"Don't come any closer, or I will kill her I swear to god." Jeff screamed at Joe. "Please let Sarah go. Haven't you hurt her enough?" Joe asks him in a pleading tone. "I have only given her what she
deserved. She is a whore and I had to teach her a lesson." Jeff yelled at Joe. "Please Jeff, I never meant for any of this to happen. I loved you, but when you changed, my feelings for you changed. I would have left eventually."

"Shut up bitch. You never loved me, if you did you wouldn't have left." Jeff screamed at her pressing the knife a little deeper. This time it pierced the flesh and Sarah cried out in pain. "Let her go you bastard." Joe shouted at Jeff taking a step forward. "Back off or I will slit her throat. I mean it." Jeff said pushing the knife in a little deeper. Blood seeped out from beneath the blade and Sarah screamed in agony.

Joe was just about to take another step when he heard a voice behind him. "Drop the knife Jeff." A policeman had come into the room and was pointing his gun at Jeff. "Drop it." "Back off or I will kill
her." Jeff looked up at the policeman pushing the knife in a little more. More blood oozed out from beneath the blade.

Joe saw his opportunity and lunged at Jeff. Jeff seeing Joe coming at him loosened his hold on Sarah and she ducked out of the way when Joe came at him, grabbing Jeff's arm and struggling to get the knife away
from him. Sarah hurried to get out of the way. Joe and Jeff were struggling over the knife. Joe was holding onto Jeff's arm twisting it so that he would drop the knife.

Jeff was moving the knife's blade toward Joe and Joe was struggling to keep the knife from going into his flesh. Suddenly the knife dropped down between them and Sarah heard a groan of pain. She screamed afraid that Joe had been stabbed. For a moment everything seemed to come to a complete standstill , then Jeff crumpled to the floor the knife having stabbed him in the chest.
 

Relief flooded Sarah when she saw that Joe had not been stabbed. "Oh god Joe, I thought he had stabbed you." Sarah said to him, throwing her arms around him. "I'm okay Sarah, I am more worried about you
though. Did he hurt you in anyway?" "No Joe, I am fine." Joe rubbed his finger along her throat where Jeff had held the knife and she had a little cut, but other than that was unharmed.

The policeman kneeled down by Jeff and felt for a pulse. Finding none, he took a blanket off the bed and covered his body. "Are you okay Miss?" The policeman asked Sarah with concern. "I'm fine now. Is Jeff dead?" She asked not wanting to look. "I'm afraid so Miss." The policeman said looking over at where Jeff's lifeless body lay.

"How did you know he was here officer?" Joe asked him with a puzzled look on his face. "We were patroling in the area and saw him enter through your window." The officer told Joe. "I just thank god that
it's finally over Sarah." Joe told her a sense of relief overcoming him. "Me too Joe." Sarah said putting her arms around Joe. "I will have to have you two come down to the station to answer some questions but there isn't any doubt that it was self defense." He told them. Joe and Sarah were getting in the patrol car when Joe saw Sav and Phil drive up. "What the hell is going on Joe?" Sav asked them in alarm. "Jeff broke in and was going to kill Sarah, but he's dead now." Joe explained with sorrow that it had to come to this but at the same time relief that Jeff won't be hurting Sarah anymore.

Sav's face went pale as he recalled what Joe had told him the other day. Joe had said if he came here he would leave in a body bag and he was right. Joe looked up at Sav knowing exactly what he was thinking about and gave him a look that told him to not say anything about it. Sav just nodded his head.

"Listen Sav, we have to go downtown and answer some questions, would you stay here and keep an eye on things?" Joe asked him with concern. "Sure thing buddy. I will be here when you get back. Do you want me to give the guys the news?" Sav asked Joe looking at him. "You can if you want. I just want to get this all behind us." Joe said looking at Sav his voice expressing exhaustion from this whole mess.

"I will let them know, and they will probably come over to make sure everything is okay." Sav said stepping back from the cruiser that started pulling away to take them to the station. "Okay, we will be
back as soon as we can." Joe turned away and looked at Sarah who was suddenly very quiet. "Are you okay love?" Joe asked kissing her on the forehead. "Yes, I guess so. I just wish it could have ended
without violence." Sarah said her eyes glistening with tears.

"I wish it could have too love, but I don't think there was anyway to avoid it. Jeff would surely have killed you if I hadn't been home." Joe told her his mind horrified at the thought of losing her. "I know, and if he hadn't escaped he would still be alive and in prison and he would have eventually gotten out. "No matter how much time he was in prison, as soon as he got out he would have come after you."Joe said looking at her.

