What's Up Bro?

Morning came and Richie had set up that he would get a wakeup call so he could get in touch with this Dr. Colton. He showered and dressed and ran out before he could meet up with any of the guys so he couldn’t chit chat with any of them. He needed to talk with this doctor so he could find out what the hell was going on with his best friend.

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Jon had woken up late and when he looked over to the couch Ellie was gone. He wondered where the hell she could have gone to. He had a splitting headache from last night so he got up and walked into the bathroom to do his thing and then looked into the cabinets to see if there was any aspirin he could take. Luckily there was some so he downed two and went back in and threw on his jeans and a t-shirt. Rubbing his face to try and wake up a bit more he picked up the phone to call for coffee and some toast. That was about all they did anyway for room service. Picking up his guitar he picked at it for a little while and hoped that Ellie would get back soon. He had a feeling he owed her an apology for something but he wasn’t sure seeing that last night was a little fuzzy for him.

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 Ellie was downstairs eating breakfast in the little restaurant they had in the hotel. She had met with Tico when David finally slithered his way down to join them. “Morning.” He said as he sat.

“Morning Dave had a hard time getting up did we?” Tico asked him.

“Very funny. Is that full?” he asked Tico.

“Yes it is help yourself.” He told him of the carafe. He poured himself a cupful and took a sip and sat back.

“There that’s better.” He told them.

“You know I never really understood what’s the big deal with I’ve got to have that coffee first thing in the morning thing. Just don’t.” Ellie laughed.

“Believe me it helps.” Dave told her.

“Did you talk to Jon before you came down Ellie?” Tico asked her.

“No he was out like a light.” She told them while sipping her tea.

“So where the hell is Richie I did stop by his door but he didn’t answer.” Dave told them.

Ellie sat there debating if she should tell them what he was doing. After about a minute she thought she should. “He went to see that Dr. Colton that’s been treating Jon. We were talking last night and well after Jon’s antics last night Richie wants to ask him some questions and he hopes that he can get him to slip up and tell him what he’s given Jon.” She told them.

“Was Jon any better when he got back last night? He seemed tired when we dropped him off.”  Tico asked her.

“Oh he was tired alright. Tired of me. He was still pissed off and drunk. And as I can see from Dave you two must have been feeling good too if you couldn’t tell if he was feeling no pain.” She told them smiling.

“We’re sorry Honey but trying to keep up with him last night was interesting.” Tico told her. “I’ve never seen him like that before especially when you’ve been around.”

“Well he was a real dick last night. I told him I didn’t want to sleep with him and that’s why I made up the couch for him and he actually laugh at me. Told me out right that he wasn’t sleeping there that I was. So I said to him fine and that today I was going to call to see about flights back to Boston and he said not to threaten him with that unless I mean it.  Said he was sick and tired of me saying that all the time and not actually going thru with it. I never went thru with it because he would ask me in no uncertain terms not to leave him if you know what I mean.” She told them sadly.

“Yeah he would tell us. Infact he’d brag to us how he would keep you here.” Dave told her wagging his eyes.

“Oh really? He’s such a shit!” she said sipping her tea again and smiling to herself.

“Ellie I need to ask you this so bear with me ok? And answer me honestly too but only because Jon’s been acting strange ok? He didn’t try hurt you did he?” Tico asked her feeling a little strange because if Jon did touch her he was going to have to hurt him.

“No Tico he didn’t. But to tell you if this continues his temper is going to flare and he just might which does scare me only because I can take care of myself. I have as a matter of fact with Michael. But if he ever touched Jimmy I’d kill him. I mean don’t get me wrong spankings and such are fine hell we were spanked as kids but with this anger issue he has going on right now he wouldn’t stop there. So I pray Richie gets those answers we need and today.” She explained to them.

“If by any chance Ellie when you two do get married are you going to change the status of Jimmy’s birth certificate?” Dave asked her.

She looked at the two of them before she answered. “Why? Did he say anything to you guys? Is it bothering him that his name isn’t on it? I only ask this because Richie mentioned the same thing not too long ago. I mean it’s nice to know that he can talk to you guys about our private life when he screams at me if I try to ask him anything about his business life.” She told them very agitated now.

