Classic Rock One Shots

Robert Plant #4

In My Time Of Dying

Black Country,England

I got a call from Charlotte telling me everyone was upset,I asked why,puzzled. "Well...um...Bonzo passed away last night..." "What?!" I couldn't believe it,Bonzo was a great friend,and now he's gone. "I'm sorry to tell you this. Everyone is distraught." "Thank you for telling me so when Robert gets home he doesn't have to say it. Are you okay? I mean...he died in your home." "I'm upset about...I mean,he was a great guy." "We can have lunch and talk about it sometime,I need to console Robert right now..." "Sounds good. He left about twenty minutes ago." "Bye,take care Char." "Bye,thanks Sarah." I hung up and put the phone down. I sighed, emotionally and mentally preparing myself for my husband's return. I heard the door in the kitchen open,his shuffling footsteps coming closer. "Robert?" I quietly called. I heard him sniffle, and shakingly answer,"Yeah?" I walked through the living room and into the kitchen,he looked disheveled and upset,rightfully so. I walked over to him,and he clung to me. "It's okay Robert..." He sobbed into my shoulder,shaking as he did. I rubbed his back,trying to sooth him. Robert was distraught,downright shattered. I miss Bonzo too,I can't imagine how Robert feels. "I love you,and it's going to be okay. It's gonna be okay." I just kept repeating that as I hugged him tight and let him cry. "H-he was my best-best friend...My brother. Now-now he's gone." He sobbed. I had never seen Robert this broken. He was broken,and would never be fixed. He wasn't even like this when Karac died. He would never get over Bonzo,or Karac. That's Robert's problem,he holds onto pain too long. "If I had just helped him. If I had just checked on him...I could have saved him!" "No Robert. This is not your fault."