"After All" is a sequel to "Love For Sale". Both stories are purely works of fiction and no disrespect is intended to the actual persons or their families.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Chapter 79 ~ Old Habits Die Hard


“Well, thank you for the interview, gentlemen.”  The impeccably shaped reporter pushed her sky-high heels to the floor, and her equally impeccable breasts nearly spilled from the cups of a strapless blouse when she leaned over for her bag.

Fuck.Me.  Please.

Jon loved Australia, and Perth might have just become his new favorite city, thanks to the journalistic jewel that was just adjusting the leather trim on her flowing, Grecian-style top, thereby ensuring her modesty.  Of course, even if it had slipped, the rich honey mane of waves cascading from her crown was long and thick enough to make her a Lady Godiva stunt double.

But there’s not enough to go all the way down.  Damn jeans.

Jon cleared his throat and flashed a smile that was several shades brighter than the one he typically gave reporters. “It was our pleasure, Jessica.”

It had been his pleasure, anyway.  He couldn’t recall the last time that he’d enjoyed one of these pre-show drivel sessions so much.  Not only was the Ms. Godiva clone hot as hell, she was intelligent and well-spoken.  She didn’t ask the usual inane questions, but they weren’t the crazy, off-the-wall kind either.  God help the last chick who had asked him if he had a colon cleansing routine.  He’d cut that interview off faster than you could say “exit only”.

No, the fair-haired Jessica was more like a friend he’d invited over for a cup of coffee or a glass of wine instead of a reporter.  But maybe that was just him.  He couldn’t technically speak for his three counter-parts, who were seated beside him.

Richie, David and Tico looked as bored as they usually did during these things – until the lovely Aussie jewel had bent to retrieve her bag.  Then Sambora’s Boobage Alert System had gone into overdrive, and he leaned forward like the letch that he was.  The other two had been more subtle, but their eyes had definitely been riveted on two of Perth’s loveliest mountains. 

“You gonna stay and catch the show?” Jon asked, standing along with the buxom beauty.

Her grin was enough to spread sunshine into every wallaby’s ass across the nation.  “Oh, yeah.  I had my ticket long before I got the interview assignment.”

“We do appreciate our loyal fans,” Sambora schmoozed from right behind him before nudging Jon with an elbow.  “Isn’t that right, Jon?”

“Of course,” Jon stepped in seamlessly.  “Jessica, do you have any particular favorite that you’d like to hear tonight in appreciation of your loyalty?”

Her grin dimmed more to that of a Mona Lisa smile.  “I appreciate the offer, but I wouldn’t want to muck about with the infamous setlist.  You’re rumoured to be quite territorial about it, Mr. Bon Jovi.”

David’s snort rolled over him from behind.  “Sounds like somebody’s got your number, boss man.”

“Nah,” Jon denied, refusing to turn and acknowledge the Jew who was making him look bad.  He smiled the boyishly charming smile at Jessica.  “Somebody’s gotta do it, so it may as well be me.  The only limitations are my vocal cords and my ability to remember the song.”

“Well…” she pondered in what he chose to interpret as a come-hither purr, even though reality would peg it as no more than a thoughtful introduction to her to her next statement.  Regardless, he knew that if she named the most obscure song they’d ever done, the guys were going to be pissed about the last minute rehearsal he would call to get it down before show time.  He was that intrigued with this woman.  “I have been particularly enjoying your performances of Bad Medicine this tour.  In fact, I quite love them.”

He breathed a silent sigh of relief.  That one he could do in his fucking sleep, and probably had on more than one occasion.  He could sass it up a little and make it all about her.  Depending on how that went….

“Bad Medicine it is,” he pronounced as the timed knock on the door came, signaling that her interview time was over.  “If you need a better ticket for the show, let Paul know, okay?”

Amusement and sparked in the depths of cocoa eyes, one of which gave him a slow, knowing wink.  “Again, I appreciate the consideration, but I’m in the Diamond Circle.  It doesn’t get much better than that, unless you’d like to let me sit on stage with you.”

“Hehe,” he chuckled, wondering at the feasibility and simultaneously knowing that would be a PR nightmare.  “Sorry.  No can do on that.”

“Then I’ll see you from the crowd” she demurred, knowing good and damn well there was no way he would have ever agreed to it.  She turned her attention to the other men in the room at the same time as she sauntered out the door in her perfectly fitted, ass-hugging jeans and high wedge heels.  “You blokes have a good show, now.  Buh-bye.”

“Buh-bye,” Richie parroted shrilly, before whirling on his heel toward Jon with a laugh.  “Liked that one did you, JB?  Yanno, we could’ve gone in the hall while you fucked her.  All you hadda do was give the high sign, like old times.”

“Shut up.  She was a good journalist for a change, that’s all.”

David lifted one eyebrow at him while concurrently squinting the opposite eye.  “Suuuuure.  Her insight at asking the meaning of the album name was genius.  Nobody’s done that before.”

