Months went by after Roger discovered Mimi's secret. You would think it would make their relationship better but for some reason their relationship was getting worse and worse. They fought over the stupidest things. If one of them was late meeting the other then they would yell and fight and make into World War III. Maybe it was just because they spent too much time together but it seemed their relationship was going to come to an end soon.

Especially when Mimi started hanging out with other people. She was making friends besides Roger now, was that really such a bad thing? She did have things in common with other people besides Roger. She struck up conversations with other students in classes. But apparently it was a bad thing when the person she was starting to hang out with was Benjamin Coffin III. He was the cool, older guy in school and he seemed to be nice. At least to her. She didn't know he and Roger were arch enemies until she got blown up on by Roger for even talking to the guy.

He yelled at her for probably a half hour and by the end of his rampage she was in tears. He didn't seem to care though. He was too angry to care. After he was through yelling at her he just left and didn't even look back at her. Normally he would have comforted her and made her feel better and apologized but not this time. Mimi didn't even try to be rational about it. She just assumed that he didn't love her anymore. She figured it was his way out of their relationship.

She went to Benny after Roger left. If he wasn't going to stay to comfort her she needed someone to talk to and be comforted by. Benny probably wasn't the best choice but he was the only friend she had that wasn't one of Roger's friends. She felt he was the only one she could go to.

"Benny… Roger and I got into a fight. I don't think he loves me anymore," she said as she felt the tears welling up in her eyes all over again.

As soon as Benny heard that and saw the tears he went over to her and hugged her. He knew she was vulnerable right now and he was going to take advantage of that. In his mind Roger wasn't the right guy for her. He had wanted her ever since the first day he saw her but of course Roger got to her first.

"Mimi, I'm so sorry. If I could have warned you about him before you got so involved then I would have. He has a temper problem. I think you should stay away from him. I actually have an idea for both of us. You want to be a dancer right?"

She only nodded. She did want to be a dancer but she didn't know what that had to do with Roger.

"Well, how about we leave for New York City tomorrow? I have my car so I can drive us. It's not too far away and I can get you a dancing job, Mimi. Does that sound like a plan?"

Mimi nodded although it hurt her to even think about leaving Roger. She had convinced herself that he didn't love her anymore though so she thought it would be easier to just leave him behind. He would be able to move on without her bothering him and she would be able to try and move on with her life without the constant reminder of the guy she loved.

"That sounds great, Benny. You'll probably want to say goodbye to your friends but I don't want to say goodbye to anyone. You go to school tomorrow and say goodbye to everyone and I'll stay home and pack. I'll meet you by your car after school lets out and we can just run away."

Part of her was relieved to get away because she wouldn't have to deal with her family anymore. That was a huge reason why she agreed to leave anyways. Her mom only cared about her siblings and never paid attention to her. She was sick of it.

The next day she met Benny at his car after school let out. She had her duffel bag filled with a few things she might need. She sat in the car while Benny loaded everything up and said goodbye to a few more people and as she sat there her eyes roamed around the school. They stopped when they came across Roger and his friends standing outside of the school. They were waiting for her. Even though Roger had yelled at her he was still waiting for her. That meant it wasn't over between them. He did still love her but it was too late to get out of this now. She had agreed to run away with Benny and he had just started up the car.

She pressed her face against the window for a moment, trying to feel closer to Roger, wishing she were in his arms so she could say goodbye.

"I love you, Roger," she whispered before Benny started driving away, leaving Roger in the distance.