Once in the bedroom Joe sets her down and he reached for the tie that held the robe together and pulled it until the robe came free and dropped to the floor. She stood naked before him and he just stood there drinking in every inch of her beauty. He removed his shirt and started to unbutton his pants when Sarah stopped him.

"Here, let me do that." She told him with a sly smile. She unbuttoned the pants and with one swift movement she slid his pants down till they were on the floor beside the robe that she had been wearing.
Sarah sighed with pleasure when she took in what was before her. She had never seen a more beautiful man.

Joe picked her up once more and placed her on the bed, setting her down against the pillows. He laid down beside her and again claimed her mouth in a deep passionate kiss. His hand moved slowly down her
body caressing her skin. His touch felt like flames leaving trails of fire on every inch of her body. He rolled on top of her, and her legs parted and he entered her making Sarah gasp in pleasure.

Our energy spent we soon drifted off to sleep, not waking till the sun came through the windows heating the room with its light. Sarah was the first to stir in the early morning hours . She looked over at Joe who was still sleeping soundly, smiling to herself thinking of the passion that they shared last night. Joe started to stir and turned over to find Sarah watching him.

He smiled and said "Good morning Sarah." "Good morning." "Were you watching me sleep?" "Yes I was, do you have a problem with that?" "No, not in the least." "Good, I am going to take a shower now." Mind if I join you?" Joe looks at her with a grin. "Sure, if you think you can handle it." With that Sarah jumps up and races to the bathroom not bothering to grab the robe that still lay on the floor from where it was removed from last night.
 
 

Sarah ran into the bathroom and shut the door behind her, and turned on the water to take a shower. "You are in so much trouble." Joe yells from the other side of the door. He starts to open the door when he hears the doorbell. "Damn, they have the worst timing." Joe says with a edge of anger in his voice.

Joe put on the robe that he had given Sarah to wear last night and went to see who was at the door. He opens the door to find Sav standing there. "What do you want Sav?" "Did someone wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?" "Kiss my ass Sav." "I don't have to because I am sure that was taken care of last night." "Do you want your ass kicked now or later?" Joe asks him with a sarcastic smile. "Later if you don't mind. I don't want to end up like that guy last night. You really gave that guy last night a beating." "He deserved it and more Sav." "Yes I am sure he did, but you never said what started all of this."

"It's not something I want to go into right now." Joe says with a grimace thinking about last nights events at the club. "Okay Joe, just wondering is all." Sav held up his hands to indicate that he would back off. "I know Sav it's just that this has suddenly become really complicated." "I think it's safe to say that you broke that guys nose last night. He was bleeding pretty good. He was also looking at you like he wanted to tear your head off." "I know, but he was drunk and wasn't in much of a position to give anyone a beating."

"Yes, he looked pretty wasted and didn't get many punches but not for lack of trying." Sav said with a laugh thinking about him trying to punch Joe in the nose. "He may not have gotten many punches but it
looks like he managed to land one on you eye Joe." Joe's eye had swollen twice it's size and was a nice shade of black and blue.
 

Joe put his hand up to his eye, wincing when his finger touched the swollen area. "Are you going to invite me in Joe?" Sav asks with a devilish grin knowing that Sarah was in there. "I suppose for a minute if it will satisfy that twisted mind of yours." "It will, thanks." Sav stepped inside and shut the door behind him.

Just as Sav stepped inside, Sarah came out of the bedroom and not realizing that she and Joe weren't alone walked out without bothering to put on her clothes. Sav was talking to Joe when he caught a glimpse of movement out of the corner of his eye.

Suddenly Sav stopped talking and grinned an evil grin and Joe looked to see what he was staring at. Sarah saw Sav and immediately covered herself best she could considering she didn't have anything but her
hands to hide herself. "Sorry, I didn't realize you had company." Her face turned a deep shade of red wishing she could disappear. With that she ran from the room to put on her clothes.

