Bret was standing there beside them. He was very annoyed with this dudes declaration and sudden affection for Ashley. When they finally came up for air he yelled. "Come on Ash, you're not buying this guys bullshit are you?" He looked at her seeing that hopeful, gullible, I hope you're telling me the truth look. "Fuck it!" He yelled. Realizing she was really believing him.
Richie was with John, who was standing there with his jaw still open a little, from watching the kiss. "What the fuck is Ash thinking?" Richie mumbled to himself.
John replied not able to stop staring at Ashley, still talking to this guy. "That guy's bad news ain't he?" He couldn't remember but he sensed it, deep down in his gut.
"Yeah, he's bad news and I know he's just playing Ash. I hope she knows what the fuck she's doing."
John didn't like the sound of this, but what could he really do. With his head pounding he decided to double up on his alcohol intake to ease the thumping in his brain. Maybe it would drown out the constant thoughts, of her rolling around in his brain.
Outside the club. A blue Grand Prix had pulled up. Dorothea had worked all day and went by the apartment when she got off. When John wasn't home she knew where to find him. She had to talk to him. They really needed to work things out. She parked right next to Alec, who was getting off his motorcycle.
"Long time no see stranger." Dot looked over at him dressed to the nines, with some snake skin cowboy boots on.
"Yeah, I'm not too popular around here these days. With me making that tape and Johnny kicking my ass and all. But I heard what happened to him, so I guess it's safe to show my face now. So you two are back together?"
"Did you really have any doubts that we would get back together?"
"Well he wasn't too happy when he caught you fucking around with Bobby! He said he was done with you and I believed him."
"You know I hate you guys and all your damn double standards! Johnny has a long history of cheating on me, but I sure don't have to tell you! All you assholes lie for him and make it, so damn easy for him to get away with it!"
"It's the bro code babe! Bro's before hoe's."
"Watch it Al!" She snapped back, not wanting to hear his childish shit.
"Look! Would you really want me to call you up and tell you, Johnny went home with some waitress? I mean it doesn't mean shit to him. He's just blowing off some steam!"
"Steam? Are you that fucking dumb Al? And don't think I don't know, that you are talking about Marie Delvecciho. I knew all about Johnny leaving the Starlight club with that bitch!"
He laughed. "Well then, you don't need me to tell you! But I do have a question for you Dot?"
"Well then let's hear this freaking masterpiece!"
"Why do you put up with Johnny? When you damn well know he lies and cheats on you, repeatedly. I just don't see what you get out of it."
Dorothea looked kind of sad and disappointed. "I really don't know. I thought I loved him. That I would do anything for him. But he's never going to change. I went back to his apartment this morning to get my wallet and he was fucking the damn apartment manager doggy style, right there in the middle of his bed!"
"Damn Dot! Ouch! That's rough, even if you expect shit like that, from him. I'm sure it must hurt."
"He tried to explain it away, she was some old lady neighbor he used to fuck back in the day and he got carried away!"
"You're not talking about Hot Angie are you? She lived across the street from him?"
"Maybe, hell I don't know." Early 30's, blonde."
"Sounds right, wow he was so damn lucky to be plowing that field, when he was only sixteen. Is she still hot?" Alec grinned.
"Fuck Alec I couldn't tell you! I really didn't notice!" But it doesn't matter. I just don't understand why he won't give me a real chance, without always fucking around behind my back!"
"Well he's capable of it. He didn't cheat on Ashley once, that I know of. And some of the chicks I saw throwing it at him, were really hot!"
"It's just not fair Alec, I stood by him. I have tried to do everything he has asked me to do and he just keeps hurting me. So, he caught me one time! You guys all covered for him! So tell me how once compares to all the times that you knew about him cheating on me!"
"Johnny is real popular with the ladies. What can I tell you. It's just the way it is. And if he ever makes it to the big time it will be alot worse. But for his girl, he wants her to be true and loyal to him."
"I was caught between two men that care alot about. That's why I lied. I love them both. Why should I keep paying for that?"
"I don't know, but lying to him made him not trust you. If you lie about that. What else might you lie about?"
She blew her breath in frustration.
"You know he'll be pissed if he gets his memory back and finds out what you did to Ashley!"
"I didn't do shit to that bitch! He's the one that forgot about her. I just took the opportunity for another chance with him. I have been trying to get that anyway!"
"Well he'll leave you and go back to her, he claims he loves her!"
"Not if I'm carrying his child he won't!"
"Damn Dot, you'd use a kid like that?"
"No but I may already be pregnant though."
