Chapter Eleven

  

"Well Jon that sounds great. Do you know how long you'll be staying?" she asked him curious. 

"No I don't. But I think writing the album, it may take a few months I guess. Look Ellie I can't have you stay in Jersey that whole time. I'm going to rent a house so you and Jimmy can come out and visit ok?" Jon told her.  

"Jon that's fine. I told you I just can't stay out there with you but visiting is fine. You know sometimes..."she trailed off before Jon cut her off. 

"Yeah, yeah I know I jump to it. But you know you can come out sometimes alone or maybe Richie can sit with him say for the weekend?" he hoped that would be ok.  

"So how long did it take you to come up with this little scenario?" she laughed. 

"Yeah if it gets you here that's all that counts. I'll call my assistant and get him going on this because the quicker I get you here." he said happily. 

“The happier you’ll be?” she asked smiling and giggling as he was smiling also. 

“Now how did you know that and I’ll just show you how happy I am when you get out here. In fact...” he growled into the phone.  

“Sweetheart you know we can’t play right now when I have a very inquisitive fourteen-year-old and I’m not going to take the chance of him picking up one of the other phones in the house and listen to his parents have phone sex. He’ll be in therapy for years.” Ellie shook. 

Jon laughing,” Well you do know what I went thru by the time I was fourteen El right?” as he waited for her to yell at him. 

But calmly she said, “That’s not even funny Jon. My son will NOT be doing anything like that at his age or any age till I say so!” she told him and meaning it. 

“Baby you can’t tell Jimmy when he’s an adult if he can have sex or not. In four years he’ll be eighteen and then he can do basically what he wants.” Jon told her. 

“NO! He’s my baby.” she said as tears started to run down her cheek.  

“Baby are you crying?” he asked now worrying about her. 

“No, no I’m fine. I have to go Jon I’m sorry but I need to go check the stove I think I left something on it Love you.” and she hung up. 

Jon just stared at the phone and felt bad that he brought up his past and that Jimmy was growing up. He forgot how close Ellie was to him and that he would be leaving in a few years for college.  

Meanwhile Ellie ran into the bathroom and threw up again since this morning. It was still early before her doctor’s office closed for the day so she finished in the bathroom and then headed to the kitchen where her date book was. Jimmy had just finished his homework and wanted something to eat so he went to the kitchen to find something when he heard his Mom thank her doctor and hung up the phone. 

“Mom? Are you ok?” he asked her concerned. 

Turning to see her son standing at the doorway of the kitchen, “Yeah I’m fine sweetheart why?” she asked him. 

“Well I just heard you on the phone with the doctors and I know you have been having your headaches a lot.” he told her. 

Smiling, “Yeah I do have these buggers a lot don’t I. But I’ve told you I’ve had them since I can remember and that’s how I met your Dad was because of these so there not that bad really? Huh?” she told him smiling. 

Thinking he went into the frig as Ellie was watching her son. He pulled out some water and then sat at the kitchen table.   

“Alright what if you didn’t go to New Jersey then what would have happened?” he wanted to know. 

Ellie sat down and wrinkled her forehead. She was wondering what was going thru his head. “Well I guess I would have stay with your Grandparents and grew up like a normal teenager going to my regular appointments and school, maybe Daddy may have still have taken me out and gotten my job and just lived my live without you. Hmm Which would have made me sad even thou I wouldn’t have known why.” she explained to him sadly. 

“Would Michael still have been in your life?” He asked his Mom curious. 

Well that thru her for a loop. She really didn’t think he would remember Michael seeing that he was a toddler when all that happened. “Jimmy I didn’t think you remember Michael.” she asked him nervously. 

“Yeah I remember some things about him. He was always trying to play with me sometimes until Uncle Joey or Uncle Chickie would grab me and take me away from him. I also remember some loud voices after that so I knew something was happening. One time I thought Uncle Joey was going to squeeze me till I popped.” Jimmy giggled. 

