Chapter 113

She could feel someone softly kissing her cheek. Slowly she turned her head and tried to open her still tired eyes. To her surprise Jon was not only wide awake, but shaved and dressed.

“What? Why are you up that early?” Kim moaned when she checked the alarm clock. It was 7:30 am. Totally not her time since she started living on Jon’s vampire hours.

“Because we gotta go, if we wanna have something from this day.” Jon said and pulled the blanket away. Kim protested loudly.

“Jon, give it back.”

“Come on, honey…it’s our first anniversary. I wanna spend the day with you…alone.” He said softly. She blinked a couple times while her mind was processing his words.

“Our what?” she sat up and rubbed her eyes.

“We are together for one year today.” Jon said grinning like a fool.

“Really? Wow. How did that happen?” Kim asked laughing when he pouted.

“Come on, let’s get out of here, before everyone wakes up.” He urged her to get out of bed. Once the kids would be awake they wouldn’t have a quiet minute.

“Ok, ok…but can we at least have breakfast?” she asked before jumping out of bed and walking towards the bathroom.

“We will have breakfast, but not here. Go, I have it all planned.” He tried to push her through the door. Kim shook her head and put her arms around his neck. She was standing on tip toes to place a kiss on his lips.

“Jon, you have another show tonight. The next to last one…we could just stay in.” She suggested. She had to admit she was touched he’d planned something and took time for them out of his schedule. He was really busy these days. Sometimes she was only seeing him on stage in the evening.

“No. You know we wouldn’t be alone. And I really wanna be just with you for a couple of hours. Ok?” His blue eyes looked at her begging.

“Ok. Give me 10 minutes.”

“Great. Wear something comfortable.” He told her when she was already closing the door.

“What do you wanna do?” Kim asked a little dumb folded. He just gave her a wide grin and wiggled his eyebrows. Kim rolled her eyes and finally closed the door.

20 minutes later they were sitting in the back of a limousine with tinted windows and tried to find their way through the London traffic.

“And all that without coffee.” Kim gave Jon a long look. He chuckled.

“Well, we can cure that.” He pulled at a blanket and revealed a picnic basket that was sitting right to his feet. When he opened it Kim clapped her hands happily.

“Food!” Jon laughed at her excitement.

“You know, I learned a while ago that you are always hungry.”

The basket held different fruits, muffins, toast, jam and scrambled eggs and bacon in a thermal container.

“Here’s your coffee, hon.” Jon carefully handed her a cup and poured some of the warm liquid for himself from the thermos jug.

“Well, thank you.” She kissed his cheek shortly. Somehow she couldn’t lose the feeling that he was trying to get their relationship back to what it was like at the beginning. Before the tour, before the big fight and before all the other shit that happened.

“So, about this day…” Kim said after they had nearly finished their breakfast. “…you are sure, we are together for one year today?”

“Yes, I am.” He said looking very sure of himself. Kim laughed lightly.

“Ok, Mr. Confident and what day would you say we ‘got together’?” she asked crossing her arms in front of her chest.

“Well…” he slowly took another sip of his coffee. She looked at him expectant and waited. His little games weren’t throwing her off anymore.

“Our date at Becco’s.” he finally said. “One year ago.”

“Oh really, that early,…… interesting.” She stated smoothly.

“Well, yeah…it was our first date, we kissed and well,…I don’t know…I thought …we both…I mean during that lunch….there was something, right?” He stuttered nervously. It seemed she really threw him off with her reaction. She grinned.

“True. There was something during that lunch….hm, but I don’t know.” She looked at little doubtful.

“You mean, that wasn’t the day for you?” he asked a little shocked. Kim tried very hard to control her laughter when she saw this panic look on his face.

“Oh, Jon…I don’t know…honestly. Maybe it was the lunch, maybe it was the next evening at my place, or the morning after, when you showed up with breakfast, I don’t know.” She moved closer to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. He still looked a little confused.

“I don’t think I can ‘press’ my feelings into one day and say that was the moment. But I can tell you that it was clear for me after this first couple dates we had. Ok?” She looked at him softly.

