Diclaimer: Nothing Rent is mine.

Collins walked into the living room in his blue robe that contrasted oddly with his skin tone.

"What's all this noise about?" Collins asked sleepily. "Oh, hello Mimi. Isn't it a little early for you to be here?" he asked when he noticed Mimi was there too. He tilted his head to the side and raised an eyebrow as he saw Angel stairing at the newspaper with her jaw dropped open slightly. "What's with her?" he mouthed to Mimi.

"Yes, it's early for me to be here. And you'll find out the rest in about . . . three. . . two. . .one. . .now." Mimi answered her voice getting quieter with each number until she was only mouthing 'now'. Right after 'now' Angel let out a high-pitched squeal and started to jump up and down.

"OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!! This is PERFECT, it's AMAZING, it's WONDERFUL!!" Angel squealed happily.

"What is?" Collins asked knowing that it must be something big to make Angel this happy.

"There's going to be auditions for a new play celebrating gay pride and they want REAL drag queens to audition!! This is SO big!! It's only a block away from Broadway too!" Angel answered happily. Collins smiled.

"That's great, honey, it really is." he said walking up to Angel and giving her a hug. "So, you going to audition?" he asked her.

"Am I going to audition? Am I going to audition? I swear Thomas Collins, you must not know me at ALL! Of COURSE I'm going to audition!! I've wanted to be on the stage since - since birth! And this is the PERFECT opputunity." Angel answered excitedly. "And the auditions are this weekend!" she added.

"Didn't I tell you my coming over would be worth it?" Mimi asked.

"Oh, chica, it WAS worth it! It really, REALLY was!" Angel squealed now giving Mimi a tight hug. After thirty seconds Mimi squeaked,

"Angel. . .can't. . .breathe. . . .breathing. . . .neccassary. . . to. . .live." Angel didn't seem to hear her so Mimi tried again.

"Hugging. . .too. . .tight. . .can't. . .breathe." this time it actually worked. Angel let go.

"God, Angel, what are you trying to do, kill me?" Mimi asked.

"NO!" Angel answered. "Now why would I want to kill my BESTEST friend EVER?" she asked rhetorically. "Especially since there's also a role for one of the drag queen's best friends, which, if I get a role, you'd be PERFECT for!!" Angel added.

"There is?" Mimi asked grabbing the newspaper away from Angel.

"Yep." Angel answered.

"Guess I missed it earlier." Mimi said, now finding it. "AND there's a role for one of the drag queen's partner!" she added. Her and Angel both looked expectantly at Collins.

"Oh no! No no no no no no no. Theater is NOT my thing. Do I look like Maureen?" Collins asked. Mimi and Angel cracked up at that.

"But there's already a role with Maureen written all over it!" Angel whined. "The DRAMA queen!" she said. "Well, that's a gay-bashing role, but still. DRAMA queen! Besides, Maureen's a woman, she can't be a drag queen's partner, at least, not in this play. What if I get the role and someone that sends my danger signal off gets the part?" she asked.

"What do you mean?" Collins asked.

"I mean, what if someone gets the part of the drag queen's partner and doesn't get the fact that the relationship goes no farther than the show? No one wants that to happen!" Angel said.

"You mean if someone who got the part wanted to steal you away from me?" Collins asked, to clarify if he'd heard right.

"Yes, that's EXACTLY what I'm saying!" Angel answered. Collins sighed.

"Oh, alright." he gave in. Angel and Mimi squealed, tackling Collins in a group hug.

AN: Whoever reveiws gets a never-ending Angel hug! Whoever can catch the Wicked refrence gets to take a picture with Angel too!