"What are you looking at Sav, put your eyes back in your head." "Okay, okay, don't get pissed at me, it's not my fault that I was just standing here when your girlfriend came out of the bedroom in the buff." "Sav, do you want a broken nose too? Joe asks him with a look that told Sav he had better quit while he was ahead. "Relax, I am only having fun with you." "She's not my girlfriend, she happens to be married." "What the hell?" Sav says to Joe, looking at him in shock.

"Do you mean to tell me that she is married to that creep from the club?" Sav looks at him in disapproval for getting involved with a married woman. "Yes, she is married to that bastard. He was getting violent with her and I wasn't about to let him hurt her. Don't give me that look Sav, I never meant for any of this to happen."
 
 

Sav softened his look knowing that Joe wouldn't have gotten involved if it were normal circumstances. "You have it bad for this girl don't you Joe?" Sav asks him with a sly smile. "So what if I do? What's it
to you?" "Hey, don't get uptight, I am actually happy for you, but she is married." "Don't you think I know that?" Joe looks at him telling Sav he had better drop it.

"I won't say another word about it." "Good." Joe said relieved to be changing the subject. "So, are you going to make it to rehearsal today?" Sav asks him. "Yes, I just have to take care of a few things first. Sarah wants to go over to her house and pick up a few things." Sav looked at Joe with a look of surprise and Joe glared at him, telling Sav he better not say one word.

"She has decided to leave him, and she will be staying here for the time being." "I know I said I wouldn't say anything more Joe, but do you have any idea what you're getting yourself into with this girl?" "Maybe not, but I do know that I like her a lot and I don't want to see her with someone that is going to hurt her all the time."

"Who would have ever thought, Joe a knight in shining armor." Sav tells Joe with a evil grin. "Sav I ought to kick your ass like I did hat guy last night." Joe says to him, only half serious. "I am so scared." Sav says sarcastically. A few minutes later, Sarah reappeared in the living room her face turning red again when she saw that Sav was still here.

"I am so sorry about coming out here without putting something on, I have never been so embarrassed. "I'm not. Sav tells her with a devilish gleam in his eye. "Sav, you are asking for it." Joe looks at him with a I will kill you later expression. "Okay, I'm sorry I just love giving Joe a hard time. It's so much fun."
 
 

"Yes, and I love kicking his ass from time to time because of it." Joe says to Sarah with a smile. "I will borrow your line from the other day and tell you that you couldn't kick your own ass Joe." Sarah started laughing at that one. "Is that what he told you?" "Yes he did." Sav looks at Joe and seeing that he was getting pissed he decided to back off.

"Joe, I believe you forgot to properly introduce me to this lovely lady." Sav says looking at Sarah smiling. "I'm sorry, Sarah this is my smartass friend Sav, and this is Sarah." "Pleased to meet you Sav." "Likewise Sarah. Not often I get to meet Joe's lady friends after I have seen them running around naked." Sav laughs and Sarah blushes in embarrassment. Joe glared at Sav and that told him he had better not ever mention it again.

"Sorry, couldn't resist." "I'll let it slide for now since there is a lady present, but you just better watch your step Sav." "Yes sir. Sav says holding his hand up in a salute. "You are a smartass Sav." "That's Mr. Smartass to you." Joe and Sav cracked up laughing. "Okay Joe, I will see you at rehearsal at 6 tonight. I am going to go see Nicole and then we are going to a show later." "Bye Sav and don't do anything I wouldn't do." "Well, I guess that leaves pretty much everything wide open doesn't it?"

"Would you just get lost wise guy?" "I'm going, I'm going, see you tonight Joe." Sav walked down the sidewalk to his car and looked back at Joe with a smug look on his face telling Joe that Sav wasn't about
to let him live this one down.

Once Sav had disappeared down the driveway Joe shuts the door behind him and looks at Sarah with a sly grin. "Where were we before we were so rudely interrupted?" "Too late Mr. Elliott, I already finished my
shower, now it's your turn." "I may need some help washing my back, so why don't you join me." Joe says, looking at her with desire in his eyes.
 
