I have a feeling you may throw parties after this chapter! lol enjoy x
Chapter 9
Marc sighed as he watched John pace back and forth across their hotel room, he was making him dizzy.
'Damn Randy' John thought as he attempted to wear a hole in the carpet.
He and Bex hadn't spoken to each other since Melody's phone call and the uncomfortable tension between them had returned. John cursed himself for shooting her an angry look, he wasn't mad at her; not anymore, he was just glad she was back.
He'd gone straight to an album signing with Marc when they landed so he hadn't had a chance to see her so he could apologise. When they'd got to the hotel Joanne informed him that Bex had insisted on a hotel room to herself, she was meant to share with Melody but apparently she was too angry with her. It was getting late and he found that he didn't like the idea of her being alone, what about her nightmares? Even though he knew she'd probably spent the past seven weeks suffering through them alone, he didn't want her to do that anymore, he was there, he wanted to be there. But there was something else niggling him about Mel's phone call with Randy, if Mel had been in contact with him, had Bex? That thought would drive him nuts and he knew it, he'd have to ask her, he'd have to talk about Randy sometime.
"Ok! Get out already!" Marc complained as John stopped pacing to look at him "You're driving me insane with all the pacing. Just go and talk to her already"
John was about to protest but Marc just pointed to the door and snapped "out!"
John did as he was told and left but he didn't know which room Bex was in so he headed to Joanne's instead.
"Don't you ever knock" Jo asked as he barged in and scared both herself and Mel half to death.
"Nope" he replied before flopping on the end of Jo's bed.
"What do you want?" Jo huffed, her and Mel were curled up on her bed watching cheesy romantic movies and he was interrupting.
"Gee thanks" John rolled his eyes before asking "What's Becki's room number?"
Both Jo and Mel raised their eyebrows.
"What?" he asked
"Nothing" both girls replied simultaneously
"Uh huh! Well?"
"She's in room one eight eight" Jo replied and Melody added "But she's in a bad mood"
"Yeah with you" John pointed out
Melody shrugged "If she's in a bad mood, she's in a bad mood with everyone"
"I'll take my chances" John replied
"Good luck" Jo called as he left the room.
"I bet you ten dollars they fight" Mel said as she turned her attention back to the TV screen.
"Your on" Jo replied before she too went back to the TV.
Becki was laying on her bed staring at ceiling when there was a knock at door. Sighing she sat up and reached for her crutches, she was so tired and her foot was throbbing painfully but she was too scared to take any painkillers, if she was honest she was still kind of freaked out by her last nightmare. It was still fresh in her mind, she'd had the nightmare before, she'd even had worse than that one and on many occasions had been scared to go to sleep. But this one, for some reason she couldn't shake it; no matter how she tried it stayed with her, she thought it was probably because John was so nearby.
Hopping over to the door clumsily she pulled the door open, almost toppling over in the process and her heart skipped a beat when she looked at her visitor.
"You really don't like those crutches do ya?" John smirked as Bex tried to get her balance
"They don't like me!" she replied nervously remembering the angry look he'd given her at the airport.
'Damn you Melody!' she thought bitterly.
"They might if you treat them nicely" he replied with a smile as he walked past her into the room and sat on her bed.
Bex shot him a sarcastic look before attempting to shut the door which caused her to almost topple over again and caused John to laugh.
"Shut up" Bex grumbled as she fell against the door as it shut.
Still laughing John walked over to her and turning her to face him, helped her get her balance. He was that close to her that Bex felt the need to lean back against the door which only caused John to step forward and practically pin her to it. Becki couldn't decide whether she liked his closeness or not but when he smirked at her and her heart starting pounding in her ears, she decided she did like it.
"You look tired" he observed as he fought the urge to kiss her again, they needed to talk first, then they could kiss!
Bex sighed "I am"
"Then you should get some rest"
Smirking Bex replied "I was until someone rudely interrupted me"
"Ya telling me to leave?" John raised an eyebrow
"Damn right! Get out" Becki tried to keep a straight face but failed.
Uncomfortable tension?-gone, disappeared!
"Ok" John grabbed the door handle about to open the door when Bex pressed herself against the door as much as she could whilst trying not to laugh.
John smiled before leaning down to her and asking playfully "Do ya want me to go or not?"
"Not" Bex whispered before his lips once again descended on hers.
'Ok! Kiss now, talk later' John thought as he picked Bex up and pressed her against the door.
Twenty, kissing filled, minutes later John and Becki found themselves laying on the bed side by side. It was literally a replay of what had occurred back at John's house. They'd kiss, stop, stare at each other for what felt like an eternity then start kissing all over again. Never actually talking. This time John broke the cycle.
"You really do look tired. You should sleep" what he'd really like was to continue what they were doing, she was like a drug, he could kiss her forever, but that wasn't going to get them anywhere - well he didn't mind where it would get them - but that was besides the point! Becki looked shattered and his concern for her outweighed his desire to kiss her.
