Saved By Steven (finished)

13. Memories come back

"You" Lauren said looking at Steven. "You and the guys brought me home in a limousine from some club."

"That's right" Steven said, leaning back against some pillows. "I didn't think you'd remember, you were hurt and drunk and passed out before I even said my name and left."

"I'm starting to remember" Lauren said in a weak voice.

"What else do you remember?" Mick asked.

"I remember stumbling outside to go home in a taxi. Before the taxi came a man pulled me in to the alley next to the club." Lauren told the guys before she stopped.

"Lauren? What happened next?" Mick asked.

"No, no, I don't want to know." Lauren said.

Steven got up from the bed, walked towards Joe. Joe looked up, when he saw Steven's face he got out his pack of cigarettes and lit two. He gave one to Steven as he sat down.

"So, what's going on?" Joe asked.

"She's starting to remember." Steven said

"You look worried."

"I'm worried. Mick told me that a month ago he took Lauren to a concert and she was attacked backstage. Later she found out she was pregnant, because she skipped her period. So Mick took her to the doctor where she found out she was. The doctor couldn't abort the baby so Mick took her home. A couple of days later she tried to kill herself. So at the hospital, as they were trying to save Lauren Mick pretended to be the father of Laurens baby. That way he got the doctor to terminate the pregnancy." Steven told Joe.

"Wow, that's heavy dude. What happened next?"

"Well, apparently that sent Lauren in to a spiral of bad things. So when she was attacked two days ago, she blocked it all out." Steven continued.

On the bed, Lauren started shaking. She needed her next fix. While Lauren reached for her bag and took out some heroin, Mick walked towards Steven. Lauren quickly put the needle in her arm but couldn't take it out before Joe came over. He saw Lauren putting away the needle as he sat down on the ground next to the bed.

"You okay?" He asked.

"Better now."

"You really need that fix to block out the world?"

"You don't understand."

"I do baby. I blocked out the entire world every fucking day for the last two decades or so." Joe confessed.

"I heard you did." Lauren said, laying down, feeling the drugs enter her body which made her feel numb.

"You know, the feelings will come back. Some day you have to face them."

"But I don't want to face them, because I always drown in my own feelings."

"I understand that, but really, you're not helping anybody by shooting up and passing out. So, wanna tell me why you're doing this?" Joe asked, but not getting a reaction. When he turned around, he saw Lauren passed out on the bed.

Joe got up, walked towards Steven and Mick. "That is one messed up girl you have in your house." He said to them.

"Shut up Joe, you're not better yourself."

"At least I'm not the one on heroin, cocaine and pills."

"What?" Steven said.

"Dude, she's heavily on the drugs. I mean, she apparently hasn't told you everything Mick. Otherwise she wouldn't be so deep in her drug induced world."