This chapter will be more of a absence of jack, sorry he shall return.

Chapter 4

She began to feel ill and left as well covering her mouth in shock how Kevin took the news.

Jack was waiting at the car for her and opened her door for her." Being here is torture for me babe,how do you keep coming over here?" He said started the car and the look in his eyes were watered also slightly red. He hated to cry but he felt weak doing it as well.

Se couldn't even answer him with the lump in her throat she just looked out the window.

" The man is as sick as the foster parents I came across, then he has nerve to say that shit in there about me!" he was on verge of tears behind the wheel.

She still sat there quiet.

Actually feeling guilty for not saying anything to defend him while they were at Kevin's.

About five weeks had went by since Jack had seen Kevin but of course Jo went by to attend the birthday party of her little brother, she didn't speak once to her father tho which she felt the need to have explanation for his actions.

She had been to one appointment for her checkup. It was amazing to see how small the life form they created was in the ultrasound pictures. They had made copies and gave to friends and family, of course when you have a child with a Mercer people are going to talk.

Jacks friends and band mates had mixed emotions. Some praised him on being a soon to be daddy, while the other 75% couldn't see why "He'd fuck up that way".

He felt like he got a lot of mess from females more than anything. Hearing a good looking man was going to be dad changes your outlook on someone at times.

Friday, Jack had a gig he had landed out of town that involved a few other bands that had been signed or either garage bands:

'Twisted'

'Flittered heart'

And 'Joan Brett'

" Bobby will be here with you before I leave babe...I should be back Saturday evening." he kissed her on the cheek while he packed his bag with axe spray, toothbrush and clothes. " Soo, guess what today is?" she asked spinning in her long white tee and capris .

" Umm hmmm I don't know." Jack replied sudden with a guess since he was busy. " 2 months today .." she sighed figuring he would know. He looked up and his mouth had dropped and he scratched his head to her comment.

" Ohh yeah." he simply replied like a guy would. He zipped up his bag and moved on to tuning his guitar . "I'm excited for you babe, but really?!" she snapped crossing her arms and walking out their bedroom. She was about to go to the kitchen when she heard a knock on their front door and heard whistling.

She was pissed she had to turn back to go to the door, swinging it open stood Bobby.

White tee , blazer, boots and gelled back hair of course.

" I'm here to babysit you." he smiled and looking her up and down. " I guess so .." she mumbled. Letting him in. " What was that preggo?" he chuckled taking off his jacket.

" Nada pops" she joked.

" Bobby!" Jack greeted hearing him come in the house.

" Hey bro, so how long do I babysit for?" he asked .

" Your ass can leave as soon as its morning I just need a man here for her at night." he answered In a low voice not trying to get his girls attention.

'I just need a man here for her at night' is all that repeated in Bobby's head.

" Can you do that?" he asked patting him in the shoulder.

" Isn't your bed time at 6?" Jo joked to Bobby.

" I'm a little over 10 years of your age ..not 59!" he growled actually taking offense to that comment.

She went in the bedroom and gave Jack a picture of her that was in frame. " Here sweetie."

" Wait what? Why?" he asked looking confused and then grinned. " Aw, for those groupie ass girls to get the picture, literally." she said forcing a grin.

" It won't be anything like that going on." he stuck his tongue out revealing his green ball from his tongue ring. " That better stay in your mouth too!" she laughed hitting his arm.

Bobby rolled his eyes raiding their fridge making a sandwich ." YEAH,keep that shit in your mouth..fucking freaky ass." Bobby added .

" Love you too Bobby " he said sarcastic getting his stuff together .

" I'm off to become a rock star for sure,maybe." he kissed his girl goodbye .

She was getting emotional that he was leaving. She gave into his kiss making a passionate one with tongue. " I'll call you after my gig and even when I get there." Jack said.

"Okay.." she whimpered as he left the door.

