"Taking Chances"
visual- sequel to "No Joke", "Let's Make Noise" and "Consequences"
by: Anndee
Nov/Dec
JC sat on his seat on the plane, trying not to panic. "Where is she, why
hasn't she answered any of my calls."
"I don't know man, but you might want to talk to yourself a little
quieter." Chris mumbled as he tried to take a nap.
"Chris for heaven's sake the man's girlfriend took off two weeks ago
after weeks of distant phone calls, give him a break he's just worried."
Justin scolded.
"Sorry man, it's just it's Danae. She knows how to take care of
herself." Chris apologized to JC.
"But why hasn't she returned any of my calls, ever since I left that
morning when ever we talked on the phone I felt as if she was holding
something back." JC sighed.
Danae sat down at the table with her laptop before her. "Okay write, you
can do it, you've written 7 books you can write an eighth." She told
herself. She stared at the screen for ten minutes before she finally gave up
and closed her computer. "Yeah like the only thing you can think of is Josh
and this baby and how your going to tell him that his career is possibly
over." She sighed, trying not to cry.
Suddenly the world started to spin. "Uh oh," she muttered racing to the
cabin's downstairs bathroom.
Holding onto the lid of the toilet she regurgitated her breakfast. "Oh
this so sucks." She muttered washing her mouth out.
She got up and made her way out to the porch to sit in one of the rocking
chairs. Today Josh is getting home. She thought. I hope his parents don't
tell him where to find me, I told them I needed to start on my book and
needed a place where no one would bother me, including JC, they seemed to buy
it.
Danae sighed, they haven't even been together for 6 months and now they
were going to be parents. How am I going to tell him, she thought. "Hey
Josh glad to have you back oh guess what we're pregnant." She said
sarcastically out loud. "Oh or better yet, Josh sweetie your careers over
but guess what you get to be responsible for another life for the rest of
yours."
Danae looked down at her stomach, "I'm sorry my thoughts haven't bee very
positive," she said patting it softly, "but I do love you. Your daddy would
to if he knew you existed. I'm just to afraid to tell him, I've always
prided myself on being brave, but when it comes to your father, I'm such a
big coward."
"Dad put mom on the phone please." JC begged as he sat in Danae's empty
kitchen.
"Joshua what's wrong?" Karen Chasez asked.
"Mom you HAVE to tell me where Danae is. She hasn't called in two weeks
and it looks like she packed up and left, half her closet is gone." JC said,
taking deep breaths.
"She's working on her book Joshua and didn't want anyone to bother her.
She made us promise not to tell." Karen said reassuringly.
JC tried not to shout, "I've been over this with dad. Mom there is more
going on, before she stopped calling she sounded really distant and
preoccupied, more than just about to her book. There is something wrong and
she's hiding, I think she's hiding from me."
Karen got quiet, "Did you do something to hurt her?"
"NOOO! Not that I know of, but if I did I need to find out what it was
and make it right." JC said softly fighting back his tears.
"Joshua we promised and we can't go back on our promise, why don't you go
up to the cabin and try and clear your head." Karen suggested.
JC sat not responding for the longest time. Sighing he finally spoke,
"Yeah maybe your right, but I'll just worry about Nae."
"Sweetie once you get there I'm sure you're worries will be laid to
rest." Karen responded.
JC pulled up to the cabin parking next to a blue mustang. "That's
Danae's car, MOM YOU'RE THE BEST!" He shouted as he got out and trudged
through the rain to the front door. "Danae?" he called walking inside.
CRASH!!!!
JC turned towards the kitchen, "Nae?" he called peering around the
corner.
Danae stared at him, a coffee mug shattered to pieces cover the ground
around her feet.
"I didn't mean to scare you but I've been worried sick about you" He
said wrapping his arms around her.
"What, What are you doing here?" Danae asked hoarsely.
"Well I called my parents to see if they knew where you were, GOD NAE YOU
SCARED ME!! Why didn't you tell me you were taking off for awhile?" JC asked
not letting her go.
"Because I didn't want you to know where I was, I needed time to think,I
still do." She answered pulling away from him.
"Think about what?" JC asked softly.
Danae looked up at him, "Josh would you give up your music for me?"
He stared down at her, shocked he didn't know what to say, so he didn't
say anything.
Danae bit her lip, "I though I knew you better then that." She whispered
running out of the room and into the rain trying to get to her car.
"NAE!!" JC yelled as he ran after her, grabbing her arm and forcing her
to turn around.
"Let me go!" She yelled.
JC kept his grip, "NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS, I have you now, I'm never
letting you go. Nae I love you."
Her hair getting plastered to her face she wiped it out of her eyes as
the rain soaked them through. "But it's not enough, love doesn't guarantee a
future." She cried over the sound of the pounding rain.
"If this is about me touring, you know you can take a laptop where ever
you want, you can still do your job and come with me." JC argued.
"THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY JOB DAMN IT!" She screamed finally
breaking free but not moving.
"Well what then, Nae I want to reassure you but I have no idea what
about." JC stated.
