Silver Tears

By Daze

NOTE: I tried to write this one in Maureen POV, but that was taking forever. This is the first one in Mark POV. It's almost like he's narrating for his camera here. I started to put how he got HIV without making this thing rated NC-17. @_@ I think you guys can figure it out. I hope. I changed the rating to PG.

This takes place a few hours after the last chapter.

Once again, these people do not belong to me. They belong to the Late Great Jonathan Larson. But if he doesn't need them anymore, I'll be happy to take Marky for him. Having her own Marky would make Daze a VERY happy fan-girl.

ENJOY n_n!!

Chapter Three: Christmas Day

::yawn:: I wake up and stretch. I had fallen asleep on the couch with Roger waiting for the girls to get here. The girls! I can hear them in the kitchen. He must be with them. I start looking for my crutches to get myself into the kitchen. Oh. You might be wondering about that. See. I don't always need them. I just don't have a lot of energy anymore. Roger told me it would go back to normal soon, if there were such a thing as normal in our building. If normal even exists. The thing is, I have HIV. Roger has it too, and I got it from him. It wasn't his fault though. It was a mistake. We were together, and we were so happy, and we were not thinking. But I'm not mad at him for it. This has actually brought us closer together.

I spot my crutches on the floor and slip my arms into the circles at the top. I start walking towards the kitchen. I hear Roger telling them about what happened last night. It sounds like there's a catch in his voice, like he's sad about it. I feel my face go red. Why did I do that last night? Why did I get so sad? Why was he telling them this? I walk into the kitchen and force a smile. "Hey guys." Maureen walks over to me and starts to hug me and then stops. She has a sad look on her face. "Marky, honey.this isn't going to hurt you. is it?" she asked carefully. I shake my head no and she hugs me.

I like hugs. It doesn't matter who they're from. I just get this warm feeling inside me when someone hugs me. I can't really describe it. It's different when Roger hugs me. I know he wants to be with me forever and I want to be with him forever. But when one of my friends does, I feel so. loved. And cared about. I smile for real this time.

Roger picks me up and puts me back on the couch. "Jeeze, Roge! All that work getting to the doorway and you put me back on the couch?" he laughs and I grin. Mimi sits next to him. Joanne sits next to me, and Maureen starts handing out a gift to everyone. "Marky, you open yours first." I carefully take the paper off it and I see a book about the making of Star Wars. Yay! This is so cool! I must have had this huge grin on my face because everyone starts laughing and Roger puts his arm around me.

NOTE 2: The next chapter ((in someone else's POV takes place right after this one, not time break. I know it seems like this one ends suddenly, but it will be continued.

YAY!! I drew this about 2 minutes ago to go with the story. It's Marky hugging his new Star Wars book.

Copy and paste the address.

http://phreakachu12.homestead.com/files/Scan_FFN_Starwars.jpg