“Really well I remember those nights differently because...now what I tell you please don’t tell your Father because he will freak. When your Uncles would do that I would get his wrath.” she told him looking down at the floor. 

“Mom? Mommy? Do you mean he would hit you right?” Jimmy asked a little scared for her. 

Looking up with tears in her eyes she tried to explain the situation that she was in and why Michael did what he did. Jimmy listened very carefully and then he asked to see her back. Ellie was thrown because he never asked why she had the scars but she wasn’t going to lie to him either. He started to cry that she was hurt but glad her Grandfather and Uncles took care of him for hurting his Mom. If he was big enough he told her he would have done it for her. Ellie stood up and gave him a big hug and told him that hopefully he wouldn’t have to do anything like that ever again.  

Letting go, “Are you ok now?” she asked him. 

“Yeah I think so. But why don’t you want Daddy to know?” he asked her confused. 

“Well he wasn’t there to protect me. He wasn’t there to watch you come into the world or see you walk for the first time or say your first words. I just don’t want to bring up anymore bad memories that’s all if I can help it. He really wanted to be here for us and it kills him that he couldn’t. Seeing my back everyday reminds him of that. I’ll let him know that you know the whole story but when he’s in a good mood ok? Hey would you be ok if I fixed my back?” she asked him. 

“What do you mean?” he asked her confused. 

“Well Daddy asked me that I could get plastic surgery and they could smooth it out. So it’s not so bumpy anymore. I don’t know if it’s more for Daddy or if he thinks it’s more for me.” she told her son. 

“Well Mommy what do you want to do?” he asked her. 

 “That’s a good question. I don’t really know. Does your Dad want me to do it because he thinks I’ll look better that way? Or does he think it would make me feel better about myself. That’s the question.” she said as she tried to rationalize this.  

“Well Mommy it should be how it makes you feel right?” he said as he looked at her with those same eyes as his Dad. 

“Right Jimmy. How did you become so smart at your young age?”  she asked him as she hugged him tight. 

“Mommm I can't breathe” he squeaked out. 

“Oh I’m sorry Baby.” she let him go and they both laughed. 

“Can I go and watch t.v. there’s a special coming on that I want to watch.” he asked her.  

“Done with your homework?” she wanted to know. Jimmy shook his head yes. “Ok go ahead and I’ll let you know when dinner is ready.” she told him as he ran into the den. 

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Jon hung up the phone and just as he got a foot from it it rang again. Jon just shook his head with a grin as he turned around to answer it. “Hello?” 

“Hey Jon it’s Emilio how would you like to come out with us tonight?” he asked the Rocker. 

Jon couldn’t believe that Emilio Estevez asked him to go out with him and his Hollywood friends. “Yeah Man that sounds great. What time are we talking about.” he asked him excitedly.    

“Well why don’t I send a car for you about eight-thirty and then I’ll meet you outside my hotel and we’ll take off ok?” he told Jon. 

Jon was excited about going and meeting the cast. This would break any social anxiety he had when he got on the set as he walked around to get a feel for the actors dressed up and seeing the actual sets when writing the songs. He showered and got dressed and now he realized how Ellie felt when she didn’t know how she looked and wanted to change about a hundred times. This really put in perspective the next time they would be going out not to tease her about it.    

He got a call saying that his car was here so he thanked the desk and hung up. He grabbed his keys and left. It didn’t take long to get to Emilio’s hotel and like he said he was waiting for him talking to the valet. When the car stopped Emilio walked over and opened the door and got in.  

“Hey Jon are you ready? We have a big night a head of us.” he smiled big. 

“Yeah I guess. We’ll be meeting everyone from the movie right?” He asked hopefully. 

“Yeah. Oh and some exec's to. That's ok right?’ he wanted to know.  

“Sure it’s fine.” Jon nodded. 

