Tilly's Chapter

They had lay in the bed for a while not talking, just enjoying the silence; lightly stroking hands and arms with finger tips. Jen finally moved to get re-dressed, just in-case any of the others interrupted them; she wanted a lie to look believable. She was sat on the edge of the bed doing up her buttons, when they were finally disturbed by Diane; there was a phone call. Tilly had not even heard anyone come home, she had been so lost in their passion. Jen turned to tell her something but Diane had called out again. The teen reassured her it could wait till she came back, the brunette kissed her on the lips before she exited.

Tilly hears a small bang on the door and looks up but it does not open. she is sure she hears Jen whisper something through the door, however, if the message is for her it is lost in translation; all she hears is a muffle. She continues to flick through her emails, smiling first at the message to Keeler; the email made her feel so liberated. Like she had admitted to Jen earlier she is feeling 'empowerment, freedom and joy' she giggles at the memory; she must have appeared bonkers to her teacher; it all seeming to come out of the blue to her lover.

In fact, the elation had been the by product of two days of carefully constructed planning. In a 48 period, the normally extremely straight lace teen...had rebelled against the education system, the law and their 'position of trust', her parents and all of the their constant social restraints 'ha freedom' Tilly tells herself again, giggling at her actions.

She had been inspired the day they were at the hotel together; Huxley green had fallen through along with their last hope of keeping the relationship alive. Jen had been sprawled opposite in her underwear; sharing stories of travels and dreams of other lands. Mixed with the red wine that swirled in her senses, Tilly's imagination was romanced into the thought of escape. A year away from Hollyoaks, away from everything, was a full gone conclusion to her by the time she had left the Hotel the following morning.

Once Jen had dropped her off, and finally let her out of the Jeep with a kiss payment, she had disappeared into her room; ignoring friends and even Jen. She wanted some alone time with her laptop, she needed to research and put her thoughts into action. She emerged some hours later with a plan, however, first she needed a sign from Jen to go ahead. She had text her and waited with bated breath for a reply; an hour later one came.

From Jen- mmm, I wish I could have all those senses right now. I already miss you too. I wish we could just disappear. J x

The text was all the confirmation Tilly needed to proceed "disappear! your wish is my command beautiful" she had stated out loud, as she transferred £2000 from her education fund over to adieu air international; purchasing open tickets to Australia, new Zealand and Fiji.

Her mind back in the room, with Jen's soft warm bed supporting her, she smiles at the confirmation of payment email from the airline. It is only Friday now, the payment is still pending process. The email stated that she should receive all completion and printable tickets by Monday; she decides to keep the secret a surprise until she can hand them to Jen directly.

She is so excited to see the look on her lover's face. unlike the look on her dad's face once he notices the money missing from his savings account. Her smile slips slightly at the thought...'oh god he is going to kill me.' she thinks to herself 'but it will be so worth it...and he will have to wait a year to do it' they will be leaving in less than a week; hopefully before he would notice. Despite this short wait, Thursday seemed like a lifetime away to the eager teen.

'oh shit' It suddenly dawns on her that she will have to face someone worse than her parents; Maddie will be back next week from her trip to San Tropez. How is she suppose to explain this to her best friend, she has just been so caught up in the moment and with the blond being on holiday, Tilly had not stopped to consider this aspect of the equation; She suddenly feels less confident.

She raises from the bed to explore Jen's bedroom and distract herself from the thoughts of Maddie. She stands in front of the Mirror to straighten her clothes, she notices the love bite already forming on her neck. She suddenly turns in panic as the door opens; she sighs a relieve when she sees Jen back in the room.

"You've given me a hickey...Miss Gilmore" Tilly mocks with a giggle. Jen's face remains serious, the teen has used her formal college title; it is hard to ignore after just being on the phone to Keeler. She has finally accepted the post and yet, is stood here thinking inappropriately about a pupil. She should be confessing the truth and breaking her lovers heart, however, all she can think about is how much she wants to suck on Tilly's elegant neck again.

"It's ok, Ill just have to wear a polar neck sweaters for a few days, good job it's rained all summer in England." Tilly jests, mistaking Jen's seriousness for worry over the visible mark of their love.

Jen turns around stressed with this predicament, her silence is betraying her lover; she is not strong enough to have Tilly hate her yet.

"oh right, ok, ill go then shall I?" Tilly announces walking to the desk and hopping on to it, preparing to exist through the window. She can see the teacher has switched again, Jen has an annoying habit of giving mixed signals; Tilly has clearly said the wrong thing again; over stepped some invisible mark that the teacher had drawn at random...again.

"No, don't go" Jen states suddenly returning from her mind. Tilly turns with a smile in anticipation, she is quickly disappointed "You'll die if you jump out the window. and if you go down stairs everyone will see you. you can leave in the early hours once they are asleep" Jen adds

"Not that you actually want me to stay then" the teen responds and begins to open the window in front of her "Ill take my chances." she adds and starts to shimmy through.

Jen grabs her leg to stop her moving out the window. "Stop. I do want you stay." Jen says with genuine compassion in her eyes "I always want you to stay." she adds with a smiles 'That's the problem my beautiful red-head' she adds in her mind.

"I don't believe you Jen" responds Tilly, she hides her happiness at hearing the older woman's words; her trust had been bruised too often.

"Matilda Evans...against my better judgment, despite my looming mental health break down and at risk of my arrest and incarceration...I want you in my bed right now" Jen finally announces; 'hell to the system, I have two weeks till college starts.' she justifies to herself.

Tilly closes the window and swings her legs around to hang over the desk. "So, what you're saying Jenifer Gilmour is that,...you want me...in your bed...right now?" she asks cheekily, wrapping her legs around the teachers waist.

Jen leans in and kisses the teen, she kisses up her neck and whispers in her ear "Well...maybe on the desk first." she says grinning. She open one of the draws at the side of her and grads out a clean rolled up pair of socks. "I think you'll be needing these." she adds with a wink and a giggle. Tilly raises one eyebrow in confusion, genuinely not knowimg what the socks are for; until Jen shoves them in her mouth. Tilly laughs but the sound is stifled; the teacher uses this as a signal to undo the red-head Jeans.

Authors note:

Hey, I realized there is a weekend before the tickets arrive on the Monday... followed by the chaos and slow relationship demise before new term. I wondered what you all wanted to read, so would love your advice.

a) Continue straight into Monday.

b) Jen takes Tilly to Crosby beach full Tide.

c) Jen takes Tilly to Ky's Exhibition open night in Chester.

d) Other...your ideas graciously accepted.

Thank you for your support. Cleo