THE LAST CHAPTER!!!! I know things went fast, but thanks for tuning in!
Mark and Mary Jane met everyday for the next year about Roger and Broadway, so Mary Jane was surprised when one day, exactly a year later, a stranger with longish blonde hair and piercing green eyes was sitting there instead of Mark.
"Mary Jane?" the stranger said, standing up.
"Yes?" Mary Jane said timidly, "Do I know you?"
"Not personally," the stranger said, "But it feels like we've known each other forever. At least it seems like that to me, with all the talking he did about you."
"…Roger?"
The stranger grinned. "So he has mentioned me."
Mary Jane smiled. "I've wanted to meet you for so long! Where's Mark?"
Roger's cheery expression quickly became grim. "Um…Mary Jane, I have some bad news. Yesterday, at Maureen's protest, there was a riot and Mark, he, uh, he got shot. He died later that night."
Tears sprung to Mary Jane's eyes and she collapsed into Roger's chest, crying. "No," she sobbed, "He can't be gone!"
"I'm sorry," Roger said, stroking the girl's hair gently.
"He can't be gone, he loved you too much!" Mary Jane protested.
Roger smiled half-heartedly. "I loved him, too," he said, "And I'll see him soon enough. But he told me to tell you something. He told me to tell you that sometimes you have to give up what you're comfortable with in order to get what you believe in."
Mary Jane smiled. "He's right."
"That's not all he said," Roger added, "He also said that fifteen is definitely old enough to not have to live with ones mommy and daddy anymore."