That night Jon was watching The Jungle Book with Jake and Romeo when Stephanie came home from her day out with her friends. Jon heard the front door open, "Steph?" he called. There was no answer. Jon stood up and walked out to the hall. He saw a girl at the top of the stairs, it looked like Stephanie from the back but she was blond. "Steph?" Jon called, the girl turned around, it was Stephanie, she had dyed her har blond, put a pink streak through it and from what he could see had got a lip piercing.
"Hey dad." Stephanie said acting as if everything was normal. "Hey dad..hey dad..JESUS FUCKING CHRIST STEPHANIE, WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR HAIR?! YOUR LIP!" Jon tried to stay calm, "oh jesus christ, your mother is going to kill me," Stephanie rolled her eyes at him "dad get over it, it's just a bit a hair dye, it will come out eventually!" she turned and walked off to her room. Jon closed his eyes, took deep breaths in and out and bit his tounge to stop him from shoutig at her. The last thing he wanted right now was to fight with Stephanie.
Jon opened his eyes and walked up the stairs, he walked down the hall and saw that the 'Music Room' door was open and someone was playing the piano. Jon looked in and saw Stephanie playing. Younger Jon was standing behind her with a hand on her shoulder. I gotta make an appointment with the shrink.. Jon felt like shouting at younger Jon but he couldn't because he was pretty sure he was the only one who could see him.
Younger Jon looked over at Jon, "Why are you here?!" younger Jon shouted, Jon said nothing, he couldn't with Stephanie in the room. Younger Jon took his hand off her shoulder and she left the room, briefly looking at Jon; it was an icy cold look that she could pull off oh too well and she inherited it from him. Jon went and closed the door, "why are you in my house?" Jon asked, younger Jon didn't answer. "Look kid, give me your parents number, I'll ring them and have you picked up." Jon said, though he knew he was looking at himself, he needed to be sure, he knew he was not dreaming and this couldn't be a halusanation or was it? Younger Jon said his parents home phone number. Jon's parents Sayreville home phone number. Jon reached out to touchthe younger Jon and he did, younger Jon was real. But Jon was the only person who could see him.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Chapter Two
Jon stared at the younger version of him in horror. It's just a dream..it's just a dream "Who the fuck are you?!" they both asked in the same tone of voice at the same time. "I'm Jon Bon Jovi!" they said together.
Jon sat down on the armchair behind him, why am I dreaming of me twenty years ago in bed with some chick?! The woman woke and walked straight past Jon not seeing him, "Saffy..can you see some old dude in the room?" younger Jon asked wondering why she said nothing. Saffron looked around, "Jon, theres no one but us here." she said in an english accent. "You mean to say that your the only one that can see me? Jon asked, younger Jon shook his head "I'm going for a jog," he said putting on shorts and a t-shirt, then kissed Saffron on the cheek and went out of the room. Jon decided to follow him.
Younger Jon banged on Rihie's door, after a few minutes Richie finally opened. Youger Jon held Jon by the t-shirt. "Can you see him?!" he asked pointing to Jon. Richie looked around the hall, there was no one there apart from himself and younger Jon. "Who?" Richie asked very confused, "HIM!" younger Jon pointed to on again, "Kidd, there aint no body there..." Richie told him, "Rich there is! He's an old dude who looks like me but has short hair!" younger Jon was still holding Jon by the collar. Jon broke loose and walked through Richie and into the hotel suite.
On the table there was a piece of paper with names of cities and dates. The first date was crossed off, meaning they had played. 30 OCTOBER 1988 - RDS ARENA, DUBLIN, IRELAND. Jon became confused, why am I dreaming about being in Ireland in 1988? "Jon, did you hit your head again?" Richie asked sitting him down, "No, I swear there's an old man, and he's reading our tour dates right now!" younger Jon said he knew he sounded crazy, but it was true.
Jon felt someone thumping him, "daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy!" he heard. He opened his eyes and saw Romeo staring at him, looking very hyper. Jon sat up and ran his fingers through his hair, Just a dream..just a dream He pulled Romeo close and hugged him, "hey buddy" he said, Romeo started to jump up and down on the bed. Jon looked over at the clock 10:35 "c'mon bud, let's go downstairs." He said picking Romeo up.
They went down to the kitchen, all the bottom cupboards were opened and there was candy all over the place. In the middle of it all was Jake sitting down, eating it. He looked up and saw the angry look on Jon's face, "Hi daddy..." Jake said then got up and ran. Romeo reached out for the candy, "CANDY! CANDY! CANDY!" he screeched, Jon kept him in his arms and put him into the living room, "no candy." he told Romeo and then put the t.v onto some kids channels.
Jon sighed and went to clean up the mess that his two youngest, ever so kindly left him.
