Steph got Romeo out of the car and helped her mom take some odds and ins inside and then smiled, "Can I go now dad?"
"Are you going to walk?"
"Yep I know you guys are busy."
"Not to busy to run you over there Steph"
"Really? Can I drive?"
"Sure if you want you can."
"Great. Hold on let me text Chris make sure its still ok." Steph quickly texted her boyfriend before running into the house to change clothes and came back out in clean shorts and a tank top.
"Ok Chris' mom and dad say every thing is cool lets go."
Jon went into the other room to let Dot know that he was taking her to Chris' house and by the time Jon got back out to the driveway his daughter was already in the drivers seat. "A little excited to see him huh?" he smiled getting into the passengers side.
"Yes its been days." She told her dad.
"Yeah and that's a lifetime in teenage years." he laughed.
"Yeah." She adjusted the mirrors and started the car but wouldn't put it in drive and just looked at her dad.
"What?"
"Seat belt dad."
"Congratulations you passed my paying attention test." He smiled while putting on his seat belt.
"You're waisting my valuable time." She told him as she drove out of the driveway and immediately turned right to go to Chris'.
"Damn Steph he will still be there no need to rush."
"Dad I'm only going 20 mph." She laughed
He leaned over and looked at the speedometer. "I think it's broken."
"Nice dad" She laughed. Then pulled into Chris' driveway on the right. She put the car in park and jumped out. "Thanks dad see you later." She laughed and ran towards the door not even waiting for him to change into the drivers side.
"I love you to sweetheart." he laughed getting out the car then waved to Chris who had just came out. "Call me when your ready to come home Steph." Jon told her as he opened up the driver door.
"Sure dad." She waived and then wrapped her arms around Chris
"Hi." She told him softly.
"I missed you these past few days." he smiled then kissed her leading her into the house But before they got in, Jon walked over to them. "Chris can I talk to your mom just a minute."
"Sure come on in." He took Steph's hand then led her into the house while Jon followed.
"Dad!" Steph moaned.
"What? I'm just checking on what time I need to pick you up."
"You just told me to call you." She hissed.
"Well they might have something planned this evening and if we get busy at home I want to make sure we will be ready to come over here." he explained. He wasn't checking up on which is what she thought but instead making sure that his daughter wasn't interrupting something the family had planned.
Steph just shook her head at him.
Chris led them through the house and towards the kitchen where his mom was just cleaning up after lunch. "Mom....Mr.Bo...Ummm Jon wants to talk to you."
Lynn turned around to look at Jon. "Hi Jon what can I do for you?" She reached out to shake his hand
"Hi.....I was checkin' to see what time you wanted me to pick up Steph."
"Oh, I'm not sure what is her curfew? She's not a bother at all so we're fine." Laura responded.
Jon knew that he was in hot water with his daughter and normally her curfew would be 10 but he changed it. "Not until 11 but if you guys had something planned I can pick her up earlier."
"How about 1030 that way Chris can get to bed by his curfew to." Laura smiled.
"That's just fine." he smiled. "Thanks for letting her come over on such short notice."
"Like I said Jon Stephanie is not a problem at all, keeps Chris from bugging us." She laughed.
Jon laughed looking toward his daughter. "I can relate."
"Bye dad." She told him.
"So nice with the teenage attitude." Jon smiled. "Thanks again Laura I'll be back later to get her." Jon told her then walked passed his daughter. "Have fun baby girl."
"Thanks dad see you later." Steph told her dad. Then whispered to Chris, 'Take a walk' in hopes that his mother wouldn't get suspicious.
"Hey mom we're gonna go take a walk okay." She only smiled turning back around fixing dinner.
A short drive later Jon got back to the house and walked into the family room. When he walked in there Dot was reading while the two younger boys were stretched out on the couch asleep. "I think they may have played a little to hard this week."
"I think so too." She smiled at him. "So you survived seeing Steph with Chris again huh?"
"Yeah and his grubby little lips were on hers as soon as he walked outside."
"Yours used to be on mine too
"Yeah but that was different." he laughed.
