Chapter 29

Mark's POV

"N...no...no...G...G..Gary...Gary....Gary come...come back...Gary..." Running down a dark alley i reach a dead end. How is that possible? Gary just ran down here? "Gary....G...Gary? Baby...where are you? It's....it's cold out here?" My legs start to ache from the amount of running i've been doing chasing Gary. Slowly my back slides down the brick wall and i begin to shiver from the icy air which swirls around my half covered body. I didn't even have time to get dressed, so now i'm sat down an alley wearing my pj's.
"Mark? Mark is that you?" A voice calls at the lighter end of the alley. The figure is about Gary's height very slowly he starts to get closer.
"GARY?!" Lifting my head whilst remaining curled on the floor i shout his name causing my voice to echo down the dark atmosphere. All of a sudden the shadow breaks into two figures. Blinking my eyes a few times i get a shiver along my spine. "G...G...Gary?"
"Get him!" They call running towards me at full speed not even giving me time to open my mouth. Hands grab my limbs then a sharp pain hits against my ribs. "G.....GARY!!" I scream out in pain.

"Mark! Mark wake up!" It feels like someone's pushed me in water where i can't breathe. Gasping for breath i grip to my chest trying to pry open my eye lids with force. "Nurse!!" Loudly someone yells which is followed by footsteps. My pupils roll to the back of my head and my hand clenches to my shirt until something is placed over my mouth. Oxygen enters my mouth which finally helps me to breathe again. Feeling exhausted i let go of my chest still with my eyes closed weakly, i begin to breathe slowly.
"Mr Owen? Can you hear me?" A light shines in each one of my eyes whilst my eyelids are stretched back.
"G...G...Gary..." I mutter still feeling half asleep, but there's no dark alley or the cold wind around.
"Can you tell me how many fingers i'm holding up?" Flickering my tired eyes i stare at the blurred greyish blob in front of me it takes a few seconds for my eyes to focus.
"Erm...t...two..." I stare at the fingers placed in front of me. The tall young male makes a few notes onto a clipboard. "W...where....where's...G...Gary...?"
"Mark? How're you feeling mate?" A hand runs through my hair catching my attention.

Turning my head carefully to the right i notice Robbie standing beside me with a face full of worry. "R...R...Rob...? W...Where...am...i?" Starting to panic a little i try to sit up in the bed. "Ouuuuchhh!" I call out feeling a stabbing pain in my ribs.
"Easy, Mark..." He lays me back down moving my pillows up, so i can sit up a little whilst being comfortable in bed. "Do you remember what happened? You're in the hospital now..." My mind casts back to what Laura told me and Gary, then when Gary lashed out at me...which i deserved. Tears build in my eyes it feels like i've lost my voice thinking about it all over again. "...You had to have 3 stitches in your cheek and two of your ribs are broken... you've been asleep for the past 2 days... i've been so worried about you Mark... when you turned up at the house... i just... i've never been so scared before... we thought we were going to lose you..."
"Has Gary...visited?" Looking at him with hope in my eyes it soon gets crushed seeing Robbie shake his head.
"Yasmin she went to see him when i brought you here... she'll be over soon..." Closing my eyes again a single tear rolls down my cheek. No matter how much i'm in pain and Gary being the reason why i'm feeling this way, there's only one way to make me feel better right now- being cradled in Gary's arms.
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A knock on the door disturbs me from my sleep. Snapping my eyes open i look to the direction of the door. "Gar-" In walks Yasmin with a small bag tucked under her left arm. Sighing softly i rest my head back down onto the pillows.
"Oh...you're awake, are you?" Closing the door a little harder than what she intends to do it causes me to wince feeling a slight headache coming along.
"Yaz?!" Robbie frowns his eyebrows at her shaking his head. "...Now is not the time. Let him get some rest." What i wouldn't give to be invisible right now.
"Rest? You mean whilst he can get cosy in a hospital bed letting the 'love of his life' slowly fade away at home?"
"H...How...How is he?"
Yasmin turns to my direction resting her hand against her hip like a mother who's about to tell their child off. "How is he?! How do you think he is?! He's heartbroken, he's going out of his mind...he's...he's losing himself...and it frightens the living day lights out of me what he could possibly be doing whilst we're sat around here spoon feeding you. Well i'm sorry Mark what you've done to Gary you won't be getting my sympathy that's for sure."

Hearing Yasmin's words let me believe the worst. Surly he wouldn't do anything stupid...right? "I've...I've got to go and see him...now!" Forgetting what Robbie told me about sitting up too quickly, the pain soon reminds me. "ARRRGHHH!"
"Mark! You have to be careful! And i'm sure Gary can look after himself...he's a strong man."
"You men are all the same... to be honest... Gary and the baby will be better without you... you can go off with that bitch and your child... just leave Gary's family alone, ok?" She stands above me stroking her stomach.
"N...N...No...you...you can't do that..."
"Woah...Yaz that's a bit uncalled for... don't you think he's going through enough?"
"You're not fit enough to call yourself this baby's father..." She walks to the direction of the door. I can't lose Gary and our child.
"Yasmin! Please! Please don't do this!" Crying out in pain i hit my ribs against the bed railing trying to get out of bed after her. She doesn't reply instead she just walks out of the door without looking back. The pain gets too much sickness swirls in my stomach until i feel myself falling, the room slowly starts to get dark.