Chapter 11

Jon was setting everything up when there was a knock at the door. He stood up and brushed himself off as he was wearing black jeans and a black silk shirt and was buttoned half way up his chest. His hair was brushed back off his face and still just a little damp. He walked over to the door and opened it and saw her standing there looking just beautiful. Her hair was all wavy and it surrounded her face and she hardly had any makeup on just enough to put a little color on it. She was wearing a cute purple sweater with a short skirt and knee high black boots. Just plain and simple with a silver necklace and earrings.

“Hi come in. Do you want something to drink?” Jon asked her.

“Sure do you have any wine?” she asked him.

“Yeah but are sure after the last time?” he smiled at her. She started to giggle. “Red or white?”

“White please.” He poured her a glass and gave it to her. “Thank You. So Jon what’s this all about?”

“What?” he asked her knowing good well what she meant by that.

“This.” she said with one hand out stretched over her head he would get her meaning. 

“Can’t a guy ask a girl over for dinner?” he told her smiling as he poured himself a glass.

Smiling at him and trying hard not to blush she said, “Yeah I guess but you have been taunting me now for a while, so either your  setting me up here or Sarah is right and that this is a date. So what is it?” she asked him sipping her wine.

“Boy you really like to get right at it don’t you. Ok then I don’t know if you were getting mixed signals or not but I know I sure as hell was. Look I liked Sarah right from the beginning but she told me that she’s not up for anything right now which I told her that was too bad because Richie has a thing for her.” Jon started to explain to her.

“That’s what I thought too.” Karen said smiling.

“Yeah right? Here why don’t we sit here on the couch” he suggested. “Anyway between her and Richie they set me straight because they saw straight thru me and knew I liked you and told me to stop acting like a stupid school boy and invite you over properly instead of what did they call it pulling your pig tails.” He told her wincing.

Laughing at that thought she looked at him, “Oh God ok well um…that would be a site now wouldn’t it. Well I do want apologize for egging you on like that so sorry.” She told him as she scrunched up her nose.

“It’s ok I certainly didn’t help. Um did I tell you how pretty you look tonight?” Jon told her smiling.

Still blushing, “No but thank you. You um don’t look so bad yourself.” She said as she now down the rest of her wine as Jon nearly laughed.

“Would you like a refill?”

“Thanks.”

Leaning over he poured her another glass. “So are we ok here?” he asked her as he handed her her glass.

Smiling, “Yeah were fine. So tell me how are you doing really?” she asked him.

“What do you mean?” he wanted to know.

“I think you know. You wake up one morning next to some girl that you don’t know and think you two are married. Then you find out that you’re not. Then you two find out that both you’re ex’s are involved somehow in drugging the two of you and giving you the Twilight Zone treatment. So don’t just sit there and tell me that everything is fine.” She told him eyeing him up and down.

He could tell that she wasn’t going to drop this subject and that she was looking at him intensely. “Do you always interrogate your dates like this?” he wanted to know.

“Ah huh! So this is a date. Gotcha. And depends on what’s on their minds.” she winked at him. 

“Oh so you can read minds. Well then I’m about to have my face slapped then.” He told her with a smirk.

“Oh you think you’re so funny. Can’t you just for once be straight with me? Just answer my question please.” She asked him.

“Ok yeah it bothered me to see my ex with that guy is that what you wanted to hear?” he asked her a little annoyed now.

“Yeah so if you were upset to see her with him why? Why were you upset? I mean I know why Sarah was because she was betrayed by the Son-of-a-Bitch. But didn’t you break it off with her because she cheated on you? So my question to you is, are you still in love with her Jon?” Karen asked him and wanted to know why the hell she was sitting there with him.

Jon knew that was a fair question but he was getting a little sick and tired of explaining himself to everyone about his feelings towards Dorothea. “Look Karen ever since we saw that damn tape everyone has asked me why I don’t want to talk about her or my feelings for her. No I’m not in love with her anymore ok? She put me thru too much to ever trust her again especially with my heart. In fact I kind of feel that it’s my fault because I was never there for her when she needed me.” He told her as he slightly dropped his head.

Well Karen nearly choked when he did that. “Jon how was it your fault that she cheated on you? Did you cheat on her first because Sarah told me what you told her so please don’t be pissed with her ok. She only told me so I’d have a heads up on her. She said that you were taking the break up pretty hard and thought I should know.” She told him as she moved closer to him so she could hold his hand and look into his blue eyes that is if he ever looked back up. “Jon could you please look at me? I really need to know that you’re not angry with me or Sarah for her telling me about Dorothea.”

