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*Back inside the loft with Mark and Angel*
"What the fuck were you thinking?" Mark demanded to know
"Uh...Well...I..I wanted to go for a walk and he stopped by" Angel told him
"That's a horrible excuse!" Mark yelled "You slept with him I bet"
"No" Angel told him "Nothing happened"
"Your a horrible liar" Mark told her "You always were! Now what your becoming the local whore?"
"Mark!" Angel cried "How could say that about me?"
"How could I not?" Mark asked her "Just admit your lying to me and you did sleep with him!"
"Ok fine I did" Angel told him "If anyone should explain it should be you! You lied to me about everything!"
"Like what?" Mark asked her sitting down on the couch
"Like the fact that I have AIDS!" Angel yelled "I had to find out from someone else because my own boyfriend woulden't even tell me! Then I find out I need AZT's to survive which you never gave them to me are you trying to kill me!?!"
SLAP
"Don't talk to me like that!" Mark yelled as he hit her "I never tried to kill you I tried protecting you! I crushed it up and put it in your tea and I told you it was a vitamin if I wanted to kill you trust me you would know"
"I'm going the bedroom..."Angel told him as she started walking away
"No your not" Mark told her "Your going to clean this entire loft"
"What?" Angel asked "I'm tired and I want to go to sleep"
"I'm tired too" Mark told her "I'm tired of you and your attitude"
"Mark please...."Angel begged "I'm sorry I slept with Collins....Please forgive me"
"I already forgave you for that" Mark told her "In fact I blame myself for that If I was around more you would have stayed so I'll be around alot more but I obviously need to keep you busy so you won't think of leaving again...So start cleaning"
"Then can we go see our friends?" Angel asked "Please?"
"Okay Angel you finish and then I promise we can go see them" Mark told her as he started reading the newspaper
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(*Meanwhile at Joanne and Maureen's place*)
"Collins! what were you thinking!" Joanne yelled "How could you just take her!"
"I diden't mean too!" Collins told her "She just kinda came with me"
"Look I'm glad you came to me and not a bar to drink and smoke" Joanne told him "But what you did could majorly get Angel hurt"
"That's why we made him come" Roger added "Where's Maureen?"
"Sleeping" Joanne told him "Where's Mimi?"
"Working Late she said she's coming" Roger told her "So do you think she's gonna be alright?"
"Angel?" Joanne asked "I don't know....I think Mark's going crazy!"
"It's like he's 2 different people" Mimi added in as she came in "Sorry I overheard"
"Hey babe" Roger said as he kissed her "Long day?"
"Yeah" Mimi told him "I keep thinking about Angel and how she's never gonna be the same"
"She will be the same again" Joanne told her "Collins if anyone can make Angel remember it's you"
"You can't give up" Mimi told him "No matter how much your mad at her you need to realize that she needs you"
"I know that" Collins admitted "But seeing her with Mark makes me unhappy I just wanna take her back to the apartment and act like this fight never even happened like always"
"Then why don't you tell her that?" Mimi asked "Maybe that will trigger her memories"
"Maybe what will trigger what?" Maureen asked as she grabbed a beer and sat with everyone
"How nice of Maureen to join us" Benny sarcastically said "Anyway go ahead and finish what you were saying Collins"
"We used to fight over stupid things and then she would go to the loft and then I would beg her to come home and she would agree and then we would have sex and forget it ever happened" Collins told them
"Sounds hot" Maureen told them "I can picture it...."
"Stop Maureen" Joanne told her
"Anyway last night when I brought her back everything felt right in it's place" Collins told them "I wish I could have had that moment forever if I could have Angel remember our relationship I'd take her back and forgive her for cheating I miss her so much and it hurts and I can't hide it anymore"
"Once again TELL HER!" Mimi yelled "Seriously! I know Angel and she loves you! She may have been with Mark but I'm sure he meant nothing to her!"
"Ok Alright!" Collins told her "But how the hell am I gonna get her?"
"The Life Cafe!" Maureen told him
"Great Idea!" Roger added "I'll invite them to lunch tomorrow"
"I'll handle the rest" Maureen told them
"Honeybear how do you plan on doing that?" Joanne asked "Do you honestly think Mark is just gonna let Angel anywhere near Collins?"
"That's why we put some tables and chairs together and seperate them" Maureen told her
"I like Maureen's idea" Roger agreed "You for it Collins?"
"I got nothing else to loose" Collins told him
"Great I'll call them now" Roger told Collins "Invite them for lunch around noon"
"Noon?" Maureen asked "Theres no way I'm gonna be up for Lunch....How about around 7 for drinks and food?"
"Alright sounds good" Benny agreed
"Great I'll call" Roger said as he went into the kitchen and dialed
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(*Back with Mark and Angel*)
"Mark I'm finished Cleaning" Angel told him
"Did you scrub the bathroom floor?" Mark asked "Is the awful brown color gone?"
"Yes Dear" Angel told him "I cleaned the bedroom too"
"Did you clean the kitchen and clean the tables?" Mark asked
"Yes baby" Angel told him "I cleaned everything just like you asked"
"Alright" Mark told her "Good Job Honey"
"So?" Angel asked him "Can we?"
"Can we what?" Mark asked her
"You said we could hang out with everyone when I finished cleaning" Angel told him "You promised"
"I guess I did" Mark told her "But I was thinking maybe we could do something else....."
RING.....RING.....RING....SSSPPPEEEAAAKKK
"Mark! It's Roger...."Roger told him "Pick up the damn phone!"
"Yeah Hello?" Mark asked as he grabbed the phone
"Mark were all going out tomorrow night at 7 to the life cafe" Roger told him "It woulden't be the same without Angel and you so you wanna come?"
"What's the catch?" Mark asked
"No Catch" Roger told him "Just come it will be great!"
"Alright fine" Mark told him "We'll be there"
"Great" Roger told him as he hung up
CLICK
"So are we going out?" Angel asked him "You said we could"
"Look Roger just called" Roger told him "He invited us to the life cafe tomorrow at 7"
"Are we going?" Angel asked hopefully "Please say yes!"
"I already did" Mark told her "So can we stay home tonight?"
"I suppose we can" Angel agreed
"Good" Mark told her "Now lets go have some fun...."
"Mark we can't...." Angel told him "I know I have AIDS and...."
"Angel it's ok" Mark assured her "Let's just go for it....I want to"
"But..."Angel told him
"Not buts lets just do this" Mark told her as he led her in the bedroom
What's Mark gotten himself into? I'm sure everyone can figure it out by now!