Her request went like this...."I was watching Do Not Go Gentle today and got a thought for a new plot bunny. At the point when the Judge is in the hospital and calls Mark. He hangs up saying "I'm fine." Just before he hangs up the phone, there is a shot of Mark with a worried look on his face. What is going through his mind then? What happened when the last person he cared about said "I'm fine"? Any takers for a missing scene?? Deanna"
Now I feel really bad about this, but I kind of wrote this a year ago, and am just now posting it here. This was posted through my group originally 11-10-2007.
Missing Scene for Do Not Go Gentle......
"I'm Fine." Came through the phone line, but Mark wasn't hearing the Judges voice...it was his mothers.
20 years ago....New Jersey
"I'm fine sweetheart, really. Why don't you go and play with your friends." Donna McCormick said as she tousled her sons auburn curls. //He needs a haircut before school starts back.// She thought to herself. There was always so much to be done, especially as a single parent. She always worried if he had enough....did he know how much he was truly loved.
Mark took in his mothers frail appearance and shook his head. "Nah, I'd rather stay in with you. Do ya need some water or maybe you'd like some pudding or something." His voice held a twinge of desperation. He wanted so badly to help his mom, but he knew that if there was nothing that the doctors could do, then he couldn't do much more than keep his mom company. Even though she wouldn't come right out and say it, Mark knew that the doctors had sent her home to die. The cancer had progressed to far for treatments to have any affect. He was too worried about her at the moment to even consider how this would affect his future...it didn't matter anyway. His mom was all he had and without her he couldn't even imagine a future.
He was sitting on the side of her bed, looking into her hazel eyes...the eyes of an angel he thought. "I love you mom." He whispered, and she cupped his face in her hands. "I love you too baby. You know you have my heart and my soul don't you? My heart beats stronger whenever you are near...that's how much I love you."
Embarrassed, Mark blushed ever so slightly. Only his mom could do that to him. "Me too mom...me too." He jumped slightly, startled as she was over come with a fit of coughing. He helped her to sit upright and patted her back as she tried to regain control of her failing lungs. Finally he eased her back, his stomach knotting as he noticed how pale she was and how hard she was working to draw each breath.
Then tilting his head slightly, "Is it time for your pills? Are you hurting? Do you need some water?" He asked, reaching for her glass on the bedside table and frowning when he discovered it was empty.
"Baby, I'm fine really, but some water would be nice." She rasped, as she struggled for a decent breath.
Happy to be of some assistance, Mark ran from the room for water. He was so proud of himself for his speedy return, and for not making a mess by sloshing water all over his mom's beloved wooden floors, that he didn't notice his mom's state as he reentered her room. "Here you go mom...nice and cold, just the way you like it." He held out the glass, and shifted his attention from it to his mom....she didn't move. "Mom?....Mom?....Mama?"
Present
Light shimmered off of the lone tear that fell from his brimming eyes as Hardcastle's and his mom's words melded together and echoed through his troubled mind. "I'm fine." And panic set in. He couldn't lose another parent...he just couldn't.
End.
Ok...I almost started crying while writing this. Not good.
Nesie