"How so cos it was you." Dot laughed leaving the two little kids and moving to get her kisses from him.
"Exactly!"
She shook her head and laughed. After wrapping his arm around her then kissing her briefly he stood back just enough to look at her. "Do you think we could go pick out that ring for her tonight?"
"Sure if you want to baby I take it she agreed to it."
"Yeah but she wouldn't agree to the 17 part."
"Why not?" Dot asked looking over to Mary the nanny, "We're going out for a bit, the young ones are in the living room sleeping, Jesse's in his room Steph isn't home."
"She just said she couldn't promise that until she was 17 but she could 16. Can't you talk to her?"
"Jon if she'll give us 16 I think we should take it."
"Really?" he asked a little sad as they walked outside.
"From what she told me about what she feels yes I'd say lets take it and run."
Jon stopped dead in his tracks. "What has she told you?"
"I think she really loves him Jon. She's told me about how her stomach does flip flops when they kiss, how her body tingles everywhere when he touches her arm. Its how I've felt about you.
"This girl is really breakin' my heart you know that."
"Why do you say that? Dot asked while getting into the car Jon just came home in.
"She's just growin' up to damn fast that's all. I still remember the day we bought her home from the hospital and neither one of us had a clue of what to do with her." He smiled starting up the car and pulling out onto the road. "Now that she's a teenager we are right back where we started."
"I think its a cycle Jon."
"Vicious cycle." he reached over for running his fingers over her hand. "But we will make it through this okay right?"
"Of course we will our daughter is very smart. She'll make good decisions.”
"Deep down I guess I know that but I also know how persuasive boys can be. And I really think she will be able to hold up to her promise until they get to the point where their bodies are actually touching in those sensitive areas. That's when all hell breaks loose."
"WE have to trust in here Jon. If we can get her to at least 16 I think the worst will be over. Right now they are all hormones, by then if they are still together their brains will hopefully catch up."
"Yeah we can only hope but I still think 16 is to young and before you say anything I know I was 13."
"Jon I was only 15." Dot reminds him.
"And don't you wish you would have waited?"
"In some ways but I don't regret it."
"I do." he admitted as they stopped to turn into the parking lot.
"Yours or mine?"
"Mine."
"Well yeah but you don’t even know the girls name." She took his hand then and started walking towards the jewelry store.
"Like that makes it better." he smiled leaning into her and whispered. "And I do kind of regret not being the first guy you were with."
Dot kept her mouth shut, she wasn't about to remind him that he just shook hands not more than 8 hrs ago with the guy that was her first. Bobby showed her love that way and she doesn't and wouldn't regret it. "Come on lets go buy our daughter a ring."
"Hold on." With their hands still joined he stopped her. "I just mean that I wish I could have felt you that first time." he almost whispered.
"Jon it was over 30 yrs ago we can't go back to that." She wanted to move on, her brain turned and churned tryint to remember if she's ever told him who her first was and if she hasn't she surely doesn't want to now.
"I know that I'm just saying." he smiled. "Who was your first anyway?" he asked curiously as they walked into the store.
