Chapter 8

They arrived at the restaurant and she noticed that there was valet parking. She was kind of surprised at that because she didn’t think he would take her to that nice of a restaurant. He parked the car at the entrance and when he saw the attendant he got out of the car and walked over to Nikki’s side to open her door. He held out his hand to her and grinned “Shall we...” She took his hand and it was so unbelievably soft she could only imagine how they would feel moving up and down her body. Nikki this is not a good time to think about this kind of thing. Just go in and enjoy your dinner, whatever happens just happens. They walked in and went to the hostess “We have a reservation for seven o’clock”

“What was the name sir?” the hostess asked while looking through his list

“Bongiovi”

He grabbed two menus and started walking “Follow me please” he took them to a secluded spot in the corner where Jon pulled out a chair for Nikki. The hostess left the menus with them and told them their waiter would be by shortly to take their orders.

Nikki looked down at the menu and almost got chocked on the water she was drinking

Jon heard her and looked up “You alright Nikki?”

“Yeah I’m fine....it’s just I wasn’t exactly expecting these prices”

He laughed and shrugged his shoulders “We can go to McDonalds if you want”

“You are really funny you know that”

He winked at her as a smile came across his face “I try my best.....in all seriousness though don’t worry about the price alright, just order whatever you want” She agreed as she continued to look over the menu and just as she decided what she wanted the waiter came up and took their order. While they waited on their dinner Jon wanted to know a little more about her so he asked about her family. “Do you have any brothers or sisters?” he asked curiously.

“Nope, I’m an only child. How about you”

“Yeah I have two younger brothers. You can have one of them if want!” he joked.

“That’s alright! I’ll stick with being the only one for now.”

Jon laughed at her response “Well if you ever want a little brother let me know!”

“I’ve always promised myself that when I get married I would have at least two, that way they will always someone they can talk to. Because I know first hand how much it sucks not having a sibling”

“So you want two kids huh?”

Shit Nikki you had to mention kids didn’t you, that’s a good way to scare him off “Not anytime in the near future, but.....”

His eyes met hers for a brief moment it was almost like their souls had connected “I kind of figured that, but to be honest with you I wouldn’t mind having a couple of kids myself” he told her softly. “But like you I’m not ready anytime soon” They both sat there smiling at each other when they were interrupted by the waiter bringing their dinner.

“Can I get you two anything else?”

“No sir...” The only thing either one of them wanted was each other but they both wanted to start off slow and get to know each other first. Throughout dinner Jon would glance up and look at Nikki, wondering why he hadn’t agreed to meet her sooner. Once they were finished, they both stood up and Nikki followed Jon as he went to pay the check.

They were walking back out to his car and were waiting for the parking attendant to bring back his car “Thank you for dinner Jon”

“My pleasure baby....” he closed his eyes hoping he wasn’t going to get punched for just calling her that.

Did he just call me baby? Dear god I think I’m going to die! She didn’t say anything to correct him, normally she hated when men would call women that, but when he said it seemed okay for some reason. They both stood their in silence as they waited for his car and once it arrived they got in

“Are you still interested in going down to the shore?” he asked while putting the car in drive.

“Yeah, that sounds good”

They drove down to The Stone Pony in Asbury Park where Jon got his start as a musician “So this is why you wanted to come down here!” she joked.

“Nah, it’s nothing like that. This is just the easiest access to the beach” he parked the car and before he could get over to her side she was already out. He put his hands in his jacket pocket as they started walking down toward the water “Seems like a nice night to take a stroll on the beach.”

“You know as long as I’ve lived here I’ve never been here”

Jon stopped and turned to her “You’ve never been to the beach or you’ve never been to Asbury Park?”

She let out a small laugh while shaking her head “I meant I hadn’t been here at Asbury Park”

They continued walking closer to the water as Jon started to laugh “Okay, I was gonna say if you had never been to the beach you can’t possibly be a Jersey girl”

“Jon if you don’t mind me asking why did you and your last girlfriend break up?” she asked hoping he wouldn’t get mad at her.

“I caught her with my best friend”

She could hear the pain in his voice as he was talking about it. “Jon I’m sorry....I didn’t mean to....”

