Chapter 11 - Young Love Never Dies

The trip to Philly was fun.  They decided to drive down instead of fly so they could make a day of it. They needed time together, time away.  

 

The last few weeks had been rough on everyone, including the kids.  They went to stay with their mom for a few days because some of the Hurley's were coming to town for a visit. The timing couldn't have been more perfect.

Beth's demons were diminishing with the help of her therapist, and she knows that she's on a great road to recovery.  Dalton was prosecuted, she was able to testify via closed circuit TV and the whole thing was done with a gag order in place.  She was thrilled that nothing had been leaked to the press.

Job and Beth took the time and walked downtown, through historic Philadelphia, thoroughly enjoying each other's company. Jon watched her walk, watched her expressions and found him self falling in love with her even more.  She was so delicate, yet so tough.  She was mellow, and loves with a passion. She was and always has been exactly what he was looking for his entire adult life.

She drive back to Jersey and Jon played with her and messed with her the whole way. She was certain that someone would report her as a drunk driver, as she was all over the road laughing and playing with her buddy.  On the drive back, they talked about what was coming up and what they wanted to do with it.  

Jon takes her hand and says, "We can do it however you want.  We can have whoever you want there, but I do want the kids there."

"Of course the kids can be there, I would have it no other way, babe.  It's important to them and they need to be part of it, specially Stephanie."

"Definitely Stephanie, Jesse will want to go too." Jon tells her.  

Beth smiles, "I hope he'll come.  I'd love him to be there."

"I'll just have to go pick them up." Jon adds in, letting her know ahead of time.

 

"That's okay."

 

"The guest list has been checked and rechecked.  Security has been hired and instructed, caterer has been hired and the house will be ready."  He grabs her hand and kisses it, "Is there anything I have forgotten?"

 

She looks over at him and winks, "Sounds like you have it all in place.  "Thanks for taking care of all of it, I've been so busy with therapy and work."

 

"It was my pleasure.  Rose (Stephanie) helped a lot.  In fact, she planned the menu."

 

Beth gave him a silly look, "Please tell me that it doesn't include macaroni and cheese."

 

"No, Mac and Cheese, I promise." he laughs at her.  He knows that this was important to her, and it was equally important to him.

 

 

They had a great day together goofing off in Philly and just spending time together.  He missed her and she missed him too.  Tonight is their first night alone, since the attack.  They stopped in Asbury Park and got a drink at the Daupin Grill in the Berkeley Hotel. 

 

When they finished their drinks, the took a walk along the shore.  The night was perfect and the love was deep.  The beach was pretty much empty at this time of night, even though the air of late Spring was quite warm. Beth kicked off her heels and walked barefoot in the sand.  She was proud to be hanging on his arm, walking as close to him as she could get.  She kept hearing what her therapist told her, 'You can't keep punishing him Beth, he isn't the one that hurt you - I'm sure the intimacy would help him help you.'   That's what her therapist told her when Beth asked her if she was ready to have sex with Jon.

 

"Can we sit for a while?" she asks him, stopping in place.

 

"Of course." he stops and they sit down.  She sits and puts her legs over his and leans her head on his shoulder. 

 

"Are we ready?" she whispers.

 

"Ready for what?" he questions.

 

"To make love."  she shocked him with those words.  He was pleased to hear them but now he's back to worrying about her.

 

He lifts her chin, so she looks at him and he says, "Only you can answer that, babe."

 

"No, you can too.  Are you ready to make love to me?" still looking in his eyes.

 

He smiles at her and says, "I've been ready."

"I'm serious Jon."

 

"So am I, Beth.  Therapy has helped me a lot too." he admits to her, wanting her to see that her wellness and their wellness meant a lot to him too.

 

She lays back in the sand and says, "Brooke said that I've been punishing you, by not being intimate with you.  Do you feel that way?"   She looks over at him.

 

Over his shoulder he looks back at her and confesses, "I wondered if maybe you were, in some way.  I don't think it was intentional."

 

"Why didn't you talk to me about it?"

 

"Brooke said I should wait and see what you do.  It all needs to be done on your time, when you're ready."  He leans over and looks over her, propped on an elbow.  "You look beautiful with the moonlight on you like it is."

 

"We got this, right?"

 

"Oh yeah, we got this." he leans in and kisses her.  Once, twice and each one there after gets a little more intense and a little more passionate.  She can't, not that she would, stop her arms from going around his neck and pulling him to her.  She doesn't cut him a break.  She's kissing him and pulling up on his tshirt.............it's off and thrown to the side. 

 

Jon, a firm believer in equality and tit for tat, her shirt gets up and her breasts exposed.  Like metal to magnet, his lips are drawn to her nipples.  She can feel the warm moist air of his breath on her breast and it gives her chills.  She lays there and lets him have his way with her, she loves the way his hands feel, the way his lips feel and the way his breath feels.  She's needed him, he makes her feel like a woman, a sexual woman. 

 

She reaches down with her left hand and unbuttons his jeans and then pushes the zipper down.  Jon raises him self just enough so that she can push his jeans down passed his erection.  Once they are out of the way, she grabs his manhood and plays with it like it was her own.  Jon doesn't' mind.  His hand runs down her soft and sexy belly, sneaking under the waistband of her panties.  He stops right at her happy spot.  He knows what to do, he knows what motion and just how much pressure to use, to get her off with just his hand.  He starts to play with her, in the way that she was playing with him.  These two knew what to do to one another and just how long they had before they drove each over the edge and had an orgasm, but neither are ready for that.  They rolled around on the sand and made up for lost time.  Beth missed him, all of him.  She's  finally had enough when she reaches up under her skirt and removes her panties.  Jon sees that and knows that it's time for him to join her.  He works his way in between her legs and loving looks down at her. 

 

She smiles at him and says, "Ssshhh.  Don't say a word."  Grabbing his head and bringing his lips to hers, she parts his lips and bites his bottom one. 

 

As he gently kisses her lips, her cheek and her neck, he slowly penetrates her and they become one.  They haven't been intimate together since they were on tour and they missed one another more than they had thought. 

 

Beth moves into him, moaning from the pure pleasure that she felt physically, mentally and emotionally.  She missed him more than she thought and he felt fantastic.  They both realized that the passion was still there and that their love weathered another storm.

 

They make love on the beach in Asbury Park, thankfully never seen by anyone.  Walking back to the car, Beth stops him and looks him in the eye  "You have never felt better to me than you just did.  Thank you for your patience and thank you for your love."

 

With his left hand, he reaches up and hooks the back of her neck - walking into her, kissing her forehead he says, "Baby, I was with you all the way."