Danae stared at him. The man she loved, the man she had loved her whole
life even if she didn't know it. The only man she had taken a risks with.
"I was always safe." She said softly, "The few men I have gone to bed with, I
thought I loved them, but I didn't know what love really was, how scary it
was. I never had sex with them unless we were safe, but you, you I took
risks, I didn't think straight, I have no excuse it's my fault I knew better
but I didn't think. It didn't occur to me at all, not once, everytime we
made love we took a risk."
JC stared at her not comprehending what she was saying, "Nae, what's
wrong?"
"We didn't practice safe sex Josh, we never once used a condom, I
wasn't on the pill." She started to cry.
JC pulled her into his arms, "Nae don't cry, just tell me what's wrong."
"How the hell can you tell I'm crying it's pouring rain?" She sobbed
louder.
"Because I know you." He answered.
Danae sobbed silently in his arms to filled with emotions to do anything
else.
JC started to guide her towards the cabin, "Nae whatever is bothering
you lets talk about it inside where its warm and I'll make us some coffee."
Danae pulled abruptly away from him, "I can't have coffee."
JC turned, confusion written on his face, "What do you mean you CAN'T
have coffee, I know you don't really like it but that doesn't mean you CAN'T
have any...Nae are you sick? Is something wrong with you...OH MY GOD... baby
what's wrong, you're upset because we didn't make love with protection, are
you afraid you gave me something?" JC started to panic.
Danae just stared at him the rain pouring down over them, "No JC, " she
said after a long bout of silence, "I didn't give you anything...but you
gave me something."
JC stared at her, shocked, for what seemed like an eternity,
"But...but...I've always...never have I...except...with you...your the
only...OH MY GOD NAE!"
"No Josh it's not what you're thinking you didn't give me a STD or
anything like that." Danae tried to reassure him, grabbing his hand.
JC looked even more confused, "Then what did I give..."
"Josh, " Danae interrupted. "I've been so scare to tell you and I've
been trying to figure out how. I've been scared of how you would react and
HELL I'VE JUST BEEN PLAIN SCARED."
JC brought her hand up to his heart, "Nae baby you've been my friend for
over 20 years you can tell me anything."
Danae looked down towards the ground, "I know I can I'm just to scared to
say the words."
"Then show me?"
Danae looked up at him then at the hand he held to his heart. She
nodded, "I'll try." She took the hand he was holding hers in and slowly
placed it over the wet clothes that covered her abdomen and looked up at him
with scared eyes.
JC looked down at where his hand lay, a strange feeling overcoming him.
Then it dawned on him, "Oh my god...oh my lord...jesus...Nae your pregnant."
"I'm sorry." Danae whispered tearfully.
JC stared at her for awhile then led her to the porch. "We need to get
you out of the rain, we don't want you getting sick."
"I'm so sorry." Danae repeated, sitting down on the porch swing.
"You have nothing to be sorry for, this is just as much my fault as it is
yours. Like you said we took risks." JC said sitting down next to her.
"I'm sorry Josh...your career." Danae sobbed softly.
"My career isn't half as important then you and this baby. I know I'm
being unbelievably calm and understanding about this, but God saw fit to give
us this child. He wouldn't do it if he of she wouldn't bring us joy or
happiness." JC said wrapping his arms around her.
"You always know how to make me feel at least a little bit better when I
think it's just about totally impossible." Danae sniffled a bit, but her
mouth hinted at a smile.
"Well...it's not as easy as I make it seem, and you would and usually do
the same for me." JC smiled. "Nae this doesn't mean I'm not scared, I'm
just at ease with the fact that I have to go through this with you. I don't
trust anyone the way I trust you."
Danae smiled at him, "I've never loved anyone the way that I love you and
I guess hurting you or the thought of hurting you scares me to death."
"I know your worried about my career but I'll let Johnny handle that.
What to tell the public and all." JC kissed her forhead.
"Make him go gray instead of torturing ourselves trying to figure it
out..." Danae paused in thought for a moment, " Like I've been doing to
myself for the past month."
JC looked down at her, "You mean this is what has been bothering you this
month? My god Nae how pregnant are you?"
Danae scrunched up her face, preparing for a verbal onslaught, "Almost
three and a half months."
JC's mouth dropped open.
"Josh?"
Nothing.
Danae started to panic
"JOSH?
"Wow, so calling Johnny like right now would probably be a good idea."
JC finally spoke.
Danae burst out in a huge chuckle, "Oh geeze Josh you scared me."
JC smiled and looked down at her, and noticed that she was shivering in
her wet clothes, "Let's get you dry or you're going to get sick." He ushered
her into the house.
By the time he got her up the stairs and into the bedroom she was using,
she was shivering uncontrollably.
"Her Nae let me help you." JC said as he started to unbutton her top and
she tried to undo her shorts.
"J...Jo...J....Jojo..Josh...I can't." She shivered looking at him
helplessly.