 

"I'll think about it." Sarah says with a laugh. Joe smacks her ass and walks out to go take that shower. "Ouch, that hurt."She says, rubbing her bottom where he had smacked her.  "So, what are you going
to do about it?" "You'll see, you'll see." Sarah ran past him, smacking him on the ass, and Joe chased her into the bedroom with Sarah laughing while running from him.
 

After removing the robe he steps into the shower and while he was shampooing his hair he hears the door open, and smiles to himself knowing what was about to occur. The curtain opens and Sarah steps in
behind Joe putting her arms around his wet body, her hands sliding down his stomach where she wrapped her hands around his manhood that was  already hardened with desire. She squeezed him slightly and he
let out a gasp of pleasure.

He couldn't take it anymore, he turned around and started kissing her with an intensity he never felt before. He broke the kiss long enough to grab her around the waist lifting her in the air and bringing her
down his body and entered her making her moan in pleasure. He claimed her mouth once again, then he kissed her neck caressing her with his tongue as he swiftly moved down to her breast wet with the water from the shower and quickly took her hardened nipple in his mouth, making her cry out.

He stroked her other breast with his big rough hands as he thrust inside her at a fevered pace, collapsing against her as he climaxed. Sarah climaxed with him, her breathing rapid and her heart racing. They stood underneath the water for a few minutes just holding each other. "You are not getting much accomplished in this shower Joe." She says to him  with a grin. "I think I accomplished quite a lot."
he told her with a evil grin that would scare any normal girl.
 
 

Sarah stepped out of the shower and grabbed a towel wrapping it around her and started toward the door. "Where do you think you're going?" Joe asks her in a tone that said he didn't want her to leave. "I think you will get done a lot quicker if I am not in the room. Now hurry up Mr. Elliott, I want to go get my things before Jeff comes home."

Suddenly all the pleasure went out of the air as Joe remembered the night before. His eyes clouded over with anger as he recalled what happened. He soon finished his shower and he stepped out shutting off
the water and putting on the robe he had on when Sav showed up. "I am going to have to talk to Sav about his timing." Joe says out loud as he walked into the bedroom. "What did you say Joe?" "Nothing, I am
just thinking out loud." Joe looked up and saw that Sarah was already dressed and was combing her damp hair with the brush he had left on the table the night before.

He walked over to the dresser and opened the second drawer to pull out a pair of levis to wear. He grabbed a t shirt out of the first drawer and threw the clothes on the bed. Joe untied the robe and it dropped to the floor as he reached for his jeans. "Nice view Mr. Elliott." Sarah says looking at his backside as he is pulling on his jeans.

He turned around to look at her figuring that she meant him and when he did, she quickly turned toward the window. "Yes, you have a nice view out this window. You must look out it a lot." "I hardly think
you were looking out the window." "Oh, how would you know that, Mr. Elliott?" "Because I saw your reflection in the mirror, and you were not looking out the window." "Oops, busted."
 
 

Joe grinned at her as he buttoned his jeans and put on the t shirt. After combing his hair, he grabbed his keys and wallet and put them in his pockets. "Are you ready to go Sarah?" "Yes." He put his arm around her and they walked out into the living room and out the door. They got in the car and left for Sarah's house.

Once at her house, Sarah ran up the walkway and quickly unlocked the door with Joe right behind her. They walked inside and there was stuff everywhere. It looked as if it had been ransacked, but Sarah
knew that it had been Jeff. He had come home in a rage from the club and started breaking up the place.

"Did Jeff do this Sarah?" "Yes, he has an awful temper." "I could sense that at the club." Joe told her reaching up to touch the eye that had gotten the receiving end of his fist. Sarah saw him flinch in pain, and her face expressed concern. "I am so sorry about what he did to you." "I'm alright, it's you that I worry about." Joe said looking at her with fear in his eyes. " I am going to be fine, so stop worrying." Let's get your stuff together, I don't want him coming home to find you here." Joe said in a way that told Sarah that
he was extremely worried about her safety.

Soon they had packed up most of her stuff and Joe was took her things out to the car while Sarah checked to see if there was anymore of her things that she didn't want to leave behind. Joe had put her things in the trunk and was about to go back in the house when he heard the screeching of tires in the driveway. He looked up to see a black hummer fast approaching the house.
 
