Chapter 20

Jon had spent Sunday with Jesse, he paid for his kid to fly first class to come see him for the game and then go home Sunday after the game so he wouldn’t miss school.  Most of the afternoon I got cute texts from Jon about how great his girlfriend is, and I even got a text of a pic of him and Jesse at the game with a smiley that said “thank you”.

When I walk into the office Monday I feel pretty proud of myself since, even though I only got to spend one day this weekend with my man I know he thought of me all day Sunday too.  I had everything finally ordered for the office and the deliveries were arriving Wednesday so I would just work from home or ask Jon to house sit for me if I was needed at work.

*Hi Serena - when you get a second can you come up to my office?* Kal pinged me.

*Sure Kal - need me to bring anything?*

*No its just an FYI I’d rather not do on the computer.*  

This intrigued me - this company was 1000% different on communication, they wanted people to know stuff rather than try to hide things.

*on my way* I pinged him and then grabbed my coffee cup, notebook and green pen and walked upstairs.

Knocking on his door he told me to come in and once I did, we sat and talked about what was going on, he let me know that Rich had resigned, he was allowed to tell me that it was due to marital problems that he chose to leave the city.  They would be working on replacing him but for now I would report directly to Kal.

“No problem, thats all I’ve ever known here so thats great.”

“Great do you have an update for me on where you're at with this music thing you wanted to go after?”

“Yeah, I’m hoping you have some contacts in country music, I’ve got some big names in Rock and Roll on board.  But what I want to do is offer a $15 for $20 offer on merchandise and also I’m working an angle with parking, somehow get the band working with me on covering it.  Like 2 for 1 or something on parking and food.”

“Ok those are angles we never took on music.  We’d always just offer discounted tickets. So where did this idea come from?”

“I’m addicted to concerts, I’ve seen hundreds and I can tell you Chicago has to be one of the worst places to see them because I went to a Bon Jovi show at Soldier field.  We had crappy tickets  and paid $52 for them and parking at Soldier was $55 a car.  I refused, I told my friends that there was no reason that parking should ever equal the price of the ticket and it got me thinking. I know a few people that have worked or do work in the music industry so I was able to get some insight and buy in from the rock and roll side, now I want country.”

“Sounds good Serena I’ll look into some contacts and send you what I have.”

“Thanks Kal I’ll see you tomorrow I’ve got an appointment offsite.”

“Awesome I won’t be in the office tomorrow its supposed storm insane tonight so I’m just working from home tomorrow you might want to as well.”

“Wow I hadn’t even listened to the weather forecast so maybe I’ll follow suit.  Taking the train in the snow isn’t always fun.”

“You don’t drive?”

“I have a car and know how but parking in this city is crazy so I take the public transit if its at all possible.”

“OH good thing I found out I’ll make sure to notify HR for your bonus.”

“Bonus?”

“Yeah we try to be as green as possible so anyone that takes mass transit 50% of the month gets $100 bonus on their check each month.”

“Wow thats cool, thanks Kal.”

“It was just one of the things the founders wanted, we figured if this city provided such opportunities we should reward the staff that takes advantage of it.”

I leave Kal’s office and head back to mine once there I call Jon.

“Hey baby what’s up?” Jon smiled knowing who it was obviously by caller id.

“Well I was calling to invite you to spend the night tonight maybe a few days actually. I hear we are supposed to get some intense weather tonight so I’m working from home tomorrow.  I figure if you want to come over and bring your computer we can look for places for you tomorrow while home.”

“Sounds good, will you cook for me too?”

“OH now you’re pushing it.”

“I’ll bribe you with kisses and other things.”

“Nice Jon. I may not be up for that tonight.”

“why?” He’s confused considering the last few nights we were together I was all about getting physical.

“I have my birth control appointment in about 45 minutes so depending on how that goes I’ll be good or not.”

“Do you want me to meet you there?”

“Nah I should be ok honey but I’ll call you when I leave and you can meet me at my place.”

“Ok babe call me if you want me to pick you up, if the weather is supposed to come in lets just pick up food on the way home and then we don’t have to deal with it.  Maybe I should just pick you up regardless.  What’s the address you’ll be at?”

“I’ll be 750 N Franklin St.”

“Ok baby I’ll plan to be there for what 430? Will that be enough time?” He had no idea how long these appointments last.

“Sure honey I don’t know how long these things last but an hour sounds right.”

What happens however is the appointment takes only 45 minutes and at the end of it I was in tears in pain during the appointment.  I walk out to the street hobbling and not feeling the affects of the painkillers the Dr gave me after I was done.  I had an IUD put in and the sounding of my uterus hurt, not horribly but enough that I was now more scared of the gyno than I am of the dentist.  I’m sitting on a bench outside in the snow when Jon pulls up.

“Baby why are you out here in the snow?” He asked walking up to me after getting out of the car. He doesn’t see the tear stains on my cheeks until I look up at him.

“What in the hell happened?”

“I just want to go home Jon. Can we go home please?”

As much as he wants to run inside and go apeshit on the Dr he doesn’t, he helps me into the backseat of the car and tells Frank its ok to drive away.  My phone rings then and I know its Anne from the Jovi ringtone.  “Can you just tell her I’ll call her later?” I hand him my phone and lay my head down on his lap.

