Second Chances ( ***ON HOLD*** )

Chapter 3

Steve's point of view

We were in the room, waiting for time to pass. I sighed cuz it seems so long. I was jamming on my guitar, until I heard someone knocking on the door.

I stopped playing and looked up at the door. Phil walked to the door and opened it to reveal Vivian Campbell, my replacement. He entered in the room and closed the door before putting his hands on Phil's shoulders. He was touching my Terror Twin and he didn't even care about me, like I wasn't even there in the room.

"Phil, what the fuck is going on? Why are we young again?" Asked Viv a little panicked. He turned his head and saw me and smiled.
"Hey Steve nice to see you, started Viv and few seconds later his eyes grew wide when he realized I was there.
Steve?! You're not dead?!" He asked leaving Phil's side to come by my side.

"Looks like I'm alive Viv and I'm back in Def Leppard." I said.

"Great and I'm still in Whitesnake, same stuff as usual. But still, I don't understand why I'm young again." Said Viv.
"We don't really know why Viv, maybe it's a chance to live the life that you never lived." said Phil walking close to us.

"I need to find David and the rest of the band. I still can't believe that one day I'm in Def Leppard and the next I'm in Whitesnake." Said Viv walking out of the room leaving Phil and I alone again. I looked at my Terror Twin and he looked at me with a look that said, "What the fuck just happened?" I shrugged my shoulders and started to think about what the fans would think when they see me on stage.

"Hum... Phil, I have a small question to ask you, I started playing with my fingers.
How will people react when they see me? I mean, Viv was surprised when he saw me. We have a concert tonight and I'm worried about their reactions." I said walking close to the bed before sitting on it. Phil sighed and sat beside me.

"You know Steve, maybe the fans will be surprise at first but, they will be really happy to see you. When we played our first concert without you, they were sad and it wasn't the same but, they will be pleased to see you again." Said Phil with the soft voice that I missed. Maybe he was right, actually Phil was always right when I was talking to him about my concerns. He always found a way to make me feel better and safer. I nodded and smiled.

"You feel better now?" Asked Phil after a few minutes of silence.
"Yes I am. Thanks Phil, you always find a way to make me feel better." I said smiling. Phil smiled and opened his arms to hug me. We hugged each other and the feeling of this made everything feel like the old times. Phil and I pulled apart and he said that "We should go and see the boys." I agree and we walked out of the room to go to Joe's room Phil and I entered without even knocking and saw an empty room.

"Joe! Are you there?" Asked Phil walking in the room. I saw that the bathroom door was closed, I walked to the door and opened it. The lights were on and there were clothes on the floor.
"Phil, come here I found Joe." I said as Joe turned off the shower. Phil walked close to me and we saw Joe getting out of the shower with a towel wrapped around his waist. When Joe saw us, he jumped probably, surprised to see us standing at the doorframe of the bathroom.
"Guys, what the hell are you doing here?" Asked a surprised Joe looking at us.
"We were bored in our room so we decided to come and see you!" Explained Phil as Joe started to get dress. Few seconds later, we all sat close to the table that was in the room.

"Do you think that we should call the others? We could have a small drink before going to the arena." Proposed Joe. I looked up at him when he said the word "drink" I wasn't sure that having a drink was a good idea. I didn't want to start my new life with the same habits than before.
"Steve, you're not obliged to drink if you don't want to. You can just ask for a Coke." Said Joe getting up.
"I know I'm not obliged too but, I'm just scared that if I see people drinking, I'll be pressured to drink again." I explained as Joe took the phone to call Sav and Rick. Phil put his hand on my shoulder and smiled.
"You'll be fine. If you want, I can drink something other than alcohol." Said Phil as Joe walked back to the table.
"Forget the drinks lads, we have to go to the arena. We have to get ready and do a small warm-up." Explained Joe. We got up and exit out of the room. We met Sav and Rick in the lobby and we all stepped outside to see the limo waiting for us.

At The Arena

The stage was placed in the middle just like it was on the Hysteria Tour. I smiled to myself thinking that its going to be an awesome concert tonight. We all got ready for the warm-up and I was more and more happy to realize that everything was back to normal.

"Since Steve doesn't really know how to play our new songs, I propose that we do a concert just like we used to do back on the Hysteria Tour." Proposed Rick and we all agreed to his idea.

We started to play songs from Hysteria, Pyromania and High N' Dry and everyone seems to be okay with their parts and chorus. After our small jamming season, we walked backstage and started to prepare ourselves for the concert.

"You know Steve, I'm pretty happy to see you with us again. It was a big shock for everybody when you left us. Fate gave us another chance to live a better life and I hope you won't make the same mistakes like you did the first time." Said Rick as I light a cigarette. I was surprised by what he said, I didn't expect him to say such things to me.

"I will do anything to live a better life, I can't promise you that I won't make the same mistakes again but, I'll try my hardest. I know that you tried to help me in the past and nothing good happened but, this time if you help me, I will accept your help and change to be a better person." I replied to Rick and he looked at me without saying a word like he was trying to figure out if I really meant everything I said or not. He nodded few times and said that he'll be happy to help me if I needed help. We finished preparing ourselves and before I knew it, I was under the stage waiting for he concert to start.
I was so stressed, I didn't want to miss any notes. I took a deep breath and walked close to Joe.

"You'll do awesome Steve, you know these songs by heart and you will be freaking better than ever." Said Joe when he saw me, beside him. I smiled when he said that then someone screamed for us. Well, it's time to go on stage.

After the intro of Stagefright, the fans were screaming as loud as they ever could. Their enthusiasm doubled when they saw our younger figures and me on stage. I guess they were happy to see the good old Def Leppard again. As the concert passed, I realized that once again I was stressed out for nothing! I still didn't understand why I kept having stagefright before a show, everything went well each time we do a concert. We were playing Rock of Ages and it was time for me, Phil and Sav to get off stage. We were under the stage and Phil immediately walked towards me to hugged me.

"Steve! You're doing a freaking good job up there. The fans are wild for you and this feels like old times again. I'm so happy!" Yelled Phil still hugging me. We pulled apart and I smile at Phil before he walked close to a blonde girl that was looking at him. Now I was sure that everything was back to normal. My smile grew wide and a girl walked close to me.
"You know Steve, everyone is happy to see you again even if it was weird to see you at the beginning, you were missed a lot when you were gone." She said to me with a small smile before walking away. Few seconds later, someone told us that we had to go back on stage.

We finished Rock of Ages and started Photograph which was the last song of the show. The crowd went wild when the show finished, they wanted more but, we were all exhausted. We got off stage and went backstage. The guys congratulated me for the concert and I walked around the backstage area to find some water. I found some and drank the bottle. I went to take a shower and got dressed in fresh clothes after.

When the guys were all ready, we went back to the hotel to take our luggages. We took them and threw them in the tour bus. We walked in the bus and I went to bed, too sleepy to stay up.

This part was made by SophiePascal and the next chapter (in my making) will be out soon! So stay tuned!!!! :D