Author's Note: This fic is primarilly about Roger. It goes through his life before RENT, from age 13 - 21 (we'll just say that's how old he was in the movie...). And Adrian & Roger's relationship is pretty fun to write. Because they're practically complete opposites, being forced into a room together.
The Life Of A Bohemian: Roger Davis
Chapter Three
I met up with Mark, Collins, and Maureen outside our homeroom, "You handed them all out?" Maureen asked.
We all nodded, "Some guy Benny helped." I said, "I gave him a flier, and he took a bunch and started handing them out."
Maureen smiled, "That's amazing!" She squealed, before hugging me, "Thank you Roger!"
"You're welcome," I replied, she didn't let go, "Um... Maureen? The bell's about to ring."
"Oh... Right..." She blushed, as she let go.
The four of us walked into the classroom, just as the bell rang. We went to our assigned seats, I was next to Collins, and he was next to Mark. Maureen was a few rows behind us. "Maureen likes you." Collins declared.
"What?" I asked, "No, we're just friends."
"Then explain the really long hug." Mark said, looking at me.
"You guys, we're just friends, I swear!"
"That's how you see it," Mark replied, "But she's got a crush on you."
"And when you told her about that Benny guy, she totally over reacted." Collins added.
As if on cue, Benny walked into the room, and up to the teacher, I saw him whisper something to Miss Waters, and she pointed to the empty seat behind me.
Benny nodded and sat behind me, "Hey Roger."
"Hey Benny, these are my friends Collins and Mark."
"Hey," The two said at the same time.
"Hi." Benny replied, he opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off by Miss Waters beginning to speak.
I tuned her out, if she was saying anything important, Mark, Collins, and Maureen would tell me later. I was busy thinking about how to get out of being grounded, again. And I couldn't come up with any ideas that would work.
The dismissal bell rang about fifteen minutes later, and the four of us met up outside the door, Benny walked out a few seconds later, Mark, Collins, and I waved him over, "Benny!" I exclaimed, "Come hang with us."
"But I have to go to class..." He replied, uneasilly as he walked over.
"We're not skipping." Mark exclaimed, "We were just going to talk for a minute."
"Oh," Benny looked at us, "I guess that's okay then."
Then a beeper went off, Maureen, Mark, and I looked at Collins, Benny looked around to see where it came from.
"AZT break." Collins muttered, taking out the bottle of pills, and quickly taking one, swallowing it dry.
Yes, Collins has AIDS, but he's not a druggie, both his parents have it. He got it by birth, luckily he has his AZT to keep him alive, if he didn't... I don't know what we'd do.
Benny looked at Collins, "Isn't that for people with..." He couldn't even say it.
Collins merely nodded, "Where are you going anyway?"
"Math." Benny replied.
"What room?" Maureen asked.
"139."
"That's where Mark and I are going!" She exclaimed, overexcited as usual.
Benny nodded, "I see."
Collins and I laughed, before turning away, "See you guys later!" I shouted over my shoulder. The two of us had technology first.
"Do you think that he thinks I'm into drugs or something?" Collins asked, stuffing his hands into his pockets.
I shrugged, "I don't know, when the first thing you find out about someone after their name is that they have AIDS, I don't know what they'd think."
Collins smiled at me, "We should probably set him straight."
I nodded, "Yeah, because you're definitely not into drugs." I added.
"I don't know what I'd do if I was." He replied, as we entered the room.
"Roger! Come sit with us!" This girl, Tracey, exclaimed. She was sitting with her friends Emily, Nicole, and Allison. There was only one open seat.
"But there's only one seat." I said, looking at them.
"Duh, for you!" Nicole exclaimed.
I shook my head, "I'm sitting with Collins." Collins smiled at me as we sat on the other side of the room.
"You could hang out with people so much better than him!" Tracey shouted across the room, "So much better than any of the people you hang out with!"
"I hope you're not referring to yourself." I replied.
"Well, duh."
I rolled my eyes, ignoring her as I turned to Collins, who was in hysterics. "It wasn't that funny."
"Okay, so Maureen likes you, and so do they." He said.
"Roger 'Stud' Davis, at your service." I replied, "Even though Maureen does not like me that way!"
"She so does."
"I'm not getting into this right now."
There's Chapter Three. And the Mark/Maureen/Collins stories in this series, are going to be sort of similar to this one. But they'll have their obvious differences.
Thanks to Laurel Ducky for reviewing.