"I know and I am so glad this is finally over." Sarah said resting her head on his shoulder as they rode to the station. They questioned Joe and Sarah for about an hour before finally taking them home. The police put it down as self defense and there wouldn't be any charges pressed. Once they arrived back at the house, they saw Phil, Viv, and Rick talking outside with Sav. "Are you guys okay?" Phil asked with
worry. "We're fine, a little shaken up, but otherwise fine." Joe told them squeezing Sarah's hand.
 

"What do you say we all go in and have a drink? My nerves are shot." Joe asked as they walked inside. "I wasn't even here, and my nerves are rattled." Sav said sitting down on the barstool next to the mini bar. Joe made them all some drinks and they all sat around while Joe relayed the whole story to them about what had happened after arriving home that night.

After that night, no mention was ever made of it again and soon that horrible night had been forgotten, as much as one could forget something like that. In the six months following Jeff's death life returned to normal for Joe and Sarah as they grew closer and their bond became stronger. Joe and the guys had a gig coming up in four days and Joe had insisted that Sarah be there because he had something special planned for her. She had wanted to stay home, but gave in at his insistence when curiosity got the better of her.

The concert was at the Big E in Massachusetts and it had been sold out for three months. Over ten thousand people showed up for the last gig of the tour in a venue with a capacity of 3500. The guys were
ecstatic about it. Joe was happy about it, but had his mind on what he had planned. He couldn't wait until tonight to set it in motion. The night had finally arrived and they were all backstage getting ready to go on.

Joe was pacing back and fourth nervously waiting for show time. "What's eating you buddy?" Sav asked him coming up to him and clamping him on the shoulder. "You will have to wait and see won't you Sav?" Joe told him grinning. "I have never seen you act this way before Joe. What are you up to?" Viv asked him not sure about Joe's intentions. "Stop being paranoid, it's not anything bad." Joe insisted.

Just then Malvin came in and announced it was time. They all walked out on stage and immediately went into their first number. Sarah stood backstage with Malvin watching. After the sixth song Phil went into his guitar solo of his tune Disintegrate while the rest of the guys took a breather so they could get some water for their dry throats. Phil finished his song and the guys went back on stage.

"Before we do the next song, I have someone I want to introduce you to." Joe told the crowd. "I want you to meet the love of my life. Sarah could you come out here please?" Joe asked looking over at her. Sarah couldn't believe her ears. She walked slowly over to Joe. Her face  turning red when she walked out on stage. "Why are you doing this?" Sarah whispered in his ear. "You'll see in a minute love." Joe insisted grinning at her. "I would like you to meet Sarah, and tell you she is the best thing that has ever happened to me." Joe told the audience proudly.

The crowd cheered at Joe's announcement. "Thank you, but I haven't come to the best part yet." Joe said as the audience grew quiet. Joe turned to Sarah smiling at her and taking her hand in his. Joe reached in his pocket and took out a little black box covered in crushed velvet. "Oh my god." Sarah exclaimed putting her hand over her mouth. Joe opened up the box and took out the diamond ring it held. He held it up to her while picking up her left hand.

"Sarah I have loved you from the moment I saw you and I cannot even breathe  when I try to think of life without you. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me and I don't want to live without you. Will you marry me?" Joe asked her looking deep into her eyes and placing the ring on her finger. It was so quiet in the amphitheater you could have heard a pin drop. Tears flowed down Sarah's cheeks not believing what was happening. She couldn't speak and Joe looked at her worriedly thinking she might say no. "Yes Joe, I will marry you." Sarah told him throwing her arms around him.

"I love you so much Sarah." Joe said excitedly giving her a kiss. The audience cheered when Sarah said yes making her blush in embarrassment. Phil, Rick, Viv and Sav just stood there stunned. Not believing what had just happened. Then when the shock wore off they congratulated him and they all hugged Sarah. "Congratulations and all that Joe, but we have a concert to finish." Sav told him with a big grin.

They finished the concert with two encores ending with their favorite Let's get Rocked. Once they were all packed and were on board the plane, they all celebrated Joe and Sarah's engagement. Spirits and emotions were extremely high. "I can't believe you kept this from us Joe. Why didn't you let us in on it?" "I wanted it to be a surprise for everyone." Joe said with a devilish gleam in his eye. "Well it worked my friend. You blew me away." Phil said shaking his head as he recalled the big announcement.

