Chapter 12

March 2

“Only 2 left you just used one.”

“What actually happened with Richie?”

Jon took my hand and walked me over to my couch.  He sat down on the couch stretching out his legs and then helped me sit on the chase part leaning up into his arms.  “Richie huh? Well to tell you the truth what you heard from him was about 99% of the truth.  He went home on break and just couldn’t put his feet in his big ass shoes and leave again. We’ve all had it happen where we just wanted to stay home for another week or another year.  The thing that no one talked about is that with the other 3 of us historically had someone at home that we can hold, get a hug from, kids that could tell us to get lost they needed space. Jokingly of course but still we had that.  Problem is Richie had nothing but the band at that time and he had no one to push him out the door to finish the job he agreed to.  So he called and told me he just couldn’t leave the house. He and I had some heated words after I scheduled this last tour, that it was too close to the one before it.  Dot and I had divorced I didn’t want to be home so I scheduled the tour.  He told me then, that he didn’t want tour I told him I wouldn’t make it as long and he finally said enough. It pissed me off don’t get me wrong, it really threw me for a loop but I knew the feeling, it wasn’t like I couldn’t relate.  I guess had he done it the year before I might not have understood because my life was perfect and happy.  But after Dot shattered my world, things made a different kind of sense to me.  So I called Phil the second I got off the phone with Richie, he jumped on a plane and Bobby and I worked out the songs Phil didn’t already know and poof the machine kept going.”

“So are you guys ok? Is the band continuing?”

“Yes its good, the band never broke up, he was never fired.  He’s playin on the publicity now to keep selling his shit and Tico and David demanded we don’t do anything band wise until 2016 so if anything all I’ll keep doing is the KOS shows because both of them need some time with their families. Tic told me he doesn’t want to stare at my ass for a while he wants to stare at his wifes’.”

“You’re ok with this?” I ask him as his hand is massaging my shoulder, I can tell he wants it to go other places, its been almost a month of us dating and we haven’t done a whole lot more than heavy kissing.   I decide that he if wants to go farther today I’m way ok with it.

“Yes actually I am, I should have listened.  I did the one thing I promised them I’d never do, I scheduled a tour without really consulting them, I’m surprised I didn’t have more anarchy besides Rich.   When I took over from Doc and created Bon Jovi Management it was designed to not be impersonal and a machine, we were supposed to be allowed to be humans. I broke that mandate because I needed to not be home.  What was said in the press though was true we weren’t fighting, there wasn’t this bitter battle.  He did want to spend time with Ava and do his own shit and thats cool by me. Phil was happy he made a mint.”

“Well its good that he did. I actually was at the Nashville show right before Richie bolted and you guys looked so happy and on fire it was fun to see.”

“Yeah and we’ve been talking a bit and talking about how we’re going to slow down the tour in the future. Something’s gotta change, even I’m feeling it more than I ever did before.  So baby what do you want to do with the rest of our day?  After all it’s only like 11am.” He asked still running his hands on my shoulders.

“I was kind of hoping we could just chill out and watch a movie or read or something, I just honestly don’t feel like I’m in the mood to deal with a lot of people today. I want a day a quiet.”

“Do you do these day’s often?” He asked unsure of how to handle a do nothing day.

“I try to do it every weekend if I can but since I’ve moved here it hasn’t happened,  Normally I will go out to the burbs to visit my friend Anne but she and her family went to their lake house for the weekend in WI and I just didn’t feel like driving 4 hrs and now I’m happy I didn’t.  If I would have left it would have been before you called me and then it’d suck that I didn’t get to see you. After all it’s your birthday if I remember correctly so the question should really be what do you want to do?”

“How’d you know?”

“Honey its not like its guarded knowledge.  I have something for you but I also want you to tell me what you want.” I smile getting up and walking over to the spare room and pick up a package and come back out with it.

“Ok what’s that?” He smiled.

“Well you’ll have to open it and see.” I smirk at him.

He pulls me down on his lap and then tears it open to reveal a gift certificate and an envelope.  He looks at the gift certificate and see’s that its handmade by me and its for a season pass to watch the Giants at my house on the NFL network.  I know he doesn’t have it in his hotel room so this I figured would make him happy.  “Baby this is awesome thank you.” He kissed me and then I hand him the other envelope and its 2 tickets to the Bears Vs. Giants game on Sunday.  “I figure maybe Jesse can come over since he’s only in Indiana or unless you know someone else in town to go with you.”

“Honey you really know how to turn a guy on, you hand me birthday presents about football this is so great.”

I smile to him and kiss him again. “Happy Birthday Jon.  Now what is it you’d like to do on your birthday?”

“Make out with my girl and finally get my hands on your beautiful breasts.”

I ask him, not horribly shocked that he wanted more physically from our relationship.“Really?”

“Yes really.  I’ve been trying to be good but damn baby in most of your outfits I just want to move the top to the side and suck on your nipple because I know its there and its lonely.  It needs attention, they both do.”

“They do?”

“Yes, its horrible I can tell they want to be played with and kissed you’ve left them hidden in a bra too long, its not good for your circulation. They should be caressed every day if possible, thats best.” He tells me trying to be serious.

I just start laughing, “you are such a dork.”

“How dare you say that, its my birthday you know.”  He smiles and sticks his tongue out at me.

“Ok if we’re going to do this for the betterment of my chest we should go lay down, lets go to my room.”

He held my hand and helped me to my feet than smiled like a fool.  “Finally I get some action.”

“You did not just say that.” I stop him on the way down the hall past the kitchen.

“Yes I said that babe its been almost 9 months since I’ve had my hands on a woman in all the right ways and let me tell you I’m a little eager.  Don’t I have get out of jail free cards on my birthday?” He smiled at me with that smile that melted my heart.

He wrapped me tight in his arms and kissed me, “What you don’t like it when I admit I can’t wait to touch your sexy body?”

“Thats not what you said.”

“But honey you have to learn to speak Jon - thats what I meant.  The idea of seeing your body half naked and kissing and sucking on your nipples, ummm makes me happy.”  He then starts singing the Pharrell Williams song "Happy".