“Well we just don’t want Jon hurt that’s all. It will be bad enough if you leave him but taking his son will be a whole other hurt.” Dave told her. “Remember I was there when he lost you the first time and it wasn’t pretty. He loves you and I can’t express how much he loves Jimmy.” He told her.

Well that almost put her over the edge. “I just need to…when Richie gets back we’ll know for sure and I get that he loves Jimmy but Dave I was there too and it about killed me too. And I know you guys love him I do and thank you for that.” She told them trying very hard not cry in front of them.

“What did we do?” Dave asked.

Tico and Ellie looked at each other and started laughing. “David you just told her why didn’t you listen to yourself?” Tico asked him.

“Well I try not to so if I fuck up then I don’t know what I said that embarrassed me.” he told them smiling.

Tico and Ellie weren’t sure if he was joking or not but that’s why they did call him the Joker.

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 Richie was waiting at the hotel down the street only because Doc set Dr. Colton up in a better hotel than the one they were staying in. Richie went to the reception desk and asked for him and to see if it was alright for him to go up to his room. They called up there and he told them that it would and to send him on up. When he reached the room the doctor opened the door and told Richie to come in.

“So what can I do for you Richie is it?” Andrew asked him.

“Yes it is. I’m here to talk about our lead singer Jon Bon Jovi.” Richie told him fidgeting.

“Well Richie I can’t really talk to you about Jon I’m sorry but you understand because of that hyp…” Richie stopped him.

“Yeah, Yeah I get it but what you don’t understand Colton is we wanted to know is did you treat him yesterday?” Richie asked him a little more serious now.

“Maybe I should try to slow this down for you,” he said as Richie now got a little bit more upset thinking that he was just a dumb rock star.

“Look Pal did you or did you not treat my brother yesterday?” Richie now said up close and personal so he would get the message.

“Mr. Sambora you are in my personal space.” Andrew told him upset now.

“Well Dr. Colton I’m going to be more than in your damn personal space if you don’t answer my question only because Jon was acting like a Jackass after he got off the stage last night. Not only was he rude to everyone he came in contact with but to the woman he loves dearly. He tried to pick a fight with her all night not to mention us his band of brothers. So now you’re going to tell me if you gave him something other than what Dr. Shaw told him what to do for his voice or I will call Shaw right now and we can discuss Jon’s health plan and if it’s not what Shaw had in mind you’re out. Do You Understand Me?” Richie demanded.

Shaw looked at Richie and he knew that he meant it. “Fine but just take it easy it wasn’t anything that should have harmed him. He’s been taking it for a week now so for him to be showing any signs of anything well it can’t be what I’m giving him. He must be taking something that you guys don’t know about becaucccc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”  just then Richie grabbed him by the throat.

“I don’t think so Doc. Jon doesn’t do drugs. He doesn’t even like them prescribed to him. So we’re going to do this again. What did you give him?” Richie demanded as he let go of Colton’s throat.

Coughing and rubbing his neck, “You know (coughing) I can get you on (coughing) assault.” He told Richie.

“Prove it now spill or they’re going to be picking your body off of the damn pavement.” He told him.

“OK, ok it was a supplement that I give out to some of my clients. I don’t know why he would react like that ok?” he told Richie angry.

“What’s in the supplement?” Richie demanded.

“Herbs and stuff.” He told him trying to back off.

Grabbing him, “Yeah right it’s the stuff that I want to know. So what’s the stuff?”

“Look you’re manager wanted me to give him that. He was the one that told me that other managers were giving it to their singers and they were doing fine on it. Look I’ve heard that it helped quite a few singers with it. Sinatra used it for a while and some opera singers use it all the time when their voices start to give out. So I didn’t think any harm would come to him.” Colton told Richie

“Do you know what’s in it?” he asked him for like the hundredth time.

“Yeah but you’re going to freak.” Colton told him.

“Just fucking tell me.” Richie demanded as he was getting antsy.

“It has some cocaine in it. Not enough to freak on thou so I don’t know why he’s acting the way is.” Colton told him. “Mean you could be right he’s having some kind of reaction to it by something else he’s taking with it, like alcohol, other medication which could be anything then or even food. Unless I take a blood sample to start off with we won’t know where to begin.” He explained to Richie.

