A Second Chance at love

Chapter 14 Relaxation....and Realization....

The guys were amped! It was the last night of the tour before their 10-day break. Donnie was absolutely bouncing off the walls!--but with him, that was just par for the course.

Jon and I sat backstage talking and laughing- everything was going well between us even after only 3 days, we really were enjoying each other's company and taking one day at a time when it came to "us".

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Allison come in the room, Jon had his back to her.

"Jonathan!!" She chirped happily. "How's my little brother doing?" he gave her a smile and stood up and gave her a big hug.

"Just fine sis" he said glancing over at me with a little smile "I've never been happier." Allison's friend Connie was standing in the doorway trying to take everything in, while Jenna was trying to mingle with everyone.

Allison finally got them to come over to Jon and talk to him. He was very gracious and even took a picture with them. As the 5 of us chatted Bubba poked his head in the room and said it was time for the guys to eat.

I grabbed my purse and told Allison I was going to run over to the gas station--I needed some advil as I had a splitting headache. She nodded and said they would see me in the arena. As I was headed out, Biscuit stopped me and asked where I was headed so quickly "you and GQ have a fight?" he asked quietly.

"Nope, I just need to go get something for this nasty headache I have." I said. "hang on a sec he told me-- I'll grab you something from the first aid kit- its raining pretty hard, and I don't think you want to go out in that." he added.

He left briefly and came back with a packet of ibuprofen and a bottle of water and said "better take them now so you can enjoy the show." I smiled and took them as I quickly headed back to catch up with Allison and her friends.

I caught up to them as they were heading to find their seats. Connie was still quiet and awestruck, but Jenna was running off at the mouth about Jon.

"OHMIGOD!" she squealed "you didn't tell me how incredibly handsome your brother Jon was in person!" as she snapped and cracked her gum while looking through her purse for a mirror..

"I would give anything for one night with him, just to feel his strong arms around me as I ran my fingers through his hair and got lost in his gorgeous eyes and his sexy smile." she babbled

"I bet he knows what a woman likes." she said.

"JENNA MICHELLE!!" Allison admonished her friend very sternly. "you need to settle down and cool it!, if I am not mistaken, Jon is in a relationship, and would never do anything do jeopardize it- so you can just get those ideas and thoughts out of your head!" "did I hear her right??" I thought to myself "did she just admit she thought jon was in a relationship?" I fought hard not to blush

Jenna just glanced at Allison and smiled sweetly "what makes you think I am going to listen to you?- he's an adult, he's fair game as long as there is no ring on his left ring finger." and even then she added .. "All bets are off"

I sat down next to Allison and rolled my eyes. "What are you looking at--little girl?" Jenna asked me cattily. I looked her dead in the eye and said, " Nothing!" as she glared at me and Allison fought giggles I saw Biscuit coming our way.

"Come-up to the side of the stage for a minute before gets too crowded in here." he said. I nodded and told Allison to watch my purse.

We got to the side of the stage and he disappeared and returned with Jon who was wearing a hooded sweatshirt with the hood pulled up over a baseball cap, jeans and sunglasses-- he looked like a roadie, from far away you couldn't tell who was talking to me, but, I recognized him since I was at the side of the stage..

He sat down on the edge of the stage and gave me a little smile. "Hey sweetie" he said softly "I just had to see you again before I got ready for the show-didn't get a chance to say goodbye before we went to eat."

I smiled at him as he slipped his arms around me and told me he'd see me after the show and that he was excited about spending the next 10 days with "my beautiful girlfriend" I giggled quietly and whispered " who says I'm your girlfriend"

He smile and drew me close to him "soooo, what do you think?, will you be my girlfriend?" he said quietly as he held me close. At that moment in his arms I knew I didn't want to be in anyone else's." "I will" I said resting my head against his chest.. If being with him was wrong, I didn't want to be right.. He made me feel amazing.

Biscuit walked over and said quietly "Time to get ready GQ.." Jon nodded at him as he pulled me as close as he could and we shared a sweet tender kiss. As we parted I told him "have a great show, I'll see you afterwards."

As Biscuit escorted him backstage, I saw Allison smile and wink at me. Biscuit then came back and escorted me back to my seat. "Enjoy the show he said with a smile" then he whispered "and you two crazy kids enjoy your vacation"

Jenna was sitting there with he mouth wide open when I got back to my seat "How in the hell does an ugly scrawny little high school freshman get kissed by THE hottest guy on the planet while a totally sexy babe like me doesn't even get a second look??!" she asked in amazement and anger. "the big screen came on we saw everything and heard nothing" allison whispered. "that was one of their backstage roadies-- don't get your undies in a bunch I told jenna. "that was most definitely MY MAN jon!" she said angrily before adding under her breath..

"I don't know what he sees in you anyway-- you probably wear long nightgowns and won't even put out for him."

As I went to say something I was met with a "stay away from my man you skanky bitch" and an open hand slap in the face from Jenna, but, I kept my cool and didn't fight back- I just kept thinking of my sweet little Emma at home and what Jon would say if I got into a fight.

"Jenna-!- I have had enough of you and your attitude!" Allison said angrily "you are turning what was supposed to be a fun evening for us into a nightmare....I'm getting security."

Allison left to get security while Connie held Jenna until she returned. "she has been verbally harassing my friend all night, and just now she smacked her in the face for no good reason."

"Let's go miss" the big security guy said. "your night is officially over."

After he walked away with her, Allison checked my cheek and said it was a little red, but nothing major. "you had more control than I would have" she told me, "I would have slapped her back twice as hard." Allison chuckled. "what DID my brother say to you, you were blushing but you looked really happy at the same time." I kept quiet since I didn't want to jinx things between jon and I.

Next thing we knew it was show time-the show ROCKED!!!

Connie left after the show saying she was too uncomfortable to go backstage again. Allison and I were escorted back by Biscuit and we sat and talked with Rachel Wood, Debbie Wahlberg, and a few other assorted sibling s including Tommy Mcintyre who I thought looked a lot like Joe-only taller.

20 minutes later the guys finally made it into the room and we all laughed and talked for awhile before heading our separate ways.