Johnny waited in a hotel room in Vegas. He was sitting on the edge of the bed, trying to get the taste of mouthwash out of his mouth. For the last hour he had been busy trying to get the smell of his mouth. He did everything Judy told him to do, he got a clean room at a nice hotel, sent Judy a text message telling him where he was, and didn't tell anybody where he was going or what his plans were. He even took a shower and brushed his teeth. He leaned back on the bed. In reality if she backed out, he didn't blame her. He was just as nervous as she was. He had never done this sober before. He felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. Johnny reached in to answer. He pulled out his phone and his cigarettes. 'Damn! I could really use a smoke right now. Hurry up Judy!' The text was from Gunner. He didn't read the text, he couldn't risk texting him back. Letting anybody find out about tonight would surly end his relationship with Judy forever.

Judy entered the hotel from a side entrance. She didn't want to be seen. She had no choice but to ride the elevator up, Johnny texted her and told her that the room was on the fifth floor. The ride up seemed to last hours. All the way up she was having a heated argument with her conscience. 'Oh God, what am I doing? Do I really want this? I know he won't tell anybody about this, but is this right? I can go back, Johnny will understand.' The elevator reached the fifth floor and she exited. 'C'mon Judy, you've done this before. Quit worrying!' She walked super slowly down the long hallway. She found the room, she lifted her hand to knock on the door. 'Judith you idiot! Sometimes I don't know what I'm going to do with you!' She heard the voice of her mother. 'How could you be so blind?! You're going to regret this, you'll see! You're making a fool out of yourself over this boy.' Those were the same words that her mother told her the last time she saw her. 'You and your "rock music." It's been nothing but trouble. Judy became angry at the memory. She muttered under her breath, "mom, shut up." Judy knocked on the door.

She threw herself in Johnny's arms. She had made up her mind.

"Judy…"Johnny looked at his beautiful girlfriend as she began messing with the zipper on his leather jacket, "I think it's fair to warn you that I've never done this sober before…"

Judy looked up at his face, "Don't be a such a pessimist." She backed up to the bed, gave him a kick on the ankle, and they both fell in.

Meanwhile, in a Vegas casino, Axel took Casey on a date. They sat at a table, enjoyed a drink and talked.

"Axel, this is kinda a random question, but is Johnny…violent."

"What?! Why would you ask that?"

"Well…it's about Judy. She really loves him and if they get married one day, or anything like that…I well…just wanted to make sure he would never beat her or anything."

Axel looked at her astonished. "That is a random question! Well the answer is no. He would never beat a girl, I know that he really wanted to when he and Plum were in court, but he never did. If a guy ticked him off he would probably beat him up. If a girl did, he would just give her a dirty look. Even when he was really drunk, he would never beat a girl." He took a sip of his drink. "Now why would you ask that?"

Casey looked at the table, "This is kinda hard for me to talk about, but when I was little my dad would beat my mom all the time. They divorced when I was about ten. Most of my stupid high school classmates had the same things happen to them, one even got pregnant. I really care about Judy, I don't want the same thing to happen to her."

Axel reached over and touched her shoulder. "Don't worry about a thing. Johnny may look mean and tough, but deep down he has a sensitive heart. Though he doesn't like to admit it. You know Casey, you really care about your friends."

"And…"

"And it's nice. You seem really ticked off today."

"Sorry, maybe I'm just a little too worried about Judy, that's all. Anyway Axel, what does Johnny say about Judy around you exactly?"

"Wow, you really REALLY care. Anyway he doesn't say all that much. He textes her all the time, if Izzy or me try to probe him about his love life or anything like that, he usually cusses us out. Yeah, he really seems to love her."

Casey sighed, she suddenly felt like a huge burden was lifted off her chest. She also looked up into Axels brown eyes.

"Would you ever beat a girl?"

Axel leaned over and stroked her hand, "Never."