Looking up at her grinning slightly he said, “No it’s fine I just feel like a fool that’s all. Most people would be pissed right? But I kind of feel sorry for her that’s all. I mean we were each other’s real first well everything. At least I thought so until I realized she was playing me.” He told her.

“I’m sorry she did that to you. Can I ask you a question and not get mad at me?” she asked him hoping that he really wouldn’t.

Looking at her and not knowing what the hell she could possibly say to him so he figured what the hell. So sitting there with his drink in his hand he reluctantly told her yes. “Sure why not. We’ve come this far haven’t we.” He told her snarky as this mood had changed drastically.

 “Look Jon it you don’t want me to ask you just say no you don’t have to get all pissy about it. Look you seem a little annoyed with me so I’ll just be going. I’m sorry if I pissed you off in any way.” She told him a little hurt that she just couldn’t seem to click with him. So she got up and started to head for the door.

Jon realized what he did and knew all that she wanted to do was ask him a question and he was being a jerk about it. He really didn’t even know what she was going to ask him yet. So he jumped up and shot after her. “Karen wait please? Karen wait.” He said as he reached her as she got to the door.

Turning around she looked at him as she was trying to hold back tears in her eyes. “Damn I’m causing those aren’t I?” he said to her wiping the ones that started to fall down her cheeks.

“No of course not I have allergies. I’m allergic to smoke.” She told him.

“I haven’t had a cigarette all day. Well ok the maids came in and cleaned so I haven’t had one since they cleaned so I fibbed I haven’t had one since this morning since they cleaned. See how nervous you make me?” he told her.

Smiling weakly at him she replied to him, “Yeah I guess but I really should go Jon.”

“But we haven’t eaten yet? I ordered all this food?” he told her looking like a little boy.

“I’m sorry but it seems everytime I open my big mouth I just insert my foot.” She told him unhappily.

“Look Karen no I’m sorry I was really just on the defensive because this whole thing has me shook up. I’m so sorry I really am and I really want you to stay please?” he told her as he held her hand tight.

“Fine I’ll stay.” She told him as they walked over to the makeshift table. He pulled out her chair for her and then walked over to his. Jon was a steak and potatoes man and that’s what they had for dinner but with a chocolate mousse for dessert. They had a great conversation during dinner but she never brought up what she wanted to ask him she thought she had plenty of time later for that. After they ate Jon got up and went over to his radio and turned it on to the soft rock station and then walked back to her. He gave her his hand and hoped that she would accept it. She looked at him and his hand out stretched to her. She smiled and knew what he wanted and put her hand in his and got up from the chair. He smiled widely and brought her to him as she clutched him tightly as they swayed back and forth to the music.

She gathered her courage and laid her head on his chest and she could hear his heart beating just as fast as hers was beating too. She thought that was kind of funny seeing that he had a rep for sleeping with these beautiful women so why was he nervous about her. After a few minutes into the song Jon let go of her hands and reached around her waist to hold her so she reached up over his neck to hold him. They just held each other this way for a few songs until Jon finally let go of her and just looked at her in the eyes. Then he took her face in his hands and started to kiss her passionately. She melted into the kiss as he then had to hold her in his arms to hold her up. She never in her wildest dreams thought this would ever happen to her. So when they finally parted she just stood there for a minute with her eyes still closed and her head still facing up and in a dream state as Jon just looked at her smiling. He just nudged her a little to see if she was alright.

“Karen, Karen are you ok?” he asked her as she slowly opened her eyes.

“I’m awake right? And not dead or anything?” she asked him as she wasn’t sure of anything at the moment.    

Smiling down at her, “Yeah your fine I believe or if you’re not just tell me.”

“I can’t feel my legs.” She told him, “And I don’t know how I’m still standing.” She told him nervously.

“Well don’t worry about that because I’ll keep you from falling how’s that?” he told her as he lend down again as he gently kissed her again but this time not as long. “How was that?” he asked her.

Still not being able to speak he thought that was a little funny. “Well if I knew this was a way of shutting you up I would have kissed you a while back.” He told her still holding her in his arms. Well that kind of snapped her out of it as she looked at him a little bit more back to normal now.

“Excuse me? What did you say?” she asked him a little stunned.

“Well that brought back to earth didn’t it?” he said to her still smiling at her.

“Oh, oh shut up.” She told him as she was blushing now from ear to ear.

“No I will not and red is such a pretty color on you.” He told her chuckling.

“Stop.” She told him as she buried her head into his chest.

Taking his hand and caressing the back of her head and moving it to her back he asked her, “Um Karen are you going to stay there or what?”

“Maybe I kind of like it here. It’s warm and I’m comfortable.” She told him as she held on to his waist and her face in the soft fur of his chest. But there was something else going on that she could feel with him and it wasn’t just his fast heartbeat. It was a surprise to her because she brought it out in him and kind of shocked her. She still didn’t think that she could get a guy like him aroused but apparently she was wrong and now she had to figure what to do and not act like a dork.

