A Rock & Roll Romance

Chapter Eleven

Meghan woke feeling rather jaded. She couldn't hear her alarm, and felt like she had only been in bed mere minutes. Her eyes stung from crying, and then the noise that woke her, happened again. It was a banging on the door. She jumped up and ran to the room door opening it. In came a butler with a trolley full of delicious breakfast items "I didn't order.." she began when Johnny appeared tipping the man. "No you didn't but I did, sorry to wake you but they stopped serving breakfast in 20 minutes and I didn't want you to miss out. After all it is the most important meal of the day." "Says the man who usually sleeps through it." Meghan smirked closing the door. "How did you sleep?" "Remarkably well thank you. Sorry for being a soppy mess last night." "God don't apologise. You have every right to be soppy. 6 years is a long time." "Yeah..." she said quietly. She moved to the couch before inviting him to join her. "Coffee?" She asked as she lent up to the trolley to pour herself some. "Sure." "Johnny you didn't need to do this. It really is very sweet." "Nonsense I said I would check on you this morning, and I'm a man of my word." Meghan smiled "Well please tuck in, there's no way I'll eat all this by myself." Johnny smiled and stood piling some of the breakfast onto a plate. Meghan got lost daydreaming and was only startled out of it by "If you were serious about LA, I own a considerable amount of property so you'd be more than welcome to reside in one of them until you figured out your next move." "Oh Johnny, that's sweet thank you. Right now I just wanna get through the tour. It's the only good thing in life." "And cigarettes.. and whiskey, you mean?" Johnny smirked biting into some bacon making Meghan laugh.

A while later the pair were sat on the couch sipping coffee and were both very relaxed in one another's company. Meghan finished her drink before looking at her phone. "Jeez I better get packing. What time is the bus leaving?" "Not until 5 I think. You've got some time." Meghan smiled. "Are you sure you boys don't mind me gatecrashing the bus?" "Stop asking. No we don't mind, in fact it's nice to have some female company. I'm sure your uncle loves having you around too." Meghan smiled "Well if any of you change your mind please say. The last thing I want is special treatment." Johnny tilted his head. "Darling. You should always expect special treatment, you're very special and deserve nothing less."

Meghan showed Johnny out the suite and stood holding onto the door handle as they said their goodbyes. Tommy and his wife Sandra emerged from the suite opposite with wide eyes. "Did you. Oh no you didn't." Tommy said straight to his pal noticing Meghan's pyjama clad attire and the breakfast trolley right behind her. "Oh man you didn't..." "I did NOT." Johnny said seriously. "You did didn't you? Why else would you be leaving her suite at this time? You're never up this early." Sandra and Meghan stood with wide eyes as the two best friends had it out. "Tommy I did not. I merely popped in to make sure she was ok." "Yeah at 3am this morning when I left you." "Tommy." Johnny said rubbing his chin he couldn't believe the scenario. Meghan finally realising the accusation blurted out. "OH MY GOD. No of course he didn't stay. Jesus Tommy. He bought breakfast that was all. Fuck. Did you seriously think we would be getting it on?!" Meghan said shocked, she stepped forward with her hands on her hips. Only half imagining what Tommy had assumed, when the hotel suite door slammed shut behind her. This resulted in Tommy, Johnny and Sandra smirking and failing to hide giggles. "Oh for the love of god. Seriously?!!" "I'll run down and get you a spare key doll." "No god no then they'll think you've been in my suite too." "But I have been in your suite." "Jesus Johnny!" Meghan said laughing. "Not helping." "Ok ok I'm gonna assume I'm wrong, purely because I don't think that you two would be this chilled if it actually did happen. Sandra and I will go get your key." Tommy said wandering off. Johnny looked sheepishly at the woman as Alice emerged from his suite further down the corridor.  Is everything ok?" He said eying his niece's attire "Oh it's YANKEE FUCKING DOODLE ok Uncle.. don't you worry." Meghan said slapping her forehead with her palm before everyone began laughing once more.

