Chapter Fifteen

“Why didn’t you tell me this before?” he asked her.

 “Because you were so excited about it and so determined you wouldn’t have heard me anyway.” She told him smiling.

 Sighing, “You’re probably right. But I may have to join you when we tell Mom.” He said as he rolled his eyes.

Mary just laughed. “Well at least we’ll be together like we wanted in the first place.” She said as she wrapped her arms around him. Kissing the top of her head he went to call the guys and ask them to come to their suite. They we’re all thrill that they were back and couldn’t wait to find out what they were up to.

They all got to the suite and were happy to see them. Jon had taken his ring off and put it in his shaving kit so it wouldn’t get lost while Mary had her hand in her pocket. Tico had his girl and David had April with him as Richie and Alex didn’t bring anyone with them. Apparently Richie had broken up with Patty a few months ago which Mary was sad to see go because she had became close to her. “So well how were you’re few days off? Are you guy’s sick of each other yet? Because if you are I’m available Beautiful.” Richie told her waggling his eyes up and down.

Jon and Mary just exchanged quick looks at each other as Jon spoke up. “Well Rich as a matter of fact our days off were very interesting isn’t that right Babe?” Jon said to his new Bride.

“Yes I thought so. We made some decisions.” She said very deadpan. The guys just looked at each other thinking that the statement Richie said was just in fun.

“Yeah man I was just kidding. I mean you two are all right. Right?” Richie asked a little nervous now.

 “Well that depends.” Jon said as he looks at Mary and winks.

“Oh come on Jon don’t scare us you two aren’t breaking up are you?” David asked.

Jon held out his hand as Mary took it in hers. “Well we do have something to tell you guys about our relationship.” He said as he squeezed her hand. She felt bad for them as Jon drew this out. “Okay, okay Mary and I decided that’ Mary squeezed his hand really hard because it was his idea to elope.’ Ahhh okay it was my idea and she went along with it.” He said as he looked at her with an annoyed look. “Maybe I should have had second thoughts.” He said as she tried again to squeeze his hand but this time he reversed the grip.

“Will you two just get on with it I’m growing older by the minute here?” David said. April smacked him in the back of his head. “Owe!”

“Serves you right. Go ahead Jon.” April said.

“Thank You. Okay to make a long story short Mary and I eloped last night in Vegas.” He told them as Mary took out her hand and showed them her rings. They stood there for a minute while Tico’s girl and April let out a scream and ran over to examine her rings when finally the guys started to hug Jon.

“Well, well the number one bachelor is finally off the market. Congrats.” David said.

“Yeah man congrats.” Tico told him.

“Yeah Kidd that’s great. Just great.” Richie said but not with that much enthusiasm. Jon noticed it but thought he would talk to him later when they were alone.

Alex asked, “Hey Jon have you told Doc yet? Because I don’t see him getting on board with this yet.” Alex wasn’t one to pussy foot about. Tico and Dave were over by Mary hugging and kissing her when Alex blurted that out.

 “Alex!” Tico yelled.

“No Tico it’s okay. No I haven’t told him or our families yet. We just got in about forty five minutes ago. We were um to busy last night and this morning to ruin our mood.” He told them with a smirk on his face. Mary gave him a dirty look as the guys gave them cat calls.

“Oh will you boys stop it right now!” she blurted out. The guys laughed as Jon walked over to Mary and kissed her on the cheek.

“So when are you going to tell your folks?” David asked.

“As soon as you guys leave I guess or I decide to get drunk first.” Jon chuckled.

“Oh no you don’t! You’re not leaving me with this to do alone!” she snapped at him. “Especially since this was your idea!” she said as she poked him in his side.

“Oweee! That hurt.” He said smiling.

“Wait a minute this was you’re idea Jon?” Richie asked.

“Yeah why?” Jon asked him back confused.

“No, no reason it’s just that we’re in a middle of a tour and you decide to run off and get married that’s all. It’s a little weird isn’t it?” Richie asked him.

 Jon looking at him and wondering why he’s questioning him like this. “What the hell King? What’s your problem? We had a few days off and it didn’t interfere with anything. So why are you questioning my personal life?” Jon asked him.

“I’m not really it’s just, I mean, oh hell I don’t know what the hell I mean.” Richie said and stormed out of the suite. They all just stood there staring at each other.

 It was Mary who broke the silence. “Funny I thought Rich liked me?” she said as she tried to hold back her tears.