“It’s alright, with a little convincing from my parents I’m moving on. But I guess the thing that hurt the most was that I thought she was the one. We were even engaged” he surprised himself with that because he had never even told anyone else that, not even his parents. “Now that you know my story, what happened between you and your ex”

She stopped and sat down taking in the view “What didn’t happen between us would be easier”

Jon could tell that he had struck a nerve with the question and tried to change the subject but she had asked him about his last relationship so she couldn’t back out and not tell him. He looked over and he saw a tear coming down her face “Nikki....what’s wrong? You really don’t have to talk about this”

She wiped the tear off her cheek “It’s okay I need to. The only other person that knows what happened is Megan.” She turned to Jon who was concerned about what had happened but he would soon regret knowing. “Billy, my ex was a bit of a control freak. He wouldn’t let me do anything without him knowing about it and god forbid I actually did.”

“What exactly do you mean by that?”

“One night I had gone out with some friends and when I came home he was sitting there waiting on me.” As she told the story more and more tears began to fall. Seeing that she was upset Jon moved over closer and put his arm around her. “That night was the night I had finally had enough of the hitting. I couldn’t deal with it any more”

“And you shouldn’t have to either Nikki. No man, I don’t care who the hell he is or who he thinks he is has no right to hit a woman.

“I can’t believe I just told you that....I’ve held that in for a while now”

He looked deep into her eyes and smiled “You know that not all guys are like that right?”
She smiled back “I do now...”

Jon leaned in and kissed her gently on the lips “I’ve been wanting to do that all night”

“Me too” Nikki smiled and kissed him back, but this time his tongue parted her lips as he gained entrance to her mouth. He laid her back onto the sand with his hands moving up and down her thighs. His hand felt as good on her as she thought they would and actually it was even better than she imagined. Jon was lying on his side and as their kiss became more passionate his hands started to wander up around her lower stomach where he felt the lace at the top of her panties. Without thinking he slipped his hand inside and started stroking her clit. His cock got harder as he felt the wetness growing between her legs. Nikki new that this wasn’t exactly the best thing to do but she couldn’t bring herself to stop.

She had reached down to undo the button on his pants “Nikki....not yet” he whispered as he went from her lips to her neck.. “I want to show you how a woman should be treated” he said hungrily.

She gasped as he slid a finger into her while still stroking her. “Jon...I need you” she hadn’t wanted to be with someone as bad as she did at this moment. Jon removed his hand from her already soaked panties and positioned himself between her legs allowing her to feel his arousal through his slacks.

“Nikki I want you so bad” he kissed her tenderly on the lips “I’ve got to be the first guy to ever say this but I don’t think we should go any farther tonight”

She looked at him not believing what he had just done and pushed him off her “You are such an ass, you’re just like the other ones. First you say want me then you stop when you get what you want” She got up and started walking to the car with Jon running up behind her.

“Nikki wait!” He grabbed her arm and turned her toward him “I didn’t mean that the way you thought. I do want to be with you but....”

She stood there with her hands on her hips “But what Jon” she asked angrily.

“Look every relationship I’ve had started off with sex and none of them worked out. I know we just met but I can look you right in the eye and tell you that I already care about you. I can’t say that I’ve felt that with any other person, not even my ex” he told her with sincerity hoping she would understand where he was coming from.

No matter how badly she wanted to throw sand in his face and never see him again, she saw that he was telling her the truth. She looked into his blue eyes and knew exactly what he was talking about. “I know what you mean” she said softly. Jon linked his hand with hers as they walked back up to the car and each step they took he was kicking himself knowing that he could have his dick buried inside of her right now. This is for the best Jon keep telling yourself that. They got back into the car where Jon drove back to her apartment and once they got there he decided to walk her up. He wrapped his arm around her waist as they walked down the hallway and arrived at her door. “Is it alright if I call you tomorrow?” he asked.

She nodded as she looked through her purse for her keys “Do you want to come in for a few minutes?”

He wanted too but knew that once he stepped inside he wouldn’t be able to resist her “It’s almost midnight so I should probably head back to my place”

“Okay, well I guess I’ll talk to you tomorrow then”

Jon pulled her close to him and kissed her one last time before going back to his apartment.