2 MINUTES BEFORE
Brendan was walking outside of the deli, he noticed lights still on in the deli, he walked closer to the deli and saw Simon there with gun in his hand pointed at Ste's head, he ran inside in his head he was screaming 'NO!' he pushed Simon to the floor bringing him down on the floor with him and as he pushed Simon the gun went off. Brendan turned his head to look for Ste but all he could see was a bullet hole in the wall where Ste had been standing just seconds before.
Brendan turned back around and looked Simon square in the eyes and started punching the crap out of him until he passed out.
"No" Brendan repeatedly said over and over again as he crawled on his hands and knees over to where Ste was.
"Steven, Steven please god Steven. This is my fault this is all my fault" said Brendan panicking.
When Brendan reached Ste, Ste was lying flat down on his back, his eyes closed, but thank god he was still breathing.
"Steven" said Brendan calmly as he was checking to make sure Ste was alright.
"Please Steven open those blue eyes of yours. Scream at me to get out. Something to make sure that you're alright" said Brendan rambling on.
There was another good sign that Ste was alright no signs of blood anywhere to be found.
"Brendan" said Ste softly
"I'm here Steven"
Brendan looked at the face of Ste's but his eyes were still closed
"Brendan" said Ste softly again as he slowly opened his eyes
Ste slowly sat up and hugged Brendan and Brendan hugged him back. He could feel Ste breathing heavily and so he placed the palm of his right hand on his back and slowly moved it back and forth to relax him.
"I've got ye" said Brendan
"Thank you" said Ste softly
"Shsh" said Brendan soothingly while still in each other arms.
"I've got ya" said Brendan once more.
Ste slowly moved away from Brendan and looked up at him and he had tears down his cheeks. Brendan reached his hands up to wipe the tears away.
"I'm sorry" said Brendan gently
"You just saved me life" said Ste as he blinked his eyes and more tears fell down his cheeks.
"I meant I'm sorry for everything"
Ste hugged Brendan tight again and Brendan let him.
"Are ye hurt?" asked Brendan
Ste shook his head on Brendan's shoulder. Ste let go of Brendan
"I'm fine, thanks to you. I can't believe you did that" said Ste in shock
"I would do it all over again, you're worth it" said Brendan
Ste smiled nervously
"Think ye can get up?" asked Brendan
Ste nodded his head.
Ste grabbed a hold of Brendan's arm to help himself get up but felt dizzy and placed his hand on the back of his head.
"Ye alright there Steven?" asked Brendan concerned
"My head, I must of hit it harder than I thought when I passed out"
"Hold on to me, I'll take ye to the hospital"
"Don't be silly I can get Amy to take me"
When they left the deli they climbed over Simon who was bleeding from his nose and still passed out.
When they left the deli luckily they saw a police car a block away. Brendan and Ste carefully walked over to the car and knocked on the window and the cop rolled down her window.
"Hello gentleman have you seen Simon Walker about, he ran out of jail a few days ago" said the officer.
"That's why we're here officer, Simon just shot a gun at me but thank god he missed. Brendan stopped him; he's passed out on the deli floor."
The officer practically jumped out of the car and ran to the deli she went on the floor and flipped Simon over on to his back and placed handcuffs on him and waited for back up.
"We'll be going now I have to take him to the hospital"
"Yeah sure, thanks for your help. I'll make sure to lock up the place for you when we leave" said the officer
"Thank you" said Ste
Ste held on to Brendan's arms the whole time they walked to the hospital. They didn't say anything to each other while walking to the hospital.
Once Ste was called into the emergency room Ste wanted to Brendan to come with him into the room and he did so gladly. Ste sat down on the bed and Brendan sat down on a chair while waiting for the dr. to see Ste.
"Just in case ye have a concussion don't lie down"
"I know"
"I'm sorry for interfering in your life. If ye want to go back to America I won't stop ye. You'd be safer there.
Ste placed a hand on Brendan's leg.
"If you did stop interfering in my life I might not be here right now. I'm happy to be back. I love the deli. I never thanked you for it."
"It was nothing. It was just one of the things I remember about ye. I remember you telling me that ye wanted to have your own deli. I thought it would be perfect for ye."
"It is perfect. Thank you" said Ste with a smile
"I can't believe you came with me"
"Why wouldn't I?" asked Brendan
"You're a big famous T.V. star"
"Well I think the words you're looking for would be used to be a big famous T.V. star"
Ste wanted to say something to that but just then the dr. walked over to them.
"Ok, Ste Hay what seems to be the problem?" asked the dr.
"I fell down and hit the back of my head. I have a pounding headache, ringing in my ears, and I feel slightly dizzy.
The dr. wrote in his note pad.
"Do you feel nauseous at all?"
"No" said Ste
"Let's run some tests on you and see what the problem is"
"Will you be here when I get back?" asked Ste to Brendan
"Of course I will"
An hour later Ste returned to the ER and Brendan was still there.
"Thanks Brendan for waiting"
"I said I would"
"So dr., what's wrong?" asked Ste
"You have a mild concussion. Don't lie down for at least 2 hours. If your headaches come back take Tylenol, let me get the nurse so he can give you some before you leave."
"Thanks dr."
The dr. left and the nurse came over to Ste with a cup of water and a cup with pills in it he took and swallowed them both down.
The dr. came back and handed Ste papers to sign.
