A/N: So I'm in love with this story. And it seems like you guys are too! Not even up 24 hours and I already have 4 reviews! There's a picture on my flickr (link on my profile) to a layout of Jordan's apartment. Anyway, on with the story!
I woke to an annoying buzzing sound. "What the hell is that?" Jordan groaned.
"Uh, it's my phone." I scrambled over Jordan to get my phone from the bedside table.
"What?" I answered.
"Hey, sorry did I wake you?" Lara said.
"Yeah, what time is it?"
"Umm, 10am."
"Ah, well, probably would've slept all day if you hadn't have woken me up."
"Anyway, we're coming over, to see how you and Jordan are doing,"
"We're?" I asked, furrowing my eyebrows.
"Me, Dean, Chase, Vince and Michelle. I'm going to swing by and pick you up and then go over to Jordan's, and Chase and Dean are grabbing something for lunch."
"Oh, um, I slept at Jordan's last night. You know, after everything that happened I didn't want to be alone."
"Fair enough. Can you ask Jordan if it's alright if we come over? We sort of haven't asked him yet."
"Yeah, ok, back in a sec." I said, moving the phone away from my ear.
"Hey Jordan, the guys from work want to come over and see how we're doing, is that cool with you?"
"Yeah, yeah, that's cool, I'm gonna go get dressed."
I moved the phone back to my ear. "Yeah it's cool with him. Hey, can you swing by my place on the way and pick up some clothes? It was unplanned, my little sleepover."
"What did you sleep in then?" Lara asked.
"Pair of Jordan's trackie's and one of his old shirts."
"Anything in particular you want grabbing from yours?"
"Just grab a bag and throw in some pants, shirts and underwear, and a pair of PJ's please. I'll probably be staying at Jordan's for a couple more nights. Just knock and they'll let you in, and you know where everything is." I instructed.
"Ok, well, we'll be round at about 11:30, and I'll come a little earlier with your stuff, maybe ten or so minutes."
"See you then, and thank you so much."
"See you." Lara hung up and I headed for the kitchen, where I could hear Jordan making noise.
"They'll be here at 11:30, and Lara a bit before with my stuff." I sat myself on the counter as Jordan brought me a cup of coffee.
"Your stuff?" He said, smiling.
"Yeah, you saw me last night, I can't stay on my own."
Jordan put his cup of coffee down and walked over to me, putting his hands on my thighs. "Stay as long as you want. Just as long as you're not having nightmare's every time you shut your eyes."
I slid down off the counter and hugged Jordan. "Thank you. But how are you doing? I so freaked out last night I didn't even ask."
Jordan pulled out of the hug, and held both of my hands. "I'm not doing so well. I'm shaken up, I can't sleep on my own, I'm just… not doing so well."
"Did you sleep at all last night? I can call Lara and tell them not to come. You can go back to bed, try and get some sleep."
"No, no, I did sleep last night, when I was with you."
"Hey, seems like we both can't sleep without the other, looks like I'm not leaving for a while."
Jordan pulled me in for a kiss, a soft tender kiss. "Thank you."
"No problem." I said, leaning in for another kiss. "I'm going to have some toast, what do you want?"
"Here, I'll make it, I already put a couple of pieces in for me. Peanut butter?"
"Yes please," I kissed him again and headed to the bathroom.
We sat and ate our toast, passing the time with playful banter, stealing kisses every so often. We cleaned up still bantering, and curled up on the lounge, TV playing music, until Lara arrived with my clothes.
"Hey, thank you so much Lara, I'm just going to go have a shower and change." I grabbed my bag and headed to the bathroom, dressing in a pair of jeans and a loose green tee-shirt. I pulled my hair up into a loose bun and dumped my bag in the bedroom, and headed out to the lounge room.
Michelle and Vince were sat on the lounge, and Lara on the floor. I said hello and headed to the kitchen to find Jordan, who was making a round of coffee.
"I made one for you. I know how much coffee you drink." He said, smiling at me while pouring the boiling water into the cups.
"Thanks," I said, grabbing the milk out of the fridge, and the sugar from the counter, and placing them on the coffee table in the lounge room. I walked back into the kitchen to see Jordan massaging his forehead. "Hey, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." He said, dropping his hands down instantly.
"It's not nothing. You're worrying me. If something's wrong with you, then take something for it, and go lie down."
"Nah, I've just got a bit of a headache, that's all."
"It'd better be. If I find out you're lying to me I will hit you. Understand?"
"Yes ma'am." I turned around to grab 2 of the coffee's, when Jordan grabbed my arm and twirled me back around, planting a series of soft passionate kisses on my lips. I looked up at him, confused as to his motives. "I won't be able to for however long they'll be here." He pointed to the lounge room. "Come on," Jordan grabbed two of the coffee's and I grabbed the other two, and came back to collect Michelle's cup of tea once I had emptied my hands.
