After initially deciding she should be back in the house by eleven, Tilly finally dragged herself out of bed and away from Jen around midday, and started putting her clothes back on. It took her a while to locate everything, eventually finding her jeans under the driver's seat at the front of the bus.
"How the hell did these get over here!?" she asked, giggling.
Jen laughed. She was still lying in bed, propping her head up on one hand, watching Tilly scramble around trying to get dressed.
"Is there something you're not telling me?" Tilly asked sarcastically as she pulled her singlet over her head. "Are you a secret javelin olympic medallist or something!?"
"Maybe I don't know my own strength!" Jen smiled. "Nothing would surprise me after this morning..."
"Mmmm..." replied Tilly, walking back towards the edge of the bed and leaning over to kiss her softly.
They shared a smile for a moment, then Jen's face suddenly fell and she looked worried
"I hope you've not left it too late?".
"Nah, we'll be fine" Tilly reassured her "they'll be in bed till now at least, maybe even later. But I'd better go and show my face before they wonder where I am."
"Where will you say you've been?"
"I probably won't need to say anything, they won't have even noticed".
Tilly picked up her shoes and looked in the mirror, then turned back to Jen, horrified.
"Holy crap, look at me!"
"mmm... I know..." Jen smiled, contentedly.
"why didn't you tell me what I looked like!?" her hair was all messed up and standing really tall on her head, her eyes were puffy and swollen, some of last night's makeup was still on. "I cant believe I still managed to seduce you looking like this!?"
"Oh! did you seduce me? I thought it was the other way around!" Jen replied, smiling.
"Oh I definitely seduced you..." Tilly joked "Did you not notice I used all my special moves?"
Jen frowned, joking back "mmm... no I must have missed them..."
"Well that's why they are so good... they're subtle."
"Is that right? I'll look out for them next time then" Jen said sarcastically, in mock appreciation
"Mmm... 'Next time'..." Tilly replied, smiling dreamily.
"Anyway, you can totally pull off the walk of shame look!" Jen continued, returning to the subject "Look at you! shoes in one hand... still in the clothes you went out in, hair all matted like you got some action!"
"Ha ha! Well I did!" Tilly replied as she went back over to her.
"well yeah, you could say that"
"Only I can't kiss and tell..." she said flirtatiously, leaning down to give Jen another tender kiss. They broke away but stayed close, their noses almost touching.
"That's right and don't forget it!"
"I won't..." Tilly responded reassuringly, returning the smile. "You have no idea how tempting it is to get back in there with you".
"mmm... that'd be nice" Jen replied, grabbing Tilly's singlet and pulling her back down towards her. Tilly lost her balance and put her hand on the bed, leaning over Jen. They started kissing again. Slowly, deeply, breathlessly. Getting distracted by each other once more.
"Aa!" Tilly cried, the frustration obvious in her voice as she backed away "I've gotta go..."
She was not sure when they would get to see each other again. They had not talked about what would happen now, how it would all work. They hadn't had time. They had spent the last few hours ignoring all of the rules and logistics, and were much more pleasantly occupied. Wrapped up together, getting to know every inch of each other, their only focus on making the other feel good. Tilly wanted to leave the bus on a high, thinking about that, not worrying about the future. She just knew they had to find a way to snatch some time together.
"I guess I'll see you around then..?" she said cheerfully
Jen returned her smile "I guess you will..."
Tilly winked, then leant down and gave Jen a playful slap on the bottom
"catch ya later hot stuff!" she said as she walked towards the door. She checked to see if the coast was clear, before backing out with a cheeky grin, shutting the door behind her. Jen rolled over onto her back and sighed, putting both hands to her forehead. 'What a morning'.
Tilly made it up the garden path undiscovered, and could see that no one inside had surfaced yet. The house was a disaster zone, bottles, cans and items of clothing were strewn everywhere. In any other circumstance Tilly would have been a little disappointed to have missed what appeared to be a cracking party. But not today.