"I may have announced to the whole world how much I love you Sarah, but the real celebration will take place when we get home." Joe said taking her in his arms and kissing her passionately. "Is that a promise Joe?" Sarah asked him her eyes sparkling. "You better believe it love." Joe took her hand in his and lead her back to the party as the celebration continued until the plane had finally arrived in Dublin.  When they all got back to Joe's house, the guys loaded up their stuff  in their cars saying their goodbyes and congratulations again as they left for home. "I thought I'd never get you alone Sarah. Now we can celebrate properly." Joe walked over  to the stereo and put on some slow music and took Sarah in his arms. "I love you very much Sarah and I never want to let you go." Joe said as he danced with her holding her tight. "I love you too Joe. This has been the best night of my life and I don't want it to ever end." Sarah
said tears beginning to form in her eyes once again.
 

"It doesn't have to Sarah." Joe told her and kissed her with a renewed passion of his love for her as he picked her up and carried her to the bedroom, where they made love until their desire was spent and they fell asleep in each others arms not waking till the sun shone in the windows bathing their bodies in it's warmth.

Sarah was cooking breakfast when Joe finally awoke and came into the kitchen to see what smelled so good. "Good morning sleepyhead, you're sure getting up late, any reason why?" Sarah said smiling at him
teasingly. "Someone kept me up all night and wouldn't let me sleep." Joe said coming up behind her and pinching her ass.

"Ouch, would you stop that?" Sarah scolded him, rubbing her bottom where he had pinched her. Sarah reached out as he was trying to get out of the way before she smacked him and pinched him back. "Are you trying to start something you can't possibly finish?" Joe asked with an evil grin and grabbing her hands and holding them so she couldn't pinch his ass again.

"Oh really Joe, you don't think I can finish what I start?" Sarah said kissing him and gliding her hand down his body and reaching inside his jeans and massaging his already growing desire. Joe let out a gasp of pleasure and wrapped his arms around her kissing her while unbuttoning her blouse. Sarah bent down to unzip his jeans when they heard the doorbell ring. "Damn it, I am going to kill whoever it is at the door." The mood broken they quickly adjusted their clothes and Joe went to the door to answer it. Sav stood there with a goofy grin on his face. "What the hell took you so long answering the door Joe?" "None of your damn business. Your timing really stinks Sav."  "Okay, I'm sorry." Sav said throwing up his hands. Sav put his hand over his mouth chuckling to himself. "What did you want Sav?" Joe asked dryly. "I came over to invite you guys to dinner tonight, Nicole will be there and she and I want to throw a dinner in your honor." Sav explained looking serious once again.

Joe's expression softened at Sav's invitation. "We will be there Sav." Sarah said coming up behind Joe. "Yes, and thank you. What time do  you want us there?" Joe asked putting his arm around Sarah's waist. "How does eight o clock sound?" Sav asked looking at both of them for a reply. "That sounds good to me. We will see you then Sav." Joe told him. "Okay, see you then." With that Sav left and Joe shut the door after him.

After shutting the door, Joe turned to Sarah and grinned at her. "Where were we before we were so rudely interrupted?" Sarah leaned close to him and kissed him on the cheek. We were about to eat breakfast." Sarah said laughing and running to the kitchen. "Oh no you don't Sarah, you are not getting off that easily." Joe told her running after her and grabbing her around the waist and pulled her to him kissing her fondly on the lips.

"Joe please, breakfast will burn if I don't finish cooking it." Sarah said pulling away. "Why are you doing this to me? You have no idea how much I want you right now." Joe said putting his arms around her and gliding his hand to  her breast. "I think I have an idea Mr. Elliott. Sarah said reaching behind her to rub her hand against his crotch and feeling his hardness.

"Don't do that Sarah unless you plan to follow through  because it drives me crazy with desire when you do that." Joe said his breath becoming ragged. Sarah turned off the stove and took the pan off the burner. "Okay then I'll stop. Ready to eat?" Sarah said teasingly. "The only thing I am hungry for is you beautiful." Joe said kissing her and sliding his hand down to remove her blouse.

Sarah bent down and unzipped his jeans and sliding her hand inside caressing him causing him to cry out. She removed his jeans and discarded them on the floor. Joe slid her skirt down and she stepped out of it and kicked it away. He picked her up and set her down on the counter. He took her nipple in his mouth and she moaned in pleasure. He rubbed her other nipple with his thumb and glided his other hand down her body and slid it between her legs making her gasp when he entered her with his fingers. She climaxed at once.

Joe stopped long enough to slide her toward him and then entered her. Sarah kissed his chest teasing his nipples with her tongue and slid her hand down to lightly squeeze him making him suck in his breath in
surprise. His thrusts became rapid as he climaxed and his breath heavy.  He leaned against her trying to catch his breath. Sarah put her arms around him and hugged him tight as she too was catching her breath.

