First thing he added to the list was some way to call for help.He wasn’t sure what that would look like, whether it needed to be some kind of device or maybe something voice activated.He would leave that to Hawkeye and Pike to work out.That was all he could think of, but he would leave the list here and he and Jordon could both add to it.
“Morning,” Jordon said as she shuffled into the room, her hair a mess.She’d found her pajamas and put them back on, much to Spider’s disappointment.“Oh, good.Coffee.You’re a saint.”She opened cabinets until she found one with a couple of mugs inside, then pulled one down and filled it.Then she looked back and forth from the pot to her cup for a moment before turning to him.“You don’t have any yet?”
“It just finished.”
Without a word she pulled down another cup and filled it, then carried them both to the table.
“What’s this?”she asked after setting one cup in front of him.
“A list of things the house needs.”
“Why do you need a way to call for help?What made you think of that?”
“When you passed out last night, I wanted to call Freud to check on you, but I couldn’t get to my phone.I’d left it in the front room.”
“I was fine.”
“I know.But what if you hadn’t been?What if I fell and couldn’t get up on my own?I need some way to call for help.”
She nodded, then picked up the pen and added something.
“What’s that?”
“Texture of some kind on the ramps.They’re okay now but if there’s any kind of ice you’ll fall.”She sipped from her mug, blowing across the surface then sipping again.“What’s the plan for today?”
“Don’t really have one.There’s no food here, so when you’re ready, we can head up to the clubhouse.If there’s not food ready, someone will make whatever we want.”
“There’s a cook?I thought a couple of the old ladies did the cooking.”
“They do most of it, but if it’s between their meals we can get one of the prospects to make some thing for us.”
Jordon frowned.“You use the prospects like indentured servants.”
“Yeah, we kind of do,” he said with a halfhearted shrug.“But they signed on for it and they’re welcome to leave any time.And it’s only for a year or so, then they’re either patched in or cut loose.”
Jordon frowned.He didn’t expect her to get it.It wasn’t something she’d been around before, but he had no doubt she’d catch on quickly.And if last night had been any indicator, she would fit in here just fine.
“I’m going to grab my stuff from your bathroom and take it into the other one to get dressed.That will let you take care of whatever you need to.”She leaned over and gave him a kiss, just a quick peck but it was something.
“No rush, wildcat.I do need to piss but I’m in no hurry for you to hide all this.”He smoothed one hand along her thigh and down to her knee.
“You’ll get to see it again, but I’ll feel better with a little more on, especially a bra, before I face all your friends for breakfast.”
“Brothers.They’re my brothers, wildcat, not my friends.”
She frowned at him for a second, then shook her head as if to clear it.“Then your brothers.I still want to be more covered before we go up there.”
“All right.I’ll go take care of my things while you get ready.”He watched as she carried her coffee out of the room.He could get used to having her around, really easily.
