Rent Fanfic - Jump? Part 1

Mark sighed.
It had been a long day.
Mimi was staying the night and Mark didn’t really want to think about what her and Roger were doing in Rogers room.
Mark was on his own he couldn’t help reflecting over what had happened over the last week. After Mimi had recovered for her near death experience her and Roger had really developed as a couple, working on their problems. Roger had even written another song. Joanne and Maureen had managed to stay together for a full week and Collins was still -
Wait!
Mark could hear someone out side…
He looked up from his camera; he noticed someone was balancing on the fire escape railing
“Oh shit!” He cried
He ran out the glass door.
Now he was out in the moonlight he could see the stranger was a young girl who looked about the same age as Mimi.
“Hey!”
She turned wobbling slightly
“Shit, I thought no one lived here!”
“Well someone does, what on earth are you doing!”
She laughed “What it look like…I can’t take this anymore”
“What?!”
“LIFE! Mister, I know what your gonna tell me, get off and get help…Well I don’t need no help. I’ve thought this over and I know it’s the end of the road, nowhere to turn, to place to go! I may as well get this over with now and not wait to starve to death”
She was almost ignoring Mark now. Shouting her soliloquy to the bright lights of New York. Mark cut in
“Please Let me help you…we’ll get you inside, get you something to eat, you can trust me I promise” He offered her his hand
She laughed as tears ran down her face
“Yeah sure…I know what you’re gonna do…call the cops probably. You’ll say that I can trust you but then you’ll bullshit me like everyone else I’ve ever trusted…and then…”
“Please Miss…”
“Miss?!”
“You don’t want this…I can see that”
“I DO!” She screamed but she started to cry harder silent tears running down her cheeks.
“I DO! I do do do do!” She screamed again but she sounded like she was trying to convince herself.
“Fine…But tell me why?” Mark said softly
There was a pause.
“What?” The girl demanded
“Come inside, get something to eat sleep on it and if you still wanna…” he gulped
“Jump, then I’ll look the other way.”
“No way!”
“Please”
She wobbled violently and screamed. Mark grabbed her just stopping her from falling onto the concrete bellow.
“Why the hell did you stop me? The only thing to do was jump…besides you don’t know me, you shouldn’t give a damn!”
“Well I do…now come down before you do something you do something you’ll regret.” Mark said with a hint of irritation in his voice
She nodded and whispered something inaudible. She leapt down, holding onto Mark as tightly as he was holding her. She looked at him for a long time, her hands on his arms to steady her. She threw her arms around his neck even though she had to stand on her toes to do so and buried her head into his neck and Mark could have sworn he heard a muffled.
“Thank-you.”