“Ok.” He smiled and leaned down for a long kiss. Kim needed a couple minutes to get herself under control after they parted and the driver told them that they are nearly there.

“So, where are we?” Kim wondered when she got out of the car and was standing in front of what seemed to be horse stables.

“Well, we are close to Richmond Park.” Jon pointed to a group of trees behind the stables.

“And these are our partners in crime for the next couple hours.” Kim turned and saw two beautiful horses being brought over to them.

“Oh my God. That’s so sweet.” She hugged Jon dearly. He laughed.

“You can ride a horse, hon, right?” He asked a little concerned. They never talked about horses. So he had no idea if she ever had lessons, he simply expected it due to her upbringing.

Kim snorted unlady-like about his comment.

“Is the Pope catholic? Of course, can I ride a horse. I basically grew up on one.” She walked towards one of those beauties and gently pet it’s neck. After checking the saddle and the stirrup, she sank graciously into the saddle, making sure she wouldn’t hit the horse with her full weight into its back

“That’s what I thought.” Jon grunted while the stable-lad, who brought the horses over, helped him up.

“You alright, baby?” Kim asked giggling.

“I’m fine. Thank you very much.” He told her a little huffy when he was finally in the saddle.

“So, why don’t you have a horse when you love them so much?” Jon wondered while they were slowly making their way into the park.

“It takes a lot of time to take care of a horse, Jon. You can’t just deposit that poor animal somewhere, you gotta move it every day. I find it difficult to get out with the dogs once a day. It wouldn’t be fair for the horse.” She watched him carefully while they were going a slow pace.

“How much lessons did you have Jon? Can you stay up when we go faster?”

“Of course. I wouldn’t bring you here, when I couldn’t keep up with you. Let’s go.” He said and managed to get his horse into trot.

“Not bad…but that’s not keeping up with me, hon.” Kim laughed when she started in a fast canter and hit his butt with her right hand when she passed him.

Chapter 112

“Dad, come on. I don’t wanna be late.” Steph was holding the door to his suite and yelled for her father.

“Steph, relax. It’s hours before the show starts.” Jon tried to calm her. She would be modelling for Richie’s collection today and was extremely nervous.

“We have to rehearse and make sure the clothes fit perfectly and then hair and make-up….come on, there are tons of things to do, Dad.” Jon could see Dot smirking in the background. She told him his normally so controlled daughter would freak out, but he didn’t believe her. He slightly shook his head.

“Ok,…listen why don’t you and mom already go over and I follow in a couple minutes, ok?” Steph nodded a little stressed. Jon walked over to her before she could close the door.

“Hey, babygirl…” she turned back and he pulled her into a big hug.

“You will be great. You don’t have to worry. Mom will be backstage and I will be sitting in the front row and cheer as soon as you step on that runway, ok?” he tried to wash her worries away.

“But not too loud. And don’t you dare to make a fucking scene and..don’t…” he groaned and put his hand over her mouth.

“Ok, ok, I get it. I won’t embarrass you. I promise.” He placed a kiss on her forehead and reluctantly let her go.

“Have fun. I’ll see you later.” He winked at her when she rolled her eyes about his comment. Jon shook his head lightly and took a deep breath after he closed the door.

“Kimi, are ready. Steph is already close to a heart attack.” He walked towards their bedroom to look for her.

“I’m not going Jon.” Kim told him calmly.

“What do you mean, you ain’t going?” He looked at her confused. She was sitting in one of those comfortable armchairs by the window and reading a book.

“Look…” she sighed and put the book away.

“There will be tons of photographers, and not only because this is Richie’s collection, but also because they know you are coming….btw Richie brought over this jacket over there. He said maybe you wanna wear it. It’s from the men’s line.”

Kim pointed at a black jacket with red applications that was hanging at one of the doors of the closet. Jon checked it out.

“Yeah, why not…I like it.” He watched her for a few seconds.

“I would be with you all the time. I promise I won’t let those pap-rats too close.” She smiled softly and wrapped her arms around his waist.