Joe broke the embrace and gave her an affectionate kiss. "See what happens when you start something." Joe told her with a smirk. "Yes I do, and I think it was well worth it don't you?" Sarah asked him smiling. "Oh yes, I think so." Joe said as he picked up his jeans and put them back on.

Sarah jumped down and gathered her clothes and headed to the bathroom. "I am going to take a shower, so sit down and eat, you will need your energy for later." Sarah said with a sly grin. "Is that so? Then you should eat too." Joe said laughingly. "I will don't worry." While Sarah was taking a shower Joe sat down and ate the sausage and eggs that she had fixed him after warming them up in the microwave for they had gotten cold when they were busy working up an appetite. After Joe was finished he put the plate in the sink and went to the bedroom to tell Sarah he was going down to the studio.

Joe was working on some lyrics when he heard the doorbell and Sarah talking to Phil. He walked into the studio with Sarah and Joe looked up from what he was doing. "Hey Joe, are you working on that new song
of yours?" Yes, I am just about finished." Joe said finishing up the verse he had been writing.

"So are you going to Sav's tonight for dinner?" Phil asked him as he looked at what Joe had been doing. "Yes, are you coming?" Yes I will be there." Phil said giving Joe back the sheet music. "So I hear Sav
and Nicole are becoming quite an item." Joe said with a smirk. "Yes they are, they have been seeing each other for close to a year now." Phil said. "Has it been that long already? It seems like they have only known each other for a short time." Joe said trying to remember when exactly Sav started seeing her. "I guess time is going quicker for you now that you and Sarah are engaged." Phil said looking at them smiling.

Joe looked at Sarah affectionately putting his arm around her. "Yes, I guess it does when you are as crazy about someone as I am Sarah." Joe said proudly. Sarah smiled at him and kissed him on the cheek.
 

"Speaking of the engagement, when are you two going to set a date?" Phil asked curiously. "We haven't discussed it much, but we had thought about maybe January." Sarah said looking at Joe to see if he was still in agreement about it.

"Yes, January would be good. Now that the tour is over we don't have to worry about being so pressed for time." Joe said picking up the music and setting it aside for now. "So Phil when are you going to get hitched?" Joe asked teasingly. "Me married, I don't think so." Phil said wanting to change the subject. "Are you still seeing Amanda?" Joe asked not dropping the subject. "Yes, but we are not ready for marriage by any means." Phil said beginning to get irritated. "Relax Phil, I am just giving you a hard time." Joe said trying not to laugh. "Yes I know, now can we please change the subject?" Phil said getting up to turn on the amp so he and Joe could run through the song Joe had been working on.

"Okay Phil, let's go through this once so we know how it will sound before the others get here." Joe sat in front of the mic and they went through the song stopping now and then to make changes to some of the notes. They had gone through the song twice when the rest of the group showed up. After rehearsing a couple of hours Joe looked at his watch and discovered they had actually been in the studio most of the day. "Okay, I am going to go home and help Nicole so I will see you all there at eight." Sav said waving to them as he left.

"Bye Sav, see you in about four hours." Joe said waving back. "I will go to the store and pick up some wine to go with dinner see you guys later." Rick said walking out the door. Viv waved and walked out with Rick. "I think I will make a dessert to take over since they were so nice to invite us to celebrate our engagement." Sarah said kissing Joe as she headed upstairs. "I will save my dessert for when we get
home." Joe told her grinning. "What makes you think you're getting any dessert Joe Elliott?" Joe stood up and came after her as she ran up the stairs laughing. He grabbed her as she was going through the door and kissed her, leaving her breathless.

Joe and Sarah arrived at Sav's just a little before eight and saw that Phil and the rest had already arrived. Joe went around to Sarah's door and opened it for her taking her hand leading her up the walkway to Sav's door. As soon as they walked in Joe and Sarah were greeted by several of their friends that Sav had invited along with Viv, Phil, and Rick. All of them expressing their congratulations. "So when is the big day?" Sav asked them, dying to know what date they had set. "We decided on January 5th." "Hey that's only a little over four months away." Sav said not believing how much time had gone by since Joe had proposed to Sarah in front of ten thousand people.

"You really blew us away when you proposed on stage." Viv said chuckling, remembering how stunned he had been. "I had actually planned to do it after the show, but I decided that I wanted the world to know how much I loved you Sarah." Joe said caressing her cheek with his thumb. "I admit I was in shock, but very happy at the same time." Sarah said smiling at Joe.

Sav got up to go see how Nicole was coming along with dinner and asked everyone if they wanted anything to drink. "I'll help you with the drinks Sav." Joe said rising to lend him a hand. "Nothing doing
buddy, this is your night and I want you to kick back and enjoy it." "Okay Sav, I don't think I could bear to leave this lovely lady for a minute anyway." Joe told him sitting down once again taking her hand in his.