“Fuck you, Bryan.  At least she didn’t ask about my hair or my pre-show rituals.”

Holding up an invisible cigar a la Groucho Marx, David leaned into Richie with an accompanying impersonation of the late comedian, “It’s too bad she didn’t ask about post-show rituals.  You could’ve invited her to cum and see.”

There were days when Jon wished he was a solo act, if for no other reason than for some privacy.  Seriously.

~~~~~

“Richie Sambora on the guitar, ladies and gentlemen!”

Jon was sweating like a pig on a spit, but he was in the groove and he knew it.  Halfway through tonight’s extra special rendition of Bad Medicine and he’d seen that the lovely Jessica was enjoying herself.

Now it’s time to enjoy MY-self…

He pulled the mic from the stand and punched his fist into the air at the same time Tico hit the drums.

“That’s what I gotta say,” he spoke into the mic walking to the opposite side of the stage from where the buxom reporter was stationed, before choreographing another punch/drum hit with Tico.  He whirled around, bringing the mic back to his mouth and addressing his band.  “They're payin’ attention tonight.  I see nothin’ but snap-“ Punch.  “Crackle…”  Arm in the air.  “And pop.”  Throw the elbow.  All expertly coordinated with his drummer.  “Allll night.”

He dropped back and thrust his hips lightly to the next loud drum beat, casually, yet purposefully making his way to Jessica’s side of the stage.

Laughing, he strode to the point in the stage that would have him looking right down at her and bent forward to give her his infamous duck lips.  He held that pose, waiting to see what she would do and, when she blew him a kiss, he brought his left hand to his own mouth and blew her a big one right back.  Nothing like a little flirting under the guise of being a rock star. 

“You love me, huh?” he asked as though she’d screamed the words instead of the hyperactive girl bouncing up and down next to her.  “That’s because you don’t know me.” 

He bent forward once again to stare into the sparkling depths of the lovely Australian who had occupied his mind and attention for a good portion of the show.  “No, you don’t know me.” He shook his head, continuing the banter that made sense to no one but him.  But he didn’t care, as long as it got her attention, which it had.  Her eyes were firmly locked into his.  “There’s a dark side to this man.  It could be hazardous to your health.”

And mine, God willing.  

It was her turn to shake her head, that bow-like mouth of hers curled into a Cheshire grin.

“You don’t think so?”

Again, she shook her head and wiggled her fingers in a come-hither gesture as she mouthed, “Bring it on.”

“It’s what you need, is it?”  Jon laughed while turning and walking away from her. 

Oh Lord a’mighty.  When was the last time being on stage felt good enough to worry about sporting a boner into the next song?

“As usual,” he addressed his guitarist, pointing back toward Jessica.  “It’s all about the girl.”

He laughed again and continued his trek toward the opposite side of the stage in an effort to get himself under control.  “People ask me why I still do this,” he conversationally told the audience.  “That…”  He pointed behind him in the general direction of Jessica.  “That’s why.”

Because, occasionally, even after all these years of women upon women upon women, there was one who piqued his interest.  One in a crowd of thousands.  Hell, collectively, millions.  One girl – no, woman – who made him think very bad thoughts.  Someone so different that she had him completely forgetting that he was a grown man because she made him feel like a randy schoolboy looking to get laid for the first time. 

You’re in a relationship.

Yes.  He was aware of that.  Acutely.  But still….

“It’s startin’ to get a little bit crazy up here tonight,” he observed to his band and did his best to put Jessica out of his mind as he continued the song.  He even refused to let himself look in her direction when he belted out a couple of hip tosses that had the crowd screaming with approval.  But it didn’t matter that he didn’t make eye contact.  Hers was the face he saw when he was thrusting his hips at the crowd. 

And this goddamn stage is not where I want to be thrusting my hips.

But that’s where he was and he had a job to do.  And a girlfriend-slash-fiancee-slash-would be-wife.  He pulled Richie into his circle of hell, dragging him alongside as the song went on, and they picked up the back half while Jon argued with himself.

“I neeeeed a respirator….”

You need your fucking head examined.  Didn’t you fight tooth and nail to get Rachel back? 

It didn’t help that there were 50 foot high naked legs writhing behind him on the screen.  In fact, it made it worse.  Considerably worse, because now he was already horny and now felt like he had fucking ants in his pants. 

This is a bad idea.  Whatever it is you think you’re gonna do… it’s bad.

Monumentally bad.  There was no doubt in his mind, but he couldn’t help himself.  He screeched out the last note and, when the stage went black, he ducked into his quick change room beneath the stage.  There, his wardrobe mistress was awaiting him with a towel and a fresh shirt for him to change into while Richie was doing his solo song. 

“Dawn, tell Matt I need to meet that reporter after the show.  In my room.”

She quirked a disbelieving eyebrow at him while disposing of his sweat drenched stage gear.  “And what reporter would that be?”

“The blonde.  Jessica something-or-other.”

Again, she gave him the eyebrow, but she’d worked for him long enough to know when it was better to bite her tongue than call him out.  He damn well paid her well enough to know. 

“I’ll pass along the message,” she agreed blithely.

