Part 211
The gang had gathered in Howie and Sarah’s suite to wait before going to the VMAs. They all knew that Howie had purposely told Sarah that they had to leave earlier than they really had to to be sure she was ready on time. They had quickly leaned how her morning/noon/nighttime sickness slowed her down.
As they sat talking, Sarah came bouncing out of the room quite obviously panicked. She was wearing just a strapless, silk camisole and lace underwear and she was oblivious to everyone.
In a whine, "D! I can’t find my dress!"
"GOOD GAWD, BABY! I like THAT outfit," growled AJ.
"CHRIST, Sarah…. show SOME modesty," cracked Nick.
Sarah looked around to see the others there. Brian was blushing but the other three guys and Becca were laughing at her. "BITE ME…BOTH OF YOU!"
As Nick said, "No, thanks…brunettes are too tough," AJ grabbed her by the waist pulling her into his lap and playfully bit her on the neck.
Sarah was laughing as AJ held on to her and said, "Bone…would you knock it off? You’re gonna mess up my hair and make-up!"
Howie was laughing too as he said, "Sarah, your dress in on the bed…where YOU put it before you went to get your shower."
"Oh!" was all Sarah could say as she blushed.
"Jeez…are you THAT nervous?" asked Becca.
"She’s not nervous…it’s that AIRHEAD syndrome…blue eyes, empty head," shot Nick. He wasn’t going to pass up a chance to tease Sarah and for once, she was making it easy for him.
In Sarah’s defense, Kevin said, "You should know ALL about the airhead syndrome having blue eyes yourself."
Sarah started to say something too but a wave of nausea hit her.
Howie saw her pale and knew what was happening. Urgently, he said, "Bone…let her go…NOW!"
AJ heard the tone and quickly let go of Sarah as she scrambled for the bathroom slamming the door behind her.
AJ asked, "Is she gonna be okay?"
Howie nodded his head, "It’ll pass by the time we get there, I hope. I’m
gonna take her some ginger ale and see if I can calm her down."
With that, Howie went to the mini bar, found the ginger ale and followed his wife to the bathroom.
As soon as Howie was gone, Chelsea, Raoul, and Jesse returned from dinner and Jesse ran straight to Brian jumping into his lap to hug him. Her eyes as bright as stars in the sky, Jesse bubbled, "Uncle Bri! Chelsea took me to McDonald’s and I got to play in the playground."
"WOW! Sounds like Chelsea’s pretty cool taking you to your favorite place."
"Of course she’s cool," said Jesse with a tone of ‘how dare you think otherwise’, which made everyone laugh. Settling into Brian’s lap, Jesse asked, "Where’s Mommy?"
"Getting ready for the evening," answered Kevin.
Howie returned to the living room and Jesse hopped down to go sit in his lap. As the conversation continued, Howie held his hands for Jesse to play patty-cake with him and listened to what was going on.
Out of the blue, Jesse looked up at Howie and asked, "Daddy, is Mommy REALLY gonna run away tonight?"
Howie realized immediately that Jesse had overheard their conversation earlier but before he could answer, Chelsea said, "Jess, I told you…. your mom was just playing with your daddy. She wasn’t serious."
"She didn’t SOUND like she was playing," replied Jesse with tears in her eyes. "Daddy, doesn’t Mommy love us?"
"Of course, she loves us, Princess," reassured Howie. "Chelsea’s right. Your mom was just playing with me, trying to be funny."
Jesse crossed her arms over her chest. "It was NOT funny, Daddy."
Kevin asked, "What was she joking about?"
"I bet I know," grinned Becca knowingly.
From the bedroom came Sarah’s whine, "Howieeeeeeee…..I can’t find MY SHOES!"
Howie groaned as he leaned his head back on the couch and the others laughed. "Let me go see if I can find my wife. Aliens have abducted her and replaced her with someone who looks an AWFUL lot like her."
As Howie closed the door, all eyes turned to Becca. "Okay," said
Kevin. "Spill it! What’s going on?"
Becca laughed, "The normally calm, cool, collected Sarah that we all know
and love has gone ‘teenie bopper’ on us tonight. See, in college, Sarah had
a MAJOR crush on Richie Sambora and she went to see Bon Jovi in concert. He
tossed her his hat in the middle of the show and she has been dying to meet him
ever since."
"And he’s gonna be there tonight," howled Nick. "God…she’s making it SO easy tonight."
"Just remember, when she regains control, she WILL get even," warned Brian. "And YOUR past is gonna be there tonight."