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h the Sambora’s.” she told him a little shocked.

“It’s already taken care of Babe. In fact everything is. In fact I have one of the dress shops coming over with some dresses for you to look over and some suits for me. Nothing real fancy but just something nice for us to look good in.” he told her smiling those pearly whites.

“You’re crazy you do know that right?” she told him still wiping the tears from her face.

“Yeah you knew that when you met me.” He said as he gave her a peck on the lips. “So Elinore Cecelia will you marry me this weekend?” he asked her again as he held her hand in his and smiling widely.

“How could I say no to that face? Yes my love always yes.” She told him as he moved in and kissed her hard and then her passionately.

Parting and having their foreheads together, “If we didn’t have the store or whatever coming over in whenever or if I could think I would throw you down on the bed.” He told her breathing heavily.

“Well as much as I would love for you to do that but I have a meeting with the guys in I believe twenty  or so and you really need to back away from me right now. “ she told him as she was just about as hot as he was.

“Yeah ok well I’m going to get another cup of coffee and probably make it ice and I’ll come and get you when they get here.  Yeah.” He told her as he got up and quickly left as she was laughing as she walked out to the barn.

About an hour had gone by and Jon was getting antsy wondering where the hell they were. He wanted to get going on this because the day after tomorrow they would hopefully be husband and wife. He didn’t think he would be this excited about this but the more he thought about it the more he did. He never really thought he would ever see her again and after faith had intervened. As he was pacing and thinking the buzzer rang had startled him out of his fog. He went over to the system and let the gate open for them and then buzzed down to the barn.

“Hi Jon?” Jared said.

“Yeah hi is Ellie still there?”

“Yeah hang on she’s with Ben I’ll go get her.” Jared told him. He waited about a minute as he saw the truck pull up the driveway. So he walked over to the front door and opened it so they could see him when the buzzer went off.

“Yeah?” Jon said into it.

“Hey Honey what’s up?” she asked him.

“The truck just pulled up Babe so you want to start heading on up?” he asked her excited.

“Ok I’m on my way.” She told him.

Once she got to the house Jon and the manager of the store in town had several racks set up, one for her and one for him.

“Wow you’ve been busy.” She told him when she walked into the living room.

“Babe this is Connie Dunston and she has brought us an array of outfits to pick from.” He said excitedly.

“Well I see that. Hi Connie I’m Ellie. Thank you for doing this.” she told her smiling and looking at Jon.

“Oh you are so welcome. I know how important to look nice when going to events.” She told her as Ellie just looked at Jon confused. Jon just gave her the eye and winked and hoped that she would play along.

“Yes well I’m not use to going to these so Thanks again.” She told her realizing that Jon didn’t tell her and she should have realized that. They went over to the racks and each picked out something nice, not to flashy. Jon then paid for them and Thanked Connie for everything as Ellie just sat there staring at their purchases. She was staring into space remembering the first time she met him to now. She really didn’t think that when she returned home that she would ever see him again. She was off in her own little bubble when she felt a hand on her shoulder and a little shake. She jumped and he let go.

“El I’m sorry if I scared you but you really were in another world are you ok?” he asked her concerned.

“Yeah I’m fine so I guess we’re really going to do this huh?” she told him nervously.

“Yeah does that scare you?” he asked her as he sat next to her.

“I guess a little I mean I just thought this would never happen Honey that’s all. I’ve never pushed it because I didn’t want to push you away. And here you are pushing to get married which I find funny that’s all. ” She told him as she took his hand.

“Well maybe I just want to make sure that you can’t get away from me.” He smiled.

 “I hate to tell you but when you found out about Jimmy you were stuck with us.” She giggled.

“Baby I didn’t need Jimmy to be stuck with you. I just got lucky.” He told her as he lean in and kissed her.

Parting Ellie said with tears in her eyes, “You know most guys would have been pissed to find out that they had a kid. Or even not have been told about them but you were so understanding about it Jon and that just made me love you more.” she told him staring into his royal blue eyes.

