Everything's Alright

Chapter Eighteen

MARK POV

One I was sure Sarah was out, I sat down and placed my head in my hands. I began to cry as silently as I could. I heard someone move and sit down next to me. They put an arm around me and I buried myself into their shoulder.

"Ssh... It's gonna be okay, Mark. She's going to be okay..." It was Jack.

I calmed down and lifted my head to look around at the group. None of them really knew then as well as I did, but still they cared deeply about her.

"I wish she could see how much she means to us. To me. To her fans. Every time someone compliments her, she just brushes it off. She takes pride in what she does, but I wonder how much of her is broken so much that she doesn't love herself...doesn't see herself as the wonderful person I and the rest of her fans see her as...." I said, my voice cracking at some points.

"Then make her see." Danny said.

"Show her how much she has made a difference in this community." Arin chimed in.

"Get her fans to tell her how much they love her." Bob said, pulling out his laptop.

"Tell her." Jack said. "Show her."

Bob handed me his laptop. I immediately logged onto Tumblr and started typing.

'Hey all! Mark here. I just wanted to let you know, in case you haven't seen the pics, that Sarah is alive. She'll be healing for a while. But she is alive.'

I thought for a moment about what I wanted to say.

'I have a favor to ask of you all. I need you all to send in either videos, pictures, art, letters, literally anything telling her how much she means to you. Tell her how much she has made an impact on this community. Put it in the tag "Sarahisourhero" and I will put it all in one huge video and show it to her. I want her to know how much she means to all of us. Thank you in advanced. Mark.'

I clicked post and waited a full minute. People reblogged it and signal boosted the hell out of it. I decided to check the tag and already people had posted little letters and messages. I knew it would be a while before it would be time to closer off the tag so that I could make the video.

I gave Bob his laptop back and looked back at Sarah's resting face. She has gone through so much. And still she was strong. She almost gave up a few times but she was able to hold on. I kissed her head slowly.

"Happy belated six months." I whispered.

******

At about eight that night, my stomach growled loudly. Everyone froze and I blushed while they laughed.

"Wade and I will go get actual food."

"Why do I have to go?" Wade complained. "Kevin should go. He doesn't know her. He hasn't interacted with her."

"Fine. Kevin." The other stood up and the two left for food.

Suddenly, Suzy gasped. She had been looking at something on her phone for the past fifteen minutes. She looked up at me with a shocked face.

"What is is, Suzy?" I asked, raising my eyebrow.

When she didn't respond right away, Arin leaned over and looked at her phone.

"Oh shit." He said.

"Guys, what's going on?" I was starting to panic now.

"When was the last time Jack visited?" Arin asked tentatively.

I looked at the Irish man. He was confused as well.

"Two weeks ago or so. Why?"

"What did you all do?" Suzy asked. Danny at this point walked over and looked over her shoulder. Then his face fell in shock.

"We played some Prop Hunt and some other multiplayer games. Why?"

"Were you at any point away from them?"

The question confused me. I was tired of the questions, so I got up and walked over. Jack followed. Suzy turned her phone.

It was a video of Sarah and Jack. They were in my apartment. They were laughing at something. She playfully hit his arm and rolled her eyes. Jack said something else and she stopped. There was a moment where they both froze and liked at each other. Then, Jack leaned in and kissed her. The video ended.

I didn't know what to think. It was my girlfriend and my best friend. I looked over at Jack.

"Mark, listen to me. Yes, I did that, but she rebuttled. She pushed me away. She loves you. Since then I have been trying my best to just ignore my feeling for her because I know how much you guys make each other happy. I don't want to mess that up for you. You're my best friend."

"You think that matters??? Anyone who looks at this video will see you guys kissing and think she is cheating on me. Do you know what that will do yo her reputation?! She has been through enough hell, she doesn't need any help from you."

I was containing all of my anger as best I could, but my hands were shaking.

"Mark..." Suzy reached out for me but I pulled away. I looked at the ground.

"Get. Out." I said softly.

"What?" Jack asked.

"Get out!" I yelled, tears rushing down my face.

"Mark, I-"

"GET OUT!" I screamed. He left without another word. I sat down in my chair next to Sarah. I buried my head in her bed and cried.

How could he do this to me?