Hey, so there is a reason I waited to update this story. Sorry it took so long, but hey, there is a method to this madness. Here's my next chapter of All the Scars! Oh, and I don't own RENT...sad, I know.
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As February approached, Emily began to monitor the mail as Mimi flipped through it daily.
"For someone who hasn't been out of the hospital for even a month, you sure seem excited for that letter," Mimi said one Saturday afternoon.
"I can't help it," Emily replied. "Besides, this letter could change my future." Mimi sighed.
"Well it didn't come today." Maureen and Joanne appeared in the lofts entrance.
"Good afternoon!" Maureen twittered.
"Hey Maureen! Hi Joanne," Emily said happily.
"Someone's in a good mood," Joanne observed.
"I'd be in a better one if my letter would come."
"It'll come," Maureen reassured her, pulling her into a hug. Emily smiled and nodded.
"Oh, Joanne, will you help me press charges against my parents?"
"Hun, I thought you would never ask; I'd love to."
"I want to have Mimi and Roger be my legal guardians, I don't want to be sent to foster care or some adoption agency, can you help with that too? I want to live here."
"That should be no problem. I'll start the guardian-ship papers tonight; do you want to discuss what charges you want to press at lunch tomorrow?"
"Sure; and Mom said I wouldn't be able to afford a lawyer." Roger chuckled from the bedroom doorway.
"Who says you can stay here?" Roger asked sarcastically.
"Mimi did, and you did too," Emily responded.
"Oh we did, didn't we?" Emily nodded, giggling.
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"I despise finals," Mimi said walking out of the high school with Emily.
"I don't despise them, but I don't enjoy them either." They made their way to the subway station filled with celebrating high schoolers. They got on the train they needed and rode in silence.
"Roger," Emily called when she and Mimi got home to the loft.
Roger came out from the kitchen. "Yes?"
"Hi Honey," Mimi said.
"Hey Babe, how were finals?" Mimi groaned. "That good huh?" He pecked her on the cheek.
"Hey Roger, did I get any mail?" Emily asked anxiously, her eyes pleading her brother.
"I'm
not sure, perhaps you did..."
"Roger James Davis! If I got
mail, and you don't fucking give it to me, I swear I'll,"
"Well, if it's that important to you..."
"Roger!"
"Okay, okay, here!" He withdrew the letter from his back pocket and handed it to Emily.
Emily slid her finger under the seal, carefully opening the envelope. She unfolded the letter with a slight tremble in her hands.
"Well?" Mimi inquired impatiently.
"Dear Ms. Davis;
We are please to inform you that you have been selected to become a student in the Dance major. I got in!"
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That night, the Bohemians gathered once more at the Life.
"Hi Maureen, Hi Joanne," Emily said when Maureen entered the Life followed by a slightly flustered Joanne.
"Hey Emily! So have you gotten your letter yet?" Maureen twittered.
Emily sighed sadly before, "YES! I got in!"
Maureen shrieked with delight. "Oh my fucking God, congratulations! I knew you would make it! Mark get your damn camera out of my face!"
"Congrats girl, I'm proud of you," Collins said pulling Emily into a hug.
"Yes, congratulations; I however have something to make this day even better for you," Joanne said.
"What?" Emily inquired a confused look on her face. What could possible make this day better? she thought.
"Roger and Mimi are now your legal guardians, and your court date is pending."
"Oh my God, are you fucking serious?!"
"Yes!"
"This is a true night for celebration!" Mimi said excitedly hugging Emily.
"How exactly are we going to celebrate?" Maureen asked.
"Wine and Beer!" the Bohemians chorused, Maureen and Emily included.
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"So, anyone you have your eye set on for Valentine's Day?" Roger asked, idly strumming his guitar's strings and tuning them.
"Nope, not really...but you know what would be really romantic?" Emily said, looking over her book.
"What?" Emily placed her bookmark in the book and closed it.
"Marry Mimi on Valentine's Day."