 “Well I think our story was a little different. You didn’t tell me on purpose because you tried and the great thing about this whole thing is you even went to my Mom and gave her an Olive Branch. Not many people would do that Babe.” He told her proudly.

“Well I better hang these up or they’ll wrinkle. Oh by the way did you want to bring Jimmy with us or when we’re at the Sambora’s just tell them that you have a meeting and that we’ll be out of town for the night?” she asked as she picked up the garments.

“Well as much as I love him Babe I would love to just spend our Wedding night alone if you don’t mind?” he told her as he got up and sauntered over to her and kissed her on her cheek. “Or we could have him in the middle of our bed as I’m lying there with the biggest har…” but Ellie stopped him.

“OK! I got it. No I don’t need to explain to him why you are lying there with you know what in your pants. It’s bad enough when he had one and I had to get Daddy to explain why he was stiff. He was so scared something was wrong with him.” She told Jon.

“Really? Damn! I should have been there for that. I should have been there to explain that to him. See something else that I missed out on.” Jon said angrily. Well this made Ellie laugh and she couldn’t stop. “What the hell are you laughing at?” he asked annoyed.

Shaking her head and hands at him she really couldn’t talk at that moment. In fact she even couldn’t breathe. Jon just looked at her like she had lost her mind but a cute mind. Then she started to hyperventilate and he got scared but she shook him off when she still kept on laughing. He was smiling now and thought for sure that she lost her mind. Finally she was winding down as her breathing was slowing down as Jon was just standing there with his arms crossed.

“Are we finished now?” he asked her.

Shaking her head yes, “Hm hmm. I…I think so.” She told him.

“You know I just put my feelings out for you to hear and what do you do laugh. That’s right you laughed at what I said…” he was telling her as she stood up and walked over to him and started to give him butterfly kisses on his chest.

“Oh know don’t think that is not going to help you.” He told her smiling.

So she gave him the puppy dog eyes as her left hand wondered south, very south. Well Jon’s eyes lit up as she continued her assault on his chest and his pleasure zone when he grabbed her and threw her over his shoulder. She let out a yelp and off they went to their bedroom. Later on they went to the Sambora’s to have dinner with them and their son and told them that they would be leaving for a quick day meeting that Jon had and gave them all the information that they needed. Again they put Jimmy to bed after they read him a story and told him that he would be coming home in a day or two.   

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When the morning came Jon was up early getting things ready to leave as Ellie had woken to find him not in their bed. She got up in search of and found him in his office. “Hey you really like it in here don’t you?” she asked him smiling.

“Hey Beautiful, yeah I can get use to this.” he told her gesturing for her to come to him. Doing what she was told she walked over to him as he took her hand had pulled her onto his lap. “So you ready for tonight?”

“Yeah but I just want to make sure you are. You’re the one that’s going to be at the end of the firing squad. Once everybody knows that we got married they’re going to be pissed not just at us but at you because your fans are going to be pissed at you.” She told him wincing.

“Well we’ll handle our family and friends together and for everyone else that’s my problem ok? My fans well they’ll just have to handle it. People grow and they’ll just have to grow with me. If they don’t like it then they can find someone else to like that’s all. It’ just means they never liked the music in the first place just the damn looks.” He bitched.

“Ok let’s not spoil this moment because I know how you feel about that. But I love you so much and I think your true fans will understand but Doc is going to blow.” She said feeling a little sad.

“Baby I don’t care you and Jimmy mean the world to me and you’re my family and I want to grow old with you. I don’t give a shit what anyone else thinks. Ok so let’s get this show on the road. The car will be here soon and the plane’s waiting so we can get going and the hotel reservations so we can get ready and then off to the chapel. “ he told her as he kiss her hard.

Parting, “Ok then I’ll go get dressed husband to be.” She said smiling.

“You bet your life wife.” Jon told her winking.

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They were waiting at the chapel and luckily there were no signs of any paparazzi in site. Ellie was sitting down and wringing her hands as Jon was pacing the floor like he usually does. Finally this older man came out from his office.

