Here's an update. I'm not happy with it, but I was beginning to feel bad about not updating sooner. And with RENT ending today, I have felt angsty-er than Roger. So if some of that seeps through in this don't be mad or shocked or anything. I'm still in shock and will probably lock myself in my room with a box of Cap'n Crunch and the DVD later.

Disclaimer: Don't own it. Never have, never will. Now that you have depressed me further, let's move on.

"Hey Jojo!" Collins, greeted Joann over the phone. "Is Maureen there?"

"The Drama Queen Extreme is right here," Joann replied.

It was a few months after the Vegas trip and Mimi was getting rather large for just 5 months and was kind of depressed about it. Maureen, through in-vitro, had become pregnant with twins for Angel and Collins. They had talked about it for awhile and decided that one would be from Collins and the other from Angel. Anyway, being about three months along, Maureen was more hormonal than ever. It had even had come to the point where she threw a huge fit at the Life when her fires weren't salty enough.

"Collins! How are you, my buddy?" Maureen shouted happily into the phone.

"Maureen, please. The baby doesn't have to hear all of our conversations. I was just calling to ask when your next ultrasound is. Angel wants pictures of our tiny sea-monkey-like children."

"Hey! I'm growing them! Be grateful!" she continued shouting, now angry.

"Sorry, Mo, just relax," he soothed. This was not the first conversation that turned that way. Angel held out her hand for the phone. As he passed the phone to her, Collins could still here her ranting.

"Maureen, honey, I totally appreciate what you're doing for us! When's the next ultra sound? I want to see my babies!" Angel calmed her and still remained as bubbly as ever. "Thanks, sugar!" She hung up the phone and turned to Collins. "Have you thought of any names you want to name yours?"

He pulled her over to the small couch and she rested her head on his lap as he stroked her short curly hair.

"Angel, they're not puppies," he chuckled. "But yeah, I was thinking about, if it was a boy, Jonathan or Ed. Not Edward. Just Ed. And, for a girl, I don't have one."

She sighed. "I don't know either, Collins. I know we've got quite a few months to think of them, but it's going to fly by. And just think, when they get here, we'll be too busy to do anything with each other or our friends. Say goodbye to sex! No more drunken late-night parties at the Life, no more spending our little leftover money on fun things," Angel ranted, panicking slightly. Collins pulled her up into a sitting position on his lap and silenced her with a kiss.

"We'll be fine, Angelcake," he whispered soothingly. He suddenly remembered his surprise from a few months ago. "I have something for you, Angie!"



He leapt from the chair and into their bedroom and came back out in four seconds flat. Collins was carrying a semi-large box.

"I was going to give this to you for a wedding present, but, uh" he blushed, "I forgot."

"Honey, you didn't have to get me anything for that. I got you! I don't need anything else," she replied, tenderly.

"I knew you would say that, but here. Open it anyway."

He pushed the box into her arms. She opened it and smiled at what she saw. Another box!

"Collins, I've had this happen to me before. How many boxes are there?"

"Not too many. Keep opening it!" He was starting to resemble a little kid at Christmas.

After another minute and twenty more boxes, one of the boxes revealed a velvet box. She opened it and gasped at the sight of a necklace. It was a locket but had their names in elegant cursive with a few small diamonds around it. It opened up to reveal four empty spots.

"Collins," she breathed. Tears were welling up and spilling over. "I love it so much. Thank you."

He gave her a passionate kiss in response and helped her put it on. By the end of the night, that's all she had on…

(Jeff/Mark)

"Jeff, can I tell you something?" Mark asked hesitantly.

"Sure, Marky," he answered. They had been sitting in Jeff's apartment, watching "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and cuddling.

"One; you've been spending too much time with Maureen, and two; I think I'm falling in love with you."

"Well, that's good! I've been falling since we first met," Jeff smiled at him and leaned in to kiss him. "But I have to tell you something before we go any further."

"Okay," Mark replied worriedly.

"I have AIDS."

(Mimi/Roger)

"Roger, can you get me something to eat?" Mimi asked from the couch.

"Sure, what do you want?" he answered from their bedroom.

He heard a moan of pain and ran out to find Mimi doubled over in pain. He grabbed the phone and quickly called 911.



(Maureen/Joann)

"Joann? Will I still be sexy to you when I'm all fat?" Maureen asked her girlfriend. They were cuddling and enjoying the afterglow of love-making.

"Of course I will. You're growing two people inside you. I think it's beautiful," she responded.

Maureen smiled and kissed her. They would've gone further but the phone rang. Joann got up to get it, and, after hanging up, rang back and started getting dressed.

"Pookie, what's wrong?"

"Get dressed. Mimi's in the hospital."

Okay, before you get all grrr, I'm not killing Mimi. But if you have any baby names, PM me please!

I can't believe it's gone. I can't believe it's ending. I can't believe this obsession must die. RENT helped us believe in love, I can't believe people disagree. I can't believe this is goodbye.

RENT
A life cut way too short.
1996-2008