This is my first attempt at writing RENT fanfiction or fanfiction period, so I hope you enjoy, AND IF YOU REVIEW I BEG YOU NOT TO BE HARSH;)

SHE SMILED AT ME

Joanne sat in her office working with a furious frustration. Her boss told her that if she wasn't caught up completely on all the cases assigned to her then she would have to drop some of her pro-bono cases she had taken up. Joanne didn't want to drop any of her pro-bono. Joanne became a lawyer because she wanted to help the helpless. The only reason she started working at this firm was at the insistence of her father. So she had to work extra hard to keep her pro-bono and her job. She worked until late that evening. She left around 9pm and with no taxi in sight she began walking the couple of blocks to her apartment. On her way home she passed a café called The Life Café. She had passed this café many times before, but today something made her stop. The place looked homey much more homey than her empty apartment was looking right now. She decided to go in. She walked into the café and sat in a booth in the corner. The waiter came over to her and she ordered a coffee. When the waiter came back Joanne took her coat off, nursed her coffee, opened her briefcase, and began to look over some more cases. She had been working for about thirty minutes when she heard a bunch of noise. She turned and saw five people walk into the café. First there was this rocker looking with short blonde hair with his arm draped around this girl with scraggily red hair that looked like it hadn't been washed in weeks. They were talking to each other as they sort of teetered to a table in the middle of the room and took a seat. Next they were followed by a tall black man with what seemed a jolly persona if much could be taken from his big smile and laugh. Next there was this lanky looking white guy with a camera filming the person behind him. The person behind him was the one that really caught Joanne's eye. She was beautiful. A tall brunette with what seemed very eccentric tastes in clothing. Joanne was well aware of the fact that she was a lesbian, but this was the first time she had ever laid eyes on a woman that made her instantly horny without trying. The woman was smiling and twirling and posing for the camera as the guy with camera filmed and narrated. She blew the camera a kiss before taking a seat with the other people who walked in before her who were now sitting at this very long crowded table laughing. It was then that Joanne realized what happed. The people who had previously been sitting in the café had taken their tables and pushed them alongside the small groups and were now sitting with them. Joanne was the only person in the café that hadn't joined them. Joanne watched as they all talked. When one person wanted the attention of the others they would stand on the table and the table would go silent except for the cheers the person would get as they spoke. This only happened a couple of times but when it did happen Joanne could see the man who I believed was the manager fuming. Joanne watched the large group until the brunette who Joanne had noticed looked over at her and gave her a glowing smile. Joanne gave her a quick smile and looked away. The smile had made her heart beat triple time its normal rate. She quickly finished the last of her coffee, paid her bill, and gathered her stuff with one thought on her mind. She smiled at me.
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So there it is my first attempt at fanfiction. Sorry it's short but short chapters are easier for me. Anyways next chapter should be up soon. MoJo meet!!!! R&R.