Tilly is woken up by phone's ringing. The annoying ringtone drilling into her head, ordering her to wake up from sweet dream. She slowly opens her drowsy eyes with remaining heavy sleep on lashes, but closes them swiftly as a bright blinding light strikes her face. She reaches on the side of the bed scrabbling around, trying to find her vibrating phone. Shit! Where the hell is it?!
"Hello..?" she says with a weak, whisky voice.
"Good morning sleepyhead. Did I wake you up?" says the woman cheerfully.
"Hi Jen. Noo, course not! It's only umm..." she forces herself to open her eyes and looks up at the clock, "...7 am Saturday morning, besides I've been awake all night." she replies sacastically and yawns loudly.
"Good, because I was wondering what are you doing today?" asks Jen flirtatiously, yet sheepishly.
"Actually I was thinking of meeting my girlfriend but I'm not sure yet, why are you asking?"
"Well... cause you know, I was wondering if you'd like to meet me before going on a little trip with your girlfriend...?" teases the brunette, some sort of trick is sensible in her voice.
"Meet you? Don't you think she'll be jelous of you?" mocks the red head.
"No, I bet she won't... Maybe just a little, I mean I would if my girlfriend was meeting the biggest sex bomb in the village." she says innocently.
"What a swagger!" moans Tilly. "Don't boast so much you little-" starts the red-head.
"Aww shut up and go pack your toothbrush and some comfortable clothes, honey." laughts the teacher.
"Wait, a trip?" questions Tilly after a while, uncertain whether she understood correctly. Jen nodds. Just then the red-head realises what the brunette has just offered her. "Where?"
"That's a surprise and don't ask me, I won't tell you." answers the teacher.
Plans begin to arrange in the girl's head, she tries to bring everything together. How is she going to go away for the weekend, unnoticed by anyone? For sure Maddie will try to contact her to meet her, and if not her, then certainly someone else from the gang; it would be rather hard not to notice her absence. 'If someone calls, I'll say I'm ill and can't go out' she thinks. But her parents...
"Tilly, are you there?" the voice interrupts her thoughts.
"Yeah, sorry."
"So? I'll pick up you in a half an hour at the end of your street." offers the brunette.
"What, no... Uhg, I won't make it in half an hour. Besides, I must call my mother first and cop out somehow, you know..."
"Ok, you've got 45 mins. Pack up your toothbrush and some comfortable clothes honey. See you in a bit." and Jen hungs up, not even thinking of Tilly rebuffing her proposition.
The girl's head drops onto the pillow heavily, her eyes fixed on the ceiling. Shit! 45 minutes! Only after a while the infomation pops into her head. She quickly throws the duvet away, which flies up a little and slumps onto the floor. She stormes out of the bedroom. The pounding of her feet resounds all around the hall as she runs down the stairs. She charges to the kichen, hoping to find her mother, but there is nobody around. She searches in the living room, bathroom, even looks out the window, but still nothing. She rushes upstairs and knocks gently at her parent's bedroom door, which seems funny, because the noise she made would definitely wake up even her next-door neighbours. She gets no reply. She walks into the bedroom - there's no living soul. She grabs her phone and calls.
"Halo?" she hears the familiar voice.
"Hi mum, where are you?"
"I left you a note on the table, but never mind. I went to town for shopping and to visit my friend and you dad had to go to work, something comes out and he had to go earlier, we didn't want to wake you up. Something wrong happend?"
"No, it's fine, really. Just a quickie - can I stay at Maddie's for the weekend?" asks the red-head. There's no chance mum won't go with it, she thinks and is right; her mother agrees without asking a question. The girl didn't expect this to go so easily. Finally! She and Jen couldn't spend any time alone for a while, what was killing them, and at long last they can. Already excited at this thought, she hurries to the bathroom to take a shower and get ready.
Meanwhile, Jen is sat on the bed, ready to go, counting minutes down impatiently. A big smile appears on her face, she can't wait to take her lover and go away with her. When the other day Tilly mentioned about going somewhere to take a break from this cruel reality in the village, Jen decided to take it serious. Later, when she got back home, she sat down with her laptop and stared looking for something. At first she had no clue for what, but she kept on... and found it. Perfect, she thought, Tilly is going to love it! And so she started to arrange everything, wanting this to be all well done. She booked a room, even drew a little map, told Diane that she's going away to visit her old friend.
Eventually she can't wait any longer, so she grabs her bag and a basket and heads towards the front doors.
Almost all packed up, Tilly hears a knock at the door. Wondering who's that can so early, she runs downstairs to answer. As she opens the doors, she is greeted by the brunette smiling widely.
"Jen, what are you doing here? You supposed to be waiting for me at the end of the street!" points out the red-head, dragging the woman inside. "What if my parents were home?" she says with a bit of nervousness. That's too much risk, she thinks. But when the girl sees the teacher's face drops down as she realises that was indeed a risky decision, 'beacuse how would it look like if she simply turned on the doorstep and one of Tilly's parents opened the door?' thinks the teacher, Tilly doesn't wait for her reply, but throws arms around the teacher's waist, hugs her and kisses her rosy cheek and laughs quietly, amused with the whole situation and pleased to feel her lover's warm body agains hers.
"I'm sorry, I just couldn't wait to see you!" says Jen, squeezing the girl tightly. "But it's not time for making out, let's put it for later and let's go and make most of it. Everything packed up?"
