Jodie woke up to bright sunlight streaming through the window, and found herself unable to move due to the fact that Summer had fallen asleep on top of her. They had spent hours laying here talking last night. Jodie looked down at Summer, who was still sleeping, smiling softly.

She was still a little surprised by Summer's actions last night, but she was beyond happy about it. She realised that it must have been hard for Summer to come to her, with the way that she had freaked out after the first time they kissed. There was definitely no freaking out the second time, or the third time, or the fourth time, thought Jodie to herself, grinning slightly at how Summer hadn't been able to keep her hands off her after that.

Summer opened her eyes slowly, adjusting to the bright light. Attempting to move her arms, she realised they were locked in place due to Jodie's positioning. She looked up at Jodie, her eyes still sleepy, and smiled at her before moving up to kiss her. Jodie brought her hands up to tangle them in Summer's hair as the kiss intensified. Finally pulling away, a little breathless, they looked at each other for a while, before Jodie said,

" Wow, Summer, I didn't think we'd be waking up together so soon. I didn't realise how fast you like to move your relationships along," she continued, a teasing tone evident in her voice.

" That's going to be a hard habit to break, huh?" said Summer. " Oh well, if anyone can do it I can."

" Good luck with that," said Jodie. " Now, as much as I enjoy having you on top of me, you're going to have to move, because we have to be at school in…" she checked her watch, "… an hour."

" What? An hour isn't long enough to beautify myself!" screeched Summer. " Why didn't you wake me up before?"

" Summer, I didn't realise that you need longer than an hour to get ready for school," said Jodie, looking like she didn't quite believe it.

" Anyway, I think you look beautiful now," she said, brushing some of Summer's hair out of her face. Summer, however, had just caught sight of herself in the mirror hanging on Jodie's wall.

" With a bruise this size on my face? Oh my God, Jodie, I can't go to school. How will I explain this ugly thing on my face?"

" Summer, it's not that bad. Okay, it is, but people won't care. They'll think you just walked into something. Remember the time you tripped over the barstool, and the time that you walked into a door, and that other time when you tripped over a chair leg and fell through the door? These people know that you're clumsy, Summer."

" Not helping," said Summer. " And could you be a little less sympathetic?" she asked sarcastically.

" Sorry," said Jodie, looking contrite. " I promise not to mock you anymore."

" Good," said Summer. " Okay, I'll go to school. Is it okay to use your shower?"

" Sure," said Jodie. " Can I join you?" she asked, looking Summer up and down lustfully.

" Maybe some other time," said Summer, getting up and walking to the bathroom, grinning at the expression on Jodie's face.

Alex pulled up outside Marissa's house to pick her up and take her to school. They had agreed on that yesterday. They didn't have a lot of classes together, so this gave them an opportunity to spend some time together before school started. Alex had agreed to pick Marissa up at 8.15, and as she had been running a little late this morning, it was now 8.30. Marissa was nowhere in sight, however.

Alex wondered why she wasn't here yet. Maybe she thought that Alex wasn't coming, and had already gone. Alex dismissed this thought almost immediately. Marissa was just going to be late, as usual. She grinned a little at the girl's inability to be on time for anything.

Marissa finally emerged from her house, opening the car door hurriedly and leaning across to greet Alex with a long kiss. Alex tried to pull her closer, but found it very difficult with them being sat in different seats. When she attempted to deepen the kiss, Marissa pulled away, saying,"

" We have to go."

She laughed a little at Alex's expression.

" You can't do that," said Alex, looking a little frustrated.

" I can, and I did," said Marissa. " And I'm sure that you didn't mind."

" I mind the fact that you stopped," said Alex.

" Well, we don't want to be late, do we?" said Marissa.

" You don't?" asked Alex, looking taken aback. " But you're never on time for anything."

" Just drive, Alex," said Marissa, deliberately ignoring Alex's opinion on her timekeeping abilities.

Meanwhile, Jodie was waiting for Summer to finish getting dressed. She was trying to choose something of Jodie's to wear, with very little success.

" Jodie, you should get new clothes," she complained when she finally emerged from the bedroom, wearing a pair of Jodie's jeans and a black T-shirt.

" Why? I look hot in them," said Jodie. " And so do you," she said when she noticed what Summer was wearing.

" I look weird," said Summer.

" Are you saying I look weird?" asked Jodie, sounding offended.

" No, these clothes just aren't me," said Summer.

" But I look hot in them, right?" asked Jodie.

Summer looked Jodie up and down. " Hmmm," she said, pretending to be deep in thought.

Jodie slapped Summer's arm lightly, saying, " Whatever, I know you think I'm hot. You're my girlfriend, you have to think that."

" Well, I could just like you for your personality, but anyone who's ever heard anything come out of your mouth would never believe that," said Summer teasingly. Jodie looked at her with a mock evil glare.

" I think you should kiss me to make up for that comment. What happened to not insulting me anymore?"

" Aaw, I'm sorry," said Summer, pulling Jodie closer to her and kissing her on the forehead.

" Hey, that doesn't count," said Jodie.

" You just said I had to kiss you, not where I had to kiss you," said Summer, before walking over to the door, " Now come on, we're already late."

" And whose fault is that?" mumbled Jodie.

" I heard that," said Summer. " Do you want an ugly girlfriend?"

Jodie just rolled her eyes at Summer, and said, " Summer, you never look ugly."

Summer glanced back at her.

" I know," she said. " But there's beautiful, and there's slightly less beautiful, which is how I looked this morning. And I call slightly less beautiful ugly."

" I may not have an ugly girlfriend, but I think I have a slightly strange one," said Jodie, looking confused by what Summer had just said.

" You're cheating on me with a strange girl already?" asked Summer, faking shock.

" Oh my God, how could you?"

Jodie just shook her head, pushing Summer towards the car, and opening the door on the driver's side.

When they got to school, Summer turned to Jodie, and kissed her on the cheek, saying, " I'll see you at lunchtime."

" That's all I get?" asked Jodie, looking disappointed. " I want a proper kiss goodbye."

Summer looked at the floor. " There are people watching," she said quietly.

" Okay," said Jodie, not wanting to get into this discussion now. It was something they'd have to talk about later. Summer got out of the car, slinging her bag over her shoulder as she did so, and waved goodbye to Jodie. Jodie got out of the car more slowly. She'd rather be at home with Summer, not at school.

When Summer finally arrived, twenty minutes late, to her first class, she saw Marissa for the first time since before she had gone to see Jodie.

" Oh my God, are those Jodie's clothes?" asked Marissa, looking at Summer as she sat down beside her.

Summer nodded, smiling.

" You spent the night with her?"

Summer nodded again.

" I didn't think you'd be moving that quickly," said Marissa, raising an eyebrow.

" What? No!" said Summer, " We just talked."

" You just talked, huh?" asked Marissa, sounding sceptical.

" Ok, and maybe we kissed a little."

Marissa coughed.

" Okay, a lot."

Marissa laughed. " I'm guessing it went well for you, then?"

" Better than that," said Summer, smiling happily. " How's Alex?"

" She's great," said Marissa. " I'm glad you're happy."

" I'm glad I'm happy too," said Summer jokingly.

" Now you can tell me exactly what happened with Jodie," said Marissa. " I need gossip."