Shot in the Dark: A Mick Mars X Ozzy Osbourne Story

Chapter 27- Need You Tonight Part 1 (Ozzy POV)

A few days have passed, now it's the middle of the bloody night and tonight in particular I've been antsy to say the least. Yes, it's because of Mick, but it's also because.... every fiber of my being is telling me......

Ok Ozzy, fucking find your balls and call him! He needs you; you need each other....

I lunge for the phone, praying Mick answers, my palms sweat, and I nearly drop the phone as I dial his number and it's to my shock answered on the first ring and my heart soars at hearing that voice and drops both.... Mick sobbing and desperate....

"H-Hello? W-Who....is this?!"

"Mick? Its Ozzy.... what's wrong? Tell me please.... please." I plead with him.

"T-The baby.... won't calm down! I wanna sleep.... i can't sleep.... i haven't slept in SO long." Mick needs to calm down, I need to help him.... I must try.

"Shh....it will be ok. From n-now on.... let me help you Mick, please.... please." I soothe and beg both. I hope this is the start of opening his heart.... this time I won't fucking screw this up!

"F-Fine...hurry.... I can't take it.... I need help." Mick's voice is exhausted, hurt.

"I am on my way..." Be myself to untangle myself and find my pants. "You need to try and calm for not just your sake love.... tell me where you live." Urgently, Mick does so...begging me to hurry and in record time, I find my keys and hop in my car....damned lucky I remembered to wear a shirt...but I'm not worried about that....I break the speed limit, I can't find it in myself to care....and arrive at Mick's place in record time, and I fumble for a key and luckily there is one underneath a potted palm and then I find myself RACING UP the stairs, taking two at a time and I hear the sounds of frustrated and exhausted sobs and pray the door is open....and I step in side, my eyes wide and I stop for a moment as I take in Mick....

Deep shadows under his eyes, pain...such pain.... tears, the fears....

"Mick?" Tentatively, "I'm HERE ok." Panting from my exertions.

"The baby...is...is fine but won't quit...m-moving.... please Oz." I rush to his side, and for the first time in so long.... I touch him, carefully placing my hands on his swollen stomach, letting my instinct take control as I start to rub it feeling the baby move, so full of energy...just like me. The baby kicks at my hands....and I weep with out shame, pulling myself together.... gently caressing where my child lay as I begin to speak....me noting this is the first time I have felt my child. The tears still fall.

"Ello' in there.... Its...its...daddy, I am SO sorry my little love for not being here like I should, for hurting you and your mother.... I love you and I've just met you as it were. Your mum needs sleep, ok? Please, little darling.... calm down and let your mother sleep." I can feel the baby gradually begin to calm, kicking gently at my hands.... I have yet to let go, and damn it all I'm not going to this time, not gonna let this go.

"Thank you.... you...you.... really are here.... she's calmer now..." Mick's tearful voice exclaims, tinged with fear. He doesn't want me to leave.... i can see it in those eyes, those fire eyes.... fire I hope to reignite.

"I'm here Mick, I am HERE. Finally, have started to pull my head out of my arse and...and...do you want me to stay?"

"Please.... I don't wanna be alone anymore. I am SO tired and..." I cut him off gently, the baby starting to move again, my gaze locked with him...my heart breaking at his pain as I rub his belly.

"You won't be anymore.... you're working yourself up...and its all my damned fault.... babies moving again, let's get you both some sleep, yes?" Quietly.

"If I sleep.... you'll leave again..." Mick whispers, dropping his gaze before looking at me once more. "It feels like a dream."

"it's no dream Mick, you needed me I am here...we'll talk more when you've had some rest, but I PROMISE you, I'm not gonna leave you." I whisper, before I take a breath and decide to sing the song, I have written for him, my voice a bit shaky...but hoping it soothes him and our child. I feel our baby calm once more and by the song's end, I look up to realize Mick is asleep, looking more peaceful than he was. I'm not sure how he will react when he wakes, but I don't want to leave....so I strip off with my pants and silently as I can slip under Mick's bed covers and to my surprise, he burrows as he can into my warmth. "I will fight for you Mick, as I should have all along...once I realized.... I mean, I love you....and I love our baby.... I see that now. If it takes a lifetime, I will earn your forgiveness, your heart...your love." I whisper, brushing his hair back gently.... him not stirring and noting that I spy red mixed in among the black. And the next thing I know I find myself drifting off and dreaming:

The scene is one that is everything: heart-warming, tender.... Mick and I, it seems its near his time.... our baby, our first is nearly here....

I carefully laying my head upon Mick's very well swollen stomach, as he runs his fingers thru my hair and I swear I feel the baby's heartbeat and a tiny hand, touches me from with in it seems.

I speak to our child, rubbing the firm and swollen flesh. "It's almost time for us to meet you.... i can't believe where we are now...that you are nearly here. It's been one hell of a journey for your mother and I, but we found our way to each other....and my little love, I wouldn't trade you or your mother for anything. I've already lost you both once, but I everyday am fighting for you both, striving to be the best partner to your mother, the best father to you....no one is perfect, people make mistakes, but here we are...there is no where I'd rather be than here." I hear tears, prompting me to look up at Mick in concern. "All right firefly? i didn't mean to make you cry..."

"W-What you...said...was beautiful....and...and I can't believe where we are either. We live together, have for a bit.... We worked things out, truly getting to know one another. I am...so beyond glad I opened my heart to you Oz, gave you a second chance.... i was so afraid, but that night.... you called, as if you knew I needed you.... You came to make me feel better. And there were so many tears, but it was a huge step for us. I don't regret it, my prince of Darkness. I love you."

"I'll never let anything happen to you, NEVER hurt you like that again my Queen of Darkness, my fallen angel." I declare, fiercely really in my love.

"What...Ozzy, I could die....my spine, there's no...no telling..." Mick sobs, and my blood turns to ice. "I-I don't wanna die, but...but, if our baby lives...."

I sigh heavily, letting my tears fall, tenderly I cradle my lover's face in my hands.

"They're strong JUST like you, stubborn.... They'll live and so will you. I SWEAR IT." And then the scene begins to fade, and I enter the waking world.

I find myself waking, still tired but much less so than before and reality kicks me in the ass as I realize that this is real, I am here with Mick. Carefully I turn on my side, Mick still very much asleep and if I had to hazard a guess, judging by the slant of the light...its perhaps afternoon, early afternoon. I hope.... i hope that dream I just woke from.... comes true.... Please, please let him give me another chance, he won't regret it. Losing him over again and our child.... I can't.

I take in everything about Mick, his face.... those fire eyes, that I long to bring back to life, and my eyes travel down to his swollen stomach, and I note the slightest quivers....and I find tears springing to my eyes, as carefully I note the baby is waking, carefully...slowly, I place my hand on Mick's stomach and whisper:

"I can feel you...I can feel you, I don't wanna lose you again.... I love you. I love you...now let's, let your mum get some more sleep."

The baby doesn't listen and begins to kick at my hands, and I can't help but smile even thru my tears and then I hear, my heart pounding:

"O-Ozzy? Y-You're still here?"

I look up and Mick and I lock gazes, both of us with tears in our eyes, as I wait with bated breath, hoping.... hoping.

A/N: Ozzy coming to Mick's aid, and I know it's a cliffhanger, but I promise it will be worth it. Just wait till the next chapter when we see finally Mick and Ozzy begin to talk and work things out and take a shot in the Dark.