1997
“Well we did it guys!” Mick said once the band had stepped off the stage, he was talking of course about their show that had just been filmed
“We did!” Christine piped in “Now I say it’s time for wine, don’t you Nicks?” she looked at Stevie who was currently wrapped in Lindsey’s arms
“It’s Buckingham off stage, but oh I don’t know Chris, I’m rather tired”
“Lindsey?” Christine turned her attention to him
“Yes Chris?” he smiled
“Please will you tell your wife here that we need to have a girl’s night to celebrate” she gave her best puppy dog eyes at him
“Go on Stevie, go and have some fun, I’ll make sure the kids are okay” he looked down at Stevie and she knew he would take good care of their children whilst she went for a drink
“Oh okay, but were not getting drunk Christine McVie, I know your game!” Stevie jokingly said whilst pointing a finger at her
Chris just pointed to herself as though to say ‘who me?’
Stevie turned to Lindsey and gave him a hug
“I won’t be home to late, I love you” she told Lindsey and kissed him
“Oh geez Stevie try not to pull his tonsils out there” Chris joked as she walked past them
“I love you to Stevie” Lindsey replied and left to get changed and go home to the children
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“Oh...my... god! Smokin’ hot guy at 12 O’clock!” Chris said and slapped Stevie’s arm
“Chris, I’m married!” Stevie said as she watched Chris polish off another glass of wine
“Yes, married Stevie, not dead!”
“Chris honestly Lindsey is all I need, he’s handsome, kind and is a tiger in the...”
“WOOAAAAH...something’s I don’t need to know Stevie and that is definitely on the list!” Stevie didn’t think Chris’ eyes could get any wider, but that was her intention, it shut her attention off the guy didn’t it
“Well you know, just thought id remind you I’m not at all interested in other guys” Christine jumped down off the stall and picked up her glass
“No Stevie dear, but I am” Stevie laughed as she watched Chris sashay across the room to the guy she had seen
Stevie took another sip of wine when her phone rang; she looked at the screen and didn’t recognise the number
“Hello?”
“Hello Mrs Buckingham?”
“Hang on one second, I’ll find somewhere more quiet” Stevie got up and motioned to Chris she was taking a phone call outside
“Right sorry carry on, how can I help you?” Stevie said once she was outside
“Mrs Buckingham, this is Doctor Ford from the hospital, I’m sorry to inform you but your husband was involved in an accident earlier this evening” Stevie felt as if the whole world had stopped turning
“Is he...okay?”
“He’s been sedated, quite heavily, he should wake up within the next few hours, are you able to get to the hospital?”
“Yes, yes I’m on my way now!” Stevie hung up the phone and called a cab, forgetting that she had left Chris inside
On the drive to the hospital all sorts of thoughts were going through Stevie’s head, Lindsey needed to be okay, she couldn’t lose him, not after they had been together for so many years, and they had two beautiful children to prove from it, Lindsey was her world, if she lost him how would she cope? He was her other half” Stevie decided she needed to stop herself thinking like that, the doctor had said he would wake up...but what if he had a disability after it or...No! She stopped herself again, she was thankful when they pulled up to the hospital, she paid the driver and raced through the doors to the main desk
“Please, could you tell me where Lindsey Buckingham is?” the nurse on the desk looked at her
“Are you related to Mr Buckingham?”
“Yes I’m his wife!”
The nurse nodded and told Stevie exactly where she needed to go, once she found the room, she met with the doctor she spoke to on the phone
“Mrs Buckingham?” Stevie nodded and extended her hand to him
“Doctor Ford, we spoke on the phone”
“Yes, please is he going to be okay?” she rushed
“It’s early to tell at the moment, we need to wait until he wakes up! If you want to you are more than welcome to go and sit in there with him” Stevie smiled and thanked the doctor and walked in to find her husband
Stevie hadn’t ever seen Lindsey like this so it hit her straight in the gut, he was covered in cuts and bruises, She couldn’t hold it together any longer so she sat down in the chair next to the bed and simply cried
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Stevie had cried herself to sleep and woke up three hours later when she heard the machine that Lindsey was attached to beeping frantically
Suddenly the doctor ran in with a nurse and were pressing all sorts of buttons
“What...is he okay? What’s happening?” she asked worriedly
“He’s waking up, and we need to remove the tube when patients wake up because they choke otherwise”
“He’s waking up?”
“He is indeed!”
Within a few minutes everything had been removed from Lindsey and he was slowly but surely waking up
Half an hour went by and Lindsey was now fully alert, Stevie stepped up from the chair and stood looking over him, he just looked up at her
“Linds, I was so worried, oh baby I love you!” Stevie leant down and carefully placed a kiss on Lindsey’s mouth and pulled back, then took his hand, she smiled at him with tears in her eyes, Lindsey finally spoke to her now
“As nice a greeting as that was, would you mind telling me exactly...who you are?” Lindsey looked blankly at her and Stevie felt her heart stop in her chest, Lindsey, her husband of many years...had no idea who she was
So this is the starter for the new story! What do you think? Are you interested in me continuing, or should I give it up as a bad job? xo
