Chapter 20: All Talk And No Action

"Please stop crying baby. He's just trying to get in your head. You don't think I would let him hurt you?" John made a funny face. "I can't let anybody hurt my sugar mama." He grinned and she started laughing through her tears.

"See a face as pretty as yours should always be smiling. Now forget that prick. I've got my show at the Fast Lane tonight and I want you front and center so I can get a good look at you when I'm on stage. I been thinking about something. I want to be able to kinda say I love you from the stage. So when you see me hold up one index finger that's just for you baby. It means I love you and you're my one and only. What do you think?"

"I love it John that's so sweet."

"You still look sad Ash. I don't want to see you so unhappy."

"It's just, I haven't heard his voice in a while. I was hoping I wouldn't ever hear it again."

"Don't worry, he ain't coming all the way up here. But if he does show up,  he'll be sorry."

"Thanks John. I feel better just knowing you're here."

"I ain't going nowhere. Hell I'll move in if I have to. But you need to know a few things about me."

"Like what?"

"I eat a lot, I sleep naked, and sometimes I sleepwalk!"

"Oh boy, my Dad's just gonna love that!" She giggled. 

"Am I making you feel better baby?"

"You always do."

"Did you tell your Dad you're staying over at somebody's house tonight?"

"Yeah, he said it was fine."

"Good, we will have a great time at Jack's. A lot of my friends will be there. And hopefully I can get you all to my self at some point."

"Here's a preview for tonight." He pulled her close to him and started kissing her. His tongue was so hot and his kiss was intoxicating. He slowed down and lightly pulled back sucking on her bottom lip as he released her.

"God, John has anybody ever told you what a great kisser you are?"

"Once or twice. He grinned. "You're a good kisser too."

"Thanks."

There was a knock at the door and Ashley almost jumped off the couch.

Her eyes got big as her heart pounded faster.

John looked at her. "Stay there, I'll get it." John pulled the door open ready to start kicking ass if he needed to. "Stacey, oh it's just you!"

"Just me, who the heck were you expecting?" She looked over at Ashley and saw she had been crying. "What's going on here?"

"Jake called me. He wants to come here and make me go home!"

"Huh? Surely he's not that dumb! Your Dad will kill him!"

"I'll kill him!" John spoke up.

"He threatened to rape me again!"

John looked at Ashley trying not to yell at her and make her more upset. "Again? You didn't tell me the asshole had threatened you before? Why didn't you tell me?"

"I'm sorry. He wouldn't quit coming by my house. Or my job and he cornered me when I left work one night outside Mugshots. He said he was tired of me waiting to decide to sleep with him and the next time we were alone he would just take what he wanted!"

"Over my dead body!" John's face was hard and he was getting pissed.

"Ashley I know you didn't want anyone to know but now is the time to tell your Dad." Stacey hoped she could convince her.

"If you want, I can be there when you tell him." John put his arm around her.

"Okay, I guess I need to."

"Baby I need to go get ready for the show. Will you be okay?"

"Yeah and Stacey's here."

"Okay I won't be too long." He gave her a light kiss on the lips. He walked through the door and turned around. "Lock this door."

"I got it." Stacey replied.

John walked in his house and his Mom greeted him with a pile of his junk. "Please take this stuff to your room."

"My cowboy hat! Where'd you find it?"

"In my car, Matty left it there the other day."

"Thanks Ma. I've been looking all over for it."

"You're welcome. Now please take all this crap upstairs."

"Okay."

When he got up to his room, Richie had been calling and was trying him once more.

" Hello."

"Finally, you made it home?"

"Yeah, Ash came and picked me up."

"You didn't have to take off man, I would have taken you home."

"I was just trying to put some distance between me and that blonde. I'm trying my best, but damn she was hot and sending me all kind of signals."

"Yeah I know what you mean. When you bailed, she really started coming on to me."

"Really? So did you go for it? She seemed up for anything."

"We were only there about thirty minutes and it started pouring rain and they left, but she wants to meet up with me later."

"Cool."

"You been over at Ashley's?"

"Yeah that asshole ex of hers called  and  was talking shit to her! Saying he would come here and take her back home! So I grabbed the phone and let him know he wasn't just dealing with just her anymore!"

"Really? Did you tell him we'll kick his ass?"

"I told him I would and if he came to Jersey, he better bring his own damn body bag!"

"I'll fucking help you! I can't stand a punk that beats on women!"

"Man, he fucking threatened to rape her!"

"Are you serious? Somebody needs to teach this prick a lesson!"

"Stacey talked her into telling her Dad at least."

"Good he should know. In case the asshole does show up!"

"Yeah I think so too. I got a bad feeling about this dude. And she seems scared to death of him. His voice was weird man like he was crazy or something."

"Yeah he's crazy if he shows up here. Tell Ashley not to worry. We'll all look out for her."

"Okay, I need to go take a shower. I'll see you up at the Fast Lane later."

"Okay man." Richie hung up.

John went to the bathroom.

"I was hoping Jake would just quietly get over you, Ash. I told him to." 

"What do you mean you told him to? You talked to him?"

"He's called me a few times. It's no big deal really. I didn't want to upset you. That's why I didn't say anything."

"What the hell did he say?"

"He wanted me to talk you into getting back with him. Before you told me what really happened between y'all."

"Oh my God, he's never going to leave me alone! What else did he tell you?"

"How much he loved you, missed you, and couldn't live without you. He seemed so sincere. I'm sorry I talked to him, I didn't know how he really was until you told me."