| Chapter 75 "I'll tell you later, what kind of ring do we want to get her?" "I told her a promise ring. She said she didn't really want a purity ring." "Did she tell you the difference?" Dot asked glad he didn't pursue his previous question. "Something about a purity ring stays on your left ring finger but she said she only wanted her wedding band on that one. At least I think thats what she said." he laughed. "OK just like me she's a girl you have to listen to her sweetie." Dot smiled and asked the sales person where the promise rings were. Once she took them out of the case Dot began looking at them. "I do listen at the time, it just slips away after a while." he joked. "You're lucky your daughter isn't with us now." She laughed. "Believe me I know!" "What about that one?" Dot showed him a ring with 3 hearts on it all intertwined. "I like that one." Jon took it from her and looked at it closer. "Do you think Steph will like it? "If we present it right. She likes ceremony if you haven't figured that out about her." "Yeah she told me." "So how are we going to present it to her?" Dot asked as she told the sales person to engrave "love will wait 4 u" on the inside and she needed a size 5. Then she turned to Jon for her answer. "I thought about maybe going into the city for a nice dinner just me, you and her." "And say what to her." Dot asked putting her hands on Jon's hips. "You mean we have to talk to her to?" He asked with a small smirk on his face. "Sometimes Mr I don't know what I'm going to do with you." "I've got a few ideas." he replied in a sexy voice wrapping his arms around her. "Don't you always." She smiled leaning up to kiss him before wondering around looking at jewelry. "See anything you like?" "Yeah he's 5'10", obscenely blue eyes and he's just to the east of me." She smirked. Knowing Jon was the only male in the room. He moved down the counter right beside her with their arms touching. "Will I do?" he smiled. "OH yeah you'll do nicely." She smirked and leaned back and kissed him. "Mmm I can't wait to get you back home." Just after he said that he wrapped his arms around her waist while her back was against him and let her feel what she was doing to him just with the little bit of flirting. "Already?" She grinned looking over her shoulder. "Yeah so you need to quit." he laughed. "Or I need to go wait in the car." "What'd I'd do?" She smirked innocently. "You and your little flirty ways." "I thought you liked it when I flirted?" She asked turning and kissing his neck. "Oh I do baby." "So what's the problem?" She asked wiggling her body against his slowly. A groan escaped his lips when she started moving. "Maybe we should ask them where the stock room is." "Nope you get nothing until we get home." "But why?" "Cos its fun to torture you." She laughed. Since nobody was around Jon moved his hand down to her butt and pinched her. "Hey I'm telling my husband buddy." "So tell him." Jon smirked just before biting her neck gently. Dot turned around very quickly and looked him square in the eye. "Jon some guy in the jewelry store is touching what's yours." "I guess that means I'll have to hold you closer then to make sure he doesn't do it again." "Kick his butt Johnny." "You know I would if I had to babe." "So will I." She laughed and slapped Jon's butt. "I know that's why fan's stay away." he laughed looking down and seeing the wedding bands. "Did you want to get new wedding bands here or somewhere else?" "Why?" She asked. "I was just wondering for when we renew our vows." "NO why with the fans?" She was a question behind him those damn blue eyes messed with her head sometimes. "I just mean they stay away cause they don't want their asses kicked by my wife." "OH I like that I get to keep you all mine by fear." She laughed. He laughed shaking his head. "Crazy wife of mine." "You love me and you know it." She kissed him. "Yes on the rings. I think 20yrs of marriage deserves a diamond don't you?" "Sure whatever my baby wants." When she got close enough he put an arm around waist with his hand resting on her hip. "Well the engraving is done so here you are folks." The sales clerk moves back out to the front to ring the sale up. "Thank you." Jon took the ring at looked at it after being engraved. "I think she's really gonna like this Dot." "I think she wants to do the right thing this is just gonna help her a little. I just want to see how she's going to explain it to Chris." "Should be interesting." Jon told her as he signed the credit card slip and took her hand before heading back out the door. "That little shit better not take that from her and then leave either." "What would you have done if a girl you dated at Chris' age had one of these rings - honestly Jon think back." Dot asked as they got in the car again. "Well obviously if I cared about her I would respect that." "How hard would it have been though Jon, can you remember back to when we started dating." "Damn I couldn't wait to be with you." He started up the car then pulled out of the parking lot. "But I did to respect you." "I know that what I'm just saying is how hard would it have been if you and I knew we loved each other 4 months into our relationship and I told you we had to wait for 8more months.” "Be exercising my hands a hell of a lot." He laughed making the turn to go towards their house. "We were lucky to make it to four months." "Yes you hormone, and think Jon she's got our sex drives." "God help her. I feel kind of bad for her." "We need to be on exactly the same page on this ring Jon." Dot saw the gate come into view. "When we get into our room we can discuss it further ok." "Talk in the bedroom?" he smirked. "That's something we don't do often." "Ok sexy pants we can go on the balcony after our talk I'll give you sex if your a good boy." "Oh I'll be good." he smiled parking the car then kissing her softly. "I bet." She smiled. "When sex is on the line." "You know it baby." He got out of the car then walked over to her side opening up the door for her. "I love you Jon." She smiled getting out of the car. Her life is very very good. "I love you." His hand wandered down and ended up in the back pocket of her shorts. "Why don't we go up to the bedroom and talk now." "We can but don't you think we should see if we have any kids that might need us for any reason?" She asked thinking the youngest ones surely are up from their naps now. "Yeah I guess that would be nice of us." Dot walked in the front door of the house though and heard nothing. She looked out the back window across from their entrance and saw all the kids in the pool with the nanny. "Looks like they don't need us." A huge smile came across Jon's face seeing them and knowing that he was getting more time with Dot helped with the smile. "Let's go up stairs then." "Ok babe." She smiled and led the way. | ||||
Steph pulled back from the 30 minute kissing session with Chris outside, under the trees in his back yard and smiled. "Miss me?"
