The Education – Chapter Eight

Tina rolled over in her bed and through squinted eye gave the ringing alarm clock a piercing glare. Despite her best efforts, the "force" proved useless and she lunged forward, slamming her hand down on top of the alarm, pressing all the buttons, but successfully turning the emanating buzzing off. It was 7am.

She smiled.

Bette’s face graced the front of her mind before she fell asleep, when she slept and now first thought in the morning. Was this a good thing she wondered, while pondering how harsh she had been on the gorgeous brunette yesterday. She would hopefully just ring a contractor to come and construct the jungle gym, but only after a little teasing of Bette. Yes, that might be fun.

It was going to be a good day.

She had no intention of hurting the brunette, she decided, just some playful banter. After a nice chat with Alice over dinner last night, she had decided to give Bette the second chance, that Tina herself would hope someone would give her, if the roles were reversed.

She stepped out of bed and stretched her naked body languidly, her back muscles flexing, the half warm morning sun warming her back and she went and showered in the en suite bathroom to her room.

Twenty minutes later she went into the kitchen and decided to cut up some fruit for herself and Alice, before waking the blonde up in a couple minutes. It was an inevitable task that she had to do, since Alice never woke up from alarm clocks, instead Tina had found that she would find several broken alarm clocks thrown at a wall, and either making no sound at all, or instead a permanent ringing coming from them. It was a daily chore now to wake the grumbling mumbling mess that was Alice.

And today was like every other day. Coffee on its way Tina went into Alice’s room, calling her name.

"Jesus Al!!" She screamed on entering. The duvet lay on the floor, and a naked Alice sprawled across her bed, still in a deep sleep, or at least she was until Tina screamed.

Alice bolted upright.

"What? What? What’s going on?" Alice slurred before glancing at the door and seeing Tina with her eyes covered.

She chuckled, "Listen Tee, you could’ve just asked, I would’ve put out, but to be fair, I thought you were eyeing hottie."

"Fuck off Al," Tina snapped back, taking her hand off her eyes, before realising what she again saw, and Alice had made no move to cover herself, "Fuck Al, get dressed, shower, come on we’re gonna be late, and the boss will kill you if you’re late again."

Alice laughed, "But Tee, there is no boss, you’re the – Oh." Alice stopped laughing, "You wouldn’t. Fine okay maybe you would. Breakfast?"

"It’s in the kitchen," Tina said walking out. Tina packed her bag and paper work together alongside some plans for an entertainment group to come to the day-care sometime next month, as she needed to book them today.

Fruit and coffee ingested, they were ready to go.

Tina pulled the car up into the drive of the day care, still bleating on about the resumed position of the brunette in her life.

"I mean I think really this whole thing is incredibly juvenile and ill-advised but – "

She jammed her foot on the brake, half way up the drive, sending Alice lurching forward.

"Tee, what the fuck?"

Tina gawked, "What the hell, how did she manage that?"

Alice looked over towards the clearing, where a cheery looking brunette hung upside down from the jungle gym. Her knees wrapped around the upper bar, and her hair cascading down, almost, but not quite, reaching the grass below.

It was a sight to see, and Tina was afraid that she’d be kissing Bette’s ass for the rest of the day. She breathed in heavily, her inital response was to congragulate Bette, but she restrained herself.

Getting out of the car, she walked straight into the office.

***

Once the car stopped suddenly and Tina went into the office, she reacted. With a skip in her steps the brunette hopped off the jungle gym, dressed in tight form fitting jeans today, much more ideal for a day-car, and she went happily into the office to report for duty.