“Well of course this is probably going to be tame down compared to your parties right?” he wanted to know from Jon. 

“I doubt it very much. Why?” Jon wanted to know as he was looking out of the car window. 

“Well you rockers can get pretty wild I heard.” Emilio said to him. 

Turning to him with a ‘Baffled’ look, “Where did you hear that” he asked annoyed. 

“Hey you know how rumors get around that’s all.  I didn’t mean anything by it.” he tried to smooth things over. 

“Well your probably right, but I think you're thinking more of Motley Crue than us.” he told Emilio as he went back to looking out of the window.  

It was about a thirty-five-minute drive and they chatted off and on until they pulled up at the event. They had to drive around the back of the building only because it had leaked out that Jon Bon Jovi was attending the party.  

Getting out of the car Emilio asked him, “Man do you get this everywhere you go?”   

Chuckling, “Yeah I guess so. More so since Slippery then Jersey both came out. It’s just a pain when I have the family with me.” he told Emilio. 

“Uh I guess you're right. Your first concern is for them.” he said as they were walking into the kitchen entrance.  

 They finally found themselves out where the party was going and Emilio immediately started to introduce him to the cast and some of the crew. He didn’t see any of the exec’s so he would have to wait on that but he did see a lot of the girls he had ordered which made him happy.  

“Jon why don’t you go mingle. My brother Charlie is over there so go say Hi while I go see where John and the guys are.” he told Jon.  

Jon agreed and started to play the room. He went to go talk to Charlie and a few of the girls zeroed in on them and walked over there. They all stuck up a conversation and laughing and wine, champagne was flowing. Emilio finally brought over some of the exec's that Jon didn’t know and a few more girls showed up.   

Jon was making a lot of contacts but he was starting to feel real good.  He lost count on how many drinks he had only because people were putting them in his hand. So he was trying to get to the bar to get a soda when this red head stopped him. 

“Excuse me but aren’t you Jon Bon Jovi?” she asked him. 

Jon turned around but all he could see was a blurry face as he was getting really dizzy now.  

“Are you ok Honey you look a little pale.” she told him when all of a sudden the lights went out.  

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Ellie got to the doctors early so she could fill out her paperwork. Dr. Lopez’s assistant came out and brought her into a room and got her settled so she could examine her. Dr. Lopez was very through with her and even took blood and urine tests just to make sure that everything was ok. She told Ellie to wait in her office and that she would be in there in just a moment. 

As Ellie was antsy and thought it was like an hour waiting for the doc she finally came in. 

“I’m sorry Ellie. Ok it’s going to take a few hours for the results to get back but I think we both have an idea what the results are going to be right?” she told her cautious of what they could find.  

“Should I worry about this? I mean is it serious?” she asked her. 

“Oh Honey no, you’re not sick I think your pregnant.” Dr. Lopez told her happily. 

Ellie sat there in shock only because they have been together for fourteen years and she has been off of her birth control pills for at least that long and they never had to worry about her getting pregnant. It just never happened. She tried but nothing. 

“Dr. Lopez Jon and I have been trying but to no avail and a couple of years ago we had a miscarriage which I really don't want to go thru again.” Ellie told her getting upset. 

“Ellie is this why you two haven’t really been trying because of the last miscarriage?” she wanted to know. 

Ellie just looked at her with a frowny face. “Maybe but I never really told Jon why. We lost a set of twins and it was really hard of me. Talk about guilt when they told me they were boys.” she said with tears in her eyes. 

“Awe Honey you know that wasn’t your fault and why guilt because they were boys?” she wanted to know. 

“Oh I don’t know I guess I just wanted to raise a bunch of boys. Jimmy is so easy to raise and my sister is like hell on earth.” she chuckled.  

“She’s your sister that’s why. Why don’t you go home and I’ll call you with the results. Relax everything will be all right I promise.” she told Ellie. 

