Birthday Girl

The next morning, Pike finds Cole hungover and expresses concern over his increased drinking. Cole stays silent, and Pike tells him that he wishes they had a better relationship. Cole asks Pike about Jordan. He is surprised to learn that Cole has not seen Jordan since the prior afternoon. Pike feels angry that Jordan has lied to him; he hates dishonesty in women. Pike goes over to Grounders and confronts Jordan. She tells him that her whereabouts are none of Pike’s concern. Pike accuses Jordan of cheating on Cole since she must have been out with another man last night. Jordan walks away, disgusted.

Jordan’s boss, Shel, witnesses exchange. She tells off Pike for scolding Jordan. Jordan slept on the pool table, unwilling to go home with Jay, the ex-boyfriend who used to hit her. Cole knows about Jordan’s history with Jay and still sent him to fetch her. Remorseful, Pike apologizes to Jordan. In tears, Jordan tells Pike that she will never let him treat her badly again and walks off. Pike realizes that Jordan has become someone important to him.

Jordan wants to move out of Pike’s house. She feels that she needs her own place where she can be in control of her life. She goes over to The Hook to meet Cam. Mick Chan, the owner of the club, spots her and tries to recruit her, as he always does when they meet. Jordan refuses and finds Cam. Later, she goes to her house. The next morning, Jordan takes Cam’s car to go to Pike’s house to get her things. When he sees her, Pike apologizes again and asks Jordan not to move out. To make amends, he has dug out a portion of the backyard for Jordan to make a garden. He tells Jordan that his home is also hers. Jordan softens and decides to stay at Pike’s for the summer.

Pike, Dutch, and their friends play cards in the basement; Jordan and Cole have their own friends over upstairs. When Jordan comes downstairs to get ice pops from the freezer, Pike tenses up, aware of his attraction for her. He observes his friends staring at Jordan, who is clad in shorts. Jordan asks him about the cake she spotted in the fridge, and Pike tells her that he got the cake as a belated birthday gift. They go to the kitchen to take out the elaborate, pink cake, which Jordan loves. She hugs Pike in joy when he also gives her the cassette tapes that belonged to his grandfather.

Later that night, Pike is awakened by a thud. He investigates and finds that Cole and his friends have moved to the backyard. He can see two couples getting intimate and Cole trying to remove Jordan’s bikini top by the pool. He watches as Jordan tenses up and moves away, clutching the top to her body. Pike feels aroused and jealous. When Jordan comes in, he teases her for giving Kyle, the neighbor, a good show. Pike and Jordan banter, and he asks her if he should go after one of the girls outside. Jordan jokes that she would not like that since she prefers being the only woman in Pike’s house. Pike tells Jordan that he likes talking to her.

The next morning, Jordan reflects that Pike makes her happy in the way a boyfriend should make one feel. As she watches him work in the garden, she is struck by Pike’s good looks. Just then, Cam joins her. Cam asks Jordan if she can ask Pike out. Jordan says yes, as Pike’s dating life is not her business. However, she feels jealous when she watches Cam approach Pike. When Pike begins to laugh at a joke Cam makes, Jordan turns away in anger and goes upstairs. She checks out Pike’s room, which is very neat. Since Pike is renovating the bathroom in the room that Jordan and Cole share, she takes a shower in Pike’s bathroom. The scent of Pike’s toiletries reminds Jordan of him, and she pleasures herself using his loofah. She dumps the loofah and heads out.

Jordan and Pike go shopping at Home Depot, where Jordan buys a backsplash, a tile sheet to go on the kitchen wall behind the countertop. She teases Pike when he cannot understand the purpose of the tile sheet. A store worker confuses Jordan for Pike’s wife, which makes Pike smile.

In the evening, Pike tries to get ahold of Cole, but Cole avoids him and goes out. Just then, Pike gets a call from Dutch, who is at Grounders. He tells Pike that Jordan is making a scene at the bar, dressed provocatively. Pike tells Dutch that he cannot control Jordan and that he is not her father. However, after he finds the wet T-shirt competition flyer, he drives over to the bar. Jordan is dressed in a corset top that shows off her figure. She tells Pike that the servers dress in lingerie on Thursdays to make extra tips. Pike knows that Jordan has not dressed this way before and tells her not to go against her own nature to earn money. He angrily offers to loan her cash. Jordan seems offended by the suggestion, and Pike knows that he has messed up.

Later, Jordan asks Pike if he can take her home in his truck. Dutch suggests that Jordan drive the truck back herself so that he can drop off Pike after a few drinks. Jordan agrees, though Pike is angry at not being able to spend time with her. After Jordan leaves, Dutch asks Pike to be careful around Jordan since it is clear that the two are attracted to each other.