He calls Jordan

"Hey Jordan, it's Matt." He'd gotten Jordan's phone number from Tanya when his mom had dropped he and Karen at home after lunch.

"Yeah, Matt. I'm still at practice."

"I wonder if you could come by after you're done. I've got a little problem and I'd appreciate you helping me out with it."

"You find some girls for me to Cherry-smash with?"

"Did you want me to help you with that?"

"Hell, no. I was... pulling your leg. I don't need any help to get girls. 'Course a lot of them are worried Tanya will pull their eyes out if she sees me with them so that does cause some problems."

"I imagine. Anyway, can you come over? Or I could meet you wherever you say."

"Yeah, sure. I can come over. I wouldn't mind watching a session of your streaming."

"Great," Matt said with a sinking heart. He'd planned on having Tanya vanish for a bit but if Jordan stayed for the streaming, there was no way to prevent that contact.

An hour later, Jordan arrived. Tanya and Karen had decided to go shopping so Matt was alone... he just hoped that this wouldn't be the moment when Tanya's fears would be realized and Jordan would go off on a **** spree but if that was going to happen, he'd rather it be when he was alone.

"Hey Jordan, how's it going?"

"Since this morning? Not a lot of changes." Jordan stepped out of his car and walked up the stairs to Matt's apartment. "You live in this place. It's like a closet."

"Yeah, it's pretty pathetic. Do you want a glass of water or something?"

"Do you have beer?"

"Yeah, no. Both my parents have sort of drinking problems and--"

"No problem. I was just kidding. I'm in training anyway."

"Yeah, sure. So, listen, I don't know if you heard what happened with Dr. Conner."

"Huh?"

"Well, she's got a stick up her ass about the streaming. She suspended Karen and me but it's hard to imagine it will stop there."

"What?" He looked sick.

"That's what I said. I told her that if we were doing perfectly legal things, were eighteen or over, were not claiming school endorsement, and were not doing anything on school grounds or during school hours, it shouldn't be any of the school's business. Thanks to Dr. Dyle, though, she's got herself wound up and we got suspended anyway. It's just Karen and me so far but I'm worried that it'll spill over to the other actors... including the football team."

Jordan shook his head. "They'd never shut down the football team. I mean, we represent the school."

"Maybe she doesn't see it that way but the way it looks to me, there's no way she can suspend some of us and just let the others walk."

"I'm going to call my dad."

Which was part of the difference between them, Matt thought. If he called his dad and told him he was in trouble, his dad would think beating the shit out of him would be a good start. From the half of Jordan's conversation he heard, it didn't seem like Jordan's dad had the same concept of fatherhood.

"I know it's crazy," Jordan said. "But a lot of the football guys are involved and, frankly, more of them want in. It's decent money and hell, it's fun to... you know. You should check out the streams, I know you'd find them hotter than shit. So, why should we stop?"

"Okay, thanks."

Jordan hung up. "First he thought we should stop streaming which I told him was a non-starter. Then he said he'd give Conner a call and let her know that threatening the football team is not an option. He was quarterback back in his day and he swings a big dick when it comes to school board crap."

Well, that was a good start. Matt's dad had always said that once you got someone saying 'yes,' you were halfway there. Now, was there a way he could approach the bigger problem... how to keep Jordan from killing him once he learned Matt was sleeping with Tanya?