and heard a voice singing.

"Time dies…"

She got up and followed that voice. She pushed her loft door back and watched as a man a little older then her came down from the roof. She had always loved going up to the roof. She looked at the candle in her hands and laughed. She blew out her candle and gripped it tightly. She made her ways up the stairs and knocked on the heavy metal door.

"What'd you forget-?"

"Got a light?"

Oh this would be very interesting. Mimi walked into the loft and smiled sweetly at the man. She held out her candle and waited for him to light it. He gently took off his jacket and wrapped it around her shoulders.

"I know you? You're – You're shivering."

"It's nothing; they turned off my heat... And I'm just a little weak on my feet. Would you light my candle? What are you staring at?"

"Nothing… Your hair in the moonlight, you look familiar."

Mimi laughed and moved around the apartment. She had no idea what she was doing. She was bored and that was what made her do this. She wouldn't just walk on a total stranger and ask for them to light her candle. She liked this man; he seemed nice and very very cute. She stumbled slightly, her eyes closing.

"Can you make it?"

"Just haven't eaten much today… At least the room stopped spinning, anyways… What?"

"Nothing, your smile reminded me of-"

She spun around the room and smiled at him, "I always remind people of… Who is she?"

He hesitated slightly. "She died, her name was April…"

Mimi almost choked. This was ROGER? The Roger Davis that April dated? She liked him from the moment she saw him, but she knew she couldn't do anything because of April. It sucked because she really thought that she had a chance with this guy… What was up with him thinking that April was dead? Was April dead? It confused her. Well that was at least what Roger thought. That April was dead… Oh was he in a surprise once he got out of this stupid apartment.

"It's out again, sorry about your friend. Would you light my candle?" She lied quickly and watched as he put the match next to the candle and watched as the fire flickered.

"Well..."

"Yeah – Ow!" She almost dropped the candle as the wax seeped onto her fingers. Her face twisted in pain, but she didn't let it show. She didn't want to show him that she was weak.

"Oh the wax… It's-"

"It's dripping; I like it between my-"

"Fingers! I figured. Oh well, good-night."

Mimi laughed and gave him back his jacket. She smiled and walked away from him smirking. "I'm Roger." He called out and waited for Mimi to turn around. She spun around and looked him in the eyes.

"They call me, they call me, Mimi." With that she exited and walked down the stairs. She had so much she wanted to tell her two friends. She was now running down the stairs and opening the loft door as fast as she could.

-:-

(Present Day)

December 24th 1989

7:02pm E.S.T

"Mimi Marquez, where were you?" Angel questioned as she sat on the couch.

"I was upstairs."

"With who?"

"Roger Davis!"

"What? You mean the guy that April dated?"

"Yes… He was there and it was all… I don't know, weird… Because I don't know, it was so different then all the guys that just wanted me to strip for them. It's just so confusing because he thinks that April's-" There was a muffled cough sounded and Mimi tilted her head to the side. "Who's that? April? Is she sick?" Mimi walked towards their room.

"No and be quiet Mimi, you might wake him."

"Him?"

"Tom Collins, he was bleeding and hurt so I had to take him somewhere. I brought him to the hospital then brought him here." Angel ushered her best friend away from the door and steered her to the couch.

"Ah, I see where this is going." Her friend hit her playfully on the arm.

"He's straight."

"How would you know? Did you even talk to him?"

"No… But I know because… Well I just know those kinds of things!"

Mimi winked at her friend. "Like I don't."

"Mimi!"

Mimi laughed and sat down at the kitchen table waiting for April to get back from work. "When do you think he'll wake up? Maybe I could talk to him-"

"Your way of talking is more like seducing him. Why aren't you at work?"

"Cancelled, a fight broke out at the club and it had to be shut down. I'm going out for a little while, I'll be back soon."

"Remember to be back soon though, rehab is at noon tomorrow." Mimi smiled and wrapped her leopard coat around her. She quickly wrapped the scarf around her thin neck and kissed Angel on the cheek.

"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine." Mimi gave her friend a little wave and walked out of the loft. She couldn't stop thinking about Roger; she didn't know what to do. She knew that April had something with him, but they had broken up because of her disease they couldn't be together anymore. Her high heels clicked on the gravel sidewalks. She tightened her scarf and looked at the flashing lights of the Cat Scratch Club. She knew that tomorrow she would have to work, but she just didn't feel like it. Her thoughts were focused on what she was going to do about Roger. She still had no idea what she was going to do and it pained her. She didn't like him, not even the tiniest bit… Wait yes she did, she liked him… A lot…

Why did Roger Davis have to be so goddamn sexy?

End of Light My Candle