Chapter 2

Leah woke up early on the Friday morning feeling refreshed and excited about competing in the competition tomorrow. She jumped out of bed quietly so not to disturb Josh as she didn’t know what time he arrived home from the pub at. After getting her stuff together and having a slice of toast she made her way towards the beach to get some surfing practice. She soon realised she should have set her alarm for an earlier time when she noticed how busy the beach was with people who were getting in some extra practice before the big event. Finally finding a free space she set down her things and took to the waves. She loved being surrounded by other surfers, it made her laugh when she saw how competitive and even aggressive some of them became on the waves and never quite understood it as she had always considered it a hobby and wondered why if a sport made someone so miserable why the hell they would keep doing it. She spent the best part of the morning and some of the afternoon enjoying the surf before heading back to Josh’s place to go for a shower and get changed. She still hadn’t heard from this Dorothea woman about what time or where she would like to meet up so she headed down to the pub to keep Josh company while he was working.

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Although she thought she was doing Josh a favour by keeping him company after about 15 minutes Leah felt she was nothing more than a seat warmer as everything she said to Josh seemed to fly in one ear and straight out the other. Looking around the pub Leah finally noticed what had grabbed his attention - he couldn’t keep his eyes of a beautiful Italian looking lady at the back of the pub who was showing just as much interest in him. “Did you know that if you twist a pigs tail tight enough its ears will fall off?” Leah had decided it couldn’t be ignored any longer. “Yeah, sure I did,” then a second later he swung his head round looking more than confused “what the fuck are you on woman?”
“Well it got your attention didn’t it? So now I’m going to take over at the bar while you go over there and use your leprechaun charm on the little lady. But please stop dribbling if the safety inspector came in here now he’d think you were hiding a leaky pipe, so mouth closed before you go, and I won’t take no for an answer.” Hell, he didn’t need to be told twice - he planted a big kiss on Leah’s face before taking off like a bolt of lightning.

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Realising she was standing grinning like a mad woman Leah started rearranging things behind the bar since she had a lack of customers at this time of the day - seeing Josh smile was something she hadn’t experienced in a while and it made her feel really happy for him. Hopefully this woman wasn’t some sort of psycho, she hoped. Hearing the door swing open she turned to greet her new customer hoping it would be someone up for a laugh with her as she was already getting bored behind the bar. Unfortunately for her she could tell straight off that this guy didn’t want to be bothered, she couldn’t see his face but the way his hat was sitting to hide him was a warning not to bug him. Without looking up he ordered two glasses of wine which Leah happily provided thankful that she was getting something to do. When he handed over the money to pay for them he made eye contact for the first time and seeing Leah’s quizzical look at the second glass he mumbled “that’s for the wife she’ll be along in a minute” and he politely smiled at her. As soon as she saw his face she recognised him immediately but tried not to show it as the man clearly wanted some peace and quiet. He was just as good looking in real life as she had seen on TV and in magazines - its no wonder women fall at his feet with a smile like that. Why the hell was Jon Bon Jovi sitting in this bar was all Leah could think about while still rearranging bottles behind the bar now more out of feeling nervous than actually being bored as she could feel his eyes watching her from under the hat and sunglasses, shouldn’t he be at some posh place in the city?

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Jon wasn’t sure how to feel, it had been a long time since he had entered a bar and not been recognised it felt weird to him. He even flashed her one of his smiles (maybe half heartedly as he wasn’t in an entertaining mood) but he still expected to be noticed and yet this woman hadn’t batted an eyelid at him. He continued to watch her as she fiddled with bottles beneath the counter finding himself wondering why the hell is a woman that beautiful working in here? He felt it was hard to draw his eyes away from her - she had a mesmerising quality about her and it seemed he wasn’t the only one who felt drawn to her as he quickly glanced around the pub he noticed that the few men who were there kept watching her too. He found it odd that she didn’t seem to notice them, he then smiled to himself thinking maybe she’s just really thick, before turning his attention back to his wine.

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Just moments later he was joined by a dark haired woman who Leah assumed was his wife. The woman seemed really excited about something and Leah found herself accidentally listening to their conversation. She came to the conclusion that Jon wasn’t looking so happy because he wasn’t comfortable with the idea of some stranger coming on tour with them to work with his wife. When she overheard him calling his wife Dot the penny finally dropped for her and she realised they were talking about her - it would be Jon Bon Jovi’s wife that she would be working with. What the hell? Me on tour with Bon Jovi? Would think someone could have mentioned it before now, but it definitely explained the travelling part that she was expecting with this job. Deciding to wait and make sure she had the right end of the stick she chose to wait until she was sure before introducing herself. Her head was buzzing with the information and she wasn’t sure how she felt about having to tour with Bon Jovi - it wasn’t that she didn’t like them or anything, infact she was quite keen on a lot of their music but she didn’t know much about the band itself other than being able to put a name to the faces which made her fell unsure about the whole thing.