“Well the way he’s acting none of us will be able to get him in here.” Rich told him upset.

“Well I can do it only because I am taking care of him and I can tell him it’s part of the process. But I don’t know what Doc will say about it.” Colton said.

“To hell with Doc it’s Jon health that we care about so do it.” Richie told. “When do you see him again?”

“I’ll come see him today and get a blood sample before it’s out of his system.” he told him.

“Good that will give Jon two days to get it out of his system before we go back on stage. If Doc asks just yep him to death and he’s not to know about this visit. We’ll just keep him in the dark and we’ll have Jon do everything he’s supposed to do except take that supplement. You can do that right?” Richie asked him.

“Yeah for Jon’s health I’ll do it why not I get paid either way.” He said cocky.

“Yeah right well if you think I threaten you wait til you see the rest of us especially together.” Rich told him as he stormed out.

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When Ellie left the guys after their breakfast she really didn’t want to go back to their room. She wasn’t up for the hassle. But she did want to call the airport for flights out to Boston just in case Richie didn’t have the news she was looking for. So she got in the elevator and headed on up. When she got to the room she opened it up and walked in. She didn’t see him in the bed and the bathroom door was open so she looked in and he wasn’t in there either. So that gave her the time to make her phone call. After she did that she was going to take advantage of this quiet time of the morning and see if she could take a nap before anyone bothered her, see that couch was very uncomfortable last night and she kept waking up during the night. But she sure as hell wasn’t going to complain not as her life depended on it.

About an hour and a half had gone by when Jon finally came back to the room. He had gone out to get something to eat and to do a radio interview that had been schedule for him. He was hoping Ellie was going to go with him but when he woke up she wasn’t even in the room. He had noticed that the couch was made up and he was a little fuzzy on why that was. Opening the door and walking in and closing it he turned around and found Ellie asleep on the couch. Wondering to himself why she’s on the couch instead of the bed he walked over to her and carefully started to caress her arm. He hoped that she would wake up so he could talk to her. He knew something went down yesterday but he’s not sure what. He’s hoping that she could fill in the blanks for him. He doesn’t know what happened, did he drink too much? Why can’t he remember what happened after the concert? Ellie started to move around only because he started to run his fingers now thru her hair. She liked that. Her eyes started to flutter open and when she turned to her side and looked up these beautiful royal blue eyes were staring back at her.

“Hey beautiful you took a little nap? How come you didn’t take it in the bed?” he asked her curiously.

Ellie looked at him curiously so she asked him, “Are you serious?”

“Ah yeah why?” he asked her back not knowing what she was talking about.

Sitting up and looking at him strangely, “How do you feel?”

“Fine why? Did I do something stupid last night that I going to regret?” he winced.

“Depends, how much do you remember about last night?” she asked him.

“Well I remember after you getting in and how we mad love before we went to the arena.” He told her caressing her leg up and down hoping she would get the hint at what he wanted.

Ellie just looked at his hand and then his face and thought ‘Oh God he’s hinting he wants sex. Well if he thinks that then he has another thing coming!’ she just sat there and pretended that she didn’t realize what he was doing. “Well let’s see you guys played last night.” She said.

“Yeah that much I remember and coming off the stage and going into the showers but then everything after that is kind of well hazy.” He told her.

“What do you mean hazy?” she asked him confused.

“Just that hazy. I can’t really remember much just kind of bits and pieces of things. Like some of the after party and taking to people, remember having a drink in my hand and you with me which was nice but did I get into an agreement with anyone because I feel like I did.” He asked her as he ran one of his hands thru his hair.

Putting her hand on his while it was still on her leg, he looked at her funny because he didn’t understand why she did that. “Yes Jon you did have an agreement with someone last night. It was with me. In fact you were sniping at everyone except the real pretty little girls that came your way.” She told him irritated.

“I got mad at you why?” he asked her confused.

“Because I was sitting with Kip Winger and we were talking then Richie joined me and you had a fit. Said that Kip was hitting on me. Kip tried to explain to you but you wouldn’t listen to him. So you more or less called me a whore. Then the guys asked at breakfast this morning not to hurt you and take away Jimmy and why I still don’t have you on the birth certificate. I know you talk to them about stuff Jon but if you have a problem with something like that or our personnel life please come to me first not them. I talk to you first before I bring up anything to my family.” She told him angrily.

