Chapter 10.

Jon pulled up to Dorothea's house. He saw Romeo was kneeling on the window sil looking out. When he spotted Jon getting out of the car, Jon saw him jump down as fast as he could. Jon laughed to himself, at least he knew one of his children would be happy to see him. Jon saw the door handle going down, the door swung open and Romeo ran out. Jon got down to Romeo's height and put his arms out to give him a hug. "DADDYY!!!!!!" he shouted excitedly giving Jon a hug. Jon held Romeo close for a long moment then looked up and saw Jesse with a droped jaw and wide eyes, staring at the car. "Hey kidd" Jon called to Jesse, "hi..." Jesse said still staring at the car. "You like? It was a present from the label..." Jon said trying not to laugh at his son. Jesse walked towards the car slowly, he reached out and touched it "it IS real..."Jesse said in amazment. Jon rolled his eyes, he picked Romeo up and walked inside.


"Where's mommie?" he asked Romeo, "KITCHEN!" he heard Dorothea shout. Romeo curled up to Jon, he walked into the kitchen and saw Dorothea, she was wearing jeans and a sweatshirt, 'never has a woman looked so beautiful in jeans and a sweatshirt...STOP IT JON! WE'RE DIVORCED!' Jon thought. "Hey" Jon said trying to make eye contact with Dorothea, but she wouldn't make eye contact. "I need to talk to you..." she said looking down, then she looked at Romeo. Jon looked at Romeo too, "hey buddy how about you go get some toys and then get in the car..i'll be out soon okay" Jon said putting him down. Romeo looked up at him "okay" he said, Jon shuffled his hair. They both watched him leave, "do you want a cup of coffee?" she asked getting up. "I better sit down..." Jon said grabbing a chair. Dorothea handed Jon a cup of freshly made coffee. "Thanks" Jon said smiling "so..what do you need to talk to me about?" he asked looking at her. She finally made eye contact with him, but broke it after half a second. "Okay...I'm being really silly, we're both adults and we can handle this. I'm dating someone" she said her eyes locking with Jon's. Jon felt his heart sink, and then felt anger in his chest, he wanted to break everything in the room, he wanted to kill the man who was dating Dorothea. "Who is he?" he asked trying to stay calm "His name's Jason Lewis" she said calmly. Jon forced a smile, "well to tell you the truth...I'm also dating...a girl called Caddy Stradlin..she's model" Dorothea smiled at him "i'm happy for you" "I am for you too" he told her. "So..do you want to meet him?" she asked, "sure" Jon biting his tounge.


Dorothea stood up and walked to double doors, she opened them and walked in. There was a man he looked young. He had blonde hair and blue eyes, Jon thought he saw him somewhere before, he tried to think but he couldn't place it. "Hey hun...can I get some coffee?" he asked Dorothea not taking notice of Jon "sure" she smiled and went back to the kitchen. "Hi I'm Jon...nice to meet you" Jon reached out to shake hands with him. Jason looked up "hey" he nodded. Jon droped his arm. They were silent until Dorothea came in. Jon looked at his watch "Well I better get goin'...nice to meet you" Jon said walking out quickly. Dorothea followed him, "Jon" she called, Jon turned around on his heel quickly, his shades fell off. Jon put his head down and reached for his shades, he got them and was getting up when he felt a hand on his face. "What happened?" Dorothea asked with worried eyes. Jon stared at her "nothing" he put his shades back on and walked out.


He got in the car. Jesse, Jake and Romeo were in the back of the car. "Where's Stephanie?" he asked "still gettin' ready probably" Jesse shrugged "One of ye go get her and tell her to hurry up" Jon said. He looked in the rear view mirror and saw Jake getting out. He watched Jake running to the door, where Dorothea was still standing, He saw her putting a hand on Jake's head to stop him, she asked him something and Jake replied, then he ran into the house. "c'mon Jake..." Jon whispered quitely to himself. A few seconds later Jake ran out of the house, Stephanie followed. They both kissed Dorothea goodbye, Jake then ran to the car and got in. Stephanie walked, "nice car dad...can I put these in the trunk?" she asked, "it's open" Jon told her. She put her stuff in and then sat next to Jon. "Seatbelt..." Jon reminded her, she put her seatbelt on. Then Jon drove off fast. He looked in the rear view mirror to see if Dorothea was still at the door or not...she was, and Jason was there to, with an arm around her.