"She's with Bret! Dot and Paul Thomas saw them together on the beach and they were going to the club."
"Are you serious? She's been here hanging with Bret?"
"Yeah, I'm going to kill that motherfucker!"
"Johnny wait! You don't want to go back to jail man!"
"I don't give a shit! I warned his ass to stay away from her!"
"Johnny stop!" Richie grabbed his arm and John stopped walking and turned around to face him.
"What? John yelled looking at the concern on Richie's face. "What the hell is it, you want to say to me Richie?"
"Look don't bite my head off. But if she's with Bret, he didn't have to twist her arm to be."
"So what are you saying?" John asked annoyed at what he was implying.
"She was hung up on the dude before she met you. Maybe all this back and forth shit ain't worth it. That's all I'm saying."
"It's too late Richie. I really love her. I can't just let her go. It's hard to explain, but I would crawl across broken glass naked for that girl."
"Fine!" "But would she do the same for you?" Richie asked, hoping to talk some sense into him.
"Damn it Richie! I don't know what you want me to say! But I've got to find her! So just get the hell out of my damn way!"
Richie wished he could talk him out of this, but he let him go. He knew when it was best to just to leave him alone and it was definitely one of those times.
John reached the Fast Lane and went right in. He headed for the bar. "Mike have you seen Ashley or Bret?"
"No man I'm sorry, I haven't." He cautiously answered. He knew how many times John had been thrown out for fighting.
"I know she's here! They must be in his damn office!" John yelled and started walking toward the back.
Mike called Bret's office line. "Bongiovi is here and he's pissed and headed your way."
"Thanks man. I owe you one." He hung up. "Come on Ash, we're done here let's go."
"Okay." She grabbed her purse and a full bottle of champagne she had just opened. They walked out of the office and slipped right out the back door.
As they were walking over to a red car, she noticed the Poison tag on it. "Oh my God when did you get a new car?"
"A few weeks ago." He replied opening the door for her.
"A Mach 1, dang I love them!" She got in and sat down.
"You've got to let me drive it!" She giggled and started sipping straight from the champagne bottle.
"Maybe but definitely not tonight baby. You are trashed."
"I am perfectly fine." She slurred a little. "Where are we going?"
"I'm taking you home but I've got to stop by my house first."
"Okay."
They pulled up to a big fence and Bret got out and unlocked the gate. They followed along a tree lined driveway. As they pulled up to the house. Ashley noticed how big it was. "Damn Bret, this is your house?"
"My parents house. I have a little shit hole of an apartment. They are out of town. They went down to Florida, to visit my sister. So I'm staying here until they get back."
"Cool."
Two big german shepherds came running and barking toward the car.
"Aww you have dogs!"
"Yeah horses too. I need to get out and put the dogs up. Stay in the car. They are mean as hell and they hate everybody."
"I love dogs Bret, at least let me meet them."
"Okay, but don't try to pet them."
"Okay."
They got out and the two dogs ran forward happy to see Bret. When they picked up Ashley's scent they stopped in their tracks.
"Aww Bret they're beautiful."
"Thanks, they're not barking at you. That's a good sign."
She held out her hand toward them.
"Ash don't!" Bret cautioned.
"What's their names?"
"Diesel and Bo."
"Hey Diesel, hey Bo." She held out her hand and they sniffed it and seemed to be okay with her being there. She petted both of them on the head. "Aww y'all are good boys." She scratched both of them under their chin.
"Damn I have never seen them let anybody else in this damn yard, much less let anybody touch them!" Bret exclaimed, not believing what he was seeing.
"I love animals. I always have."
"Well looks like they are quite fond of you. I know the feeling." He smiled. "Come on, let's go inside."
John headed down the hall to Bret's office and swung open the door. He saw and empty bottle of champagne and an almost empty glass with Ashley's lipstick on it. The smell of her perfume lingered in the air and he knew he had just missed her. "Damn it!" He slammed the door and stomped towards the front. "Mike where the hell does Bret live?"
"Look Johnny I can't get in this with you and Bret. But he's not there anyway he's staying at his parents house this week. They're out of town. It's a big ass house out in Rumson. But it's locked up like fort knox. It's got a big fence all the way around it with two mean ass german shepherds. I wouldn't try to go there!"
