Ohne Dich (Sequel to Stirb Nicht Vor Mir)

Chapter 18

November 12, 1999

I grabbed Ashton and ran into my room, crying.

"Mwommy?" He asked.

I ignored him and just held him. He started crying, too so I walked into the bathroom and took a quick shower with him.

"All better," I sniffed and wrapped him in a towel.

I put him to bed (since it was really late) and I laid down in my bed. There was a knock on the apartment door, so I answered it and saw Ville standing there.

"What happened?" He asked.

I couldn't form any words and just continued to cry. He walked in and hugged me, shutting and locking the door behind us.

"N-Neil," I breathed heavily.

"What about him?"

"He t-t-told p-people t-t-t-"

"Yeah, nope. You're going to gain control over yourself before you speak."

He carried me to the couch and held me.

I breathed out and stopped crying. "Neil said in an interview that I was a slut and that I would suck any guys' dick if I could."

"Why would he say that?"

"I don't know!" I sobbed again.

"I'm sorry. You do know that you're not a slut, right?"

"Yeah."

"Hey, Adette, look at me."

I looked up at him. "Yeah?"

"You're not a slut and you don't go suck every guys' dick. You haven't even sucked mine yet!"

I chuckled and wrapped my arms around him. "Not yet."

I was glad that we hadn't had sex yet. We were taking things slow and I didn't need to have sex with him just because I was dating him. The great part was that he didn't mind and he didn't pressure me into doing so.

"Are you tired?" He asked.

"Yeah."

"Do you have work tomorrow?"

"No."

"Let's get some sleep, then."

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"Where's your mom, again?" Ville handed me a cup of coffee as I walked into the kitchen with Ashton.

"She's at her house with Till."

"Right...right."

"I wish I could just stop working. I'm so tired constantly."

"Don't you have some days off?"

"Friday, Saturday, and Sunday."

"That's upsetting."

"It really is."

He rubbed my back. "You're really tense."

"I'm stressed out!"

He chuckled and kissed my neck. "Ashton, I can smell you!"

We both grabbed Ashton and changed his diaper. Ville threw out the diaper and immediately came back inside.

"Adette, I have a sort of surprise for you," Ville told me as we sat down on the couch.

I grabbed Ashton and held him, but the screamed, so I set him down. "What is it?"

"Well, you know how our new album is coming out next month? We're going to be recording a little more of it for the rest of the month and a little of next month. I was wondering if you wanted to come with."

"Wait, really?"

"Yeah."

"I would love to!"

"Yay!"

"But...I can't."

"Why not?"

"Ashton and my job."

"Why don't you just have Ashton stay with Neil?"

"Okay...And my job?"

"Quit it."

"I can't just quit my job, Ville."

"Yes you can. You always complain about it and say that you hate it."

"So? That doesn't mean that I can just quit it!"

"You can quit and find a new one while we're out."

"You really want me to go with you, don't you?"

"Yeah."

"What other job is there?"

"There are restaurants, theme parks, banks-"

"Okay, okay, I get it. When do we leave?"

"Tomorrow. I already bought our tickets."

"Both of us?"

"Yeah. I was really hoping you were going to say yes."

"Ville, you can't pay-"

"Already did. I already did."

I hugged him. "Where are we going?"

"Wales, Florida (Rockfield Studios)."

"That'll be really nice!"

"Yeah. Ozzy was just there so that'll be really cool."

"Yes it will!"

The rest of the day, we played with Ashton and packed. I dropped Ashton off at my mom's house and explained to her that Neil could pick him up there.

"I'm going to leave for a little while," I told her.

"Where are you going?" She asked, Till approaching behind her.

"Ville and I are going to go to Wales for him to record his new album."

"For how long?"

"The rest of this month and a little of next month."

"Wow. When did you decide this?"

"Literally today."

"When do you leave?"

"Tomorrow morning."

"Holy shit!" Till exclaimed.

"But we'll be back," I assured her.

Till and my mom both hugged me.

"Adette," Till said.

"Yeah?"

"Why else don't you want Neil to pick you up at your house?"

I sighed. "Did you see what he said in the interview?"

"Till was telling me about this literally right before you arrived!" My mom said. "What happened?"

Till explained exactly what Neil said and I started crying. Till pulled me into a hug, and my mom eventually joined in. 

"That dickhead," Till sighed. "Why the fuck would he say that?"

"Because he's probably mad at me," I stepped back. 

"Why would he be mad?"

"I don't know...maybe he's jealous? I've been hanging around Ville a lot more and he's always there when he picks up Ashton."

"That might be it," My mom said. 

"Well, I got to get a good sleep tonight," I waved bye to them. "I'll see you guys in a couple of weeks." I walked over to Ashton and hugged him and kissed him all over the face. "Love you, Bud." I ran into my car and drove away. 

I was going to go to Florida with my boyfriend for a couple of weeks.