Title: Thats Where Love Will Be

Author: Me

Summary: Angel and Tom's daughter must go through the pain and hassle of her freshman year at highschool. She's facing homophobes that bag on her parents, coming out of the closest, friends, and fights, and maybe a helping of true love? Meanwhile: Mark struggles with coming to grips with the fact that he may not be the same person he was when he was dating Muaren. Mimi and Roger prepare to bring a new life into the world, how will the rest of the BoHo's respond? Maureen and Joanne take on the task of rson. Angel/Collins, Mimi/Roger, Mark/OC, MoJo, and of course Ashlynn and Leah.

Rating: T

Fandom: RENT

Disclaimer: I own Ashlynn, Leah, Alicia, Miguel, but no one else. I mean I guess I own the three big guys, but I don't really want to you know? I own Billy too, but I hate him so it dosent count.

Authors notes: Patientance is a virtue! See because you were paitient, you get two chapters in one go. I'm sorry about the last chapter and the way it ended but it all has a point. This chapter is going to be graphic and I apologize. I feel really really awful. Oh and Yuppie fans, the worlds favorite yuppie scum makes his first (and probably only) appearance in my story this chapter! As the hero, go figure!

Abandoned Allyway, Ashlynn's POV (same day)

I blinked slowly as I opened my eyes. The light was minimum and it was hard to make things out. I knew I was tied up, I could feel cold metal cutting into my wrists, and bitter rope biting nto the sft flesh of my ankles. Or only one ankle, the other seemed to be pinned beneath something, or someone, heavy and warm. I groaned and lifted my head up, which throbbed painfully.

"Decded to join the land of the living I see." I recognized that cruel voice anywhere. I made to open my mouth but a dirty cloth was wound tightly around my head, making it hurt to open my mouth.

"Bastard!" I managed to spit out through the makeshift gag. Billy shook his head and the he pulled me into a sitting posistion and straddled my lap.

I winced as his hand stroaked my cheek, resisting the wild urge to bite his hand, knowing it would goad him into more severe action. He grabbed a fistful of my hair and yanked my head back.

"You're a stupid dyke Ashlynn, d'you know that? For three years I 'e been trying to get you to notice me. I finally figured it out though while I was running from your cop." He paused, licking up my neck. I was too scared to respond. "You just can't take the dick can you?" I shivered and tried to pull away from him and he pressed himself closer to me. His intentions were very clear and I tried even harder to get away from him. Of course, my luck considered, this just caused him to take even more perverse pleasure in the situation. I gasped as his rough hand, so akward and foreign compared to my lovers hand, slid up the inside of my tigh. I cringed away as I realized I had a skirt on.

He pulled my skirt down, laughing at my obvious discomfort. The buttons of my blouse scattered everywhere as he gripped my shirt and pulled.

"I can't promise it won't hurt. But You'll enjoy it bitch."

He cut my panties away from my smooth legs, he also cut my bra open with a pocket knife, which he then held close to my throat as he untied my ankles. He unzipped his jeans and pulled them down.

"If you scream, I'l slit your throat." I nodded, tears rolling off my face as he prepared him self. My breathing quickened into to frightened gasps. he pulled the gag off my mouth and kissed my lips roughly.

"Please... Don't do this. Somebody help me!"

Abandoned Ally, Benny's POV

I frowned as I quickened my pace. No body had told me about Angel and Collin's accident, I was rushing to the hospital.

I heard sounds coming from the allyway to my right. I slowed my strides and peered down the allyway.

"Please... Don't do this. Somebody HELP ME!"

"God damn it dyke! I told you not to scream!" I heard the sickening sound of flesh striking wet flesh with considerable force, and a woman cry out in pain. I pulled out the pocketknife I never left home without.

"Leave her alone. I'm calling the police, and I'm armed." The dark figure jumped up, leaving the woman indecent on the ground. He struggled to pull his pants up as he ran. I dropped the knife and pulled my jacket off, wrapping it around her, covering her the best I could.

There was something oddly familiar about her. I rolled my dress shirt sleeves up to my elbows and lifted her up. I could see now that she was barely a woman, young, seventeen at the most. She clung to my chest as I craddled her in my arms. I started walking toward the hospital wondering what about her was so familiar.

She was sobbing, I slowed and tried to soothe her. "Sh honey, it'll be okay, I'll get you to the hospital okay? What are your parent's names?"

"I want my Momma!" I rocked her a little bit. "Please, will you take me to them?" Her breathing was erratic and her words broke in strange places.

"What are their names?" She sobbed a little bit more and clung closer to me. She was so familiar, it was driving me mad. "I can't bring you to your parents unless you tell me their names sweetie. I'm trying to help you."