"I know he took Ashley there! Mike come on, I won't tell him, who told me!"
"I can't man, sorry."
John took an empty bottle that was sitting in front of him on the bar and threw it into some glasses on a rack busting a few of them behind Mike. "This is bullshit man!" John yelled.
Two bouncers walked over to him.
The really big guy laughed. "Always a pleasure to throw your ass out of here Bongiovi!"
"Fuck you Charles!" John yelled walking to the door, before they could have the satisfaction of throwing him out. He sat down on the curb out front. He had to find out where Bret took Ashley. So he sat there trying to figure out what to do.
The door opened and Dorothea walked out.
"I saw the whole thing inside with Mike. I can't believe they threw you out? You just wanted to know where Bret lives." Dorothea walked over to him and sat down.
"Yeah well I really didn't expect any of his ass kissing staff to help me."
"I think I know where Bret's parents live. Erica and I took him home one night when he was totally smashed and couldn't drive. I don't remember the street names but I could take you there."
"Dot you're not fucking with me are you? I don't have time for any of your damn games!"
"I'm telling the truth, I swear Johnny!" She was whole heartedly trying to convince him. She totally hoped to catch Ashley in Bret's arms and hopefully his bed.
"Let's go but If she's there I'm bringing her back, and no shit from you that you don't want her in your damn car! I know how you are!"
"God you try to do an asshole a favor and he bites your head off!"
"I'm sorry, but I really need to find her."
"Okay, I get the message. But what if she's screwing him?"
"She's not!" He yelled out and gave her a dirty look.
"She was pretty damn drunk Johnny. He could be doing most anything to her."
"Let's go." He demanded walking to her car.
"This house is huge." Ashley looked around admiring how beautifully the house was decorated.
"Yep my Granddad built it."
"Really? Wow, it's beautiful."
"Thanks."
Ashley stumbled a little to the couch, still holding the champagne bottle.
"Let me get you a glass, you look like a damn wino!" He laughed.
"Thanks." She giggled.
"What did you need to stop here for?"
"Nothing I just wasn't ready to take you home yet." He grinned.
"Oh you liar!" She giggled.
"Well I haven't been able to spend any time with you. And tonight, even as weird as it has been, it's been kind of fun. I want to show you something. Follow me."
"Oh I've already seen it." she giggled."
"Really? Did you just say that? You need to stop drinking little girl." He grinned.
He walked her upstairs and entered his room.
"Oh wow! You definitely can tell this is your room. Kiss, AC/DC, and Van Halen everywhere."
He sat down on his bed scattered with albums and picked up his favorite Kiss record and showed it to her. "Do you have this one?"
"No I told you before, I'm not a big Kiss fan."
"God Ash how can you not like Kiss?"
"I just don't! They're music is okay, I just don't care if I ever hear it!"
"You're crazy girl! Kiss is awesome! And kissing you is awesome too." He grinned at her.
"You never stop, do you?"
"Stop what?"
"Flirting with me." She laughed and looked over on his dresser mirror and he had a photo of her in a red bikini. She smiled looking at it. "Oh my God that pic of me! I remember that day. You tricked me in to staying with you that night at the Royal D'Iberville hotel.
"Yeah you did, I remember. I don't know how the hell we didn't get thrown out of there!" She laughed. "I don't remember taking this picture though."
"I snapped it of you on Biloxi beach."
"Well I was looking mighty fine." She smiled and emphasized it.
"You always do." He smiled back at her. "Here." He handed her Poison's second tape they had released named Without You.
"Yeah. I have it. I bought it when it first came out."
"So you read the dedication?"
"Yeah I saw you dedicated it to me. But I thought you were just trying to be nice, or maybe you had met another girl named Ashley."
"Another girl? Hell no. All these songs were written about you. If I hadn't met you, this record wouldn't even exist."
"This is a couple of songs that didn't get released." He put in a different tape and pushed play. "But I really want you to hear this first song."
A slow song came on where Bret poured his heart out singing about her and Ashley finished off the rest of her champagne listening to it.