“I know. But I don’t want you to worry and concentrate on me the whole time, I want you to focus on your daughter and on Richie’s work. I’ll watch the show with Ava and Gabby on the internet. Ok?” She tried to persuade him.

“What about Steph?” he asked frowning.

“Jon, she knows. She was the one who pointed out that there will be live stream. Do you really think I would just stay here and not talk with her about it? It’s her big day.” She sounded a little angry.

“No, no…uhm…no,….ok, it’s fine. I’ll cheer for both of us.” He knew it was time to back off or he would find the suite empty again when he would return from the show.

“But don’t embarrass her, Jon.” He rolled his eyes.

“What is it with you girls today? When did I ever embarrass her?” Kim crossed her arms in front of her chest and gave him a long look. He snorted.

“Ok, ok..I get it. Me not rockstar, but embarrassing old father.” Kim laughed.

“Not that old, baby.”

“Ha, ha…thanks a lot.” He grab the jacket and open the closet to find a shirt and some pants to go with it. Luckily the jacket was overall black.

Kim watched him pushing his clothes around with a little too much force. He didn’t like it that she was staying in. She knew it would cause questions again in the tabloids, but she still wasn’t every comfortable being around a lot of people.

“You know, maybe David or Tico wanna join you for the show.” She softly suggested when he nearly ripped a shirt out of the closet.

“T is out with his family.” He grumbled.

“Then ask David.” She tried really hard not to laugh. He was acting like one of little sons when they wouldn’t get ice cream for dessert.

“Yeah…maybe.” He didn’t seemed too thrilled.

“You two really should get together more often, now that the Tony’s are over.” Kim said looking up from her book.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” he looked at her a bit angry. She looked right back and one of her eyebrows rose.

“I’m sorry.” He said and sank down to the bed.

“Jon, I was just pointing out that David was under a lot of stress getting the musical ready and then preparing for the Tony awards. He didn’t have a lot of time. Now you two can do things together again.” He only nodded. Kim nearly snorted at his stubbornness.

He was having a hard time dealing with David’s success. You could literally see him avoiding the keyboard player during the day and only talking about show related stuff with him. David told her, he was a little hurt about it, but on the other hand knew Jon well enough to understand and tolerate his behaviour. Well, maybe he was, but she wouldn’t.

“It would also be a good opportunity to congratulate him on winning those Tony’s.” she pointed out after a small silence.

“I did congratulate him.” Jon said petulant.

“Yeah, I saw that, 30 seconds before you guys hit the stage. And with a bad joke right behind. If he would have done that with one of your solo projects, you would be grumpy and not talk to him.”

“Not true.” He pouted. She shook her head.

“Ok, maybe true.” He sighed. “I just don’t know…..I mean,…he never…..I always thought ….”

“…that you would be the big shot and he would only be in the back, right?” Jon was pressing his lips together, she could see right through him and he was a little embarrassed by his behaviour. But had to admit, it felt weird that David was getting all this attention lately.

“Ok, now you listen, Jon. He knows you since you were 16, was always supportive, was happy for your Golden Globe and showed up at your movie premieres, right?” Jon only nodded. She seemed really mad.

“So, you get dressed and move your ass over there to tell him what an amazing job he did with his second musical, that you are fucking proud that he won those awards, and you will invite him to the show and dinner, understood?” He gulped before being able to talk.

“Yes, dear.”

Chapter 111

“Did you see Kim and Jon today?” Fran asked Richie when they were getting ready for bed the next night.

“Uhm…yeah, …we spent most of the day together…you too, darling?” Richie was a little confused. She shook her head.

“That’s not what I mean. Did you see how they were behaving together?”

“I don’t know what you mean. They were normal.” He answered and threw his shirt on the arm chair before getting rid of his trousers.

“Oh..Richie…” she laughed lightly.

“What?”

“They were totally different than the other days.” She pointed out and let a silk short negligee cover her naked body. He swallowed hard.

“What do you mean?” it really started to get hard for him to pay attention to their conversation.

“I mean, that they were so much closer. She was looking for him…physically. They were glued together most of the time.”

