During the backstage hours of the Violet eyes tour, a romance blossomed. The next few tours in, Cheyenne, Salt Lake City, and Phoenix, Judy and Johnny became very close. Hours were spent talking, cuddling, admiring tattoos, and in Judy's case, being badgered by her band mates.

"PANDORA!" Judy shouted on her bus, headed to Las Vegas.

Pandora looked at the doll Judy had in her hand "Yes…"

"What the heck is this!?" Judy held up a small rag doll, decorated in a leather jacket, and pierced with safety pins.

"Umm…Voodoo doll."

"Ha. Very mature." Judy threw the doll on the floor, "look, what is so bad about me going out with Johnny?"

Pandora sighed, Casey and Midori were watching from their bunks. "Look, I guess I'm just jealous. And…" Pandora trailed off.

"And what?"

"Well…all the guys you have gone out with, have ended up breaking your heart. I…just don't want it to happen again. I care about you Judy."

Judy rolled her eyes, "I know you care, I really do. But please, I'm happy, it gets lonely not having a guy to talk to." she gave her a hug. "Besides, you've never let me meet your boyfriend."

"That's because I'm dating death." Both of them laughed. "Judy, just don't get too involved, okay. Because after this tour, you won't be seeing too much of each other, and you know. Out of sight, out of mind."

She felt sick to her stomach after this. She really did love Johnny, well, as much as you can when the closest thing you can have to a date is a trip to Mc Donald's at One in the morning. Life on tour…

The guys in Head Plate were well aware of Johnny's relation ship. Thankfully, they were a little more open to their relationship than the girls in Violet Eyes were.

"Napalm, I don't see how you do it." Izzy said to Johnny on the way to Vegas.

"How I do what?" He looked up from his cell phone for a few seconds.

"How you are the only guy on this tour who can get a girlfriend on this tour! I can't even get hooked up with Midori! How do you do it?"

"Well, for one thing," he felt his phone ring, another text message. "You should start to treat girls a little nicer."

"Okay…?"

"Stop treating women like all they are is objects. In other words…stop treating them like you treat your groupies."

Izzy threw his pillow at him, "Aw shut up! Steel, you have a thing going with Casey, how do you do it?"

Axel put down his cup of coffee. "Me and Casey?! No, we aren't dating or anything. Just friends. But tonight I might take her to a casino or something in Vegas. What about you Johnny, are you gonna take Judy anywhere?"

Johnny looked up from his phone, "You know, I just might."

Izzy gritted his teeth and stormed out towards the back of the bus.

Over an hour later, they reached their venue. When Head Plate got off the bus, they were surprised to see their manager there.

"Johnny, I've gotten a lot of good reports about your playing lately. I just came to congratulate you on your new sobriety."

Johnny looked up to see Judy getting of the bus, smiling brightly at him. "Well, thank Judy, not me. She's the reason that I'm sober."

The rest of the band members from both bussed followed out. "Well, both bands have been doing very well, so I wanted to reward you." He was no longer talking to just Johnny, "We're gonna leave a little late tomorrow for L.A. so tonight you can just enjoy yourselves. Go see the town, rent a hotel room, just don't do anything stupid." He glared at Izzy. "That means no showgirls, no excessive drinking, or gambling. And of course nothing illegal."

Casey and Pandora high fived, and Axel and Izzy fist bumped. Gunner seemed un affected. Johnny was excited, she was finally going to have a real date with Johnny! Judy on the other hand, seemed anxious, and not in a good way.

The venue that they were going to play out was immense! Each band member had their own dressing room. Judy came in to help Johnny spike his now purple hair. Judy was sporting a bleach blonde look herself.

"God Johnny, you should really consider getting your hair trimmed." Judy was become even more exasperated after trying to get a spike to stick up for the fourth time. "Oh well, it's a labor of love."

Johnny looked into the mirror and saw a very worried looking Judy. "Luv, what's wrong?" He stood up and wrapped his arms around her. "If you want I can get my hair to stick up itself."

"No, it's not that."

"Well come sit on my lap and tell me what's wrong." He sat down on the couch and Judy joined him. He stroked her head.

"Well…I was talking to Pandora today."

"She still hates me?"

"Well…that's not the point. She's worried that I'm getting too involved."

"So she's jealous."

"No…well…I really don't feel like talking about it."

Johnny kissed her cheek, "You can tell me."

Judy rested her head on his shoulder. "I don't feel like going into a hotel room with you tonight."

"Oh. I see." he stroked her head, "Judy, you know that I would never force you into anything. In fact, that thought never crossed my mind."

"Good." She let out a sigh of relief, "I feel so much better."

"Of course…if you wanted too we could…" Judy shot him a dirty look, "Sorry."

"Has that thought ever crossed your mind? Be honest with me."

Johnny looked at her stern eyes. "Go ahead, I'm not gonna kill you."

"A few times."

Judy was about to speak until she a knock on the door. "Hey Johnny, do you have any hair spray I can borrow." It was Izzy. Judy and Johnny responded by raising their middle fingers at him, simultaneously.

During the opening act Johnny found him self sidetracked. All he could think of was Judy, "different" thoughts than normal. There was so much he wanted to tell Judy, about how his feelings for her had intensified even more. He wanted to hold her, love her. 'Damn Judy, why did you have to bring that up!' For the last few months he did his best to respect her boundaries, but it was hard. She was so beautiful. When Judy was on stage, the same thoughts raced through her head. 'Maybe Johnny and I should get a room. After all, if we did want to do it, tonight would be the best night. Do I really love him that much? But I don't want to get too involved. Stupid Las Vegas!' The concert ended. Judy came backstage into Johnny's arms. She could hear screams of delight from her band and his. It was about time they had a night on the town.

"So Judy, what do you want to do."

"Well, this is Vegas. There isn't much we can do that doesn't involve alcohol. I think I just want to spend the night with you."

"I know, but what are we gonna do."

Judy reached a crossroad, she let out a sigh and threw her arms around Johnny and kissed him. Not caring whether someone was looking or not.

"Oh, I see." he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her even harder.