First for Everything

Old Friends

      We get ready in the morning, Jordan heads back to his house and Valen drives to Ladyn's. We get there soon enough, and I bring in the chocolate cake Rowan made, he couldn't come with us. I open the door with my key, greeted by Saachi. I nod to him, he's still fucking short. Ladyn and I have been friends since second grade, we've gone through a lot since then.
"Hey virgin, I brought Valen."
"We'll talk about the first part later on, come in, and please tell me you fuckers are dating," Saachi doesn't talk this much, ever, in the ten years I've known him. Oh my god, they fucked.
"We are, fuck you. So, tell me you bottomed because there's no fucking way that you didn't," I'm mean to him, when he's mean to me I threaten to slap him in the face, they know all about the club, and mostly my sex life.
"Oh shut up, yea I did," I laugh, knew it.
      Ladyn walks to us I hug her, she's wearing a sweatshirt and sweatpants and I'm wearing a body suit and sweat pants because I didn't want to change. Valen walks in behind me smiling and waving slightly.
"Hey gorgeous, so you're dating now right?" I laugh, what the fuck. I nod, Valen almost squeaks. We all sit on the couch, Valen sits in my lap. We laugh and I move Valen to go to the kitchen.
"Whiskey?" I ask Saachi he says sure, I pour a glass for me and him a cup. Valen steals my cup hands it to Saachi, I take the shot. We play a few games and talk for a while, until Saachi is slightly drunk.
    "Valen you should top Elijah," he's 22, I'm 24, Ladyn just turned 25, he'll always be a kid to me though.
"Oh shut up. Don't give her any more ideas she already tries. Besides we have Jordan and if Valen wants to fuck someone else she can. I'm sorry but she's not going in me, no one will," I pause Valen looks disappointed, I hold her tighter. "I love you, but no."
      "Wait what? Jordan? What the fuck are you doing to Jordan? You'd let her fuck other people but not you? You seem like the possessive type though," Valen and Ladyn laugh, everyone but him knows I'm nom-monogamous. I am possessive but, Valen can fuck who she wants.
"Welcome to the club. Jordan's dating us too. I've literally talked to you about how I've had threesomes," I laugh.
"Oh, that makes more sense now. Be good to Jordan."
    I get a call from Toran, shit.
"Hello?" I don't know what's going on but this can't be good.
"Jordan came back to drop off her stuff. Jordan's now sobbing and Rowan's holding him, Mai called her a slut and poured vodka on her head. Can you come here now? Bouncers already removed Mai, and Quinn left with her. He tried to fight Sean on the way out saying she did nothing wrong. I don't know how to help Jordan," I pause, Mai did what? We haven't been close for a while to be honest, and Mai could always be fake but this is unacceptable.
      "Remove Mai's membership, and Quinn's, they aren't welcome back. Get Jordan a water and a lemonade, I will be right there..." I pause looking to Saachi and Ladyn, "Jordan's having a panic attack, I'm going to go get them can Valen stay here and I bring Jordan here?" Saachi nods and looks angrier than I've seen him in a while, Jordan and Saachi were close, I introduced them and they became fast friends. Ladyn pauses and looks at me, hugs me, gets the keys,
"I'm coming with you."
        We get to the club, Jordan's in the back sobbing, I take off his shirt standing in front so no one can see, putting my sweatshirt on him. I tie back his hair, and wipe away his tears, Ladyn walks over helping them up and holding them.
"What happened?" Ladyn asks as Jordan starts to sob,
"Mai." I answer, Ladyn nods and helps Jordan to the backseat of the car, I get back there too after thanking Toran for calling me. I hold Jordan to my chest, I really don't understand Mai sometimes.
      "Shhh, I love you it's okay. You're going to see Saachi okay?" Jordan smiles slightly. "Did you get something to eat?" He shakes his head, "okay, we're going to get you something to eat. It's going to be okay, you never have to see her again."
     We all get back to the house and I try to control my anger, how did this happen? I don't understand why it happened. I hold Jordan closer to my chest, this is, too much.
"Hey Jordan," Saachi gives them a piece of calzone, "eat this, do you want something to drink?" Jordan shakes their head. I'm really angry and I just want to hold Jordan. Saachi smiles at me, and hugs Ladyn as Valen hugs to my side. Saachi gets blankets covering all of us up.
      "Valen, Jordan, I'm so happy that you found Elijah, they've been a lonely bitch for the past 15 years, even when in relationships, they don't seem so lonely now." Ladyn's protective of me, almost as protective as I am of her. We've stuck it through.
"You've made my girlfriend cheesy as hell..." Saachi laughs when Ladyn slaps him.
      Saachi and Ladyn let us stay the night, we rest up. Saachi makes everyone a bagel before we wake up, I wake up after him and head to the kitchen.
"Good morning. How did you sleep?" I ask pouring a glass of water and taking my morning medicine.
"I slept relatively well. Ladyn didn't so she's still sleeping and might not wake until later." Ladyn has had night terrors as long as I've known her, because of her dad, if he wasn't in prison I'd lose it, he doesn't know where we are now, I couldn't leave her in that town when I left. Mai and Quinn were leaving today anyway, they live in Georgia they were coming up every two months and staying at the club for a few weeks, they won't be welcome anymore. Rowan lived in Ohio, he moved away from our old home town after an argument with his parents, he was really close to them, but now, not so much, he talks to one brother and his sister. It took him a long time to accept himself for being gay, I wonder what the plan is now. He wasn't stuck to Columbus, and Toran's stuck here. Rowan's a vet he can truly go anywhere, he could work at the club too... I'm not good with blood and the second floor could probably use someone that is. Rowan would've been a doctor but people aren't always kind to feminine gay men, and Rowan is bad at standing up for himself.
      "We're going to go back, I have some work to do today. Love you both, I'll see you again soon, you're welcome to come to the club sometime, Saachi you owe me a trip to the bar," I say before we leave.

December 13th, 2021