20.10.1988 - New Jersey

Richie's point of view

When I woke up I was directly greeted by a breathtaking view. Jonny was sitting on a chair, only wearing some brownish-green pants, and strummed some chords on a white Gibson. I swear, I was drooling at the view.

Anyways, I was watching him for a while, until he noticed and put the guitar aside, getting over to the bed again. "Hey sweetie", he whispered and messed up my hair. "Hey", I replied, pulling him in for a little kiss. As I wanted to sit up, I noticed that my ass was aching. "Damn Jonny, my ass...", I whimpered as I finally managed to get up. Jonny just bursted out in laughter and looked down, letting his wavy hair fall over his face. "That's not funny boy, and it's your fault", I whispered and pouted, making him laugh even harder. "It's not only my fault, you wanted me to make love to you", he finally replied and I sighed, putting on my boxershorts and a pair of blue jeans out of Jonny's closet. While I was standing in front of the window, watching the cars driving down the street, I finally felt something warm and soft on the bare skin of my neck. Of course the something was Jonny's lips. I closed my eyes as his arms wrapped around my belly and his bare chest pressed against my bare back. "Babes, what shall we do today?", I whispered and leaned back in his embrace. "Maybe we could take a walk through town and get us breakfast somewhere", he suggested, making me nod in agreement. "That sounds good Jonny", I finally replied and turned around in his arms, pecking one of his rosy cheeks. "Then let's go", he mumbled and ran his hand through my locks, then turning around to get my top from yesterday off the ground. As he put it on, I chuckled. It was slightly to large for him, but he looked sexy in it. He looked sexy in every piece of my clothes. He changed into some bright blue jeans too and pecked my lips once again. So after I had gotten myself one of his white tops, we went to put on boots and jackets.

A few minutes later we had left the apartment and were walking down the street, holding hands. We were carefully watching that no one saw it, but I didn't think someone noticed. After a while we arrived at a little bakery store and stepped inside, being greeted by the smell of warm buns and coffee. Jonny licked his lips and leaned his head against my shoulder as we were finally standing the queue, waiting for our turn. "Rich, what will you get?", Jon asked after a while and looked up at me, his blue eyes filled with happiness. "I think a coffee and a bun with ham", I replied and laid one arm around his shoulders, twirling a strand of his locks between my thumb and my index finger. "That sounds tasty, I'll get the same", he whispered and cuddled a little more into me. "I'll pay", I mumbled and smiled as he pouted. "I want to", he replied and crossed his arms in front of his chest. "I'll pay. I'm not gonna discuss with you", I said and he shot me a small smile. "Good morning. What do you wish for?", the woman behind the counter finally asked. "We would like to order two coffees and two buns with ham", I ordered and she nodded, preparing the food and coffee for us. "There you go", she finally said and handed us the meal. "That's four dollars then", she added and I nodded, handing her the money. "Thanks, have a beautiful day!", she said and I smiled at her, taking Jonny's hand and leading him to a table for two in the back of the bakery. "Take a seat, beauty", I whispered with a wink and pulled back the chair, gesturing him to sit down. "Such a gentleman", he replied and pecked my lips, taking a seat afterwards. After I had sat down on my own chair in front of him, I took a sip of my coffee and locked my eyes on his. "I still can't understand how you can be so beautiful", he whispered and laid one hand on the wooden table, causing me to lay mine on top of his. I started to blush at his words and batted my eyelashes, avoiding the eye contact. "Jesus...", he mumbled and I quickly locked my eyes on his, a curious look in my eyes. "What's up?", I asked and tilted my head to the side as he smiled and blushed. "It's just... You drive me out of my mind when you bat your eyelashes, it looks so cute", he finally replied, looking down. "You're always commenting me and make me blush, that's so unfair", I mumbled and covered my heated cheeks with my hands, giggling to myself. Jonny just chuckled and took a bite of his bun. "Mmmmh, it's tasty!", he muffled through his full mouth, making me chuckle. Finally I started to eat my bun too, noticing that it really was very tasty. "You're right, it's tasty", I replied and ate it quickly, drinking my coffee like a shot of whiskey. Jonny watched me with big eyes and slowly ate his own bun. "C'mon Jonny, let's hurry a bit! We can go into the park and see the frost on the grass!", I squealed, making him burst out in laughter. "That's why you ate so fast?", he managed to ask while gasping for air. "Yeah, is something wrong with that?", I replied and looked at him, innocence in my eyes. "No, nothing's wrong with that", he whispered, a cheeky grin on his face. Then he just ate up his bun with a few bites and drank his coffee almost faster than I did. Now it was me looking at him with big eyes. "What?", he asked curiously, wiping his mouth with a napkin. "Nothing", I sighed and took our dishes, carrying them to the counter again. Then I took Jon's hand and we left the bakery, continuing walking down the street.

