I was originally going to have this be the last chapter, but I couldn't fit all I wanted to, so their time at Cedar Point will be in two chapters. Enjoy! Oh and a big thanx to all my awesome reviewers! I love you all! (blows kisses)

I, state-your-name, do solemnly swear that I own no part of RENT or Cedar Point.

"I can't believe we're here!" Mimi squealed grabbing Angel's hands and jumping a little in her excitement. Not wanting to be left out Maureen squealed and jumped too. Joanne rolled her eyes and went to buy the tickets. Mark got out his camera and began filming the girls.

Roger just shook his head at the three. "Women!"

Angel pointed a finger at him, "Oh stop being such a sourpuss and stop acting like you aren't excited.

Collins grinned mischievously, "Oh we're excited, aren't we Roger? Grabbing the rocker's hands he gave his best high-pitched squeal and swung him around. Mark laughed and turned the camera on them. Roger quickly caught on; he squealed too and jumped up and down.

"Like, oh my god! We're, like here!"

"I know!" Collins mimicked, "It's, like, so totally awesome!"

Angel hit Collins with her purse, but she was laughing. "I see you've got over your little 'incident' with Maureen," she said.

Mimi grinned devilishly, "Yeah, you know it's a good thing it was you and not Mark. He still wouldn't be able to walk straight!" Maureen shrieked with laughter as Mark turned red and glared at Mimi.

"Here you go." Joanne was back. She handed each of them a ticket and they walked over to the entrance.

"Enjoy your day at Cedar Point!" the cheerful ticket agent chirped, "Don't forget to ride the Millenium Force!"

"Lets get a map," Collins suggested. Joanne picked one up from a stack on a small table.

"What should we go on first?" Angel asked looking around.

"Well the Millenium is over there," Joanne said pointing toward the middle of the park.

"Yeah!" Mimi exclaimed, "Let's go on that one first! The park just opened. The line shouldn't be too long."

Joanne looked at the rest of them. "What do you guys think?"

"Yeah!" they shouted. But no one noticed that Roger didn't say anything, or that he suddenly looked apprehensive.

They set off in the direction that the map said the roller coaster would be, though they couldn't see it at the moment. After a couple moments Collins, walking quietly beside his lover, began to notice some of the odd looks they were receiving. He looked at the rest of the group and decided he couldn't really blame them. Angel and Mimi, overcome with excitement, were chatting away in Spanish, Maureen was simultaneously hanging off of Joanne while checking out virtually every other young hot guy or girl in the park and Mark was shooting footage of everything, and narrating it. He noticed that Roger was just walking along quietly,not an usual thing by itself, buthis face unaccompanied with its usual rocker scowl. In fact he looked rather ashen.

"Hey Rog, are you…" he began, but Maureen cut him off.

"Oh my god, there it is!" she squealed. And there it was. The Millenium Force. The blue roller coaster seemed to stretch up forever. If it had been a cloudy day Collins doubted he would have been able to see the tip. As they stood there a train slowly made its way up, pausing for a moment at the top, and then dropped like bullet.

"Let's go!' Mimi shouted.

They started to run toward it, but suddenly Mark noticed that Roger wasn't with them.

"Hey, wait a second you guys!" he said as he stopped and turned around. "Roger? What's the matter?"

The rocker's face had gone suddenly pale as he gazed up at the roller coaster. His eyes were wide and his feet seemed rooted to the ground. The rest of the gang shared a look before jogging back to him.

"Roger?" Mimi asked, laying a hand on his arm tentatively. "Honey, are you okay?" Her voice and touch seemed to snap him out of his stupor. He glanced at her and then quickly became very interested by something on his shoe.

"Yeah, I'm fine, it's just…" he trailed off as his face flooded red. "It's just…it's…"

"Spit it out!" Maureen said impatiently. Joanne kicked her.

"Mfraidofeights," he mumbled.

"What?"

He took a deep breath and looked up at them. "I'm afraid of heights."

Silence.

"Oh honey…" Mimi began, but she had to stop. Her and Angel's face held a mixture of concern and amusement, Maureen looked delighted at this juicy piece of info, Joanne looked sympathetic, Collins' jaw was twitching in an effort to keep from roaring with laughter and Mark just looked stunned.

"How can you be afraid of heights?" he asked incredulously, "You go up on our roof all the time."

"It's different!" Roger insisted. "It's…sturdier. And I don't usually look down, just…out."

Collins couldn't hold back a chuckle. Roger, the "strong one" was afraid of heights? It was priceless. He was quickly silenced when Angel rounded on him.

"You be quiet! At least fear of heights is a rational phobia, not like running away every time a bird comes near you!" Now it was the philosopher's turn to blush.

She turned back to Roger. "Honey, it'll be okay. Heights aren't that bad!"

"Yeah," Mimi chimed in, "Once you're up there you won't even realize how high up you are. It'll be fun!"

"Easy for you to say! You love heights!"

"Yeah, but I didn't used to! You get used to them." Roger still looked doubtful.