Jon sat down on the armchair behind him, why am I dreaming of me twenty years ago in bed with some chick?! The woman woke and walked straight past Jon not seeing him, "Saffy..can you see some old dude in the room?" younger Jon asked wondering why she said nothing. Saffron looked around, "Jon, theres no one but us here." she said in an english accent. "You mean to say that your the only one that can see me? Jon asked, younger Jon shook his head "I'm going for a jog," he said putting on shorts and a t-shirt, then kissed Saffron on the cheek and went out of the room. Jon decided to follow him.
Younger Jon banged on Rihie's door, after a few minutes Richie finally opened. Youger Jon held Jon by the t-shirt. "Can you see him?!" he asked pointing to Jon. Richie looked around the hall, there was no one there apart from himself and younger Jon. "Who?" Richie asked very confused, "HIM!" younger Jon pointed to on again, "Kidd, there aint no body there..." Richie told him, "Rich there is! He's an old dude who looks like me but has short hair!" younger Jon was still holding Jon by the collar. Jon broke loose and walked through Richie and into the hotel suite.
On the table there was a piece of paper with names of cities and dates. The first date was crossed off, meaning they had played. 30 OCTOBER 1988 - RDS ARENA, DUBLIN, IRELAND. Jon became confused, why am I dreaming about being in Ireland in 1988? "Jon, did you hit your head again?" Richie asked sitting him down, "No, I swear there's an old man, and he's reading our tour dates right now!" younger Jon said he knew he sounded crazy, but it was true.
Jon felt someone thumping him, "daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy!" he heard. He opened his eyes and saw Romeo staring at him, looking very hyper. Jon sat up and ran his fingers through his hair, Just a dream..just a dream He pulled Romeo close and hugged him, "hey buddy" he said, Romeo started to jump up and down on the bed. Jon looked over at the clock 10:35 "c'mon bud, let's go downstairs." He said picking Romeo up.
They went down to the kitchen, all the bottom cupboards were opened and there was candy all over the place. In the middle of it all was Jake sitting down, eating it. He looked up and saw the angry look on Jon's face, "Hi daddy..." Jake said then got up and ran. Romeo reached out for the candy, "CANDY! CANDY! CANDY!" he screeched, Jon kept him in his arms and put him into the living room, "no candy." he told Romeo and then put the t.v onto some kids channels.
Jon sighed and went to clean up the mess that his two youngest, ever so kindly left him.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Chapter One
Jon entered the family room where he found all of his children and a few of their friends, listening to music. Jon stood at the entrance, listening to the music; it had good rhythm, the guitar riff was fast and lively, the lyrics were about love, it was like something he would have written twenty years ago.
"Who is that?" Jon asked his daughter, Stephanie jumped with fright when he spoke, then looked back at him. "Who is who?" she asked pushing her eyebrows together, did he mean the person playing the song, or her friends? "the guy on the radio." Jon said running his fingers through his hair. "His name's Jasper Black." Stephanie's friend, Lilly answered. "Jasper Black..huh?" Jon said walking into the kitchen.
Jasper Black...Jasper Black, why does that name sound so fimular? Jon thought, this was really annoying him. The name was so fimular, but where had he heard it? Jon sat at the kitchen table for quite some time trying to remember, nothing came to him. "Daddy..." he heard a voice call, Jon looked down to see a pair of big brown eyes staring up at him, "daddy, read this, it's my favorite!" Romeo said handing a book to Jon. Jon studied the cover of the book, it was a Thomas the Tank Engine book. "I thought Star Wars was your favorite?" Jon asked picking Romeo up and sitting him on his lap. Romeo scrunched up his nose, "no I HATE it!" Jon became slightly confused, just yesterday it was Romeo's all time favorite book. He then remember Romeo was four; his favorite things changed daily.
"Ok buddy, you want some oba first?" Jon asked, knowing Romeo would ask for some of what he called water. "Oba" Romeo confirmed, Jon put the book down the the table and tried to get Romeo off his lap. He was not budging. "Meo' you'll have to get off if you want me to get you some oba." Jon told him, but Romeo still wouldn't move. With a sigh, Jon picked Romeo up and walked over to the fridge to get him his water. Jon got himself a beer, he didn't usually drink around the kids, but today was a long day; Dorothea was in LA visiting some friends for the weekend, so Jon was stuck with the kids and tonight a bunch of their friends were staying over. Being on tour was no where near as exhausting as minding eight kids, all under sixteen, for the day.
After reading and re-reading and re-reading the book to Romeo, Jon finally decided it was time for him and Jake to go to bed. It took quite some time to get them to go to sleep because they were asking for drinks and to be read stories, they needed to go to the bathroom, brush their teeth...but finally after an hour they were asleep.
