Roger's P.O.V
I was in the waiting room of hospital pacing back and forth. People were staring at me but I didn't care at this point. How could this happen? In the month I was gone Daisy has been trying to kill herself and Mark has been starving himself. How could I let this happen? I should have been there Mark making sure he was okay. I could have helped him and Daisy together. I could have fixed all of this if I haven't been selfish and left for Santa Fe.
I saw the nurse come in and I ran up to her. "Please tell me there alright."
"Calm down, Mr. Cohen and Ms. Lancaster are going to be just fine. The blood transfer went fine with Ms. Lancaster and she is asleep right now."
"What about Mark?" I asked rubbing my hands together.
"He is very underweight and he is very undernourished. He needs to build back his health. Take vitamins eat. Eat healthy."
"Is that it?"
The nurse let out a sigh. "You may want to keep an eye on him. If he keeps not eating. He may be anorexic." I let that sink in for a moment. Oh god Mark.
"Can I see them?" I asked.
"If you follow me. Mr. Cohen is awake and he is eating a little. He can come home today Ms. Lancaster we are going to keep overnight, to make sure the transfer was successful. She should be lucky you found her or she would have died." She led me to Mark's room where he was sitting up and eating. He was actual eating a snack pack pudding. He looked at me and smiled. "I'll give you two a moment alone."
I grabbed a seat and pulled it up to Mark's bed, before he could say anything, I said. "Don't you ever do any shit like that again." I held onto his hand which was hooked to an i.v just for safety.
"Believe me Roger I won't. I've learned my lesson." I eyed his tray were he only eat the pudding and hadn't touch any of his other food. I let out a sigh.
"Mark you have to eat more than that shitty pudding. It's not even good for you."
"Since when did you care about what I eat?" Mark said a little bitterly.
"Since you passed out on me. Mark why did you do that to yourself. It makes no sense."
Mark set down his pudding and pushed his tray to the side. "I feel terrible Rog."
"You are not allowed to feel terrible if anyone should feel terrible it should be me. I let you go this far. I should have been there for you, I should have been able to help you with Angel's death with Daisy."
"That's the thing if I had just told Daisy I loved her in the first place maybe none of this would have happened maybe she wouldn't have drove herself to cut again."
"Mark don't blame yourself there could have been a lot of factors and everything." I didn't want Mark to blame himself but he was already blaming himself.
"No there wasn't." He said back to me. "We broke up and then she cut herself. Rog she could have died." There were tears forming in Marks eyes. "If she had died I don't know what I would have done with myself. I caused her to do this to herself." I leaned over and gave Mark a hug as he cried into my shoulder. I rubbed his back and hummed softly. "Rog I'd die without her." He whispered to me.
"I know bud." We stayed there for a minute. I tried to get Mark to calm down. "Ssshhhh. It's okay listen they are going to let you out of here but Daisy needs to spend the night."
"Can I? Can I go see her?" He looked at me with those big blue eyes, no one can so no to eyes like that.
"I think they will let you go see her." I can go check. As if the nurse read my mind she walked in holding a clipboard.
"Mr. Cohen you are fine to leave. Just make sure to keep eating."
"Can I see Daisy?" He asked very quickly.
"Ms. Lancaster finally woke up if you would like to visit her. She is very out of it though."
Mark looked at me with pleading eyes. "I have to see her Rog."
"I know. While you get finished up I'll go see Daisy." I gave him one more hug and walked down the hall to check on Daisy. Hopefully she was feeling okay and well enough to hear Mark's apology.
I slowly pushed open the door and whispered "Daisy"
I heard a soft whisper back "Roger." I walked and saw Daisy laying on the bed. Her eyes were tired and her hair was a rat's nest. She was hooked up to an i.v I grabbed a chair and pulled it up next to her.
"How are you feeling?" I asked.
"Like complete shit." She said with a soft smile. "Thank you for um…for saving me. Who knows what would have happened if you didn't find me…I could have…."
"Hey." I said holding onto her hand. "It's fine. Your family." Daisy smiled and I could see the tears starting to come down her eyes. "Are you okay?"
"What's wrong with Mark?" She asked. "I need to know Roger. Please." I let out a sigh. She deserves to know after everything she has been through. She deserves to know.
"Apparently he hasn't been eating this past month. He passed out from not eating." Daisy let out a gasp and asked.
"Is he okay right now?"
"Yeah don't worry something tells me he is going to start eating again."
"How could I let this happen?" She said crying.
"What do you mean?"
"Roger put two and two together. He always ate when I was around then when I broke his heart he stopped eating. I drove him to this."
"Daisy now listen…" God these two blame themselves for the other ones pain. If they do not get back together I will force them myself. They are definitely meant for each other. "That day a lot of angry words were spoken and our family was broken I think that affected Mark you can't blame yourself.
"But if I hadn't exploded at Mark and said all those hurtful words maybe I could have been there for him. I WAS SO STUPID!" She flung her arms in the air and then curled into a little ball and cried. I wrapped my arms around her and sung softly. I remember the words that helped me realize what I had to do. When Mimi visited and the words she spoke.
"There is no future, there is no past…."
"Thank god this moment is not the last." I looked up and saw Mark standing in the doorway. He was wearing his red and blue sweater with his white and blue scarf. Daisy looked up and wiped away her tears. I got up from seat as the two of them sung together
"There's only us. There's only this. Forget regret or life is yours to miss. No other road. No other way. No day but today." Mark then cupped Daisy's cheek and gave her a long and rather passionate kiss. I turned away feeling awkward. When they finally broke away I let out a cough and said.
"Um I'm going to give you two some privacy. I'll be in the waiting room Mark." I walked out of there and prayed that those two would work it out. In the mean time I need to do something. I went up to the payphone in the hospital and dialed a number. Please pick up Mimi please pick up.
