Chapter Thirteen

“Are you trying to tell me I had ulterior motives?” he asked her with a sly look on his face.

“Who me nooo. Why would I say that?” she questioned him coyly.

 “No reason.” He said as he bent down to her and started to kiss her which in turn led to passion before she knew what was happening to her. He then picked her up and started to carry her up to her bedroom.

“You know one of these days you’re going to hurt yourself you know.” She told him into his shoulder as he was walking up the stairs.

He was startled by what she said. But he waited until they got into her bedroom before he said anything to her. As he laid her on her bed and laid next to her he asked, “What was that comment about Baby?”

She looked at him not sure by what he meant. “What comment Honey?” she asked honestly not knowing what he meant.

 Jon huffed knowing that this was not only going to delay things but may even end up in an argument. “The one you said as we were coming up the stairs. That I might hurt myself because I was carrying you. What the hell did you mean by that?” he asked her as he caressed her arm.

“What do you mean what did I mean by that?” she asked as she looked the other way not wanting to look at him right now.

“Don’t give me that Babe you know exactly what I mean.” He said as he was getting a bit uptight now but so was she.

 She finally looked him dead in the eyes and said, “You know exactly what I meant by it or you wouldn’t have asked me right? So let’s just leave it alone ok? I’m sorry I said anything but you keep picking me up and if anything did happen to you because of me Doc would not only kill you but me. You don’t have to pick me up all the damn time and carry me like that I can walk you know?” she told him sounding a little tick off now.

“Well it’s my prerogative if I want to carry you and be all romantic and shit if I want to.” He told her. “Ok I’m not a weakling you know? I work out for crying out loud.” He started to rant but Mary broke in.

“I know that but I’m not a model either I am a little heavier than what your used too you know? I’ve seen those damn groupies that hang around you. And that actress you used to date and Dorothea. And Michael always told me how heavy I was…” but Jon wouldn’t let her finish.

“Oh my God! You’re not heavy first of all. Can we get that straight? You are average size for any girl and you are the most beautiful girl I’ve ever met inside and out. So just stop ok? I was attracted to you the second that I laid eyes on you. I’m sorry I was a jerk when I first met you but unfortunately that’s how I come across to most people especially if I like them. So no more about your weight ok? I don’t want to hear about it. I love you the way you are. If I didn’t believe me I wouldn’t be here Babe. I mean there are things I don’t like about myself but you don’t see me bitching about them do you?” he said to her.

 Looking him over real good she asked him, “So what don’t you like about yourself? Because I don’t see anything wrong from this end?” she told him with a smirk.

“Really? Well why don’t you come a little closer and when I think you get to it I just might tell you if you’re a really good little girl.” He said with a wink and a smirk.

“You know you’re full of shit.” She told him as she started to pull up his shirt.

Smiling, “So you promised me dessert?” And that’s exactly what he did collected on that. They made love thru out the night until neither on them could move. He showed her that he loved the way she looked and felt to him over and over. And she certainly felt loved by him. They fitted together like two missing jigsaw puzzles pieces. He knew that they were meant to be together so now he just had to figure out to convince her to stay with him even after they marry. That they come first now.

They slept in and Jon usually the first to wake wanted to talk. He lied there trying to decide whether to wake her or not. He did want to talk to her before everyone started to come back to the house and before he had to leave to go back himself. So he started to apply little kisses to her neck and her ear sucking gently before she started to squirm around him. Giggling she turned into him kissing him and then mumbling into his mouth “Morning.”

“Morning back.”

“You know I can get so used to this.” she said as she roamed his body with her hands. She loved rubbing his chest with all that hair. It was warm and inviting to her. She never thought that she would like a man with a hairy chest but there was just something about Jon’s. There was just something about Jon. Every inch of him turned her on.

 Rubbing her back he said to her, “Well I’m glad you said that because I have something I want to talk to you about.”

 “Really you want to talk now?” she asked curiously.

“Yeah why not?” he questioned.

“Um because little Jonny seems to want to play?” she said trying to keep a straight face but failing miserably.

 Looking at her shocked he said to her, “First of all Jonny isn’t little and we will get to that in a minute but first I want to talk to you about coming back with me.” He waited to see her reaction.

 She just looked at him as her mind was racing. “Well I guess I can’t keep saying no now can I. If we’re going to get married I really should be with my husband shouldn’t I?” she told him smiling.