"I'll help you out Sav." Phil said walking with Sav to the kitchen. Soon dinner was served and they all sat around talking about the holidays coming up and how they planned to celebrate. Sarah got to talking to Nicole about wedding plans and the guys talked about their favorite sport Cricket.

"Typical male, all they want to talk about is sports." Nicole told Sarah with a laugh. "I know, I don't think they are  much into planning weddings, but Joe said he was planning to ask Sav to be his best man and the rest would get to be his Groomsmen." Sarah said pouring herself a glass of wine.
 

Sarah and Nicole talked wedding plans for awhile then joined the guys in the living room. Nicole went to Sav and put her arms around him. He smiled at her and gave her a kiss. "Hey everybody, I have an announcement to make. Can I have your attention?" Sav yelled trying to make himself heard above the talking and the loud music. The room got quiet and Sav looked to make sure everyone was listening before continuing.

"I first want to congratulate my good friend Joe on his up and coming marriage to Sarah." Sav said looking at them and raising his glass in their direction. "The second thing I want to say is that I have known Joe for a lot of years and I never thought I'd see the day when he would actually settle down." Sav said laughing. Everyone chuckled. "Finally I want to say that you have found a very good lady Joe and you had better not ever let her go, or you will answer to me." Sav said looking at Joe in a half serious tone.

"I don't plan to, so don't worry." Joe said pulling her to him. Everyone cheered and shook their hands. Later as the party was winding down and everyone started for home Phil, Rick, and Viv offered to help Sav and Nicole clean up while Joe and Sarah danced to their favorite song. Once everything was cleaned up all of them left for home and Joe and Sarah stayed for awhile and talking with Sav and Nicole.
 

It was around 1a.m. when Joe and Sarah said their goodbyes and headed home. They went to bed as soon as they got back because Sarah and Joe were getting up early to start planning the wedding. She and Nicole had plans to go look at wedding gowns and Joe was instructed to make his list of people he wanted to invite and look for a monkey suit as Joe liked to call it. The next morning was extremely busy. Sav
brought Nicole by so she and Sarah could head out to track down wedding gowns and Sav went with Joe to try on monkey suits.

"Are Phil and the rest of the guys going to come down to be fitted for their tux's too Joe?" Sav asked as they pulled in front of the tuxedo shop downtown. "Yes they said they would meet us here around twelve or a little after." Joe said looking at his watch and seeing that it was getting close to twelve now. Joe and Sav walked into the shop and began looking over the tuxedo's. The salesman approached them. "How can I help you gentlemen?" He said smiling at them. "My friend here is getting married and needs a tuxedo." Sav told him clapping Joe on the shoulder.

"Well congratulations Mr......" "Joe, Joe Elliott." "Well Mr. Elliott what did you have in mind?" The salesman said looking at the tux's Joe was going through. "I want a black tux with perhaps a blue tie.
Or maybe a red tie. What do you think Sav?" Joe asked him, hoping that he would give him some ideas. "Well I think a blue tie would look great with this here tux." Sav explained holding up a tux that looked like it would suit Joe.

"I like it, but I think we'll look some more before deciding." Joe told the salesman. "Sure thing, when you decide come get me and we'll get started on the fittings." The salesman walked over to help another customer. "I don' t know about this Sav, I wish I could wear something a little more me. You know what I mean?" Joe said looking over the tux's and not seeing any he was particularly fond of.

"Yes I know, me too." Sav said frowning at the tux that looked like something out of a nightmare with ruffles all over it and a huge bow tie. "Here you go Joe, this would make you look real snappy." Sav
said cracking up at the glare Joe was giving him. "You're a real wise guy Sav, keep it up and someone else will be my best man." Joe said looking at the tux Sav showed him with disgust. "Take it easy Joe, I was only kidding." Sav said trying not to laugh anymore.

Joe was looking through some of the other tux's on another rack and spotted the one he wanted. "Will you look at this one Sav? This is perfect." It was a black tux made of leather and had a black leather vest and even a leather tie. "Now that is you Joe." Sav said approvingly. The salesman came over to see how they were doing and saw Joe holding up the leather tux. "That is an excellent choice Sir, it will look smashing on you." Do you want to try it on?" The salesman asked already thinking of the money he would make on this deal.

"Yes I will, but I know it's the one I want." Joe said and took it in to try it on. Sav meanwhile found another tux that he liked. It wasn't leather like Joe's but it suited him. Joe had just come out of the dressing room and was ready to purchase it when the other guys showed up. "Hey guys, I just found my tux." Joe said holding it up. "It figures that Joe would choose leather." Phil said teasingly. "Will Sarah approve do you think Joe?" Rick asked with a grin.
 

