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Teri was nervous.
She and her best friend Gloria were at the gym. She was pushing herself more
than usual.
“Hon, what the hell
are you doing today? You are pushing to the limit, and then some. What’s going
on with you? I have not seen you this crazy on the treadmill since you and
Richie started dating.”
Teri grunted at her
friend and sped up the pace She was already going faster than normal and on an
incline on her treadmill.
“Ter, I asked you a
question. Now what's going on? You would have told me if you and Richie had a
fight so I know that’s not it.”
“Later Glor, I promise.
Let me just finish and we can meet up for coffee at your place after I shower.”
“Well, I am heading
home to shower now. See you in an hour.”
She turned to leave, went back to Teri’s
machine, started to slow it down to where she can look at her friend in the eye
and get the same in return.
“Ter, one hour tops. Got it?” she slowed the
machine to a stop.
Teri looked at her
friend.
“Yeah got it babes. I’ll leave with you now.”
Almost exactly an
hour and fifteen minutes later Teri was sitting in Gloria’s kitchen they both
have fresh cups of coffee in hand and are sitting at the island. Teri was
scratching Gloria’s dog behind her ears. She started the conversation not
wanting to prolong it any further.
“When Richie gets
home tonight we’re going to have the talk.”
“Gloria looked
quizzically at her friend.
“The Birds and the Bees? Think you’re way too
late for that one Hon.”
Teri almost choked
on her coffee
“Ha! That may be
easier. No, we’re having the ‘lets discuss our past and put it there in the
past conversation.’ I’m going to cook and...”
Gloria interrupted
her friend.
“WHAT? YOU are going
to do WHAT?”
“Shut up. Yeah, I
am going to cook. I do know how to
make a few things” Teri said with a
smile.
“True.” said
Gloria. “YOU, know how to burn boiling water, and you know how to make coffee.
Great dinner idea Hon.”
Teri laughed. She
knew how true this really was.
“Well I was hoping you would help me with
dinner. We can precook it so all I have to do was warm it up when Richie got in
later.
“What time was HRH
in, and what do you want to make?” Gloria asked.
“Around 6 and something easy. HRH?” Was her
friends reply?
“His Royal
Hotness,” Both women laugh at the name and Teri blushes a little. “No problem
we can go raid your freezer and figure it out. Let’s finish our coffee then hit
the road.”
“Okay.” said Teri
The girls are at
Teri’s house an hour later.
“How do you
survive? You’re fridge was full of Diet Coke and yogurt?” Gloria said in disgust.
“There’s more than that. I do have some Vienna Mocha Chunk ice cream in the
freezer, and some chicken, and of course coffee.”
“Yeah, yeah,” her
friend replied in jest.
“Okay, off to the
store then we’re going to talk as we cook. I want to hear all about this
conversation you’re having tonight with HRH”
“Glor,” Teri
warned. “If you keep that one up I am going to have a hard time looking Richie
in the eye later.”
Gloria grinned
back. “Nope, until I know what was going on? Richie was now HRH. “
The girls did their
shopping. They decide on a stuffed pork loin, and some asparagus, red potatoes
a nice salad, and crusty French bread for dinner. At the last moment, Teri who
was driving, pulled into a local bakery liked by both Richie and Teri. She picked
up a dessert which she knew was a favorite of Richie’s and then they head home
to cook.
The girls worked side
by side to make dinner Teri made the salad, and set the table, and Gloria put
together a pork loin stuffed with garlic, and apples they start to talk.
“Ter, are you ready to hear about Richie’s
past?”
“I have to Glor it was
a mutual decision to have this talk now and I have already poured my heart out
earlier this week when I was on the road with him. We spent time talking one
evening in bed we decided it should be now not later. I told him I wanted to
hear it from him on what was going on in the early days.”
“We also decided to get tested.”
“Tested?” Gloria stopped peeling the apples,
and looked at her friend. She raises an eyebrow at Teri in question.
