A/N: Reference to Drugs. Swearing. Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. Lisa Armstrong (Ant's wife). Ali/Alison (Ant and Dec's PR). Simon Cowell, Stephen Mulhern.
Lisa was taken to the room with the 3 men who had put Dec in a cell. Mr Jones had allowed them some time to talk and allowed Lisa to go and speak to the men before he re-entered.
Ant stood up as soon as he saw Lisa, she was crying her eyes out and looked furious at the men. Stephen was the first to speak.
"What took you so long to get here?"
"What took me so long! I was here as fast as I could and I have just been sat in a cell with Declan who is trying to make sense of all of this shit you three crack heads have got him into"
Stephen sheepishly sat down.
"You got to speak to Dec! How is he?" Ant was worried, he was still of his face, but he was worried.
"He is coping… for now, he wanted me to tell you that he blames each and every one of you! You have done this to him and he had nothing to do with your stupid little system! He was trying to help his best friend and then this happens. He's going to plead guilty when the time comes to clear your names! You should all be ashamed of yourselves!"
"GUILTY! Lisa you have to understand that none of this was intended to happen." Simon was starting to panic
"Is that right, and what did you expect to happen Simon? That you would all get away with this?"
Mr Jones walked into the room and asked Lisa to take a seat.
"Now we are going to interview you all separately and try and get to the bottom of this. If you would all like to follow me, Mr Mulhern, you can wait in this room, someone will be with you shortly."
Stephens Interview
"Ok, so Mr Mulhern would you like to tell me when the first time you saw Dec this morning was?"
"I first saw him in the corridor of the auditions, he was walking away from Ant's room and there had been some raised voices so I was going to see what was going on."
"Did you hear what the argument was about?"
"Ant had seemed a little off lately and so Dec went to confront him I think, there was shouting about leaving him outside and not caring about people around him, I didn't hear much."
"Ok, and after you spoke to Mr Donnelly what did you do?"
"I went into Ant's room to talk to him about what had just happened. He was angry and tense, I had never seen him like that before."
"Do you know why he was like that?"
"No I haven't got a clue, I just left him alone, he didn't want to be around anyone. But as I was walking away I turned around and saw Dec walking back to his room."
"Do you know why?"
"No, I didn't stick around."
"And What happened after that?"
"Well we got under way with auditions, everything was going fine and then the next thing you know Dec has been whisked away by you guys and I was presenting with Ant."
"Ok, Thank you that's all for now, If you think of anything else don't hesitate to tell one of us. You will be kept in here until the other interviews are over."
Stephen nodded and stayed put as the Officer left the room.
Simon's interview
"Good evening Mr Cowell, how are you today?"
"Can we have less of the small talk and get on with this please, I want to know why you have arrested one of my presenters"
"That's not exactly how this is going to work.. I will ask you the questions.. understand?" After a nod from Simon the interview begun.
"So what can you tell me about the relationship between Ant and Dec over the past few days?"
"Something hasn't been right, they have been at each others throats for several days, I had noticed that Ant was distracted and had heard them rowing every now and then which is unusual but today Ant was back to normal, so I assumed they had sorted it out."
"And you were not aware of Mr Donnelly being in the possession of any drugs?"
"No! Dec would not have drugs with him, he might be a bit cheeky but he wouldn't do drugs or deal them, I know him and trust me, that is not him."
"Do you have any idea as to how they may have come into his possession?"
"No, what are you trying to say? You think I had something to do with this? You can take it from me that I knew nothing of the sort."
"Ok, thank you Mr Cowell, You will have to stay in here until further notice."
Ant's Interview
"Mr McPartlin, we are aware that you and Mr Donnelly had been arguing over the past few days, what was it about?"
"I wasn't in the best of moods and had been very secretive, I normally tell Dec what's going on, but I didn't and he kept asking me, it was getting annoying so I told him to back off."
"What did Mr Donnelly come to speak to you about this morning?"