 Looking shocked and thrilled at the same time he kissed her hard. Finally parting he said, “Really? You mean that?” he asked hoping that he wasn’t hearing things.

 Smiling back, “Of course I mean it Honey why wouldn’t I? I mean before, you have to understand even thou we were dating my responsibilities ran between not just my family but you too. Which actually was tearing me kind of apart. You just thought I could just drop everything and just be with you but what you didn’t understand that I was part of a team. I had a job too. But I wasn’t going to pressure you into something that you weren’t ready for either. I don’t think I was ready for it at that point either. It was too early in our relationship. But I knew when you did ask me I knew that you would be ready and then and only then I knew I could accept. And there is no other place I want to be is than by your side Jon.” She told him happily.

“And there is nobody else that I want by my side other than you. Especially everything that we’ve been thru. Believe me I don’t think I would have gone thru what I have if it was with anyone else.” He told her as he wrapped his arms around her and they became one together. He took her places that he has never took any other woman before. And she gave back to him one hundred and ten percent because he thought he had seen heaven a thousand times since they have been together. He had never felt like this with any woman before her and he wasn’t about to find out what life would be without her.

            After their round of love making they took their shower together, got dress and ate breakfast. Jon had explained that he had to go back that night because he had to be in Seattle for their next show tomorrow and he did have two tickets purchased just in case if she did decided to go back with him. “You mean you had that extra ticket all a long knowing that you could talk me into going back with you?” she asked him a little perturbed.

He was hoping that this wasn’t going to come to blows but he knew his luck wasn’t going to continue so, “Baby I was just hoping that you were going to come back with me that’s all. Please don’t get all upset about it ok?” he asked her. “We were having such a great night and morning let’s not spoil it alright?” he asked her with his best sexy face that he could put on.

“You mean for me not to spoil it right?” she asked him with her pissy face on.

“No I didn’t mean that. Did I say that? No.” he said trying his hardest not raise his voice.

Taking deep breaths and trying hard to stay calm she realized that his motives weren’t him being possessive. “Jon I’m sorry. I jumped to conclusions, I guess I need to work on that.” She told him as she put her head down so she wouldn’t have to look at him.

 He walked over to her and with his knuckles lifted her chin so he could look into her eyes. “Well I guess we’re going to have to work on that won’t we?” he said to her as he bent down to kiss her lips gently.

Parting, “Yeah I guess we are.”

That afternoon Cecelia came home and Mary and Jon explained to her that she was going back with Jon. Cecelia had a sneaking suspicion that she was going back with him so she wasn’t surprised when they told her. They said their goodbyes and A.J. took them to the airport. There were a few pap’s there but not enough to bother them. When they arrived in Seattle there was a car for them to the hotel and the guys were happy to see her. Everyone waited to see if she was wearing the ring and when she showed them Congratulations were given out. Hugs and kisses were given to both of them as they were all happy for the couple. Richie brought Jon over to the side as he asked him this question, “Hey Kidd hate to bring you down but have you called your parents yet to give them the happy news?”

 “Oh shit I totally forgot. Fuck this is not going to be a great phone call. I mean Dad will be happy for us but Mom…she’s going to freak.” He told Richie.

“Don’t I know it. Man she’s going to have a bird. I feel bad for Mary. The happiest day of her life and then BOOM! Her future Mother-in-law hates her.” Richie said with a frown.

 Jon just ran his hands thru his hair. “I’m going to have to think about this one.” Jon told his best friend. Jon told his band of brothers that he didn’t want anyone outside of the band to know about their engagement until they were ready to announce it themselves. They all agreed as Mary just gave him a strange look.

  Mary decided that she wouldn’t say anything to him until they were alone later in their hotel room. She had no idea why he would say that unless he didn’t want it to leak out to the press because he didn’t want his fans to know that he was engaged which could mean a number of things. Was he embarrassed of her? Would being engaged ruin his career? Oh my God if he was worried about that how would he feel about being married? Was he lying to her all this time just so he could get her to come with him? And come to think about it he hasn’t called his parents either to tell them about getting engaged either. She was thinking all this as Jon walked up to her and put his arms around her and kissed the top of her head. “Hey whatcha thinking? You have this faraway look on your face?” he asked her.

Turning her head to look at him, “Nothing really just spacing out I guess. Plus I’m tired too.” She told him, “Jet lag I guess.”

