"Ashley please look at me."
"No I can't." She shook her head.
John ripped his sunglasses off. "Why not? Why the hell can't you at least look at me?" He asked her getting frustrated.
"Because I won't be able to leave you standing here on this beach alone, if I look into those dreamy blue eyes of yours."
"So that's it! You've decided it's over. You're not even giving us a chance! What are you so damn afraid of?"
"The way you make me feel when I'm with you. I have these feelings for you, that I've never felt before and it scares the hell out of me! But I'm also afraid of letting my Father down. I may have not always gotten along with my Mom but my Dad has always been there for me John!
"So it is your Father! Come on Ashley forget about him right now please!" He grabbed her and turned her around and she looked up at him. "Do you think I don't love you? Because I love you more than anything! I did all this for you!" Moving out, the apartment, all the damn furniture! Every bit of it was for you! I even walked away from my family, for you!"
"And maybe you shouldn't have! John this is just speeding things up a little. If you get that record deal and go out touring, we will be here again. But you will be telling me long distance relationships don't work out and we should take a break!"
"Is that what you think? I'll forget about you out on the road? I'm not Bret! I would have moved heaven and earth to find you!"
"Stop! Don't bring him up!" She yelled getting angry.
"Why? You would never be here telling Bret, the very same shit, you are standing here telling me!" He yelled trying to get through to her.
"That's not fair! Bret has nothing to do with this!"
"I think maybe he does! You are starting that damn job with him Monday and maybe now I am just in the way! I know you never really got over him! You try to hide it, but I fucking know it's true!"
"If this is what you want to talk about, I'm out of here!" She turned around to leave.
He grabbed her arm. "No we're not done! You are not running from from the damn truth!"
"Worry about your own damn truth John! You and Patty are working together! I'm sure that's digging up plenty of old memories up for you!"
"You know it wasn't my idea to work with her. I don't want to be anywhere around her! I wouldn't get back with Patty, even if I had never met you!"
"I don't believe you! And what about Dorothea, you and her are off and on all the damn time! Maybe she's your real true love!"
"Hell no, I never had with Dot what I have with you!"
"I hate that you call her that, Dot! It drives me insane, that you have some sweet little pet name for that bitch!" She hissed out really getting pissed off about it.
"There she is." Jon smiled. "My little hell cat! You're jealous and all fired up! Sex with you right now would be unreal! Right here, right on this beach, with the sun beaming down on us!" He smiled.
"Stop it John!" She yelled.
"Why? You don't want to be reminded we slept together! Well we did! When we made love our souls intertwined and you became a part of me! Of all the girls I've ever been with, you are the only damn one that holds my heart in the palm of your hands. If you are really set on dumping me, please know you are really going to fuck up my world! You are every damn thing to me. You are the sun in the sky, you are the ground under my feet, you are every fucking breath, I take! I can't make it with out you! Is it commitment you want? Because I love you that damn much! I'll get down on my knee right now! I'll marry you tomorrow if that's what you want!"
"Don't say that!"
"Why not? I love you that much Ashley! Maybe that's the problem! You damn well know you don't love me that much!" He turned toward the water. The sea breeze blowing back his long flowing hair. "Just forget it!" He yelled and picked up his jacket and started walking back toward the apartment. She was standing there watching him walk away. She felt like her heart was breaking. He sat down on the curb.
She knew she was hurting him and she couldn't stand to watch it. She walked over to him.
"How can you say that to me John? You damn well know how much I love you. I wouldn't have ever made love with you, if I didn't."
He stood up and walked over to her on the sand. "Kiss me!" He commanded.
"Huh?"
"Yes one last kiss. If this is the end of us, I want one last kiss from you."
"Okay." She replied hesitantly.
John knew his whole world was hanging on this one kiss and he planned to make it the best one she ever had.