"Yes Rick Sarah would definitely approve. She likes seeing me in leather. She told me once that she might replace all my pants with leather one's." Joe said laughing. "They are nice for looks but could
get very hot in the summer." Viv said to them thinking of the time he wore leather pants to their gig in Arizona and it was one hundred and ten in the shade. He thought the gig would never get over because
he had left his change of clothes at the hotel.

After about an hour, all the guys had chosen their tux's and had them fitted. The tux's would be ready in about two weeks. Once home Joe and Sav saw that the girls had gotten back from their shopping spree. " Did you ladies have fun today?" Joe asked walking up to Sarah and giving her a kiss. "Oh yes, it was very productive. I found the dress I want to wear." Sarah said with a sly smile. "Can I see it?" Joe asked curiously. "No way, not until the wedding." Sarah said with firmness. "Why not?" Joe wondered. "It's bad luck to see the bride in her gown before the ceremony, that's why." Sarah gave him a kiss and laughed at the frown on Joe's face.

"Well whatever you chose, I am sure you will look absolutely beautiful dear." Joe insisted. "Why thank you Joe." Sarah said throwing her arms around him. "We got our tux's all fitted and wait till you see what Joe picked out." Sav exclaimed with a grin. "What kind of tux did you get Joe?" Sarah inquired. "If I can't see you in your dress, I am not telling you what I got." Joe grinned devilishly at her.

"Joe Elliott you aren't going to tell me?" Sarah said poutingly. "Not on your life." Joe proclaimed. "Well I guess that's only fair." Sarah kissed him and got up to start dinner. "I hope everyone's hungry, I am making roast beef with potatoes and green beans." Sarah told them taking the steaks out of the refrigerator and putting them in the oven.

"I'm starved." Sav said rubbing his stomach. "You're always starved Sav." Nicole said with a laugh. Joe grinned. "Boy isn't that the truth." "Okay guys, let's go to the studio while dinner is cooking and get some more songs finished. Our new album will be due out in December so we have to get cracking." Phil said moving toward the studio door. They all went down to the studio and began going through all the material they had so far and worked on some new stuff.

"Do you think that we should do this song acoustically or with electric guitars?" Joe asked looking at the lyrics for their new song Two Steps Behind. "I think we could do both actually." Viv said looking at his copy. "Let's run through it a few times both ways and then make any changes we need to as we go." Joe picked up his guitar and began. They had run through the song about six times, making changes here and there before deciding to do the actual recording of it.

By the time they were done recording Sarah came down to inform them that dinner was ready. After dinner was ate and the dishes washed they all sat in the living room looking at the catalogs of invitations that Sarah had picked up and deciding on at least two. Sav and Nicole decided to head home and the other guys left soon after.

The next three months flew by and it was only one week until the wedding. They had the church booked and the flowers bought and the caterer was going to serve a feast fit for a king. Joe and Sarah's house was total chaos. Nicole was over on a daily basis helping Sarah with the wedding and Joe and the guys retreated to the studio regularly because things were so crazy. It was like grand central station.

Finally about eight o clock Joe and Sarah had the house to themselves and they collapsed on the sofa exhausted from the days events. Joe leaned over and kissed Sarah affectionately. "I thought I'd never
have you to myself." Joe said taking her in his arms. "It has been pretty hectic around here I know." Sarah said curling up next to him. "So, now that we're all alone, what do you think we should do?" Joe asked her with a evil grin. "I think we should watch television." Sarah said picking up the remote.

Joe grabbed it out of her hand. "I don't think so Sarah. I have a better idea." Joe pulled her to him and started kissing her neck. "I do believe you're coming on to me Joe Elliott." Sarah laughed. "You
better believe it." Joe laid Sarah back against the sofa and lay down on top of her. He glided his hand down caressing every inch of her. He slid his hand underneath her skirt and parted her thighs. She
moaned in ecstasy as he stroked her and traced her neck with his tongue sliding it down to her breasts while his other hand unbuttoned her top.

He quickly rid himself of his pants and entered her making her gasp in pleasure. Their bodies moved rhythmically together until their passion was spent, laying together waiting until their hearts stopped
racing and their breath returned to normal. They fell asleep and didn't wake until Joe heard the doorbell ring and he hurriedly jumped up to put his pants on and Sarah rushed to the bedroom just before Joe opened the door to take a shower. "Phil was standing there with a shit eating grin on his face. "What are you grinning at Phil?" Joe asked him grumpily. "Nothing at all, it's just that I have rung the bell for the past 5 minutes beginning to wonder if you were home at all, or busy." Phil told him dying of curiosity. "I was sleeping if it's any of your business." Joe snapped. "Geez buddy, I was just giving you a hard time. No need to bite my head off." Phil said starting to walk away. "I'm sorry Phil, I fell asleep on the couch and that couch isn't the best thing to sleep on." Joe said stretching his arms and neck.

