Dustin has agreed to meet Jordan at Partners. Is this a mistake, or the beginning of something? Find out in this week's episode of The Sheriff. Don't forget to visit the other Briefers and see what they've been up to! Their links follow my tale! Enjoy!
Jordan took Dustin’s free hand in his own. Dustin was surprised at how soft and warm it
felt. Inviting. “C’mon,” Jordan beckoned.
Not waiting for a response, he pulled Dustin along behind him as they wound
their way between the packed tables. Dustin held his beer carefully, so it
wouldn’t slosh out of the glass and hit some unsuspecting soul. This place was
wall-to-wall people. He was beginning to
think they wouldn’t find anywhere to sit when suddenly they stopped in front of
an empty table and Jordan waved him into one of the chairs.
“Voila!” Jordan said, sliding into the opposite seat. He set
his beer on the table, out of the way, and turned his attention to Dustin. His
blue eyes seemed to sparkle, even in the dim bar light. Dustin wasn’t sure if
it was amusement, or something else. Something a lot more serious. He wanted to
believe Jordan was interested in him, but he’d been wrong before, and he didn’t
want to get his hopes up just to have them dashed. He didn’t think his ego
could take it.
“Thanks for all your help today,” Jordan said. “With my
birthday presents.”
“My pleasure,” Dustin replied. “Did you get the games loaded
on your computer?” Jordan had bought quite a few new pc games from Dustin, all
new releases and expensive. Once he and his mother left the store, Kenny had
come out of hiding in the back room to check the sales receipt. Dustin was
gratified to see Kenny’s eyes bug out at the total of the sale. For once, he
had nothing snide to say. A compliment would have been nice, but Dustin hadn’t
expected that either.
“I did. Well, some of them.” He lifted his glass and took a
long drink. “No sense in rushing, you know? Sometimes I just like to take
things nice and slow.”
Dustin got the feeling Jordan wasn’t just talking about
video games.
“And sometimes I like to dive right in,” Jordan continued
smoothly. “Because sometimes slow doesn’t cut it. Not when there’s something
you want and it’s there right in front of you. You ever do that, Dustin? Jump
right in and take what you want?”
“Yeah,” Dustin admitted, his tongue outracing his brain.
Where was common sense when you needed it? “But it’s not always the best way to
go. I mean… you know…” Dammit, just where was he going with that sentence?
Jordan was so damn hot he was confusing Dustin all to hell.
It didn’t help that as he was stammering, Jordan was
hitching his chair closer…and closer…
Jordan slid his arm across the back of Dustin’s chair and
leaned in to him. Dustin could feel Jordan’s warm breath against his ear.
“Sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith, you know? Fall off that cliff
and embrace whatever’s waiting for you there.”
Dustin’s breath hitched. Jordan’s scent filled his nostrils,
clouding his brain. Damn, he needed to slow down before he found himself in one
of Partners’ back rooms, flat on his back. Would that be such a bad thing his
second brain wanted to know. Thank God the lights were so dim
that no one would notice how hard he was unless they touched him.
“You know something, Dusty? Mind if I call you Dusty?”
Dustin mumbled something he wasn’t sure was actually
intelligible, but Jordan never skipped a beat.
“I think this could be the start of something special.”
Dustin wasn’t sure how to respond to that. When had he
become shy? But he was saved from making an immediate reply when Jordan swooped
in and claimed his lips, and Dustin’s mind went blank.
to be continued
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Gosh, I didn't realize how long I'd been away. What a lovely story so far. Jordan seems a little forward but he'd definitely moving in the right direction. Nice one
ReplyDeleteAw, thanks, Nephy! Glad you like it :)
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