Chapter 79

“Jon, not so fast, dammit! These heels ain’t made for running.” Kim cursed. He was holding her left hand and pulling her along to his hotel suite. He turned and looked at her with hungry eyes.

“Then let’s start right here.” He growled low into her right ear and pressed her against the wall.

“Good Lord…” Kim mumbled when his mouth crushed down on hers. He pressed his sweaty body close to her and she had the feeling she would burn from the heat he was sending out. She moaned into his mouth when he rubbed his hard one against her.

“Jon…” her hands pushing at his shoulders stopped him. “Not here.” She looked around nervously even though the hallway was empty. However, she was sure there were surveillance cameras somewhere.

“Take off your shoes.” He ordered her and took a step back.

“What?” she was too busy missing his hard body than to realize what he said.

“Take. Them. Off!” he kneeled down and helped her slip out off her six-inch heels, before grabbing her hand again and pulling her along once again.

“You are unbelievable.” She giggled. Jon just gave her an evil smile.

“You’ll know that in a minute, honey.” He said and rammed the key card into the slot when they reached their suite.

Before Kim had the chance to say anything, she was inside the suite and pressed against the closed door. Jon didn’t even bother to turn on some lights. Instead, he pushed up her skirt, grabbed her left leg and placed it at his hip before brushing his fingers over her lace panties.

“Oh, God…” Kim bit her bottom lip and moaned loudly.

“Did it turn you on to see me on stage?” he asked nibbling her neck. Her arms looped around his neck.

“Yes…” she tried to bring her hips closer to him.

“Did you get all wet for me?” he growled already knowing the answer. His fingers were coated with her juice by now.

“Yeeesss…” she moaned again.

“Perfect!” he ripped the thin fabric from her body and entered her with two rough fingers. Kim gasped surprised and grabbed his shoulders for support.

He started to pump her furiously with his fingers, making her hips move uncontrollable. She tried to keep the balance on her right leg while she felt the tension building more and more in her body. When she tried to move away from the door over to the bedroom, Jon pressed her back against the door.

“Uh, uh…you stay right here, honey. We ain’t done yet.” He whispered and his hot breathe tickled her right ear.

“Jon, I….I…”

“It’s ok honey, let go….come for me.” He told her in a low voice and flicked his thumb over her clit.

“OH GOOOOOODDDD!” she screamed when stars formed in front of her eyes and her body shook uncontrollable. Jon managed to steady her and watched with lust-filled eyes how the waves washed trough her body. Her breath was going strongly, sending her breast closer to him every time she inhaled. He grinned lightly and unbuttoned the tight blouse with clever fingers before opening the front claps of her bra.

When his mouth attacked one of her hard nipples, a scream escaped her mouth and she started shaking again. She could feel him smile around her nipple and squeezing her other breast firmly. He never managed to set her over the edge again that fast.

Just when she thought her body could relax now, he grabbed her hips with both hands and lowered her on his proud standing erection.

“JON…Oh, my…” she didn’t manage to bring out the words, but could only wrap her legs around his waist and held on to his shoulders.

“God, Kimi…you are so tight…feels so good….” Jon groaned while pushing in and out of her while pinning her against the door at the same time.

She wasn’t able to form a clear thought. Her mind was spinning, her body was moving on its own, matching each of Jon’s strong and deep strokes. She could fell the well-known tickling getting stronger again and groaned deeply when she realized Jon was not even close to done yet.

He flexed his upper arm muscles to lift her higher and change her position lightly. Stars exploded in front of her eyes when her body tensed again. She wasn’t able to hold on to him anymore. Her arms went limp and her legs started to slip from his hips.

“Come on Kimi, …come on…I’m close…just …a few…more…” Jon hissed through clenched teeth and managed to prevent her from sinking to the ground.

“Yes…Kimi…God…YES….” He slammed into her again.

“GOD….YEEEEEEEESSSSSSS…” he yelled when he finally found his release.

Still in a daze, he found the strength to carefully lower Kim to the ground and sank down next to her. He leaned his head against the door and tried to get his breathing under control again.

“You ok, hon.” He finally managed to bring out after a couple of minutes and pulled Kim closer to his body. She only nodded, brushing her long blond hair over his sweaty chest.

“Kimi? You ok?” he framed her face with his hands and looked at her a little concerned.

“I’m fine…” the words weren’t more than a whisper.

