Save Me From Myself

Chapter 52-The End and a New Beginning

Danny's POV

I arrived at Mark's place early the next morning. He just got home and Tina was cooking him breakfast.

"Hello stranger! Or shall I say "the man who can't be moved...", laughed Tina.
"Hiya Tina."
"You got up early.", noticed Mark as he wiped his face with a towel.
"How was the flight?", I asked him.
"Good, you know how I adore flying. Glen is in the shower, he took over my house. Ben is with Rodney at his place. Now what's up?"
"I was thinking...don't you guys think that seven years was enough for us?", I asked timidly.
"Does this question have anything to do with Nina? Or the fact that the two of yez started punching photographers?"
"Sort of...that shit's in the news?"
"What do you think? Of course...in your defence it was for a good cause. Now...you were saying?"
"I'll wait for Glen too."
"I'm here Rocky Balboa...you were saying?", laughed Glen patting my back.
"I was thinking... Isn't this enough for us? I mean...we all have responsibilities...families, relationships....should this be our final album and tour?"
"You want to finish? With The Script?", asked Glen.
"Don't you? Don't you think we've grown out of it? I mean...I know why I can't have a proper relationship. I'm stalked half the time by photographers. They asked  Robin if she was sleeping with a band member! Jesus..."
"So this is about you Dan...right...everything begins and ends at you?", screamed Glen.
"Don't you want out? I mean, don't you wanna start a family and shit like that? I wanna protect Robin too and Nina...and that would be good for them. Me, having a normal job and shit...or working just in a studio."
"It's all about you! Isn't it?", spat Glen the words.
"Actually I could use some time at home. The kids are growing and I wanna be with them, see them grow. Spend time with my family. It's been a ride, a beautiful ride, but I need that reality check too Glen.",added Mark.
"I can't believe this! After all we've been through and all the obstacles you guys just wanna throw that away?"
"It's not set in stone, but I'm thinking about it Glen.", I tried to say.

There was no way in reasoning with Glen. I knew very well why. If the band broke up, he would end up being all alone. His son was almost a grown up, we were moving on with our lives and there he was...alone...

"Glen I need this, we all need this...", I said simply patting Glen's back.

Mark joined in and the three of us hugged the same way we did before a gig.

"We will still be friends..."
"Friends forever."

The tour ended. We decided to call it a quit after the fourth album. We were growing as people, we needed a normal job, but in a way we needed to do something to remind us about what we loved. Music. So we started producing.
Nina won the custody for Robin and we moved in together. The three of us. Glen started dating a beautiful Italian nurse named Lana. Mark was waiting for child number four.

And me...well now I'm waiting for my beautiful girlfriend Nina to finish work. The London air was cold and it almost felt like it would start raining anytime soon. And there she was...her long curly hair flowing like a waterfall in the find, all dressed up in a coat and a scarf round her neck. Her eyes started sparkling the second she saw me.

"Ready? I packed the bags, well the essentials. We have loads of stuff in my mum's house. She's all ready to see you again. All the family is..."
"Still...I wonder why Robin wanted to stay with her dad this weekend. Do you know anything about it? I mean, I hear you guys whispering all the time and when I..."

I stopped her with a kiss on the lips. She curled her nose and smiled as I did that.

"Seriously is there anything I need to know about?"
"Nope, now let's go...the car is waiting.", I said showing her to the car.