**Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own any of these characters. This is
just fiction.
Summary: My outtake on what should have happened if Susan would never have left.
Mark and Susan are standing outside at Union Station. She is about to go to Phoenix. But Mark doesn't want her to go he wants her to stay.
"You came to tell me goodbye?"
"No," he replies firmly. "Stay." "I love you," he finally admits, "And I'm stupid for not saying it before."
Susan's smile vanishes. "It's okay... In a way, I knew." She tells him that he's her best friend, and that she's... "sorry". Her life is headed in a different direction now.
Mark is speechless. They stare at each other and just before the train leaves, they share an passionate, romantic kiss. Susan quickly says, "I'll never forget you," and ducks in as the train moves away.
A few yards down the track, Susan's head reappears outside the window. "I do love you!"
"What?" says Mark.
"I love you!" she repeats. "Bye!"
Mark slowly raises his hand to wave as the train pulls completely away. His face falls. He stares at the ground for a minute. Then he walks away. He heads to his new home. Where Susan used to live. Did he do the right thing by taking her apartment? Every time he walks in the door memories of Susan will be flooded. Memories of the love he had just lost and let slip away forever. He'd always loved Susan, but for awhile there was Jen. Then, he just felt too stupid to tell Susan he loved her. He didn't want to ruin their friendship. But Doug had convinced him to tell her before she left. He was glad he did, but wished the outcome would have been different. He wished she'd have burst into tears and stayed. His life had kind of sucked lately. He'd lost Jen, been beaten in the bathroom by some punk and now he'd lost Susan. "There's no one left that would miss me if I was gone," Mark thought to himself. "Well except for Rachel, but she has her mom, it's not like she'd be all alone. With Susan gone now, he'd lost all hope. He decided he was gonna end it all tonight. Someone would eventually find him. He stopped at a liquor store and bought a bottle of vodka. "I'll take some Demerol with it, I still have some left from when I got beat up." He thought to himself. He arrives at the apartment. Sets the bottle on the table and begins to search for the Demerol. When he finds it he sets the bottle and the pills on the coffee table and sits on the couch staring at it, wondering if can really go through with it. He picks up the Demerol and starts to twist off the lid. Suddenly, he hears someone twisting the doorknob. The door opens. Mark looks up.
"Susan?!?!?!"
TO BE CONTINUED.
Summary: My outtake on what should have happened if Susan would never have left.
Mark and Susan are standing outside at Union Station. She is about to go to Phoenix. But Mark doesn't want her to go he wants her to stay.
"You came to tell me goodbye?"
"No," he replies firmly. "Stay." "I love you," he finally admits, "And I'm stupid for not saying it before."
Susan's smile vanishes. "It's okay... In a way, I knew." She tells him that he's her best friend, and that she's... "sorry". Her life is headed in a different direction now.
Mark is speechless. They stare at each other and just before the train leaves, they share an passionate, romantic kiss. Susan quickly says, "I'll never forget you," and ducks in as the train moves away.
A few yards down the track, Susan's head reappears outside the window. "I do love you!"
"What?" says Mark.
"I love you!" she repeats. "Bye!"
Mark slowly raises his hand to wave as the train pulls completely away. His face falls. He stares at the ground for a minute. Then he walks away. He heads to his new home. Where Susan used to live. Did he do the right thing by taking her apartment? Every time he walks in the door memories of Susan will be flooded. Memories of the love he had just lost and let slip away forever. He'd always loved Susan, but for awhile there was Jen. Then, he just felt too stupid to tell Susan he loved her. He didn't want to ruin their friendship. But Doug had convinced him to tell her before she left. He was glad he did, but wished the outcome would have been different. He wished she'd have burst into tears and stayed. His life had kind of sucked lately. He'd lost Jen, been beaten in the bathroom by some punk and now he'd lost Susan. "There's no one left that would miss me if I was gone," Mark thought to himself. "Well except for Rachel, but she has her mom, it's not like she'd be all alone. With Susan gone now, he'd lost all hope. He decided he was gonna end it all tonight. Someone would eventually find him. He stopped at a liquor store and bought a bottle of vodka. "I'll take some Demerol with it, I still have some left from when I got beat up." He thought to himself. He arrives at the apartment. Sets the bottle on the table and begins to search for the Demerol. When he finds it he sets the bottle and the pills on the coffee table and sits on the couch staring at it, wondering if can really go through with it. He picks up the Demerol and starts to twist off the lid. Suddenly, he hears someone twisting the doorknob. The door opens. Mark looks up.
"Susan?!?!?!"
TO BE CONTINUED.