Instead of passionate and a little bit of rough sex that they usually have, it was completely rough.

With Adriana on top, Jon pounded vigorously into her. Jon slapped her ass hard multiple times. The only sounds in the room were Jon's grunts and his balls slapping her ass.

"Damn," Jon murmured to himself.

When Adriana went to kiss him, he gently grabbed her face and pulled her lips to his. Both of them stuck their tongue's in each others' mouths and moaned.

Jon flipped Adriana over and pinned her arms down. He continued to pound into. Adriana's legs were spread wide open to allow Jon to completely take control of her body. Jon then sucked on Adriana's right nipple and bit it a little.

"Ah!" Adriana yelped out.

Jon stopped sucking her breast and started kissing her neck, biting it here and there.

"I'm close Jonathan," Adriana said.

"I don't care," was his response.

"Wh...what?"

Jon stopped screwing Adriana and looked directly into her eyes.

"I don't care if you're about to cum. I'm going to fuck you until I get tired," Jon said.

"This is why we need to start having sex more often," Adriana said.

"Touché," Jon said. He slid out of her. "Lay on your side."

Adriana did what was asked of her. Jon layed behind her and slid back into her, in the spoon position. Jon was breathing hard on Adriana's neck as he started fucking her again, lifting Adriana's leg up a little in the process.

"Jon...I seriously can't hold off anymore," Adriana whispered.

This only made Jon go faster and faster until Adriana came hard. Jon's orgasm soon followed and he came inside of her.

Jon pulled out of Adriana and got off of the bed. He slipped his boxers back on along with his t-shirt and went to the drawer and pulled out a pair of sweats. Slipping them on, he then left the room. Adriana simply remained in the bed.

Jon checked on the children to see what they were doing.

All three of them had fallen asleep on the bed while playing video games. Jon turned off the t.v. and put the kids under the covers. He gave each of them a kiss on the forehead then turned off the light.

He went to see how Jasmine was doing. She was sound asleep in her crib. She was getting big. Jon rubbed her tiny back, watching her smile in her sleep. Smiling himself, he left the baby's room and went to to get his art supplies that were sitting on the coffee table. Grabbing them, made his way outside.

Sitting on the swing set, he took in the silence of the neighborhood.

"Perfect," he said to himself.

Jon almost forgot about the cigarettes and the lighter he hid under the swing. Quickly bending down to grab it, he whipped out a small black bag with the cigarettes and lighter in it. He pulled out the cart and the lighter. Opening the cart, he took out a cigarette, stuck it in his mouth, then lit it up with the lighter.

Inhaling, he exhaled and took another puff. Very quickly he finished off the cigarette and put them back in the bag along with the lighter and put it under the swing.

Opening his sketch pad, he opened to his last drawing: his "father's" name with a big "X" going through it.

"Bastard," Jon murmured to himself.

He heard the front door open and saw Adriana step out in her robe.

"Have you been smoking?" she asked.

The smell of cigarette was still in the air.

"I only had one cigarette."

"Jonathan! Why are you smoking?"

"Shut your damn mouth. I told you I only had one."

"Don't tell me to shut my mouth! You don't need to be smoking!"

Jon got up and got into Adriana's face.

"Go back inside. I didn't tell you to come out here."

"You need to stop talking like that to me."

"And what are you going to do?"

"Take the kids and leave."

"You wouldn't."

"I would. You keep acting up like this and I will. And that is a promise."

"You're not taking my children anywhere."

"I'm not going to go through this again with you, Jonathan."

"You're not going to take my kids anywere, Adriana!"

Jon turned around and sat back on the swing set.

"Look, I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

Adriana sat next to Jon.

"Look, I understand that you are going through a lot. Therapy has been helping but the hardest part is facing your past again. I understand. But you can't let this mess up your progress. You've been doing good. I want to continue to see you doing good. I love you too much to let you go back to your bad habits again."

"Just draw how you're feeling."

"I'm just going to tell you. I feel like shit. It's hard dammit."

"I know it is. But you can't start turning into your old self again."

"Yeah."

"You sure you're going to be okay for the the next two days at work?"

"I guess. How about you?"

"Stacey and her sister are going to be running the shop and looking after it for me. After they close up the shop, they're going to help me watch the kids."

"This weekend we should go out. Do something fun. Something positive. We all need something positive to do. What do you think we should do?"

"The kids always wanted to go roller skating. I do too. I miss going to the roller skating. During the entire summer, every Saturday. Pizza, raspberry tea, and skating. Of course you always busted your ass."

"You remember that?"

"Yeah. I was cleaning the closet and saw my blue skates. I do remember skating. I loved doing that so much."

"Well, how about we go to the skating rink on Saturday? Just me and you. How does that sound?"

"That would be nice. Watching you fall again is going to be funny."

"I'm sure all you remember is me falling."

"Yup. And I remember that one heifer that was after you. What was her name?"

"Clare."

"Yeah. Her."