Jon went back down to the family room to see if any of the kids were down there. Not a sole to be seen. Jon lay on the big blue couch and put his laptop on his chest. He decided he had to put a face to the name. He googled JASPER BLACK. An photo came up, Jon opened it up and studied his face; jet black hair, piercing blue eyes, strong jaw line, full lips, a cleffed chin, tanned. The caption underneath read 'The New Rock n Roll hearthrob' Jon chuckled to himself, he remembered the many times he was given the name 'heartthrob.'
After two hours Jon decided he was going to hit the sack. But before he could go to the comfort of his bed, he had to check on the kids. First stop along the corrider, Jesse's room. Jon quitely knocked on the door then opened it, Jesse sat at his computer with headphones on, bandaids next to the computer, his fingers strapped. Jesse took his headphones off when he saw Jon in the room.
"Hey dad," Jesse said turning around on his chair to face Jon. "Hey kiddo, been playing guitar for too long again?" Jon asked looking at his sons fingers. Jesse shrugged, "once you start playing, it's like time stops...what seems like five minutes is really five hours" he said with a smile. A huge smile crept across Jon's face, he really did love that his kids really appreciated music. "Don't stay up all night, champ." Jon said ruffling his hair. "I won't.." Jesse said turning back around to the computer and putting his headphones back on.
Next stop was his daughters room, Jon stopped outside the door. She more than likely didn't want him to come in. Jon knocked on the door, and stuck his head in. He looked around the room, the girls were singing and dancing. Stephanie looked over at the door when she felt the draft, she got down off her bed and walked over to Jon. "Don't stay up too late, okay sweetheart?" Jon whispered, he didn't want her to get embarrased infront of her friends because he called her sweetheart, Stephanie walked over to her french antique dressing table, it was white, with gold handles and pink roses painted down the sides, she picked up photo album and handed it to Jon. "I found this earlier, and thought you might want to see it." Stephanie said with a smile, not showing her teeth, "good night sweetie," Jon said smiling at her "night dad," Stephaie said then walked back over to her friends who were now painting each others nails.
He was nearly at the end of the corridor now, he just had to check on Jakey and Romeo and then he could take comfort in his big warm bed. He quitely opened Romeo's bedroom door, toys were all over the floor, Dorothea would kill Jon if they weren't clean by the time she got back, he looked over at Romeo who was fast asleep; thumb in his mouth, lying on his stomach with his butt high in the air. Jon loved it when all his kids were at this age, back then he was the coolest guy on the planet. Jon sighed quitely, at least he still had Romeo, and a bit of Jake.
Jon crossed the hall to Jake's room, the door was open; Jake didn't like the dark. He saw Jake's blanket had fallen on the floor, Jake was always kicking in his sleep. Jon went over and out the blanket back over Jake. As soon as the blanket went on Jake his eyes opened. "Dad.." Jake said tiredly, "yeah buddy?" Jon whispered. "Stay." Jake asked holding his arm, "Ok, bud." Jake moved over in the bed to make room for Jon to lie down. Jon lay down next to his son, Jake hadn't done this in quite some time. Jon remembered when he used to have to lay next to Jake every night so he could get to sleep. They talked for a while, then in mid sentance Jake fell asleep.
Jon crawled out of the bed and practially ran to his room. He quickly got out of his jeans and went under his covers, after five minutes he was fast asleep.
Jon was standing in a hotel room, looking at two people asleep. Where the fuck am I? he walked over to take a closer look at the people in the bed. Alot of wild blonde hair covered the mans face, he looked at the woman; she had jet black hair, extreamly long eyelashes, lucious blood red full lips, high cheek bones, she was beautiful. Who are these people? Why does she look so fimular? The man under the wild blonde hair sat up, he pushed back the hair from his face, it was Jon.
"Who is that?" Jon asked his daughter, Stephanie jumped with fright when he spoke, then looked back at him. "Who is who?" she asked pushing her eyebrows together, did he mean the person playing the song, or her friends? "the guy on the radio." Jon said running his fingers through his hair. "His name's Jasper Black." Stephanie's friend, Lilly answered. "Jasper Black..huh?" Jon said walking into the kitchen.
Jasper Black...Jasper Black, why does that name sound so fimular? Jon thought, this was really annoying him. The name was so fimular, but where had he heard it? Jon sat at the kitchen table for quite some time trying to remember, nothing came to him. "Daddy..." he heard a voice call, Jon looked down to see a pair of big brown eyes staring up at him, "daddy, read this, it's my favorite!" Romeo said handing a book to Jon. Jon studied the cover of the book, it was a Thomas the Tank Engine book. "I thought Star Wars was your favorite?" Jon asked picking Romeo up and sitting him on his lap. Romeo scrunched up his nose, "no I HATE it!" Jon became slightly confused, just yesterday it was Romeo's all time favorite book. He then remember Romeo was four; his favorite things changed daily.
