Lalala, writers block sucks. School sucks. Having ideas but no inspiration sucks. I love you all. Most of the AN is after the chapter. Enjoy the reading!

Disclaimer: I don't own RENT.

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--Girl's Night Out--

-Angel's POV-

I'm going out tonight with Maureen, Joanne, and April. We decided to ditch the guys so we can all go shopping and have "girl-time." We invited Mark (he's so girly sometimes), but he said he "wasn't into that shit," which was only a little offensive. He kept apologizing until we all got even more annoyed with him, so it's okay anyway.

Oops, I went on a tangent there. Oh well. We decided to meet down at this coffee shop that just opened. It looks cool- they have some old books for sale too. I walk down the street and from a distance I can see Maureen and Joanne standing outside, arguing.

"I was not flirting with her!"

"You were! I can't believe you would do that, Mo!" I run over to them. I hate when they fight.

"What are you two bickering about now?" I ask.

"Maureen was hitting on the woman working inside. I swear, sometimes I just can't stand her." Joanne sticks her tongue out at Maureen, and suddenly I'm reminded of third grade…

"I was not flirting with, hitting on, or cheating on you with that stupid girl! I was asking her where I could find those little vanilla-flavored cream things that you love so much!" Maureen shouts, tears finally overflowing and running down her face.

"Jo, you may have overreacted a bit." I add, patting Maureen's shoulder gently to calm her down.

"Honeybear…" Joanne nearly whispers. "I'm sorry. I didn't know… It's just that you're always being so flirtatious that I just… I jumped to conclusions. I'm sorry."

"Aw, Pookie, I forgive you. That girl isn't even hot, for Pete's sake!"

"Who's Pete?" We all start laughing, and Mo and Jo kiss and make up. We go inside to find April sitting at a table with four cups of coffee all ready for drinking. She grins at us and motions for us to sit down.

"Hey Angel. Did you get these two to finally stop fighting?"

"Yeah. Actually I didn't have to do anything."

"Oh that's good. Hey, you guys wanna look at books while we're here? They have a pretty good selection." She points to a bookcase over in the corner. I shrug, but Maureen seems a lot more enthusiastic.

"Come on guys, let's look at the café literature!" She squeals and runs to the shelves, looking quickly through the stacks and piles of books. "Oh. My. God!"

"What is it, Honeybear?" Jo asks, walking over to where Maureen is standing in shock. She follows Mo's gaze and her eyes widen. "Wow." April and I are suddenly more interested. I hurry towards them and take a close look at the books their eyes are focused on. I raise an eyebrow.

"Romance novels?" I glance up at Maureen and Joanne who are now giggling and picking out books. April shrugs and picks one up.

"I've heard these things are like literary porn." She says, turning the book over in her hands. "I think I'm getting one."

"Yeah, just hide it from Roger." Joanne says, rolling her eyes. I laugh and pick up one of the inconspicuous-looking books. We pick one out for each of us, Maureen telling us which are good and which aren't (don't ask how she knows these things). After a while of reading, I get a serious case of the giggles and nearly choke on my coffee. April smacks my back and I cough so hard I almost fall over, which causes me to laugh even more. Soon enough we're all just laughing our heads off and the owner of the café comes over and tells us to be quiet.

"So, how is everyone?" I ask when we've calmed down a bit.

"Roger and I are doing very well, thank you. We haven't fought in over a week!" April says cheerfully. "We also found an apartment-type-thing in New York City. We're moving this summer."

"That's cool." Maureen says. "I'm going to hang out with Jo while she's at Harvard." She rolls her eyes on "Harvard" making April and I giggle yet again. Joanne just shakes her head.

"What about you and Collins?"

"Oh, we both got into NYU. So we're going to be in New York too, April! That'll be so fun!"

Maureen suddenly gets one of those looks, and she asks- "What about Mark and Josh? Do you know where they're going after graduation?"

"I talked to Mark, and he said he's going to Brown. Josh is going somewhere in California." Everyone gasps. "Yeah, I know. They're actually going to attempt a long-distance thing. Isn't that horrible?"