Teri saw the look. She stopped ishing
vegetables for the salad motions for Glor to grab a chair and sit. Teri turned
on the coffee machine and waved a mug at her asking silently if she wants
coffee. The woman nodded yes. Teri grabbed two mugs took out the coffee creamer
her friend liked and put it on the table in front of her. She then turned back
to her coffee making. After the chore was done and both women had steaming mugs
of fresh coffee Teri resumed her conversation.
“We are going to
get tested for Aids and any other sexually transmitted disease Liz can come up
with," Gloria knew Liz was Teri’s gyno. “We have an appointment with her
tomorrow for the blood tests and should get the results in a few days.” In
having this conversation we decided to discuss our past with each other.”
“Ok, hold on a second,” Gloria needed Teri to
back up a bit. “How did the conversation to be tested come around?”
“Actually, it was
Richie’s idea. He wanted me to feel comfortable enough around him so that he doesn’t
need to wear a condom. We have slipped a couple of times to be Honest with
you.”
Gloria said nothing
at that news but she gave her friend a look. Teri knew she was not happy with
the information.
“Come on Glor tell
me you never forgot. I am on the pill so THAT part was taken care of” Teri
smiled at her friend.
Gloria smiled back
and nodded her head yes.
“Okay then. So after the conversation about
being tested came and went I said that if we were going there it was probably a
good thing to discuss our past meaning sexual and well his drinking and drugs
too cause both of those subjects seem to go hand in hand in his life.”
“What did HRH say? How did he take the
question?” Gloria asked.
“Very well. I was saying that if we’re going
to do the test then, I thought the time had come to discuss our past. He seemed
fine, and then as we laid in bed Tuesday night, I told him all about my sordid
past.”
Both women chuckle
at the comment. They knew that Teri by far doesn’t have a sordid past.
“Honey, I told him
about EVERYONE, and ,about the pot in high school and well everything! We
talked in bed a long time and he held me a lot as I told him about the ass
holes I ended up with all my life. We ended it by Richie saying that he wanted
to discuss with me his past. But it would take more time than mine. I laughed
at that. He said we would talk when he got in today. He said it again on the phone
this morning on my way to your place for coffee. He was getting ready to board
the plane back home. I know you, and you’re asking yourself why? I know a lot
about Richie. More than he knew about me when we first started dating. by word
of mouth and other fans at concerts. Remember I have been a Jovi fan for a long
time. I want to hear it from him for many reasons mainly because he and I trust
each other enough to be totally honest. I’m not going to run to find out why,
every time I hear that he sneezed on stage. I have to trust him, as he had to
trust me. End of subject. Now, will you help me set the table before you go?
Richie’s due in a few of hours, and I want to take a nice long bath before he gets
here.”
The two finish
their coffee, then put the final touches on the table. Dinner was ready.
Richie exited the
limo, handed the driver a tip, and grabbed his bags, which the driver took out
of the trunk for him. A quick wave, ‘See ya in a couple of days’, and Richie
put his key in the front door of Teri’s home. As he opened the door, his senses
are assaulted with the heavenly aroma of something cooking in the kitchen. He
places his bags in the foyer next to the stairs to the second floor and heads
to see what was cooking. On his way to the stove he stopped and grabs a bottle
of water out of the fridge. It was there he sees the note.
Hon: The pork goes into oven on 350 degrees, for ____ minutes.
Asparagus gets STEAMED. Wine’s chilling in fridge, and potatoes go in to oven BEFORE
the pork was cooking. You should be fine. Talk to you tomorrow…. Oh, the smudge
over the time in for the pork was intentional babe. Figure it out. You KNOW how
to cook….. hahaha call me I’ll fill you in….
Love you, Glor
Richie smiled at
the note. He figured Teri was upstairs changing or still in the tub. So, he
picked up his bags, and headed up the stairs in that direction.
As Richie was
coming up the stairs, Teri was in her walk-in closet looking for a top. She’s
wearing a pair of straight leg jeans, and nothing else. She had her bra drawer
open in the closet, and, now needed to figure out a top, and bra. She was
swinging her hips to a bootleg version of Bon Jovi, and Aerosmith’s Steven
Tyler, and Joe Perry, singing Walk this
Way as she looked on her side of the closet for a top. Richie already had a
portion of the closet for his stuff.