 

When he came to a screeching halt Joe saw that it was Jeff. "Oh, shit." Joe thought as Jeff gets out of the car. "This is all I need," he said with a frown. Jeff walked up to Joe and got right in his face with a look of rage in his eyes. "What the hell are you doing here asshole?" "I suggest you back up or I will break your nose again." Joe said with a look that told Jeff he meant every word.

"How about I break every bone in your body creep?" Joe started laughing like crazy and Jeff looked at him getting angrier and angrier. Just then Sarah came out of the house. "Are you ready J......." she started to say when she spotted Jeff. A look of pure terror came into her face at the sight of him. Jeff spotted Sarah
with a suitcase in her hand. "Where the hell do you think you're going?" Jeff said to her, his voice dripping with venom.

"I'm leaving you Jeff." She told him trying to sound confident, but her voice betrayed her by shaking a little when she spoke. "What are you leaving me so you can shack up with lover boy here? So how many
times did you screw my wife jerk?" "Shut up Jeff, don't blame him for you being such an asshole." "Why shouldn't I blame him? I mean after all if it wasn't for this creep you would have been home with me where you belong." "I would be leaving you even if Joe hadn't been there." "Joe is it? Well Joe, she's my wife and you have no business here so why don't you get in that pretty little car of yours and go home."

"I'm not leaving without Sarah." Joe tells him in a way that Jeff knew he meant it. "Go home before I decide to rearrange your face." "How so, like the way I rearranged yours?" Jeff ignored him and turned his attention to Sarah. "Get in the house Sarah, you're not going anywhere." "I am not staying with you, this marriage is over Jeff."

"You little bitch, get in the house before I decide to teach you a lesson." Sarah stood defiant and didn't move. This infuriated Jeff and he went after her. Joe lunged at him, taking him to the ground. "Go in the house Sarah, and stay there till I say come out." Joe tells her while struggling with Jeff. Sarah quickly ran in the house and shut the door.

Jeff turned over grabbing Joe by the shirt and pulled his fist back and punched Joe right in the jaw. Joe fell backwards and Jeff was instantly up with his fists clenched. Joe jumped up and came at Jeff. He brought his arm back and with all his strength punched Jeff square in the face. His punch landed once again on his nose, breaking it for the second time.

Jeff howled in pain and grabbed his nose. Blood gushed out from between his fingers. Jeff looks at his bloodied hand and then at Joe."I'm going to rip your head off asshole." He lunged at Joe. Joe was ready for him and ducked out of the way before Jeff could hit him. Joe punched him again, this time landing his punch in the ribs.

Jeff crumpled to the ground in pain. He laid on the ground moaning in agony and Joe figured he was out for the count. Joe turned to go in the house to get Sarah. He sees her in the window and Joe motioned
for her to come out. Sarah suddenly screamed in terror and pointed behind Joe. Jeff had gotten up and was coming at Joe with a knife in his hand. Joe moved out of the way just in time and kicked him as hard as he could, kicking the knife out of his hand. The knife fell to the ground and Jeff screamed in pain. He fell to his knees to the pavement and Joe walked up to him and grabbed him by the shirt and got in his face. "If you ever come near Sarah again, I won't be responsible for what I will do to you. Do you understand?" Jeff nodded feebly and Joe let go of him.

Joe walked up to the house and Sarah came out and rushed into his arms crying. "I am so glad he didn't hurt you." "Well he did manage to hit me in the jaw, but at least he didn't get me with the knife." Sarah took her hand and gingerly touched his jaw where Jeff had hit him. Joe flinched and moved his head back. "I'm sorry Joe. Let's get out of here and I will take care of that jaw once we get back to your house." "Is that a promise Sarah?" Joe looks at her and tried to grin, but the pain in his jaw told him not to.
 