~~~~~

Jon was hot, tired and sweaty when he pushed open the door to his suite. 

Logically, he knew that Jessica couldn’t possibly beat him to the hotel, but he hadn’t wanted to linger at the stadium on the off chance she did.  He’d chosen to jump into his hired car with a towel covering his soaked hair to avoid the chill of the night air and had instructed the driver to take any shortcuts possible. 

Now, he shucked out of his stage gear and shoved it in the closet as he strode toward the shower. 

Bad idea.  Bad idea.

The two word litany had been incessantly repeating itself in his head ever since he’d received confirmation from Matt that Jessica had agreed to come to the hotel and… clear up some final details.

He put his face into the warm spray of water in an effort to drown out the words.  Worse than that, he started humming – something he almost never did – in hopes that his physical voice would override his mental one. 

Scrubbing his hair and running soap over all the necessary cracks and crevices should’ve also been a distraction, but his libido was in overdrive.  It had been bad enough being on edge about the reporter, but when another pair of beautiful Australians had flashed him their beautiful pairs of breasts, adorned with “Fuck Me Jon” in Sharpie.  With their shirts covering their faces, and nothing in view but tits and blonde hair… Well, his mind had gone all kinds of crazy with that, wondering if Jessica’s tits were that nice and having an insane, uncontrollable urge to find out.

Bad idea.  Bad idea.

“If she wanted a ball and chain on me, she shoulda married me like I fuckin’ asked her to,” he muttered to the voices.  “Repeatedly.”

Because, really, if he were married to Rachel, this would be a non-issue.

Bullshit.

Okay, so he had screwed around on Dorothea.  He’d been young, and she’d known it hadn’t meant anything.  Things would’ve been different with Rachel – if she’d married him. 

What about that ring of yours she’s wearing, asshole?  What’s that mean?

It meant she wouldn’t marry him.  End of conversation.

Pretty convenient, isn’t it?

He snapped off the water and reached for his towel, pushing the damnable voice to the side so he could dry himself and pull on some jeans and a t-shirt.  The button had just popped into place, when a knock came at the door.

Last chance….

Stubbornly ignoring himself, he ran a hand over still-damp hair and padded barefoot to the door.

“Hi,” he offered to the woman who looked every bit as good as she had when he first met her six hours ago.  “Thanks for coming.” 

“Thank you for the invitation – I think.”  She entered the room, walking just past him as he nodded a curt dismissal to Matt.

“Uh, Jon…” his brother began.

“Unless somebody is bleeding or dying, it can wait.”

A silent nod was all the reply he got from his gargantuan bodyguard baby brother before the door was closed in his face. 

“So…”  Jessica took a casual step toward the spot where Jon remained rooted, just inside the entryway of the suite.  “Was there something you wanted to follow up on for the article?”

He cleared his throat, oddly uneasy.  Jon hadn’t been awkward with a beautiful woman since he was fifteen.

“No, not exactly.”

The buxom blonde put her bag on the foyer table and turned toward him, not stopping until she stood toe-to-toe with him.  In her platform shoes, she stood about an inch or so taller than him, so Jon had an excellent view of her soft, welcoming smile.

When her hand slipped up the front of his t-shirt, it was clear to him that she didn’t particularly care why he’d asked her here.

“Then is this an invitation to get to know your dark side?” she asked softly, her breath tickling his ear.

He couldn’t form words, or maybe he just didn’t want to.  Maybe it was just easier to put one palm on each side of her face, tilting it at just the right angle for him to taste the lips that had been taunting and teasing him during the entire show.  Once his mouth touched hers, God knew it sure as hell felt better than any amount of talking could.

Her mouth was like a warm pool of fine wine, ripe for sipping.  Her flavor coated his tongue and his dick immediately stood at attention, excited by the exotic taste.  When her hands fisted in his hair and her breathy moan filled his lungs, arousal robbed him of any breath he had left.  He ate at her mouth, devouring the succulence like a carnivore deprived too long of meat.  The plump flesh of her lips seared against his with a hiss that he would swear was audible and his mind became pleasantly, numbly vacant.  There was no thought.  There was no voice.  There was nothing but the Nirvana of Jessica’s mouth and her flesh pressing against his with a heat that would sear asbestos.

He wanted her.  God he wanted her.  He wanted to perform many, many vile and wicked carnalities with the beautiful woman whose fingernails had just grazed his painfully rigid cock and almost made him cream his jeans with that simple touch.

“Mmm,” she purred against him, her hands moving away from his dick and to seemingly explore the rest of his body all at once.   “Just tell me what you want, baby.  Tell me what you like...”