"Oh I just feel awful for leaving you right now. Especially with your mum so far away." Sheryl said hugging Meghan for the third time. "I'll be fine, it's good to keep busy right and these guys keep me on my toes. Besides me and mum are gonna FaceTime tomorrow, I think she docks in Singapore then." "Ok darling well call if you need anything at all, and Alice you look out for her ok?" Meghan smiled "I promise I'll be fine. It was good to see you Sheryl." "You too sweetie." Alice put an arm round his niece as his wife climbed in the waiting car with the other wives of the band and watched as they headed to the airport to begin their various journeys home. "Right shall we?" Joe said and the group just nodded following him out to the bus.

"I am not playing this game with my Uncle." "Oh come on... it will be fun, we'll keep it clean." Tommy said handing a glass of wine to Meghan. She had her legs curled under her as they sat round the makeshift table on the bus that was cruising to the next location. "He's not even drinking and neither is Joe so it won't be that raucous." Johnny added from beside her. "Easy for you to say, you're not the only girl." "Ok ok, I'll go first. Give you time to think." Tommy said from opposite.

"Never have I ever... smoked."
"Smoked?!" Johnny questioned.
"Smoke smoked." Tommy said miming puffing on a joint.
"I tried it once. Can I half sip?" Meghan said shyly making Alice's eyes go wide.
"You tried it?" Johnny said and the woman nodded. "Once in college. Hated it. I'm a bit of a control freak and being out of control and that relaxed did not agree with me. Like I said it wasn't the entire spliff either."
"Next.." Alice said chuckling.
"Never have I ever.. partook in body shots."
Tommy furrowed his eyebrows at Joe. "Seriously?"
"Yeah." Joe said smirking whilst Meghan and Johnny were the only ones to take a sip.
Johnny's eyes widened and he cleared his throat when he saw her drinking too.
"So much for keeping it clean." Meghan said quietly.
"Never have I ever.... Been arrested."
They all took sips and Alice looked at his niece. "Do I want to know?"
"I was impersonating a police officer."
Johnny and Tommy spat their drinks out laughing.
"Impersonating a police officer?" Alice repeated. "Yeah.. I was at college. I had just finished my second year, we were on a night out and two officers were giving my friend trouble so I stepped in. Claiming I knew the law and I was an officer too." "So you've got a record for that?" Alice said disappointed. "Nah they let me off with a warning... in fact one of them gave me his number." Johnny smirked and Joe burst into laughter. "Next!!" Tommy said taking a drink.
"Never have I ever.." her uncle turned to look at her and smiled "Been dumped on a rock tour whilst doing the most amazing work and taking care of everyone so well." Meghan smiled rolling her eyes, she lifted her glass before slamming it down. "Hang on!! I was not dumped. I did the dumpING! Get your facts right Uncle Alice!! Jeeez I won't give him the satisfaction of being the dumper." She smirked and took a drink and then lent her head on her uncle's shoulder. "Thank you though. I don't feel like I'm doing a good job." "Well you are." "Never have I ever.... Been in a relationship for over 5 years and lived to not only regret it but wish it never happened." Johnny said taking a large sip of his own drink. Megan clinked her glass with his before knocking back the last of hers. "I'll drink to that!" She smirked.

The next morning, Meghan could hear shuffling around and opened the privacy curtain. She was greeted with a view of a boxer clad Tommy attempting to pull on sweatpants. "Do you ever fucking sleep?" She whispered rolling onto her back. "You were up later than me!" "Blame The Captain! He bought out the whiskey." Meghan smiled before getting up and donning a sweatshirt over her pyjamas. She headed downstairs after Tommy and sat on the couch. The table was covered in empty wine bottles and empty glasses. "God we are rock and roll aren't we?" Meghan smirked snapping a photo. "Don't you put that anywhere.. they are already saying Johnny is looking rough we don't need more headlines." "As if I would! Maybe he looks slightly dishevelled because he's in pain because he won't use the crutch or airboot and insists on fucking walking everywhere." "You worry about him too much" "you worry too little. He's a gentle soul he needs taking care of." "Darlin' a lot of women are lining up to take care of him." "Yeah but how many actually care about his welfare and what's best for him. How many are just there because he's who he is?" "That's for him to find out." "Oh I agree, but it would be nice to see somebody take extra special care of him, especially after what he's been through." "Couldn't agree more doll."