"That's okay. I can't believe you are getting married the day after tomorrow. Where did the time go?" Phil exclaimed in wonder. "It seems like just yesterday I asked Sarah to marry me." Joe said smiling. "I still can't believe you proposed at the concert. Blew my mind." Phil shook his head.
 

"That was great wasn't it? I wanted to surprise Sarah and I wanted the whole world to know how I felt." Joe stated proudly. "You certainly did that my friend. We were all wondering if we could continue after your little announcement. Malvin said that it's a typical Joe Elliott doing something outrageous." Phil laughing at what Malvin had said. "Remind me to thank him the next time we tour." Joe told Phil chuckling.

"Well I just came over to tell you to meet us at the Leopard Room tonight at 9 sharp." Phil instructed him. "Why, what's going on?" Joe asked him in puzzlement. "Just be there and once you are there all your questions will be answered I promise." Phil walked to his car and took off. "I wonder what they're up to now." Joe wondered out loud.

Joe went in the house and shut the door behind him, not being able to get his mind off of what Phil said. Sarah came out of the bathroom rubbing her hair with a towel to get the excess water out. "Who was that Joe?" Sarah asked throwing the towel down on the sofa. "That was Phil, he said to meet him at the Leopard Room tonight at 9. They have something up their sleeves." Joe said combing his hand through her damp hair. "Are you going?" Sarah asked him.

"Yes, I am curious as to what they have planned." Joe picked up the towel and snapped Sarah with it, smacking her on the butt. "You are going to pay for that Joe Elliott." Sarah chased him down the hall
and into the bedroom. Joe landed on the bed and Sarah grabbed the towel away from him grinning evilly. "Sarah, what are you planning to do?" Joe asks warily.

"What makes you think I am going to do anything?" Sarah feigning innocence. "I know that look that's why." Joe told her trying to grab the towel away from her. He got up and started to walk to the bathroom and Sarah snapped him with the towel landing a good one on his butt.

Joe turned and grabbed Sarah throwing her to the bed. "You shouldn't have done that Sarah, now I am going to have to discipline you." "Oh really, how do you plan to do that?" Joe grabbed her waist and turned her over and swiftly removed her skirt and panties. Then with one quick movement entered her from behind. She cried out in pleasure as he thrust inside her his paces quickening as he moved with her.

Their desire satisfied, they lay together enjoying each other and holding one another. Without realizing it they had fallen asleep and woke up to discover most of the day had come and gone and it was 8:45 p.m. Joe jumped up and quickly got dressed. "I am meeting the guys in fifteen minutes. I will have to hurry." Joe said grabbing his keys and putting them in his pants. "I will see you when you get home then." Sarah said giving him a kiss. "Okay sweetheart. See you soon." Joe kissed her and headed to the club.

The place was really jumping when Joe arrived. When he got out of the car, he was instantly reminded of the last time he had been here. The night he met Sarah. He wouldn't have changed that for anything, but
he wished he could change the fact that she had been married to a monster at the time. No matter, it's in the past Joe thought as he entered the building. He walked in and instantly spotted Viv, Rick, Phil and Sav sitting at a table that was really close to the stage. "Hi guys." Joe said sitting down beside Sav. "Hi, we were just about to order some drinks. What do you want?" Sav asked him motioning the waitress to come over to take their order. "I'll just have a beer." Joe said to the waitress who had come to wait on them. "I'll have a rum and coke." Sav told her, and Phil , Rick and Viv all ordered tequila shooters. "Okay guys, I am here now, do you mind telling me what this is all about?" Joe asked looking at them wondering.

"You will see soon buddy, very soon." Phil said grinning like a Cheshire cat. After the drinks came they all sat around talking about their album that would be out tomorrow and how they had planned a few
small concerts to help promote it, by request of Malvin Mortimer. Malvin was an excellent tour manager and had never steered them wrong in all the years he had been with the band.

"I say we get Malvin to come out and sing Pour Some Sugar on Me with us to see what kind of reaction we get from the audience and Malvin himself." Sav said cracking up at the thought of Malvin singing that
song. Joe about choked on the beer he was drinking when Sav suggested that. He started laughing so hard the other guys couldn't help but start laughing too.

