Swimming with the Devil

Sleep-ins and Attitude

Ricky looked at Tianne and smirked, "he dragged her to the basement, ask her."

Tianne gave him an annoyed look, punching him in the shoulder playfully. "For your information, he was choking me. That was all. He stormed out before doing anything else. And destroyed my dress, so I need a new one. I loved that one too" she replied, looking between the three guys

Ricky smirked as soon as he heard her say the word, choking. "I see you had fun! He choked you, destroyed your dress? You sure he didn't destroy anything else?"

John coughed on his drink and looked at Tianne, "She is just the smarter version of Dianna I guess."

"Are you sure you don't want to kiss the ground today Rick?" She asked back, sipping on her drink more. She definitely wanted another after this one. Having the complement from John, she smiled at him.

Andrew shook his head, "Nahhh she is different, Martin gave her nickname on her first day, he still calls me Andrew, I low-key envy you!?"

Hearing him say she had a nickname on the first day, she raised an eyebrow. "I didn't know he was the one who gave me the nickname" she told Andrew, finishing her drink off and sliding the glass back

Andrew beamed, "Yes he did. He even asked you out as a date for the party. Girl you are doing unbelievable stuff. Mostly his plus one Miss Jenkins." Everyone started laughing at it.

Andrew then finished his drink, "Do you want me to carry you to the basement? You have a surgery in a couple of days, Don't complicate it."

Tianne laughed, not expecting that she could change the atmosphere of a gang. "Miss Jenkins has been treating me sort of like a daughter actually. Is that normal for her?" She asked Andrew. "And yes, might be an idea. Don't need to damage it more then it already is. But, Miss Jenkins was asleep on the couch where I am now when I left" she replied, wondering if that meant anything.

Rick grabbed a bottle of vodka, "Hey guys, I am off to my place, nice chat. Btw Tianne, I am hoping to see you at the gym tomorrow, I won't be lenient tomorrow, you can't get away with it that easy. I am not Martin."

Finishing her drink, she looked at Rick as he spoke. "You just might. And I know you're not Martin. As long as you don't make my ankle worse. You don't want to get stuck carrying me around all day now do you?" She mocked slightly, smirking as she waited for his response

Rick rolled his eyes and walked towards the elevator followed by Andrew who without any warning carried Tianne with him, "Miss Jenkins is like a mother to all of us, so it's quite normal for her to sleep in your room to keep you company after...as per your statement Martin choked you and almost destroyed your favourite dress." He chuckled a bit, "Tianne, I might have told you a lot about Martin today, that I was obviously not supposed to, like his mental condition and all that. So do me a favour and never speak about it to anyone, not even to Miss Jenkins. Martin would kill me if he finds out that you know."

Tianne chuckled softly at his reaction. Gasping when she got picked up, lucky she had her laptop in her hands ready to go.

"I won't tell a soul. Cross my heart hope to die" she joked on the last sentence, chuckling. "His secret is safe with me. No one needs to know anything more about him then they already know" she added.

He dropped Tianne to her room and walked away.

Once in her room, she snuck back in and went to her bed, placing her laptop under the bed before she got into it and fell into a dreamless sleep

It was the next morning, Miss Jenkins got up and paced to the kitchen to make some breakfast for Tianne, little did the young girl know, she overslept. She missed her training and the breakfast, Miss Jenkins herself overslept, but no-one would object to that, it's always the new girl that's the scapegoat.