Summary- in the song, Will I, why did mark start singing? Was he supporting the life support group? Or does he have a different reason? Read on and find out.
A/N- Slash, Angel's alive (duh) and it has to deal with drugs. (Heroin) Oh and in this story Mimi was never on drugs! (YAY! I saved Mimi!)
Falling
Mark stood there singing holding his camera while filming the other Life Supporters sing as well. In the middle of singing the doors swing open and Roger walks in. He goes and stands by Collins and Angel and starts singing himself.
Roger looks at Mark with a look of question in his eyes. For some weird reason he felt Mark wasn't singing to support them but was singing for a different cause that had nothing to do with HIV or AIDS at all.
Their eyes lock and to much of Rogers surprise Mark was the first to look away. When the song ended everyone was dismissed and Mark bolted out of there as soon as Paul said, "Have a nice day everyone."
Roger ran outside hoping to catch up with Mark but, by the time he got there Mark was already gone.
"What's the matter with Mark? He would normally wait for us after meetings and we all would go to the Life café together." Angel said as he walked out of the building with Collins, "Yeah, what bugging him?" Collins asked roger and roger shook his head and said, "I have no clue, maybe he has film to work on today, I don't know!" Roger said as he raised his hands up in defeat.
"Well, how 'bout we all go to Life and we'll bring him something, I mean the boy has to eat, right?" Angel asked and both Collins and Roger nodded their heads. "Yeah, come on let's go I'm starved!" Collins exclaimed as they made their way to the Life.
Later on...
Roger came home with his arms filled with Take-out. "Mark! I'm home and I have food!" Roger yelled into the way too quite loft. Roger put the food on the table and began to look for Mark.
"Mark? You home?" Roger called; no answer. "Hmm, he must have gone out." Roger said to himself as he walked out of the living room, there was a note on Rogers bedroom door. It was in Mark's handwriting, "Dear Rog," Roger read aloud, "I have to tell you I'm sorry, this is never going to get better, I've been keeping a secret from you and if I tell you you'll call me a hypocrite. Now, please forgive me. You probably already noticed I'm not home but the truth is I'm never coming home, ever. So this is a sorry note and a goodbye note so goodbye. Sincerely, Mark (Marky)" Roger finished; he didn't say anything all he did was drop the letter and ran out the door.
On the streets….
"MARK? MARK WHERE ARE YOU?" Roger yelled franticly as he ran down the streets, looking in alleyways. The last alleyway of the whole damn street was occupied and Roger hoped that Mark wasn't there.
That was the alleyway where 'The Man' would sell his drugs, unfortunately that's exactly where he found Mark.
Mark was in the back, leaning against the wall, and by the way he was standing Roger could tell Mark was high. "Mark, what have you done?" Roger asked in disbelief. Mark staggered over to him pointing a finger in saying, "Nooooo, ROG! The question is what Haave yoou doneeee!" Mark exclaimed in a drunken manner. Roger took his arm and lifted his sleeve and saw fresh track marks all over his arms.
"Come on mark, we're going home now!" Roger shouted as he grabbed marks arm and started to pull him out of the alley and 'The Man' came over. "Are you bothering my client, punk?" 'The Man said poking roger in the shoulder.
"I'm taking him home." Roger said with a cold look on his face, 'The Man' let him pass but, as roger pulled mark by the arm out of the alleyway he could hear 'The Man' say, "You better not steal my client."
Roger simply ignored it and he just continued to drag Mark home.
Back at the loft……
Roger opened the loft door and threw Mark in, Roger walked in trying to stay calm he shut the door behind him.
Roger walked over to Mark and pushed him onto the couch. Before roger said anything anger took over and Roger slapped Mark right across the face.
"Why the FUCK would you do this to me? Mark, how could you do this? After you've seen what drugs put me through! Why? WHY!" Roger yelled, Mark turned his head to face Roger, somewhere inside Roger was a bit relieved, at least Mark was sober now.
Mark stared at him in the eye, through the tears that clouded his vision. "Rog, I'm sorry, the reason I did this was because this tightly bound family is falling apart, Angel is getting sicker, Maureen and Joanne are playing the fight and make up game and Collins is being well, Collins, but you can tell he's changed and Mimi is getting weaker and Benny is being an ass, I thought I had to be strong for everyone, to be the peace maker, but the pain inside it was too much. I felt like being the peace maker meant I was invisible, so driven out of anger and rage, I looked for something to take the pain away, so I started doing drugs, I'm sorry." Mark said as tears flowed freely from his eyes and his body began to shake with sobs.
Roger pulled him close and held him as he cried. "mark, I'm gonna help you Ok? I won't send you to Rehab, I'll do what you did for me, I'll treat you here, Ok?" Roger asked and Mark nodded his head. Roger knew that he needed to help him, Mark has helped him get through this, now it's Roger's turn to help him.
Roger knew that Mark didn't have such a high tolerance like he did, he knew it would be tougher for Mark to get off of drugs then it was for him but, he had to help him, Mark needed him, his mark needed him.
A/N- Hey, listen, I'm keeping the other Chaps in captivity, I need your reviews to set them free!
