Torchwood For Life

CHAPTER 1 - Everything Changes Part 2

CHAPTER 1 - Everything Changes Part 2

23 October 2006 - 64 Clarence Embankment

Gemma awoke to the sounds of children shouting and the heavy patters of feet running up and down and around. Her brown eyes squinting as she looked around the room.

"God," she said feeling as though she had a massive hangover, when really it was just the sleep deprivation.

She was on a couch, why was she on a couch? She thought. In Jakes room. Then she remembered she crashed there last night, or well early this morning. Looking over she saw Jake sleeping like the dead, his hair all messed up and his blankets half on and half off.

Looking just to the right of him, she noticed his alarm clock. 8:00 it read. Her eyes widened as she slammed her head back down on the makeshift pillow. She groaned before looking around Jake's messy room, finding a shoe conveniently on the floor beside her she threw it at Jake's head. He snapped awake immediately, looking just as tired as her he looked over at her glaring.

"What was that for?" he asked as she pointed without even looking at his clock.

"Don't worry about it, we'll miss." He said after he lay back down.

"Miss, are you crazy, your mother will skin us alive if we don't show up." She said looking around for one of her abandoned uniforms she had left the last time she was there.

She looked over to see that Jake had not moved from his position. Walking quickly over to him she shoved him slightly hoping that it would jolt him awake.

"Come on up you get" she said looking at his closed eyes.

When it didn't do so she pulled his covers off so he received a full blast of the cold, autumn, Cardiff air. He sat up quickly.

"Damn it Gem, why the bloody hell did you have to do that?" He said as he got up faster. Walking over to the closet he grabbed out his freshly ironed clothes.

"Get out, I've got to get changed." He said as he pushed her quickly out of his room and slammed the door shut behind her.

Gemma groaned and walked across the cold wooden floorboards into the bath room where she quickly got changed into her uniform. She rolled her eyes when seeing the crinkled white shirt. Sighing she put her blazer on over it to hide the creases. She then swiftly exited the bathroom and hurried back to Jakes room to retrieve her shoes.

5 minutes later the two of them were back down stairs. Jakes mother Sue looked at them scrutiny as they sat down for a quick breakfast. They worked in sync as Gemma stood up to get the bowls out of the top cupboard along with the cereal. As Gemma fetched the milk from the fridge Jake emptied out the fruit loops into the bowls. Gemma then grabbed the spoons from the draw as Jake poured the milk out.

Sue watched the two as they ate like there was no tomorrow. The two looked at each other when they saw Sue staring at them, Sue then spoke up.

"So did you two have a good time at the cinema last night?" She asked, Gemma knew how bad Sue was at being discrete.

"Yeah a blast." Jake spoke up.

"So did you two do anything after the movie or maybe while the movie was on?" Sue asked as Jake rolled his eyes.

"Mom we went to the movies got a bite to eat then came home." Jake lied as he got up to fetched his bag from the nearby table

"Ok, ok, then would you mind explaining why you came back late last night, 2 hours late, you said you'd be back at 11 instead I find you sneaking up to your room at 1 o'clock in the morning." She said crossing her arms. The two looked back at each other.