standing in doorways (Juliet)(Casual)

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Mimi was out and about which wasn’t unusual what was unusual was where she was. She loved New York City but this time she was at NYU. She was looking into maybe going to school but she wasn’t sure where she was going at the school. Mimi didn’t fit into this group of people. They all had on these nice clothes that looked like they were from the Gap or something. Mimi couldn’t be sure but she was feeling self conscious in her second hand dress and torn tights. Looking around she saw these signs around but she wasn’t sure what they meant. Mimi wasn’t sure if it was just because she wasn’t in school for so long or if she was just dumb. Alpha Sigma Tau looked like it was friendly enough. Maybe she could go there but then she wasn’t sure still.

Mimi kept wandering looking at all the people with shiny new backpack and pristine clothes. She was in her favorite blue grey dress that was a little too short for what people considered acceptable. Mimi had no idea why people were staring at her but pulling a page from Angel’s book she held her head up high. She was going to pretend she was just as good as any of these people. Mimi kept walking observing the people many had their heads in books. She couldn’t be these people this wasn’t her. She thought about who she was. She was a dancer, an HIV positive dancer, who was a heroin addict. She was from Alphabet City she was broke ninety nine percent of the time.

Mimi was kind of feeling antsy about the third time she went around. She knew she needed to stop somewhere and see if that was where she was supposed to go. She was pretty sure she was lost. Mimi went to knock on the door of the Alpha Sigma Tau. She wasn’t sure what it was though she was confused. Muttering to herself in Spanish she wasn’t sure what she was doing. Mimi stood outside of the door rolling her feet in for a second so she was standing on her ankles before straightening out her feet. She then put her leg up on the rail on the stairs. She ran her hands through her hair just trying to make her appearance a little better. Not that it would do much for her, her hair was still a mess and had glitter in it still from her long night at the cat scratch club. Mimi’s night had gone well and she had had tips but she left them in the loft. Because she was afraid of what she’d do if she had money on her. Mimi wasn’t through the worst of the cravings for her addiction yet. Suddenly she was aware of the fact the door was opening. Putting her leg down because it probably wasn’t appropriate in the NYU district but she wasn’t sure.

[JULIET CAPULET]

It had been stressful day at the sorority house, Juliet had been in the sorority house since the early morning. The girl had been giving girls tours and trying to analyze them before she offer them a bid to her sorority. Juliet did not like rush week, it was too much work, she had to separate contenders from the pretenders. The last thing, she wanted was dead beat in her sorority, it did not really god in the sorority reputation. In her their alumni , they counted members of New York soclailites families, she wanted to keep it like that. Most of the girls in the sorority came from old money families or they had parents that were CEO in Fortune 500 companies or were heir to family fortunes. The sorority were a center of NYU social world, they had a reputation for being a philanthropic and hosting wild parties.

Juliet was in her sorority room when she heard the door bell ring,she sighted as she put all the folders of the girls down in her bed. She though it be maybe another girl who wanted to join the sorority. The girl grabbed folder with the fees for the sorority and the dress code. She expected the girls to dress a certain way and buy dresses at certain stores. And also there was sorority jewelry that they had to get, Juliet make sure that they had it. She walked down the main staircase towards the door, she was tired of giving tours.

She fixed her pearls and her Dior dress as she opened door. Juliet smile as she looked at the girl, she hoped that she was interested on the sorority. The girl spoke,
"Hi!Welcome to the Alpha Sigma Tau house. Would you like tour?"Juliet handed girl a folder with fees of the sorority and the dress code.

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This girl who opened the door was perky and something about it made Mimi feel like puking. Some of it was probably because she was from Alphabet City and perky people didn’t fit in. Mimi could tell this girl was faking it some though. Mimi was good at being able to tell when someone was faking it she was from a place that had that problem. Mimi was a dancer and something about this girl just screamed Alison at her. Mimi wasn’t a fan of Alison Grey of the Westport Grey’s who was married to Benny Coffin. But that didn’t matter here she was here to look into joining school.