 

Joe put the suitcase she had started to bring out of the house earlier into the trunk and then went around and opened the door for her. She got in and Joe walked around and got in. They started down the driveway and Sarah was looking back at the house through the side mirror of the car. Tears started flowing down her cheeks and Joe looked at her with worry. "Are you going to be okay Sarah?" She
looked at him and smiled. "You are so sweet to be so caring. Yes I will be fine."

They soon arrived back at Joe's and Joe got out and opened the trunk. He grabbed the suitcases and shut the trunk. Sarah came around and Joe takes her hand and leads her up the walkway. Once in the house,
Sarah immediately goes to the freezer to get some ice for Joe's jaw. "Sit down Joe and I will put this ice pack on you." "Yes ma'am." Joe said to her with a smirk. She put the ice pack on his jaw and sat down beside him.
 

"Why did you marry that creep anyway?" Joe asks her with a bitterness in his voice. Sarah sighed looking down at her feet, reluctant to say anything about it. Joe took his hand and put it underneath her chin and turned her face to where she had to look him in the eye. "It's okay love, you have nothing to fear now." Joe said with affection, his eyes expressing how much he cared for her.
 
 

"Well he wasn't always like that. He actually used to be a very loving caring guy. I fell in love with him the very first time I saw him. He treated me like a queen. He could never do enough for me. Then about 5 years ago he started to change. At first it was just subtle changes. He started becoming withdrawn and less attentive."

"Then he lost his job and day by day he became more and more angry. I couldn't do anything right in his book after that." Sarah said her face expressing the sadness she felt in her heart. "Him losing his job wasn't your fault Sarah and he shouldn't be taking his anger out on you." Joe said looking at her anger clouding his vision remembering what he had done to her the other night.

"I know Joe, and I am not excusing his behavior, I just feel sad for him because he seems so lost and confused." "I think he needs help Sarah, and it's not the kind you can offer him." Sarah looked down at
the floor her eyes filling with tears and spilling down her cheeks. Joe pulled her toward him and held her in his arms.

"I guess in a way I will always love him, but I realize now that I cannot stay married to a guy that treats me that way even if he doesn't realize how out of control his anger is." Sarah said her voice telling Joe that she was grieving the end of her marriage.

Joe rubbed her back whispering in her ear that he would be there for her in every way to help her get through this. He lifted her chin so she was looking into his eyes and he leaned down and kissed her
tasting the saltiness of her tears on his lips. Sarah sighed with contentment and laid her head on his shoulder. "I think I want to lay down for a bit Joe, I just want to sleep. I suddenly feel very exhausted." "Okay love, I will be here when you wake." Sarah gave him a kiss and walked to the bedroom to take a nap.
 
 

Joe sat on the couch for a good long while pondering all the events that had happened in the last 2 days. He too felt exhausted and went in to join Sarah in taking a nap. She was still sleeping soundly an hour later when Joe woke and looked at the clock on the nightstand. It said 5:30 p.m. "Shit." Joe said with shock at realizing how late it was. Sarah woke up at Joe's voice.

 "What's the matter Joe?" "I am going to be late for rehearsal. I am supposed to be there in ten minutes." Joe jumped up out of bed and reached down to the floor picking up the jeans he had dropped there when he laid down to nap. Joe zipped his jeans and put the t shirt back on and walked to the bathroom to brush his teeth.

"Do you want to come to rehearsal with me Sarah?" "Sure that sounds like fun." "It's nothing special, we are just going over the new material for our new album that's coming out." Joe tells her with a smile, glad to see her perk up. "I have never been to a band rehearsal before, it sounds exciting to me." "Okay then we had better go because the guys are going to kill me for being late."

They arrived at the studio and Sav and Phil were out front talking. Sav was laughing about something when he sees Joe pull up. "It's about damn time you got here, where the hell have you been?" Sav asks
with a frown. "Nice to see you too Sav." Joe says with a smile. "So, we meet again Sarah." Sav says looking at her with an evil smile, remembering their first actual meeting.