“Come on; let’s get over to the bed.” He tried to get her to her feet.

“No, don’t move. Stay.” she said and rested her hand on his chest. Jon nodded and held her a while longer.

After a few minutes, he could hear Kim chuckling softly.

“What’s so funny?” he wondered.

“I think that’s what you can call fucking someone senseless.” Jon grinned.

“Well, you didn’t lose conscious, but I think we were close.” He admitted laughing lightly.

“Are you always like this after a show?” Kim asked and snuggled a little closer to him.

“Not always, but very often. The adrenaline keeps me going.” He said and rubbed his tired eyes.

“Well, that’s good to know…” Kim laughed lightly.

“How about we try to get to bed?” Jon carefully got to his feet. Kim let her eyes wander over his naked body. Even though the lights were still out she could clearly see the satisfied look on his face.

“I think you got to help me.” Her legs still felt like jelly. Jon grinned and carried her over to the bed. Within minutes, both were in a deep sleep.

Chapter 78

“Hey, there you are. I tried to get a hold of you in the last couple days.” Kim hugged Fran dearly and pulled her down on the couch next to her. They were backstage in Seattle and waiting for the official Tour start.

“Yeah, well…uhm, we were a little busy.” Fran blushed lightly. Kim grinned.

“I bet. Rich looked tired when he was having his sushi at the beach.” She teased her best friend. Fran groaned.

“I still can’t believe the pap-rats followed him to Hawaii. All we wanted to do was spend some alone time before the tour starts and now we are in every magazine.”

“Well, I think we gotta get used to it.” Kim told her.

“They didn’t follow you!” Fran said a little pissed.

“Oh, come on. Did you forget I had constant shopping companions before Christmas, because they had the funny idea of a wedding at New Year’s Eve? I could have thought of nicer things.” Kim replied.

“Yeah, I know. Sorry.” Fran admitted.

“Who’s getting married?” Tony asked when he entered the room.

“Nobody!” Fran and Kim answered sharply in unison.

“Ok, ok. No need to freak out ladies.” He took a step back at their strictness.

“Oh, sorry Tony. Those paparazzi’s are just getting on our nerves.” Kim hugged him lightly.

“Yeah, I know. But they would vanish if you wouldn’t date one of the band…how is it, ladies?” he asked teasing and gave them his best smile. Fran and Kim laughed.

“Sorry, Tony…I think I’ll stick with your older brother.” Kim told him. Tony sighed dramatically.

“You don’t know what you are missing.”

“TONY! Why isn’t my girlfriend where she should be!” Jon’s voice came from his brother’s walkie-talkie.

“Yeah, and where is my lady?” Richie asked a little concerned.

“Ah, shit.” Tony cursed. “Come on, we better hurry or they will delay the start of the show.”

“They wouldn’t really do that, right?” Fran wondered when Tony escorted them to the side of the stage.

“I wouldn’t count on it. As far as I know men who are love have done stupider things.”

“Hold your horse, we are on the way.” Tony told Jon and Richie over the walkie-talkie.

“Better be true!” was Jon’s short reply.

“He’s really in a terrible mood today.” Kim said shaking her head lightly.

“Nah, it’s fine. He’s just anxious to get this show started. It’ll be the first time we’ll use the whole equipment in a show. He worries things might get wrong.” Tony explained and didn’t seem to worry about the harsh tone of his brother.

“I thought you had the test run in Hawaii?” Kim wondered and nodded at Lloyd when she took her place on the side of the stage. He would make sure nobody would bother her and Fran during the show together with two other Bon Jovi crew members.

“Well, we didn’t have this monster with us.” Tony pointed at the massive video screen.

“Wow!” Fran was impressed.

“38,000 lights.” Tony announced proudly while the two women could only stare at the giant LED screen. It was still dark and Kim wondered what would happen with the crowd when it would come to life. So far only fainted mumbling could be heard from the fans.

“Here, you’ll need those.” Tony handed Kim and Fran earplugs.

“Seriously?” Kim asked while taking them.

“Yep, this close, you’ll be thankful for them. Never been to a show before, huh?” Tony grinned when she shook her head no.

“Well, then you are in for the ride of your life.”

“I doubt that.” Kim mumbled and gave Fran a naughty grin. Her best friend chuckled.

“Band’s ready.” A voice informed Tony.

