Chapter 6

Jen looked at Tilly with her bright brown eyes. The red head was still asleep; Jen didn't want to wake her as she looked so beautiful when she slept. Jen laid there for another half an hour before Tilly had finally awoken. Jen cherished moments like this; they were so simple yet so meaningful. Just being close to Tilly was enough to make her realise that there connection was far too special to leave.

After a few moments of silence Tilly spoke. "Morning gorgeous." And kissed Jen's forehead. "Morning to you too. Sleep well?" Jen smiled "Perfectly in your arms." Tilly giggled. She loved it when Jen was cute. It made all the hiding and sneaking around worth it, Tilly didn't think there relationship was wrong and if she could she'd go back to the beach house with Jen and tell all the sixth formers. But she knew they wouldn't understand. They'd think that their relationship was all about sex, which it wasn't. Tilly believed that relationships had to be about more than just sex and if it wasn't that wasn't a proper relationship. When she and Jen had was real, she didn't know whether she could say it was love as Tilly couldn't even describe what love is, there's no set way of telling if something is love or not.

Jen would have stayed like this with Tilly all day but she knew they had to get back to the village before Maddie did to keep Tilly's excuse alive. "Come on Tilly we'd better get ready and packed up, Hollyoaks is calling." Tilly frowned, "Can't we just stay like this for a little longer." "I'd stay like this all day with you, but we really need to pack." Tilly took her defeat with pride and decided to do as Jen said and get ready to go back to Hollyoaks.

Getting ready didn't take long, Tilly had a shower and grabbed some clothes from her bag, she picked out a white long sleeve top with some black stripes in the middle, a pair of black denim shorts, her converse sneakers and one of her signature hair ties. Jen also kept it simple with a white vest, a navy cardigan, a floral skirt and her trademark black boots.

After they had gotten ready, they picked up their bags and went to the reception desk to check out. Jen approached the desk and handed the woman the key. "Did you have a nice stay?" said the receptionist. Jen looked at Tilly and said "Absolutely perfect, thanks." Tilly smiled she knew Jen was talking about her. "Well, drive safe then and have a lovely day." And with that Jen turned around and walked over to Tilly, grabbed her hand and lead her to the car. Jen put the bags on the back seat while Tilly got in the car, when Jen was done she got in the car and joined the red head looking at a map to find the quickest route home.

Tilly held Jen's hand the whole way home. Tilly knew she would always remember this week; Jen had travelled 110 miles to be with her. Any other person would have stayed at home and called once or twice, not Jen. She knew that this relationship would last, that Jen wasn't just using her for the thrills and the excitement of a secret relationship, all Tilly wanted to do was put all her effort into being with Jen.

When they arrived back in the village, Jen took Tilly straight back to her house. She parked up a couple of streets away and walked Tilly to her door. "I'll see you later, okay?" said Jen. "You can't keep me away." said Tilly. Tilly kissed Jen on the cheek and they said their goodbyes.

Jen walked back to her car and sat down. She knew that when she walked back into Diane's she'd be back under house arrest for leaving without telling Diane and if she found out Tilly had come home from Abersoch early she'd put two and two together and realise that Jen hadn't been to see friends, she'd been with Tilly. Jen knew that it was evitable she'd have to go back to Diane's and face the music.

When Jen got back Diane was sat at the kitchen table. She heard the door slam and turned around. "Where have you been, missy?" Diane didn't look to happy but Jen wasn't going to tell her the truth. "With some friends, in Manchester." Jen sat down. "Really? Sinead rung me earlier and said they were coming home early from Abersoch, and you said you'd be gone for a couple of days." Jen was trying to think of a good reason for coming home so quick, and then one popped into her head. "Well, I wasn't really having a lot of fun and I have a lot of applications to fill out so I thought they were more important." Diane seemed satisfied "Fine then, but when Sinead gets back she'll probably bring Tilly round to so I want you upstairs, away from Tilly." Jen did as she was told; she knew Tilly wasn't going to come round with Sinead. Jen had just left her outside her house.

Half an hour later Sinead came back alone. Jen came downstairs and Sinead was telling her mum what happened at Abersoch. "So we're all in the living room and Maddie's dad comes in with this young blonde bird and they seemed pretty together. Maddie looked gutted especially after Tilly left early, some sort of family emergency." Diane looked confused. "When did Tilly leave Sinead?" "Erm, yesterday I think. Why?" asked Sinead. "No reason, maybe I should check in on her if there's a family emergency." Answered Diane. Jen butted in "Tilly, will probably want to be alone if it's a family emergency, besides her parents or some sort of relative will be with her so it's not like she's on her own." Diane looked at Jen she knew something was up. "Love why don't you unpack, while Jen and I cook some dinner." Sinead went upstairs to pack. "Family emergency ay? You had better not have been with her as I've already told you if I find out you've been seeing Tilly when I told you to end it I'll have to report you." Jen frowned "Diane, how would I know I've not seen her since she went 'missing'." "Well, either way you are to stay in this house and get on with your work. No arguments." Jen didn't even bother to argue she just went upstairs. Jen pulled out her phone and text Tilly:

Been put under house arrest so we can't see each other for a while, till Diane's suspicion blows over. I'll try and see you when I can. Love you! J X

Jen turned on her laptop and logged in. Diane might have said she couldn't see Tilly but that didn't stop her from looking at pictures of her. Jen pulled up the Crosby Beach photo's and browsed through them for a while reliving the memories. She did this until she heard her phone vibrate:

I thought you didn't listen to your own mother, so why would you listen to Diane : D! I'll miss you. Love you too! T X

Tilly spent the rest of the day thinking about Jen until she eventually fell asleep.