"When we got dropped off, we normally go and sign autographs, I didn't feel up to it so I went straight inside, he was annoyed at me for leaving him and he came and told me."
"Am I right in thinking Mr Mulhern also visited you this morning?" Ant nodded "And what did he want?"
"He just came to ask why Dec and I had been fighting"
"Would you like to tell me where Mr Donnelly got this from then?" He pulled out an evidence bad containing the drugs. "We have found three sets of prints on this and so by the morning we will know exactly who has handled this."
Ant spoke in a sheepish voice "I don't know…. I'm so confused"
The interviewer looked at Ant "Mr McPartlin, how much of this have you taken today?"
"Please just let me see Dec!"
"This is important Mr McPartlin, how much?"
"I had some this morning when I got to auditions, another 2 before you got Declan and then some more before we got here. Now can I please see him?"
"Not right now, thank you for your help, someone will be in shortly to discuss matters further with you. You won't be charged for dealing, but you will be given a large fine, we will help you sort put rehab if you need any assistance."
Lisa was not interviewed, she was in too much of a state to get out any information.
Everyone was kept in their own room. An hour passed and the no one had heard a word. Lisa's door was the first to open. I tearful Ant walked in, he was expecting to be greeted with a big hug, he got nothing of the sort, he sat himself down opposite Lisa.
"I am so sorry for everything that I have put you through. I promise I will get clean, I will sort myself out, I will never ever go down this path again."
"That is what you have to say for yourself, a simple sorry. Anthony, do you even realise what you have put me through over the last few weeks? Some nights you never came home… I was worried sick… I got no text or phone call, you would just appear the next day looking like crap and then you would be off out again! You put me though absolute hell! And look at what you have done to Dec. He is going to go to prison for the rest of his life. You were sat there stoned whilst he was locked up in a cell because of your god damn stupidity! Do you even think he will ever forgive you for this?" Lisa was in tears by the end of this. Ant went over to hug her.
"Don't even bother! I don't want to look at you right now."
"Lisa please, I know what I did was stupid and selfish but I promise I am going to sort myself out! For you!"
"You think I give a damn about you sorting yourself out? If you want to go off with Stephen and Simon then be my guest but don't expect to come home and find me there."
Ant just stared at his wife. "Lisa, what are you saying?"
"I'm saying it's me or the drugs… you decided right here, right now, but you'll loose me and everything else"
Ant stood in silence.
"YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT IT! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU! I'LL MAKE THE DECISION FOR YOU THEN" She stormed out of the room and into the path of an officer who attempted to redirect her back into the room she had just left.
"No, I am not going in there with him, put me anywhere else." She was taken to the room Ant had left.
In the room just down the hall Simon had been released, he didn't want to stick around to see Lisa and Ant fight, so decided he would go round to their house later and apologise.
An officer went into Dec's cell he was told he would be allowed 5 minutes with Ant and Lisa if he wanted it.
The officer opened the door, getting the attention of the distraught man who's marriage was virtually over. Dec stood in the door way, still in handcuffs.
"Dec! hi, look I'm so sorry mate."
"Hi, sorry I thought this was Lisa."
"Wait.. can we not talk?"
"I don't have anything to say to you, just sort yourself out… please." He turned his back to walk away.
"Dec don't leave it like this, please"
"I have 5 minutes before I am back in a freezing cold glum cell, I have people who care about me to say goodbye to, so no we can't talk… I'll see you soon."
His next stop was Lisa's room.
"Hey Lisa"
"They've let you go?"
"I wish, no, just saying one last goodbye…. Look after Ant, try keep his name clean even I become….. well… dirt."
Lisa nodded, she hugged Dec like there was no tomorrow, tears were streaming down her face.
"Dec please, let me help you! Don't take the fall for this!"
"I have to…. You both need each other to get through this, stick with him you know you still love him. I'll see you soon. Love you and tell Ant I love him as well… I didn't say goodbye to him properly… Make sure he knows I do care about him.. I just don't know what to say to him right now"