Richie stopped just inside the door watching his girl as she’s making
her decision. He goes into the small windowless room and puts his arms around
her moving waist and hips placing a kiss on her neck. Teri turns around looked
up and smiles at Richie she runs her hands up his chest and he lowers his head
so they can properly kiss hello. To her surprise he doesn’t kiss her lips but
goes lower and takes her left nipple into his mouth and sucks on it. Gently
teasing the nub to attention. Teri grabs the back of Richie’s neck and arches
her back at the sensation he’s causing to give him total access.
Richie leaned back
to look into Teri’s eyes.
“Hi” he said to her
“Hi.” she said to him.
They smiled at each
other. Richie inwardly groaned, thinking that what he just did was so reminiscent
of the early days. Teri runs her hands around Richie’s waist and lays her head
on his shoulder. He runs his hands over her bare back slowly as Teri sighs in
contentment. They stand this way for a few minutes then Teri pulled back with a
sigh grabs a bra and top got dressed and shoos her boyfriend out of their
closet. Richie gives a playful pout sticking his suckable lower lip out at her.
Teri said “I know you well enough Mister if we stayed in there any longer you
would have wanted to have kinky closet sex.” Richie laughed out loud.
“What was kinky
closet sex?” he asked on their way back downstairs as Teri needs to check on
dinner. “
“Idontknow,” she said “But, knowing you, I can
rest assured you would have thought of SOMETHING.” They both laugh.
“Dinner smells
great baby. What are we having?”
“Oh, just a little
something I threw together. Pork, potatoes, asparagus, and a salad.”
“Hope you did not go to much trouble.”
“Not at all Rich, I love to cook.”
“Really?”
“Sure...”
“Then how come you
have directions here from Gloria?”
Teri had the good
grace to blush beet red.
“Well, ok, you got me. This wasn’t something
to lie about. SHE loves to cook. I love to watch her cook. It’s a perfect
friendship.”
“Yup, you do have a
perfect friendship. You can burn boiling water.”
“Not fair! Who
ratted me out? When did this happen? Where was I?” Teri was getting upset at
her friend.
Richie started to
laugh, and handed her his bottle of water as she’s getting dry mouth spouting
all the questions at him. Once he got his laughter under control he said.
“Last time we got together with Glor, she had
mentioned to you that she was making something or another, and you said, sounds
great, but, you could burn that in a minute and her response was “Hell, you
burn boiling water. “Then, there was also the note that said the same thing.”
The dinner
conversation was easy and light. The
meal was so amazing, Richie insisted on calling Gloria to thank her so Teri
grabbed the phone and called her friend.
“Hey girl, just
wanted to call and say, dinner was amazing.”
“Thanks Ter…”
Before Gloria could finish her sentence, Richie grabs the phone to send his own
thanks and hears “...how did HRH like it?” Richie looking at Teri smiles and
continues her phone conversation.
“Glor, Teri, was
right the dinner was amazing and Thanks.”
“Oh, hey Richie. Don’t suppose that you missed
that last part, huh.”
“Glor got something to ask you.” He said into
the phone. Meanwhile Teri was waving her arms and shaking her head no. She
stands up and goes to Richie’s side had her hands on his arm trying to drag him
away from the table and pry the phone out of his hands at the same time. He was
laughing.
She yells out.
“Gloria, don’t do it! Don’t say a word!”
Richie still
laughing said.
“Glor, what does HRH mean?”
“NNNNNOOOOOOO don’t answer Glor.”
Gloria who was
laughing said “His Royal Hotness. Bye!” Then quickly hung up the phone.
Now Richie was
laughing hard and Teri was mortified. She had blushed about six different
shades of red in the last two seconds.
“Come here little
one,” Richie opened his arms and Teri takes a step back out of reach.
