Just Hit 'Send' By Grasshopper

Just Hit 'Send' - The College Years by Grasshopper Ch. 2

As the weather got warmer and the jackets and sweaters started to peel off, it was voted on and approved that now was the time for a much needed Road Trip. They all needed some sun, some warm salt water and the feel of a good strong body board riding soft gulf waves.

Markie threw her duffle in the back of the Blazer, climbed in the back seat and yelled, "Get a move on. I want some sun."

"Hold your horses, Marks. I gotta shove Danny in."

Danny grinned and slung his arms around Jordan's neck as he was lifted from the chair and "shoved" in to the front seat, his mouth finding Jordan's for a second as he whispered, "I can't wait to feel the sun and the boards."

"I know, baby. We'll be there in no time." Jordan leaned into the car and nuzzled Danny's cheek.

"Guys!!!"

Jerry climbed into the back with Markie and they were ready.

"Lotion?"
"Check."
"CDs?"
"Check."
"Emergency credit cards for this EXTREME emergency?"
"Check !!"
"We're so outta here!"

Radio blastin', the 4 musketeers, headed for Panama City, singin at the top of their lungs:

"Every time I turn around
I'm lookin up, you're lookin down
Maybe somethin's wrong with you
That makes you act the way you do
Maybe I am crazy too"

"Hey, Jordan?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm hungry."

"You're always hungry, Marks." The next small town they went through, Jordan pulled into the Golden Arches and Markie hopped out with everyone's orders. "Watch the feeding frenzy, Marks," he grinned. "You don't wanna flop outta that bikini." Sticking out her tongue, Markie flipped him off and bounced toward the food.

Fries and sodas and burgers later, they pulled into the main parking lot at the beach. "We need to get a room."

"There's a Comfort Inn. Sign says 49 bucks a night. Can you guys," Markie giggled, "NOT make strange noises?"

"Who....us?" Jordan asked innocently. "Do we make noises, Dan?" Danny blushed, a grin flooding his face.

"Oh God!!......Oh God!!.......Baby......Now!!......Noooow!!........," she snorted, her voice sounding remarkably like Jordan's.

Jerry laughed, "My personal fav is "Harder!! Harder!! Oh Jordy!! Yes! Yes!!

Yessssssssssssss !!"

Markie and Jerry watched the back of Jordan's neck grow rosy red. "Once," Jerry teased, "Mrs. McCafferty's little dog could hear through the walls and when I went to get the mail, he started humping my leg. I lurked in terror from Mrs. McCafferty herself for days."

A middle finger shot up from the driver's seat. "Cram it, Jer."

Jerry sighed. "If wishes were horses..........," and looked moonily over at Markie.

"As if," she shot her tongue out.

"Ewwwww, Jer. First dogs, now horses????" Danny giggled.

"Good one, Dan," Jordan laughed.

The room was standard "2 beds to sleep in and a shower with hot water". Nothing special for 49 bucks. Throwing their gear on the beds, kicking off their trainers, pulling off jeans, swim suits underneath, they all 4 toed into flipflops and grabbed lotion, headphones, towels and body boards and headed for the beach.