 “Well we did rush from the plane to the hotel then to the arena. But I do need to get the sound check done then the concert tonight so we won’t have any time for each other until probably late, no early morning Baby.” He explained to her.

“That’s ok I guess I have to get used to it right? But how upset will you be if I skip out on you tonight and just get some sleep?” she asked him turning in his arms so that now they’re facing each other.

“Well I’ll miss you terribly but I’d rather have you rested for what I have in store for you later.” He said with a smirk.

Smiling, “I was hoping you would say that.” She said and kissed him deeply.

“Ohhh would you two get a room Please!” Richie yelled as he walked up to the two of them.

 Mary just laid her head on Jon’s chest as Jon gave him the Jersey salute. “Shut the hell up will you Rich. What do you want anyway?” Jon asked him.

 “Well you have heard of a little thing called sound check right? You see we have this task master of a boss and he’s really a fucker when it comes to being on time especially when he schedules things and…” but Jon cuts him off seeing he doesn’t see Richie’s humor right now.

 “That’s enough Rich I’ll be right there. Just tell the guys I’ll be a few more minutes.” Jon said in a not so pleasantly voice. Richie just smirks and leaves the room. Picking her head off of his chest, Jon says to her, “Baby I’ll have a car take you back to the hotel and I’ll meet you there later so we can have dinner how does that sound?” he asked her.

 “That sounds great.” She told him. Jon quickly made the arrangements and had Rich B. walk her to the awaiting car as he went to sound check. When she got to the hotel and settled in she couldn’t help but keep thinking of what Jon had said to the guys. It just kept bothering her and that he hadn’t called his folks yet either. He had plenty of time to call them last night and tell them that they were engaged. Was he embarrassed of her to tell his own family or the world that he was engaged to her or that he was engaged to a female Private Eye? She knew his mother wasn’t thrilled with her. Okay his mother hated her plain and simple. What the hell did Dorothea have that she didn’t?

She was sleeping when Jon got back to the hotel. He leaned up against the bedroom door frame and just smiled. He was thinking to himself how did he get so lucky. He went back out and ordered their dinner and waited for it to arrive. Once it got there he went back in the bedroom to wake her up. He started to shake her and she started to flutter her eyes open. “Hi there sleepy head. Did you have a good nap?” he asked her as he bent down to place a kiss on her.

“Hm hm.”

“Well good because dinner is here so when you’re ready it’s all set.” He told her.

 “No I’m all set, just need a boost up.” She said as she gave him her hand. They walked out to the living area as Jon had set everything up and she was shocked to what she saw. He had set the table up with candles on the sides on the table and roses in the middle. The lights were set low and music was also on low. “Wow you did this all by yourself?” she asked him surprised.

 “Yep I did. Do you like?” he asked her hoping everything was to her liking.

“Yah everything is just beautiful.” She said as she stood there trying to not to look too shocked.

“Well good here let me help you.” He said as he let out her chair. She gave him a very loving look and sat down. She still didn’t get it when he went to all this trouble but didn’t want anyone around them to know that they were engaged. “Baby are you alright? You look a little funny?” he asked her a little confused now by the way she was acting.

“No I’m fine, so how much time do we have before you have to get back to the arena?” she asked him.

Looking at his watch, “Um about two hours or so why?” he asked.

“Oh I don’t know just thought we could talk that’s all.” She said as she started to eat.

As he sat down he asked her, “Ok then let’s talk. What’s up?”

Looking at him she wasn’t sure where she wanted to start. “How did the sound check go?” she asked sounding unsure of herself.

Surprised that she asked him that he asked, “Really? Okay it went fine why do you ask?” he wanted to know.

 “Just making conversation that’s all.” She told him.

Smiling at her he asked, “Okay Babe there’s more going on in the beautiful head of yours than you’re letting on so spill it.” He told her.

 Smiling nervously at him, “It’s nothing really Hon um you still haven’t told me how sound check was?” she said trying to change the subject as she put a piece of steak into her mouth.

Jon was getting a little annoyed now seeing that they didn’t have much time to spend together and wanted to know what was up with her. “Babe we don’t have time for this ok? So just tell me what the hell is up so whatever it is I can fix it ok?” he said a little harsher than it should have been.

“Excuse me? What the hell does that mean?” she asked a little teed off.

“It means that whatever I did just tell me now instead of dragging it out like you always do. I have to be at the arena in a couple of hours so I can start getting ready for tonight’s concert and not here trying to figure out what the hell is wrong with you.” He said again more strongly this time.

