Chapter 10:
Collins pulled Mark to his feet. He could tell that the filmmaker was slightly confused about where he was.
"Welcome, Marky, back to Bohemia!" Maureen announced from behind Mark as she threw her arms around his neck. Mark felt himself being hugged by numerous people.
"Hey. Hey!" Collins said in a booming voice. "Give the guy some space! He just arrived here, and is probably a little confused." Mark gave Collins a grateful look.
"Thanks," he said. Cutting right to the chase, he asked, "Where am I?"
"You're in heaven. You died," Roger said rather bluntly, earning himself a whack from both April and Mimi. "What? I was just being honest!"
"Hey, it's okay girls. I don't get how I died though. I was walking around Manhattan perfectly fine."
"You were getting pretty old man. I mean, you were-" Collins stopped to think.
"I was 77."
"77? You don't look a day past 30!" Maureen exclaimed in hopes of lightening the mood. Everyone laughed. The Bohemians spent the entire day celebrating Mark's arrival in heaven.
Later that night, Maureen sat out on the fire escape wither knees drawn to her chest. She was so deep in thought that she didn't hear Mark join her. he wrapped a blanket around her shoulders in order to fight off the cold, and handed her a steaming cup of coffee.
"You've been avoiding me, Mo," he said as he sat down next to her. "you haven't said two words to me since that joke about me age, and I think I know why. It was to do with this." He pulled a crumpled copy of Maureen's last letter to him out of his tan jacket's pocket. "You're avoiding me because of this." Maureen laughed bitterly.
"You must have thought that I was such an idiot. Wasting my dying words on shit like that." Mark shook his head.
"No, no I don't. it was something that was eating you up. I want you to know that I forgive you. Actually, I forgave you when I saw how happy you were with Jo." Maureen smiled, and gave mark a huge hug.
"Thanks Mark! You're so sweet!" Mark smiled weakly, and returned the hug.
A/N: God am I sorry that this chapter is SO short, but there really wasn't much left to write. The next chapter will be short. Benny's chapter will be his obituary, and his arrival. Please R & R, and check out Off-Camera and He's Gone!