"Well good luck trying to tie Johnny down. He ain't going down that easy!" He walked over to the door and left her standing there thinking about what he had just said.
She stood there, knowing it was true. He would go back to Ashley, if he found out. "I have to be pregnant. I just have to be." She thought as she entered the club, looking for John.
He wasn't hard to find. They were always hanging around the damn pool tables, ganged up checking out all the hot girls in the club. She walked up behind him and Richie and laid her eyes on what they were watching.
She bumped John's shoulder. "Hi Johnny." He heard spoken softly in his ear. He turned around, surprised as hell to see Dot standing there.
"Dot, how did you know I was here?"
"This is always where you are when I can't find you. We really need to talk. We can't just leave things like we did this morning. Please Johnny." She really wanted to work things out with him.
John couldn't concentrate on anything but Ashley and Jake. He glanced over at her, and Dot followed his eyes to see her and Jake standing there smiling together.
"Who is that guy with blondie?" Dorothea asked smiling really big, sitting down with John at a table.
"Her ex I think. Why? You like his looks or something?" John replied with an attitude.
"Well he does look mighty damn good! I wonder why she let him get away?"
"I don't know Dot, if you're so damn interested, why don't you go fuck him!" Johnny was already jealous of the dude and Dot's infatuation with him was making it worse.
"What's your damn problem Johnny? What are you so mad about."
"Not a damn thing! There's nothing, that great about him. His hair ain't even long!"
"I don't know what your looking at, but he looks like a hot damn guy to me!" Dot was almost drooling.
John watched her and looked over at Ashley, who was making eyes at the guy. He sat there and mumbled to himself, "what the hell do they see in him."
Dot turned back to him. "Let's go somewhere so we can talk."
"Not right now." He replied and looked back at Ashley. To see her and Jake still standing there smiling and talking.
Dot noticed John watching her again. "What the hell do you keep looking at that bitch for? I'm trying to talk to you about our damn relationship!"
John had been sucking down a good amount of alcohol, trying to forget his problems and relieve the throbbing pain in his head. "Look I told you I ain't getting into that shit right now! I'm hanging out with my friends and we can get into it later!"
"I am sick of you ignoring me for your damn friends! Maybe some other guys around here would be interested in spending time with me!"
"Whatever! John snapped at her and walked over to the bar. "Can I get another tequila shot and a beer?" He looked around for Ashley and he didn't see her anywhere. He downed the shot and grabbed the beer hurrying back to the pool table. "Where'd Ashley go?"
"Fuck if I know, she was here one minute and gone the next."
Alec walked up to John. "How's it going?"
"Alec!" John smiled and threw his arm around his shoulder. Where the hell have you been? You didn't come by the hospital or anything. You too busy for your bro? You know I could of died right?" John slurred a little but the headache was finally easing away.
Alec looked at Richie with a questioning look. And Richie just nodded back at him.
"Sorry I've been busy. But I did hear about it. I hope youre okay."
"I will be when I finish this!" He held up his beer. "Have you seen Ashley?" John asked looking around for her.
"No man sorry. I did see Dot though."
"Well if you see her again warn me! I've had enough of that bitch for one night!" John stumbled a little swigging the rest of his beer.
Alec laughed. "Damn, I heard you were back with her. Are you already trying to escape?"
"Why does everybody keep saying I'm back with her? I've been with her, but I was about ready to cut her loose, when she told me she might be pregnant."
"Damn you may have knocked up Dot! Sounds like a nightmare to me!" Alec laughed and so did Richie.
"You ain't shitting, hell it sounds like one to me too." John chuckled and looked over at Richie. "Listen do you think Ashley is getting back with her ex?"
"Nah he hurt her really bad. Ash was all upset about it. She wouldn't ever go back with him." Richie replied matter of factly and it seemed to piss a drunken John off.
"How do you know so damn much about her? It must of been one hell of a kiss!" John started yelling with his hoarse scratchy voice.
"You kissed Ashley?" Alec asked, very surprised with a smirk on his face.
"Yeah I did she isn't with anybody right now!" Richie cut his eyes at John, who was too drunk to notice.
"Well maybe not, but when whoever she was with, comes to his senses. He will be ready to kill somebody else!" Alec chuckled looking at Richie."
"Well whoever he is, I'll kick his ass!" John yelled and stumbled back and fell into a chair that was pulled out at a table.
Richie and Alec laughed. "Damn you're trashed. You can't drive home man. Alec put his hand on John's shoulder.
"I can't go home! Dot's there waiting for me. I can't deal with anymore of her shit tonight!" John laid his head on the table.