"Just a little."
"So I forgot to tell you congrats on 1st string." She said with a kiss.
"Yeah it was tough but I did it." he smiled.
"As soon as I get my jacket I want you to wear it."
"I'm so proud of you. How many Juniors are 1st string?" She asked truly interested in his life. "I'd love to." Her smile grew even bigger.
"Only two of us made it but both of us played last year to."
"That's still awesome, is the other one Justin?" She asked running her hands on his chest as he laid on his back and she rested on her side
facing him.
"How did you know that?" he asked with a huge smile.
"You told me once who the other one was on the varsity. By the way when you get your jacket you have to wear it first so everyone knows its yours and so it smells like you."
"I'll break it in for ya." he laughed softly but stopped her hand and placed his over it.
"What's wrong?" She asked wondering why he stopped her hand.
"What do you mean?" He asked moving his hand so that their fingers were intertwined.
"Oh I thought I was doing something that bothered you that's why you stopped my hand." She smiled. "Hey guess what I did at the shore?"
"Had fun I'm sure."
"Well yeah and got quite the tan." She smiled and pulled her shirt up a bit to reveal her tan belly.
Just what he needed to see....her stomach. He couldn't help but reach down and touch the part that she revealed to him. "Very nice tan." he smiled.
"Thought you'd like that." She smiled. "I sang onstage at the same bar my dad started at 8000 years ago."
"You sing?" he asked a little surprised. "That's pretty cool."
"Yeah I thought you knew that?" She told him.
"You never told me."
"Damn sorry honey. Yeah I've been singing since late last year but I finally had enough guts to ask my dad to help me about a month ago and we went to the Stone Pony in Asbury Park and he brought me onstage - what a rush."
"Will you sing for me?"
"Sure I will but I'm not good acapella so next time you're over we'll go to the studio and I'll rip the vocals off a track and sing."
His smile grew larger watching her while she talked about singing.
He could tell she really enjoyed it. "Cool, I can't wait to hear you."
"That is if you want to come over anymore." She had to tell him, this was going to be a hurdle in their relationship she thought.
"What do you mean if? Don't you want me to come over?" he asked unsure of what she was talking about.
"No I do, but I had some long talks with my parents this weekend and made a deal with them."
"What kind of deal?"
"Ever heard of a promise ring?" She asked him sitting up.
"Yeah, my sisters boyfriend got her one. Did you want me to get you one?"
"No sweetie, my parents are getting me one."
"What's it going to be for?"
"I'm promising to remain a virgin until I'm 16, and if I complete the promise Dad is buying me any car I want."
"16?" he groaned then fell back onto the ground.
"I know it sucks, but it seems so important to them that we really know what we are doing about sex." She said taking note of his actions.
"But Steph that is forever."
"Its 8 months. We'll have been together just shy of a year then."
"But still that's a long time ya know."
"But what if we would do it before then if we are ready and you just not tell them."
"I can't do that Chris. I can't lie to them." She stood up getting a little upset about his reaction. "Are you seriously telling me that sex is gonna be an issue here?"
"It's just that I really want to be with you but damn....8 months?"
"They haven't given me the ring yet I'm sure I can promise them 17 if that will make it easier." She says with sarcasm lacing her words.
"17?" He hopped up standing face to face with her. "But what if we are ready way before then?"