She couldn't hold back all the old feelings the song dug up. Wiping away tears she looked over at him. "I'm sorry I've had too much to drink. I shouldn't be crying like this. That is the most beautiful song of yours, I've ever heard. It should have definitely made it onto the album."
"Ashley I know things got messed up between us. And I've tried to be the guy that does the right thing and let you go on with your life, even though you don't want me in it, but I can't. I have to tell you. My feelings have not changed. I love you and God how I hope you still feel the same way about me."
Ashley was surprised to hear him admit it. She could feel how he felt about her in the kiss earlier, but she was with John now. She couldn't let herself give into old desires. The alcohol was messing with her brain. She didn't know what to say.
He knew he caught her off guard. He just lowered his head onto her shoulder. Not really wanting her to speak yet. Afraid of what she might say.
"Oh Bret. I do love you, I always will, but I'm in love with John." She swayed a little as she spoke and grabbed her head. I've got to go find him." She stumbled a little and he grabbed her.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah just a little dizzy."
"Just sit here before you fall down."
He sat down beside her. She smelled so good. He leaned in toward her. He didn't have anything to lose. He started kissing her and he felt the same fire they used to have when they were together. He laid her back on the bed.
"Oh Ashley, let's make love baby. I've always wanted to do it with you. You even admitted you still love me. It wouldn't be wrong. I want to be with you so much. I won't tell anybody, I promise. I need you Ash." He started kissing her again. She broke free from his lips.
"No I can't. I need to go find John. She tried to get up but the room was spinning.
"Here lay down baby."
"Wait! I just need a minute."
"I'll get you some water."
Bret brought her a glass of water. "Here baby, drink this."
"Thanks. She laid down. He started to get up because she didn't feel well and she grabbed for him. "Stay with me."
"Okay."
"Thanks." She scooted over closer to him. She started kissing him and running her fingers through his long hair. She started unbuttoning his shirt. "I want you so bad she moaned in his ear and it sent chills down his spine. He took his shirt off and she started kissing and licking her way down his chest. It felt so good. He had longed for her touch. For her to want him again and finally she did.
He pulled her shirt off and removed her bra and tossed them to on the floor. "Ashley you are so beautiful. I've missed being like this with you so much." He reach down and licked her nipple and nipped it just a little and she moaned. Wanting him to do more. He started kissing her again. He was so happy she was finally giving in to him. "I love you Ash. I want you so bad baby he whispered into her ear sucking on her earlobe.
"I love you too John, please make love to me. I want to feel you inside me again."
Bret let her go and laid down beside her. He blew out his breath."Fuck!" He thought. He had waited so long to hear her say she wanted to make love with him, and when she finally said the words from her very own lips, she meant them for another guy. He laid back with a lot of shit running through his mind. "Damn it how the hell can she think I was Johnny?" He was angry, hurt and envying John which he hated.
Ashley took her skirt and panties off and threw them on the floor and she was totally naked. She leaned over in his ear. Please make love to me now. I want you so bad."
It took everything he had not to listen to her. Not to pretend that she wanted him instead of John. He stood up only wearing his jeans and watched her laying there in the bed totally naked. Begging him to have sex with her. He had dreamed of this so many times. He wanted to say, fuck it and just do it with her, but he couldn't. He knew she would regret it and probably hate him, and he just couldn't do that to her. "Damn it!" he mumbled to himself and headed downstairs to find a beer.
"I'm sorry Johnny. I'm sure Bret's house is around here somewhere. But we only came here once in the dark, so it's hard to remember."
"What were you doing with Bret anyway? Were we together then? Did you fuck him?"
"Hell no I didn't fuck him! And no we weren't together. You had dumped me for that damn fortune teller Madame Marie's granddaughter!"
He laughed. "Oh yeah Danielle! Now she was wild and freaky! We had a bunch of good nights together!" He laughed.
"Just fuck you Johnny! You know I still love you and you want to rub all the girls you've been with in my damn face!"
"I'm sorry, I do it just to piss you off. Like when you took that Photography class and your teacher was flirting with you. Mr. Hammonds said this and Mr. Hammonds was flirting with me. I got sick and tired of hearing the shit!"
"Well he was. He flirted with all the girls."
"You should look him up now since you're obviously bored with Bobby!"