“Hello to you too” said Mimi “I guess a tour wouldn’t hurt”

Mimi looked closer at the girl a very pretty blonde girl that some of the girls at the Cat Scratch would rip apart. Mimi was absolutely certain whatever the girl was wearing was more than Mimi spent on anything in her life. Mimi took the folder room the girl before reading over it. Mimi looked at the fees on the house and she had this feeling if she was a cartoon like she and Roger sometimes watched, her jaw would have been on the floor. Of course that required them going somewhere because there was no TV in the loft but that was ok. She and Roger had better things to do then veg out in front of a TV all day. Granted Mark would probably have preferred it some of the time. Mimi and Roger spent allot of time together unless she was working. But Mimi did get Roger out of the house. Mimi looked at the numbers again just to be sure she wasn’t half hallucinating from a craving for heroin.

“Mierda” said Mimi unable to keep the swear word from escaping her lips.

Mimi wasn’t trying to be low class but god money like that would keep Mark, Roger, and herself in the loft for a year without having to worry. Mimi didn’t have that kind of money she was an exotic dancer she wasn’t a whore. But some people couldn’t tell the difference. Mimi found herself secretly wondering how these people had money to just waste on stuff. Mimi was feeling more and more out of place. Mimi read the dress code some of the words she’d never seen other ones she’d only heard about. Some like Prada she saw in windows of places but she never went in. She didn’t have that kind of money she could sometimes find them in second hand stores. But she never bought them because well like the girl in front of her it was too stuffy. The stuff that she did have labels on Angel had redone to look unique. Angel was sorely missed still.

As Mimi was standing there she was feeling a craving for a smoke coming on. She knew this wasn’t going to end well if she already wanted to smoke with this girl but she could fake it. She could fake it as long as it wasn’t a heroin craving those were the ones that killed her. She ran a hand through her hair again.

“So about that tour” said Mimi trying to veer away from her little swearing out burst.

[JULIET CAPULET]

Juliet did not know if the girl wanting the tour was on scholarship or loans, it really did not matter to her.As long the girl could afford the fees and Juliet liked her, she would get a bid. But she did not know yet if she could really give this girl a bid yet, she had much more to learn about her before allowed her to go through pledging process. She needed to be careful who she let into the sorority, the last thing that she wanted was the sorority lose their reputation for elist. It was reputation that she loved because everybody wonder what were their secrets and rituals. There were so many rumors going about them but Juliet never confirm nor deny them,she just let people think what they wanted about her sorority.

The girl smiled as she enter the house and just smiled at the girl.In the main entrance,there was grand staircase with the gold on the banisters. Juliet just looked at the girl,
"Here in Alpha Sigma Tau,we pride ourselves with been daughters of CEO of Fortune 500 companies, heir or heiress of fortunes and old money familes.We have a tradition of excellence in New York,who's & who's of New York Socialite World has called Alpha Sigma Tau their sorority." Juliet smiled as she continued to walk into the house, she showed the girl the living room, then the ritual room and the kitchen. She did not mind showing around the house even if the person at the end did not get a bid. Juliet smiled at the girl as she walked her around showing her the first floor. The house had three floors then game and party room for the girls.

"I'm Juliet Capulet, the president of the Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority."She smiled as she showed her the game room with the bar and three big screen TV's. She just continued to observe the girl, she did not know right now if she could give the girl a bid or not, but at the end she did not care. The girl smiled as she showed her the taning and sauna room and then stopped at the bottom of the grand staircase. "Do you have any questions?"

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Mimi looked about the house this looked like the Elitist crap that Joanne would have belonged too. Ok not to insult Joanne the woman was smart and deserved every bit of her education. But she knew that it made poor Joanne look like she didn’t fit in with the bohemians but they accepted her willingly. Mimi fidgeted with her hem on her skirt because well what else could she good. There was gold on the banisters, gold on the banisters wait until she told Roger that one. And the other bohemians the only thing on their banisters was graffiti put there by homeless losers who somehow got spray paint. Sometimes there was piss on them too but that wasn’t uncommon in the slums of alphabet city. Mimi picked at the black nail polish on her nails. She needed to smoke or something she got nervous habits when she needed something usually nicotine or drugs. And nicotine she had on her. She always carried cigarettes and a lighter with her kind of like her AZT.