"Who wants to bet that Josh will last less than a semester before moving back here to be with Mark?" April asks, raising her hand. The rest of us follow suit, starting yet another fit of giggles.

"But really, it's going to be weird that we won't all be together." Joanne says, stirring what remains of her coffee idly. "We've always at least been able to spend weekends together. I'm gonna miss you guys."

"We'll all agree to get together on holidays, and over the summer. Since Josh will be the only person really far away, it shouldn't be that hard to keep in touch." I assure her.

Ten minutes later we leave, full of caffeine and armed with several paperback books to throw at people (not really, I just wanted to say that). We decide to walk to the mall, since it's relatively close. As we wander through the crowds I hear a group of boys whistling- probably at Maureen and April.

"Listen to those jerks. We should totally teach them a lesson." Maureen says in her 'I'm-plotting-things' voice. We head over in their direction. Suddenly the teenage boys look scared to death. Maureen goes right up to them. "Hey boys." She says, sitting right next to one wearing a black baseball cap and skater shoes. Typical. "What's up?"

"We were just checking out you fine ladies." Another kid says, trying his best to look suave and charming. And failing.

I roll my eyes and whisper to April, "These guys are assholes. Why don't we just leave?"

She shrugs and whispers back, "I don't know. Maureen seems to be having fun though." She nods towards Mo, who is now sitting in the baseball cap kid's lap. She suddenly stands up.

"Pookie! We have to get more shampoo I just remembered!" She pulls Joanne close to her, and the boys exchange glances. "Come on, if we hurry we'll have time to shower together before my parents get home!" She pulls Jo forward and kisses her. I can tell Jo isn't too happy about being used to embarrass boys, but she kisses Mo back anyways. The boys all act disgusted and turn their attention to me and April.

"Why are you hanging out with these lesbians? I mean, you two are way too hot for that. You could get better friends than that." Another boy says, this one wearing all black with his hair spiked up.

"They're our friends because they're nice people!" April counters. "Unlike you jerks."

"Hey… guys, that chick isn't a chick!" One of them says after looking at me more closely. "Gaw, that's gross!" I glare at him.

"Dude, I think that's the one in the senior class!" another of them chimes in. "Don't talk to it- I heard this one kid got beat up pretty bad when he bothered it…"

"It?" I nearly shout. "Excuse me, I am standing right here! And please get your story straight- the kid I 'beat up' was Josh Goldberg, who is now one of our close friends." I smirk at them.

"So you aren't as tough as the rumors say?" The baseball cap one says, standing up. He leans closer to me. "What're you gonna do? Throw your makeup kit at me?" He laughs, and I sort of lose my temper. I shove him backwards, and he falls over a bench onto the floor. He rolls over, holding his ankle. "Ah, you broke my fuckin' leg!"

"Shut up, whiny bastard." April says, looking at the rest of the boys who are now searching for an easy escape route. "The rest of you better just hope we decide to let you go!"

"Yeah!" Mo adds, trying to look menacing. The goth kid helps baseball cap guy up and the rest of them leave, nothing seriously hurt but their egos. I high-five April and Mo, and Joanne beams at us.

"That was fun!" she says, hugging Maureen tightly. "Stupid boys."

"Yeah, men are stupid." I agree. "They all are, at some time or other. But hey, it's why I love them."

"I don't." Joanne says, making a face. "They're smelly and gross!"

"Yeah, but so is Mo, and you don't complain about that!" April shouts, dodging a shove from Maureen.

"Get back here, April!" Maureen takes off running after her, and Jo and I share a look before chasing them. We don't get home for another three hours.

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Well, how was that? I am SO SO SO SORRY about not updating for such a long time! School started, I'm already behind in my homework, and I am under SO MUCH STRESS… But I'm sorry. Do me a favor, don't kill me? I'll be updating much more often now that I'm over the initial shock of school.

Oh, and I have a mini-sequel planned before the actual sequel. What do you guys think: A mini-sequel featuring pre-through-post NK focusing on… Mark and Josh :D Wouldn't that be fun? Let me know what you think.

Oh, and Josh has an official full name now: Joshua Aaron Goldberg. :D It's exciting for me.