Chapter Two: Time and Space
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Four Months After Mark Left----LOFT scence
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Roger sat there on top of the metal table plucking at the guitar, his thoughts otherwise occupied. It had been four months...four months without Mark. As to why Roger was clueless, not because he was stupid or blind. He had come up with so many possibilties to the point none of them seemed plausible for causing Mark to leave.

The loft door opened revealing Mimi, coming home from work, who threw her stuff to the side. She looked to Roger, but noticed he thoughts weren't with him at the moment. She stood at the opposite end of the table.

"Hey."

"Hey." Roger replied lamely.

Mimi sighed, sometimes to her seemed they had drifted apart in the last four months, and yet there were others when they seemed closes. "Are you thinking..."

"I just don't understand why left."

Roger avoided the subject of their children as much as possible. "Rog, it's been four months...sometimes it seems you're more upset about Mark then..."

He was the fear in her eyes, the look he hated, because he wasn't protecting her, "No, no...don't say that." He reached out to pull her up. "Come here."

Mimi climbed up and laid against his chest. They stayed there for a few moments.

"We made the right choice..." Mimi said. "I don't regret it; it's that...if the situation...had been...different..."

"Mimi, if the situation had been different...there's a lot of things that could be different now."

"You know what I mean. Do you think we could have made good parents?"

"Meems, you would have been great mom, but..."

Mimi smiled at the role reversal, "No day but today."

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Hey, you guys...I know this extremely short, but right now the focus isn't really on Mimi and Roger...and because this is short you know you'll be getting a quicker update...those chapters taking place with Mimi and Roger will be shorter, and randomly placed, they will be marked at the beginning of the chapter.

I hope you enjoy.

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Until next time, this is me...signing out.