CEO’s, Fortune 500 what the fuck was all of that crap wondered Mimi in her head. Mimi was like heir or heiress of fortunes and old money what in the hell. Mimi’s head was spinning she was walking behind this girl wondering why she picked that place to stop. She couldn’t afford school as it was she was sure she couldn’t afford this. Mimi looked at the other girls in the house staring at her like she didn’t belong. She wasn’t a person that should be there. She was on their territory. Mimi wasn’t even entirely sure what a socialite was. Had she really been out of school that long. Mimi started to fidget more her beeper for her AZT started buzzing. Shutting it off and quickly dry swallowing the tiny pill while the blonde had her back turned. Mimi knew people didn’t want you if you had HIV.

Mimi just looked around as she saw three big screen TV’s god three of them fuck she Mark and Roger were happy just to have heat in December. Mimi rolled her feet onto her ankles once more. Another bad habit of hers but somehow felt like her shoes were too dirty for the place. There were other girls that were in the house often ignoring her as they walked past her. They all looked like people Mimi only saw when she was on a subway. Mimi was never that pristine, she showered daily but she was often covered in glitter still. Mimi was wondering how they had money for all of this shit. She wondered if Collins knew these people. Didn’t he teach at NYU, or was it MIT she didn’t know he was a teacher somewhere. He was one of the few of them who had money to help them out.

“Mimi Marquez” said Mimi not sure if she was supposed to introduce herself or not.

Mimi had allot of questions but was trying not to sound stupid. She could just pretend she wasn’t from there though. If nothing else she’d lie and say she’d just come from Arizona this year or from Santa Fe. Santa Fe was where Roger had gone but Mimi decided to start with something simple instead of making herself look dumb.

“So what is the policy on boyfriends and friends who happen to be male” asked Mimi

Mimi had to look interested if she was going to get out of this alive. Didn’t she, she wasn’t sure. She knew what would happen if she didn’t try to look interested but she was still racking her brain to figure out what it was that Collins taught. She figured if she could get to him he’d be much more comforting and show her around easier that was if he even still taught there.

[JULIET CAPULET]

The AST girls were consider to be richest of the rich at NYU, girls could had gone to any school in the New England Corridor that they had choose. But they had stay in NYU to be close to their families and the New York social world. The young girls that comprised AST were influential on their own ways, some of them hosted debutante classes and others were members of NYU SGA. Their influence cloud range from a lot to a little but they were still some what influence, they had to say what happen in their little world. It always helped that their daddies could write six figure check for the school,whenever they want to. Juliet was one of those girls, her Father was part of the NYU board of trustees, so she could never do anything wrong in the eyes of the school.

The fees of the sorority went to their treasury so they could throw parties and have fun. Their sorority house had been paid off and the school just paid the taxes for the land, so the girls did not have to worry about anything. Juliet was glad about that because she enjoyed their glamorous parties and mixing with the upper-crust of the New York Society. AST girls were infamous not only for their parties but their snobby ways. Juliet really did not care if they were call snobs or bitches, she was fine with that. She did not think that she was a snob or a bitch, she was just very selective with the people that she associated with.

"Policy of boyfriend?We really don't care what you do in your room. It is between with you and your man."It was true, Juliet did not care what the girls did with their boyfriends in their room. It was up to them if they wanted to have sex with them or just giving them head. The girl was single and she did not intended to date any time soon,so she was happy like she was. Juliet just smiled at her as she walked up slowly the marble staircase.

