The rest of that day went quiet. Roger was in the bathroom puking his guts out after he ate then came to the couch where I held him till he fell asleep. It was almost like a routine, when roger didn't feel well all I could do was sit next to his shaking form and hold his arms so he wouldn't itch his track marks. I woke up the next morning to a hangover Maureen who was still fast asleep. When I turned on the light she groaned and went n under the covers.
"Marky, it's too bright." She whined, and turned over. I laughed lightly and shut off the light and went out to see roger sitting next to Collins who was working on a paper. I went over to the kitchen and got my self a coffee. I looked at Roger who was just sitting there his eye darting around the room.
"Rog?" He looked up like he was startled. "Are you alright?" He didn't answer he just brought his knees up to his chest and looked at the wall. Collins stood up still looking at his papers.
"Alright boys, I'm off your friend here has a teaching interview for NYU" He stated proudly and walked out. I looked in Benny's room and saw that he too was gone. I sat down next to roger and felt his forehead and was not surmised by what I felt.
"You're running a fever, why don't you go lay down?" I suggested. He looked at me then stood up and headed for his room. In a blink of an eye I saw him darting towards the door. "Roger!" I yelled and ran after him. He stopped and grabbed me by the arm twisting it behind my back, I but my lip from yelling out in pain.
"Don't even think about stopping me." He warned. It took me a second to realize that it was roger, it didn't sound like him at all. He sounded angry, hurt, sad, and most of all desperate.
"R-Rog come on let go." I got out though my clenched teeth.
"No because you will try to stop me." He said in that same voice.
"Yes I will because I care about you roger! You are my best friend and have been since freshman year!" I said trying to bring my old roger back. He only tightened his grip on my arm.
"I need this mark! And no one is going to get in my way! I'll do anything for it!" He said and pushed me down to the ground on my stomach my arm still behind my back. I groaned in pain I was still sore for his last episode, of course I tried not to complain but when you where pinned down to the ground it fucking hurt.
"N-No you don't Rog! You don't need it! You can do it!" I yelled to him. He brought my arm further behind my back and I felt a pop and I shut my eye tightly and almost made my lip bleed from biting it so hard.
"You're a fucking liar! Don't tell me what I need! You're not me Mark!" He then let go of my arm. "And I'm leaving." He said in that desperate voice again. I cradled my arm.
"Hey!" I called after him and he turned around. "If you walk out that door, everything we have done will have been for nothing."
"Well then you have been waiting your time." He stated and opened the door. I was so relieved when Maureen came out.
"Do either of you know the meaning of quiet?" She yelled then gasped when she saw me on the ground and roger about to leave. She ran and stood in between him and the door.
"Roger don't you dare leave this loft." She said in a warning voice.
"Get out of my way Maureen or else." He warned right back.
"Roger Davis you would not even think about hitting me! Let alone do it!" she yelled at him. "Now come on, come inside and go to your room and rest." She said in a totally different voice. Roger just turned around and headed towards his room. He stopped and looked at the wall where some of his posters and fliers hung. He rushed to the wall and gripped a hand full of posters and ripped them off the wall and threw them on the ground.
"Get this shit off the wall." He muttered before going into his room slamming the door behind him.
"Pookie are you okay?" Maureen asked me bending down.
"Yeah… I'll be fine, it's just my shoulder." I wouldn't admit that I was in a great amount of pain, and I thought the last beating from him hurt. Maureen touched my shoulder but I hissed in pain and she backed away.
"I think it may be dislocated." She observed. I rolled my eyes, like Maureen was a doctor. "We should probably take you to the doctor." This time I laughed.
"Yeah like we can afford that."
"I'll take you to the free clinic." She offered helping me up. I nodded still watching Rogers door out of the corner of my eyes.
"Alright, we just have to wait for Benny to get back to watch Roger." We both sat down on the couch. "Good thinking on your feet, I didn't even think of using you." We all knew that Roger would never hit a girl, his father beat his mother and some times even Roger and Roger always swore that he would never be like his father and hit a woman. Maureen smiled at me and kissed me on the cheek gently.
"Your too good to Roger you know that? You take all of this from him and you still protect him." She said. I smiled back at her as Benny came in.
"Man what happened to you?" He said noticing that my face was paler then usual and my arm was being cradled by my other arm. When I didn't answer he sighed. "Roger?" I just nodded he dropped his bag on the ground and marched to Rogers room and opened the door. "What the fuck did you do this time Roger?" The rocker looked up at him in shock.
"Nice to see you actually here for once Ben." Roger responded. Benny was going to have none of it.
"Well I could have said the same to you when you where out all night getting high." He said crossing his arms.
"What do you want?" Roger just wanted to get to the point.
"What the hell did you do to mark?" Benny asked again.
"None of your business." Roger replied.
"Oh yes it is! He is my friend too and-" Roger cut him off
"Yeah some friend going out a getting a job so you can leave us all here."
"Look who is talking! Mark is sitting in there with cuts and bruises and probably a broken arm because of you!" Benny yelled getting annoyed at the rocker.
"Just shut the hell up Benny and leave me alone, I didn't mean to." I stood up from the couch at what roger just said and made my way over to the door behind Benny.
"Oh you didn't? You can't attack someone by accident Roger!" Benny Argued.
"I-I didn't mean to hurt him! You think I want to hurt him? Do you think I like doing it?" I looked at my arm I was holding and sighed.
"Then you wouldn't do it!" Benny did have a good point… No, no roger would never hurt me on porpous he is my best friend he would never. It's just withdrawal, it's the drugs.
"I can't help it Benny! You don't understand and you never will!" his eyes then turned to look at me. "Even thou I wish you would." That was it, I pushed through Benny and sat next to roger on his bed.
"Rog, I know you don't mean it." I said in a calm voice.
"Don't let him manipulate you mark!" Benny jumped in. I just stared into Roger's green eyes and turned away.
"Maureen and I are going to the free clinic, stay here with him?" I asked Benny who only nodded.
"No! Mark don't leave me! Please Marky I'm so sorry! Just don't leave!" I shut my eyes and stood up and fallowed Benny out of the room and locked Roger's door from the outside. Immediately I could hear him banging on the door yelling for me. I wanted to open the door so badly but I knew I couldn't. Maureen grabbed my hand and we walked outside to the clinic.
Hello! Yes i know long wait! sorry about that! things has been crazy here! Huricane irene is comming and i live in NJ so my power will be out proabally. Thanks for reading and reviewing!