Might as Well Face it, You're Addicted to Love (Joe Perry/Nikki Sixx)

Chapter 191: My First Tour (Josephine Nicole Perry)

I can't find the words to truly express what performing means to me....and the fact that I'm part of Uncle Alice's band? I mean talking about pricelessness! I OWN that stage, as my family always tells me. It stands to reason considering who my parents are especially, but it's also something that my family has told me can't be taught. So here I am...on the road again. As mom always says, 'Those tour breaks which we started once we had you & then your siblings are a balm for the soul.' It went by way too fast.... but it was just what I needed, what we needed. Storm's birthday was epic, and I still can't believe that 2 years ago I delivered her and how that came about....

And being on tour I still have had my moments, my triggers but I am not alone. Still, although I am killing it and kicking ass according to Mom.... I will be glad to be home, though it's not TOO long after the tour ends that I & my siblings will need to be in London for the Queen tribute Concert. I've just come off stage & cleaned off i.e. showered, and Uncle Alice makes sure I get to mom's dressing room before heading to his own.... where I know Johnny, Calico and Lila are waiting since they are visiting....

Realizing now I hear my mom's voice, so like my own and I hear other voices, several other voices I love and know SO well....

I open the door, my eyes widening as far as they will go as I realize that my father along with my brothers & Sisters are here and even more surprisingly my boyfriend: Hunter & oh I weep with joy as I have missed them fiercely since we've been back on tour for a couple of weeks now, it now being August 5, 2005....

Before I can even move, I find myself tackled by Amara, Tony, James, and Frankie.... Little Storm runs & Clings to my legs as I pick her up, laughing and crying along with everyone else as Hunter lets us have our moment & I know my parents are having theirs & watching....

"What are you guys doing here?! I thought..." Excited, shocked & emotional all at once, as Amara cuts me off.... Her smile is just like moms, but the looks like a pure dad.

"Now Josey.... you know that we are never without our surprises...." She teases before adding on, "It was dad's idea.... he wanted to surprise mom & you & we couldn't leave out your boyfriend of course." She grins, "We just really missed you & so here we are. And SO proud of you and mom." By the end Amara is choked up & am I.

I shoulda known.... This is the best surprise! And Hunter.... god, it means so much more than I can ever express him being here too, for him to be included....

"Oh! Totally forgot, you aren't gonna be the only Perry in this family to graduate high school early and all..." Amara says.

"Amara, there was never any doubt in my mind or any of ours.... your super smart, insanely talented & I am proud of you, so proud..." We all laugh, we cry & then I blink & Dad crushes me in a hug, glad I know to be able to do so once more. Storm is now in Mom's arms, my brother's & Sister's surroundings him.

"I know sweetheart.... you and your ma will always come back to me.... but I just wanted to be with you both in person. The Adler-Lee's & Neil-Tylers are here too....the point dearest Josephine is it IS so good to see you and your ma...now, I believe some else is here to see you..." Dad hugs me once more before joining mom, gently taking him in his arms & suddenly I feel myself being crushed in a hug...picked up & spun around......

I understand now more just how hard it is...can be as far as being without the other half of your soul. I see Hunter everywhere.... I think of him every minute of the day & see him in my dreams at night. I've missed him holding me, missed the scent that is so purely him.... he calms me, centers me the way no one else can or will....

Hunter holds me now, his forehead resting against mine & the world around us disappears....

"I've missed you so much Josephine, and I cannot lie darling its scared me.... but then I remember that I have you..." He whispers.

"You will ALWAYS have me....and I feel like just the same...." I pause a moment, "Hey look at me..." He does his dark eyes filled with such emotion. "---We can be scared together, just remember you always come first. I love you..." I whisper.

"Josephine..." He leans in kissing me, one of my hands now resting on his heart & an arm around my waist. "Angels don't bloody compare to you, for you outshine them all my empress." I feel myself blushing & I feel myself smirking.

"Well naturally...." Silkily, "I am my parent's daughter after all."

He groans quietly, "What those lips of yours to do me..." His eyes close before finding mine once more, "---Face it Darling you just can't resist my Mercury charm..." He smirks widely & I burst out laughing.

"Such a charmer!" And Hunter laughs with me. We all hang out together until it's time for Mӧtley to take the stage, Storm wearing an adorable pair of noise proof headphones & I walk hand in hand with my boyfriend & it's a wonder I he nor I trip.....a fact which Tommy, has to tease me about to which Uncle Mick adds on Tommy is one to talk, but Uncle Mick of course was playing with him.

Teasing, chaos.... family, I've heard so many stories about how things used to be & how it was my parents love for one another, that led to us all being one giant family something which no one had ever had before.... something that is just purely us & I am freakin' love that about us!

Dad watches, along with me, my siblings and boyfriend. Mom keeps tossing looks to Dad, mouthing 'I love you' to one another and the bands playing is better than usual, because soulmates are all together again....

"Man, just think Josey, that's gonna be us in like 2 months..." James says & I manage to hear him over the music.

"It will be, we got this...cause there is NOTHING better than doing what you love with the ones you love..." I tell him sharing a look with him & my siblings before turning back to Hunter, who squeezes my hand & oh I get his meaning loud and clear....

"I always wondered what it would be like to be SEEN & be on a stage....guess the stage part was always there, but YOU Josephine.....You've always SEEN me from the day we met and I wouldn't even be going near a stage & doing what we're going to do in a few months if not for YOU..." Hunter's words hit me hard in a good way, and I find tears in my eyes just like they are in his. "—For your heart and for believing in me."

"Hunter babe..." A smile at my calling him 'babe', "---I feel you, I FEEL you."

Judging by the look in his eyes, he gets the message....

It's been a hell of a tour, coming on my own more & more on stage. The energy, the roar of the crowd but its only made all the sweeter because of the ones I love, that as my parents have taught me, come before all else....

A/N: Suprises, emotional reunions and more. More to come soon!