"Angel a-a-and T-tom." I gasped, loud enough to cause her to really look at me. "U-Uncle Be-benny?"

"Ashlynn?" She nodded and I set her down on the low wall outside of the store. I pulled my jacket tighter around her.

"What hapened Hon?" I pulled her into my arms again, her ankle looked swollan and it was bent in a strange way.

"Billy... it's a long story Uncle Benny." I adjusted her weight a little bit without hurting her and resumed my route to the hospital. Ashlynn relaxed slightly in my arms, although her breathing never slowed. I ran my hand through her tangled hair as I carried her, she remnded me of Angel, such a slight, little thing. Her arm's cinched around my neck as the hospital came ito veiw. A police cruiser wasparked outside and a cop was talking to Mimi, Roger, and two girls that I didn't know. A blonde girl who was smaller than Ashlynn and a hispanic girl about the size of Mimi. I frowned and quickened my pace.

"Meem's! Rog! Over here, can you help me with her?" Ashlynn gasped for breath and struggled to get down, her voice was horse.

"Leah!" The blonde girl looked away from the police officer and dashed over to me.

"ASHLYNN!" She pulled Ashlynn from my arms and held her up wit surprising strength. She kissed Ashlynn's face, then quickly searched her for serious injuries. She turned a severe glare on me as we walked back into the hospital. "What happened to her?"

Ashlynn turned her face away from Leah's neck, she was still crying/ "Billy."

Hopsital Room, Angel's POV

I gasped as Leah walked into the room carrying Ashlynn, who had a split lip and was bleeding from her forhead. A doctor followed Leah, followed by a cop followed by Benny, Roger, Mimi, and Alicia.

"Oh my God, what happened to her?!" Damn that truck for itting us, I couldn't get out of bed to comfort her, although my less severe injuries were already healed. Leah walked her over to the bed and pulled my top sheet off, setting her down and wrapping it around Ashlynn. I sat up and pulle my daughter's shaking frame into my arms. "Oh Go baby, are you okay?" She shook her head andburied her face into the crook of my neck.

"It was Billy Ang, that's all I could get out of her." Leah was livid, more so than I had ever seend her before. Tom's face hardened and his eyes got dark as he narrowed them.

"That bastard dared to touch my daughter?" His one was every bit as aggitated as Leah's. I crushed Ashlynn closer to me, fuming myself. The officer stepped closer to us. The doctor came over and quietly asked everyone to leave the room, and asked Tom to turn over, or look away

"Mr. Collins, you don't have to stay in here. Would you like a nurse to come help you out?" Tom nodded and touched my hand as thenurse helped him nto a wheelchair and wound his IV around the arm of the chair. He blew Ash a kiss as the door shut.

"Miss, I'll have to ask you to leave too." The officer put his hand on Leah's shoulder. But Ashlynn finally pulled away from me. She whimpered softly and reached timidly for Leah.

"No. Leah stays or no one does." The officernodded and the doctor moved Ashlynn to the cot she had been staying on. Leah followed and climbed onto the bed as well, wrapping her arm's around Ashlynn, it seemed like she was trying to hold Ashlynn together. I frowned deeply, my brow furrowing. The cop started askijng Ashlynn question hatmade my stomach churn.

"Did he rape you ma'am?" Ashlynn shook her head fiercely, tears rolling off her cheeks. I reached for her, placing my hand in her tangled hair. The doctor poduced a needle nd thread and started stichng Ashlyn's forehead. The cut was ugly and jagged and was right under her hairline.

"Well, that's everything then. I know that you were planning on pressing charges when he jumped you." Alicia walked in as the officer was fliipping through his book.

"We'll get him Ash, I promise." Ashlynn nodded as Leah pulled her sweatshirt off and slipped it over her. I wiped a few tears off my own face as well. Ashlynn curled into a ball, with her arms wrapped around leah. I frowned as the doctor and officer left the room, Tom was pushed back in and Ashlynn was up in a flash. Hugging him and kissing his cheek. He hestitated but wrapped his arms around her. She looked at me with a watery smile and walked over to me, hugging me tight.

"The only thing I could think about was that I hadn't told you and Daddy that I loved you before I left. I was so scared I wouldn't see you two again." I wrapped my ars around her and rocked her softly. I kissed her head.

"I love you my Little Love."

"i love you to Mommy."

We helped her to the bed and covered her up well, Leah kissing her lips gently, then leaving so she could go pick some clothes up.

If I had anything to do with it when I got released, I swore I would kill Billy Greggs. Tom and i were forced to listen to our sixteen year old cry herself to sleep. I cringed and placecd my handsover my ears, frowning and letting tears drip off my face and down my neck.