Sarah blushed and looked away, not wanting Sav to see her embarrassment. Sav caught this and smiled even wider. "That's enough Sav, you're embarrassing the poor girl." Joe says giving Sav a dirty look that told him to back off. "I'm sorry Joe, it's just not often I get introduced to Ladies in the buff." "I'm warning you Sav." Joe glares at him. "Okay, I'll behave." Come on guys, let's go in and rehearse, you can argue later." Phil says with an exasperated tone.
 
 

They walk in and Viv and Rick are already set up and looking through lyrics. Viv looks up when he hears the door and gives Joe a look that told him he was pushing it by being late. Rick walks over to where they were standing and smiled at Sarah. "Everybody, I want you to meet Sarah." Joe says introducing her to the guys.

All of them shook hands with her and gave her a warm welcome. "It's nice to meet you Sarah." Rick says to her, giving her a wide smile. "Likewise." Sarah said to all of them. "You are all Joe ever talks about anymore Sarah." Viv tells her rolling his eyes at Joe, but with a grin.

Sarah blushed in embarrassment and took Joe's hand in hers. "Let's get this done. I want to go get something to eat." Sav tells them, walking in the recording room.  Soon rehearsal was under way and
Sarah sat back and enjoyed watching them sing their songs and hear them joking and teasing Joe because he forgot a couple of the lyrics on one song. When it was over, they all got in their cars to head over to the restaurant to have dinner.

After ordering dinner and drinks, Joe and Sarah took to the dance floor, dancing to a slow song and holding each other tight. They were lost in each other, and everything ceased to exist except for them. "I'm beginning to wonder what life was like before I met you Sarah Parker." Joe tells her smiling at her with affection. Sarah smiled back at him, happy for the first time in months. "I don't want to remember what life was like before I met you Joe." Sarah tilted her head up so she could look deep in his eyes, and realized for the first time that she was actually falling in love with Joe Elliott.
 

Joe leaned down kissing Sarah, his kiss full of tenderness and passion for this woman he knew he was falling for. There was no doubt about it, he was falling for Sarah, but he had to wonder if she was having the same feelings toward him. He released her from his kiss and she put her head on his shoulder. "I love you Joe." She told him, her voice just barely above a whisper.

He smiled, all doubt erased from his mind. The dance ended and they went reluctantly back to the table. Dinner had arrived while they were dancing, and it smelled wonderful. Joe pulled out the chair for Sarah and she sat down. "Thank you Joe." "Joe, a gentleman who would have thought." Sav said with a teasing grin. "Sav, being I am in such a good mood, I will let that slide this time." Joe said looking at Sav with an expression of happiness Sav hadn't seen on Joe in a long time.

After dinner was done, they all sat around the table swapping stories and laughing at jokes that Rick and Viv were telling. A few drinks and a few stories later, they all decided to head for home. Sav had driven Rick, Viv, and Phil over so he had decided to stay sober so he could get his friend home safely. "Well guys, I guess I will see all of you tomorrow at rehearsal." Joe tells them, waving at them as he and Sarah walked to his car. "This time don't be late, Joe, unless it's for a very good reason, if you know what I mean." Sav told them with a grin.

Sarah blushed at Sav's comment. "Sav, if there wasn't a lady present I would tell you exactly what I think of you." Joe told Sav with a gleam in his eye. "See you tomorrow guys."

Joe and Sarah climbed in his car and headed back home. They got to the driveway and Joe parked the car in front and turned to Sarah looking at her with new eyes.
 
 

He leaned over kissing her with an intensity that told her that he wanted to make love to her right now. He took his hand and caressed her neck slowly gliding it down to her breasts and putting his hand inside her dress.

He stroked her breast with his fingers and she moaned in pleasure. He reached in back of her, unzipping the dress and sliding it off her shoulder. Removing her bra he guided his mouth down to her bare breast and took her in his mouth, caressing her nipple with his tongue. She gasped in ecstasy as she arched her back toward him, indicating that she didn't want him to stop.

Joe suddenly broke the kiss leaning back to look at her, desire written all over his face. "Let's go in the house where we will be more comfortable." He quickly got out of the car and walked around and opened the door for her. She stepped out and Joe picked her up in his arms and carried her inside.