"Take him home with you Richie!" Alec looked at him, knowing John was in no shape to drive.
"No man, take him with you. I have plans. I'm trying to go see a girl."
"Who? Whose more important than your best friend?"
Richie just gave him a weird look with no reply and a sly grin.
Alec grabbed Richie's shirt and pulled him over to the side. "You can't be that fucking stupid!"
"I got to know if she's okay. I have to go see her!"
"When this shit finally hits the damn fan, I want a front row seat. when Johnny gives you the same damn beating he gave me!" Alec laughed.
"It won't turn out the same! I ain't no damn pussy!" Richie chuckled.
"Hey fuck you man! Alec replied flipping him the bird. Richie just laughed and turned around and went up to the bar to buy one more beer.
"Come on Alec grabbed John's arm and pulled him up. "Where's your keys?"
"In my pocket." Alec grabbed them out. "You can come back to my place since your best friend is too busy messing with other people's girls. I'll have to drive your car though, I'm on my bike and you are too fucking drunk to hang on."
He loaded John up. And started driving to his Mom's little house in Sayreville.
They pulled up and John was kind of out of it. He parked the car in the driveway and they got out. Do you need any help man?"
"Hell no, I'm good." John replied getting out slowly. They walked in and went up to Alec's room. "Damn you need to clean this fucker up, John laughed uncontrollably as he plopped down in a chair. Alec picked up clothes throwing them out of the way. In a pile. "Don't forget I'm doing you a favor!" He mumbled as he poured him a shot of Jack Daniels out of a bottle in his room.
"Are you hungry?" Alec asked throwing off his jacket and sitting down.
"Starving! You got anything to eat?"
"I'll go check. I'll be back. Make yourself at home."
John turned on the t.v. he turned passed some channels and landed on Happy Days reruns. He turned it off quick. "Fuck that!" He sat down and a tape case over to the side caught his eye ASHLEY XXX. "Damn the perfect name I bet this bitch has a perfect body." He popped in the tape and sat back for the show. Someone had already been watching it so it was already to the really good part. It sort of looked familiar like he had seen it before and then he saw his own face. He stood up."What the fuck!" He yelled as he realized it was him and Ashley making love.
He felt like his brain was ripping into. As he couldn't tear himself away from the screen. He saw it all. How happy they were, how much they loved each other, how they tenderly made love together. He knew that was the best sex of his life. He got up and took the tape out and slung it in the case. He ran down the stairs to the kitchen. "What the fuck is this?" He held up the case.
"Fuck! I should of hid that damn thing!"
"What the fuck is it and how the fuck do you have it?"
"You don't remember but we already had this fight!"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"I recorded you and Ashley having sex for the first time?"
"First time?" What the fuck? You better start talking!"
"Fuck what your doctor said! I'll just have to tell you everything!" Alec started to explain.
"Ashley is your girlfriend not Dot! You caught that bitch cheating on you with Bobby?"
"What the fuck are you talking about?"
You got into a fight with Ashley's huge Dad. He had hit her and he choked you unconscious, cutting off your blood supply to your brain. You lost four months of your memory, when you woke up. You thought Dorothea was still your girlfriend. She moved right in, shoving Ashley out of the way and she started fucking you. She's trying to get pregnant in case your memory comes back, so you won't go back to Ashley."
John grabbed his head, it felt like it was splitting. He stood up, staggered back, and passed out. As he fell, he hit his head on the kitchen floor. He didn't look like he was breathing.
Alec kneeled over him. "Johnny man, wake up!" He slapped his face trying to wake him.
"What the fuck man! Get off me!" John snarled and shoved him. "You made more tapes you motherfucker!"
"Johnny you're back! You remembered!" He exclaimed.
"Fuck yeah I remember! I told you I was going to fucking kill you, if you did anything else to hurt Ashley!" John got up in a hurry and felt dizzy and almost fell. Alec grabbed him and held him up.
"I'm sorry about the tapes man."
"Fuck!" He grabbed his head."Damn her Dad alost killed me! That bastard hit her! Fuck! Ash was at the hospital! I kissed Dot right in front her her! Damn it! More memories were flooding in. The sex with nurse. "Oh fuck!" He cringed. All the sex with Dot. Ashley was there. She knew we were having sex! Damn it! I fucked Angela! Dot might be pregnant! Jake's here again, he kissed Ash and wants her back! Damn it why couldn't I remember her?"
"You had damage because you had a loss of oygen to your brain." Alec tried to explain it again.
