Chapter One

It was early morning and Jon woke first. As usual he woke with his friend standing at attention and waiting for some attention. Usually this would be a problem if he was alone and he had to take of care of this by himself. But not this morning or the past mornings since he had brought her along with him on this tour. He hadn’t been this happy in a long time and the past few weeks had been fairly quiet with no one trying to kill them. He had his back to her so he turned around where she was laying on her side facing him. He loved to look at her when she was sleeping. Loved how peaceful she looked. He took the back of her head with his left hand and moved in to gently to kiss her. Then he moved in more passionately as she started to wake up to his kiss and just went with it. Jon didn’t waste any time as he moved on top of her and rubbing against her all the while knowing what he wanted, nothing needed from her. After they were finished Jon held her in his arms and chuckled. “Morning Baby.”

“Well morning to you too.” She giggled.

 “Did I ever tell you I love waking up like this with you?” he said squeezing her gently.

“I do believe you’ve mentioned it a couple of times, but you can keep on mentioning it if you want to.” She said smiling.

 Kissing her on top of her head he said “Why don’t we take a shower then order breakfast before the lunatics get here how does that sound?”

“Sounds good.”  She told him happily. They had taken their shower which took longer than it should have.  They ordered breakfast which didn’t take long and it didn’t take them long to finish it. After breakfast Mary had turned on the TV and Jon was going over some paperwork Doc had given him when the phone rang.

“I’ll get it Baby it’s probably Doc anyway.” Jon said making a face. He walked over to the phone and answered it. “Hello? Oh Hi. Yeah she’s right here just a minute.” Jon said as he turned to Mary holding out the phone to her. Mary just looked at him funny. “It’s for you Baby its A.J.” he told her.

“Oh okay ‘and she took the phone from him’ Hi A.J. what’s up?” she ask him happily to her from her brother.

“Hey Honey Rick and I need you here for a case. Janet can’t help us, she’s out with her Dad and we need a woman on this. So do you think you can fly in say by the day after tomorrow?” he asked his sister.

“Oh that soon?” she asked him knowing what was coming her way when she would tell Jon.

 “Yeah you’re the only other person we could think of that can handle herself in a situation like this Sweetie.” He told her confidently.

“Yeah okay I’ll get a flight out sometime tonight or tomorrow the latest okay I’ll call you when I make the arrangements.” She told him as he gave her the information.

“Sounds good Sweetie. I’ll tell Rick and we’ll pick you up at the airport. Talk to you soon.” A.J. said and hung up.

 In the meantime Jon’s head had shot up when he heard the conversation and he wasn’t too happy. “Okay what the hell did A.J. want?” Jon said a little too sternly for her taste, so she got on the defense of.

 “Excuse me? Do you want me to explain?” she said agitated.

“Yeah I do because all I heard was you’re going to make arrangements to fly out either tonight or tomorrow?” he said angrily.

 “I can see we’re going to have a fight about this?” she stated as she walked over to him.

“You bet your life we are.” He said angrily.

“Why? My brothers need me so they called me for help. What would you do?” she asked him confused.

He just looked at her for a moment and wrung his hands through his hair. “Okay look I understand where you’re coming from I really do. But it’s usually life and death with them and when you usually work with them you end up in the hospital.” He calmly yelled.

                “I do not. Jesus Jon you have to trust me. Rick and A.J. do, why don’t you?” she asked as calmly as she could.

“It’s not you I don’t trust it’s those crazy maniacs I don’t trust.” His voice was now getting louder. “Plus you didn’t even give me the courtesy of talking this over with me! You just accepted it and told A.J. that you would go home A.S.A.P.! WHY!” He yelled.

She just looked at him not really knowing the answer to his question. “I don’t know. He asked me and I answered. I wasn’t thinking.” She said as she cringed backwards from him.

 While all this was happening Richie was about to knock on their door and he could hear all the yelling. So he opened the door and he could see that Mary looked like she was like a deer caught in the headlights of the Bongiovi temper. “Well we’re supposed to…” Jon was luckily cut off when Richie cut in.

“Hey guys what’s going on?” he asked concern.