"You can go now" said the dr.
"Thank you" said Ste
"Take care," said the dr.
Ste and Brendan left the hospital and Ste looked in his pockets for his mobile phone.
"I left me phone at the deli"
"I'll go with ye; you're still a bit dizzy. That's if ye want me to"
"I don't want to be alone" said Ste
Ste held on to Brendan's arm and they walked back to the deli.
"How was culinary school?" asked Brendan on the way to the deli.
"It was a great experience. I met Rae there; the girl that's helping me and Doug at the deli."
Brendan just nodded his head not knowing what else to say, but Ste saw him and he could tell that something was on Brendan's mind.
"What is it?" asked Ste
"It's nothing" said Brendan
"Come on Brendan, you can tell me anything"
"I hope I'm not crossing a line when I say this but I think your children are adorable." Said Brendan
"Thanks" said Ste with a smile
When they returned to the deli Brendan asked Ste to let him open the door to the deli for him and he let him. When they walked in the deli Brendan told Ste to sit down and asked where he left his phone.
"I think I left me phone in the kitchen."
Brendan walked into the kitchen and looked for Ste's phone and there it was by the sink then Brendan walked out of the kitchen and handed Ste back his phone and their hands slightly touched.
"Thanks" said Ste flustered.
Brendan sat down next to Ste.
"You did a really good job with this place. It really looks great"
"Thanks" said Ste while looking at his phone; he saw that he had 6 voice messages; 3 from Amy; 2 from Doug; and one from Rae.
"Excuse me I have to make a phone call" said Ste
"Go ahead"
Amy answered on the first ring.
"Where the hell are you?" asked Amy angrily
"I had an accident at the deli"
"An accident, are you alright?" asked a concerned Amy
"Thanks to Brendan I am" said Ste smiling
"Brendan? What happened?"
"Simon came into the deli held a gun to my head and Brendan pushed him and punched him and from shock I collapsed right when the gun went off and banged my head. Brendan took me to the ER he's still keeping me company so I don't pass out. "
"Ohmigod Ste"
"Don't worry I'm fine. Let me go so I can call the others."
"Alright bye."
Ste hung up and called Doug.
"Where are you, are you alright" asked Doug Concerned.
"I'm fine, I had an accident at the deli, Simon had me at gun point Brendan came in pushed him on the floor. I passed out on the floor from shock, Brendan took me to the ER, I have a mild concussion, Brendan took me back to the deli since I left my phone, and Simon is back in jail" said Ste in one breath.
"Wow" said Doug not knowing what else to say.
Ste took a deep breath.
"I just called to let you know. I better go; I have to call Rae up now."
"Oh ok, rest tomorrow I'll take care of everything with Rae."
"One more thing, it's about the deli, there's a bullet hole in the wall behind the counter."
"Don't worry about it."
"Thanks Doug"
"Good night"
"Good night"
Ste then called up Rae who was also worried sick about him and he told her the whole story as well.
Ste hung up the phone and put his head down in his hands.
"Ye alright?" asked Brendan
"Not really, all this talking is killing me head"
"It's been a while why don't I take ye to my place and I'll give ye some pain medicine"
"Ok, I appreciate that"
"Need any help getting up?" asked Brendan
"I think I can handle it, thank you"
Ste took his time to get up from the chair and once he did he tried to walk on his own but lost his balance and Brendan ran to his side to hold him up.
Brendan locked up the door for Ste and held on to him on the way to his car and once by the car Brendan helped Ste inside the car and closed the door for him then he went around to the driver's side went inside, closed the door, started up the car and drove off.
"I'm so tired" said Ste yarning.
"I know just one more hour and you'll be able to sleep Steven"
Brendan drove which felt like an hour to Ste.
"Where are we?" asked Ste curious
"Little ways outside Hollyoaks"
"You drive this all the time, why?"
"Yeah I do, I miss it, I moved away when Cheryl and my friends moved away. I go to Chez Chez hoping that she has returned."
"I'm sorry Brendan."
"Don't be, it's all my damn fault. We're almost there."
Ste could see mansions all over the place and when Brendan stopped the car his mouth flew open.
"This is yours?" asked Ste in shock
"Sure is" said Brendan as he backed into the driveway
"If ye weren't hurt I would have given ye a tour. You're the first welcomed visitor here"
Brendan got out of the car and helped Ste get out. Brendan and Ste walked to the side door of the house so that Ste wouldn't have to climb up so many stairs in the condition that he was in. Brendan led Ste to the living room which was just passed the kitchen.
"Wow, what a great kitchen. I didn't know you could cook" said Ste
"Have ye forgotten all I do is eat."
"Oh yes, how silly of me, but you could have hired chefs to do the cooking for you."
"True but I enjoy cooking"
Ste sat down on the couch and Brendan left the room.
Brendan walked into the bathroom for pain medicine and a plastic cup. He took the bottle of pills and walked into the kitchen and filled the cup with water that was coming from his refrigerator and walked into the living room and sat down next to Ste. Brendan handed Ste two pills from the bottle and the cup of water and Ste swallowed them both down. Once Ste was done he handed the cup back to Brendan. Brendan got up from the couch and walked back into the bathroom he trashed the cup and put the bottle of pills back in the cabinet. By the time Brendan walked back to the living room Ste was fast asleep on the couch.