Bobby could tell he was going to be watching a bunch of chick flicks like her all time favorite ls 'titanic and then good chance anything by Tyler Perry.

She turned to Bobby who had a hunk of lettuce in his mouth torn from his sandwich and sighed at the site of him.

" Fuck! Sorry princess I'm I that repulsive ?" he muttered from the food.

The sight of a grown man sounding like someone under water muffling Saying "fuck" actually made her chuckle.

" I'm sorry I just get like a crazy ass and stressful when Jack leaves out of town and then hormones suck too." she pointed at her stomach faking a frown then giving him a dorky smile.

" Your okay, right?" Bobby asked .

"Uh yeah I am..no need to worry about me having a break down or anything" she replied putting on some slippers since their floor was cold from how the weather was outside.

" Titanic or Pretty Woman?" she asked pointing at the DVD collection.

" I think if I'm a guest I should pick genre ..how about a thriller or comedy." he asked back not in the mood for sappy films.

" But..but Jack always lets me pick." she crossed hands on her hips.

" Princess , Jackie isn't here tho." Bobby said leaving his sandwich on the table moving to the movie collection and pulling his favorite

From the shelf.

" Boyz n the hood"

She rolled her eyes and tapped her foot shaking her head. He cracked a smile and worded " please". She loved when he actually seemed sweet to her, he could be a nice guy but he seemed disrespectful to some women in a joking way but he always treated her like little sister.

"Fine." she said walking to the couch and sat down.

He put in the movie , grabbed the remote and sat by her.

Something grabbed her attention, a smell she had smelt before when she was younger in high school.

He smelt like Tommy cologne, she looked him up and down.

" Yes?" he asked noticing her staring.

" I don't know if it the pregnancy stuff but I swear your wearing "Tommy" she cracked thinking he wouldn't even know who it was.

" Nah that's the scent." he replied licking his lips as if he was "smooth" and grinned cunningly .

She felt stupid for assuming he wouldn't own or know what it was after he so confidently explained himself.

" Sorry I just- didn't think you-" she sputtered not knowing how to

recover from her statement.

" Don't worry Jo, you weren't trying to hurt my feelings." he turned and looked at her.

The movies had just started.

About 40 minutes in..

They had gotten to the scene where it always caused her to cry, where Ricky gets shot in the back.

" I couldn't image that lifestyle.." she said under her breath.

Bobby took the time not to even bring up his past where he had done some messed up stuff to people. " I grew up basically in Texas..there's a lot of good people I knew that lose their life's to stupid beef and got caught up in the gang stuff." Jo said really wanting to have a heart to heart.

" I'm sorry to hear that." he sighed after feeling awkward cause his life was not to far from that.

" Hormones..I guess." she sniffled getting emotional closing her eyes. He rubbed her back in a circular motion for comfort.

" I didn't know how crazy pregnant women were." He said.

She glared at him and play slapped him. " Anyways! What do you want for dinner?, there's a few things I can make." she asked getting up and adjusting her shirt on her since it rode up a bit.

" What about some country shit?" he said being playful since she was from Texas.

" Don't be picking on Texas ya hear?" she said in her best country accent to tease him back.

She snapped her fingers at him and rolled her neck. " Actually white boy! Your going to help me with dinner and make yourself useful!" she pointed to the kitchen. He couldn't believe the order she just barked at him but he did what he was told. " Does Jackie get this special treatment ?" he asked

She put a apron over him and tied it as well. " He knows how to cook unlike you, he offers to cook."

" How about we go out and cut out the whole 'us' cooking an enjoy the night out." he said taking off the apron.

She was interested in this idea and agreed. " Not often I take pretty girls out." he laughed.

" Your telling me, woof." she implied towards his ex girlfriends.

She could could semi match up Bobby's since she dealt with it a lot.

"Hey chicken heads and hoes need love too." Bobby gasped pointing at his face .