”Seriously baby come here.”
She moved further
away. Richie stands and Teri takes off she runs up the stairs and into their
bedroom. Richie was in hot pursuit. He can over take her in a second but lets
her get upstairs and into the room. Slowly he advances to Teri she crawled on
the bed and was kneeling on it Richie wraps his arms around her before she
could move and Ter buries her head into his chest.
“You got me. I’m so
embarrassed.”
“Baby, to you, I don’t have any issues with
being called HRH.”
“Really?”
“Really. From you
it’s flattering.” Richie replied Teri looked up at his face. He was smiling. There
was no anger there at all. They kiss.
“I guess now’s not
the time to tell you that Gloria came up with it?”
Richie laughed again, and pulled her close.
“Remind me to thank
her.” He got a female version of one of his sexy growls in response.
“Well, let’s go
clean up downstairs. We can put on a movie after.” Richie was in agreement, and
they make short work of cleaning the kitchen and dining room.
“Baby, for someone
who doesn’t know how to cook you use a ton of pans and dishes.”
Teri smiled, and said as she loaded the last dish
into the dishwasher.
“Gloria baby,
Gloria used all this stuff. And SHE knows how to cook. Now, let’s go see what’s
left from my video rentals that I haven’t watched yet."
They hit the living
room, and got comfortable on the couch together Teri laid between his legs. Her
head rested on his chest. After they paused the movie a few times to get
drinks, popcorn and a bathroom break, the couple finish up the movie, clean up
and head to bed. Teri put on an ankle length blue silk negligee, and Richie
stripped off his clothes. They both get into bed. Teri scooted over so they met
in the middle. She turned on the news and relaxed. Richie loved the feel of
Teri’s silk against his body. He was more nervous as they came up to bed. He
knew this was it. Teri had not said a word all night in regards to their imminent
conversation. She moved slightly so her head was on his right arm. Richie
grabbed the remote, which rested on his side of the bed, to turn off the television.
He rolled to his right. The motion moved Teri, so she shifted a bit, and she
faced Richie. He propped his head up on his right hand and took his left to place
on Teri’s hip. She propped her head up too.
But, with her left arm and hand. This way they faced each other so they
could talk easier. Teri felt deep down that this was the beginning of their
impended conversation.
“Ter, in thinking
the last few days, I’ve come to the realization that my life was by far one to
be proud of.”
Teri opened her
mouth to say something, but, Richie stopped her.
“Let me continue. Honey I know, you know, I am
very proud of what I have accomplished in my life musically and of course Ava.
I have worked long and hard. I put my music above almost anyone and anything
else. That’s not the issue or the discussion. What this was all about tonight, was
my past in other ways. The part I am not
proud of.”
“Once the money
started to roll in, things changed, drastically. We actually were recognized by
people who became our fans. We had money coming in. More money than any of us
knew what to do with. The girls were becoming a dime a dozen. I can’t tell you
how many times I got Tony to get the prettiest girl I could see from my side to
come back stage. They would blow us, fuck us, and party with us. I was never
without a girl… Ever. Every town, every night had a girl more than willing to
screw around. The drugs kept us high for the stage, and low to sleep. They kept
us euphoric, and thinking that nothing can stop us. And nothing did stop us. I was
doing cocaine, I was freebasing, I did Halcion but that fucked Jon and I up so
much, we swore off them. I think, that was probably a decision that helped us
get where we’re today. That shit messed me up so bad. I didn’t know what was a
nightmare, and what was real. The next stop we made after that shit, Jon spent
thousands of dollars on Valium and we stayed in our happy little no pain world
for a really long time. We used it to sleep. It helped the panic attacks, which
woke me in the middle of the night.
Amphetamines also kept us up, with less fatigue during the day, and loss
of appetite, which kept us lean and mean. The drugs really were not our high.
Not in the beginning. It was the excitement of being on stage, and actually
making it to the big time. That was more than any of us dreamed of. I was drinking more. A lot more. Those gift
baskets in the hotels were gone quicker than I could open the next bottle. We
kept the champagne to drink on the plane. Each of us had bottles of it every
night. We drank as much flying the next morning. I couldn’t wake up without
pills, and a warm body beside me.”
