Hello again, ladies and gentlemen. You already know what it is. I serve up, you chow down. But I know you'll get a kick out of this one. ;)


Following the excursions of the past weekend, Tala was in high spirits when the following Tuesday came around.

The amazon held off on her pop quiz that day and just opted for study sessions. Everyone picked a topic -or in Audrey's case, topics- that they were lacking in, and after getting into respective groups, Tala and her right hand Tiffany went around class, keeping the teeny teens focused and on track. One of said students, proposed a pizza party for their good progress, and the amazonian teacher grinned and replied 'If I see no less than C pluses on the next test, than I guess I'll owe it to you.'.

But the Irishwoman's good will didn't just stretch into the academic setting. Kyanna was ecstatic to see her gym buddy back on the treadmill, warming up. "Tala! It's been waaay too long!" She departed the step ladder and made her way over to the neighboring treadmill, picking out her usual setting.

"Yeah, it has," the amazon replied, nary a sweat broken. "I'm happy to say that Nora got a B plus on her last couple of quizzes."

"Aw, really? That's awesome!" Kyanna had a pep in her step as she started her routine with a light jog. Watching that body move almost made Tala trip up. "Any plans after you're done here?"

"Meeting at the mall with one of my students. But that's for later. I came here to meet up with my favorite exercise buddy!"

With the welcomed reminder, the Latina shrugged her shoulders, broadening her smile. "Ain't nothing wrong with that!"

And of course, after the gym, Tala followed up on her promise to pick up Audrey. Though their meet-up yesterday was sufficient for the week with their lasting deal, Tala's good mood was in it for the long haul, and she felt she had a little more good will to further mend relationships with her most problematic student.

But she'd be a fool to pull up by the dorms in a bright and bubbly demeanor.

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"Kept me waiting long enough," Tala scowled with her hands on her hips. The red firecracker didn't even look up, she just slammed past Tala and marched onward to the parking lot. Tala grabbed the tiny girl by the arm. "Hey, I'm talking here!"

"Oh, screw off!" The force Audrey used to shove her away surprised even Tala.

It didn't take a genius to see that the little devil's usual attitude was fueled by something else. "Something up?"

"None of your fucking business," Audrey snapped, but Tala could tell the redhead was looking for an outlet. It wasn't make-up or drugs that had left her eyes looking so read and puffy, that was for certain. Sure enough, when they were settled in Tala's car, the story broke though.

"Went over to Lillan's dorm room last Saturday. I caught that goth skank giving head to Bradley. My boyfriend, if you're asking."

Tala cocked an eyebrow. "You found a new boyfriend already? That was fast."

"Yeah, well I lost that cheating dickhead just as fuckin' fast too. Worst part is that bitch Nora started taking her side, telling me 'it's no big deal, ese'. I told 'em both where they could stick it. Fuck those two whores!" Audrey kicked her heels into the car floor. Tala cringed, but allowed her to vent.

"I'm haven't had a blunt all weekend and it's pissing me off! I bought all my weed from Nora, but that bitch isn't getting any more of my cash!"

Tala nodded along, and reached across the car to open the glove compartment. "Cigarettes okay?"

Audrey looked on in shock at the pack of tobacco tossed into her lap. "Wait, you smoke Diamond Slims too?"

"No, but I noticed the packages you were tossing out all these weeks. Figured I'd pick up a pack for today. Your favorite, right?"

For once, motormouth Audrey had nothing to say. "Um ... yeah." Tala thought she heard the front end of a 'tha-', but then Audrey reached over to crank her car's radio.

"Sheesh, keeping track of my cig brands, what a creep! Well, you'd better know my favorite burger shop too, cause I'm not buying us any second-hand crap. Get movin', monkey!"

Tala cracked a smile as she pulled into reverse. It had been buried under an avalanche of insults, but she was fairly certain that little miss Belrose had just offered to buy her lunch.

In Audrey's messed-up, materialistic world, Tala was pretty sure that translated into 'thank you'.

XXXXX

"Wipe that stupid fucking grin off your face. It's bad enough I gotta be seen with you."

Making it to the food court, the duo's banter never stopped for a second. Apparently, a red button-up with navy blue jeans and boots classified as 'a crime against fashion'. Tala defended herself by regarding her look as ruggedly good. "It's bad enough I gotta be seen being your friend. You know though, I don't regret that at all, actually," She reasoned with a grin that made the smaller redhead feign a dry heave. The giant woman just shrugged. "What? It takes guts to stomp on my feet with those damned stilettos of yours. Especially when I coulda broke your neck like a chicken's."

In a scathing act of defiance, a dagger tongue shot forth from Audrey's tiny mouth, aimed directly at the larger woman. "You ain't as tough as you look, shit-for-brains."