On the walls surrounding the staircase, there were a Dali, a Picasso and Peter Paul Rubens hanging on the wall. From the ceiling,it hanged a chandelier made out of Swarovski crystals,there was no expenses taken to have house in luxury. Juliet smiled as she walked up to the stairs to the second floor with the expensive french furniture from Louis XIV. She opened the door to her room with the four poster bed and chandeliers brought from Florence,Italy. Juliet smiled at the girl as she walked into her room.
"What you think so far?"

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Mimi was starting to wonder what she was doing in this place. It was for people with money people that were rich had lives that they never worried. Mimi thought about this place in terms of how long she’d have to be at the cat scratch club. She’d never be able to afford this place she wasn’t even sure she could get into this school. She was starting to feel overwhelmed like a person in sensory overload. Like she did when she was so high that she couldn’t get herself to see straight and all of the noises and colors whirled together in a way that made Mimi sick to her stomach. But Mimi was trying to keep herself above water at the moment. God if Roger saw this place, he’d want to strip it down and sell the stuff. Get it so that they didn’t have to worry about the rent ever again. Mimi took a deep breath to keep from floundering too much.

Mimi walked up the stairs, she was feeling self conscious again so pulling one of Angel’s tricks. Mimi treated it like a stage if she pretended to be confident she would be. Mimi was able to make herself more confident with tricks from Angel. Angel had never lacked in that department and Mimi felt her heart aching for her friend once again. It wasn’t like it was something they could get away from. Mimi wasn’t delusional she knew she’d eventually get sick and die. She knew that like Angel she wasn’t going to live forever and she’d leave people behind. She was always going to leave someone behind she just hoped that if it was Roger he’d survive. She knew that it wasn’t now or whatever but eventually. She was just going to let herself pretend that she wasn’t a poor HIV positive S and M dancer who was an ex junkie still recovering from her addiction.

Mimi hated being a junkie there were so many ups and downs. Mimi came out of her thoughts when the girl questioned her question then answered her question. Mimi couldn’t complain about that but sometimes she and Roger weren’t good at keeping it in the bedroom. The two of them were known for having wild sex anywhere and everywhere they could Mark had put a thing about no sex on anything they set food on. But honestly it made no difference to them. Mimi was young passionate and full of life yet Roger was older calmer and more experienced. Between the two of them they made an interesting couple.

“Alright not complaining about that at all” said Mimi

Mimi was picking at her black nail polish again. She needed to smoke she needed drugs, no she needed to smoke. Mimi was trying to keep telling herself she just needed to smoke. She needed to get something into her system but she wouldn’t slip up she wouldn’t fall back into the world of addiction. She was still clawing her way out of it with Roger being her support system all the time. Mimi was a mover and a shaker she needed to be in constant motion unlike Roger who was more calm and at rest. Mimi still felt like her skin was crawling at times.

Mimi looked at the decorations in the house, some of the art she was wondering if she was on drugs looking at it. Mostly the one by the guy named Picasso. Mimi kind of wondered what drugs he was on and where she could get some. She shook the thought out of her head again. She didn’t need the drugs she needed to smoke. God she should have found Collins if he worked there still.

“Um… it’s… wow” said Mimi

Mimi wasn’t one who spent allot of time in this area of town, she always felt out of place with the tourists, and the rich. She always felt more at home with the bohemians, the homeless, and the poor. Maureen’s protests, graffiti everywhere you looked, steps covered in dirt, water, and various other things, some of which she didn’t want to know about. This place looked like you could walk around it barefoot unlike the hallways of the building she mark and roger lived in. Mimi had to be delusional doing this here, she was starting to feel that sick feeling in the pit of her stomach, but no matter what she was still giving up her vices.

“Wow… it’s allot to take in” said Mimi “It’s really… fancy”

Ok bad choice of words Mimi – thought Mimi to herself. She was seriously tempted to just run out of there and go back to alphabet city where she was at home with everyone there. Where was Collins to bail her out when she needed him. She wasn’t sure at the moment.

“So are other friends allowed as well” asked Mimi

Of course if she brought her friends here they might never leave without some serious prompting from Joanne. Mimi was trying to remain interested though which was all she could do at the moment.