"But planning a wedding takes time, and Valentine's Day is in four days."
"Elope; it will be so romantic. If I was as in love with someone as Mimi is with you, and they asked me to elope on Valentine's Day, I wouldn't be able to refuse!"
"It's a thought," Roger said, pondering the idea. Emily returned to her book. "What is it that you are reading?"
"Romeo and Juliet, it's for my Honor's English class. Thought Mimi should be reading it too..."
"I hated having to read Shakespeare. How do you stand it?"
"I enjoy Shakespeare, of course Othello is my favorite, Romeo and Juliet is okay."
"You talking about that dumb assignment?" Mimi asked entering the loft in her waitress' uniform.
"She's talking, I'm pretending to understand."
"Roger, it's not that hard to understand."
"Do you wanna write my essay on it then?"
"No, Mimi, that's cheating; I will however help you to understand it."
"Okay, I guess," Mimi sighed, figuring it was better than nothing.
"What do you need help understanding?" Emily asked.
"All of it."
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"I'm so glad tomorrow is Friday," Mimi stated.
"Yeah, and Valentine's Day. What are you going to do with Roger?"
"I'm not sure, maybe I'll make a romantic dinner or something."
"What would you be making for him?"
"I don't know, what was his favorite food as a child?"
"We ate whatever we could get ourselves. Roger usually made us sandwiches or we had cereal, we weren't allowed to turn on the stove."
"God, you're parents are fucked up!"
"Yeah, but Roger and I came from their fucking, so..."
"Yeah, but, you were children!"
"We had our own ways of losing ourselves...for Roger it was music. For me, dance." Emily added the last part a little less loudly.
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"Friday, February 14th, 3:38pm, Eastern Standard Time. Valentine's Day. Mimi and Emily sit at the table, trying to make some sense of their math homework; Roger went up to the roof about ten minutes ago to work on a song; only God knows where Collins is, maybe at his apartment alone, grading papers and drinking some Stoli.; Maureen and Joanne left around noon today for a weekend getaway at Joanne's parents' cabin in Maine. Me, well, I'm watching it all through this camera. Mimi, Emily, smile!"
"Mark, if you got out from behind your camera, and out into the world, you might be spending you night with a woman instead of you lenses," Emily stated.
"You might be right, but I know my camera won't insult me or break my heart."
"If you don't take a chance, you'll never find anyone but yourself, which I guess is okay..."
"Emily!" Mimi screeched in shock.
"Hey, other than Mr. Davis, I'm still a virgin, but that doesn't mean I don't have a sex drive." By this time Mark had blushed to almost scarlet. "You okay there Mark? You are completely red in the face."
"F..F..fine..." Mark stammered.
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Mimi sat on the couch, her head rested on Roger's shoulder. "Hey Mimi?"
"Hmm?"
"Let's go get married."
"What? Now?"
"Yeah, why not, let's elope." Mimi leaned in and kissed him passionately.
"Does Emily get to come?"
"She came up with the idea, she also offered to play "Your Eyes" on the piano for us."
"And Mark?"
"He'll be the witness, and he's going to film it, so that Maureen and Joanne will have proof."
"It seems you've come up with everything, where will we elope?"
"There's this little church that Emily found for us that does elope marriages."
"Let's get Mark and Emily and go get married!" Mimi jumped up and tossed Roger his shoes.
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The church was small and simple, tucked between a life insurance building and a small cemetery in part of the Lower East Side.
Emily sat at the baby grand piano, waiting for her cue. Mark sat in the first pew, winding his camera so it would be ready. Roger nodded to Emily who began to play the song beautifully as Mimi made her way down the short aisle towards Roger.
After a semi-short service and both Roger and Mimi had said their vows, the preacher pronounced them man and wife. Roger pulled Mimi into a deep, passionate kiss.
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So there you have it folks. I can't say when I'll next be able to update as my mom is in the hospital, again, and I'm technically grounded from the computer until her return. At least this chapter was a longer one and had many events in it. Until next time! -Diva