A Night To Remember (Joe Elliott Fan Fic)

Chapter Seven

Joe's P.O.V - 02:16 AM

The guys were on the first floor, planning something. Jac locked the bathroom door, quietly, and we set to work.
We looked over the railing, slowly moving. Rick went into my room and Vivian nodded for him to go, following him in the room. He made a shit load of noise and I hid in Katie's room.

The guys ran upstairs, and Vivian pushed them my way, catching them off guard. He and Rick ran downstairs, and they called chase.
I ran after them, planning on grabbing a drill, hiding, and then coming back up, once they were in the panic room.
I would of sworn I heard the bathroom door unlock, but shook it off. There's so much going on right now.

Rick and Viv split up and I discovered some of Phil's traps, like the phone wire, on the stairs of the ground floor.
I hooked it up, so it'd cause someone to trip, and I ran into the kitchen. A drill was on the island table, so I grabbed it, some nails, and spun back around.
One of the guys were behind me and swung at me, with his baseball bat. I ducked and Viv slammed him on the head with a frying pan.

"FUCKING HELL!" I shouted out, then ran upstairs. Viv followed, with the guy behind us, who tripped on the phone wire, and it turned into a Scooby Doo episode, on the first floor -
Running in and out of rooms.
"Sav would love this!" Viv called out, as we ran past each other.
"Oi, no one is in the room! Let's go!" One guy called out, before we heard them both run upstairs.

"What if they get out?!"
"They're locked in and Mr Green is out there!"

I waited for them to go, before I followed. Viv got to work setting traps, as I cautiously walked upstairs and into Katie's room.
So, they had code names?
They were in the panic room, the door just closed, as I walked in. I grabbed Katie's flannel shirt, from on a chair, and covered the camera, above the door, which was creepy now I thought about it... Watching Katie sleep...

I shook it off and drilled the bedroom door closed. Four on top, then three on bottom. I rattled the door and nodded.
"Try that one." I smirked, looking at the mirror. It was smashed, they must of tried to break in.
I took a breath and sped to the bed, ready to hide under it.

"Jesus! What the fuck are you doing here?!" I yelled at Katie, hiding under the bed.
She frowned and I climbed under with her. "You can't do this by yourself. What if they catch you?!"
"Don't worry about me, love. I can handle them." I made myself sound brave. I loved this woman. I can't let her get hurt.
"Don't be stupid, Joe! There's two of 'em." She looked at me, with worry.
"Love, I'm just worried about you. I knew I heard that door unlock... You should of stayed put. You'd be safer." I looked at her.

She's perfect. Driving me fucking crazy, but so damn perfect.

"Well, I can't go back now! You've locked us in!" She turned away from me.
"Why do you keep doing that?" I asked her softly.
"What?" She mumbled.
"Turning away from me... Have I offended you, in some way?" I frowned.
"No! I... It's jus'... Hmmnrr." She whined.
"Please, talk to me... I haven't seen you all year, you keep giving excuse, after excuse, and now you keep turning away from me! What happened? 'Cause the last time I saw you, we almost kissed and you stopped us! Why?!" I asked, my heart breaking.
"You're married, Joe!" She finally looked at me. Pain and sadness in her eyes.

"We've been falling apart, for a long time now, and I never wanted to hurt anyone, but I've been in love with someone else, since 1983! I just had to give my marriage a chance. It was fine, until I got a call, last year, about how much money I owed to one store! Then at Christmas... When it was just you and me, sat outside, in the snow. You opened up to me about everything and I didn't want it to end. You're so perfect and sweet... I can't imagine having to live in a world without you. You've been breaking my heart all year, with these excuses to not come see me, then you're here, with Phil, holding hands and getting close... I'm in love with you, Katie, and I have been for eleven years..." I finally broke.

Katie was silent, looking at me. I wanted to kiss her so bad! This was driving me crazy.

Her hands were shaking again, so I grabbed her left, the closet to me.
"Joe, I-"

The mirror opened and one guy walked out.
"A shirt... Why didn't we think of this?!" He was pissed.
"Let's just go, before any police show up!" A deeper voice replied, walking to the door.
"Run in and go to back. I'll shut door." I mouthed to Katie. She nodded and we got ready.
"Where do you think they-?" They tried the door, but it wouldn't open.
I nodded and I rolled from under the bed and Katie crawled out, from the foot.

She ran in, with me on her tail, and the two guys behind.
I slammed the red button and stepped back from the door, as Katie was down on the ground, at the back.
The tallest pointed a gun at me and fired a shot, just as the door closed.
Katie screamed and I had to pat myself down.

I'm not hurt.

I fell to the ground and caught my breath, starting to feel dizzy. Katie was screaming, still, so I crawled over and pulled her close.
The grey carpet was rolled up and there seemed to be a safe, in the floor.
"What the fuck is this?" I whispered to myself, rocking Katie, gently.

The cameras were still on, but only one worked, as Viv and Rick took them all out. All I saw were the two guys trapped in Katie's room.
We were sat against the back wall, Katie now just crying from shock. I held her close and placed a kiss to her head.
"We're gonna get out of here... I promise." I whispered.
"I love you too, Joe!" She looked up at me.
I looked down at her and finally did what I've been dying to do for eleven years.

I kissed her.