Disclaimer: I do not own Rent, nor do I own the Elliott Yamin song at the end of the chapter.

A/N: Hello all! And welcome to my new fic, which takes place a few years after the movie. Unfortunately, I haven't seen the play so I am basing all of my knowledge mostly on the movie-just so you know! Now I know I'm not the greatest writer, haha, but I hope you like this story anyway!

Marry Me Tonight

Chapter One: Rejection Left Behind

She was sitting at a small round table-alone-but was surrounded by many occupied tables. They were all in a club located in New York City, naturally. And every single person in that bar was staring up at the stage where a man was performing.

And it wasn't just any man.

It was her man.

The young woman that was sitting alone at the table was the girlfriend of the man singing on the stage.

She wasn't bothered by the fact that she was sitting alone—her guy was singing up on the stage, which was one of the things he loved most.

The fact that he was happy made her happy.

This illustrated the type of relationship they had.

Love.

They loved each other deeply; therefore, she didn't mind at all that she sat alone.

As she continued to stare up at him, she thought about how much loved him and how much she cared for him.

He soon began a song that was written especially for her.

Your Eyes

As We Said Our Goodbyes

Can't Get Them Out Of My Mind

And I Find I Can't Hide (From)

Your Eyes

The Ones That Took Me By Surprise

The Night You Came Into My Life

Where There's Moonlight

I See Your Eyes

And as he sang the verses, he would look over to her, and stare into her eyes that were full of love and passion which reflected his very own eyes.

When he finished the song, he began singing another one that was more up tempo. This caused the young woman at the table to get up and dance.

Ah, yes, Mimi Marquez loved to dance! And she especially loved to dance to her boyfriend, Roger Davis's songs. So she danced and twirled around, getting caught up in the moment, until the song came to an end. The lights went down on the stage, signaling that Roger's set was over.

Mimi returned to her seat, gathering her coat and hat , and waited patiently for Roger. After a few minutes, Roger came out in his black leather jacket along with his guitar case. He immediately went up to Mimi and kissed her passionately on the lips.

"Hey." He said, after he pulled away from the kiss.

"Hey." Mimi replied, with a smile on her face.

"Ready to go?" Roger asked.

"Yeah." She said, with a quick look around her table to make sure she didn't forget anything.

Roger took her hand, and together they walked out of the club.

-X-

They walked out into the cool, crisp air in which there was a bit of snow falling. It was expected of course, considering it was early November.

Neither of them spoke. But it wasn't an awkward silence-it was a comfortable silence. They were with each other, and that made them feel content. Talking, or not, didn't make a difference.

Mimi suddenly shivered, and Roger quickly put his arm around her. She nuzzled into him, breathing in his musky scent.

"You were great tonight." Mimi whispered softly into his ear.

Roger smiled at her and kissed the top of her head.

They returned to the silence, and just watched the snow gently fall down to the ground. Mimi once again, decided to break the silence.

"So, are we going back to my place then?" Mimi asked him. Even though they lived in the same building, they just couldn't stand to be apart for long periods of time-So one would usually spend the night at the other's place. Most of the time, it was spent at Mimi's—for Mark's sake --- in case they just happened to decide to do something other than sleeping during the night.

"Yeah." Roger simply replied, as he gave her a squeeze.

Minutes later, they finally arrived at Mimi's "apartment". Roger left momentarily, to go put his guitar in the loft so he wouldn't have to worry about it later. Mimi went to go hang her coat in the closet. And as she did so, it seemed like she was being bothered about something.

Roger came back and ended up taking his hands and tangling them in her dark hair as he pulled her in for a deep kiss. She kissed back. It continued on for a few minutes until Mimi finally pulled away.

"Roger," she said in a nervous tone, "I need to talk to you about something."

"Okay…" Roger said, obviously confused. "Is something wrong?" A panicked look went across his face.

"Nothing's wrong!" Mimi said quickly, noticing his worried expression. "It's actually…Wait, let's go sit on the bed…"

They moved over to the bed and sat on the edge of it, looking at each other, and holding hands.

Mimi exhaled deeply. "There's actually something that I've been meaning to ask you…But, first of all, you love me, right?"

"Of course I do!" Roger practically exclaimed, as Mimi sighed in relief. "Now what is going on?"

"Well..umm.." Mimi took a deep breath. "Roger, will you marry me?"

A look of shock combined with panic, horror, and distress came over his face. He just sat there, and said nothing.

"I know that it's kinda untraditional and all for the girl to ask…but I just felt that it was…time, I guess." Mimi explained.

Roger soon looked as if he was living in some other world.

"Roger?" No response came and Mimi started getting apprehensive.

"Roger, please say something!" She pleaded, as tears began to well up in her eyes.

Then, it seemed that Roger had finally returned to the present. He looked around the room, and then at Mimi. He stood up, and strode to the door. As his hand grasped the doorknob, he turned and looked at Mimi again, who was still sitting on the bed.

"I'm sorry, Mimi, but….I can't." And with that he walked out and shut the door behind him, leaving a crying and devastated Mimi.

She laid face down on her bed, with her face in a pillow, and just let the tears out.

So now I'm all alone,
you could have stayed
but you wouldn't give me a chance
With you not around it's a little bit more then I can stand
And all my tears they keep running down my face
Why did you turn away?

-"Wait For You" by Elliott Yamin

A/N: I hope you enjoyed it! I'll try to have fast updates! Try being the keyword there. Life usually gets in the way of things-haha. I also like to have the following chapter written before posting one, so Chapter 2 is already in its finishing touches stage and will be posted if I get some reviews : ) Please review!

-LadyBlue