#jxe

BTW, Oliver is absolutely one of the girls. Also, I want to do more stories with him so plz suggest any ideas if you have any.

Also, I realize now that I should probably put emeto warnings at the beginnings of my stories, so. . .

!emeto warning!

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It was a girls’ day (plus Oliver). No Isaac or Keiko. They all decided to enjoy their Saturday at the mall together. All of them were having a blast. Except for Jordan.

The Chick-fil-a in front of Jordan would’ve looked appetizing to her on any other day, but today was just not that day.

She stared at her nuggets with a frown as she nibbled on a waffle fry. She wasn’t hungry at all, which was shocking since Jordan was always hungry.

In the mall food court, there were so many different smells making Jordan’s stomach turn and her head spin.

Suddenly, a hand took one of her fries and she looked up at her girlfriend. Eliana smiled and ate the fry. Jordan smiled weakly back and looked back down again, making Eliana frown. Normally, Jordan would’ve said ‘hey!’ and taken one of Eliana’s chips from Subway. Saying nothing was widely out of character for her.

“Hey, babe,” Eliana said, making Jordan look back up at her. “You feeling okay?”

Jordan smiled tiredly again and nodded. Eliana wasn’t convinced.

But just as Eliana was about to say something else, Oliver and Amberlynn came to the table.

“Jeez, the line for the pizza place is long,” Amberlynn sighed, sitting and setting a tray with three giant slices of pizza in front of her. Amberlynn, all of them were convinced, was some kind of mystical being that had a magical void in her stomach that never filled. She ate like her life depended on it, but she never gained weight!

Oliver sat down, too, but he just had one slice of pizza and a little chocolate chip cookie. “Where’s Spirit and Birdie?” he asked.

“Chinese food line,” Eliana said. “There’s a long line there, too.”

It was a busy day at the mall. So many people everywhere, and the building’s poor AC made a hot, sticky feeling spread over Jordan’s skin. She felt so gross.

Her girlfriend and friends chatted, but Jordan (who usually talked the most) stayed silent.

Eliana was getting more and more worried about Jordan by the second. Oliver and Amberlynn started to notice Jordan’s strange behavior too but didn’t say anything.

When Spirit and Birdie arrived, it wasn’t long before Spirit noticed something off about Jordan, too. And if Birdie noticed also, she said nothing and didn’t show it.

When they all were done eating, they resumed shopping. Eliana, Amberlynn and Birdie all had a lot of bags already. Oliver had two, Spirit was wearing the too-big jean jacket she bought, and Jordan had nothing, much to all of their shock since Jordan was a shopping queen.

Spirit groaned and whined as Birdie dragged her to a ceramic store for the third time that day, and Amberlynn walked off to Hot Topic on her own. Suddenly, it was only Jordan, Eliana and Oliver.

Jordan was walking with her hand in Eliana’s while her girlfriend and Oliver chatted. Her mind drifted off, and suddenly she was only focused on the noise around her and the churning in her stomach. In the back of her throat, she could taste the tiny bit of her fries and nuggets she ate.

Suddenly, Eliana said something to her, and she looked up, coming back to reality. “Hm?” Jordan hadn’t even realized that the three of them had stopped walking.

“I asked if you’re feeling okay,” Eliana said, a worried frown on. Oliver had on a similar look behind her. “You’re so quiet and you look greyish.”

Swallowing the water flooding her mouth, Jordan shrugged. “I’m fine,” she mumbled. “Just a little dizzy, that’s all.”

Eliana’s frown deepened. “You wanna sit?”

“I have Tylenol if you want some,” Oliver offered, taking a small container of pills out of his pocket.

Jordan shook her head. That was a mistake, because the room was getting warmer by the second and her head was already spinning, and suddenly Jordan felt like she was tilting and tilting and tipping forward and. . .

She doubled over and sick splatted all over her shoes, Eliana’s shoes, and the ground. Eliana stepped back a bit, startled, but didn’t let go of Jordan’s hand. Then she moved forward, cupping her girlfriends forehead. “Shit. . you’re okay, babe. Just get it up.” Beneath Eliana’s hand, Jordan’s skin was burning.

Each retch was painful. Jordan’s stomach felt like it was on fire and the sticky feeling got worse as sweat drenched her.

She could hear Eliana and Oliver saying something. Then she heard Oliver leave.

