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Jon didn't believe in fate, nor did he believe in coincidences.
But after three gigs of seeing the same exact guy standing there, Jon was pretty sure he was going to end up on one of those dorky true crime novels his mother inhaled like cocaine.
"Him? Oh, I've heard of him." David gave a blissful, unbothered smile. "Your little admirer is Richie Sambora. Guitarist and eh...." He gave a little laugh.
"What is he, David?" Jon wasn't in the mood.
"Beau, if you know what I mean." David nudged Jon painfully hard in his ribs in a moment of attempted huh, huh, wink.
Jon blinked, and then he frowned. "Oh, great. What's he doing here, then?"
"Coming after you, I think. He wouldn't take his eyes off you." David shrugged, as if to ask why else.
"Yeah, okay. Why me? Why not - " Jon was about to say Tico, and then he faltered, and then he glared. "David." He said.
"Yes, Jon?" David wasn't an idiot.
"Did you pay him to stand there like an idiot and stare at me so something happens between us? Because I distinctly remember you saying that I needed to move on from Dot." Jon slowly turned to face David head on.
"I did say that, yes." David nodded.
"Oh my God." Jon turned back to Richie. David didn't pick bad looking guys, Jon could admit, and he made a split second decision then and there, turning around and beginning to walk off stage.
"In my defense, I've met the guy before, he really likes y - oh, where are you going?" David called after him.
Jon scoffed. "Where do you think, Davy?" He slipped through the crowd, making it easily over to where he could see a familiar head of brown hair.
Leaning against the bar, Richie somehow looked a lot more handsome than from across the room, and Jon supposed he should at least be grateful for that. At least this one didn't look crazy. "How much is he paying you?" Jon asked.
Richie went along with it. "Twenty, plus travel expenses." He smiled. "He's just a concerned friend."
"And you are?" Jon asked.
"Somebody who is intrigued." Richie replied.
Jon smiled back. "Well, what do you say we go take a walk?"
Because he was intrigued too.