"Yeah, almost. But Jen, where are you taking me?" she asks curiously.
"I've told that's a SURPRISE and I'm not going to tell you." she proclaims. "Want me to spell it? S-u-r-p-r-" she starts, but Tilly cuts her off.
"Fine, fine. I've heard you!" says the red-head, placing a hand on Jen's mouth and laughs. "Just let me take my bag." she adds.
"Oh you cheeky! Better be quick." yells Jen.
To tell the truth it is not in Tilly's style to make such a spontenous decisions like this, to go away, out of the village probably, on the weekend, not knowing where. But what's the most important she trusts Jen, so she has nothing to question.
"Ready to go?" asks the brunette as Tilly approaches, putting the bag down on the floor.
"Yup, but maybe we should eat something before we go?" offers the red-head.
"No." says Jen. The girl's eyebrows rise up in the query so she adds "I've thought about your unrestrained appetite, don't worry my beautiful.", she pulls the red-head in embrace caressing her back slightly; "Besides, I'm going to feed you all day long anyway." she smiles mischiviously.
"God, you're so dirty!" says Tilly putting astonishment on her face and slaps the bruntte's bum.
"Oh, look who's talking!" Jen mocks and they both laugh. "Ok, we will end this later. Let's go now."
Tilly grabbs her bag and they leave. As they approach the blue jeep Jen runs ahead to open the passenger door.
"Madame" she gestures; Tilly smiles widly and gives Jen a quick kiss on lips as she walks towards to get in the car; she knows that sharing kisses in the middle of the street is very dangerous, but she is so excited she can't resist, as much as Jen, who surprisingly doesn't mind it at all. Luckly it's too early and there's nobody around. Then Jen walks around the car to take her own seat. When they are finally settled Jest starts the engine and they drive off.
For most of the time they sit in silece. Tilly is fascinated by watchin unfamiliar scenes of golden fields and lush forests. Staring out of the car window she tries to catch all the details of beautiful countrysides, every tree flashing in front of her eyes as they are passing by with speed. She rests her head against the car window, feeling in some sort of way pleasant cold on the forehead and sights deeply. The weather is beautiful. The warm sunlight of the autumnal sun enters the car through the windows, covering most of her body, warming it up; here and there little clauds looking like small puffy sheeps, swimming in the deep blue of the morning sky. The red-head is truly amazed of this sight.
She feels really happy about her and Jen going somewhere, doesn't matter where; the most important - away from their life in the village, where they have to hide all the time... How much their live would be easier if they have only met earlier, before Jen got the job. 'Less then a year left.' the red-head tries to cheer herself up. Then they can be together openly; no more hiding, no more sneaking around, no more pretending that nothing is happening between them, they will be free. Yes, it's inevitable that people will jugde them, but who cares then? When Tilly will get into Cambridge, Jen could move in with her, get a job there and then who knows? But for now they have to get through this torrid time...
She smiles gently as she feels a hand on her thigh, snapping her out of daydreaming. She turns her gaze to look at her lover.
"Why are you sad?" asks Jen, trying to focus on the road, yet wanting to pay more attention to her girl, obviously feeling something is not right.
"What? I'm not sad, why should I be?" answers the red-head, placing her hand over Jen's and squeezes it in a reassuring gesture. "I feel quite the opposite." she smiles at the brunette.
"Then why do you look sad and miserable?" carries on the teacher; she can clearly sense the girl's mood changing.
"I am not sad, really. I was just thinking of us, but you interrupted me!" declares the teen.
"Dreaming of us?" repeats Jen after her. "More precisely please?". Different thoughts of what could the girl be possibly thinking about them start to create in her head. Knowing her - dirty mind, she thinks.
"Well, I was thinking of where you are taking me." she replies, trying to hide her real anxiety.
"Oh, no! Not again. Why can't you just let me make a romantic surprise? I will not breathe a word." responds Jen firmly.
"Oh come on... That's not fair!" pleads Tilly but Jen shakes her head. She crosses arms over her chest, finally giving up on asking. Obviously, this was a little fake act, in fact she is preoccupied with her thoughts, but decides to change the atmosphere and jump out of them. "You know it's actually a kiddnaping?" she adds in a calm voice after a moment of thinking how to tease the teacher.
"You mean kiddnaping with the consent? Ha!" laughts Jen loudly, amused. Tilly doesn't reply at this one; she leans towards Jen gasping quietly into her ear then lowers her head to kiss her neck. This act distracts the teacher, but she doesn't stop the teen and tries to focus back on driving. Jen feels Tilly's hand on her knee and then her fingers sliding along to her crotch and push intensely against the material of her jeans."You know this is actually a rape." points the teacher to mock.
"Oh really? I belive I didn't hear you saying 'no'." whispers Tilly, sliding her hand even further between Jen's legs causing her to squeeze knees together.
"If I cause a car accident, it will be fault." says Jen as she reaches for the girl's hand to push it away. The red-head sights and rests back in her seat.
"When will we get there? I'm hungry." enquiers Tilly, patting her belly like a little child.
"We are almost there." declares Jen as they get off the main road and pull out into a bumpy gravel forest road.
"God, I hope you're not dragging me out deep into the woods to kill me, or what's worse leave me there starving?" jests Tilly, admiring the mysterious looking thick forest, when drowning further and further into the darkness of green bush.
