Chapter 72

 

Colleen closed the closet door and leaned back with a smile.  The girls shopping day had gone so well.  Dresses bought, shoes, stockings, lingerie, and sexy night clothes all locked in her closet, so Jon can’t see them.  She heard the guys come in for lunch and she headed down to set out the sandwich.

 

“I heard there was a big shopping day yesterday,” David said as he popped the top on a beer.   They were the only two in the kitchen, so he saw it as a chance to talk to her.

 

“Yes, it was, they treated me like a celebrity,” Colleen sat beside him with her plate and soda.  “I just hope Jonny likes what I bought.”

 

“You could wear a paper bag and he would love it. I’ve known Jonny almost all his life,” David sat back and reached over and touched her hand.  “I saw what Dorothea did to him, years before her death, he was holding by a thread.  Richie and Dorothea about killed him.  I tried to get him to talk to a professional, but he came home from the Hamptons, he was glowing like his inner sunshine was back.”

 

David held up her hand and tapped the canary Yellow diamond on her finger.  “You came into his life he was calling me to listen to the beginnings of a song, your song.  Then I got to meet you through Jon, and that sunshine grew and made him come alive.  The fans should kiss this ring because, without you, he’d have never come back.”

 

Colleen looked from her ring to David and saw tears in his eyes, which was something that made her cry.

 

“Rashbaum, what have you done to my woman? Fuck, you made her cry,” Jon smacked David in the curls.

 

Jon walked over to Colleen and pulled her into his arms, and wiped tears off her cheeks.

 

“Jonny you need to be consoling David, not me,” Colleen stopped crying and struggled out of Jon’s arms.  “If he hadn’t started I wouldn’t have been crying.” She went over to David and gave him a hug.

 

“Yeah, you meanie,” David looked at Jon over Colleen’s shoulder and stuck out his tongue.

 

“Ah Fuck,” Jon mumbled, threw up his hands, and walked out of the kitchen.

 

Colleen and David started to laugh.  “I guess we need to let him off the hook,” David told Colleen.

 

“Yeah, I guess so, since I have to work with him on the rest of the album,” David took her hand and they walked down to the studio.

 

Jon sat at the soundboard with Obie, still mumbling about Lema making Colleen cry.  Obie heard Jon using Fuck, Asshole, and Dead to me.  Oh hell, they still have a few weeks to get this song into the can, before the wedding.

 

“What has you dick in a twist?” Obie asked Jon while they waited on the band to get back from lunch.  He had left them up at the house, he had been so mad at Lema, the little prank he had pulled at lunch.

 

He heard the door open downstairs and the sound of feet on the steps.

 

“Not now Ob, maybe later,” Jon said as Lema came into the room followed by Colleen, it was the first time she had been out there, since he gave her the tour.

 

“Hey Colleen Welcome to the nerve hub of Bon Jovi,” Obie got up and walked out of the control room.

 

“Thanks Obie,” She let Obie pull her into a hug.  “Is he still pissed?”

 

“Oh pissed is putting it mildly Darlin,” Obie whispered back.

 

“Oh shit,” Colleen shook her head.  She slowly walked into the control booth.

 

“Hi Jonny,” She walk over and stood behind his chair.  “Are you mad at me?”

 

Jon felt her hands go on his shoulders and waited till they slipped off his shoulders to clasp over his heart.  He took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

 

“No babe, I’m not mad at you, Lema is another problem,” Jon said as he turned around and pulled her onto his lap.  “I knew you two had been talking since that night last month. I was mad he said something to make you cry.”

 

“Oh he made me cry a lot at first, then he became like a big brother,” Colleen told him as she put her head down on his shoulder.  “My support group could use David, he really helped me, Jonny.”  She looked deep into his eyes.

 

“Ah Colleen,” He lowered his lips to hers.  The sweet kiss started to become hotter as his hands slipped under her shirt, finding bare breast instead of her weekend sports bra.  His moan of appreciation echoed in the control booth. As they pulled apart finally 7 pairs of covered eyes greeted them with wolf whistles.

 

Obie looked over at Lema and whispered. “She saved your kosher bacon Lema, you owe her some wedding music.”

 

 “Oh that’s a given Ob, that’s a debt I gladly fulfill.” David gave Colleen a wink.

 

It was another long night in the studio, Jon came into the bedroom as quietly as he could. Colleen was asleep, the lamplight on low on his side of the bed. Her kindle and glasses sat on her bedside table.  Jon closed the door without a click of the lock, moving to his closet, he noticed the door to hers was open and the light reflected on two long garment bags from Klinfelds of New York City.  He knew that one little peek wouldn’t get him in the dog house.  He looked back to see if Colleen was awake, but her breathing showed her still asleep.  He tiptoed into the closet only to find a post-it on the first dress bag.

Jonny, it's bad luck to see the dress before the wedding. I think we've had enough in our lives to not chance it. All my love your Colleen.

He smiled and noticed the other dress bag was just as long, but it also had a post-it note that just read “Ditto”.  This brought a smile to his face, she bought two dresses, and according to his Accountant, it was somewhere between ouch and boing.  Stephanie had told him that Colleen wanted to not spend that much, but Nina and Desi kept the Champagne flowing.  Walking out of the closet he shut the door and went into his and put his clothes in the hamper and grabbed his sleep shorts and came out and went into the bathroom for a quick shower.  He was just about to turn off the water when the door opened and a very sexy bed head got in.

 

“I didn’t mean to wake you,” Jon said as she wrapped around him.

 

“I was awake when you snuck in,” Colleen kissed his neck below his Adam's apple.

 

“No you weren’t, I tried not to wake you,” Jon said as he cupped her ass cheeks in his hand, and began to squeeze them.

 

“I saw you go into my closet,” Colleen slid her hands over his shoulders and lifted up on her tiptoes to suck on his bottom lip.  “My friend came to visit this evening,” she whispered.

 

Jon let the words sink into his lust-filled brain.  He lowered his mouth to hers.  “That means your visitor won’t be along on our honeymoon.”

 

“That makes you excited,” Colleen giggled as she felt his erection tap on her tummy.  “Like you said before, that means I’m always ready for you.”

 

He turned to put her body to the wall of the shower and proved to her he was ready for her.  Neither of them thought about anyone walking in as they made use of the shower. 

 

Later as they cuddled under the covers, Colleen sighed as Jon spooned to her back.

 

“I didn’t look at your dresses.  I agree we’ve had too much shit happen,” Jon said as he nuzzled her neck.  “I’ll see them when you walk down the aisle to me,”

 

Colleen held up his hand that cradled her tummy and linked her fingers with his.  “Jonny, want to go with me to the doctor before the wedding, you see it’s my yearly Cancer exam,” she lifted his hand to her lips.

 

“If you want me there, I’ll clear my day,” Jon told her.  He had talked to Maggie, knowing the day was coming. They were hoping for good news, but it was a fifty-fifty chance she would never be able to have kids of her own.

 

Colleen let go of his hand and turned in his arms to face him.  She reached for his head and pulled him closer to give him a big kiss.

 

“I love you, Jonny, so very much,” she had tears in her eyes.

 

“I love you my Colleen, so very much and I thank God every day that I came into that bar for the first time,” Jon said as he wiped her tears that rolled down her cheeks. Then they sealed their love with a deep kiss.