“There was this list that was code for what we wanted. If I needed a bimbo, which I think was number 10, and some cocaine which was 8, then a crew member would get on the radio, and relay what was needed. We need 8, and 10. We didn’t need to have this shit broadcast. So it made sense to us. I wanted a 10. Someone nice to look at. I felt it was deserved. I had two hotel rooms. And two limos. One for the incoming girls, and one for outgoing girls. Baby, I can go on for hours on this stuff. It really doesn’t matter. What matters right now, was that I am with you, and you’re with me.”
“Richie I am very
happy that you’re telling me all this. But I have just a few questions for you.
First off are you still doing the drugs?”
“Not as much as
back then.”
“How much are you
doing?”
Richie looked at
Teri’s face. She wanted answers and I
promised to be Honest with her. “Next to nothing. Jon thinks I quit and I
made a decision in the car on the way home to stop.” Teri smiled and nodded,
but it’s more to the home comment than to the decision to stop the drugs.
Teri said nothing
and waited for him to continue. Shit
Richie thought. He’s quiet. Richie laid on his back he stared at the ceiling.
“The tours are
getting longer, and longer. I need something to sleep. I need something to get
up. Fucking Jon had interviews scheduled and long ass days.”
“Are you done with
your excuses yet?” Teri calmly asked. By this time she was on her left side her
head was rested once again on Richie’s shoulder. She leaned her head back a bit and whispered
in his ear. “Thank you.”
Now Richie was more
confused than before. Did she thank me
for the fun and intended to break up? Or did she thank me ‘cause I was honest.
If it’s the second then I need to be really honest here and not be like I am
now with the half truths.
“For what baby?”
“For telling me as
much as you did. I have a feeling there was more. A lot more. But, I’m happy that you told me what you have
so far. We’ll have this conversation again in the near future. Trust me on
that. But, for the moment, I'm okay with what you told me so far.”
Richie rolled on to
his right. Teri took her right leg and puts it over Richie’s. They are both
facing each other.
“I realize that this was not easy for you. It isn’t
easy for me. But, I also realize my past was not even a spot on the wall
compared to what you’ve experienced. I know that and realize we have a long way
to go. I’m prepared to take whatever you give. Baby, I may be naïve, but I am
not dumb. I’ve read about your past and take it all with a grain of salt ‘cause
it WAS your past.”
“Thank YOU,” Richie
said. “Yeah, there was a ton more of stuff.”
“Just tell me a
couple of things baby and we can drop this conversation for now.”
“What do you want
to know?”
“Are the drugs taking over your life? I mean,
do you have to have drugs to function? I’ve been with you for a few months now,
and I really don’t remember drugs too much.”
“No baby, I’m
actually off the drugs, for the most part. I don’t need them to function. I was
hiding it from you most of the time. I didn’t know where this was going, and I
figured the less you knew the better for me. ‘Cause, well, as you said, there’s
too much about me, and about the guys, out in the tabloids. ”
“Okay Richie,that’s
great to know. What about the drinking?”
“I have that under
control. “
“I agree with that
also. Now, one more thing, if you don’t mind and we can put this part of the past
in the past where it belongs.”
“Of course. You’ve
been really great. I’ll answer anything you want to ask.”
“Are the stories
about the Zucchini sisters true?”
Teri laughed and
stuck her tongue out at her boyfriend. He grabbed her, and pulled her close. Kissed
her long. So long, that all she can think about was having his cock inside of
her. As she whipped off her negligee and began to straddle him, he pulled her
down so she laid on top of him. He whispered in her ear.
“Yes.”
She smiled and whispered back into his ear.
“Then you won’t mind if I try to erase those
memories of yours with some new ones of mine right?” She sat up as she was
still astride him, and sunk onto his cock in one fluid movement. Their eyes
meet and she began to erase those memories.