“Stand by for intro video.” He announced and vanished after a short nod in Kim and Fran’s direction behind the stage to supervise the video crew.

As soon as the house lights went out and the massive LED screen started with the Band’s intro a roar came from the crowd, who was now bathed in blue and black. Kim looked at the fans interested. These people, who had been talking calmly with each other just minutes ago, were now getting frenetic in their excitement.

She shot a short glance at Fran and realized that she was anxiously stepping from one foot to the other and trying to get a glimpse of Richie entering the stage as if she didn’t spend just one week with him in Hawaii.

Maybe she was missing something?

However, when the video intro came to its end, the drums with the light effects were underlining the Band’s movement on the screen, and the crowd erupted in screams, goose bumps crept up her arms.

The screen swung to the sides and parted into smaller pieces, which moved upwards and revealed the four men. The screaming grew stronger when they stepped to the edge of the stage and Jon raised his right hand in a fist.

After a few seconds he shooed the other guys to their instruments and you could see how anxious each of them were to get this show started.

Jon’s guitar tech handed him his beloved black acoustic guitar and Richie started the intro to ‘Blood on Blood’. Fran jumped up and down excitedly next to Kim and screamed something about ‘our song’ into her ear, but Kim didn’t barely realize it. Her focus was on the lead singer, on Jon, on her boyfriend, who was just rocking the stage and interacting with the crowd. She had never seen him like this before and the sexy black leather jacket and deep purple button down shirt were nearly her doom.

Jon felt her eyes on him right from the moment he took the stage. He grinned when he saw the awe impression on her face. She had no idea what hit her and he would make sure it stayed that way before she was flying back later on a red-eye flight to New York. They had time to kill and he already knew how.

Chapter 77

“Hi Kim. Welcome to Hawaii.” David greeted her in an awful looking Hawaiian shirt when she entered the backstage area in Honolulu. She laughed and gave him a hug.

“Hi David. How are you? Did you recover from your birthday party?”

“Barely! But it wasn’t such a wild party, right?”

They celebrated David’s birthday four days ago at the National Arts Club in New York. Just his family and close friends nothing big, but that didn’t restrain his ‘brothers’ from singing, jamming and drinking all night long. Lexi had problems getting her unsteady walking husband home.

“Nah. How was your headache the next morning?” Kim laughed when he grimaced.

“It’s all your boyfriends fault!”

“You turned 48, man. You should be old enough to resist me.” Jon said dryly and checked some papers Matt handed to him.

“Come on, hon. I give you a short tour before the madness begins. I want you to meet some people.” Jon grabbed Kim’s hand and pulled her along.

“Ok, see you later, David.” Kim waved at him shortly.

“Don’t let him corrupt you!” David called after her and earned laughter from the crewmembers that were constantly rushing down the corridor.

“He’s really something. I have no idea how Lexi can stand him every day.” Kim laughed when Jon pulled her into a room where a portable kitchen was set up.

“She knows how to reign him in and he knows when to stop the jokes and get serious. You’ll see it later. He gets all professional.” Kim nodded.

“Kim, I want you to meet Juliana. She is the good soul of the crew. She cooks and keeps us all happy.” Jon introduced her to an elderly resolute looking woman who was cutting different vegetables.

“Ah, Jon…finally. Didn’t you tell me you would be here early to go over the menus I created?” Jon ducked lightly when she gave him a stern look. Kim had to stop herself from laughing out loud. Juliana turned her attention to her.

“Hi dear, you look gorgeous. Don’t let him give you any shit. He is just a guy. You need to tell him what to do.”

“Yes, Ma’am.” Kim responded grinning while Jon groaned lightly and rolled his eyes.

“Don’t you roll your eyes John Francis.” She told him sternly. “I raised six of your kind. You’ll behave yourself or go home, sonny.”

Kim chuckled, when Jon spit out a ‘Yes Ma’am.’

“You know I didn’t mean it that way.” He wrapped his arms carefully around her shoulders and placed a kiss on her cheek before giving her his irresistible smile. Juliana looked at him for a second.

“Why can’t I stay mad at you, Jon?” she sighed and patted his hand. Jon grinned.

“Because you love me.” He said and grabbed Kim’s hand to pull her back into the hallway. Juliana snorted.

“Don’t forget to check the menu, Jon!” she reminded him and he grabbed it before leaving the room.

“I’ll give to you back later.”

