Just Hit 'Send' By Grasshopper

Just Hit 'Send' - The High School Years by Grasshopper Ch. 18

"Hey! Ya like baby dick? Ya can suck me AND my friend here for the price of one !"
"Check me out! I'm only 13.....ya want me?"
"No condom? Huh? Sure man. One bill.....do whatever you want!
"Tight young ass here....50 bucks !"

Easy moaned in his sleep, tossing the covers off. Griff lay still and listened to words he had known were there, churning in that boy's head. He had seen it in Easy's eyes, heard it in his voice. God damn ! What'd you do for something like this?

When the light had flickered out of Jordan's dad's eyes and Griff had known it was time to go, he had taken Easy with him. Home to his house. Away from what was gonna be trouble like Jordan had never known. If he could have stayed with Jord, he would have but he knew he'd better get Easy away and give them all some time.

The hardest part had been watching Danny and his parents drive away. Jordan was in his room in tears, Danny's strickened face pressed to the side window. Mr. Lawrence had said that Danny needed to leave. That there was no place for him in Jordan' life.

It had started out okay, Mr. Lawrence showing the horse to Easy. The boys had all tried to pretend nothing was different, nothing was happening....but they all knew. It wasn't like Jordan's dad was gonna say, "Well, Great! So you two are gay and love each other? Super! Go upstairs and crawl all over each other. I approve of this so much and I'm so happy for you !" Duhhh !! None of them knew what to expect. Griff was pretty sure but he just stayed quiet knowing Jordan would need him.

The afternoon raced on and the light in Mr. Lawrence's eyes dimmed and finally just went out. They narrowed and he watched Jordan. He watched Danny. Danny tried to stay as far away from Jordan as he could. But, it was like Jordan was pushing it, grabbing Danny's hand, always moving toward him.

"Stop it, Jord."
"I can't, Griff."
"You have to. You're pushing him too far."
"He has to see."
"Not this way."

But Jordan could be as stubborn as his daddy. Finally, his dad just stopped what he was doing, turned and said, "It's time for Dan and his parents to leave."

That's when Jordan lost it. He was so tired and wound tighter than a spring and he couldn't keep it in. "Don't, please don't. Don't make Danny leave. Not now! I need him, Daddy."

"You need your family, Jordan. Not some boy that has you all confused." Turning to Danny, he said, "I know you mean well but you need to go." He turned back to the tack he was mending.

"I'm going with him !" Jordan cried. "I don't want to be here without Danny!"

"Shhhhh," Danny soothed, pulling himself up from the bench he'd been sitting on and struggled over to Jordan, not touching him, aware of Mr. Lawrence's eyes. "It's okay, Ba........Jordan. I'll talk to you later."

"No ! No, you won't," Mr. Lawrence's voice boomed. "I don't want you to talk to each other on the phone, on the computer...........not at all. This has to stop. Jordan was a good boy. A good Christian boy.........until you came along. He will be again....without you." He walked to the barn door and called, "Claire, the Trainors are leaving. Jordan needs to go to sleep."

Claire, swinging on the porch swing with Danny's mom, closed her eyes tightly for a second and then opened them to see the look of distress echoing from the other woman. "What can we do? How can we stop this before they get so hurt, they never recover? Claire took her hand and squeezed, then stood up and walked to her son. "Jordan, maybe your daddy is right.....for now. Let's get you to bed and Danny home safe. Things will work out, you'll see."

"No! No they won't WORK OUT !!" Jordan spit the words. "If this is what Christian is, if this is what love is, then fuck it all. Danny, I WILL talk to you. THEY can't stop me." He held out his hand to Danny and Danny started to take it but Mr. Lawrence walked between them and faced his son. "You WILL do as I say. You WILL go to your room. I won't have this in my house. God knows what you did in that room before I knew about this. Not under my roof !"