As he looked at her, the hurt in her eyes was only matched by the pain in his. He gently started kissing her. Letting his tongue show her what he was running out of words to say. He took her into his arms and kissed her so long and hard she felt her heart jump as she realized there was no way in hell she could leave him. As his tongue swirled gently and passionately she drifted back to the first time they made love. It was perfect. Just like him. She had to fight for him. No matter what, he was her destiny.
He pulled back and looked in her eyes. "Are you still leaving me? Or do you need some more proof how much I love you? I mean I can throw you down right here in this sand and make passionate love to you, but I don't think all these people out here will appreciate looking at my lily white ass!" He chuckled and she giggled.
"No just save it for tonight." She smiled.
"Really? He grinned. "You're not leaving me?"
"Was it the kiss? I knew you couldn't resist it. I really poured my heart into it."
"No I can't say goodbye to you. I'm scared John. I've never went against my Father like this before and he's not going to like it."
"It will be okay baby. I'll be here for you." He smiled at her.
"We'll get back for you. When does he work again?"
"He has to go to in tonight until 12:00 to cover for a supervisor that is coming in late."
"That will give us enough time to find your keys and for you to get your stuff."
"Oh my God! Are we really doing this? Moving in together is a big step! Are you really sure John?"
"Yep there is nobody else in this world, I'd rather live with than you baby. So come on, let's go back to our new home."
"Okay." She replied as they held hands and walked back across the road to the apartment.
When they walked in they noticed Tico and David were there.
"Damn we were just about to send a damn search party looking for you. Tico grinned opening a beer.
"We're back." John announced looking at Richie. "Hey help me get some of the chairs off the patio." He grabbed two beers and walked outside.
"Okay." Richie got up and followed John.
"What's up?" He asked sitting down in one of the chairs.
John just shook his head. "She came here to break up with me." He opened one of the beers and took a big swig of it.
"Are you serious? Why?"
"Her Dad told her she had to."
"Damn, are you guys okay now?"
"Yeah, I talked her out of it. She's moving in here with me."
"Okay good." Richie replied taking a drag of his cigarette.
"We've got to go over to her house later and let her pack some of her shit and find her car keys. Her Dad hid them from her, but it's her damn car. Her Grandpa bought it for her and it's in her name."
"Okay I can go and help you find the keys."
"Good she really wants it back."
"Do you think he's going to be pissed? Randy's a bigg ass dude!"
"I don't know, but he's not leaving us any other choice. I can't lose her."
"Okay. I'll be there, whatever I can do to help."
Ashley walked outside.
"Hey roomie." Richie smiled taking a drag of his cigarette and looking up at her.
"Hey." She replied sitting down.
"So your biting the bullet and moving in with Johnny and me huh?"
"Yeah I guess I am." She replied with a smile.
"Nope just me because you ain't staying here everyday Richie!" John insisted.
"Well he has a lot of bad habits you should know about."
"Oh God not this shit!" John chuckled. "Don't believe a word he says! His a habitual liar!"
"Okay." Ashley grinned looking at Richie. "Like what?" She asked.
"Well he snores a whole hell of a lot for one thing." He chuckled.
"I do not!" John chimed in.
"Okay." She replied.
"He hogs the toilet!" Richie laughed. "He gets the runs 5 or 6 times a day!"
"He's a liar Ashley! You're such a damn liar! John pretended to choke him.
"Really? Oh my God John!" She shook her head and giggled.
"Yep and one more digusting thing." Richie chuckled. "He farts uncontrollably."
She laughed. Oh my Lord, I think I've changed my mind."
"Don't listen to him baby, it's all lies. He's the one that farts uncontrollably." John laughed. "Here have a beer. He opened a can of Budweiser and gave it to her. "Your going to need it to put up with this asshole. He laughed.
"Thanks." She opened it and started sipping it.
"Hey doesn't Dave's apartments next door have a big ass pool?" John asked looking at Richie.
"Yeah, it does. Let's go check it out." Richie replied standing up.
"Do you want to Ashley?"
"Okay I'll go."
Okay let me go change in to my shorts. John stood up walking to his room to grab his cut off blue jean shorts and put them on.
