Silent Hill 2 Resurrected Chapter 14
Hot Dogs in the Park
As Mary ran the memories of the last day they were there came back to her It felt almost like a waking dream to Mary. As she neared the huge sign in the park the memory seemed to become more and more like reality until Mary almost felt like she was living the day again, the last day James and she really spent together.
Mary leaned over the metal bars of the fence and looked out onto the lake. She was waiting next to a small hotdog stand. It was, frankly, the only food stand in the park. She was waiting, and half watching James, as he bought 2 hotdogs for them.
"Mary?" James asked in a soft questioning voice.
"Yeah?" Mary replied happily.'
"Do you want relish or ketchup or anything on your hotdog?"
"No, not really."
Mary watched as James paid the vendor. His face scrunched in concentration as he carefully counted out his change. James walked over to Mary a hotdog in each hand half grinning. James quietly handed Mary one of the hotdogs.
"Do you want to sit down?" James asked.
"No. How about we go stand over there and eat. I want to look over at the hotel. It looks so beautiful in this light." Mary pointed to a spot not to far from the vendor, next to one of those coin operated binoculars.
"Sure." James grabbed her hand and turned to Mary and smiled. She let him lead her to the spot. Mary let go of James' strong, warm hands when they got there and leaned over the rails to look at the hotel they were staying at. James seemed to be searching through that hideous green jacket he loved and just had to wear all the time. She thought she saw him pull something out of it.
"Here. Why don't you use the binoculars Mary?" James grabbed
Mary's hand and placed a quarter in her palm. Mary looked up at James as if to say 'can I really'. She watched as he nodded and then smiled happily. Mary slide the quarter into the binoculars' coin slot, stood on the circular rail around the bottom of it and turned it around every which way as she peered into them. Mary had to see as much of Silent Hill from them as she could. "James, you must see this James. It's so beautiful!"
"So you've told me Mary." James sounded incredibly disinterested in looking in the binoculars. Anyway, the quarter hand run out as the binoculars made a almost inaudible clicking sound and then went black.
"Mary?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you want to sit down?"
Mary looked at James and knew he wasn't asking because he thought she might want to sit down, he was asking because he wanted to. James looked very tired and Mary realized that she was tired to. They decided to sit down on a bench next to a statue of some women praying. They sat there silently for a while finishing off they're hotdogs. Mary turned and read the plaque on the statue as she waited for James to finish his hotdog. Apparently the women's name was Jennifer and she was the hero of some local religion or something.
"James, when I die I hope I can be buried here. I wish I never had to leave. Honestly I don't want to check out of the hotel tomorrow."
James stared at Mary with a baffled look on his face. Mary couldn't understand why James looked like that, well until he spoke that is.
"Why bring up dieing Mary? Isn't that a bit depressing a topic to discuss on you honeymoon? It's not like you to talk about thing like that."
"I don't know James. Anyway what's the big deal? Hey, how about Ice-cream?" Mary just barely finished her sentence before breaking into a coughing fit. She was coughing harder than she ever had before. It almost sounded like she was about to throw up because of it. James grabbed her and hugged her close until she finally stopped coughing.
"Mary, are you okay? What was that all about? I've been worried about you lately Mary. You cough all the time and the doctors call everyday night and day wanting to speak with you. What's going on?" James stared at Mary with a look of sheer concern.
Mary was unsure of how to answer his question.
"I'm…dieing."
James stared at Mary blankly for some time and said absolutely nothing. When he finally did speak all he said was a casual "Oh."
"Oh? Aren't you concerned? Don't you love me? Don't you love your wife?" Mary was confused and maybe a bit hurt by James' casual response to this news.
"Maybe you hate me. Is that it? James, you say it like this is no big deal. I'm dieing!"
"Don't ever say that!" James' voice resounded with anger. James stared at Mary glaringly and then all of a sudden got up and walked away. Mary ran after him.
"Are you following me?" James shouted back at her angrily without turning around.
"You were just going to leave me here alone after I told you I'm dieing." Mary pleaded after him.
"Don't follow me. I don't want to be around you right now. James shouted back at her in the same angry tone.
Mary stopped in her tracks. She knew following him wasn't going to help her case. Instead she pleaded out to him sadly.
"Please James, don't leave me here. James, you can't just leave me here. James…." Mary's voice trailed off with each stomp James took in the opposite direction of her.
"James don't leave me alone! I'm dieing…."