"Don't worry baby I can do it, I know how you hate to feel like you can't
do things for yourself, but we have to get you warm." JC said as he got her
top off and started to pull her shorts down.
When he got them to the floor she gingerly stepped out of them as he
stared at her stomach.
Danae sucked in a breath as she felt his lips kiss her cold skin.
JC softly whispered, "Our baby's in there." He kissed he stomach again,
"Inside your beautiful," he delved his tongue inside her naval, "beautiful,"
he started kissing his way up her torso, "beautiful body." He finished
kissing her with a passionate hunger.
"Mmm oh Josh." she murmured kissing him back, suddenly very warm.
JC pulled her as close to his body as possible. He kissed her hard, yet
soft as his hand roamed her nearly naked body. "I know that after everything
that has happened today" he said pulling back from the kiss only to kiss her
again, this time more fierce, " I shouldn't be feeling this way."
He slowly unhooked her bra and she shrugged out of it, letting him stare
at the fuller figure her pregnancy gave her.
"God Nae I want you so bad." JC breathed.
Tears formed in Danae's eyes, "You have no idea how badly I wanted to
hear you say that."
JC smiled and brought his hands up to cup her face, "Even if you told me
you never want to see me again because you hate the site of me, I would still
want you."
"Oh really?" Danae asked cocking an eyebrow.
"Most definitely." JC answered kissing her with tender passion.
Danae smiled wickedly as she ran her hand down his back and into the
bottom of his shirt, "Well I love the site of you. Especially the site of
you naked."
"Well I think the mother to be should be pampered with whatever she
wants." JC said pulling his shirt over his head.
"Then these wet pants need to come off as well since your what I want."
She said unbuckling the belt and then his khakis, pushing them along with
everything else he was wearing off. "God I love your body." She breathed
looking down at him before she leaned forward to lightly lick his nipples.
JC moaned softly.
"And I love the fact that the screaming 12 year olds that want it can't
have it." She purred in his ear as her hand made a slow decent down his
chest towards his arousal, "But I can" she licked his ear as her hand closed
around his stiffness.
"Oh god NAE, your so naughty." He breathed.
"But in a good way." she murmured as she licked and kissed her way down
his chest, over his abs. She delved her tongue inside his navel.
JC moaned loudly, "In a very good way."
Danae grinned up at him before she replaced the hand stroking his arousal
with her mouth.
"OHHH GOD!" JC gasped grabbing onto the dresser.
She sucked on him softly until he grabbed her head and brought her up for
a searingly passionate kiss.
JC whispered into her ear, " I want to taste you."
Danae shivered.
"I want to feel your skin inside my mouth." His voice caressed her
collarbone, as his lips covered her skin and they sank to the bed together.
Danae gasped and shut her eyes in pleasure as his mouth closed around one
of her nipples.
"You taste so good baby." he moaned as he moved to capture her other
nipple.
Danae moaned louder than before, "Oh jesus."
"We haven't got to the religious experience yet." JC grinned wickedly as
his mouth made a trail down her body to her center, focusing on the pleasure
point inside."
"UHHH, oh oh OH GOD, OH GOD, Josh." Danae gasped biting her lip and
making little noise of pleasure in the back of her throat.
JC moved back up to body to kiss her with enormous hunger, "I haven't
been able to touch you in what seems like forever and you start making those
little sounds that drive me nuts," he brought his hand down and inserted a
finger inside of her.
She moaned out his name as she arched her back.
"I don't think I can make this last baby." he murmured, moving his
fingers inside of her rhythmically. "I want to feel all of you so bad."
She wrapped her legs around him in an open invitation, "I need to feel
you inside of me." she whispered, "I've missed you so much."
They kissed, their tongues doing an erotic tango as he started to enter
her.
"Are you sure this is okay?" he breathed.
"If you're talking about the baby, then yes it's okay." She wrapped her
legs tighter around him pulling him deeper inside of her.
"Oh god!" They both moaned.
"I love you Nae." JC gasped moving faster and faster inside of her
hitting all the spots that drove her crazy.
Danae clawed at the sheets of the bed, "Josh, oh god Josh, ah oh....Josh
JOSH OH...OH GODDDD!"
"I love you...I'll love you forever...OH GODDD OH JESUS NAE I..I LOVE YOU
SO MUCH!" He panted his rhythm got quicker, his thrust harder.
"I love you to...I love you to." She breathed,
"JESUS....JOSH...I...I...OH I CAN....DON"T STOP BABY!!"
Her pleas sending him over the edge, he thrusted himself inside her
powerfully before spilling himself inside her in a overwhelming rush.
"OOOHHHGODDDDDNAEEE!!!"
Danae screamed his name as she tighten and spasmed around him,
"JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
His arms tightly around Danae's body, JC inhaled her scent.
"So I know we have to tell Johnny right away but when should we tell
everyone else about the baby?" Danae asked rubbing JC's naked torso.
JC grinned, "How about Christmas?"
Danae looked up at him startled, "You really want to take a chance like
that?"
JC smiled, "I think we're really good at taking chances." |