She sat there pissed off now herself so she figured what the hell why not go for it. “Okay Jon you want to know what the hell is wrong with me? Fine I’ll tell you!” she said loudly. “You tell my Mother and Brothers that we’re getting married and then the band but and this is a big but you tell the guys not to say anything to anyone about us! Which I get but you haven’t even called your folks to tell them that we’re engaged. What The Hell Jon! Are you ashamed of me or something? I might get that you don’t want your fans knowing but you’re family oh and maybe your Mother telling Dorothea that you’re engaged to me! Yeah right! We can’t have that can we? So why the hell did you even give this to me Jon? Huh? Just so I’d come with you? That’s even low for you! You know you can eat dinner by yourself!” she yelled at him seeing that she was holding it in since they had gotten back and they had told the guys.

Jon sat there dumbfounded. He knew there was something that was wrong but never in his wildest dreams did he think it was this. When she jumped up to leave he quickly did the same and grabbed her and wrapped his arms around her so she couldn’t move. “Let me go! Jon let me go!” she yelled as tears ran down her face.

“No I’m not letting you go. We need to talk this out apparently. Jesus I knew I did something but had no idea I blew it this bad. Will you hold still please! God will you just stop so I can explain.” He tried to tell her as she was trying her best to get out of his grip.

“NO! What the hell can you tell me that I already know! You really don’t want to be with me! This is just a fucking ruse and I was dumb enough to fall for it!” she shouted as she was still wiggling to get out of his grasp.

“Damn it you’re strong! Will you just stop for a minute! Please!” he shouted as he was begging her to stop.

“Fine!” she said as she did finally stop wiggling in his arms.

But he didn’t let go so fast. “This isn’t where if I let you go you’re going to make a run for it is it?” he asked her. She just thought for a moment. “Because if it is I just going to tell you right now I can out run you and I will turn you over my knee when I catch you I promise you that.” He told her as he carefully said it to her as his hot breath fell on her ear and sent chills down her spine and places that made her eyes water and her body tingle. Plus she knew that if she did run and he did catch her he would do just that.

“Oh alright! I’ll listen.” She said defeated.

“Too bad. Now sit while you can.” He instructed her. She did as he said and listened to what he had to say. “Do you really think that I don’t want anyone to know that we’re not engaged because I’m embarrassed of you?” he asked her. All she did was shrug her shoulders. “Well you couldn’t be more wrong. I Love You more than anything in this world and that includes my music. Yes I said it. Because without you in my life I can’t enjoy all this. So then what good is all this to me? Yes there’s a reason I don’t want the press to know right this second is because we need to tell Doc and I don’t know how he’s going to take it. Then I’m not sure telling my folks would be a great idea either. I mean I know Dad would be thrilled but I know Mom and well I still need to talk to her so let me take care of her ok? And as for Dotty well she’s still in that sanctuary and I have nothing to do with her you know that. Yes I should have explained all this to you before we got here but I was a little brain dead from our little romp from the past few days.” He explained to her as she sat and smiled at him from that memory.

“I can’t tell you how sorry I am that I didn’t tell you Baby but it wasn’t until Richie reminded me that I didn’t tell my parents yet and I just didn’t want them to hear about it on the news before I could tell them myself that’s all. News like this can spread really fast that’s all and well Mom would have a bird if she found out threw the press and not me that’s all.” He explained to her. Now she felt horrible. Especially the way she acted. Tears started to run down her cheeks. “Baby now why are you crying?” he asked her concerned.

 “I shouldn’t have yelled at youuu.”  She cried.

“Ah Baby I asked you to tell me what was bothering you and hell I practically had to drag it out of you. And when I did I got all upset and you blew. I told you I have a way of pissing people off please don’t cry anymore.” He asked her feeling really bad himself now. Getting on his knees he took her hands in his and kissed them. “Baby are we okay?” he asked.

Shaking her head yes, “I’m sorry I guess I’m just a little sensitive that’s all. I guess I’m going to have to learn to get a harder heart.” She told him.

“No don’t do that please. I love your heart just the way it is. But please just if something is bothering you don’t let it linger okay? Just come to me and ask so we can resolve it fast before it becomes something.” He said as he leans in and kissed her on her nose. “So can we finish dinner?” he asked her. She nodded yes and they got back and finished their dinner and he convinced her to take a shower with him so he could get ready for the show tonight.