June 2002:

"Come on, Jonathan! You can hold onto my hand and I'll lead you!" Adriana said.

"No."

Jon sat back down and didn't move.

"If you don't skate with me, I'm not buying you pizza and tea."

Jon smacked his lips and reluctantly put on his skates.

"Make this quick," he grumbled.

Adriana lead Jon on the floor and slowly began skating. Jon just held onto her and let her navigate him.

From a distance, Clare was watching Adriana and Jon skate together. She always had a crush on Jon. Her own heart was crushed when she found out that Jon was with Adriana. Boy did that make her skin crawl.

"Clare, stop eyeing Jon like he's a piece of meat. All the fish in the sea, and you want to chase something that someone else already caught! Man, leave them alone!" Stacey said.

"But look at how gorgeous he is! His long hair in that beautiful bun. Ugh, whenever he lets his hair down, my heart skips a few beats," Clare said.

"Well, you better skip over to those dudes over there and hook up with him. I'm telling ya, you are not going to get with Jon," Stacey said. "And you better not mess with Adriana. I'm warning you. She's tough and she doesn't back down from a fight."

"I'm not afraid of her!"

"You should be."

"Whatever, Stacey. For all I know you may be wanting to get with Jon too."

"No. I'm not. Adriana is my best friend. I honestly cannot believe I'm even friends with you. You know what? As a matter of fact, you are not my friend. You're such a ho!" Stacey said. "I'm outta here!"

Stacey quickly put on her skates and joined her other classmates on the floor.

Clare just sat down and pouted and pouted. Pretty soon she got hungry so she went to get herself a soda.

She didn't see that Jon was standing in front of her in the line. But when she looked up from counting her change in her wallet, her heart stopped.

'Oh my goodness. It's really him,' she thought to herself. 'Okay, Clare. You got this.'

She lightly tapped Jon's shoulder. He turned around and gave her a small smile.

"Hi," Jon said.

"Hey. Are you here by yourself?" Clare asked.

"I'm with my girlfriend, Adriana," Jon responded.

"Oh. You two really must like each other a lot huh?"

"I've been staying with her for ten years. It's been great."

"You live with her?"

"Yup. She's the best girlfriend I could ever have."

Clare noticed the gleam in Jon's eyes while he was talking about Adriana. His face was brighter than the sun and his heart was probably growing four times the size it already was.

Clare knew that she wouldn't have a chance with Jon. No matter how hard she tried, no matter how many times she spoke to him and was nice to him, she wasn't going to get with him.

"I'm glad you're happy," Clare said.

"Thanks. You want me to buy you something?"

"No. I got it."

"I'll get you a slice of pizza and a soda. How does that sound?"

"Well, whatever you say. Hehe, thank you."

"Don't mention it."

Jon ordered and payed for the food.

"Thank you again," Clare said.

"No problem. You want to join me, Adriana, and Stacey?" Jon asked.

"No. I'm good. Thanks for the food," Clare said.

"No problem. Hey, be careful on this floor. It's a deathtrap!"

Clare giggled and walked away.

Jon joined Adriana and Stacey at their table. Jon sat down next to Adriana and handed her her food and drink. He noticed she was giving glaring at him.

"What?" Jon said.

"Why were you talking to that ho?" Adriana asked.

"She started talking to me first. I didn't know she was behind me," Jon said.

"Mmmmhmmmm," Adriana said.

"You're welcome Queen Elizabeth!" Jon said.

"Thank you," Adriana said.

"Man, I'm telling you: stay away from her," Stacey said.

"I'm sure she has the hots for me. But I'm not going to treat her wrong. I only have the hots for Adriana."

"And I am the only one you should have the hots for. Or I'm going to cut your dick off," Adriana said, with the straightest face possible.

Stacey choked on her Pepsi.

"Really now?" Jon said.

"Yes. Really?"

"And if you have the hots for anything other guy, I'm going to shackle your legs together that way no other guy can get your pussy. But me."

Adriana frowned at Jon.

"Don't give me that look. You said you were going to chop my dick off so I'm going to shackle your legs together," Jon said.

"Shut up and eat your food," Adriana said.

"Women," Jon said, shaking his head.

Adriana pinched Jon in his nipple.

Present:

"Those were some interesting times," Jon said.

"Yeah. I can't believe it's been an entire year. Slowly everything's coming back to me. I know you when you first heard me ask you who you were when I woke up in the hospital, that broke your heart," Adriana said.

"It hurt me to see you in the hospital. Of course I knew it was going to take time for you to get your memory back. Just another obstacle we have to get through. We'll be okay," Jon said.

Adriana smiled.

"We will," she said.

"Adriana...I'm sorry for hurting you. I can see the bruises on your neck. Damn, I'm such an asshole."

"I would hit you for it but I decided against it. But next time I will hit you back."

"Understandable."

"If you don't mind, how about cracking open your sketchbook and showing me how you draw so good?"

Author's Note: Let's see how it goes.