"I'm ok, I don't need to sleep"
John rolled onto his side to face her, brushing a strand of hair from her face he kissed her softly once more before replying "You do need to sleep. You don't need to be afraid I'll stay with you"
"You don't have to do that" Bex replied, silently praying that he would stay with her.
"I want too" he smiled down at her hoping she'd let him stay.
"We need to talk about….everything" Becki whispered, she didn't want to get to comfortable with John in case it all went wrong when they finally did talk about it.
"I know" John sighed "We can talk in the morning okay?"
Bex relented "Ok!"
"'aight! You change into your night stuff and I'll be back in a minute" he replied as he hopped of the bed and out of the door.
When John returned Becki was fighting with her baggy khaki pants, they'd got stuck on her cast and she couldn't budge them. So there she was wearing a little pink vest top laying on her bed with one leg out of her pants and tugging at the other leg. John would have laughed but he was too busy staring at her lack of clothes.
Bex still hadn't noticed him when he'd finally recovered enough to ask "You need a hand?"
Letting out a small squeal of surprise at his presence Bex sighed and replied "Yes please"
"C'mere" John smirked motioning for Bex to scoot to the side of the bed.
It was only then that Becki realised her predicament, she was practically half naked in front of him yet she didn't feel uncomfortable just slightly nervous.
John was having his own silent war, he was having thoughts that he shouldn't be having from seeing her half dressed. He needed to control himself, he already feared that Bex was slightly scared of him without him making it worse.
Once Bex had scooted over to his side of the bed he gently untangled the pants from her cast, his hand lingered on her leg for a moment too long and Bex was sure she'd forgotten how to breathe, his touch sent shock waves across her skin.
"Um…into the bed" John ordered as he tried to regain his composure.
"I'm not dressed yet" Bex mumbled, her skin was tingling from where John had touched her, being half naked in bed with him would not help.
"I think your dressed enough" John replied with a smirk as he pulled his t-shirt off.
Bex tried to look away, tried to move but it was completely beyond her at that moment, so instead she let her eyes scan over his form. Not noticing John watching her, she was snapped out of her reverie by John's voice.
"I think your drooling" he teased
"Huh…what?" John didn't reply , his eyes were wandering over her body and Becki swore she could feel their path trailing across her skin.
Suddenly feeling uncomfortable Bex scrambled up the bed and fought with the covers until she was safe underneath them.
"Hey! That's not fair" John teased but he was secretly grateful she'd done that, he wasn't sure how much longer he could control himself.
In response a slightly embarrassed Becki hid her head under a pillow muttering "Shut up"
Laughing at her antics, John's heart swelled - he'd missed her doing that, he'd missed everything about her. If only he could climb in the bed and show her how much he'd missed her!
'Yeah, I need a cold shower!' he thought as he headed to the bathroom.
John and Becki went to sleep at opposites sides of the bed. Both afraid of what they might do if they were close. Bex had fallen asleep quickly but John was still struggling to get to sleep, he still couldn't help wondering about Bex and Randy or if Bex was afraid of him in someway. Then when he thought he was finally going to fall asleep Becki started to whimper and fidget in her sleep.
Sighing John moved over to her and wrapped his arms around her "ssssh baby" he whispered as she continued to move around. Something about his touch or his voice seemed to calm her but he could tell she was still having a nightmare. Deciding it was better to wake her up than let it continue, John sat up and gently shook her.
"Bex wake up sweetheart"
He shook her gently once more before her eyes opened slowly, John sighed when he noticed her move slightly away from him.
"Was it about me again?" he whispered as Bex rubbed her face.
Becki nodded as John gathered her into his arms and sighed "Sorry"
"You've nothing to be sorry for" he replied as he played with her hair and relished the feeling of her arms wrapping themselves round his waist.
"Yes I do" she mumbled back as she buried her head against his bare chest
Knowing what she meant, John smiled "Your forgiven for that"
"Huh?" Becki looked up at him confused, not totally sure if they were thinking of the same thing.
Kissing her on the forehead John replied "Your forgiven for leaving, I'm not saying I understand why you did what you did but I understand how hard it was for you. What matters is that you're here now and I'm not letting you go anywhere ever again" he squeezed her tighter as she stared up at him.
"You're amazing" was all she could manage to splutter in her total and utter amazement, she was stunned, did he really just say that?
Chuckling John replied "Why thank you sweetheart"
They sat in silence for what felt like an eternity until Bex looked up at John once more and asked "Are you serious?"
"Yes baby" John laughed "I'm serious"
"Ok" Bex wriggled out of his embrace and laid back down with her back to John.
Frowning John followed her example but instead of turning his back he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her back against his chest, kissing her shoulder he asked "Did I say something wrong?"
"No, just pretty sure I'm dreaming right now and any minute now something scary is gonna happen"
"Bex?"
"Uh-huh"
"Your not dreaming"
"Well of course your gonna say that"
John chuckled before turning her to face him, "Your not dreaming" he repeated slowly before kissing her with so much passion it took her breath away.