Once their laughing had subsided, they grew quiet when the announcer came out on stage and announced the next act. Joe's mouth dropped open when a beautiful blonde came out on stage and started stripping.
She came over to Joe and had him unzip her top and she threw it off and it landed in Joe's lap. She danced for about five minutes stopping once in awhile to sit in his lap giving him his own lap dance and most of the time she was dancing right in front of Joe. Joe was really enjoying this. After she left the stage Joe turned to the guys who were grinning at him knowing how much he had liked it. "So that's what you were up to. Thanks guys for throwing me a bachelor party." Joe said with a gleam in his eye. "We wanted to do
something special buddy, since it is your last night as a single guy and all." Rick said taking a sip of his drink. "I can't believe I am getting married." Joe said thinking about Sarah and how much he loved
her. "I can't either. There are going to be a lot of disappointed female fans out there Joe." Sav told him grinning at the thought of Joe being an old married guy.

"It's just more female fans for us Joe." Viv laughed thinking of how many females worshipped the ground Joe walked on. "You have female fans?" Joe said mockingly. Viv picked up a bottle cap and threw it at Joe. "Smart ass." Viv said jokingly. Joe laughed and motioned the waitress over to order another round of drinks.

After about an hour no one was feeling any pain from all the drinks they had consumed and the announcer came out to announce another act. The difference was this time, he introduced Joe, Phil, Rick, Viv and
Sav to come up on stage and sing a couple of numbers. They were more than happy to oblige especially since some fans of theirs were there and were screaming their names so they would get on stage.

That was all the encouragement they needed. They performed a couple of their old favorites like Armageddon It, and Love Bites. The females went crazy over this. After singing about six songs they went
back to their table and signed autographs for the fans and posed for a couple of pictures. "I thought this was a bachelor party guys and you get me up there to sing." Joe said laughing. "You love it and you know it." Phil said looking at him and knowing full well that Joe didn't mind a bit.

"Okay so I do, nothing wrong with that." Joe said looking over at the girls sitting next to them who were watching them. He waved at them and they giggled like a couple of school girls and waved back. "Just
make sure you keep it in your pants Joe especially on tour." "Ha, ha Sav, you are a real comedian. I would never think of cheating on Sarah. I love her too much to do that." Joe said in a serious tone.
 

"I know Joe, I was only kidding." Sav said trying not to laugh. "If you remember you used to be a pretty wild guy, then again we all were." Rick said remembering how much they used to party. "I know, and it was great while it lasted, but we're older now and much more mature." Joe said thinking of how far and how much they have grown as a band and as individuals. "I had a blast back then and still do, but you're right Joe, we all become a little tamer as we get older." Sav said putting his drink back on the napkin that was on the table.

"Alright that's enough talk about getting older. You make us sound like we are old men." Viv said trying to keep a straight face. "So what do you guys have planned for me next?" Joe asked curiously. "How about going back to my house and watching stag movies." Isn't that what they do at bachelor parties?" Phil asked trying to be serious and not succeeding. "That sounds like a plan, how about it Joe?" Sav asked him. "Sure why not." Joe stood up and wanted to pay for the drinks but Sav wouldn't let him. They all piled into Phil's car and headed to his house. Phil said he would bring them back later to get their cars.

Once over at Phil's they all had some drinks and watched stag movies and ended up talking about Joe's upcoming wedding the next day. It was about 3 a.m. before Phil brought them back to their cars so they
could go home. Joe tried being quiet when he came in the house so he wouldn't wake Sarah. He kept bumping into things because he had a little too much to drink and ended up stubbing his big toe on the end of the couch.

"Shit." He yelled. Sarah came out of the bedroom sleepy eyed. "What's wrong Joe? What time is it?" Sarah squinted to try and see the clock on the table. "It's a little after 3 and I hit my toe when I was coming into the bedroom." Let's go to bed, I am beat." Joe and Sarah went to bed and was sleeping soundly when the phone rang about 4:30 a.m. "Hello." Joe said in a sleepy voice. "Joe, Sav's been in an accident. I don't know all the details but they are taking him to Sacred Heart Hospital. Phil told him on the other end of the
phone ."Oh God. We'll be right there." Sarah sat up in bed not liking the look on Joe's face. "What's wrong?" She asked in alarm. "Sav's been in an accident." Joe said his expression grim. Joe and Sarah got
dressed and rushed to the hospital to find out how bad it was. "When they got there Phil, Rick, and Viv were all in the waiting room anxiously awaiting word on their friend. Joe quickly walked up to them. "What happened is Sav going to be alright?" Joe asked his panic starting to show.

Chapter Five

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