Jon looked at her and wrapped his arms around her and kissed the back of her head. “I’ll talk to him later but right now while we still have the guts we need to call our families.” He said as he squeezed her. The rest of the guys left still congratulating them as they left. Jon walked over to the phone and picked it up. “Ok Babe who do you want to call first?” he asked.

“Well I think Mom might take it better than your’s so I’ll dial.” She told him as she took the phone.

It rang and on the fourth ring Cecilia picked up. “Hello?”

“Hi Mom it’s Mary.”

 “Oh hello dear is everything alright?”

 “Everything’s fine Mom. It’s just that Jon and I have something to tell you.”

“Are you sure everything is ok? Oh you’re not pregnant are you?” she asked abruptly.

“No Mar I’m not pregnant.” She told her mother as she rolled her eyes at Jon. Jon tried not to laugh at her but Mary still threw a pillow at him. “Mar, Jon and I eloped in Vegas.” She said in one breath. She just figured to get it out and see what happens.

Cecilia thought she was hearing things. Finally after about a minute or so went by she asked her daughter, “You did what dear? I don’t think I heard you correctly.”

“I said we eloped to Vegas?”

“That’s what I thought you said.” Cecilia had to sit down as her legs were getting weak. “Are you sure you’re not pregnant?”

“Yes Mommy I’m sure.”

 “I thought we were going to plan a wedding? What spurred this?” her Mom asked.

“Well Jon asked and I said yes. Plus he had a good argument. It would be like a circus if we did because the paparazzi would be all over us if we did have a wedding Mom. We’d never get any privacy and God only knows what his Mother would do.” She told her mother as he gave her a look. She just looked back at him and mouthed ‘oops sorry.’ Cecilia thought about that a minute. “Plus Mom how am I supposed to pick Rick and A.J. over each other to walk me down the aisle? I mean I guess I could have asked both of them to do it but really it should be Rick since he’s the oldest but I don’t want to hurt A.J.’s feelings and…”

 “Ok Honey I understand that really I do. It just would have been nice to have a wedding that’s all. You’re my only daughter.” Cecilia said sadly.

“Well Mom we can have a reception can’t we?” That seemed to cheer Cecilia up a bit.

“You know that’s a great idea. When can we have it so I can start planning it?”

 “Um well I’ll have to check Jon’s schedule so I’ll have to get back to you but it probably won’t be for a while. At least not till they come back to San Diego to play but I’ll let you know in a week or so I promise. Can you tell the guys for me I don’t think I can this has been too much for me? Thanks Mom I love you too, Bye.”

Mary looked at Jon as she hung up the phone. “Well it’s your turn and if you think I’m helping you in any freaking way you are sadly mistaken!”

Jon went to sit beside her. “Why was it really that bad?” he chuckled.

“Yes and you didn’t lift on finger to help me. So you’re on your own Mister!” she said determinedly.

 “Well fine give me the phone and wish me luck.” He said. It only rang twice when his Dad answered the phone.

“Hello? Jonny what’s up son?” his father asked him.

“Actually quite a lot Pop is Mom there with you?”

 “Why yes she’s in the kitchen do you want me to go get her?” he asked his son.

“Um can you put her on the kitchen phone so I can talk to the both of you at the same time?” he asked his Dad.

“Sure just hold on a second alright.” John Sr. said. He went to tell his wife that their son was on the phone and that he wanted to talk to both of them and to pick up the kitchen phone while he was to listen on the living room one. Carol didn’t need to be told twice. Jon who was the oldest and her golden child, well she never gave up the chance to speak to him or what she could get from him.

“Jonny sweetie what is it that you both want your father and me on the phone?” she asked.

“Well I have some wonderful news.” He said as Mary huffed next to him. He turned to her and stuck his tongue out at her while she giggled at him so he rolled his eyes as he went back to his conversation with his parents.

“Really Dear well don’t keep us in suspense what it is?” Carol asked excited.

“Well Mary and I eloped last night in Vegas. You have a new daughter-in-law.” He told them.

 “Really? Well congratulations son. Is she there with you?” John Sr. asked.

“Yeah Pop she’s sitting right here next to me.” Jon told his Dad.

“Well put her on I want to speak to my new daughter.” He said but Carol interjected.

“Don’t You Dare!” she said very loudly and angrily. It didn’t really surprise either man that she would be upset. “How could you! How could you do this to me and your family Jon!” she spouted to him.

 Jon couldn’t believe what he was hearing. “How could I do what Mom?” he asked his mother trying very hard not to blow.