“Hey Anne its Jon.”

“What are you doing answering Serena’s phone? Is she ok?”

“Yes Anne she’s ok, she just had a Dr’s appointment today and isn’t feeling up to talking now, she said she’d call you later though ok?”

“Ok Jon thanks I’ll talk to you later.’

After he hung up he just tried to comfort me while we drove back to my place.  It took us almost 35 minutes to go 8 miles because of the insane traffic with the snow.  Its not until we get upstairs at my place he wants to do something nice for me and I tell him I’d really just like my heating pad and mac and cheese.  Since he wants to make me happy he finds the heating pad and puts me on the couch with it with a blanket before he’s off to try to make me mac and cheese.

We have soft conversation while he’s trying to cook he asked me about the appointment. “Ok honey I’ve been with women a long time birth control appointments aren’t supposed to hurt what did he do?”

“Sounded my uterus.”

“Ok dumb male here, what the hell does that mean?”

“Basically honey he put something up inside me that measured how long and deep my uterus was to make sure the IUD would be compatible with my body.  It just hurt because my uterus has never had a baby in it, I’m starting to feel better already it was just the oddity of it all.”

He brought me over mac and cheese and sat down eating it with me.  “So why this form of birth control?”

“I got the Paragard IUD because its hormone free.  I’d rather not put more pills in my body if I don’t need to and this is a way to have protection and not have to worry about it for up to 10 yrs and with some women the added benefit is your body stops having a period.  That would suit me just fine.” I smile.

“Oh me too, I’d love that idea.  Sex anytime we wanted it.” He smiled.  “Thank you for doing this for us but I’m sorry you're hurting.”

“Its ok Jon, I know it won’t last its actually already gone except for a little cramping so I should be fine soon.  Thanks for making us dinner.” I smiled at him and once he brought the dishes to the sink he came back.  “What do you say we turn on the fireplace, watch some tv and cuddle for a while?”

That was one of his best ideas yet.  For about the next 2 hrs we spend it in quiet time, a movie on tv and our arms wrapped around each other.  When the movie is over I get up feeling totally fine again and grab my phone. “I was supposed to call Anne wasn’t I?”

“Yes but I’d much rather kiss you and play with you than watch you talk on the phone.”

“Oh you sas why don’t you go close the curtains necessary for us to be alone and I’ll see what Anne wanted then maybe we can have some adult time.” I kiss him before he walked away.

Once I call Anne I find out she was just calling to say hi, nothing major going on.  She asked me how my job was going and how Jon was going and all was good. I told her we’d have to get together again as soon as the weather cleared but Jon and I had checked the forecast and we were in for 3 storms over the next week so we’d have to play it by ear.  March in Chicago was a mean month.

Once we hung up I went in search of Jon and found him in my bed, presumably naked from what I could tell reading his kindle- or mine I wasn’t sure.  “What are you reading?” I asked him moving closer to the bed.

Instead of answering right away he started with a demand “I want you naked, and I’m not sure what I’m reading because I picked up your kindle by mistake and its saucy.”

“Oh yeah 50 Shades taught me about a whole new genre I never knew existed.”

“Well then get in bed and lets talk about some of the stuff in your naughty books and see if we’ll like it.” He offered shocked at himself honestly that he was willing to do this before we even had sex. If he freaks her out by his desires he may never get sex. But then again he realized he’d rather know than have to live a lie and hide his desires.

I had stripped everything but my panties and put my clothes in the dirty laundry.

“Naked I said.” He somewhat ordered.

“Jon I’m spotting so I’m not getting naked deal with it.”

“Ok naked from waist up then.” He smiled and I got in bed with him.

He quickly pulled me into his arms and let my head rest on his chest.   “Ok so I did read a bit of 50 Shades so talk to me, what part of that series excites you?” He asked with his hand on my back and softly caressing me.

“I like his strength.”

“Explain.”

“I’ve been alone for a long time.  The last guy before you was about 4 yrs ago - I’m used to doing everything myself, all the household chores, all the outdoor stuff, the car, the bills all of it. I yearn for a guy to take some of that off my shoulders and honestly that character puts her in her place and lets her know there’s certain stuff she no longer has to worry about or do, he’ll take that control and she can just make him happy.  Its very appealing to someone with 40 plates in the air spinning at the same time.”

He reached down and moved my head up for a kiss.  “Thanks for the honesty honey, what else though? Is there anything he did to her that you’d like me to try?”

“Jon I’ve had a very vanilla life. I’m open to new experiences but the idea of some to the stuff he was doing makes me cringe. I’d like the blindfold I think, the music being on loud to make it harder to hear where you are, that anticipation I think would intensify my reactions.  I like being tied to things, I’ve done handcuffs with a guy that was fun.  But the other things I’m not so sure, I don’t like his demanding nature outside of the bedroom like what clothes she wears, sorry thats just not me.  I think maybe with time and trust I’d be open to other stuff.”

He looked at me and rubbed his hand over my cotton covered ass. “What about a good spanking?”