Move-In Day
Before anything was moved in Jesse had to take one look at the house that he was going to live in for the rest of his life with the man he loved. Ok, so he was moving into the first house with the man he loved, because you can't deny the oncoming train of change. He took a few minutes to look around and view the house empty, letting the image soak in and the realization that this house was his. There was a small tingle in the back of his throat but was swallowed when there was a "honey" call from the front yard. When he reached for the door knob, there was a small fear of what was going to happen next, he was afraid to open the door to this new chapter in his life. He smiled, then........open.
He was suprised to see the movers were there with overly huge smiles on there faces. They almost looked more excited to move them in than he did. He gave the big thumbs up and they began to move with such quickness it almost made him dizzy.
"Look Babe, I know that you feel a little nervous, but I have to tell you that I cannot wait to start making some gooood memories in this house with you. I mean, it's so exciting! Our first house!"
That did make Jesse feel a little better that Danny didn't see them at this house for the next fifty years.
"Danny. Okay, now that they have started, I am putting my trust in you to remember what we discussed about furniture. I gotta go to work before I am late for breakfast with Rae. I love you."
Kiss, "I love you too. I'll see you in a few hours."
He always gotta kick out of how Danny remembered their shopping after eating. As he got into the car, Jesse started thinking about his dream last night. The things he saw seemed like something out of Mortal Kombat game. He tried to be his own therapist to see if there was anything he could link anything in the dream to the fear of moving in with Danny and though there might have been a few things the dream just seemed pointless. He always tried to write them down as soon as he woke up but there was something that kept him from doing that today.
Jess's stomach was growling loudly this morning. Now, he did have days he just woke up hungry and today was no exception. It wasn't that he was late on breakfast but he had woke up early to get some last minute items from his apartment. Leaving that place wasn't so hard. He and his landlord were not too fond of each other. The location was great, the price was very reasonable, and the landlord had said that he was one of the best tenants he has had for years. It was everything else that seemed to get in the way. Their political views, their views on certain adjustments with the building, and less he forget, the fact that Jess was a same sex kind of guy. Anyway, that was all over and he now had something to look forward to in his new place.
He was thinking about the movers and if they were being careful with his glass boxes when his phone rang. It was so loud it nearly made him swerve into the next lane. It was his mother. He was hesitant to answer but picked up before it went to voicemail. Like always, she began with simple conversation but went on about the new gossip of everyone else's life, the fights she got into with her husband, and the problems she had with his sister Nina who was in the rebellious stage in her teen life. Jess learned to pay attention to what she said and drown her voice out at the same time. He had grown tired the pointless phone calls about how bad she had it. It wasn't that he didn't care, but at the same time, it wasn't like he could do much about it. He couldn't take care of someone who doesn't want to take care of themselves anymore. He had put up with a lot of bullshit with her in the past and he was fed up with it now.
He let her go as he pulled up to the restaurant and there was that mouth-watering smell of the Santiago's breakfast cooking up. Rae pulled up at the same time he did and he noticed that she was dressed a little down than she usually does for their weekly breakfast.
"Damn, if I would have known this was a pajama breakfast, I would have worn my scoobie doo boxers. What's wrong? You look a little like hell."
"Gee, thanks. Christopher happened. He woke me up at four this morning to let me know he puked in his bed after he ate something that looked like a bunch of tic tac's. I was freaking out, thinking it was some rat poison I had set out and took him to the emergency room. I started calling John all crazy because he wouldn't answer his phone. After like fifteen minutes he finally picked up. After I spit out what happened he hung up and sped to the hospital." She rubbed her head like the memory hurt.
"After like an hour and half of waiting, they came out and told me he was fine. What he though were tic-tac's were in fact tic-tacs, he is allergic to them. I took him home and tried to go back to sleep but I couldn't" She seemed like the words were agony to come out."
After getting out the morning events, they sat down and ordered. Everytime they looked at the meny they want to get something different, but everytime they just spit out their usual order, it's like clockwork. Jess wanted to let Rae know about his dream but for awhile kept it to himself. After a half hour of adjusting in his seat, he finally got the nerve to spill his beans about it. He started to describe it and as he did Rae noticed that he was shaking a little bit, like he was scared to talk about it. It wasn't like it was a nightmare, in fact, he doesn't remember even feeling scared in the dream, or when he woke up. Yet, it seemed chilling for him to talk about it out loud. Like it was almost too much for him to handle.
After they finished breakfast, Rae thought it best she go home and try to get some sleep. They said their goodbye's for the week and went to the duties for the day. The rest of the week seemed to drag a little bit after that and Jess wasn't up for working on the house. Danny helped that Sunday with thngs but went to work that Monday. Jess stayed home to work on unpacking and re-arranging some of the furniture until it felt just right. Finally, after two weeks it began to feel like home.Danny worked till six most days after that they spent most of the nights making fun memories for their new home. Another Friday night rolled around, and with everything done for now, both of them just wanted to sleep.
"Focus O. Remember, if you can put fear into your enemy's eyes, they are yours for the killing after."
That was all he remembered from his dream that night. He woke up sweaty and tired. He never thought that a dream would take that much out of him but it did. He looked at the clock to see if he overslept but he hadn't, actually he still had an hour to sneak if he wanted. The phone rang, it was Rae. She called to ask him to meet her a little earlier, she had something she wanted to tell him. He hung up the phone and hopped into the shower to geat ready to meet her. After he got out he expected to see Danny up but he was still asleep, which was odd because he usually woke up long before Jess would. When he tried to wake him, he just grunted and turned his head. Jess figured he might be tired from moving so he finished getting ready and headed out.
As he drove up to Santi's, he inhaled the incredible smell coming the restaurant. He was almost to the door when he heard Rae call for him across the street. She parked in lot across from the restaurant because the front parking was all full. He started walking toward her to meet her waving hand when he noticed a man standing beside her waving also. Jesse wasn't sure what was going on but started crossing the street anyway. Who knew two steps off a curb would change your life.
What happened next was sort of hard to intake when Jesse ran through it in his head. Rae's expression went from extreme eagerness to total fear. He wasn't sure what made him turn around but when he did, was staring at the gun that was pointing right for his head. Even though he froze up from shock he could still hear the cars coming toward him.
It just seemed like he blinked and the man who was about to shoot him was now lying on the ground behind the cars that nearly killed him. Jesse rushed to see if the man was ok but The he wasn't even breathing. Th man that seemed like he wanted to take Jesse's like was now dead himself.