Ashley had a worried look on her face. 

"Yeah he acts like he loves me until he gets so jealous. He could be so sweet sometimes, but his mean side is so dark and it really scares me. The way his voice sounded when he yelled at John, I just can't get it out of my head!"

"Don't worry. He'll give up eventually."

"I hope so. I need to go take a quick bath. Don't leave!"

"Okay, I won't."

Ashley hurried in the tub and got out and quickly got dressed.

She walked back into the living room.

"Does this look good?"

"Yep it looks great."

John got dressed in a hurry. Grabbed a change of clothes for later, and ran down stairs and out the door.

He knocked on Ashley's door.

She pulled it open.

"Did you check to see who it was before you opened it?"

"Yes I did. I'm not stupid John."

"I know you're not, but I just want you to be careful."

"Well you're here now and I don't have to worry about him." She smiled and grabbed him and kissed him.

Stacey walked out from the bathroom. 

"Damn y'all need to get a room."

John and Ashley looked at each other and smiled.

"Well, I've got to go get ready looks like you are in capable hands here."

John turned to Ashley. "Very capable hands. Not to mention my lips, my tongue, and even my."

"John!" Ashley cut him off.

"I was going to say arms, baby." He laughed.

Ashley grinned. "No you were not."

He smiled. "Your right, I wasn't." He chuckled.

"Goodbye love birds." Stacey walked out and John locked the door.

"I'm almost ready just need to finish my makeup. I'll be back."

She ran upstairs to her bathroom and started putting her makeup on. When she was finished she walked into her room and John was laid across her bed.

Her faced showed she was surprised to find him there.

"Hey." He grinned. "I hope you don't mind I wanted to see your room."

"I see you made yourself at home." She giggled.

"Yeah, this bed is really comfortable I could sleep really good in here."

"But I don't think I would be getting much sleep in here with you." He thought to himself but his grin showed on his face."

"What are you grinning about John?"

"Oh nothing. I'm lonely on this big bed by myself."

"Really?"

"Yep. Come over here."

She went over to him and sat on the bed. He kissed her slowly and began to unbutton her shirt.

"John wait."

"It's okay baby."

He laid her down and kissed her some more. He got the top two buttons undone and exposed her pink lacey bra,  when she grabbed his hands.

"John I'm sorry I can't."

He pulled her in for another kiss. "I love you Ashley. I only want to make you feel good baby."

She let his hands go and he finished unbuttoning her shirt. She was so nervous to let him see her body for the first time. Especially since he hadn't seen the scars on her back from the fall down the stairs. She was so self conscious and in her mind he had seen so many beautiful girls naked before. He slid her shirt off and she was in her lacey bra. He reached behind her and unfastened it in record time.

"Damn he's done this before! Oh my God, should I stop him? I can't believe he just threw my bra on the floor."

John looked at her tenderly with love in his eyes. "Oh baby you are so beautiful." 

He leaned down and took her nipple in his mouth and began to lightly suck and nip at it. And then the other one. He pulled his shirt off. She was so nervous. She could barely breathe.

"Oh my God is this it? Is this where I'm having sex for the first time? God I didn't want it to happen here like this." She heard in her head as she got an upclose look at his hairy chest and the vision of him laying on her bed  in only his skin tight jeans was starting to really turn her on.

He leaned over and and swirled his tongue around her nipple again and squeezed her other breast with his hand softly. He worked his way down her belly licking and sucking and ran his tongue inside her belly button. She was so turned on. She thought damn I want him so bad.

"John just do it, make love to me." She moaned.

He stopped. Sat up and moved closer to her face. He gave her quick peck on her nose.

"Nope not now. I know you want it to be  special and as much as I would love to. I'm going to make sure it's something for you to always remember." He gave her a devilish grin.

He picked up his shirt and put it on and started shaking his long hair to get it back in place.

Ashley laid on the bed still topless she couldn't believe she had just been turned down by the John Bongiovi, the one that had such a nasty reputation for bedding down all the girls. "What the hell is going on? I never thought he would be all talk and no action." She thought to herself and grinned.

"Come on baby get dressed." he picked up her bra and threw it at her.

"I was dressed until somebody decided to take half of my clothes off."

She leaned over to grab her shirt and John saw her scars on her back and the back of her neck where her hair had slid forward.

"Oh God, she told me she had scars." He thought to himself. He wanted to say something but he didn't know how sensitive she was about them. He didn't want to bring them up. So he looked away, over at her Van Halen poster hanging on the wall.

She noticed her shirt was all wrinkled. "I can't wear this, let me change real quick."

She went in her closet and come out in a white tank top and jean skirt.

"Does this look okay?"

"You look really hot babe."

"Thanks. Why are you looking at me like that?"

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know, but it's different."

He smiled. "I love you and I'm just getting used to the fact you let me get to 2nd base." He grinned.

"I can't believe I told you to go ahead and make love to me."

"I knew you got carried away and didn't mean it. That's just this charm I was blessed with. I turn it on and easily it separates a woman from her panties." He laughed.

She slapped him hard on the arm. "No it better not! Well not any other girls!  Not anymore!" She giggled.

"Let's go baby, I've got to help set up."

"Okay, I'm ready. You better be worth all this hurrying you have me doing." She smiled.

"I am baby, now come on let's go." He grinned.

They went outside and jumped in his car and headed to the Fast Lane. But as they pulled out they didn't notice the black charger with the Mississippi tag, sitting at the corner. With the driver watching them.