"Take out? I made the wings and things." Jordan opened the oven where the platter of 200 wings were keeping warm. The presentaion was everything. It looked as good or better than any resturant she had ever seen.

"You made these?"
"Sure..." Jordan smiled at the group.
"How?"
"Texas Pete and butter!"
"Ok then..." Lance smiled to the others wondering how they were going to taste.

They all seemed to gawk over it as she pulled the cucumbers and celery out of the fridge. Ramikins waited for dressing to be served at the table. Carrying the trays into the dinning room she passed out serving tools.

Lance waited for her to act like she was going to sit down before pulling out her chair. The dinner guest passing the dishes back and forth gave the room a homey scene. Reaching for the bowl of celery from Kera with her sore arm the girls fumbled the pass. The glass hit the table with a bang. Stopping conversation between the guys they waited for an explaination.

"Sorry I didn't have it yet..." Jordan quickly covered.
"My bad, at least we did not spill it." The rest of the dinner went smoothly.
"This is great." Steven said washing it down with his drink.
"Yeah" Lance and Kera agreed.
"Were ya'll worried?" Jordan asked surprised to hear all the compliments.

Kera and Jordan giggled to present the jackets to the guys. Holding them up with pride the girls begged for them to be worn.
Lance laughed looking at Steven. The great boyfriends they were, indeed put them on for approval. After the girls had their fill they were allowed to take them off.


Clearing the table Jordan fussed to run her "Guests" out of the room. She directed Kera and Steven to the living room to cue the movie. Putting the food in the refridgerator she quickly loaded the dish washer. Washing her hands after she did not hear Lance behind her.

He slid his arms around her from the back. She jumped a little thinking she was alone.
"Kitty..." He let his voice drop in her ear. The deep tones made her melt. With only enough room in his embrace for her to turn around she did slowly.
"Bird..." Jordan said just above a whisper.
"Long day?"
"The understatement of the year." She put her arms around is neck. He put his forehead to hers and closed his eyes. Taking all of her in was more than he could bear.

Starting to kiss she smiled on his cheek to feel him pulling her closer and closer. For a moment he leaned back and pulled her arms down. She tried not to let the pain in her arm be seen on her face. Lifting her to sit on the counter he stood between her legs. Jordan scooted to the edge and started kissing him. He held her tight and rubbed her back. Passion running wild she tugged on the back of his head. Lance got into it and took more and more of her into his mouth moving down to her collerbone and shoulders.

She kissed his neck and even bit it. He threw his head back and yanked her arms pulling her to him for a kiss. Tears came to her eyes and she screamed in his mouth. Snatching her arm free she opened her to see his reaction.

He stumbled back catching s breath from all that had just happened. Confusion cover his face and he paced around the kitchen for a second.

"What's wrong with you?"
"I'm sorry..." Jordan unwrinkled her jeans and hopped down off the counter. She wiped her face and tried to approach Lance. Which prove to be a mistake. About the time he grabbed her arm Kera returned with Steve behind her.

"What's up guys? Are ya'll coming or what?" Lance held the arm and riped the sleeve open. "What are you doing?" Kera demanded to see the unknown side of Lance. Not answering her he tore the shirt until he found what he was looking for.

There in front of everyone the bruise marks were in full view.
"Tell me what the hell is going on!" Lance yelled in the room.
"When? How? That was not there this morning" Kera took a step closer to see.
"Jordan who did this to you?" Steven pacing the room with anger. She shook her head and tried to pull away from the group. Sucessful she examined the shirt and rolled her eyes.

"It's ok, I didn't like this one anyways." No one laughed or appreaticated her humor. She pushed her way out and headed to her bedroom. Kera at he heels Lance looked to Steven.

His brown hair cut short seemed to match his face in his braced stance.
"What do you think happened?" Steven spoke feeling his eyes on him.
"I know what happened."
"Huh? How do you know?" Steven asked following a leaving Lance out of the room.
"There are only a handful of reasons she doesn't want to tell me about things."
"And?"
"Only one of those reasons include an ex-boyfriend."

"Jordan what the hell is going on?" Kera asked repeatedly. Jordan pulled on a white tee shirt and ignored the question. Kera backed her into a corner and made eye contact.

"Where did Lucas find you?" Jordan never expressed an emotion as she answered.
"The store, Vic was with me and Ashley was less than ten feet away. I told him to leaveme alone and he tried to make me change my mind."


She brushed by her and went into the hall running into Lance and Steven.
"Are you coming with me?" Lance asked her sternly.
"NO! No one is going anywhere!" Jordan pulled on his hand leading the crowd to the living room.
"I hope you don't think I'm going to sit here and watch a movie while that bastard is out some where free."
"Sit down!" Jordan instructed pushing him back a bit. Stepping back but not landing he stood ridged.

"I'm not playing Jordan!" Lance was getting to his breaking point.
"So what are you going to do Lance? Go over there and hit him?"
"If you would stop protecting him..."
"I'm not protecting him! I'm protecting you..." The room stopped and stared at her.

"You honestly think..."
"No! Look Keith will be here in the morning and then we will handle it the right way... The legal way! That is all we can do!"
"It's not all we can do..."
"If you go over there then you are in the wrong! You will get arrested! You will be the one in trouble!"

"AND HE WILL BE THE ONE IN THE FUCKING HOSPITAL!!!" Lance screamed into the house. Jordan's eyes filled with tears and she shook her head in disgust. Kera pulled Steven to the side and he held her until the moment passed.

"Go ahead and go! When you get locked up don't call me!" Jordan ran back to her room and slammed the door. Lance looked at the remaning couple.

"Steve."
"I'm with you..." He took a step closer to him.
"No," Kera whispered to him holding on to his arm.
"It will be ok baby, we will be right back." He told her with a kiss on her nose.

She ran to Jordan's room as they headed to the garage.
"Damn it Jordan, he's taking Steve with him." The sound of the lock clicking opened the door. She came out of the door running.
Making it to the door the girls went outside. The car was pulling out of the driveway,

Jordan jumped on the hood making him stop.
Lance got out and grabbed her off the car.
"What are you doing?" he questioned to see her acting this way.
"Baby what are you doing?" She said making a point.

 "Huh?"
"Please forget this and stay here with me..." She was almost shaking in the cold night air. He put his arm around. He stopped for the first time to think about what he was doing.

"I can't let it go Jordan. I can't not protect you..."
"I can't let you go and make things worse... I can't not protect you." She looked up at him with big eyes.

Kera was pulling Steve out of the car. Scolding him quietly walking over to the group.
"Joe, we're going to go. Will you guys be ok?"
"Yeah, Kera..." She hugged her bye. "I'll call you tomorrow."
"Thanks for dinner girl, LB you know where I am." Steven said his goodbyes. They got back into the car and drove away.

"Keith will be here in the morning, you can stay and talk to him if you want."
"Ok, but how is your lawyer brother-in-law going to help me tonight?" Lance said a bit aggravated.
"Well for that you can just stay..." She tried to smile and tugged him back into the house.

Locking the door and cutting the lights, Jordan led him to her bedroom. Once they helped each other undress she pushed him onto the bed. Laughing a bit he tried to forget everything that had happened.

"What are you doing?" He asked her as she strattled him.
"All I could think about today was having you here, just like this... So now your mine"
"Your mine!" Lance rolled her onto her back covering her body in kisses.

That night they seemed to take out all of friday's aggressions on one other.


"What a day" she mumbled as the sunlight came in to the room. Lance sqeezed her one more time before drifting off to sleep.