3 weeks later.................................. Mary's hospital room
In the past three weeks Brook came almost every day to the hospital. Sometimes she found herself rehearsing what she would say to Mary after she woken up.
At 2pm Dr.Sherard came to take Mary off the drugs and intubation. Brook, David and Alice waited for almost 2 hours until they saw the first sign of Mary's conscience coming back. Brook was the first one at Mary's side, seeing Mary trying to focus her eyes made her smile that elicited a small smile in Mary's lips. They gazed unfazed at each other's eyes forgetting the other two people in the room. David coughed breaking them of their revery.
Alice stood at the other side of the bed with a teary grin and David let a smile stretch on his face.
Seeing Alice and David made Mary relive the memories of worst days and the memorie of her father, in her state she almost fell of the bed and started sobbing. Brook envolved her in an embrace and rocked her whispering sweet nothings 'til she stopped sobbing. After 15min Mary looked up to her mother and brother, straighting her pose without getting out of Brook's arms.
Why are you here? You shouldn't be here, Jack will get angry with you both. she said looking straight to her brother and mother.
Jack can't hurt us now and he won't hurt you. Your father is in prison for violent behavior against me and David. responded Alice in a confident tone.
Why would he hurt David? He is your's and his perfect and only son, Alice. I no longer belong with your fantastic family, the family that you always dreamed to be. Since three years ago i became my only family, my own father, mother, brother or friend. You didn't want me living with you, seeing you or talking to you. You didn't want to be seen with your deviant daughter or sister. So i'm doing my own family, my own decisions without you in it, and i'm OK, i've been OK. SO, what makes you think that i'm willing to change that?
You could almost see venom coming out with the words and an icy look that could break rock was directed to them, it made a chill run through Brook's spine. The pain, disappointment and anger came along with it.
I came out to father and mother a while after you were out of the house. Father almost kicked me to 6 feet under. Mother had to knock him in the head with a chair, even then he came after her and did a number on her body, it took her a month to be able to move. I hit him with your baseball bat 'til i felt he wouldn't move anymore.
David gazed up pleadingly to Mary's unfazed expression.
And you are waiting me to let you in my life because....? the old stubborn Mary was coming into battle.
We are trying to repair what we broke. We are trying to remedy what we did, 'cause we know that we could have stood up for you even before David came out, but we were afraid of him, you know how Jack was, he was blind religiously, he preached for respect for the religion but i knew and he knew that he was the worst siner. There was no day that he didn't disrespect our marriage, when i confronted him he hited me with no worries as if what he did was normal, acceptable. her expression was one of disgust, anger and regret of what happened. After that, when David announced he was gay and Jack started spilling barbarities, i decided that enough was enough, that i woudn't lose another child. She took a little time tapping the falling tears off her eyes. And you already know what happened next.
Next father was arrested and now he is living in prison paying for his mistakes. Finalized David with a watery sad smile.
Silence was permanent until Mary interupted it looking out the window and said You will have to let me be for some time, i won't promisse or deny to you anything, just give me time. letting a lone tear fall of her sheek.
David and Alice reluctantly nodded waving goodbye.
After more 10min of confortable silence Brook was the one breaking it. So. I've heard that Mary Ericson is the heroin of ADA Parker. It is a pleasure to be in the presence of such person. she said playfully mimicking a bow to the readhead, eliciting a laugh out of Mary.
How did you know that i was in the hospital? Mary asked gazing carefully to Brook.
Since you didn´t call back when i tried to reach you, i called Sophia and she told me what happened and that you were here. taking a breath to supress the tears in her eyes So i came to see you looking seriously to Mary You own me a afternoon out, you know? eliciting a laugh from Mary and a slap on the shoulder. You know that you are one of the most precious people in my life, after Rachel and Grace. she heard a gasp coming from Mary after her last words. Panicking she huged Mary preventing her from turning away from her and whispered in her ear Rachel isn't my girlfriend, she is the person that i wanted you to meet, she is my daughter. she loosened the embrace so she could see Mary's face, she found a smile stretched over Mary's awed expression. In an adorating movement Mary huged her again but longer, they lost themselfs in the embrace, feeling how they fit as if puzzle pieces one in the other. They fell back in the bed and Mary reached Brook's lips with her hand carecing them with a featherly touch making Brook moan in appreciation, her eyes sparkled with mischief and laughter on Brook's reaction, eliciting a groan from Brook. Finally Mary closed the distance between them with a longing kiss taking their breath away and making them take a pause to breath. So your brother David is right you have a crush on me? smilling slyly and winking playfully to Mary provoking a eruption of laughter. After they took a calming breath Mary whispered breathly to Brook. I will show you it isn't a crush but someting much more than that, but you will have to wait to have more than a kiss. caressing lightly Brook's arm and smiling to the goosebumps covering the skin she touched.You see, i'm still a little fragile for intence activities.
Now was Brook who iniciated the kiss, this one more urgent, but after it became more mellow, thorough, with promisses of what to come and so much more.
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So. What do you think? :D