With her long, stalwart legs, Tala drew dangerously close, and with a jolt of her posture, bumped her hips into the side of the smaller girl, making the red-eyed demon give the most adorable little eep as she stumbled for a few steps at the sudden attack. Tala's grin returned with a vengeance. "And you're not as good a manhunter as you think you are, you lonely little Chihuahua."

"The fuck's that supposed to mean?"

"If you knew how to pick 'em right, maybe you wouldn't have paired up with the class horndog. Or, god forbid," Tala's hand rose to suppress a chuckle. "Edward from Twilight!"

"Hey!" Audrey punched the solid shoulder of the amazon with enough force to trade the latter's grin with a look of bewilderment. But then Audrey immediately retracted the offending finger as if it had just been infected. "Don't give me that shit! You were making googley eyes at him! No surprise who you touch yourself at night to."

Tala grew exasperated. "You're one to talk! Watching you two was like watching an abusive owner with a bag of catnip! Besides," Shr briskly patted down her sleeves and straightened her shirt. "We all know how that night turned out."

"Yeah, you burned him to a crisp!"

"You're welcome." Reflecting on their little back-and-forth banter, Tala summed this up as the equivalent of a day at the gym with Kyanna or a night with Nikki solving mysteries. Two friends in their element, doing their thing. It was quite endearing whenever Audrey called her something colorful.

Not so endearing was Audrey's insistence on shopping at all of the mall's high-end fashion stores. "I want this one," the redhead declared, whipping open the changing stall door and posing in a frilly, blue sundress that barely covered her shapely legs.

"Two hundred bucks for tissue paper? Try again, princess."

"But you said you'd buy me something! C'mon, my boyfriend cheated on me! Cheer me up, you ape!" Audrey argued and haggled, but Tala had her foot firmly planted. When the little chihuahua tried making a scene by shouting, Tala just spun on her heel and walked out the door. In the end, Audrey got her sundress, but it was her own wallet that ended up feeling lighter.

"You must think you're so god-damn hilarious, going back on your promises," Audrey snapped as she stormed back to Tala's car alongside the Amazon. "You said you'd buy me whatever I wanted!"

"I never said I'd break the bank on you, princess. C'mon, I'll drive you home."

Tala sat down in her driver's seat, waiting for Audrey to walk around to the passenger door. The redhead didn't move. Eyes sharp and deadly as knives glared at Tala. If Tala had realized the vindictive thoughts brewing in the girl's mind, she would have thought twice about leaving her car unlocked. Audrey waited until Tala was busy buckling up her seat belt, then she threw open the door. Tala barely had time to utter a confused "Hey!" before the redhead's weight slammed into her lap. Forceful hands shoved Tala against the seat, and ruby lips shoved themselves against Tala's mouth.

Audrey's kiss exploded through her body, a fiery inferno of anger and passion. Tala's jaw dropped open in shock and the redhead pressed her advantage, forcing her tongue into Tala's mouth. Tala's mind spun, overwhelmed by a tempest of jumbled reactions and exploding sensations, but one thought rang clear:

'Holy fuck, can she kiss!'

Tala's hands went for Audrey's shoulders but the redhead seized her wrists and pinned them down. A taunting moan rippled from Audrey's throat. "Mmmmhh, you want this?" Her tongue pressed deeper into Tala's mouth, while her body shoved hard into Tala's chest.

'Can't breathe,' Tala panicked as Audrey's hips thrust roughly into her pelvis, but part of her mind would be fine without ever again receiving oxygen, if it meant this erotic massage would continue. 'More,' cried her mind, and Tala felt her hips thrusting back rhythmically with Audrey's wild grinding, begging for the girl's heat to come nearer, to press harder.

When Audrey finally broke the kiss and let her surface for air, Tala was a hot, panting mess. The heat between her legs was unbearable, and the damn chihuahua knew it, looking down on her so smugly with her flushed cheeks and her shit-eating grin. Thanks to their grinding session, Audrey's dress and straps had slipped clean off her shoulders, giving Tala a generous view down the redhead's cleavage. A glimpse of swollen, dark tips made made Tala lose all control. Her lips snapped forward.

They caught only empty air. Audrey was on her feet again, fixing her dress and looking disinterestedly at the Irishwoman.

"Oh, did you need something? Hmm, sucks when you can't have what you want, doesn't it?"

Message delivered, the diva pranced off in the direction of the bus stop, and Tala's legs were too numb to even follow. Audrey's coyly swishing skirt seemed to mock her with every flip and flash of hips. 'Can't have this, nuh-uh.' The girl walked away, but desire coursing through Tala's body didn't show any signs of fading. She'd been played, and she'd lost badly.

Tala slammed a fist on the console. "God. Damn it."

She wasn't going to get any sleep tonight.