Once inside, Joe locked the door behind him and took Sarah in his arms, and stripped her of the rest of her clothes. She broke the kiss long enough to lean down and unzip his pants. She slid his jeans off
him and threw them aside. He was already rock hard with desire for her. She quickly took him in her mouth and he let out a cry of pleasure as she licked and teased him with her mouth.

Just before he wanted to explode, he leaned down and took her hand to so she was standing before him. He pushed her up against the wall and parted her legs with his body and entering her in one quick thrust.
Sarah sucked in her breath as she took all of him into her. His size always taking her by surprise.
 
 

Sarah dug her fingernails into his flesh as he thrust harder and harder as till she climaxed, her whole body trembled with the pleasure. He let out a grunt as he came in her, and leaned against her his body glistening with their passion. He kissed her deeply his mouth burning from the taste of her lips.

Joe picked her up and carried her into the bedroom, and their love making continued until they both fell asleep from pure exhaustion. Joe felt the warmth of the sun on his face as he woke, Sarah sleeping soundly next to him. He turned over watching her sleep, thinking of how beautiful she was. He leaned down and gave her a kiss. Sarah opened her eyes and smiled up at Joe. "Good morning sleepyhead." Joe
said to her as he brushed her hair from her eyes.

"What time is it?" Sarah said looking at the clock yawning. "Seven o clock, and I have to go over to Sav's and pick up some sheet music for the rehearsal later. Do you want to come with me?" Joe asks, grabbing the bedsheet and pulling it from her naked body and looking at her with a evil grin. "What do you think you're doing Joe?" Sarah said trying to grab the sheet from him.

"I just want to admire your beautiful body Sarah." Joe says to her teasingly. "Joe please give me back the sheet, I'm cold." Sarah said her body starting to tremble. "That's not a problem, I will warm you up." Joe laid down next to her and began caressing her body with his large warm hands. Sarah jumps up out of bed laughing. "You are going to be late again if we stay in bed another minute." Joe jumped up and grabbed her throwing her to the bed. "Sav told me that I had to have a very good reason for being late, and I think this qualifies, don't you?"

He gave her a kiss to show he meant it. "Yes, I think so." Sarah said with a sigh. Their passion for each other overcame them and they made love till their body's were spent of desire. Joe got up to take a shower while Sarah slept some more. Joe came out of the bathroom dressed for the day and sat down on the bed and kissed Sarah tenderly on the shoulder. She stirred and looked up at him smiling. "You are very late Joe Elliott." "I know, and it's all your fault." Joe said teasingly, smacking her bottom. "Ouch, knock that off, or you will be sleeping on the couch tonight Mister." Sarah said with a half serious expression.
 
 

"Oh really Sarah." Joe says tickling her ribs. "Stop that Joe, I mean it." Sarah said laughing so hard tears started running down her cheeks. Joe stopped tickling her and got a serious expression. "Do you want to come with me today?" He says looking at her. "No, I think I'll stay here and fix you something special for dinner. First I am going to clean up this pig sty you call a house."

"What's wrong with it?" Joe said in surprise. "What's wrong with it? There is clothes strewn all over the floor , there is a pile of dishes in the sink and the floor needs vaccuming." "It just looks lived in." Joe says to her in a kind of laughing tone.

"I am going to straighten it whether you like it or not so you better be on your way Mr. Elliott." "Okay, okay. I will be back this evening. Band rehearsal is until eight o clock. I will be back shortly after." With that Joe gives her a kiss and walks out the door.

A few minutes later Joe arrives at Sav's house to find that the other guys have already arrived. "They are really going to give it to me now." Joe says out loud as he gets out of the car. He walked up to the door and knocked loud enough so they can hear over the rehearsal already in progress. "Come in Joe.." Sav yells to him from the studio.
 