“Really?” He watched her applying some body lotion to her arms and legs. He nearly moaned when her hands slipped up to her ass.

“Yes, Richie. I can’t believe you didn’t see that. They were like before the incident in the parking lot. I’m sure they made love the night before.” Fran told him with a hint of disbelieve in her voice. For a man who is flirting so openly himself, he sure had a hard time seeing his best friend doing it.

“Oh, so she told you.”

“No, she didn’t….Richie, what is wrong with you?” Her husband was staring at her. Watching every move she was making.

“You are so damn sexy, Fran.” His voice was a low growl when he walked towards her. She blinked surprised. She didn’t expect this conversation turning into sex. To be honest she didn’t feel that sexy and desirable the last couple days.

It was quite obvious by now that she was pregnant. Her belly was growing bigger every day and as an result the first stretch marks were showing, which she tried to keep in line by applying a special oil to her belly twice a day.

And to top it all she started to retain some water in her feet, legs, arms and hands. So she was definitely not in the sexy mode right now.

“Uhm…thank you.” She replied a little unsure. Rich chuckled and looked at her amused.

“Thank you?.. oh, Franny…what’s wrong?” he sat down next to her on the edge of the bed and pulled her into his arms. She sighed.

“I just don’t feel sexy these days…that’s all Richie.” She told him softly.

“Really? But you are…in fact you get sexier every day.”

“Yeah, right.” She laughed and crawled under the covers.

“It’s true.” He protested when she sank down on the pillows. She shook her head smiling.

“Well, that’s very sweet..but can we go to sleep now?”

“Really?” he thought he could talk her into love making.

“Really.” She told him and turned out the light on her nightstand.

Rich still sat on the edge on the bed in the low light coming from the lamp on the other side of the bed and looked at her a little dumb folded. Maybe he needed to be more persuasive.

Slowly he walked around the bed and slid under the covers after turning out the last light. He moved closer to her and pulled her into his arms.

“Good night, Rich.” She pressed a soft kiss to his lips and snuggled a little closer to him.

“Good night, darling.” He whispered.

After a few seconds his fingers started to run lightly up and down her naked arm. She could barely feel the touch, but at the same time it started something in her. Fran willed her body to relax.

Rich grinned in the dark. He turned his head a little and kissed the soft spot behind her ear, down her neck. His other hand ran over her belly and on every other move…a little lower.

“Rich…what are you doing?”

“Me? Nothing.” He answered all innocently.

“Yeah, right…” Fran whispered and pushed him away. He groaned and already thought that was it for tonight, but to his surprise he could feel his wife’s hand on his fastly hardening penis.

“Niiiiccceee…” she whispered and strangled his hips with her legs.

“Oh, Fran….” Rich groaned when she let him slip into her warm, wet pussy. His hands wandered up her legs to her hips and tried to touch her breasts.

“No, Rich…they still hurt.” She pulled away before he could reach them.

“I’m sorry, darling. I thought it would be better by now.” It wasn’t easy for him not to touch her full breasts that were bouncing just inches away from him, but it was something he had to get used to in the last couple weeks. They were simply too sensitive.

“I need more, Richie…” she pressed down harder on him.

“God, Fran…yes….”

“More…Richie…more….”

He grabbed her waist and set a faster pace. Slamming into her every time she moved down again. Sweat was running down his chest and all you could hear was the moaning and pleading of his wife while he rode her.

“Yes…yes..Richie…yes…. God…yeeeeesssss.” She yelled when the orgasm hit her hard. She trembled and collapsed forward when he was following her over the edge.

Carefully he wrapped her arms around her and let her sank onto the mattress. He had just covered them with the thin sheets when he heard a hesitant knock at the door.

“Mommy? Are you ok?” he could hear Jason’s soft voice. Richie jumped out of bed, put his pants on and tried to think of an excuse for Fran’s screams. When he opened the door he not only saw the boy, but his daughter, who was just taking the Jason back to bed.

“Uhm…Ava?”

“It’s ok, dad….. Just a little loud.” She winked at him before closing the door to Jason’s bedroom. She missed Richie’s mouth drop open and his face turning deep red.