Right Down Cherry Lane//Warrant •Jani Lane•

You Love Me

I was busy, kind really fucking busy. I was on a fuck ton of phone calls, with the record company, Doc McGhee, other bands, fucking-even Sharon Osbourne.

I also was talking with Bon Jovi and Jon a lot.

Everything was pretty much done. How long was the tour, where'd they go, stay, how they were gunna get there.

Warrant was going to open for Bon Jovi. Like I had planned.

It was going to be Warrant, Bon Jovi, then surprisingly Ozzy fucking Osbourne.

Shit was crazy.

You wouldn't expect those three people to do a tour together, but fuck-I was determined, man.

Jani and the rest of Warrant still had no idea. I was going to tell Jani, for Valentine's Day. But before I did that, I wanted to make sure everything was fucking perfect.

Everything was in order, except for what the fuck I was going to name this thing.

I called into work today. I was meeting with Ozzy and Sharon, Bon Jovi, and Doc McGhee.

We were all sat at this table. "Do you have a name yet?" Doc asked me. I shook my head. "No I fucking don't." I said honestly.

"I need help." I said, looking at all of them. "We'll gladly help you, sweetheart." Sharon said with a smile. I looked at her and nodded, returning the smile.

We all then sat there brainstorming ideas. Tico wanted to call it something that combined Bon Jovi's name, Warrants name, and Ozzy's.

It sounded like verbal mouth garbage.

It was 5 hours of us having ridiculous name ideas. I couldn't take it anymore, man.

"Cupid's Arrows." I said. They all looked at me. "Lori, that's-fuckin', that's a horrible name." Ozzy said. I rolled my eyes. "Well we've been at this for 5 fucking hours and no one has any good ideas. It's either we call it that or the tour just doesn't have a fucking name!" I said, exploding.

I was majorly stressed out because of all this business and tour shit.

They all nodded, not arguing with me. "Alright...Cupid's Arrows it is then." Doc said.

Fucking aye, everything was finally set. Next step, get with Jani and tell him.

I said goodbye to everyone, except for Jon.

"You said I had to name it. I did, whether it's a shitty name or not." I told him. He nodded and looked at me seriously. "Are you going to go on the tour with Jani?" He questioned.

I nodded. "I have to, I organized the whole thing." I replied. He nodded and still looked at me seriously. "What about the kids?" He asked. I nodded. "I thought about that, and I have an idea but I genuinely do not know how you're gonna feel about it." I told him truthfully.

"What is it?" He asked. "Well, Carrie and Grace need their mom and their dad. They need us. I was talking to Sharon and Ozzy. When they had Aimee, they took her on tour, they had a cot type of thing next to their bed...we can always figure something out like that for them." I explained.

He sat there a minute looking at me. "Alright." He said with a small smile. "Carries gunna love this." I laughed. Jon nodded. "I bet she will."

We then said goodbye and I went home. I grabbed a piece of paper, some colored pencils, markers and began to make a poster for the tour.

It had the name of the tour up top in big black letters, the background was red, and it had pictures of Warrant, Bon Jovi, and Ozzy.

Under it was everywhere they were gunna go.

I looked at it and smiled to myself. I needed to go to Jani's. 

Carrie and Grace were at my moms, I'd get them tomorrow.

I grabbed the poster, my keys, and then walked out the door and locket it. I went to my car, got in, and started off towards Jani's apartment. When I got there, I parked and walked up the stairs.

When I reached his door I knocked and stood there waiting for him to answer. Eventually he did.

"Hey babe." He said with a smile when he saw me. He met me in. "What's up with you? You okay, you've been avoiding me." He stated. I nodded. "I've been working on something...it's your Valentine's Day present from me." I told him with a smile.

He sat down on the couch and looked at me with a smirk. I sat down next to him. "What might that be?" He questioned. I shook my head and told him to close his eyes. He did.

"Hold out your hands." I told him he did. I generally sat the poster on his hands. "You can open your eyes now." I said with a smile. He did and looked at me and then to the piece of paper.

He furrowed his eyebrows and looked it, having no idea what it was. He then looked at me. "Is this real?" He questioned. I nodded. "100 percent. Down to the name, the bands, the dates." I told him.

His eyes went wide. "How the fuck?" He questioned. "Took a fuck ton of determination and a shit ton of phone calls." I replied. He looked at me with a smile on his face, still laced with shock.

"You love me." He said softly. I nodded. "I do." I said with a smile. He pulled me into a hug. "Good, because I love you." He replied. Jani eventually pulled away and looked at me again.

"How long did this take?" He asked. I shrugged. "I think 10 weeks." I told him. "Damn. I don't even know what to say- thank you. You got Warrant a tour." He said, still not believing it.

I nodded. "You, Bon Jovi, and Ozzy Osbourne are going on tour." I told him. He nodded. "Un-fucking-believable." He said. I nodded and he pulled me into another hug. "You're something else." He said through a chuckle.

I nodded. "You love me though." I stated. He chuckled again. "That I do."