Bette walked into the house and hung up her keys and Jacket.
“Hey sweetie, where’s you Mum?”
“Upstairs with Jess, She’s in a mood so be aware” Lisa explained
Bette shook her head and then walked up the stairs to Jess’s room.
“What going on?” Bette asked
“I failed my psychology assessment” Jess said getting straight to the point
“Why?” Bette asked
Tina handed Bette the paper
“She was frigging horrible to me” Jess said
“Let’s just chill out Jess, I’ll look at it after I’ve had a cup of tea and well sit and go through it, you have a resit anyway, so well just need to fix it and hand it back in, don’t worry about it”
“Don’t worry about it. I’ve never failed anything Mama!” Jess stated “I have visions of you grounding me!”
“Why would I do that? You worked hard on this paper, you didn’t fail through laziness” Bette laughed
“9 hours I spent on this” Jess said deflated tears running down her face
Tina wrapped her arms around her daughter “Don’t worry about it, well fix it”
“Mrs Shaw is old school; she’s just making sure it’s your best piece of work”
“Yeah right, I was the only one in the class that failed! It’s humiliating”
“You’re taking it too personal Jess” Bette laughed
“She’s an over achiever’ just like someone else I know” Tina said getting up and leaving the room
“Best way to be!” Bette responded “Come downstairs”
“No I want to stay up here and finish this” Jess said referring to the pile of clothes on the floor.

Bette and Tina went downstairs. Tina fixed Bette and cup of tea handing it to her.
Bette glanced over the paper.
“I don’t understand this” Bette said
“What?” Lisa asked
“Jess’s psychology assessment” Bette said
“Oh I know we’ve all read it and no way does she deserve to fail, it’s ridiculous we were all shocked” Lisa said
“There’s a few grammar errors but that’s about it” Bette said “Lisa how did you do?”
“I got a B” Lisa said
“Well done” Tina smiled
“Yes well done, do you have the original assessment honey?” Bette asked
“Yeah it’s in my bag” Lisa got up walking over to her bag, she took out the assessment and handed it to Bette “Ok I’m going to go get changed then I’m going to Jace’s”
“Jess have you finished your resubmission?” Bette asked looking up from her laptop
“Yes why?”
“Bring it too me so I can check it over please” Bette said
“I’ve not printed it yet; can I email it to you?” Jess asked
“Yes”
Jess got up and walked up the stairs, she walked over to her laptop and quickly emailed the essay to Bette before returning back downstairs.
“It’s absolutely frozen in here” Jess said
“I know! I thought it was just me” Lisa agreed
“Well turn the heating on you know where it is” Bette laughed
“Jess you go”
“Lisa you go”
“I asked you first”
“I’m older” Jess stated
“Your closer” Lisa replied
“Girls really?” Bette said looking up from the laptop again
“Urghh suppose I’ll do it then” Jess snapped getting up and turning the heating on
“How did Carmen’s driving test go?” Lisa asked
“She passed” Jess smiled
“Well done her” Bette said
“Yeah she’s happy” Jess smiled “She’s going out with her parents to celebrate”
“Wow their actually making an effort” Lisa smirked
“I know there must be a catch”
“At the end of the day you still need to respect their Carmen’s parents even if you don’t agree on how they treat her” Bette said
“I know and I do, I don’t show up when their at home incase my mouth says something” Jess smirked
“So what’s this they want Starstruck to do a Christmas song?” Lisa asked
“I’m not feeling it at all” Jess admitted
“It’s Christmas though, you need to get into the spirit” Lisa laughed
“Yes singing were rocking around the Christmas tree, isn’t exactly what I had in mind, could you imagine the outfit the label would put me in, no no!” Jess explained
Bette laughed “Get your Mum to produce it”
“Kelly’s actually speaking to my Mum about producing our videos, and getting Mum some other work, but Mum’s big boss is being a twat about it”
“Why?” Bette asked
“Because Kelly stated she would only give them the contract if Mum produced them all!” Jess stated
“That’s a fair deal, Mum is the best” Lisa smirked
“I know” Jess smiled “And I’d get to call all the shots because she’s my mum”
“I highly doubt that one” Bette smirked
“Yeah what Mama said” Lisa laughed “Mum is just as stubborn as you, I can imagine the fights you and her will have”
“Not really, Mum knows me pretty well, she will know if I’ll do something or not” Jess stated
“You have a point there” Bette smiled “However she won’t let you boss around and call the shots”
“I know” Jess smiled
“Ok your resubmission is great if she fails this again I’ll be horrified” Bette admitted
Tina walked in the door looking terrible.
“Wow what is up with you?” Lisa asked
“I have a cold, a sore head and I’m not in the best of moods” Tina admitted
“Ok your contagious therefore I’m leaving, love you” Jess said getting up
“Yeah I’m with Jess, you can keep your cold all to yourself” Lisa got up blew Tina a kiss and followed Jess up the stairs.
“Thanks girls, I love you too” Tina said
“Awww baby” Bette laughed getting up and helping Tina with her things.
She took of Tina’s Jacket and hung it up. “I’ll go run you a bath”
“That sounds amazing” Tina smiled
Jess lay on her bed lifting her phone; she replied to the txts and then listened to the voicemail Kelly had left her.
An hour later
“You okay?” Bette asked popping her head in Jess’s room door
“Yeah, where’s Lisa?”
“At Jace’s she should be back soon” Bette smiled
“How’s mum?”
“She’s reading her book in bed”
Jess got up “I’ll go see her”
Jess walked into Bette and Tina’s bedroom.
“How you feeling Mum?” Jess asked
“Not so good sweetie, thought you were avoiding me so you don’t catch it” Tina smiled
Jess crawled up beside Tina and cuddled into her.
“Something’s are worth catching” Jess smiled
“What you mean?” Bette asked
“Well if me giving my mum a cuddle helps her feel that little bit better, then catching a cold will be worth it” Jess said
Bette and Tina both smiled.