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Missing Love

It had been three weeks since Jo was in New York. Three long, depressed weeks for the petite girl who now resided in San Francisco. Being away from Mark when he was suffering was hard. She was eating less and less and she barely slept because of her nightmares. She was worrying her roommates who were watching her like a hawk. They knew she wanted to be with Mark but they hadn't received the 'okay' from Collins to send her back when Mark was clean.

"I'm worried about Jo." Amber said one day while Jo was working in the studio.

"Who isn't?" Kaila asked, "She's been getting worse by the day."

"Should she talk to someone?" Ella inquired from the couch.

"She won't talk to a shrink." Lena pointed out, "And she won't talk to us so . . ."

"What about Rose?" Amber asked suddenly.

"My sister?" Lena was confused.

"Yeah, Jo respects Rose, looks up to her. A talk with Rode might help."

"Y'know, that's not a bad idea." Kaila agreed, "Do you think she'll be able to get off work for a bit?"

"I don't see why not." Lena said, "I'll call her."

"Okay Jo," Amber said to no one in particular, "Prepare to be Rose-ified!"

"Rose-ified? What the heck?" Kaila looked at Amber like she was crazy (which she was).

"Rose-ified; I made it up." Amber said matter-of-factly. Kaila rolled her eyes while Lena talked to her sister on the phone.

"No, it's worse," She said into the receiver, "She won't eat. She barely sleeps . . . we know the cause . . . yeah . . . Please? . . . Thanks Rose . . . see you soon . . . Buh-bye now." Lena hung up the phone and sighed, "She'll be here in about 15 minutes."

"Good, should we go get Jo?" Kaila asked.

"No; we don't want her to get suspicious." Ella replied.

"So . . . we wait?" Amber asked innocently.

"We wait,"

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Rose looked at the thin girl on the bed. "Okay, what's wrong?" She asked almost irritably.

"Nothing," Jo snapped back, not making eye contact with the engineer.

"Oh, sure; just be all depressed and don't tell me. See if I care." Rose started to walk out of the room. "It's not like you don't know you can talk to me . . ."

"Wait," Jo cried out softly, "Don't go."

Rose turned around and faced Jo. Acting reluctant, she joined Jo on the bed. "Talk," She ordered. Immediately Jo went into an explanation of the events of her life. How she felt about Mark, why she was back in San Francisco, how desperately she wanted to go back to New York . . ."

"If you want to go back, go back. Nothing is stopping you." Rose declared knowledgeably.

"But Collins and the girls . . ."

"Don't own you; you go see your boy. He needs you." Jo looked at Rose for a minute before hugging her and running to pack her suitcase.

Rose walked out of the room and glared at the four roommates. "Don't stop her." She said simply before leaving the apartment and going back to her own life and children.

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