" You can't fucking honesty say you loved them!? Sofi told me how you played those girls." she said disgusted he even used those terms for women.

His eyebrows raised at the name She mentioned. She knew she shouldn't had said a word by his look creeping on his face.

" Oh Oh that's right, Sofi, the same Sofi who cheated on my brother, the same girl who slept her way into a job and a place to stay!?" he grunted . " Because she is just as bad as those girls." he yelled.

She couldn't believe how upset he got by what Sofi had said. It was no place for her to tell him what she had said either.

She awkwardly walked away to have him calm down.

Her cell rung , the ringtone was a harp. Her body felt like jelly knowing that was Jack's ringtone.

" Hey babe." she answered hearing a lot of people talking behind Jacks voice.

" We're actually 19 minutes away but I thought I'd call ahead in time since well be practicing as soon as we get there." he said in between to guys in the van chunking paper balls at each other.

" I wish I was there."

The sound of some 80s cd was playing in the background ,she felt like she was missing out in a mini world tour the way it sounded. In reality she knew she be crabby if she did go.

" Has Bobby been sober enough watch you?" he asked with a hint of a serious tone. He thought it was just normal to ask since Bobby didn't to half the things he ever asked to do.

She walked in her and picked out a jacket from her closet.

" Yes, sober enough to take me out." she said rambling threw her shoes now picking out a pair of pink flats putting them on the bed while she seemed out the rest of the outfit. Not quite sure what sort of restaurant or dinner they were going to just figured skinnys, flats, white and pink tee with a debone jacket.

" Ohh okay, well have a good time." Jack said confused as to why Bobby wanted to go out.

"Love you bye."

" Love you , later,"

She got dressed in her cute outfit and she looked down to see her shirt was a slightly fitted from her baby bump. Bobby knocked on the door of her room and let himself in before she have him the okay to come in.

" You look amazing Jo, bout ready?" he asked.

He then just noticed that look she had upon her face her mouth opened and eyebrows raised . The look of a frozen girl that was in pure disbelief he just opened in on her. Fully dressed she was already annoyed of lack of privacy.

Obviously he didn't know how much a big deal it was, living with three guys with their doors opened half the time and if they were doing anything they didn't want someone to see try weren't home to do it.

" Knock then wait for a answer damnit." she mumbled hoping he heard her.

Hormones seemed to be messing up her head by the minute he thought.

Club Rocket 7:39

Jack was preparing his first act with his acoustic guitar on stage. His band was all going up to perform around 10 tho, so they didn't need to set up too much yet.

The band was excited by the attention this club was going to be getting. People were always looking for fresh talent to promote or to play gigs as regulars.

" Hey stud." a girl passed Jack said patting up on the butt on stage. He looked around to see if anyone else got a glimpse of which girl had the backbone to do it.

" Please Lord don't make me have to take out the picture of Jo Anna." he muttered under his breath tuning his guitar.

He felt guilty when women made a pass at him while he knew they were fans. Your not suppose to disappoint your fans but he had his own boundary issues.

The night sky was gracefully shining what seemed to be every star that night above the city, she sometimes forgot to look up at the sky at night. Texas stars were as a big a bright as a firefly stuck in oil.

Bobby decided to take her to a steak joint. He always heard her bring up memories of Texas , singe thought he give her a taste of home. The restaurant had neon red lights and quite a few cars parked out. It was the equivalent to the way a red lobster is packed, she was really surprised at his gesture. Somehow she pictured herself eating in a burger king when he treated her out.

" I'm a Texan honey, and we know steak...hope this place is good."

she said in accent that was pushed just for that statement feeling like a school girl.

She took pride in her knowledge for such silly things such as meats and food in general since she and her mother use to cook all the time back in Texas.

" Pretty sure the standards are pretty high princess !" he laughed at her reaction slicking his back and fixing his jacket collar.

