Chapter 3

Tina walked along the deck on the side of the ship. She turned the corner, into the hallway that would take her to the Messhall, and stopped dead in her tracks.

Kath was pressed up against the wall and Ashley was leaning in whispering in her ear. She gasped, and then moaned. Ashley pulled back with a smile on her lips; she leaned in again and kissed her.

Tina heard a small moan. She turned around and walked back the way she came. She took two steps, and then stopped. She tried to blink back the tears, but she couldn't stop the first tear from rolling down her cheek. She quickly wiped it away and straightened her back. She walked back to her room, looking as much as a teacher in a bad mood as she could. Everyone she passed moved out of her way, the glare she had on made sure of that.

When she closed the door to her room, she fell against the wall and let the tears fall. She slid down the wall and hugged her knees to her chest.

After ten minutes of sitting on the floor, she got up and wiped the remaining tears from her face. She walked into the bathroom and looked at her reflection, she had tear tracks down her cheeks, her eyes were red and her hair was a mess. She quickly ran her brush through her hair and splashed cold water on her face. She looked in the mirror again, she looked like her self, but she felt dead inside. She sighed and walked over to the bath, she bent down to pick up Kath's jeans, when she heard a knock come from the outer room. She ignored it and folded the jeans. She walked out into her bedroom and over to her bed.

Tina picked up Kath's shirt and bra, she folded them and placed them on top of the jeans.

Someone knocked on the door again, she ignored it.

They knocked again.

"Who ever it is, go the hell away!"

The door opened and a man walked in. "I'm sorry to bother you Tina, but I want to have a word with you about Kat." Robert said.

Robert Delos as a sort of Principle slash parent to the students. He took care of them if their teachers couldn't. Kath was one of his favorite students, she and her two friends, Lea and Lana, were the only ones who called him Daddy D. Everyone else called him D or Mr. D.

Tina spun around looked at him. "What is it?"
Rob smiled gently. "It seems she was running around the ship in a rather revealing shirt. I've been told that she was seen running down the hall towards the Messhall with a lady following her."
Tina looked him in the eye. "Yes, I know she's wearing that shirt. She burned herself earlier and can't wear anything constricting for it causes her pain."
Rob arched his eyebrow. "That explains the shirt, but not her behavior."
"Turns out she ate a lot of sugar for breakfast this morning and it kicked in. I've already talked to her about that."
Rob walked over to Tina and put his hands on her shoulders. "Are you ok?"
Tina sighed and sat down on her bed. "I'm fine. I've just had a trying day today, first Kathryn burning herself, then her running around with no glasses on and then just running around." She said.

Robert sat down next to her and pulled her into a friendly hug. "Think of it this way. The day's nearly over." He said with a chuckle.

Tina groaned and dropped her head onto his shoulder.

They stayed like that for a minute or two, but when Robert went to speak, the door opened.

Ashley walked in and stopped mid-step. "Oops. Sorry, I'll just leave." She said, but before she could move, Kath walked into her back.

"Ow! What the hell? I knew I shouldn't have let you take Misses glasses from me. Why the hell would you stop in the middle of the doorway?" Kath walked around Ashley. "Jeesh! Like seriously, that hurt…" She trailed off as Ashley slid Tina's glasses on her nose and turned her around. "Oh my god! I am so sorry, we'll just be leaving." She laughed and started tugging Ashley out of the room.

Rob laughed. "It's alright Kat. I came to talk to Tina about your behavior, but don't worry about it, just cut down on the sugar intake."
Kath smiled sweetly. "No more sugar got ya. Now while you're here, could you put my hair up again? It's to hot to have it down."
Rob smiled at her. "Sure, where's your hair tie?"
Kath smiled and skipped over to him. "Here." She said and tool the black hair tie off her wrist.

He took it and turned her around. He did her long hair up in a French twist. "There you go Kat." He looked at her neck. "What's that on her neck Kat?"
Kath moved her hand to her neck.

"Other side."
"What are you talking about Daddy D?"

Rob got up and walked her into Tina's bathroom; he made her look in the mirror. "That." He said and pointed to the red mark.

Kath screamed. "How the hell did I get one of those?!" She covered it with her hand and walked out of the bathroom. She stopped halfway to the door, she turned around and walked back to Tina. "Here you go Miss." She said and gave her, her glasses back. She turned around and walked into Robert. "Ow! Seriously, who did I run into this time?" She whined.

Rob smiled at Kath. "Me. Why aren't you wearing your glasses Kat?"
Kath narrowed her eyes. "Mine are getting fixed, and I lost my contacts."
Ashley spoke up. "How can you wear Tina's? Hers are for reading."

Tina stood up and walked over to her cupboard. "Our glasses are the same strength, but we need them for different reasons. Kathryn needs them because everything is a blur and I need them for reading." She pulled out Kath's clothes and gave them to her. "Here are your clothes from earlier." She said.

Kath looked in her direction. "Thank you. I'll bring back your shirt tomorrow after class."
Rob arched his eyebrow. "Your shirt?"
Tina nodded. "Yes my shirt." She looked back at Kath. "You can have it. I don't want it anymore."
"You sure?"
"I'm sure." She answered curtly.

Kath stepped back, she had never been spoken to that way before. "Ok then, I'm just going to leave so I can have some dinner.'' She looked at Rob. "Would you like to join me?"
"Love to," He looked at Ashley. "Would you like to come as well, Ashley is it?"
Ashley nodded and smiled. " Sure."
Kath smiled. "Sweet." She turned back to face Tina. "Would you like to come with us Miss?"
Tina tried to smile. "No thank you. I have a lot of marking to do."
"Ok. Now lets see how long it takes for me to make it to my room." Kath said and spun around.

Robert took hold of her arm. "Maybe we should walk with you Kat. Don't want you to walk into anything."

Kath smiled. "Thanks Daddy D."
"No problem. Come on, lets go." He said.

Ashley opened the door. "I'll talk to you later Tina. Bye."
Tina nodded and watched as they walked out of her room. When the door closed, she sighed and collapsed onto her bed. After a couple of minutes she fell asleep for the night.

End Chapter 3