After a while we passed a pet store and Jonny's eyes grew big at the sight of a cute little puppy. "Look Rich! Look how cute! I want it, please Rich!", he squealed, causing me to smirk. "Jonny, we don't have time to take care of a dog", I tried, but he was looking at me eyes as big and begging as the eyes of the puppy itself. "Jon, we can go in there and see how much it costs, but I'm not promising to buy it, okay?", I suggested and he smiled widely, opening the door and pulling me inside. Inside there was a man, probably in his fifties, who greeted us with a happy 'hello gentlemen'. "Can I help you?", he asked and Jon nodded, telling him that we were searching the puppies. "Right down that hallway, there are our puppies", he answered and Jonny directly pulled me down that hallway by my hand. We were arriving at a big room, with lots of blankets laying on the floor. On those blankets there were laying lots of differently colored puppies, some just laying around and some playing with another. The man had followed us and stepped into the room with a puppy in his arms, the one that had sat in front of the window. He gestured us to step inside and closed the door behind us, so no puppy could run away. "Oh my god Rich, they're all so cute!", Jon squealed and sat down on the floor next to the man, which just chuckled at his actions. "Maybe I should introduce myself first: I'm Frank and I'm the owner of this store and the puppies. I guess you two want to buy one, especially you", he said and gestured over to Jon who nodded widely. "I guess we have to", I replied and sighed at the sight of Jon, who was carefully patting the head of some brown puppy. Finally I sat down too, the puppy from the arms of the man getting over to me and snuggling into my lap. Then it looked up at me out of two chestnut brown eyes, a little bit like my own. That gesture made my heart melt. I kinda fell in love with that cute little puppy on my lap. It was a golden retriever, how the man explained, and it was absolutely gorgeous. I slowly reached out to stroke the soft, beige but also milky white fur of its head, causing him to close his beautiful eyes. "Is it a boy or a girl?", I finally asked and looked up at the man again. "This is a little boy", he replied, watching me caressing the puppy lovingly. Jonny was playing with some other puppies, while I continued to ask important questions. "How much does he cost?", I asked and gestured over to my little friend. "The price isn't that important, the most important thing is to know how much time you have to invest for a dog, especially a puppy", Frank replied, a serious look in his eyes. "Okay...", I was thinking, facing the little puppy in my lap which I mentally had already named cookie. Jon had finally managed to get over to us again, his head leaning against my shoulder and his bright blue eyes facing my little friend. "Rich, can we take him home?", he finally whispered and I hesitated, but nodded. "Thank you so much!", he whispered, excited like a little kid on christmas eve. "Okay, so you gonna take that one?" We nodded and Frank got a colorful blanket from the floor, which belonged to our little puppy. "Do one of you wants to carry him?", he asked and we nodded, Jonny finally ending up with the little dog in his arms. We went to the counter, Jon's arms around the puppy and mine around Jon. "This is the little Bon Jovi puppy", he whispered and I smiled, glancing at the dog in his arms. "So, there's a lot of stuff left to do, you have to pick all the things you need for the dog and then we're coming to the whole paying thing", Frank explained, leading us over to the leashes, food bowls, dog food and everything else. After an hour we were finally done with everything and left the store, Jonny carrying the puppy in a box and me carrying the other things we had just bought. On the way home we discussed about the name. "I want to name him Richie", Jonny suggested. "No way, we're not gonna name him like one of us, that's too confusing for me", I replied, making him chuckle. "I want to name him Cookie. Like Cookie Bon Jovi. That sounds good, don't ya think?", I asked and he thought for a while, finally agreeing. "The name is beautiful, good idea babes", he whispered and stopped to peck my cheek. I smiled, knowing that now everything would be great. We had a dog and we were happily in love with nothing interrupting us.

At Jonny's apartment we both sat down on the couch, Jon had the box on his knees. "So Rich, where should Cookie live? Or should I move in with you again?", he asked and looked at me with a serious look in his eyes. "The easiest way would be to live together again, but it's your choice", I replied, kissing his warm lips softly. "I would love to move in with you Rich", he whispered and caressed my cheek, making me smile. "Okay, will we let Cookie out of the box now?", I asked and he nodded chuckling. After we opened the little door, Cookie directly poked his little head outside in curiosity. "Hey sweetie", I whispered and held out my hand. He licked over it with his warm, pink tongue, making me giggle. A few moments later he came completely out, cuddling into my lap once again. I smiled and wrapped one arm around Jonny, kissing his cheek lovingly. Then we just sat there, heads rested against each others and eyes closed. Suddenly there was something warm and wet on both of our cheeks. "What the hell...", I mumbled and opened my eyes, being greeted by a wet pink tongue licking over my cheek. Then I noticed that Cookie had climbed up my shirt, his little paws resting on my shoulders. "You little rascal...", I mumbled and stroked his head, looking over at Jonny who was laughing, his eyes twinkling in happiness. "I think you're a really good dad Rich", Jonny finally whispered and glanced at me knowingly. "I suppose so", I replied and lifted Cookie's little paws from my shoulders to set him down on my lap again. When he was there again, he jumped onto the ground and got really nervous. "Rich, I think he needs to pee", Jonny whispered and I nodded, lifting Cookie up and getting him out of the front door, setting him down on a little meadow in front of our apartment. "Just let it all out little boy", I mumbled and caressed Cookie's head. After a while he was done with peeing and I carried him inside again, finding Jonny already in bed. Cookie saw him laying there and jumped right onto his chest, licking him through his whole face. "Cookie! Stop it!", Jon giggled, while I just watched them and laughed to myself. "Jon, I'm just gonna make him some food, then I'll be there", I said and he nodded, telling Cookie to follow me. First he didn't really wanted to leave the bed again, but after I had shook the food box a few times, he came running to me. He quickly finished food and drank some water afterwards, then running back to Jonny in bed. I chuckled to myself and undressed me, finally crawling into the bed next to Jonny. "Hey babes, where's the little rascal?", I asked and smiled, as I felt something soft and furry climbing up my bare chest. "There you are, sweetie", I whispered and looked into his beautiful brown eyes which shone in happiness. "God... I can see how much he loves you Rich", Jonny mumbled happily and pecked my lips, then laying his head down on my chest. Cookie protested at first with little, cute barks escaping him, but he was fine with everything as I patted my belly for him to lay on. And that's how I fell asleep, my lover in my arms and my baby on my belly.

Cookie Bon Jovi