Let's All Make Believe - Oasis

Chapter 20

The time came when I was definitely in labour. I couldn't deny it any longer. There was absolutely no putting it off anymore. I had to call Liam. I knew he was in Brazil or somewhere but we needed him here. He needed to know his son was coming at least.

I couldn't get a hold of him.

I tried and I tried and I tried. Sat by the phone, dialing the numbers I had, letting it ring out and trying again.

It'd never been so difficult to contact hi or any of them when they were on tour or off somewhere recording. There was always someone to answer the phone, whether it was one of the lads or anyone of their management.

While I was sat desperate to hear Liam's voice, George was desperate for me to hear hers. She was keen for me to put the phone down and get a move on. I still needed to get Ste ready to go to Jamie's. She wanted urgency, I wanted to slow everything right down.

"Come on, you need to go to the hospital." George said, having already put my bag in the car.

She was fussing. She thought instancy was key. She didn't know what was going to happen. She didn't know we didn't need to get straight to the hospital. Babies take their time and ours was having all of the time in the world.

"One more try." I said although I'd already run out of one more tries and he wasn't answering.

"They're on a different timezone."

"So it's afternoon over there, that means he's free."

"So he could be anywhere, out for dinner, you name it. They could be on a plane, we don't know. This baby's waited long enough."

"Someone's got to be there."

"They clearly aren't. How many times can you be told no before you'll listen?"

I tried once more to get the same message. How can nobody be around to answer? "Fine, I'm getting what I wanted, aren't I?"

"Yep."

She'd convinced me. I almost tried leaving a message with the record company, with management back home but I didn't have a good enough relationship with them to be telling them that. Plus it was too risky, if many more people knew, news was going to get out.

I drove to the hospital. I wasn't supposed to drive of course but I did. George couldn't drive so I didn't have a choice. We were meant to drop Ste off at Jamie's but George insisted we went straight to the hospital so he came with.

After ages in the maternity ward they decided I was still only in slow labour but it was too late in my pregnancy and the day to be discharged. They didn't trust me to go back home. We just had to stay there until he was born. I thought they were going to make George go home but they didn't. I would've gone out of my mind stuck here on my own. It was hard enough not thinking about Liam, I'd have no chance if I was alone.

Ste had to go though. It was hard saying bye to him not knowing how long it was going to be without him. I wished he could be there, then he might understand how he suddenly has a brother that all the explaining couldn't give to him.

It was a good thing he couldn't stay. It was scary on the ward. Even with the door to my room shut we could hear the screams of mothers delivering, machine alarms going off and babies crying all the time.

"It makes you wonder why people have babies with this to look forward to." George commented, she was doing her best to distract me but she couldn't help point it out.

"For the life that comes after it." I shrugged. "You'll know when you see him.

I was in there another few days before I made any more progress which meant I was stuck with nothing to do but wonder if Liam could make it before I gave birth. Their last gig was on the 25th, in Mexico. I did keep trying to call him, apparently I was getting obsessive with it. That's what George thought.