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Jon woke up with a pounding headache. He wasn’t surprised that he did but he didn't remember getting back to his hotel so he was very confused. He needed to go to the bathroom but needed the energy to get up. Wringing his hands over his face he sat up and stretch when he heard a moan coming from beside him. Horrified he reached over and sure enough there was a body next to him. He knew he couldn’t get lucky and hope that person was his wife.  

Before he knew she turned around and sleepily said to him, “Well Hi there Handsome. You feeling any better than you did last night? Of course that didn’t stop you, you dyno mo you. You do look like hell right now thou.” she told him rolling over as she had no shame as the blankets rolled off her front and down to her stomach showing her chest in full view. But right now Jon could have cared less as he was about livid.  

“Who the Hell are you!” Jon about yelled at her. 

“What do you mean? You don’t remember me from last night?’ she asked him as she tried to look shocked. 

“NO! I have no idea who the hell you are lady! Or how you got in my bed!” he said sincerely. “Look I’ll be right back I need to go to the bathroom but when I come out I want you dressed and ready to get the hell out of here.” Jon told her. 

Getting out of the bed naked as a jay bird, Jon was nothing but at ease with his body as he walked to the bathroom. The woman appreciated his candidness as she glared at the backside of his body. She got out of the bed and found her dress and slipped it on and sat back on the bed to wait for Jon. 

Jon was finishing up by washing his hands then running water on his face. Luckily he left some sweats on the floor of the bathroom and he put those on. He stood there trying to figure out how the hell he got from the party to where he was now. Ellie was going to kill him for sure. He took a deep breath and opened the door.  

“Well are we all cleaned up?” she asked him smiling. 

“Cut the shit.” he told her as he went to his suit case and pulled out a t-shirt. “What the hell happened last night?” he asked as he pulled his shirt on. 

“You know you don’t have to get dressed on my account cutie.” she said as she got up and started to walk towards him. 

Still standing where he was getting more and more pissed by the minute.  “Look I want to know what the hell happened last night. How did we get here without me knowing it?” he asked her angry. 

“Well we were drinking and you were getting real handsy so I suggested that we get a room and you said you had one. But the problem was you were really kind of out of it so I went thru your pockets and found your keys to your hotel. Believe me we were going to have a lot more privacy here because I’m not ready for everyone to know about us yet. "she told him. 

“You think you’re going to blackmail me? That’s a laugh. Who the hell is going to believe you?” he wanted to know and he hoped so because he was about to freak. 

“Oh you don’t worry about that ok? I got my pictures last night when we were fucking.” she said bragging. 

“If I was so out of it how the hell could I fuck you?” he asked her cocky. 

“Well when we got back here you were just able to get it up and boy did you. For all the other pics that we needed you didn't need to be awake for. We can work around them. For one we really didn’t want to smother you but we had to check on you for that one if you get my meaning.” she told him giggling.  

Jon wasn’t laughing. “I didn’t get your name.” he asked hoping he would get at least something. 

“Oh I’m hurt Jonny Boy. You sleep with someone and you don’t remember their name. Do you do this to all our dirty little secrets or what?” she was trying very hard to push his buttons and doing a very good job of it. 

“Screw you Bitch. I just wanted to be able to call you something else other than Bitch.” he told her as he sat defeated on his bed. 

For the first time she looked at him and felt bad for him but she was getting paid very well for this and would pay her debt off to the person in full and she’d be free to disappear with her kid. 

“Well you’re going to get to know me very well, my name is Cheri and if you don’t want your wife knowing anything about this you’ll do what I say Lover or this will be all over every rag and news outlet.” she told him as she stood up and put her shoes on.  

“What the hell do you want?” he asked trying to stay calm and not wringing her neck.  

“Look I get it; you want to kill me. But if I need a few things done then this needs to happen so just do what your told and everyone will be happy. You’ll hear from me soon. You just be a good boy and don’t contact the authorities or you will be one sorry man.” she told him as she walked over to the door. 