"Well if you aren't coming than can you tell us now because want to ride!" Maureen whined. "Ow! Pookie! Quit kicking me!"

"Then learn a little tact!" Joanne growled through her teeth. She turned to Roger. "Still, she has a point. Are you coming or not?"

"Please come!" Mimi pleaded. "I need you there with me!" Roger took one look at her irresistible face and caved.

"All right…" he agreed slowly. "Yay!" Mimi shouted and taking his hand practically dragged him over to the entrance.

"First shot: the Millenium force!" Mark narrated, "Hey, it says the wait's only 30 minutes! That's pretty good."

They ran to the back of the line. Collins pointed out the cage-like mesh to their right.

"Hey, look. That looks like part of the…"

Suddenly the train roared by on the track, only a couple feet from the already skittish Roger. He gave a high-pitched yelp and leapt into Collins arms. The young couple in front of them that were making out paused and stared.

Collins smirked down at him. "Why Roger dear, I had no idea you felt that way."

"Shut up! I was just…startled."

"Then why aren't you letting go?"

The rest of the wait seemed to stretch on forever to the impatient Bohemians, especially Roger. More than once he looked like he was contemplating making a run for it, but every time Collins blocked his way andturned him around to face the front.

"You can do it! Come on!"

By the time they got to the stairs that led to the platform where the cars loaded, Roger was a complete wreck.

"I don't think I can do this," he moaned.

"Oh come on, you'll be fine! You can do it!" Maureen encouraged as she took off her shoes. Her heels were skinny enough to slip through the metal slats that the stairs were made out of. "God, I hope I don't have to do this every time. These shoes have like a million straps."

"You should have worn flip-flops," Angel pointed out. "All theme parks have these pain-in-the-ass stairs.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Come on lets go!"

Suddenly Mimi screamed, "He's getting away!"

Roger had turned and started to bolt. Collins grabbed him and lifted him easily by the scruff of the neck back onto the stairs.

"Oh no you don't, big boy. You can do this!" Roger walked up the stairs as if underwater.

When the line got to the top the gang saw that it divided into sections for loading.

"It seats in pairs," Joanne observed. "Let's try and get seats close to each other and on the same train. For right now how about we do me and Maureen together, Angel and Collins, Roger and Mimi, and…"

"Yeah, I know, me alone," Mark said. He tried to sound glum, but it's hard to do when you are about to go on the most thrilling ride of your life.

"We can switch on the next ride," Angel promised. She eyed the now very green Roger.

"Meanwhile lets find Roger a seat behind the rest of us. If he hurls I don't want it coming back at me."

"Oooh, you're right," Joanne grimaced. She tapped the musician.

"Roger," she said, in a voice gown-ups generally used for small children, "We're going to get you a seat in the back. You'll be with Mimi the whole time, okay?"

He nodded wordlessly and let himself be led to the right line. His eyes had a peculiar glazed quality about them, sort of like a rabbit that is staring at the wolf crouching four feet away. There was no escape.

Finally, after a couple more minutes it was time. The blue train pulled up and hissed to a stop. It was just like from the commercial, with all the people laughing and saying things like "Man!" and "Awesome!" and "We are so going on this again!"

"See, look honey!" Mimi pointed out, "Don't they all look happy?" Just then a dazed-looking kid staggered off and over to the railing. They could hear him heaving. Roger's eyes widened and he gave a small moan of panic. Just then the small gates in front of them opened. Mimi seized the opportunity and shoved him through. She practically pushed him into the seat and quickly buckled his seatbelt for him. Then she took one of his hands and continued words of encouragement.

In front of them Maureen and Joanne got in and buckled. "Here goes!" Maureen exclaimed. "Oh god, now I'm nervous!"

Joanne smiled before placing a kiss on her lover's lips. The little kid behind Roger and Mimi tugged on his mother's sleeve and pointed. His mom glared at the two. Maureen saw and, being the drama queen she was, couldn't resist. She flung her arms around Joanne and gave her a huge, sloppy kiss.

And in front of them Collins took Angel's purse and put it on the ground, sandwiched in between his feet.

"Baby?" he said, "It's going to be pretty windy on the way down. Let me hold your wig."

"Oh, good idea." She slipped it off and handed it to him. The kid behind Mimi and Roger stared some more. His mom now looked horrified.

Mark was in front of all of them, the seat next to him empty. He took one last shot of the group.

"Close on the gang right before we go on the Millenium Force. Note the lovely shade of green on Roger's face." The rocker was too terrified to give him the finger. Then a guy with a microphone started going over the rules. Mark slipped his camera back in its case and sandwiched it in between his own feet.

Then, the train began to move and everyone got quiet. It started its slow ascent to the top.

Suddenly…

"Holy shit Roger! What are you doing to my fingers!"

The kid was delighted. His mom groaned.

Am I evil for leaving you like this? Mwah-hah-hah-hah! Fear me! You like? You review! Next chapter: Why, more Cedar Point fun! And I alsodecided to be nice to Marky. Because I like him. And because. Just because.