Just Hit 'Send' By Grasshopper

Just Hit 'Send' - The College Years by Grasshopper Ch. 11

Jordan hit the door of the apartment at a run and out of breath. Slinging it open, he slid to a halt. Markie sat in the rocker, Josh cuddled in her lap. Jerry was helping Missy in the kitchen as Easy kept grabbing bits of everything off a platter. They were all laughing and chattering, full of the happys of the day.

"Hi Jordan," Markie smiled brightly. "Have fun at dinner?"

"Where...............?"

"Jord, my man. You jog back from the restaurant?"

"Where.................?"

"Hi Jordy. We're just about to eat. Got any room left for............."

"WHERE" Jordan freaked, "IS DAN????????"

"Oh........Danny? Hmmmmm? Where did we.............?"

"He was around here somewhere."

"This is so NOT funny," Jordan's face was turning into a dangerous thundercloud.

"Whoaaaaa ! Someone's got a bad case of the hard-on blues," Jerry laughed.

"You want to see Danny?" Easy teased.

"Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Okay. Okay," Markie giggled. "Missy."

Missy pulled her keys out of her purse. "Here's Danny. Go before you bust."

Jordan saw their apartment key dangling from her keys. He grinned, "I'm outta here."

"I swear he jumped all the way down the stairs," Missy laughed. Then, they heard the sounds of his feet as he tore back up the stairs.

"What?"

Saying nothing, he sprinted into the bedroom. They heard a drawer open and shut and Jordan, blushing, ran back out the door, slamming it behind him. Easy and Jerry started laughing first.

"What was that?" Missy asked as Markie realized and grinned.

"Our man, Jordan," Easy chuckled, "The original boy scout...always prepared."

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Jordan turned the key in the door and rushed in. "Dan?"

"Jordy." He was sitting in his wheelchair by the window, the night beginning to take away the last of the sunlight.

As fast as he run to get here; Jordan could hardly move. "I've wanted you here for so long, Dan." He couldn't even trust his voice as he choked on the words. "Do you know how hard it's been without you?"

Danny just smiled that crooked smile, tears coming from nowhere. "Yes."

"I remember another time just like this, you sitting by the window in your chair, remember Dan?"

"We'd been surfin. You told me I could do anything if you were with me. I remember."

"I was so shy. I wanted to touch you...kiss you so bad. But I was afraid."

"Afraid of what?"

"I don't remember anymore."

"Come here, Jordy."

Jordan crossed the room to kneel between Danny's knees. "Just like this, I asked if I could collect my kiss," he sighed.

"And I said 'Oh yes, please'."

"May I again?"

"Oh yes........please." Danny's arms reached out and Jordan flowed into them, his body so full it was like pressure building in a furnace; the heat, the flames. What had started years ago with an innocent kiss was what made his whole world today.