 Mary just turned around so her back was facing both of them. Her emotions were going from wanting to cry to wanting to punch him in the face. “You want to know what‘s going on! Her brother calls and needs her help and without asking me for my advice or talking it through she just accepts right on the spot.” Jon loudly tells his friend.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa! Jon calm down will you.” Richie told him. Just about then Mary had had enough. She turned around and started for the door.

Jon quickly yelled to her. “Where the Hell are you going?”

“OUT!” she screamed at him.

“Where out!” he screamed back at her.

“To find Sarah!” she told them. She was seeing Richie during this tour.

“I think she’s down in the salon Darlin’” Richie told her as she half way out the door.

“Thanks.” She said and left.

Richie looked at Jon and said, “Okay we need to talk Kidd.”

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 Mary made her way downstairs but instead of going into the salon she decided to go for a walk. So she left the hotel and just headed out. She walked for what seemed like hours but was only about an half hour and she ended in the park so she sat on the bench and just watched what was going on around her and tried to clear her head.

                Meanwhile back in Jon’s room the guys were talking or more Richie was lecturing. “Kidd are you crazy? Yelling at her like that. You know how close she is with her brothers they call she goes running. You would do the same damn thing man.” Richie explained to him.

“But Rich we should of discussed it, together.” Jon said sullenly.

“Yes you guys should have but I don’t think she was thinking at that exact moment. And you should of realized that and been more compassionate Kidd because I don’t think she’s ever really been in a relationship with anyone especially like this one before.” Richie explained to him.

 “Oh God you’re right. The only other relationship she was in was Michael and that explains a lot. I’m such an idiot Rich.” He said while hitting his forehead.

“Yeah I’ll agree with that.” Richie said smirking.

Jon not finding that funny gave him the Jersey salute. “I’ve got to fix this.” Jon told him but how?

 “You going to let her go?” Richie asked.

“I still want to talk to her about it first. The last time she almost got killed if you remember.” He reminded Rich.

 “Oh yeah that’s right. Well I do see where you’re coming from but Jon it’s still her decision.” He reminded Jon.

“Why? It should be OUR decision, shouldn’t it?” Jon asked Rich.

 “You don’t ask her opinion with things concerning Bon Jovi do you?” Richie asked with a smirk.

 Jon just shook his head. “That’s different and you know it.”

 “How?” he asked Jon.

 “What do you mean How?” Jon was getting irritated now.

 “It’s the same damn thing and you know it. Don't try and tell us it’s not” Richie told him.

 “I hate you!” Jon told him.

 “Yeah I know you do but you just hate it more when I’m right.” Richie was smirking again.

 Just then there was a knock on the door. “Well it can’t be one of the guys they’d just come in.” Richie said.

Jon just chuckled and answered the door. “Sarah?” he was a little shocked to see her standing there.

“Well Hi to you to Jon. Is Richie here?” she asked him as she stood there looking like she just got out of the salon.

“Yeah he’s inside.” Jon told her as she entered.

“Hey Darlin’ let me look at you.” he said as she twirled around.

“Do you approve?” she asked him winking and blowing kisses at him.

“Come here and let me show you.” he growled.

“Okay none of that. Hey wait a minute, isn’t Mary with you?” Jon asked worried.

                “No I haven’t seen her since last night, why?” Sarah asked confused.

                “She said she was going down to the salon to meet you.” Jon told her now really worried.

                “Really well I didn’t see her. When was she going?” Sarah asked him.

                “About forty five minutes ago. Are you sure?” Jon asked worried.

 “Jon if she was down there I’d would have known it.” She said.

 “Yeah I’m sorry I’m going to call downstairs.” Jon said as he picked up the phone and called the restaurant then the bar area with no luck. So then he tried the front desk. After getting the information he needed he hung up. While he was on the phone Richie explained to Sarah how they had a fight and what it was about.

Richie turned to Jon and asked “So Kidd what did you find out?”

“You’re not going to fucking believe this.” Jon said upset.

 “Why? What?” Richie was really confused and upset at the same time.

“The front desk saw her leave the hotel about forty minutes or so. She just left without taking anyone with her. She’s out there all by herself, she knows better than that Damn it!” Jon yelled.

 “Ah Jon she knows how to take care of herself so I think she’ll be alright. She’s probably out either taking a walk or shopping.” Sarah said to him to try and calm him down some.