“Hey how the hell am I supposed to get in touch with you?” he asked her as he walked towards her. 

“No you don’t get in touch with me Rockstar I get in touch with you. If your wife or anyone that is with you is in the room and you don’t want them to know who you are talking to well that’s your business make up whoever I don’t care but you will talk to me when I call and get all the info because I will not call you back. I’m not that stupid. Now that I would want a second go around seeing that you’re awake but I have to meet someone. If this was just another time Baby.” she said as she opened the door but Jon got his two cents in before she left. 

“Oh trust me there wouldn’t have been a first time Cheri.” he said as he slammed the door shut. Cheri just laughed as she walked to the elevator. 

Jon started to pace the room and didn’t know what to do. He knew he was screwed. He was starting to feel nausea and he pretty much knew it was half the booze and have his nerves. As he was pacing and almost pulling out his hair it finally hit him who to call. He picked up the phone and only hoped he was awake. It rang for about almost six times when a very groggy voice came over the receiver. 

“Hello?” the voice said. 

Very loudly and almost screeching Jon yelled into the phone, “RICHIE! RICHIE!” 

Pulling the receiver away from his ear. “Jon stop yelling will ya I’m not deaf.” he said trying to sit up. 

“Richie will you stop fooling around I need you!” again yelling into the phone. 

“Look I’m not going to listen to you until you calm the hell down. Now take a few breaths and breathe.” he again told Jon as he sat up and waited knowing Jon all too well how he blows things out of proportion. 

Taking the phone away from his ear and trying to wring it with his hands but picturing Richie’s neck, he finally contained himself and tried to speak as calmly as he could. “Richard I need you. Could you please come to the PLAZA so we can talk I’m in big trouble here!" 

”Can I ask what kind of trouble. Did you fuck some girl? Just threaten her that she can get in trouble if she says anything because she didn’t sign a disclosure paper whatever thingy and have her sign one. I know you carry them on you. Just give her that smile of yours and she’ll believe anything you tell her.” he said lighting up a ciggy.  

“That’s not it Rich I went to a party last night with Emilio Esteves and to be honest I didn’t think I drank all that much but I don’t remember how I got back to the hotel or the broad that was in my bed. Please can you just come over here.” he begged him. 

“Yeah I’m on my way Kidd.” he told him as he got up and dressed as fast as he could. 

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The next day as Jon was dealing with his problem Ellie got Jimmy off to school. She still was feeling like crap but that wasn’t anything unusual for her only there was something going around his school and she would get things even before Jimmy did. Which always ticked her off. She was about to go grocery shopping when the phone rang.  

She grabbed the phone hoping it would be Jon, “Hello?” 

“Hello Ellie? It’s Dr. Lopez.”  

“Dr. Lopez I take it you have some news for me?” she asked her nervously. 

“Yes I do. Congratulations your pregnant.” she told her.  

Ellie sat there for a moment a little shock. “Ellie are you still there? I hope you're ok with this?” Lopez asked her concerned. 

“Oh um Yes, yes I am. Are you sure?” she asked her again. 

“Yes Ellie your pregnant. Ten weeks in fact. Will Jon be happy about this?” she asked her also concerned. 

“Oh more than you know. He wants a big family but I told him not to count on it with me and all my problems down there. We use to talk about it when we were sixteen in fact. Then we lost that time together. Then with Jimmy getting older we just thought but of course my Grandparents did it so why can’t we right.” she told her. 

“Well Ellie we need to make an appointment for you to come in and start your checkups. What would be a good day and time for you?” she asked her. Ellie gave her all the info that she needed and once they were finished she Thanked Dr. Lopez and hung up. She couldn’t believe that she was actually pregnant. She was feeling mixed emotions only because her last pregnancy didn’t go over to well. She as looking forward to see what it feels like as a normal person than a fish out of water where no one knew how to speak to her as she had a child so young.