"I'm not bored, I've just got my mind stuck on somebody else. And he won't give me the time of day. Even when we are sitting in the middle of a field in the dark, where nobody can see us."
"Look what is this? Are we even anywhere near Bret's?"
"Maybe. You won't know unless you kiss me." She looked at him and smiled.
"Didn't I tell you I didn't want to play your damn games?"
"Look I still love you Johnny and it bothers me that this girl is jerking you around."
"Really Dot? It didn't seem to bother you when you were doing it!" He sighed and blew out his breath.
"I'm sorry I was confused I thought I wanted Bobby back. I didn't realize how much you meant to me. I love you Johnny and it kills me to see you with that damn girl. I can make you forget her." She moved over closer to him.
"Oh no I don't have time for this shit!" He yelled at her hoping she would get the message.
She looked into his eyes. "I know you love me too. We were meant to be together."
"You hurt me Dot. Of course, I do still have a lot of feelings for you, but I don't think I could ever go back to how things were."
"It will be different this time. I'll be nicer, I won't ride your back about your friends. If you ever loved me at all just please give me a chance."
She leaned over and took the only chance she had. She started kissing him with a passion they had never had before. She straddled across his lap and ran her fingers through his long soft hair. "Oh Johnny, I want to make you feel good baby." She reached down and opened her shirt and she wasn't wearing a bra. John pulled away. "No Dot I can't. I've got to find Ashley. Either take me or I'm getting out of this damn car!" John yelled, getting aggravated.
"Okay calm down, It's right up the road." She moved over, buttoned her shirt back up, and cranked up the car.
They pulled up at Bret's gate. "This is it but these gates were open last time."
"Damn it." John yelled and got out. He kicked the gate and the two big german shepherds appeared and went crazy. "Fuck!" He yelled as they acted like they wanted to rip him apart. "I would climb it but they'll eat my ass up."
"Just forget it Johnny. Those dogs will kill you if you get in there!"
"You got anything to pick this lock?"
"You're drunk and you must be insane. How is picking the lock going to stop them from biting your ass?"
"I'm just buzzing and I'm getting in there, somehow! Look and see if you've got something to pick this lock!"
"Hell no, I don't have anything."
John went to the car and looked around in her glove box and came back with a bobby pin.
She laughed. "What the hell are you going to do with that?"
"I'm going to pick this damn lock. "
"You are wasting your time. And even if it popped open right now those dogs would bite the shit out of you!" She laughed which really pissed him off and made him that much more determined to get the lock open. He fumbled with it several times with no luck. He went to her trunk and pulled out a tire tool and started beating the lock which really fired up the dogs.
"I'm going to get in the car this is ridiculous." Dot announced jumping in her car and she was ready to get the hell out of there. John continued to beat the lock. He was just about to give up when click, the lock popped open. "I got it!" He ran over to the car. "It's unlocked."
She got out and looked. "Oh my God! What about the dogs?" She asked thinking he was crazy.
"Pull up close to one side of the gate." He replied, walking over to the two sided gate.
"Your going to get your ass bit!" She laughed. She pulled up to the side and he stood up on the hood of her car.
"You better not scratch my damn hood Johnny!" She yelled from the window.
He pulled the lock and chain off and threw them down. He opened the gate and the dogs ran out. He jumped down and went in the gate and shut it behind him. He smiled at Dot very pleased with himself and headed for the house. He just hoped like hell there wasn't anymore dogs.
He approached the house and saw Bret's new car he had seen him getting out of at the Fast Lane. He looked in it and saw Ashley's purse. "Mother fucker." He mumbled heading up the drive. He reached the door and turned the handle. "Damn it!" He mumbled. It was locked. So he walked to the garage that was open. He went to the door and turned the knob and it was open. He walked in and shut the door.
He walked through the house and didn't see or hear anything. So he went upstairs he saw a shut door and walked over to it and turned the knob. He opened it a little to peek inside.
He got the shock of his life, as he froze right there in the hallway.
There was Ashley drunk as hell, giggling out of her mind, and naked in Bret's bed.
"What the fuck!" He thought as he looked at the woman he loved and felt his heart ripping out from his chest.
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