He led her to the door opening it before she had even gotten close to the door. When those doors opened the smell of ribs,steaks and fries hit her first, everything from the horse shoe to the peanut shells on the floor reminded her of Texas.

A tall skinny man walked towards them from the bar area with menus, " Bobby Mercer ! What are you doing here , it ain't Saturday yet is it?" the older man joked. " Can't fucking wait." Bobby answered back. He put the menu to the side and stepped the left where the bar was at.

She raised her eyebrow thinking " Did he really take her to get a drink while pregnant!" The bar scene was filled older men with hats on and all had facial hair that could pass off as bears. Not even the truck stops in the boonies of Texas had was sitting on those bar stools.

" I'll actually be dining in with my female friend,Jo Anna this is Nick." he smiled putting his hand on her around her. His hand felt so big it caught her off guard in surprise.

" Hello missy, the names Nick." the man said pointing to his name tag. then turning to lead them to their table.

Bobby sat on one side of the booth as she faced him being seated. When she sat down her being shorter than 5,4 , her breast actually were so big they were against the table . Bobby couldn't help but to notice her cleavage line and saw the trim of her blue bra. He loved big breasts,one of his favorite things about a female physically.

She also had a thing for showing off her chest and loved when people would take notice but acts like she doesn't like it.

" Bobby! Were you looking at my tits?" she snapped catching him looking horrified.

He didn't know what to say when he got caught so he changes the subject.

" I think I'll be leaving after 12 tomorrow ."he said feeling she would be okay without him. She never even wanted him there to start with so she would be fine ,right?

"You can stay..if you like, I don't mind the company." she said smirking while she touched her stomach, wanting to speed up time so the baby would be able to kick.

" Jack should be back before 2..I have odd jobs to do later." he sighed wanting to stay longer playing with the his thumbs.

Wanting to lay her in bed and kiss on ever part of her body, secretly wishing his little brother would pack up and leave to pursue his rock and roll fantasy. Never wanting for Jo Anna to cheat ..but for Jack to mess up giving him a opening. Why would she want to be with a older man with a worse rep than Jack!?

He was suppose to be like a big brother to her but was nothing close. " I'm a piece of shit." he thought to himself .

" I guess I'll be fine." her voice said sounding upset as she wondered why he wanted to leave her alone as well.

"Drink sir and ma'am ?" the waiter asked.

" Can I have a sprite?" she said.

" I'm trying to cut off the caffeine completely since I'm pregnant." she informed the waiter.

" Congrats, I'm glad Bobby decided to settle and choose the family -"

" No..no, he's not with me or the father." she snapped breathing uneasy.

" My shit brother knocked her up .." he answered the man that was now embarrassed of his statement awkwardly looking around.

" The skinny white one or the midnight colored one?." he said back nervous making a stupid comment yet again chuckling.

" Ahem the skinny white one!" she answered .

It always came to a surprise to people that Jack dated women of all color and that she dated someone who wasn't of colored for some reason.

After dinner she spent her time waiting on Jacks next phone call. She sat the phone right by her dresser and turned down the television so she could hear it if it went off. The house didn't linger anymore of her lovers scent. Snuggling onto his side of the bed was her only comfort.

Bobby Walked by the door and peeked in. " Goodnight princess." he said with his scruff wet from washing his face. " Thank you for everything." she glanced at him for a second then out her head back on her pillow curling into the satin comforter.

She looked like as if she just got stood up at a junior high dance.

He walked in and made his way to the side of her bed and kneeled by her face to face. " He's just really busy.." he said answering her thoughts that she wouldn't say out loud.

" I get so stressed over him when I feel liked I can't trust him." she confessed. His brown eyes Pierced into her own in sudden face had discomfort placed as she closed her eyes.

" Cramping." she said knowing he had no clue what was happening.

" Is that normal this early?" he asked then putting his hand across her abdomen. She moved his hand off for she felt pain.

She nodded her head up and down in pain not wanting to talk.

This pain was all way to familiar.