Jen stood at the window and watched Tilly cross over the street and into the car where Tina was waiting. Before climbing in Tilly quickly looked up at the window, and the women exchanged reassuring glances, before Tilly climbed into Tina's car. Jen stood and watched as the car pulled away until it was out of sight, at which point she burst into tears. The sense of relief was too much to cope with. Jen realised how close she had come to returning to prison, at how difficult a position her actions had put Tina in, and how grateful she was that Tina had agreed to not say anything to the police. Jen slumped on the sofa and let to tears flow freely, eventually she wore herself out crying and she fell asleep. She hadn't slept well the past two nights as she had laid awake worrying about what Tina would do. She was exhausted and after sub coming to her tiredness she slept for hours.
As Tina pulled up outside Tilly house she switched off the engine. Turning to face Tilly she smiled before adding "don't take this the wrong way Tilly, but the next time I see you, I really hope it's at your and Jens leaving do!"
Tilly smiled. " I completely understand and thank you once again for not saying anything. I...I can't tell you how much it means... To me AND Jen"
"I know. I can see the strength of your feelings for each other, how you are clearly meant to be together." Tina paused " just promise me one thing Tilly."
"Of course. What?" Tilly answered eagerly.
"Promise me to always love Jen, to be there for her... And to make her follow her dreams of an artist."
Tilly felt the tears spring to her eyes "I promise Tina. I love her with all my heart. Always have... And always will!"
With that Tilly gave Tina a hug and climbed out of the car and into her house. Her mum was busy cooking dinner in the kitchen as she opened the front door.
"Hello love. Good day?" Her mum asked
"Ummm didn't start off great, but the end was just what I hoped for." Tilly replied keeping it very cryptic.
Tilly made an excuse of having already eaten for not wanting any dinner and went upstairs to run a bath. As she slipped into the warm water she closed her eyes and felt the stress of the day start to leave her body. As Tilly laid there she started to imagine life with Jen.
Soon - fingers crossed for her exam results, she would be moving to London to start studying medicine. She pictured her and Jen living in a small one bedroom flat somewhere in London. A place all of their own. Tilly had already secured accommodation via the university, but she knew she still had time to cancel that. Tilly pictured Jen painting in the flat, her returning home from Uni and the two of them cooking and eating dinner, before climbing into bed together. Tilly felt excited at the thought of doing mundane things together with Jen like food shopping, washing, folding the bed sheets, arguing over watch to watch or who's turn it was to get up and make breakfast. Their whole time together they had never been able to experience the joys of just being a 'normal' couple. All of that was about to change and she couldn't wait.
The only worry was telling her parents who had been very supportive to her. They had of course been disappointed when the news of the relationship had broke, and her mum had worried so much about the effect it would have on Tilly's exam results, on her future. With Jen no longer around to distract her, Tilly had focused so hard on her studying, convinced that she wasn't going to let Jen Gilmore ruin her future, when all along, deep down she realised Jen WAS her future.
In just over a week Tilly would be turning 18. Her friends had organised a big birthday bash for her at the club, her dad paying for a bar tab for her to be able to celebrate in style with her friends. Neither of them having gone to university themselves, they were both so proud of their daughter, the soon to be trainee Dr Tilly Evans.
Tilly's exam results were due out in just 4 days time. After which she would know for sure if she was Moving to London, or if she was at her insurance choice of Liverpool. As much as she loved Liverpool, Tilly knew her heart belonged in London. The distance would help her and Jen feel like they were making a completely fresh start. In Liverpool there would alway be the possibility of bumping into Diane and Sinead on one of their shopping trips, or people remembering their name from the press coverage.
As Tilly relaxed in the bath she started preparing a mental list of all the things she needed to do.
1)Cancel student halls in London
2)register with some estate agents in London for flats
3)visit London with Jen to find a flat
4)start packing for life in London
5)tell her parents about Jen!
