Short Stories

I'll Save You Baby!

Characters : Steve Clark, Phil Collen, Joe Elliot

January 8 1991, London

Steve was dying a little more each day he lived. It killed his girlfriend, Lucy-Anne that she couldn't make him change. She was crying every night, she prayed to God that something would make Steve change. She woke up in the middle of the night with a weird feeling, her eyes were still red because of all the tears she cried. Lucy-Anne walked in the lounge room and her eyes grew wide when she saw Steve sat on the couch with a bottle of Vodka in one hand and a bottle of pills beside him. She didn't know if he was dead or alive and that's what scared her the most, not knowing if his little heart was still beating. She ran to the phone and called the 9-1-1 Emergency and said to them to hurry because it might be too late for him. When the ambulance arrived they hurried to check if Steve was still alive. They took him in the ambulance before telling Lucy-Anne that he was still alive but he was in very bad condition. Lucy-Anne climbed in the ambulance with Steve, she hold his hand and told him not to leave her. The ambulance drove really fast to the hospital but for Lucy-Anne, it seemed like ages before they arrived to the hospital. Finally arrived at the hospital, the men took Steve away from her and told her to stay in the waiting room. She sat down on a chair and started to cry. Few minutes later, an old nurse walked next to her and sat beside her before giving her a tissue to wipe her tears away. Lucy-Anne looked at her and smiled a little.

"Can I do something to help you darling? Do you want to call someone?" Asked the nurse looking at Lucy-Anne.

" I just want to know if my boyfriend is okay but you can't tell me the answer. Yes, I'd like to call someone if this isn't a problem." Answered Lucy-Anne with a small voice. the nurse said to her to follow her, they walked to the front desk and the nurse said to the secretary that Lucy-Anne wanted to call someone. The secretary gave her the phone and the nurse walked away after smiling at her. Lucy-Anne dialed Phil's phone number. She hoped that Phil would answer to the phone.

"Hello?" A sleepy voice answered. She sighed when she heard the voice. She didn't care about what time it was, she needed someone to comfort her.

"Phil? it's me Lucy-Anne! I need you to come at the hospital right now! They said that he might not make it, they said it in the am-" She said panicked before Phil cut her.

"What? Calm down! I'm coming as fast as I can. Now tell me where are you at the hospital." Said Phil trying to calm Steve's girlfriend. in the back of his mind, he was scared that Steve wouldn't make it but he didn't want Lucy-Anne to know it. Lucy-Anne told him where she was and Phil ran to his car before driving to the hospital. As he approach the hospital, Phil's heart was beating really fast, he didn't know what will happen at the hospital. About 30 minutes later, Phil parked his car in the parking lot and ran in the building. He entered in it and looked for Lucy-Anne, he saw her in the waiting room with her head in her hands. He walked close to her before sitting down next to her. Phil putted his hand on her back and she looked up before hugging him. Phil felt hot tears on his shoulder and he placed his other hand on Lucy-Anne's head and whispered to her that it will be okay. they stayed in that position for few more minutes until the heard-

" For mister Steve Clark?" A doctor asked. They both pulled apart and got up to walk close to the doctor.

"Can we see him?" Asked Lucy-Anne without leaving any chances to the doctor to speak.

"Yes you can but I have to tell you that if you would have call the ambulance few seconds later, mister Clark wouldn't be alive anymore. He has to stop drinking like he does or else he'll die sooner." Said the doctor. Lucy-Anne started to cry again and Phil took her in his arms. Phil nodded to what the doctor said and thanked him before saying to Lucy-Anne that they'll go see Steve. When they entered in the room, they saw a paled Steve asleep in a bed with a lot of needles and machines on and around him. Lucy-Anne walked close to the bed and sat on the edge of it while Phil walked to the chair near Steve's bed. He knew that Lucy-Anne wouldn't want him to leave. She took Steve's hand and sniffed. Phil pulled himself closer to the bed and took Steve's other hand and rested his head on it. Lucy-Anne smiled after what Phil did. Few hours later, they heard a small sputter, they both looked up and saw Steve with small eyes.

"Hi Steve." Simply said Lucy-Anne with a small smile. He looked at his girlfriend and his eyes lighted up when he saw her, he squeezed her hand.

" hi darling." He said with a small voice. Lucy-Anne didn't ask him what he was thinking about when he took the pills and drunk too much, all that matters right now was that he was alive. Steve saw that Phil was there too, he smiled at Phil and Phil squeezed his hand.

"I'm relieved that you are okay mate. I know a lot of people told you these things before but you have to change Steve or else you'll die, the doctor said this to us earlier." Said Phil, He didn't think that Steve would take it seriously but he tried one last time to make him change his mind.

"You want me to call the others?" Asked Phil, Steve nodded and Phil got up to walk out o the room.

"Steve... You really scared the hell out of me, love. You could have died tonight! I hope that you will listen to m, I know it's hard for you to stop but I'll be there to help you like I always been and the guys will be there too. Don't forget that there are a lot of people that loves you and they will support you in what you live.# Said Lucy-Anne to Steve. He looked at his girlfriend the whole time she was speaking. He knew that he had to change bit it was so hard. He opened his arms and Lucy-Anne pulled closer to Steve and hugged him. They stayed in this position for a while. they heard a small knock on the door and Phil and the others walked in the room. they smiled at Steve and stood around his bed.

"Hi Steve, you're alright mate? you scared the shit out of me!" Said Joe. Steve looked at him and said that he was okay. Steve sighed, everybody was right when they told him to stop drinking, tonight he realized that he went too far and he needed to stop and he knew that his friends will be there for him and they will support him.

"Guys, I know I made all of you panicked and I realized that this needed to stop. I don't know how many time it will take me to stop but I will. I know I said this before but this time it's for real, I caused already too much damages. I want everybody to live happy without being forced to always wonder if I will survive." Said Steve looking at his band mates. his band mates looked at Steve and smiled at him. they were happy that Steve realized how much trouble he caused. Lucy-Anne was happy that Steve was okay but she was still traumatised about what the doctor said. She was Steve's savior.

"You saved me Baby." Whispered Steve in her ear.