“Of course you will! Or you won’t get any chicken noodle soup!” she shook her head and continued to cut vegetables.

“Chicken noodle soup?” Kim asked grinning.

“Yep, helps my throat. I always have one bowl every day when we are on the road.”

“Interesting. She wouldn’t really send you home, right?” Kim asked chuckling.

“Well, I wouldn’t count on it.” Jon said only half joking. Juliana had proven that she had no problems letting them go to bed hungry when they all didn’t behave well. Jon was sure she was secretly meeting their mothers a couple times a year.

“This is my dressing room.”

He pulled her into a room in which the walls were draped in black and white. A black couch was sitting in the middle and a dark haired woman was just placing some green pillows on it. On various boxes and small tables, the green accents appeared again in combination with silver skulls.

“Kim, I want you to meet Dawn, my stylist.” Jon said and introduced both women.

“Hi nice to meet you.” Dawn shook her hand and gave Kim a short look over. She liked what she saw.

“Hi Dawn. Did you decorate all this?” she asked a little impressed.

“Yeah, I decorate Jon’s dressing room differently in every city. Don’t wanna get him bored, right.” Kim grinned about Jon’s pout.

“By the way, I got some great new stuff for this tour.” She told her boss and grabbed a folder with photos. Jon raised his hand defensively.

“Please Dawn don’t. You know I don’t like to look at all this. Just surprise me.” Kim looked at him in disbelieve.

“Well, that could make the renovation of our place really interesting, Jon.”

“Kimi, I told you I like it the way you already decorated it.” Kim snorted lightly.

“You are re-doing your apartment or house?” Dawn wondered.

“Apartment. Yeah, here I got some pictures. Maybe you can help with some new ideas?” Kim pulled her IPhone as well as folder from her handbag.

“You gotta kidding, Kim. You carry it around with you?” Jon couldn’t believe it. She already drove him crazy with this folder the last couple of days. It contained different textile, fabric and colour samples for each room.

“Of course, I do. I wanna start with it when I’m back in New York.”

“It’s a gorgeous place. I see you have dogs.” Dawn pointed at a picture with the dogs bowls in it. Kim nodded.

“Do they pick things up they shouldn’t?”

“No, they are very well trained.” Kim told her.

“Well, then you could use some low shelves or maybe a side board over here. In combination with this color it should look great.”

Jon watched the two women sitting on his couch going through the different photos and samples. They completely forgot he was in the same room.

“Where are my Halls cough drops, Dawn?” he tried to get the women’s attention.

“Over there boss, in the little skull.” Dawn pointed at a small table without taking her eyes off the samples and pictures.

“Ah, great.” He took one drop and wondered what else he could do to get them away from the decoration stuff. Finally, he had to realize that he didn’t have a chance.

“I think I go and see if Rich and Tico are already here.”

“Yeah, sure baby. Have fun.” She only looked up for a second to place a short kiss on his cheek. He shook his head and sighed.

“You too, hon.” He waited for a reaction, but didn’t get one. Pouting lightly he left his wardrobe.

Chapter 76

 

“Kim, are you ok?”

“Uh, oh yeah…” she turned her back to the window and smiled at Fran and Joan. When she entered Fran’s apartment minutes ago she just had the feeling someone was watching her from the other side of the street.

“I’m fine. So, let’s get this started. What do you want me to do?” she tried to override her feelings.

“Could you pack up Jason’s stuff? I want it to be on the truck right at the beginning. I want him to feel comfortable and right at home in LA and don’t wanna worry some of his things might be left behind.” Fran said and stepped out of the way when the movers carried out some furniture to the truck. It was already a little chaotic in her small place and she was very happy that Jason was over at Patrick’s and not running around between the movers and boxes.

“Sure, no problem. And don’t worry, he’ll be just fine Fran.” Kim assured her friend and gave her a short hug before leaving for Jason’s room.

“She is right, dear. As long as you are with your son, he’ll be able to deal with everything.” Joan told her. Fran smiled thankfully at her.

Richie’s mother was just great. She’d become the perfect grandmother for her son. She adored him and loved to have him at her place.

“Thank you, Joan.” She gave the older woman a short hug.

“Would you do me a favor and check on the movers in the kitchen? I’m a little worried they might damage my service.”

“Sure, dear. I’ll show them how to do it right.” Joan promised grinning and entered the small kitchen.