The final action filled Tilly with dread. Her parents had been so supportive and understanding when Tilly had come out to them at the age of 13. She had always felt different from the other girls at school, a bit of a tomboy. When she went to High school and sat there listening to all her friends talk about how much they fancied this boy, how fit another boy was... Tilly knew she had didn't feel that way.
She instead preferred to take extra Biology classes with Ms James who Tilly thought was so pretty. Tilly had first confessed to a friend of hers at school called Sam who was openly gay that she maybe liked girls, and he had been so supportive. Encouraging her to go online to the various chat forums and talk through her feelings with other girls. Tilly had never met anyone online, but she made some amazing friends including a girl from California, who despite the distance she had gelled with and opened up. Eventually after about a year of coming to terms with her feelings, she came out to her mum and dad and since then she had always been open about her sexuality. That all seemed so long ago now, and as Tilly sat there in the bath, her feet going wrinkly in the water, she realised how much she had changed.
The image if Jens beautiful smiling face came into her mind and Tilly closed her eyes again as she imagine kissing Jen. Tilly moved her fingers to her breasts that were just poking out of the water. As she imagined the feeling of Jens lips against hers playfully pinched her nipple. Almost instantly they went hard and Tilly let out a small groan. Just as she was starting to enjoy the daydream her mum shouted up the stairs that George was on the phone for her. "Fuck!" Tilly said out loud as the daydream was burst.
"Thanks mum, tell him I'll be down in a sec" as she started climbing out of the bath. George had been calling her mobile non stop since the shop opening, and Tilly had ignored all his attempts to get hold her in an attempted to keep focused at the task in hand... Convincing Tina not to say anything. Now that had been resolved, she had no excuse to ignore her friend and so quickly pulling the plug on the bath and wrapping a towel around her she ran downstairs and picked up the phone.
Jen had been asleep for almost three hours when she finally woke up. Still sleepy she staggered to the bathroom and took in her reflection of her puffy red eyes and tear stained cheeks. "Looking hot Gilmore!" She said out loud to her reflection. Deciding that a shower would sort her out she quickly slipped out of her clothes and let the warm water trickle all over her body. It felt so good. She had been SO stressed the last few days, and following on from working so hard to finish all the paintings for the shop opening, Jen realised that she was running on empty.
Jen showered for a good 15 minutes before drying herself and pulling in some jogging pants and a vest top. After drying her hair, Jen realised just how hungry she was having eaten very little over the last few days. All of a sudden she was starving. Sighing at the realisation she had no food in the house, she pulled on some trainers and popped down the street to the local shop where she picked up supplies. By the time Jen had returned from the shops she had 3 missed calls from Tilly. Smiling to herself at the mere sight of Tilly's name, Jen quickly replied that she was just cooking and would call Tilly back in 20 mins.
'Hurry' came the reply followed by 'I'm so hungry from you Jen. Hungry to feel you against me x' Jen felt a wave of desire flood through her as she read Tilly's words. 'Can't wait to taste you again! I'm really thirsty ;)' Jen replied.
The flirty text messages continued for a good 20 minutes before it got to much for Jen. Picking up her phone she called Tilly's number.
"Well hello sexy" Tilly answered "what can I do for you?"
"You can stop with the dirty messages for a start. What are you trying to do to me!" Jen laughed
"Turn you on!" Tilly replied sounding pleased with herself.
"mission accomplished Tilly. I am SO turn"
"Good. Me too" Tilly whispered down the phone.
"I know we're not allowed to see each other, but no one said anything about talking now did they?"
"I guess not." Jen replied as she lifted her vest top , exposing her stomach and ran her fingers lightly over the naked skin.
"Sooooo Tilly Evan ... Talk to me! Describe to me what you are thinking, what you are doing? Because right now all I can think about is you!"
Jen stopped talking as the image of a turned on Tilly became too much for her, Slowly moving her hand down under her jogging pants and under her knickers. As she did so, she gasped slightly as she felt her wetness
Tilly heard the noise and mentally pictured Jen touching herself as she did she let out a small moan down the phone herself.
"Tilly" Jen breathed down the phone "tell me what you would do to me if you were with me now?"