"He went back in the living room. "Do you guys want to walk over to the apartments next door? There's a nice pool over there."
"Yeah let's go." David replied and Tico agreed.
They walked around to the backside of the apartments and slide through a broken section of privacy fence. They walked up to Dave's door and knocked.
"Hey guys what's up?" Dave asked pulling the door open.
"Nothing man just thought you'd want to say hi to your new neighbors."
"Cool man where'd you move to
The apartments next door. Top left corner, number 12.
"I'll have to come check it out sometime."
"We thought, we'd come check out your pool. We don't have one."
"Go ahead we got out a little while ago. The water's perfect."
"Okay we'll catch you later." They walked outside and opened the pool gate and went in.
John laid down on a chaise lounge chair and took off his favorite Aerosmith t-shirt and threw it on the ground.
Ashley stood by the chair next to him and took off her top and shorts.
"Damn I didn't know you had your bikini on underneath your clothes baby."
"Yeah in case we went to the beach." She laid down and closed her eyes getting some sun.
Richie got in the water. And a couple of girls got in and started talking to him.
Ashley got up and sat down on the edge of the pool by Stacey and put her feet in the water.
"I knew you wouldn't be able to breakup with him." Stacey smiled at her.
"I just wanted to keep the peace with my Dad. I knew I was in trouble when I looked into those gorgeous blue eyes of his. They melt me like butter. He kissed me and I was a goner."
"What are you girls talking about?" John walked over and sat down by Ashley.
"You and your sexy eyes." Ashley smiled at him.
"Damn it Ashley, don't feed that ego of his!" Richie laughed. "He's already stuck on himself. You will just make him worse." Richie laughed.
"Screw you man." John laughed and kicked some water at Richie's face with his foot.
David and Tico walked out to the pool from Dave's apartment and John stood up. He was talking to them when they both grabbed him and pushed him in the water. He came up slinging water at them with his hands. "Damn it! Do you know how damn long I worked on my hair!" John yelled and continued splashing them.
As he was goofing around in the water and he didn't notice the two blondes that walked up watching him in the pool. "Hey Johnny."
John and Richie looked up and both started smiling.
"Richie spoke first. "What about me? You two girls can't even speak to me?"
"Hi Richie." Debbie spoke and turned back toward John. "I can't believe you would show up here and not come by my apartment to see me."
Ashley was sitting there watching this and not liking it at all. She was growing angrier by the second.
"We just came over to swim. What have you ladies been up two?" John asked running his hands through his wet hair trying to tame it.
"Working at the club mostly. Haven't seen you in a while. You guys can come by when you get out. We are barbecuing on the patio. We have beer. Rachel announced sitting down in a lounge chair.
"No I'm here with my girlfriend. "Ashley this is Debbie and Rachel."
"Hey." Ashley smiled and greeted them but she really wanted to slap the fake smiles off their faces.
"You should come with Johnny over to our place. We have a ton of food and beer."
Ashley looked at John. "We need to go get my stuff remember?"
"We could just go by their place just for a little bit." He grinned.
"You can. I'm going to get my stuff!"
"Sorry girls, not today." John smiled.
"Aww damn, well don't be a stranger Johnny. You know where I live." Debbie smiled looking at him as she walked away with John was still smiling watching her.
"Come on Stacey let's go back to the apartment. Ashley stood up grabbing her clothes up off a chair and started walking.
"Ashley, hold up." John got out of the pool and hurried over to her.
"What? I am going back to the apartment! You can do whatever the hell you want to!" Ashley yelled and stopped beside the pool gate.
John smiled. "Come on Ash. You're not seriously jealous of that girl are you?"
"Of course I am with you flirting with her right in my damn face!"
"I wasn't flirting, I was just talking to her. There's a difference you know?"
"Not when you're talking to a girl there's not. It seems like all you do is flirt!"
"Damn it Ashley! Forget about that girl!"
"Well answer me one damn question then!"
"Okay shoot."
"Did you ever have sex with that girl Debbie?"
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