One Man, Two Lives Destroyed
Summary: AU She can think of many reasons to explain to her daughter why her fathers not around – just none of them are the truth. MCxMJ MMxRD JJxOC ADSxTC
Note: So as you can tell,we gave you the pairings in the summary! xD Thanks for all the reviews,we thought that not many people would like this story, but I guess wewere wrong. So here is the newest chapter, but it's kinda of short and some parts might be confusing. Okay, we don't want any flamers, so let us explain this chapter.
Maureen's POV Flashbacks - the past
Normal POV Present day
Also, when Maureen is trying to explain that she dated Joanne and Natasha is like: Auntie Joanne is a girl... Okay we're not being mean, you know what we mean? If you were six years old... Would you understand that it was okay to date the same gender? Well maybe some of you would, but I don't think I would have and I don't think that xI'll Cover Youx would have understood that either... IF YOU TAKE IT OFFENSE, TELL US AND WE WILL FIX IT! It's okay to point out stuff that doesn't make sense.
Since this is AU, Mimi, Roger, Collins, and Angel, ARE ALIVE! So that's why the pairings are there... They still have HIV/AIDS, but we wanted them to live longer so... Hehe )
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Co-writer and editor: xI'll Cover Youx
Disclaimer: WE DO NOT OWN RENT!
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Chapter 1
Maureen's POV
It had been two years since Mimi's near death experience and I was sitting in the loft. Today was the worst day of my life, Joanne had dumped me and now I was alone. This was the only place I could go. Mark… I needed to talk to Mark was all my mind could say. Mimi walked out of her and Roger's room.
"Hey Mo, what are you doing?" I looked up at her and once she took in my features – pain in my eyes, tears streaming down my face, and dark bags under my eyes – she ran over to me and wrapped her arms around me.
"What happened?" She whispered and I shrugged. "Come on babe, you can tell me."
"Joanne." I mumbled and she squeezed me.
"What about Joanne?"
"She dumped me."
"What?"
"She dumped for that stupid hair-dresser…"
"What happened?" I wrapped my arms around Mimi and bit my lip.
"She said that she had found somebody who wouldn't flirt with anybody else or cheat on her. But I never cheated on her." I buried my head into Mimi's arm. "I'm such a loser; I should have seen this coming."
"No Mo, it wasn't your fault."
"Yes, it is…" We sat there in silence until Roger came out of the room.
"Should I be scared?" He questioned – he was so stupid, ruining the moment that Mimi and I had. He just had to make a stupid comment and ruin everything… Out of everybody, I had always felt that I never connected with Mimi very much and finally when I do, Roger goes and makes a stupid-ass comment. I let go of Mimi and frowned.
"Shut up Roger, I'm having a crisis… Where's Mark?" Roger looked up to the ceiling.
"He didn't tell you?"
"He didn't tell me what?"
"He left yesterday for the filming contest in California… He said that he was going over to your apartment before he left to say good-bye." Mimi nodded in agreement and I stared at them shocked.
"He didn't say good-bye?"
"You mean that you were expecting him too?" Roger questioned and I nodded.
"I thought we were friends?"
"Of course you guys are friends, what do you think?"
"Well then why didn't he come and say good-bye to me?"
"You dumped him."
"He's still upset about that?" Mimi backed away slowly into Roger's room, I didn't mind, I just wanted to know what happened to Mark. Sometimes, things don't explain themselves, just like this. There should be a perfect explanation for why Mark left without saying good-bye to me, but I can't think of one – but then again I can. I did dump him very… Bluntly.
Why was I caring so much? A year ago, I wouldn't have cared if Mark had said good-bye to me or not… Well I would have cared a little bit, but not that much.
"I – I have to go." I said and walked towards the door.
"Call me when he comes back… Okay?" I opened the door.
"Wait… We're not going to see you before that?" I shook my head and walked farther out of the door.
"Probably not." With that I closed the door and walked down the stairs. I looked at Mimi's former apartment; she had moved out of it and was now living with Roger and – just Roger. She was living with Roger. Joanne had moved out of our… My apartment and was living with Sara the hairdresser and I think that they're buying a place somewhere else. Angel and Collins live somewhere in the city or somewhere, but I hadn't seen them in awhile. I looked around as I stepped out of the building.
"Honey! I haven't seen you in forever!" Angel cheered and ran towards me. She captured me in a hug and I fell limp in her arms, I started to cry. "Babe, what's wrong?" I choked back some more tears to tell her what was going on.
"Joanne… She dumped me for a hairdresser named Sara and Mark left… And oh my god, I'm falling apart." Collins stood next to Angel and rubbed my back soothingly.
"Sweetie, it's going to be alright…"
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Normal POV
"Mommy… Auntie Joanne… You dated her?" Natasha interrupted the story and Maureen nodded. "But… She's a girl."
"Honey, they are a lot of things that you will learn when you're older."
Natasha giggled, "I'm never going to date a girl, I like Billy in my class." Maureen smiled.
"Natasha! Liking boys already?"
"Hey, I'm pretty good-looking; boys would kill to date me." Maureen almost fell over.
"Sweet, you shouldn't think about that now… You're too young."
"Whatever." Natasha snuggled up against her pillow. "Continue."
"You still want to hear the rest?"
"Yes, I want to hear the rest."
"Okay… Let's see…"
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Maureen's POV
For a couple of minutes, I stood there in Angels' arms crying. She held me and said nothing but sweet things and I'm so glad that she was there. I stepped back, out of Angels' arms and smiled at both of them.
"Thanks you guys… So I'm guessing that Mark said good-bye to you also."
Angel looked down to the ground and said nothing, while Collins spoke up. "Yeah, he came by yesterday." I nodded and kept smiling.
"I have to get going… To do… Uh, something or another. I'll talk to you later." I waved and walked away from them. I didn't want to talk anymore, it was too heart-breaking, sure I thought I always would have feelings for Mark, but I didn't think that they would be this strong.
Was I in love with Mark – again? Or was this just a feeling to cover up the pain that I was going through?
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Normal POV
"Okay honey, that's all you get tonight." Maureen moved the covers up to her daughters chin.
"What do you mean Mommy? That's all I get… But that's not the end of the story."
"I'll start the story up tomorrow – morning… I'll tell you the rest of it when you go to sleep and afternoons when you have nothing to do… Okay? It's getting to late to tell the rest." Maureen looked at the clock and then back at Natasha.
"Hmph!"
"C'mon Natasha, it's time for bed… Close your eyes and let your imagination wander." Maureen winked at her and then leaned forward and kissed her forehead.
"See you in the morning."
"I love you Mommy."
"I love you too." Maureen stood up and walked out of the room. She clicked off the light and closed the door slightly. She walked towards her room and sat down on her bed. She fell back against it and then slowly crawled to the nightstand next to the bed. She opened the draw and took out a picture of her and Mark. She sighed and curled up on the bed.
"Why Mark…? Why?"
End of Chapter 1
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