 “How could you marry that girl? I thought this fling with her was just that a fling and you’d get bored by now. But to marry her! How could you?” She ranted.

“Carol that’s enough! Our son called with some good news and you’re ruining it for him. As long as he’s happy what does it matter? Plus Mary is a nice girl and comes from a nice family.” John Sr. abolished his wife for ruining his son’s wonderful news. Mary could hear the loud voices coming from the phone so she knew it wasn’t very good. She felt bad for Jon because she also knew that his mother didn’t like her for some reason. Why she really didn’t know but it could have been the old reason of she stole her son from her or first-born son. She knew it sounded dumb but in some cases it was very true. And where Carol was concerned boy was it true!

“Oh my God she’s pregnant! Jon you need a second opinion because it might not be yours.” Carol told him.

 “Mom Oh my God! She’s not pregnant first of all, and second if she was yes it would be mine! That’s just really rude for you to say that it wouldn’t be!” Jon said as his voice gotten much louder now. Mary just looked at him with a rather shocked look on her face.  “Look I wanted to call you before it hit the news so you wouldn’t freak out. So mission accomplished. Dad thank you for being happy for Mary and me. Mom I feel sorry for you that you can’t be happy for us or for you for that matter because until you can accept Mary I don’t want you anywhere around her or me until you can. Pop I’ll talk to you later, bye.” And Jon hung up the phone. 

Mary just looked at Jon in shock. “What?” he said rather roughly to her.

“Nothing it’s just that I take it that they didn’t take the news very well.” She said trying to be very careful on how she said it.

Looking at her, “You think?” he snapped at her.

“Well we kind of knew that they weren’t going to be happy about it didn’t we?” she asked him softly.

“Yes we knew that but I didn’t realize that Mom was going to freak out that bad about this the way she did.” He said as his voice was getting louder by the minute.

Mary was trying to stay calm. “Funny how everyone thinks I’m pregnant thou huh? Just because we ran off and got married I guess that’s the first thing that pops into everyone’s mind.” She said trying to make conversation.

 Jon got up from the couch and stared at her for a second or two when he started to get louder and what she thought was yelling at this point. “Yeah everyone thinks I just knocked you up! That’s why we had to get married. That’s what Doc’s gonna say too when we tell him. I just don’t fucking get it!” he was yelling at this point.

Richie was thinking of going down to the bar and as he was walking by their suite when he heard Jon yelling at someone. Thinking to himself he felt that Jon couldn’t be yelling at Mary at least not this early in their honeymoon stage. So he decided to see what the problem was only because he knew if Mary couldn’t calm him down he knew he could. He opened the door and luckily it was unlocked.

He peeked in and could see Jon yelling at Mary as she stood there in what appeared to him in shock as he was yelling at her. She looked like she was about to cry and he was too absorbed in himself to even notice. “Hey what’s all the racket about?” Richie yelled into the room. The two of them turned to the door and looked at Richie as he finally entered the room.

“What are you doing here?” Jon snapped at him.

“Well hello to you too. I could hear you yelling all the way out in the hallway you jackass. What the hell are you yelling about?” he asked his best friend.

“What the hell do care?” Jon again snapped at him.

“What does that mean?” Richie asked.

“Jon?” Mary said but Jon stopped her.

“Shut up! This is between me and him!” he snapped at her.

 “HEY! Don’t talk to her like that!” Richie yelled at him. But before Richie even finished Mary had stormed out of the room and into the bedroom and slammed the door. “Good going Kidd! Guess the honeymoon is over.” Richie said sarcastically.

“Mind your own business Richie.” Jon told him as he gave him the stink eye.

“What the hell is wrong with you? You guys came in here not an hour ago happy as can be and now you’re screaming at her. What did she do?” Richie wanted to know.

Jon just looked at him running his hands thru his hair. Walking over to the bar he pulled out a bottle of Jack and poured himself a drink. “You want one?” he asked Richie.

 “Sure I was heading down to the bar so I might as have one here instead.” Richie said. “So you going to answer my question Kidd or what?”

“I fucked up Rich, I so fucked up.” He said as he downed his drink as it burned going down. He poured himself another.

“Okay I’ll bite how did you fuck up?”

“You heard me I was yelling at her so I fucked up.”

 “Well why were you yelling at her dumbass?” he asked as he took his drink and downed his.

Jon took his glass and poured him another. “We called our folks and told them we eloped. Mrs. Simon, I mean Cecilia, Mom, whatever she was okay with it mostly when Mary told her she could throw a reception for us at some point in time. But of course my Mother went ballistic when I told her. I didn’t even give her time to tell me to get it annulled. I just told her if she couldn’t except Mary then she wouldn’t see me either until she could, then I hung up.” He explained to Richie.

