8 Hour Love Story..

This is an Alternate Universe fic…I'm trying to do something a bit different…I don't own RENT or it's characters I do own any original characters you may see (like Mackenzie…Mimi's roommate)

Lyrics to the title song '8 Hour Love Story' Belong to Jacob Young


Mark looked at the women. She was wearing sunglasses and had her hair pulled into a ponytail hanging out of a worn out baseball cap but Mark could tell who she was.

"M-maureen I thought you told Roger you'd be back tomorrow," Mark said.

"I lied," Maureen said, "I wanted to see for myself if the rumors were true."

"What rumors," Mark asked.

"You know very well," Maureen said, "about Roger ant that dancer."

"That dancer has a name," said Mackenzie, "its Mimi."

"And you know the real deal I suppose," Maureen said.

"As a matter a fact I do," Mackenzie said, "I'm Mackenzie Harrison, Mimi's best friend and roommate."

"Well Miss Harrison I suggest you spill," Maureen said.

"How about a bet," Mackenzie said, "I win and you'll just have to ask Roger outright."

"And if I win you tell the whole truth," Maureen said.

"I've got to see this," Mark said sitting on a barstool near by.


MEANWHILE….

Mimi was sitting in her apartment when there was a knock on her door.

"Who is it," Mimi said.

"Roger," Roger said.

Mimi opened the door and smiled.

"I thought about us," Roger said.

"So we are an us now," Mimi said.

"I called Maureen's hotel and got no answer," Roger said, "they said she checked out."

"Really," Mimi said.

"And I came to realize that Maureen has also been in the Tabloids a lot for flirting around," Roger said.

"Is it true that she dated her manager," Mimi said.

Roger nodded.

"Sometimes," Roger said, "I think she is still with her."

"No," Mimi said.

"But I want all this Hollywood stuff to go away," Roger said, "Not the whole rock star thing just the."

"Being linked to a different girl each week," Mimi said.

"Exactly," Roger said, "I want to be a one woman guy Mimi and I want that one woman to be you."

The two kissed and headed inside the apartment for a drink.


"Ha," Mackenzie said, "I win."

"That's my girl," Mark said.

Maureen and Mackenzie looked at him.

"Did I say that out loud," Mark said.

Both women nodded.

"So is Mackenzie here your girlfriend," Maureen said.

"Yes," Mark said.

However at the same time Mackenzie said, "No."

Mackenzie looked at Mark in shock but then put her arms around him.

"Less Girlfriend/Boyfriend," Mackenzie said, "more friends with benefits."

"So you two are," Maureen said.

"Sleeping together," Mackenzie said, "no."

"So theirs no chance in telling me about Mimi and Roger," Maureen said.

"Strictly Business," Mackenzie said.

"Come to the set tomorrow and see for yourself," Mark said.

Maureen nodded and smiled.

"Enjoy the rest of your night you too," Maureen said leaving.

"Can you saw awkward," Mackenzie said.

"It's funny," Mark said, "seeing Maureen tonight I didn't have those feelings."

"Feelings," Mackenzie asked.

"When I first met Maureen I had butterflies flapping away in my stomach," Mark said, "even when I knew she was Roger's I still felt that I was in love."

"But now those feelings," Mackenzie said.

"I still get them," Mark said, "Just not for Maureen."

"Then for," Mackenzie said thinking, "Oh."

Mark kissed her quickly then pulled back.

"Time that I should take you home," Mark said.

"Good idea," Mackenzie said.

TBC