Jon was a little stun to hear all this to say the least. “I don’t know what to say or where to start. I don’t have an explanation of why I don’t remember anything about last night. I…” but Ellie interrupted him.

“That’s ok Richie went to talk to Dr. Colton to find out what’s he given you before the concert. There has to be an explanation for your behavior last night.” She told him.

“Wait a minute you did what? You guys went over my head to find out what I’m taking? Why the hell didn’t you just ask me?” he asked her pissed.

“Maybe because you were yelling at us for nothing. Jon I slept on the couch last night because when I told you too you told me like hell you were and them I said I was going to check flights back to Boston and you told me not to threaten you with that anymore but to just do it. So there is a flight out tonight at eight forty five and I’m taking it home.” She told him angrily.

Jon just sat there in shock and still didn’t know what to say to her. “Ellie please I don’t remember what I did or said couldn’t you just…I don’t know wait until we find out more and see what happened to me?” he asked her with concern on his face.

“You just got mad at me for invading your privacy Jon. I’m your damn fiance and we shouldn’t have any secrets between us but you can’t seem to help it. And you wonder why I can’t change the birth certificate.” She told him angrily still.

Just then there was a knock at the door. Jon looked at her and took a deep breath. “I’ll get it.” He told her as he got up and walked to the door. Opening it he saw Richie standing there a little shocked to still see that Jon was there with her. He thought that maybe he would have taken off on her or something. “Hey Jon what are you and Ellie doing? I mean is it ok that I come in?” Richie asked as he kind of looked in.

“Yeah sure Rich come on in why not we’re just having a party in here.” He told him as he wasn’t a happy camper. Ellie could tell now that his personality was starting to change.

Richie walked in and looked at Ellie and smiled weakly at her. He knew something was going down with them and that it wasn’t good. “So how are you guys this morning?” he asked them carefully.

“Well let’s see my fiancé is accusing me of all sorts of things but mainly that I’m a Bastard to her. But oh get this I guess it’s ok for her and you guys to go over my head to find out from the doc what I’m taking to see why I’m this Bastard isn’t that right Rich?” Jon asked him while giving him the stink eye that could kill.

Richie knew that he was caught and had to think fast. “Look Jon you have been acting like a jerk ever since last night when you got off the stage so Tico, Dave and I wanted to figure out why you were acting shitty to Ellie and then you just snow balled from there.” Richie explained to his best friend.

“Really? You know what’s funny thou is I don’t feel any different?” he told them.

“Jon did you take anything this morning like any of those supplements before you headed out?” Richie asked him.

“Yeah I did why wasn’t I supposed too? I mean Dr. Colton told me to take them in the morning and at night. I’ve been doing this now for a week isn’t this what you guys wanted?” Jon shot back at him.

“Kind of we want you to get better but not at the expensive of your health you now that. You never told us that you were taking them Jon,” Richie said pissed.

“Oh I didn’t know I was supposed to tell you guys everything! Do I have to tell you guys when I go to the damn bathroom too?” Jon said sarcastically.

“Ok Jon knock it off right now. Do you know how lucky you are to have friends like you do that care for you? (turning to Richie) he was fine when he got back from where ever he was then when he got back he woke me up Rich but just now when he seemed to get upset that seemed to set him off.” She explained to him.

“Really? Well I might have an explanation for that but why don’t we bring the other guys in on this that way we won’t have to go into this a million times.” He told her.

“Hello? I’m right here you don’t have to talk like I’m not in the room you know. And I don’t want my God Damn business all over the place.” Jon yelled.

“Jon you’re not supposed to yell you heard the doctor you’re not even supposed to talk all that much.” Richie reminded him. Well Ellie tried not to laugh at that but Jon saw that and that was all it took.

“What’s so damn funny Ellie?” Jon demanded to know.

“What? Oh I’m sorry Honey but you not talking yeah right.” she said giggling.

“You think my health problems are funny?” Jon walked to her to get into her face but Richie was able to step in front of her.

“Don't Jon Just don’t!” Richie told him standing his ground. That shocked the hell out of Jon.