Fran grinned as well. She knew Richie’s mom wouldn’t have any problems telling the men what to do. She raised Rich after all and had the other band members over at her place when they were young a lot. She sure knew how to deal with stubborn men.

Slowly she walked through her small apartment. She saw Kim methodically packing the different toys in boxes and labelling them. Two boxes with ‘school’ written in big letters on them were already seated next to the door.

She sighed and opened the door to her bedroom. Even though she re-painted it a couple months after Michael’s death with Kim’s help, she still could feel his presents.

Taking a deep breath, she started to put her clothes in the three huge suitcases Richie gave her. When she reached a small shelf at the bottom of the closet a white dress shirt caught her attention. She swallowed hard and picked it up.

It belonged to Michael. He wore it the last night they went out before he had to leave for Afghanistan. Fran sat down on her bed and let her hand ran over the softly material. He’d taken her to a high class restaurant, in which they only got a table thanks to Kimberly’s connections.

She smiled at the memory and pressed the shirt to her chest. She hesitated lightly before putting it in the box. It was not possible for her to give it away. She really hoped Rich would understand it. After all, he told her she could bring whatever she wanted.

Shaking of the sadness that tried to gain control she got up and continued to pack her clothes. When the three suitcases were packed and everything else in the room was boxed in, she moved over to her nightstand. She couldn’t avoid it any longer.

Slowly she opened the drawer and picked up the framed picture. Gently she caressed his face with her fingers. She sighed. It was her wedding picture with Michael. She’d put it into the drawer after the first night she’d spent with Richie.

“It’s ok to still love him, dear.” Joan’s voice made her turn around. She stared at her. The older woman walked over to her and looked at the picture.

“A very handsome man.”

“Yeah.” Fran nodded with misty eyes. Joan padded her shoulder softly.

“He will always have a spot in your heart and that’s fine, Fran. Richie understands it, I’m sure.”

“Yes, he does.” Fran whispered.

“After a while you gotta move on with your life. I can understand that you don’t wanna be alone, you are a young beautiful and very smart woman. There is no reason why you should stay alone.” The older woman paused shortly.

“From time to time it’s nice when you get some compliments and someone shows some affection.” Joan smiled with a dreamy look on her face. Fran gasped.

“Do you mean…?”

“Oh, yes dear. I have found someone. We go out for lunch, dancing or he accompanies me to church.” Fran couldn’t believe her ears, but she was happy for Joan and now she also knew why she didn’t wanna live in LA.

“Does Rich know?” she asked grinning.

“No. I don’t think he would have been able to understand it. He loved his father very much. He is our only baby. Adam always spent a lot of time with him. I guess it would have been too early for him to understand.” Joan looked at her and Fran nodded understanding.

She knew what Joan was fearing. Just because she found someone to make her happy again didn’t mean she would love her husband any less. But for a child it could be hard to understand and it didn’t make a difference how old that child would be.

“Now, well…maybe he will understand it with you by his side.” His mother said hopefully. Fran nodded.

“Fran?” Kim’s voice made the two women look up.

“Ah, there you are. Patrick and his mom just dropped Jason off they gotta leave for his dentist appointment.” Kim had her arms around Jason’s shoulders preventing the boy to run around and explore everything.

“Oh, is it already that late.” Fran looked at her watch shocked and put the picture frame without attracting attention into the next box. Her son reacted still very emotional when he saw a picture of his father and they still had tons of stuff to do.

Joan watched her closely and glanced shortly at Kim who recognized the picture as well.

“How about Jason and I go and get everyone some coffee and maybe some donuts? I saw a small coffee shop down the street when the car dropped me off.”

“I think that’s a great idea.” Kim immediately agreed. Fran nodded and reached for Jason’s scarf and cap. It was icy outside. Typical New York January.

“Please keep it on.” She told her son when he frowned.

“And listen to what Joan is saying. Stay with her and no running around. It’s a little slippery out there. Ok?”

“Ok, mom.” Jason promised.

“Come on, gran. I show you the way and you can hold on to me, so you don’t slip.” The boy grabbed Joan’s hand and led her out of the apartment. Kim and Fran watched the duo through one of the windows. Just before Kim turned around again she stopped.

Wasn’t there someone staring at her from the small alley on the opposite side of the street? When she took a second look the person was gone. She shook her head. She couldn’t swear that there had been someone. She sighed.

Maybe I’m just stressed.