“Mr. Bongiovi?”  he called out when they were the only couple there and Ellie just giggled nervously.

Looking around Jon even smiled at that. “Yes sir right here.”

“Well we have you and your fiance next. The fee is twenty-five dollars please. You can pay Mildred first in the office and she’ll then set you up at the altar. Then your fiance will walk down the aisle to you and I see here you choose Elvis’ classic You Can’t Help falling In Love such a wonderful choice.” He told them as they looked on and tried to not laugh.  Jon then excused himself and went to pay for the ceremony as Ellie waited and as the old man went to get the Elvis Preacher. She was jumping out of her skin she was so nervous and really didn’t understand why. She was marrying the man of her dreams. He man that she had love since she was sixteen.

Jon and Mildred came out of the office together as they were talking about where Jon was going to be and where Ellie was going to be also.

“Oh look how beautiful you are my dear. Well ok you are going to be coming down from here as he will be at the altar and then when you get to him stand right beside him as Elvis will then begin ok?” Mildred explained to her. Ellie told her that she got it which wasn’t too hard to remember. Then Mildred took Jon and escorted him to where he would be standing.

Mildred then yelled out to the old man, “Donald you can come out now.” Which he did as he and the Elvis impersonator walked out and took their positions. Donald and Mildred were their witnesses as they started the music. Ellie looked around as she saw Mildred push something up front. Then she got her cue from her to start walking down and as she did all she could do was see Jon and nothing else. How handsome he looked in his off white suit standing there waiting for her as his hair well he had it done perfectly as her heart just sank inside her chest.

Jon was watching her walk to him and couldn’t believe how beautiful she looked at that very minute. She was with him all night and couldn’t believe he never saw it until now. She was glowing. She finally reached him and he took her hand in his. They smiled at each other as a tear ran down her cheek. They turned and faced the Elvis impersonator and he started the vows.  

He takes her left hand and as he holds it he slides her wedding band on her finger.

I, John, take you Elinore, for my lawful wedded wife, to have and to hold I promise to be true to you in good times and bad, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, I will love and honor you all the days of my life until death do us part.

She now takes his left hand in hers and slides his wedding band onto his finger.

I, Elinore, take you John, for my lawful wedded husband, to have and to hold I promise to be true to you in good times and bad, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, I will love and honor you all the days of my life until death do us part.

“In as much as you have consented together in marriage, and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the laws of the State of Nevada, it is my distinct pleasure to declare that you are now husband and wife.”

“You may now kiss the bride.” Jon took her face into his hands and gently kissed her as she held on to him by his waist. When they parted they looked at each other so lovingly.

“I love you Mrs. Bongiovi.”

“I love you Mr. Bongiovi.”

“Um hum excuse me but here’s your certificate.” Donald said.

“Oh, oh thank you.” Jon told him. “Oh and by the way can you delay filing this until say late tomorrow? That way it gives us time to get home before the reporters get wind of this?” Jon asked them.

“Well we could but why one of you celebrities or something?” he asked them.

“Yeah you could say that and we just want to get home to our son before all hell breaks loose you understand right?” Jon said to them as Ellie tried to give a puppy dog face to them.

“Oh Donald we can file it tomorrow with the others that come in there won’t be a problem youngins. Now you go and enjoy you wedding night.” Mildred told them. So before they left they took some pictures and then left for their hotel.

Once there they got to their room and just after Jon opened the door he stopped Ellie from going in when he made sure that there was no one around. “Jon what’s wrong? You think there’s someone in the room?” she asked him.

 “Nope.” And he took her in his arms and lifted her up and carried her over the threshold so to speak.

“Jon put me down this doesn’t count.” She giggled.

“I don’t care I’ll do it again when we’re home to I like doing this wife.” He told her smiling.

“You’re silly.” She told him as he put her down and kissed her like his life depended on it. Well her knees started to buckle and he had to hold her up.