 “Sarah that’s not the point. The diehard fans know what she looks like so anything can happen to her.” Jon said pacing up and down the floor of his room.

“Well what do you want to do? Send out a posse out after her?” Richie asked.

Jon just looked at him then smiled. “Well why not. We each can take one of security with us and check all the different transports and surrounding areas.” Jon suggested.

“Fine I’ll go get the guys, Sarah I’ll meet you back here whenever.” Richie said with a sigh.

“Wait you’re not going to fight me on this?” Jon asked surprised.

 “Well I could stand here and argue with you but you’re going to do what you want anyway so I might as well just cut to the chase.” Richie told him smiling.

                “Well don’t you just think you’re so smart?” Jon said sarcastically to Richie.

“No I don’t think I know!” Richie said laughing as Jon threw a pillow at his head.

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As Jon got together the crew to go out looking for her at the airport, bus stop, train station, and then spread out through the city Mary was just sitting on the park bench looking at the people walking their dogs, playing with their children, just walking by either on their way home or to work, eating lunch and other people just people watching. As she was watching another lady someone in her late sixties came and sat beside her. After a few minutes the woman notices that she looked down so she tried to start a conversation up with her.             

“Nice weather we’re having isn’t it?” she said. Mary thought that the woman next to her said something to her.

“Excuse me?” Mary said to her.

“I said nice weather we’re having isn’t it.” The lady said again.

“Yes, yes it is.” Mary said back.

“My name is Ethel and yours?” she asked Mary.

Smiling, “It’s Mary, how do you do.” And she shook her hand.

“If you don’t mind my saying but you look a little down. Is there something wrong dear? I’m a good listener.” Ethel said.

 Mary chuckled. “No I’m fine really. Just had a little tiff with my boyfriend that’s all. Nothing drastic.” Mary told her.

“Well maybe talking to someone who isn’t close to the situation maybe you can sort things out.” Ethel told her.

Mary wasn’t sure of her intentions. Some people knew who she was. Her picture was in the papers associated with Jon and could want gossip on him. But her instincts were telling her that this woman wasn’t like that. “Well okay I did something he didn’t like.”

“Well it couldn’t have been that bad. Could it?” she asked her curiously.

“Well he thought so. I made a decision without his knowledge and he freaked. He felt that I should have consulted him first and looking back I think that he was right but now I already told my brothers that I would be there in two days. Now I probably would have won the argument anyway but I still should have sat down with him you know?” She explained as there were tears in her eyes.

                “I see your problem. Did you tell him that?” Ethel asked her.

“Well I tried but he just kept yelling at me then his best friend came in the room so that’s when I walked out on him so he could calm down. But the only problem is I lied to him where I was going.”  Mary explained further.

“Oh my well that’s not going to go over very well is it?” Ethel asked.

“I’m afraid not, especially with his Italian temper.” She told her as she chuckled.

“Oh dear he doesn’t hurt you does he?” Ethel asked her concerned.

“Oh no he doesn’t. Trust me he’s the kindest, sweetest, loving man I know. He loves me that I know. I just needed to walk away before I said something that I would regret you know. I have a temper too. I take after my big brother.” Mary said with a small smile.

“Well if he’s like you said I’m sure things will work out just fine dear. You just need to sit each other down and talk to one another, and I’m sure things will be fine. What my mother always said to me if you can’t work things out over dinner then you can work it out in the bedroom.” Ethel said smiling.

“Ethel!” Mary said astonished.

 “What you think I’m a prude. Please! I’m with it.” Mary just started laughing and so did Ethel. They sat there chit chatting with one another when David and Brian had found them but didn’t want to approach them. So Brian radioed Jon and Mac and told them where they were and to meet them there. Fifteen minutes later they drove up to find David and Brian so they showed Jon where Mary was. Jon was shocked to see her sitting on the park bench laughing and chatting with some elderly lady like nothing had happen and like she didn’t have a care in the world. Jon’s temper was about to explode. David tried to warn Jon not to scream at her but Jon told David to back off. David said that he would regret it if he went storming over there but again Jon told him to mind his own business. David said fine but not to come crying to any of them when she breaks everything off with him.