"Damn what the fuck have I done to Ashley? How is she ever going to forgive me? I can't fucking lose her!" He replied as Alec helped hold him up.
"I don't know man. Are you okay now?"
"Yeah I think so." John stood up on his own.
Is that it? Do you remember everything?" Alec asked as John's face started to blaze with fury.
"No where the fuck is Richie? He told me he had feelings for Ashley and kissed her and he's a dead motherfucker!"
"Come on Johnny! He's your best friend!"
"He ain't no damn friend of mine! So where the fuck is he?"
"I don't know man, he left the club. He said something about going by Ashley's."
John jumped up grabbing his keys and heading for the door.
"Johnny wait! Are you okay to drive?"
"Yeah." He responded, as he reached the door.
"Can I come?"
"You better not get in my damn way!"
John squealed all four tires as he pulled out of Alec's driveway.
Richie wanted to check on Ashley and tell her how he felt. Nobody had noticed her leave the club and her car was gone. He pulled up at her house and the only car there was her Trans Am, so he stopped. He got out and knocked.
Ashley pulled the door open. "Hey Richie, what are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to come by and make sure you made it home okay."
"Yeah, I'm good. You didn't have to come out of your way, but since you did, come on in."
"Yea I had to, I wanted to see you." He sounded kind of nervous.
"I saw the kiss with Jake."
"Yeah I think everybody did. Did John notice it?"
"Yeah but he doesn't even know who Jake is. So he didn't care."
Ashley was disappointed hearing that, she hoped John would remember something by now. "He's never going to remember me and he's going to marry Dorothea."
"Probably, they always find a way back to each other."
He noticed the tears in her eyes. "Ashley you can't put your life on hold for a guy that doesn't even remember you.
"God when I met John, he told me to call him by his real name, that everyone else called him Johnny and he thought it sounded like a little kid. Today he told me to call him Johnny that all his friends do." She began to cry. I love him. I don't want him to forget about me."
"Hey it's going to be okay." He pulled her into his arms. "It's not his fault that his memory is probably gone for good. Did he tell you Dot's pregnant?"
"Yeah that she thinks she might be. He told me he didn't really want to be with her. But he would probably marry her, because it's his child. He kissed me and I could tell he wanted to do a lot more! I think somewhere deep down he might remember me!" She smiled holding on to hope.
"I need to tell you something and it's going to hurt you. But you really need to know."
She braced herself for the worst. "Tell me."
"Johnny's not the same guy you were with, he's back to his cheating ways. He told me he slept with Angela at the apartment today. Dot left and went to work. She forgot something and came back and she caught them having sex in Johnny's bed."
Ashley broke down sobbing. "Oh my God." This took all her hope away. "He probably didn't remember shit. He was just trying to get in my pants, like he does every other girl. Damn it!"
"Yeah that's how he is. And his family will make sure he marries Dot. They believe in taking care of your kids and working it out to stay together. She'll never stop him from cheating. But she already puts up with it anyway. She came to the club tonight to work it out with him. She'll always take him back."
"Then there's no hope for us." She cried and he continued to hold her. Breathing in her wonderful floral perfume, it was his new favorite smell. He was so glad he was there to comfort her and hoping since he was trying to convince her to give up on John, she might give him a chance. "Where's your brother and Jake."
"They went to the Pony, they asked me to go, but I just couldn't."
The phone rang.
Ashley grabbed it. "Hello. Yes I'm still up. I'll keep it unlocked. Okay bye."
"That was Rickey. They are coming back. The Pony is slow tonight. You better go, Jake has it in for you since you helped beat him up."
"Okay." They walked outside.
"I came here tonight to say something to you. Please don't say anything. Just listen, before I lose my nerve. I know I love you and I think I always have. I've sat back and watched Johnny treat you like shit. And heard about what Jake put you through. I just want you to know, you deserve so much better and I'm here for you. I can help you get over Johnny, if you'll let me. We can go as slow as you want to. I promise I won't ever lie to. You won't ever have to worry about me cheating on you. Ashley please make me the happiest man in the world and just give me a chance."
He was standing so close to her. He leaned down capturing her lips and gently slipping his tongue inside to take control of her mouth. Ashley was stunned, as he thoroughly kissed her and started caressing her in his arms. He pulled back and looked at the confusion in her eyes. As he moved a little, Ashley got a glimpse of something in the dark that caught her eye. As a car turned up the road and shined its headlights, there was no mistaking what it was. Or who it was, a very pissed off John Bongiovi, that had been standing in the driveway, watching them.
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