"From the sounds of things we aren't going to be." She throws back.
"It sounds like you would rather have a car over me." he challenged.
"That's not what this is about. Its not the car its the promise that they can trust me. You know what trust is right Chris? What I thought I had with you. Sounds like all you want is sex."
"Yeah I know what trust is and apparently you don't have it with me. If you did you wouldn't even make that silly promise with your parents."
"Why is it such a big deal that I'm going to? I thought you loved me not sex?"
"I do love you but I like the idea of being with you to."
"Well you better figure out what you want more - me or sex because right now I don't want anything to do with us. I'm going home." She turned and walked towards the front of his house to leave.
"Fine Steph." he shouted then went back over to the tree. "I don't need her anyway." he mumbled sitting back down.
Steph stormed away and got back to her own house in 10 minutes.
Walking in the front door she went straight to her room not seen by anyone.
Later that evening after Jon and Dot had their talk they got the boys into bed except for Jesse who was playing video games. Dot stayed home while Jon went over to Chris' house. He had gotten there a few minutes early but went ahead and walked up to the door ringing the doorbell.
Laura answered the door shocked to see Jon because Stephanie wasn't there. "Hi Jon can I help you?" She asked.
"Just here to pick up my daughter." he smiled.
"Jon she's not here. She left hours ago. Chris" Laura yelled into the house for her son motioning Jon into the house.
"What do you mean she left? With who?" Jon asked a little panicked then saw Chris running down the steps.
"What is it mom?"
"Where is Stephanie her dad is here to get her. I thought you told me she went home?"
"She did."
He looked at his mom puzzled. "I saw her walk up the driveway."
"Why didn't you walk her home?" His mom asked a little confused now.
"We had a fight."
"A fight?" Jon questioned getting a little angry.
"Yeah we had a fight and she left." Chris told both of them not wanting to get into specifics.
"Chris where would she have gone if she didn't go home?" She asked picking up her phone and calling Tim on patrol.
"I don't know she just told me she was going home."
"Hey honey what's up?" Tim answered his cell.
"Tim Stephanie is missing can you check some of the kid hang outs. Her and Chris got in a fight and she left here on foot. Chris what time did she leave?"
"About 4 hrs ago I guess."
"Four hours!" Jon exclaimed grabbing his phone out of his pocket to call home.
"Hey sexy miss me already?" Dot smiled into the phone.
"Steph's gone."
"What?" Dot asked running up to Steph's room to check for her there.
"She's gone, Chris said they had a fight and she left here about 4 hrs ago."
"OH fuck, she's not in her room, Jon I'll check the house and call you back." Dot quickly shut her phone and started running from room to room.
"Tim she left 4 hours ago, please call if you see her baby." Laura hung up then and looked at Jon. "I'm so sorry I didn't even know she wasn't here until dinner, they were outside talking."
"Shit." Jon snapped his phone shut with fear setting in.
"I'm sorry. Chris are you sure she didn't mention where she was going."
"No sir." he told her sadly. "It's my fault that we had the fight."
"What did you fight about?" Laura asked him hoping that would steer them in some direction.
"About a ring her parents were getting her."
Dot ran through the entire house and then went outside with a flashlight hoping maybe she was sitting by the river but she moved to the garage to get a four wheeler to cover the grounds faster when she noticed a light on in the studio. She didn't see any of the guys cars so she hoped against hope it was Steph. Sure enough when she climbed the stairs her heart wrenching with each step she opened the door a crack to see her daughter at the sound board. A breath of relief hit her and she hit speed dial 1 on her phone walking back downstairs.
"Hello." Jon quickly answered.
"I've got her. She's 1000% your child."
"Is she alright?"
"Yes she's in the studio pouring over something with a notepad." She smiled at the image, as much fear as she felt about not knowing where she was, finding her the way she did made her heart swell.
"What the hell is she doing in the studio this late?"
"Writing, just like her father does when he's upset. What the hell happened?" She asked still not knowing about her fight with Chris.
"She and Chris had a fight. Look I'll be home in a few minutes. I love you."
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