The door of the loft swung closed as Mark, Collins and Mimi left. Roger, who was angrier then ever, got up and kicked the couch with all his might. He then knocked all his music sheets off the table, which flew everywhere on the ground off apartment.
"Shit!" Roger yelled, not meaning to throw all of his precious music onto the ground. He kneeled down and started to pick them up trying to put them in the order he put them in before, with his long blond hair in his face. He then finished picking up his music and walked over to the kitchen counter, looking for his cigarettes.
" Where the hell are my smokes?" he asked out loud to the empty room.
Downstairs, Mimi was sitting at a table that was in her old apartment waiting for Collins and Mark to return from the payphone just outside the building. After a couple of minutes they returned.
"Well, I just called Maureen and Joanne. Joanne is at court right now but Maureen said she'd be over soon." Collins said to Mimi. Mark then walked to the table where Mimi was sitting and sat next to her.
" And I looked down a couple of the streets to see if Jackie was around anywhere, but I couldn't see any trace of her." Mark said. Mimi nodded her head and thought about Jackie, who was so much like her brother. Then it hit Mimi.
" Hold on a second. I'll be right back." She said getting out of her seat. She walked out of the apartment and headed up. She quietly passed Roger's apartment and kept going up, to the roof of the building. There, she saw Jackie sitting on the edge of the building with one of her feet hanging off the end. She was gazing out at the city with no expression on her face. Mimi let out a deep sigh of relief and headed towards the young girl. She walked up to her and Jackie turned around slightly.
" Hey." She said dullely. Mimi sat leaned against the building edge right next to Jackie.
" Hey." She replied back. Jackie turned her head and continued to look at the city. She then pulled a pack of cigarette from her jacket pocket and put one in her mouth.
" Smoke?" Jackie said, offering Mimi one.
" Sure." Mimi said taking one. Jackie then pulled a pack of matches out of her pocket and lit her and Mimi's cigarettes. Taking in deep breaths of the cigarette, Mimi remained silent. Then, she took out the cigarette out of her mouth." Hang on, where did you get a pack of smokes?" she asked suspiciously while raising her eyebrow. Jackie took out her cigarette and blew out smoke.
" I stole them from Roger. They were on the table so a figured I'd take them." She said shrugging her shoulders. Mimi laughed out loud and shook her head. Jackie smiled slightly and put her cigarette back in her mouth. Mimi did the same.
" So," Mimi said blowing out smoke, " Do you smoke often?" Jackie shook her head.
" No, I try to keep it at a low level. I only smoke when I get stressed. Which seems to be happening lately." Jackie answered. " You know, I wish there was someone to talk to and they wouldn't judge you at all. They would see you for who you are. Do you get I'm saying?" Jackie said looking at Mimi. Mimi stared into Jackie's green eyes and frowned slightly. Indeed, she remembered someone exactly like that, her beloved friend, Angel.
" Well, I knew a person like that." Mimi stated. " His name was Angel. He was a cross dresser so he was usually in a skirt and had a wig on. He would ware anything from his plain orange jacket, to a dress he made out of a shower curtain." Mimi chuckled. " He always had a way of making something dull into something beautiful. Angel was more then a guy in a wig. He was my best friend. When I needed to talk to someone about my drug problems, I would go to him and he'd never hold it against me. He'd talk to me if I was having some issues with your brother and he would make me feel so much better. I guess since he was a cross dresser and gay he just understood everybody for who they were." Mimi stopped and looked at the sky.
" What happened?" Jackie asked. Mimi's eyes stung with tears but she kept her voice in the same tone.
" He had AIDS. He died on Halloween last year." Mimi looked at Jackie continued. " I saw his spirit when I almost died a week ago. He said something I'll never forget. He said "Turn around girlfriend and listen to that boys song". Of course, that boy was your brother and that song that he wrote me is a hit down at the Life Café." Mimi stopped and took another long breath from her cigarette. Jackie looked of at the city again.
" I bet Angel was a great person. I really wish he was here now." Jackie said out loud. Mimi looked at Jackie.
" He is Jackie, he'll always be with us. No matter where we are, our Angel will be looking after all us Bohemians." Mimi said smiling. Jackie finished her cigarette, threw it on the ground and stepped on it. Mimi did the same. " Come on, let's go down to my apartment with Collins and Mark. They were looking for you." Mimi said. She started to head back when Jackie started to speak again.
" Are you mad at my brother?" She asked. Mimi turned around and bit her lip. "Cause I really don't want you to be in a fight with him. I was out of line when I did that downstairs. He didn't deserve it." Jackie said lowering her head. Mimi adjusted her leopard jacket and headed back to Jackie.
" Its not your fault. You didn't know that your brother had AIDS. I mean if that happened to me, I would have done the same thing." Mimi said. " Yea, I'm upset with your brother but I don't think you desevered what happened to you." Jackie shook her shook her head.
" I don't want his life to be miserable. You should go and forgive him." Jackie said without looking at Mimi. Mimi shook her head.
" No, I'm not going to make up with him till you two talk to each other." Mimi said. Jackie slid off the edge of he building.
" Why do I have to go make peace with Roger for your relationship to get back together." Jackie said with a pleading look. " Me and Roger haven't talked in 4 years and you going to make me talk to him now?" Mimi smiled and nodded her head.
" I know you love Roger more then anyone in the world. Well, so do I. And I love you to. You're like a little sister to me. It kills me to see that you two care for each other so much but your too hurt to talk to each other. So what is it going to be?" Mimi said putting her hand on her hips. Jackie thought about what Mimi said and she thought about Roger. But most of all, she thought about Angel. She thought about what he would tell her now. Within her heart she could feel the presents of Angel. Jackie smiled and looked back up at Mimi.
" Alright, I'll talk to him tomorrow." She told Mimi. Mimi beamed and hugged Jackie.
" There, now that we got that all situated, lets go inside I'm freezing out here." Mimi said putting her arm around Jackie's shoulder. Then the two girls headed towards the entrance to the building, to Mimi's apartment where Mark and Collins were waiting.
A/N: Well it's a bit short but I was in a hurry. I hope you like that I'm trying to get into all the characters heads, not just Roger's and Jackie's. I'm not sure when the next chapter will be up so I'm sorry if your waiting. Reviews help a lot and I take each one into consideration so thanks so much!