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Diamonds
"I like this one," Maya said, pointing to a big diamond.
"My wallet doesn't," Roger mumbled.
Trisha pulled out the small rack covered in black velvet. Lying on the tray was a beautiful selection of diamonds.
"These are some of the best diamonds we have under your budget," she said. "I will let you look for a moment, if you will excuse me."
"Before you give your input, just remember Mimi is on the simpler side," Roger said to the young girl.
"Trust me," Maya laughed. "When it comes to diamonds, no girl is simple."
After a good 20 minute discussion and Maya complaining that the bigger the diamond, the more she will like it, they narrowed it down to four rings. One was a huge diamond on a silver band. The other was a smaller, oval shaped diamond, with a small one on either side of it. The third one had a square shaped diamond. The last one had a good sized diamond on a thick silver band. It had little diamonds surrounding the large one.
"Which one do you think Maya?" asked Roger. Maya looked at him and smiled sadly.
"I helped you narrow down to here," Maya said. "You are the one proposing, so you need to make the final decision."
Roger swallowed hard and raised his hand over the pile of rings. He concentrated hard and tried to think of what Mimi would like. He disregarded the big one, because it was just too big. The one with the three stones stood for the past, present, and future in Roger's eyes and Mimi was always saying No Day but Today, so he didn't choose that one. He looked at the last two and suddenly, as if someone was guiding his hand, he picked up the last one. He held it up to the light and watched the large diamond sparkle and the little ones follow its lead.
"Good choice," Maya gasped at the ring's beauty. Roger smiled and paid for the engagement ring.
o o o o o
"Hi," Demaris whispered to a young boy sitting up in his bed.
Mimi and Demaris were walking through the Children's Cancer section. Other Girl Scouts were walking around, greeting the patients.
It hurt Mimi to see all of these young, sick children. She did not even want to imagine what the Children with AIDS section of the hospital looked like.
Demaris began talking to a cute boy around her age. He was beginning to get bald spots. He looked very pale, but his eyes sparkled as he laughed at what Demaris was saying.
Mimi tapped Demaris on the shoulder.
"I am going to go to the cafeteria real quick, I will be right back," Mimi said. Demaris nodded and turned back to the boy.
Mimi shuffled down the hall into the small cafeteria. She poured herself a cup of coffee and sat down, taking a deep sip.
A brown-haired whirlwind zoomed over to the table, grabbing Mimi in a gigantic, bear hug. Mimi clutched her coffee cup, to keep it from spilling onto her lap. The girl held her at arm's length and Mimi laughed.
Maureen was dressed in all red and had heart shaped hair clips in her crazy hair.
"Happy V Day," Maureen laughed. Mark came up behind Maureen.
"How are you?" he asked, pulling Mimi into a hug.
"Fine," she said. "How did you know I would be down here?"
"We went to your room and the nurse said you took a walk," Maureen responded. "We figured you would be getting coffee.
"And I see we were right," Mark said, sitting across from them.
"Have you seen Roger at all today?" the young hospital patient asked.
"Nope," Maureen said, looking at her nails, which were painted bright pink. "He left before any of us even woke up. He took Maya shopping or something."
"That doesn't sound like Roger," she mumbled.
"So how are you?" Mark said, putting his hand on hers.
"I'm doing well. I am so glad you guys came by. I have been hanging out with Girl Scouts all day."
"That is cool," Maureen said in a dull tone. "Was your manager pissed?"
Mimi stared at Maureen. "What?"
"That you missed your last day," Maureen said. Mark kicked her lightly in the shin. "OW. What?" she yelled dramatically.
"Oh shit," Mimi said. She began cursing and complaining in a hushed Spanish.
"I am so stupid," Mimi finished, letting her head fall into her hands.
Mark put his hand on her shoulder.
A young nurse in all white walked into the room and looked around. A sign of relief came over her face when she saw Mimi.
The nurse was very pale and had her black hair tied into a bun. She had big red lips and piercing green eyes.
"Miss Marquez," she said. "We have been looking for you. You have a visitor by the name of," she glanced at her clipboard, "Thomas Collins."
"Oh," Mimi said. "Thank you." Maureen jumped up and grabbed her friend's hand as she ran to find Collins.
"See you later Pookie," Maureen yelled.
The nurse looked at Mark, who was still sitting at the table.
"Pookie?" she asked.
"Oh," Mark blushed and then cleared his throat. "Hi I'm Mark. Mark Cohen."
"Nicolletta," she said, reaching out her hand. "Nicolletta Pascal."
"Hi," Mark said goofily.
Nicolletta smiled and sat down.
"Are you with Mimi?" the nurse blurted out.
"Oh no," he said. "I am with….." he trailed off and stared into the nurse's eyes. "Hi, I'm Mark."
Nicolletta laughed and continued to hypnotize the young film maker with her beauty.
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