“Baby are you ok?” he asked her concerned.

“Yeah I’m fine you just have me all flustered that’s all.” She told him.

“I do do I? Well I think I’m going to take advantage of that then.” he told her and picked her up again and carried her to the bed room.

They spent the night making love to one another and they didn’t miss an inch of each other. Jon took his time with her and he want to love every inch of her. He wanted to show her how much she meant to him and how much he wanted to make up to her. They finally fell asleep in each other’s arms exhausted but euphoric.

The next morning they woke up happy and ecstatic. They couldn’t wait to get Jimmy and tell him that they were now officially a family.

“Hey Babe are you almost ready to leave?” Jon yelled to her.

“Almost but do you have a minute?” she asked him.

“Yeah but I think it’s going to take more than a minute Baby.” He laughed.

“Oh very funny but seriously I need to talk to you.” She told him as she walked out of the bathroom.

Looking at her he became worried. “Are you ok?”

“Oh yeah Honey I’m fine come here I want to give you something.” She told him as they sat on the bed together. “Ok I know this has been bothering you for a while now so…well I’ve had this in the works for a while. And well when you asked me to elope well I just finished up with it so I could bring all of it with me. Mom and Daddy to express mailed it out to me so it would get to the house before we left and I had to tell them that we were eloping and well Daddy says thank you by the way.” She told him smiling.

“You told your parents that we were eloping? And they weren’t mad? You did tell them not to tell anyone about it right?” he said to her not to happy about it.

“Yes I did and you better wipe that stinky face right off now Mister or you won’t get your wedding gift.” She told him smiling.

I’s eye’s lifted wide, “Oh and what kind of gift would that be Baby?” as he wiggled his eyes at her.

“Get your mind out of the gutter.” Reaching in her bag she pulled out an envelope and gave it to him. “Here this is for you and I hope you like it.” She told him as her heart was pounding.

“What’s this a pre-nup?” he asked her trying to be funny.

“Just read it will you.” She told him shaking her head.

Smiling I took out what was in the envelope which was some legal documents. When he unfolded them he nearly choked. He looked at Ellie as he welled up with tears in his eyes. “El are you sure? I mean thank you Baby but when did you have time to do this?” he asked her.

“Well like I said I’ve had this in the works for a while and when you said you wanted to elope I got Mom and Daddy to call their lawyer to put a fire under his ass that’s all. Daddy’s been after me to do this for a while now so the last time I was home we went to his office to get things rolling. I love you I and I want you to be Jimmy’s Dad in every way. So now you are. He’s officially your son and no one can take him away from you.” She told him happily.

“Baby this is the best present you could have given me. Now I can’t wait to go get him and tell him. Does he understand that I am his Dad and why his last name isn’t mine? I never asked you that in all these years.” I asked her.

“Well he has asked me that when he did get older and I have explained to him as best I could. I told him that when he was born that you didn’t know about him and that things were just too complicated at the time so Grandma and Grandpa took us in to help me raise him and then one day God sent you back into our lives and I had to get to know you again. So once I knew that we were in love again and that we knew we wanted to spend our lives together we would be a family.” She told him.

Smiling lovingly at her, “How do you know what to say at the right time? I always seem to blow it.”

“No you don’t. You always know what to say to me and I’ve heard you talk to Jimmy and believe me you have always said the right things to him that’s why he loves you so much. So what do you say let’s go get our son.” She said to him.

They headed to the airport and got on the plane back to Jersey. They were excited to see Jimmy but also terrified to tell everyone else that they had elope. Her parents already knew and were happy for them but the rest they weren’t so sure. He knew his Mother was going to be furious about it and so was Doc. He wasn’t sure about the guys but his fans oh his fans were going to be pissed. They would just have to find out when they got home. Looking over to her Ellie had dosed off and all he could think of was how lucky he was that he finally had his family back and how lucky that he was that Ellie understood him and his love of music. He finally felt that his personal and professional lives were meshing together.

The End of Chapter Two