Jordan was feeling too horrible to be embarrassed by all of the people watching the scene. When her legs gave out, she was caught not only by her girlfriend, but also by a set of firmer, slightly larger hands.

“Holy shit,” she heard Spirit say.

“Amber,” Eliana said, her voice shockingly calm, “get my keys out of my pocket and bring my car up front.”

Jordan heard a jingle of keys and the sound of footsteps running away. Birdie and Oliver stood behind Jordan, watching as she trembled with every breath.

“Jor?” Oliver said. “You good.”

She vomited in response.

Spirit shot a deadpan look at him. “Does that answer your question?”

Oliver blushed a bit, embarrassed. “Yeah, that was a pretty dumb question.”

After a few minutes, Jordan spat into her puddle of sick and mumbled, “‘mmmm done.”

Eliana cooed her as she and Spirit helped her up. As they walked off, Birdie got a look at the sick puddle and gagged. Oliver sighed and covered her eyes with his hand and guided her past the puddle, following the others. He felt bad for whoever was gonna have to clean up that mess.

Amberlynn had brought Eliana’s car to the front of the mall and was leaning against it, waiting. She opened the passenger door and Eliana helped Jordan inside.

Eliana shut the door and looked at her friends. “You all should keep shopping. Enjoy your Saturday—I’ll take her home.”

Spirit raised a skeptical brow. “You sure?”

Eliana nodded. After a bit of protesting from her friends, they finally agreed to keep enjoying their Saturday after she promised she’d text them later and assured them that she’d call Keiko if she needed help.

Once the others had gone inside, Eliana got into the driver seat and looked at Jordan who had her eyes closed and was hunched over in her seat, clutching her aching stomach.

“Oh, babe,” Eliana cooed. “What’s hurting? Just your stomach?”

Jordan shook her head. “My head,” she said in a small voice. Tears were forming between her closed eyes. “I really don’t feel good.”

Eliana rubbed her back softly as she pulled out of the mall parking lot. “I know, babe. I promise, we’ll be home soon. You have a fever, which is probably why your head is hurting."

The drive felt too long, but Jordan thankfully didn’t throw up until the car was parked and she could puke out the door while Eliana held her hair. After a few minutes of puking and dry heaving, they managed to get inside and up to the top floor where Jordan lived. Jordan was so tempted to just flop on the couch, but Eliana brought her to the bathroom and positioned her in front of a toilet. Jordan’s hair was soon tied up in a scrunchy, and she felt so good to have it off of her sweaty neck.

“I’m gonna run a cool bath for you and get you some meds. Okay?” Eliana asked. Jordan just nodded, and Eliana stood, turning on the water in Jordan’s luxury triangular bathtub and leaving the bathroom to grab some medicine and a bucket.

When she came back, there was more puke in the toilet, and Eliana was genuinely shocked that her girlfriend had anything left in her.

Eliana helped Jordan undress and get in the bath. She hissed at the cold, but eventually relaxed and shut her eyes.

Eliana went back to the bedroom to make the bed and get some clothes for Jordan. When she got back to the bathroom, her sick girlfriend was asleep. She woke her up and wet her hands with the water, rubbing them on Jordan’s feverish face. She had Jordan take the meds and drink some water. She was glad when her girlfriend managed to keep it down.

Several minutes later, she got Jordan out of the bath, dried her, and got her in the soft PJs. “C’mon,” she said to the taller girl. “You need some sleep.”

Jordan literally face-planted onto the soft bed. Eliana joined her, sitting with her back against the headboard, and Jordan moved, placing her head on Eliana’s lap. Eliana smiled, stroking loose strands of coal-black hair away from Jordan’s face.

Eliana scrolled on her phone for a while before she got a text from Amberlynn asking, ‘Hey, how’s Jor? Is she okay?’

Eliana smiled and texted all of the girls (and Oliver) that Jordan was fine now. Suddenly, the sick girl made a sleepy sound and moved, blinking a bit.

“Hey,” Eliana said softly. “You okay?”

Jordan smiled too, closing her eyes again and snuggling closer to Eliana, burying her face in her stomach. “I love you,” she sighed sleepily.

Short Vid made for Kino Sydney. Shot in the MLC Building in Martin Pl. We were given access for 4 hours one Saturday. The space is amazing! It has had next to no refurbishments since the 1970's so has retained this super retro look.

The building is circular, so the guys did a cool shot where we mounted a camera on a wheelchair and shot a sequence all in slow mo. 

Dir: Jxe Gan