All I Ever Wanted

Comfortably Numb

"We have Steven Tyler in LA with his girlfriend" I opened my eyes, looking at the hospital room TV. Fucking TMZ was on, why I had no idea. I spotted Nico and Lizzie sitting in chairs by the TV though, looking up at it. I groaned, pissed off.

"Change the channel." I sighed, sitting up "This is trash."

"Shh" Nico said, not even looking at me "It's you!" He said, pointing at the TV.

"Me?" I said, and looked up at the TV again.

The TV showed Steven and I as we were walking into the resturant, right as the dick with the camera started harrassing us.

The picture switched to the reporters, and one of them smirked to the others "And it looks like his girlfriend, Amy, has a bit of a temper problem. Our camera man asked Steven how old she is. So Steven goes"

The picture went back to Steven as he asked "How old do you think she is?"

"So then, our camera man says she looks like she could be his granddaughter" The reporter said "And she lost it."

The picture went to me in front of the camera, grabbing it "I'm going to break this fucking thing and then your fucking face" Complete with bleeps for TV.

"Wait, wait, no." I said, nearly jumping out of the bed "That is not how that went down at all! They cut out like, half of the actual conversation! Give me the fucking remote. Nico, give me the damn thing!" I said, reaching towards him for it.

Nico tossed me the remote, and I changed the TV to USA where SVU was on "Fucking bullshit trash TV."

We spent the next half hour in silence, watching Elliot and Olivia bring in some child molestor when Steven came in.

"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be getting ready for tonights show?" I asked, looking away from the TV for a minute.

The guys had a show in LA tonight before going on a three day break and then heading to Tuscan. Steven said that they should postpone the tours, since I needed as much rest as I could get, which meant heading back to Boston. I told him there was no way he was skipping out, especially when there was only a month left of shows. Besides, Lizzie and Nico were just a phone call away, and I have a feeling they'd be crashing at the house anyway.

"I have a few hours. I wanted to come check up on you." Steven said, as he sat on the edge of my bed, looking at the show "Good episode?" He asked, looking around.

Lizzie shrugged "Yeah, the late two thousands ones usually are."

"Good, good. Hey, Elizabeth, can I talk to you really quickly out there?" Steven asked, moving his head to the door.

Lizzie turned around, looking a little confused "Uh, yeah, sure." She said, getting up and following as Steven walked out, and I could hear her asking if something was wrong.

"What's that about?" I asked Nico, who leaned over so he could look out the door.

"I dunno, they're walking away." He said before leaning back into the chair.

We sat there in another silence until a commercial break, and I looked over at Nico "How's Poppy doing?" I asked.

"Uh, she's.. the same, really." Nico said, looking down and shrugging "Almost a year and no change at all."

I frowned "I'm sorry sweetie."

"I'm starting to think she's not getting up anytime soon." He added sadly.

"Yes she will. I thought the same thing about Lizzie, and look, she's fine. She'll wake up, I promise." I said, trying to give him a sympathetic smile.