“Yeah but you knew Mom was going to react like that so why did it surprise you. I’m surprise she didn’t ask if she was pregnant?” Richie laughed. Jon just gave him a sly look. “Oh my God she did didn’t she?” he asked not very surprised.

“Yep in fact both Mothers asked that question. Mary wasn’t too upset with her Mom but wasn’t too surprised either when my Mom did ask. But Rich when Mom asked me I was so pissed I just blew. For her to think that was the only reason I would get married to anyone and not for love really pissed me off you know.”

Richie could see that his friend was visibly upset. But he had to tell him like it was. “I hate to get you more angry Kidd but after you got off the phone did you ever consider Mary’s feeling’s in this?” he asked.

“What do you mean?”

“Well you really laid into her.”

“Why weren’t you happy for us earlier?” he asked him.

“What do you mean?” Richie asked.

“Earlier when we were all together and everyone was congratulating us you didn’t seem too happy for us. Why?” Jon asked him.

 “You really want to know why because it’s going to sound really stupid.” he said.

“Yeah Rich we’re best friends so I want to know.” He said. They’ve been best friends for years the closest in the band. So Jon wanted to know what was bothering him.

 “Well you and I have done almost everything together right and now with you married I’m going to be the third wheel. I guess I was just feeling sorry for myself that’s all. Plus you usually tell me everything and you didn’t tell me this so I was really feeling left out.” He said as he had his head down.

“Ah man Rich I never told Mary either. I surprised her. She never knew where we were going until we got there. And as for the third wheel you’ll never be that she knows that.” He told Richie as he walked over and gave Richie a big hug.

“Thanks man but I think you need to apologize to her for yelling at her. Remember you did ask her to elope it wasn’t the other way around.” He told a remorseful Jon.

She couldn’t believe he was acting like an asshole all of a sudden. She didn’t act like that when she got off the phone with her mother. At first Cecilia wasn’t too thrilled about them running off and getting married either but she didn’t take it out on him now did she. And what the hell it was his idea in the freaking first place the dumbass. She was flitting around the room ranting and raving to herself and being very animated. She was wondering if he was always like this and just noticing it now or just on tour. She also didn’t know if she wanted to cry or just scream. Maybe both. She did know one thing she wanted to smack him. She also wanted to get the hell out of there but then she would have to go thru the living room and he would see her leave. Damn she should have just left when Richie came in. She went and laid down on the bed because she started to get a headache all of a sudden. Ever since that incident where that idiot grabbed her in the ladies room of their first job with the guys and assaulted her because he was after Jon and smashed her head against the wall her migraines have been getting worse. She’ll have to remember next time she’s home to call the doctor to have him take a look and see what he can do. In the meantime she has been getting pills from Alex to take care of the pain and keeping it from Jon. Alex’s knows what she going thru because his sister also has migraines and knows what she needs. But he is keeping it under wraps because she asked him too and because he feels that Jon gets everything he wants and this is something that he can’t control and that he can. And that she reminds him of his sister.

Richie left Jon and told him to make amends with his new bride but also to clear the air with her. Jon walked back and forth in front of the bedroom door thinking of what he was going to say to her or more to the point beg for her forgiveness. He opened the door very slowly and peeked thru just in case she decided to throw something at him. He wasn’t going to take any chances and he wasn’t going to blame her either. When he looked he saw her on the bed so he walked in and as he walked closer to the bed he noticed that her eyes were closed. He carefully crawled onto the bed and noticed that her breathing was slow and labored so he knew that she was sleeping. He didn’t want to wake her and piss her off even more so he just carefully got off and went back into the living room and decided that he had to tell Doc that he had eloped. He wanted to do it with her anyway seeing that Doc was going to be furious and didn’t want her in the line of fire. Doc was coming in for the concert only because the guys were getting an award for their 7800 Fahrenheit album going platinum plus he wanted to talk about the next one that should be in the works. Mary slept most of the afternoon away and when she woke up and went into the living room she found a note from Jon saying that he had to meet up with Doc since he was coming in that afternoon and he wanted a meeting with him. Well of course he did and she also knew what Jon was going to tell him and she knew that he didn’t want her there either. Which was fine by her she hated the man he reminded her of Col. Tom Parker and was afraid that he was going to do the same thing to Jon that, that idiot did to Elvis and God help him if he did.