So she finally let go of him but she didn’t know what to say to him. “Yeah what’s the matter Baby? Are you ok?” Jon asked her concerned.

Turning around trying not to look at him, “Yeah I’m fine um it’s getting late I think I should be getting back and checking on Sarah.” She told him.

Jon just looked confused because he didn’t want her to go. “Karen did I do something wrong?”  he asked her.

Turning around she needed to look at him for this because she needed to get this across to him.  “Jon you didn’t do anything if anything it’s me. I’m just afraid I’ll open my big mouth and ruin this you know.” She told him.

Shaking his head with a wry smile he took her hand and sat her down. “Is that why you haven’t asked me that question you wanted too.”

Smiling slightly, “Yeah I saw how you reacted earlier by me just asking and well, then we were getting along so well I don’t won’t to spoil the rest of the night.” She told him.

“I get that and I’m really sorry for acting like that so why don’t we get that question out of our way then. Go ahead shoot.” He told her as he still had her hand in his.

Karen just looked at him and hoped that he was telling the truth. “Well ok here goes if or when we find Kyle and Dorothea and you get your chance to have a heart to heart with her and well she seems to convince you let’s say that it was all Kyle’s idea and that she was suckered into it, are you going back to her? Especially if she tells you that she loves you Jon?” she asked him with her heart in her mouth.

Jon just looked at her as that questioned did hit him in a way that he never thought it would. But not the way she thinks. “Karen I can never forgive Dot for what she did to me back then. She messed with my head and tried to mess with the band and I can’t forgive her for that. So no I’m never going back to her ok? I swear.” He told her honestly.

She just looked at him and she really wanted to believe him but she wasn’t sure. “Well if she’s anything like Kyle is then she’s one hell of a liar Jon. And she could very well be conning him as well.”

“But what would that accomplish? And why? You know I still don’t get this whole thing. We need to get a hold of them and make them tell us why they are doing this to me and Sarah.” He said angrily not realizing that he didn’t want to keep talking shop. But Karen wanted to because she needed to know where his mind was at.

“Well hopefully Mitch will find a way to get a hold of them soon. In the meantime maybe Sarah and I should head back home and let you and the guys get back to some kind of normal and that way Dorothea might even think she may have an in with you seeing that were gone you know?” She told him even thou she really didn’t want to leave but thought it was best to.

Jon just looked at her as his stomach dropped. “Is that what you really want?” he asked her with a shocked looked on his face.

Trying not to cry or tear up because she didn’t want to show him that she was vulnerable, “Well to be honest no but we just think maybe that it would be best that’s all.” She told him as she really tried to hide her feelings.

“Karen are you just saying this because you’re afraid that I’ll get back with Dotty? Because I told you she has ruined everything between us and I just can’t forgive her for what she’s done. So look do you feel anything for me like I feel for you?” he asked her outright.

“What do you mean?” she asked him nervously.

“I think you know. You have been going back and forth with Sarah and Richie about it so now tell me do you have feelings for me?” he asked as he took her hand. Karen shooked her head yes as she held on tight to his hand. “See that wasn’t so hard was it?”

“No I guess I not.” She said taking a deep breath.

“Well good because what comes next I’m hoping will take your breath away.” He told her as he leaned in and started to kiss her gently at first but then he brought his hand around to the back of her head and he started to get a little bit more into it as he slowly pushed her down on the couch. Making out for what seemed like hours but in reality was about seven minutes Jon took a leap of faith and went for it as he guided his hand up her shirt to her left breast and started to gently massage it over her bra. Karen’s eyes shot open and as her hands were on his back and she really didn’t know what to do now and started to become very aware of her body. Jon could feel her stiffen up all of a sudden and he hoped that it wasn’t something that he had done so he took his hand out of her shirt and they parted so he could sit up.

“Hey why don’t we take a breather ok?” he told her as he helped her sit up. “Are you ok? I’m not going to fast am I?”

Karen looked at him now in his deepen blue eyes and said, “No, no I fine Jon really I am.”

“Ok then so why did you stiffen up on me like that? Did I do something wrong?” he asked her worried.

“Yeah I did didn’t I. I’m sorry but you just took me by surprise that’s all. I really took notice of my body when you did that.” She told him blushing.

“Karen you have nothing to be ashamed of. You’re beautiful and if you let me I’ll show you.”  He told her as he pushed back some hair from her face. He stood up and took her hand in his and she got up also and he led her into his bedroom. Once she was in he closed the door so he could show her a night of passion that she would never forget.