Chapter 48 - Sweet New Jersey Home

                      

Jon managed to get a full nights sleep.  When he wakes in the morning, his first thought wasn't of Monica,  it was moms coffee.  Jon wanted a hot cup of his ma's coffee.  When he gets out if bed, he pulls on a pair of sweatpants and glides down the stairs.  Entering the kitchen he sees that no one is home, but the coffee pot was on.  He pours himself a cup off coffee and sits at the kitchen table, grabbing the days edition of the New York Times.  He sips his coffee and scans the paper until he decides what he wants to eat.  Deciding that he'll have toast with jam, he gets up and makes it.  

After his breakfast he figures that he'll hit the shower and then head to the bank to cash their check.  Jon was given one check as payment for that leg of the tour, he then needed to pay the band.  As he is gathering his things for his shower, it hits him....Monica.  His mood was then shifted and he was a little bummed.  He made up his mind that he wasn't going to chase her down for an explaination of the mystery man in her bedroom.  She's made no attempt to contact him, but the ball is in her court.  Life as he knows it will go on, Bon Jovi will lay tracks for the new album and they will hit the road to promote and support that

He's showered and getting ready to leave when he sees a car pull in the driveway that he didn't recognize.  He steps out the backdoor to be greeted by Monica's dad.  Jon smiles as he walks up to him, extending his hand, "Hey, how are you?" He asks her dad, not sure why he's paying a surprise visit.

"I'm good son, how are you?"

"Good, what brings you by?" Jon has to know, this uninvited visit concerned Jon.  "Is Monica okay?"

Her dad nods his head yes, "If being pregnant is okay,  then I guess she's okay." His response confused Jon.   Jon was expecting anger, but he had little to no affect. 

Jon smiles, not realixing it and says,  "She is pregnant?"

"You knew it was possible?"

Jon starts to pace a little, "Yes sir, we knew it was a possibility before we left this last time."

"And what are your intentions?" He questions the future rockstar that's before him. 

Jon stops and looks her dad in the eye, "My intentions are whatever she wants them to be.  I will be with her every step of the way, if that's what she wants."  Jon starts the pacing again, "How come she didnt tell me?"

"She's pretty shocked and she says that the two of you haven't talked in several days."

"That's right, we havent."

"Can I ask why?" Her dad wondered what happened. Her dad wasn't going to pressure her, he knows that it was hard for her to tell her parents that she was even pregnant. 

Again , Jon stops with the pacing and tells her dad, "That's something that she needs to tell you." His hands rub his face trying to rub away some of the stress.  "Is she home?"

"She's at her house, last that I knew."

"I gotta go see her." Jon professes, "I'm heading there now."

Jon excuses himself and heads to Monica's.  He ran a few stop signs and got there as fast as he could.  Pulling into her driveway, his stomach is in his throat and his palms are sweaty.  He's having the worst case of nerves that he's ever experienced.

He steps out of his car and walks up the driveway.  Almost to the door, he hears her screen door open.  Looking up, he sees her walking toward him.  She has never been more beautiful to him.  When they meet in the driveway, she started to cry.  Jon takes her in his arms and holds her tight.  Through her heavy sobs, she manages to mumble, "Are you mad?"

Jon kisses her head and says, "About the baby?  No, I'm not mad, but why didn't you tell me?" He's not letting her go.

Monica looks up at him with her make up smeared eyes and says,  "With the way  I left things while we were away,  I thought you would never talk to me again."

Jon gives her a wink, with a chuckle and says, "You're having my baby, you'll hear from me for atleast the next 18 years."  He lightens his hold on her, giving her room to step back a little, "What happened in LA? Who was in your room that day?"

"It's not what you think. Let me start by saying, I was back here that same day."  she pauses and takes a deep breath.  "The voice you heard was Calvin Klien."

"Why was he in your room?" Jon questions, feeling better that it was Calvin Klien,  as opposed to some random guy.

Monica takes his hand and pulls him toward the door, "We just finished looking at proofs from the shoot the night before." she opens the door and they go into 

the house.  "I thought I had my tattoo covered good enough, but he spotted it in a few shots."

"So?"

"A model with tattos cannot pose for CK.  As soon as he seen those, I was sent home."

"What does he have to do with Hawaiian Tropic?"

They stop in the kitchen, each leaning against the counter facing one another. "They teamed up for the shoot I guess.  I was caught off guard and a little embarrassed."

"So they just send you home?"

"No ifs ands or buts about it.  I had to pack and leave that day. "

"Because of that little tattoo that you have on your hip?" He gives her a look like he's in shock.  "That little heart tattoo."  Monica nods her head yes and gives Jon a sad face.  He can see that she's disappointed in the fact that she was sent home,  so he changes the subject, "We're having a baby!!"

Monica raises her head, smiles at Jon and says,  "Yes we are."