Chapter 128

His grin spread on his lips as he heard her trill out a “Hey darling!”

"Hello sweet Ketsl. How’s my favorite lady today?"

“Good, a bit busy...but not too busy to talk to you! How is Philly? When am I going to see you again?”

"Last night was good babe. We have that fan thing in a few here, but I have a couple days off after so yeah, I'll be heading your way. You ready for me babe?"

“Ready, willing and able! I have the next weekend off by the way so I can make it to Connecticut after all!”

When David kept talking Jon huffed a slight growl into the phone. "Enough flirting, fuckin' working here man, no time for the good stuff." Jon winked as David frowned and kept talking. "Hello Carly, sorry to interrupt."

Jon's brow quirked at the  quiet. Carly had gotten quiet suddenly, what was up with that. "You there Carly?"


“Hey Jon! how's life treating ya?”

He bit back an expletive and forced a less worried tone to his voice. "Rather interesting, don’t ya think so Dean?"

“Hey Carly darling,' life is not dull around here that’s’ for sure, There is a bug of some sorts circulating here. Hope the girls don't catch it!" Richie sighed.


“Hey Richie! Good to hear your voice too! And what bug are you talking about?”

"Well, Frank here had the runs, and I got the pukes and chills," he sighed as the thought occured, "What Jon had, it wasn't ... he put emphasis on the next word, "contagious was it?"

Carly could not contain her laughter. "Sorry Richie, you should keep away from the girls if you still have your symptoms, and wash your hands well! But I'm pretty sure that Jon is safe to be around..unless you're blocking his way to the bathroom that is! Take my word for it, you do NOT have what Jon has."

Richie's smile came out to play. Hell at least he wasn't in that particular doghouse then. Figuring he'd get a better answer than Jon at this point, considering what he knew, he threw the question first. "Hey Carly we were wondering if you might want a job -- hell we need you girlfriend. Don't we Frank?"

“What's the matter? Are the little mamas OK?”

Jon chuckled, "If puking your guts out on a regular and I do MEAN on an hourly occurance ok. Then shes peachy."

“Oh NO!!! Has she seen a doctor? I told her if it got bad again to see a doctor! Is she ABLE TO HOLD ANYTHING DOWN? She wasn't that bad when she was with me!”

He winced at the sound of her voice. "Well she has her good moments so yeah. And I'm trying to make sure to keep it to bland stuff, but sometimes nothing works. And no, no doctor yet other than the one we hit in Vegas to verify she was pregnant. Been a bit all over the place you know."


“OK, has she been drinking enough of fluids?”

He winced and watched as David started laughing. "Hell I don't know. I been busy, its why we're calling right Rich?" He pushed the conversation back to Richie. Let her crawl Richie some, he was fucking sure Bri hadn't been to doctors either yet.

“She may be dehydrated...and that could be dangerous!”

"Oh hell we didn't think on the doctor's Carly . Bri went to one in Montreal but not since. She isn't too bad though other damn mood swings," Richie grumbled.

"What the fuck you mean dangerous?" The tic in Jon's eye started twitching. " I take care of her."

"You better be taking care of them since it appears that neither one of you paid attention in Health class in High School!"She rolled her eyes and sucked in a deep breath  ,Can I knock their heads together?"Listen if its possible . She needs to be drinking lots of liquids to make up for all she is throwing up . And since I wasn't able to let you have it while you were here.  How could either of you forget the latex? I mean hell you love sex it shouldn't be that hard to forget!! "

"Uh yea its in the water," Richie chuckled he glanced at Jon. "Told them not to drink it but they did and bam." Richie paused a moment as the rest of Carly’s words filtered into his mind."What you mean health class of course we did. " Richie glanced up at Jon dumbfounded and mouthed, “health class?”

Jon snorted, "I wasn’t that great in school. Hell that’s all over the Jovi world. It's why I sing."

Carly's voice with high and hard. She hadn't even mentioned this when they were at her home, but she'd been wanting to say something about it for weeks. “Water my ass! Neither one of you are allergic to latex.  That can’t be it. YOU Jon were called Rubber King in the day. Come ON! Didn’t you Think?”

“Hey, I used something not sure about Frank but I know I did," Richie mumbled as he felt his cheeks flush. Called on the carpet by a tiny shy nurse? He’d never live it down.

Jon felt the flush in his cheeks as she raked him over the coals. Geena had been so hot he'd forgotten his usual routines. "Not allergic just forgetful Carly."

“OK geniuses, I'll give you two a contraception lessons later! Let me talk to the girls NOW!!!”

"They aren't here right now, Bri is pissed at me," Richie groaned.

Jon's "Oh shit" echoed into the phone. "You'll have to call the hotel. Geena wanted to rest before the concert."

Richie winced at the screech echoing through all three phones and prayed he hadn't just guaranteed himself a dose of payback Carly style.

“Richie.....what did you now?”

Richie's mouthed dropped as he glanced over to David who had a very amused look on his face. "Just didn't want her to wear the open jacket from my collection is all, no big deal."

“Richie, at your age, and after all the women you've been with...you still haven't learned that we do not like to be told what to do, OR what to wear?”

David couldn't resist piping in. "You go Ketsl. tell these guys how to really treat a woman."


“Shush darling! I'm not done with Bullwinkle and Rocky yet!”