"Ok buddy, you want some oba first?" Jon asked, knowing Romeo would ask for some of what he called water. "Oba" Romeo confirmed, Jon put the book down the the table and tried to get Romeo off his lap. He was not budging. "Meo' you'll have to get off if you want me to get you some oba." Jon told him, but Romeo still wouldn't move. With a sigh, Jon picked Romeo up and walked over to the fridge to get him his water. Jon got himself a beer, he didn't usually drink around the kids, but today was a long day; Dorothea was in LA visiting some friends for the weekend, so Jon was stuck with the kids and tonight a bunch of their friends were staying over. Being on tour was no where near as exhausting as minding eight kids, all under sixteen, for the day.
After reading and re-reading and re-reading the book to Romeo, Jon finally decided it was time for him and Jake to go to bed. It took quite some time to get them to go to sleep because they were asking for drinks and to be read stories, they needed to go to the bathroom, brush their teeth...but finally after an hour they were asleep.
Jon went back down to the family room to see if any of the kids were down there. Not a sole to be seen. Jon lay on the big blue couch and put his laptop on his chest. He decided he had to put a face to the name. He googled JASPER BLACK. An photo came up, Jon opened it up and studied his face; jet black hair, piercing blue eyes, strong jaw line, full lips, a cleffed chin, tanned. The caption underneath read 'The New Rock n Roll hearthrob' Jon chuckled to himself, he remembered the many times he was given the name 'heartthrob.'
After two hours Jon decided he was going to hit the sack. But before he could go to the comfort of his bed, he had to check on the kids. First stop along the corrider, Jesse's room. Jon quitely knocked on the door then opened it, Jesse sat at his computer with headphones on, bandaids next to the computer, his fingers strapped. Jesse took his headphones off when he saw Jon in the room.
"Hey dad," Jesse said turning around on his chair to face Jon. "Hey kiddo, been playing guitar for too long again?" Jon asked looking at his sons fingers. Jesse shrugged, "once you start playing, it's like time stops...what seems like five minutes is really five hours" he said with a smile. A huge smile crept across Jon's face, he really did love that his kids really appreciated music. "Don't stay up all night, champ." Jon said ruffling his hair. "I won't.." Jesse said turning back around to the computer and putting his headphones back on.
Next stop was his daughters room, Jon stopped outside the door. She more than likely didn't want him to come in. Jon knocked on the door, and stuck his head in. He looked around the room, the girls were singing and dancing. Stephanie looked over at the door when she felt the draft, she got down off her bed and walked over to Jon. "Don't stay up too late, okay sweetheart?" Jon whispered, he didn't want her to get embarrased infront of her friends because he called her sweetheart, Stephanie walked over to her french antique dressing table, it was white, with gold handles and pink roses painted down the sides, she picked up photo album and handed it to Jon. "I found this earlier, and thought you might want to see it." Stephanie said with a smile, not showing her teeth, "good night sweetie," Jon said smiling at her "night dad," Stephaie said then walked back over to her friends who were now painting each others nails.
He was nearly at the end of the corridor now, he just had to check on Jakey and Romeo and then he could take comfort in his big warm bed. He quitely opened Romeo's bedroom door, toys were all over the floor, Dorothea would kill Jon if they weren't clean by the time she got back, he looked over at Romeo who was fast asleep; thumb in his mouth, lying on his stomach with his butt high in the air. Jon loved it when all his kids were at this age, back then he was the coolest guy on the planet. Jon sighed quitely, at least he still had Romeo, and a bit of Jake.
Jon crossed the hall to Jake's room, the door was open; Jake didn't like the dark. He saw Jake's blanket had fallen on the floor, Jake was always kicking in his sleep. Jon went over and out the blanket back over Jake. As soon as the blanket went on Jake his eyes opened. "Dad.." Jake said tiredly, "yeah buddy?" Jon whispered. "Stay." Jake asked holding his arm, "Ok, bud." Jake moved over in the bed to make room for Jon to lie down. Jon lay down next to his son, Jake hadn't done this in quite some time. Jon remembered when he used to have to lay next to Jake every night so he could get to sleep. They talked for a while, then in mid sentance Jake fell asleep.
Jon crawled out of the bed and practially ran to his room. He quickly got out of his jeans and went under his covers, after five minutes he was fast asleep.
Jon was standing in a hotel room, looking at two people asleep. Where the fuck am I? he walked over to take a closer look at the people in the bed. Alot of wild blonde hair covered the mans face, he looked at the woman; she had jet black hair, extreamly long eyelashes, lucious blood red full lips, high cheek bones, she was beautiful. Who are these people? Why does she look so fimular? The man under the wild blonde hair sat up, he pushed back the hair from his face, it was Jon.
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