She took advantage of the quiet house and headed upstairs to have a shower. Whilst she was in there she thought about what had happened that morning. She could barely believe it all. Her head was buzzing. It was amazing. Finally they got a break. It was awesome to be together and just forget the world for a few precious hours. She kept running everything through her head - how soft Jen's skin felt, how she smelt so good, the cute noises Jen had made when Tilly touched her, how incredible she had felt hearing Jen breathe her name into her ear, how divine she had tasted. She had been pleasantly surprised that once Jen had resigned herself to it, stopped fighting it, she didn't hold back at all. It had felt so good to be the one making her lose control, lose all her barriers, give in to it all. She had looked so hot up close, hair in her eyes, tiny beads of sweat on her neck, biting her bottom lip in ecstasy. Tilly had loved feeling her quiver and moan at her touch. To say nothing of what Jen had done to Tilly in return. It had been an eventful morning.
She smiled to herself, thinking back to how she had been a little nervous about going to bed with Jen. She couldn't believe that now. The bus had been a soundtrack of gasps, moans and giggles that morning, and there was nothing scary, uncomfortable or awkward to worry about. It had been easy! The most simple and natural thing in the world. Their energy together had a will of its own and Tilly had just let it all happen. She was merely a passenger, along for the ride. But what a ride!
She could have stayed in Jen's bed all day, but they had to be so careful, to do everything they could to avoid getting caught. Now, she had no idea when they would get another chance to be together. Tilly knew one morning was not going to cut it. Jen was addictive, she realised that already, but now it was worse than ever. 'Shit!' she thought to herself 'the situation is impossible!'
Tilly got dressed and went down to the kitchen. She was starving. By now everyone was there, getting breakfast, making coffee, catching up on the gossip from the night before. Maddie and Chris walked through the kitchen, all loved up still, as she led him to the front door, giving him a very public kiss goodbye. Tilly looked away and smiled, she was pleased Maddie had met someone who was making her happy.
There was lots of hilarity in the conversation, with funny stories crossing the table. Tilly listened in, learning about the events of the previous night, knowing she had a story to tell that would blow them all out of the water. But she liked having her own secret about that, and she giggled along with the rest, pretending she knew what they were referring to.
After a little while Jen opened the back door and walked into the kitchen, equally hungry. Tilly made eye contact with her and they just about suppressed a knowing smile between them, keeping it casual in front of the others. She felt sure someone must be able to read it all over her face, the smile was hard to fight, and Jen looked like she was glowing! She seemed way too happy for someone who had potentially been kept awake all night by the party.
"Morning guys!" Jen said cheerfully, stepping into the room
"Hey Jen, hope we didn't keep you up last night!" Maddie replied
"Oh you mean with the hundreds of strangers and thumping music?" she teased, then smiled "No that's fine. I popped a sleeping pill and slept like a log!"
"Ooo! good! How many of those have you got!?" Maddie asked cheekily
"Not enough!" replied Jen, smiling back at Maddie "I take it there are no casualties? Nothing to report to Diane?"
"Sinead and Bart eloped, Tilly got a tattoo, you know... the usual!" Maddie grinned, joking with her.
"Oh, well congratulations I guess!" she replied, looking at them, smiling. It seemed everyone was in good spirits today.
Tilly got up and walked past her to the benchtop and started making a sandwich. Jen leaned on the cupboards and sipped her tea, listening in to the conversation, looking at Tilly. Her mind wandered. Tilly looked really good. Her hair was wet from the shower and she was wearing a vest-shirt, tied up together over little shorts, her flat stomach poking through the gap, her legs all long and shapely. Jen thought Tilly was utterly gorgeous, and was feeling very lucky to know how it had felt, kissing that stomach, having those legs wrapped around her only a few moments earlier. Jen felt really proud of Tilly. She wanted to show her off to the world, but she knew she couldn't, not yet. She thought about how much she wanted to get Tilly back into her bed for more of the same, it hadn't even been an hour since she had left it! But already that was far too long. She had to think of a way, cook up some elaborate plan for them to snatch a moment together.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the conversation around the table as Maddie continued.
"Hey Tills, thanks for letting me and Chris have the room last night, you are a legend."
"Oh you're alright" Tilly replied, unable to resist a smile.
"Where did you sleep?"
Tilly and Jen froze to the spot. Jen stared hard at her, waiting for her answer. Tilly gulped, she couldn't meet Jen's gaze. Her mind was racing. What could she say?