Author's Note: I got a lot of reviews asking about characters and pairings. Yes, Collins and Joanne will be showing up soon and Angel is regrettably still dead. I'm not sure if Roger and Mimi will be getting back together. Thanks for the reviews by the way. I love them! Oh and I'm going to take a note out of someone else's book. The first five people who review this chapter, and send me a private message with their information will be included in the story some how. Desperate I know.
Chapter 4
Roger looked over at Mimi confused. "So you were engaged to a gay person before?" he asked.
Maureen giggled and then tried to cover it. Even Mark was grinning. "What?" Roger wanted to know. "What are you laughing at?"
Mimi ducked her head to hide her own grin. Then she said, "Maureen is convinced that you are gay, and that's why you broke up with me to move to L.A. I told her she was being ridiculous but that's Maureen."
Roger glared at Maureen; "I" he said "am not gay. I love women. It's not my fault that the president of my fan club is a twelve year old boy."
From the look on his friends' faces he knew that they were not previously aware of this fact.
"So," Mark said slowly. "Apparently you appeal to teenage girls and confused little boys as well Roger. I never knew you were so influential." Then his palm pilot beeped at the same time Maureen's cell phone rang.
"Crap," Mark said. "I've got a meeting on the Lower West Side in twenty minutes. That's the whole reason I'm here."
"Hello?" Maureen said answering her phone. "Oh hey Pookie! That's great. Yeah, Mark, Mimi and Roger showed up. Okay, yeah tell her. See you tomorrow."
"That was Joanne." She told the group. "She and Collins are coming in tomorrow and she's bringing Jaylah to meet you Rog. Will you guys still be here?"
"I will" Mark answered "I'll be here until Thursday."
"Me too" Mimi added.
"Yeah," Roger said, "I'm here for a concert I have in Manhattan on Saturday. I just wanted to come and see the old neighborhood."
"How often do you see Collins Maureen?" Mark wanted to know.
"Oh all the time." She responded. "Joanne and I live in Boston, and Collins went back to work at MIT. The dean got fired and they offeredCollins a job. Joanne works at a law firm that isn't far from MIT and I'm her receptionist. They both have a break coming up tomorrow so they're catching a train into the city."
"So you guys want to meet up tomorrow?" Roger asked.
"Yeah, how about we meet here at five?" Mark said.
Every one agreed and got their things together to leave. As he watched his old friends, Roger was struck by just how much time had changed them. Mark was quiet and kept to himself. That's probably my fault, he thought. Maureen was also a bit quieter, probably the result of being a mother. And Mimi, Mimi was engaged. She was still his fiery Mimi, only more matured. Roger began to wonder if he'd changed and if anyone could see it.