 

As soon as Joe walked into the studio he was greeted by whoops and catcalls. Phil, Sav, Rick and Viv all looked at him with shit eating grins on their faces knowing the reason for their friends tardiness that seemed to be happening more often since he met Sarah. "Alright assholes, I get the message." Joe says to them with a stern look on his face knowing they had planned to razz him all day about it. "Can we please get on with the rehearsal?" Joe pleads with them hoping to get their minds off of teasing him. "Not until you admit that you are in love with Sarah." Sav says to him with a smug look on his face. "Whether I am or not, is none of your business." Joe says to them, barely able to keep a straight face. Sav laughed at him. "I knew it, he is in love."

"Now if you guys are through acting like juveniles can we get on with rehearsal?" Joe says with a look of exasperation. "Shall we tell him now or later guys?" Phil says looking right at Joe. "Tell me what Phil." "We decided that since you have been busy with your new girlfriend, we are going to get a new lead singer." Phil said to him, with a perfectly straight face.

Joe looked at him in disbelief. "Just because I have been late a couple of times doesn't mean you have to ditch me." He said to them his voice raising slightly. Rick and Viv start cracking up at Joe's expression. "Relax Joe, we are just giving you a bad time." Phil tells him, bursting out laughing. "You should have seen the look on your face Joe." Sav said barely able to talk he was laughing so hard.

"Ha, ha guys. Now that you have that out of your system let's rehearse shall we?" Joe sat down on the chair and started the recording tape. They ran through Promises and All night along with some of their other new songs for the new album, then started in on some of their old favorites Pour Some Sugar on Me and Armageddon It before shutting down to go through some of the changes they wanted to make on a few of the lyrics.
 
 

Meanwhile at Joe's, Sarah threw all of the dirty clothes in the washer and was starting on the dishes when she heard the doorbell ring. She dried her hands and went to answer the door. "Joe, did you forget something she began." She opened the door to find Jeff standing there. His eyes were bloodshot and she could smell alcohol on his breath.

"What the hell are you doing here Jeff?" Sarah said terror evident in her voice. "Is that any way to greet your husband Sarah?" Jeff said with bitterness. "Joe is going to be back any minute Jeff, and if he
finds you here he will kill you." Sarah told him trying not to show him how terrified she was right now. "I know that your lover is at his band rehearsal thing and won't be back for awhile." Jeff said sneering at her.

He took a step toward her and reached out to grab her. Sarah stepped back and tried to shut the door so she could lock it and call the police, but before she could, he pushes the door back with one hand causing it to slam against the wall. Sarah stepped back in the house and ran for the bedroom. Jeff chased her and grabbed her by the hair before she could shut the door on him.

Sarah screamed as he threw her on the bed. "No wife of mine leaves me and get's away with it." Jeff growled at her with rage in his eyes. Sarah screamed again as Jeff climbed on top of her ripping at her
clothes. "Please Jeff, don't do this. I never meant to hurt you." Sarah told him tears streaming down her face. Jeff yanked her hair again pulling hard enough that Sarah screamed in pain. "Never meant to hurt me. That's a hot one." Jeff said leering at her.
 
 

"I loved you Sarah and you go behind my back and screw the first guy that comes along. You're nothing but a whore." Jeff says to her yanking her hair even harder. "Ouch." Sarah screamed. "It wasn't like that Jeff. Please you're hurting me." Sarah said sobbing. "You're going to be hurting a lot more by the time I'm done with you, you slut."

With one hand pinning down by her hair, he rips her clothes off with the other hand. "I am going to teach you a lesson you won't soon forget you little bitch." Sarah screamed as loud as she could before Jeff covered her mouth with his hand. Jeff unzipped his pants and shoved her legs apart with the other hand.

Sarah tried to scream as he entered her, but her screams were silenced by Jeff's hand covering her mouth. When he was done, he got up to use the bathroom and as soon as he shut the door Sarah got up from the bed. Sobbing she tried to adjust her clothes to cover herself, but he had ripped them so much it was a futile effort.

Sarah got up from the bed and quietly walked over to the door to leave. She was just about to turn the knob when Jeff came up behind her and grabbed her by the hair. She screamed in agony as he pulled her back and threw her against the bed. Her back hit the bedpost and she fell to the floor crying out in pain.