Chapter 6:

"Hey Jo, Maureen backstage already?" Mimi called. She was wearing black boots that almost came up to her knees, fishnets, her button up leopard print jacket, and a brown cap. Roger was standing next to her in his leather jacket; their fingers entwined.

"Yeah, she just left like thirty second ago," replied Joanne. Felicity felt slightly uncomfortable around the group of strangers.

"Oh guys, this is Felicity," Mark said. "Felicity, this is Roger, Mimi, Collins, and you already met Angel." Felicity shook each person's hand respectively.

"You look exactly like your parents," Mimi pointed out, causing Felicity to blush several shades of red. She adjusted her backpack, and wrapped her jacket tighter around her.

"What do you think of the East Village?" Mimi asked Felicity. The two were off to the side talking while waiting for the show to begin. Felicity stopped to think.

"I've only seen outside; it's different though. I live in Brooklyn with my foster parents right now, but I guess I'll have to get used to the East Village life," she replied.

"So you're going to move in with Mark, Maureen, and Joanne?"
"Joanne's working on it, but I hopefully will really soon. I hate foster care. I'm with my fourth family this year."

"God that must really suck. Bohemia's no paradise though. Shitty housing, no heat or air conditioning, and Benny always around asking for the rent."

"Maureen told me about Benny, or at least she mentioned him at dinner tonight. I won't repeat what she said though." Mimi rolled her eyes and smiled.

"I can only being to imagine what Maureen said about Benny. They haven't gotten along for a while now."

Felicity was about to ask Mimi why Maureen and Benny don't get along when the sound of a motorcycle cut her off. She watched in amazement as her Mother zoomed by.

Mimi put her hands on her shoulders, and leaned over so she could be heard, and asked, "Ready for your first Maureen Johnson show?" Felicity nodded eagerly with a smile plastered across her face. Maureen got up on the stage, and began talking about a dream she had had the night before.

"Last night, I dreamt I was back in Cyberland. This time, everyone just walked around only caring about themselves. In Cyberland, people couldn't be with who they wanted to be with. This caused them to become mindless drones." Maureen continued t talk about a cow named Elsie (A/N: Elsie's a big deal with me and my friend! She drew a picture of Maureen for me, and I made her add in Elsie! Power to the cow!) telling her to take a leap of faith. She began to jump up and down, mooing at the top of her lungs. Felicity laughed and clapped her hands as the audience began to moo along with her Mother. Mark wrapped an arm around her shoulders, and gave her a quick squeeze.

"So what'd 'ya think?" Joanne asked Felicity after the show as she climbed down from the lighting tower.

"It was, umm, interesting," she replied as she yawned. "Oh, excuse me," she said, covering her mouth with her hand.

"Looks like someone's tired," Collins joked. Felicity shook her head causing her curls to go all over the place.

"No," she retorted. "I'm not tired." Her argument was ended by another yawn. The Bohemians all laughed.

"Come on, let's get you home," Mark said to his daughter. Mimi gave Roger a quick kiss on the lips.

"I've got to go to work," she told him. "Love you."

"Love you too," replied Roger. He playfully slapped Mimi's ass as she left with Mark and Felicity.

Mark pulled his key to the loft out of his coat pocket. He slid open the heavy metal door, and showed Felicity around.

"I didn't have much time to put my film stuff away today, and Joanne and Maureen are in the process of moving in up here, so things are a mess," he explained as he flipped the lights on. Moving boxes were scattered all over the place, and film equipment covered the large metal table and couch. Felicity looked around completely fascinated. She found a picture of a baby in a battered wooden picture frame.

She picked it up, and asked, "Who's this?" Mark stopped packing up his equipment, and looked up.

"That is you. It's the only picture I have of you." Felicity studied the picture for a little while longer before putting it back. Mark began shuffling through his box of footage.

"Mark, I'm really wiped, where's my room?"
"Here, follow me."

Mark led Felicity down the hall to Roger's old room. All that was left was his old bed, dresser, and nightstand.

"This is Roger's old room," explained Mark. "When you move in, you'll have this room. We didn't trust what had happened in those sheets, so we bought new ones." Felicity smiled.

"Thanks," she said quietly before giving Mark a hug. Felicity put her backpack on the dresser, and pulled out a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. "Goodnight, Dad." Mark was taken aback like Maureen had been earlier by Felicity's comment.

"Goodnight Felicity." He quietly closed the bedroom door, and went to cut together something for Felicity.

A/N: Sorry about the mini-hiatous. wouldn't let me upload ANYTHING for about three days, so yeah. SORRY don't blame me!