Jordan sat in the arm chair, and I lent up against his legs, in my normal position when we were all at Jordan's. We sat around talking until Dean and Chase showed up with 3 barbecue chickens, all three of which would be needed if our eating habits were anything to go by.
Sure enough we demolished 2 of them, and made a reasonable start on the 3rd chicken before everyone was full. Michelle hadn't been able to give everyone the day off, but an extended lunch break wasn't out of the question, especially when it was supervised. We sat around talking about everything except what had happened yesterday, and Lara and I grabbed the plates and headed into the kitchen to wash them up.
"So what happened last night?" Lara asked me.
"What do you mean?"
"I want to know everything that happened, from who asked who to sleep over, to right before I came this morning." Lara smirked at me and I knew there was no way of getting out of this one.
"Well, I asked him if I could sleep, but he said he was going to ask me anyway, and after what happened neither of us wanted to be alone. Umm, we stopped in for burgers on the way home, came home and ate those. Watched some TV, till we went to sleep at 10. I woke up at one and heard him awake in the lounge room, and we watched a bit of Mars Attacks, then went back to sleep till you rang this morning." Jordan and I had discussed earlier what we would say if anyone asked us about last night. We would say everything truthfully, but just leave out the kissing and such, and not mention we ended up sleeping in the same bed.
"That's not all that happened. You're not telling me something, I can see it in your face."
I glared at Lara. "If you must know, I had a nightmare last night, and Jordan woke me up and calmed me back down.""Sorry, hon. I hope you're feeling better soon, life isn't the same being the only girl in our team."
"I'm off for a week!"
"Still… nah, you take all the time you need. We need our Heidi back." Lara put the last of the now-clean dishes away and gave me a hug. We re-entered the lounge room to see everyone gathering their stuff.
"I'm sorry Heidi, but we got a call to a rescue, and we've got to go. Believe me, we'd stick around all day if we could." Dean said, hugging me and clapping Jordan on the shoulder. Chase followed Dean's lead, and Michelle and Lara hugged both of us.
"Get better soon, both of you." Vince said, shaking hands with Jordan and hugging me.
"We're doing the best we can." Jordan called. "See you." I waved as everyone left Jordan's flat.
As soon as the door was closed, Jordan reached around in front of me and circled his arms around my waist. "I know I said I was up to having people around, but now I'm thinking I wasn't."
"Still got the headache?" I said, leaning my head back.
"Yeah, among other things." Jordan let his head fall onto my shoulder.
"Other things?"
"I'm heaps tired, and I've got a knot in my back." He said into my neck.
"Where is it?" I said, turning Jordan around.
"Little bit lower, and the other side," Jordan groaned when I found the right spot, and proceeded to moan and groan as I massaged the knot out. "Thanks for that." He said, smiling as though he was stoned.
"Come on, let's get you to bed. I'm coming too, I'm knackered." I pulled Jordan into the bedroom, and grabbed my pajamas and headed into the bathroom to change. When I got back, Jordan was already lying in bed, eyes shut. I climbed in next to him, and felt Jordan move closer to me, wrapping his arms around my waist. I heard the change in Jordan's breathing, indicating he had fallen asleep, minutes before I succumbed to my tiredness.
I woke up some 2 hours later, and Jordan was still fast asleep. I slipped out of bed and headed to the bathroom, deciding on washing my hair. When I came out of the water, it was 4:30pm. I turned on the television and watched the early news, until I heard something coming from the bedroom. I walked up the hallway.
"Jordan?" I called, but Jordan didn't answer. The noise was still persisting. It sounded like whimpering, with pleading thrown in every so often. I heard my name, so I opened the door.
What I saw broke me. Jordan was still asleep, but rolling around, covers thrown off, tears sliding down his face. He was saying "No, Heidi. Don't go, don't leave me here. Don't leave me alone. Don't die on me. Please, no. No!"
"Jordan! Jordan! Wake up!" I said, shaking him. He sat upright, with a look of pure horror on his face. "It's ok, I'm here. I'm not leaving you." I said, taking him into my arms and sitting up against the bedhead.
Jordan leant down and put his head in my lap after a while, and fell asleep. I sat, reading a book and playing Sudoku on my phone until he woke, and heated up the chicken while Jordan washed his face.
We curled up on the lounge, and watched some episodes of NCIS, a favourite show of ours, until we grew tired again and headed to bed, sleeping intertwined.
A/N: Second chap, done and dusted! I reckon same amount of reviews (4) and I'll post again tomorrow. Think we can do that? Thank you guys so much for reading and reviewing! Xxy Elena
