Chapter 21

Gary's POV

"Gaz? Gary? Are you still there?" The shaken voice speaks on the other end of the phone. My jaw feels tight making it harder to talk whilst i just stand in the middle of the road in a daze. "Gary seriously you need to get down here... you've got to be with him... mate this is serious..."
"Y..Yeah..i...i'm on...my way..." Softly i mutter bending down to pick up the blood stained hat.
"Right...good..see you soon.."
"B...Bye." I hang up. I've got to get to the hospital... i'm about 10 minutes away from my house, so there's no chance of getting there to my car. I'm going to have to run.

After 20 minutes of the fastest running i've ever done in my life i finally arrive at the hospital. I feel sick from all the running, but most of all because of Mark. Please don't let me be too late. Quickly i make my way to the hospital's entrance noticing Robbie's car parked on way. It still hasn't sunk in all i can think of is why? "GAZ!" A voice calls causing me to look up out of my trance. Robbie comes running towards me pulling me into a tight hug.
"Erm..R..Rob..I...Er..Hi.." I swallow hard keeping my tears in afraid to ask.
"Oh...Mate... thank god you're here..." He wraps his arm around my shoulder guiding me down a corridor. My legs feel like jelly i can barely walk. "He's in here..."

Slowly i lift my head to look through the small window. Inside Mark is laying on a bed with an iv in his right arm and an oxygen pipe hanging out his mouth. "O....oh...god..." I instantly turn white backing away a little. Seeing him like that just throws me. He looks half dead i can't do this. "I..." Trying my best to keep my tears in i fail miserably as they come flooding out.
"Gaz....come here..." I feel two strong arms wrap around me whilst i just break down. "We'll look after him... our little Markie is a fighter..."

"Mr Williams?" A voice interrupts.
Robbie lets go of me. "Y...yeah?" Quickly i wipe my eyes to see a doctor holding a clip board about to enter Mark's room. "This is...er... Mark's... this is Mark's partner... Gary."
"Nice to meet you Gary. I'm Dr Carter Mark's doctor for this evening." He shakes my hand.
Softly i breathe a little faster. "Is...Is he going... to be ok?"
"For now it's early to tell. He hit his head pretty hard on the pavement which has caused a little bit of swelling on the brain, and lost a good amount of blood from the knife injury." My eyes widen whilst listening to him. I hide my hands in my pockets to hide the shaking. "Now... the reason i came back here is i need to know your blood type Gary."
For a second my mind goes blank. "Erm..A...A i think..."
The doctor makes some notes on his clipboard then looks over to Robbie's direction. "And yours Mr Williams?"
"B? Yeah think i'm a B if that one exists?" Robbie raises his eyebrow.
Again he makes some notes. "Perfect." He smiles softly.
"W...why?" Nervously i ask glancing my eyes through the window at Mark.
"Well Mark needs a blood transfusion, and seeing as Mark's the same blood type as your friend then we can start straight away." He looks over at Robbie.
"Huh? Me?" Robbie points to himself. The doctor nods, and hands Robbie a wristband. "But i..."
"As soon as Mr Owen has this transfusion then we can fully deal with the swelling on his brain. The transfusion can even make the swelling go straight away after a few hours. We've already dealt with the wound on his stomach."
Robbie doesn't like the sound of blood being taken and i know he's not always been keen of blood being taken from him. "Please Rob... please... help Mark... i'm begging you." I take Robbie's hand in mine. My eyes almost pleading him to do this. "You've had tattoos and they're by needles... just help Mark... please..."
Robbie looks down at our hands. "Of course...anything for Mark..." He smiles softly and goes with the doctor.

"Gary? Mr Barlow? Wakey wakey." I feel a hand on my back making me jump.
"Huh? What? Where am i??" My eyes open making me go a little light headed. I must of fallen asleep.
A nurse sits beside me. "You're at the hospital... remember? Mr Owen's accident."
"Is he ok??? Please tell me he's ok!?"
"sssh... calm down Mr Barlow..." She smiles a little as she does Robbie walks back around the corner pulling down his sleeve.
"Rob! Are you ok?" I walk over to him.
"Yes... yes i'm fine." He grins.
Why's he grinning for? He's going to tell me this is all a bad dream and Mark was never involved in this...right? "What? Why are you grinning like that??"
"aahh... well... got some good news..." He winks. Why is he being so secretive?
"Rob tell me! Please is it about Mark?"
Robbie places both of his hands onto my shoulders whilst looking into my eyes. "Markie is going to be ok. Thanks to my blood!"
I freeze for a few seconds. Did i just hear right?! Mark's going to be ok?!! I don't know whether to scream or cry. My heart pounds in my chest due to excitement. Mark is going to be ok! My Mark is going to be ok i repeat in my head. "YES!! THANK GOD!!!" Tightly i hug Robbie jumping in his arms.
Robbie laughs. "Good old Markie ay?"
"God this is the best news i've ever heard. I could scream mate! I can't thank you enough!! God i love you Robbie Williams!!" Excitement takes over causing me to kiss him on the lips.