Jasper had started to notice herself being a little more odd with Pearl, enjoying being closer and talking with the older woman. She had found she enjoyed just watching Pearl interact with her child, something that made her heart sing. She could tell that Pearl loved Mala without a question, the woman had already invested so much tone in Mala that Jasper was afraid what would happen if Pearl decided she didn’t want to spend time with then anymore. It was something Jasper was dreading and made her heart clenched at the thought.<br/><br/>Watch Pearl and Mala practice Jasper noticed Pearl was getting slower and slower, even her speech was a little slurred. Mala hadn’t noticed mainly because she was focused on getting her footing right, When Pearl started to fall Jasper launched forward catching the woman with ease. Lifting her up and cradling the tired woman to her chest. Sighing softly Jasper looked Pearl over as Mala clung to her side wondering what had happened to her teacher. She could see the dark bags under Pearls eyes and shook her head, the woman had burnt herself out.<br/><br/>“Mala grab our things and Pearls, I’m going to get her to the car and we’re taking her home. She needs some rest and I mean that. No bothering her until she wakes up on her own” she ordered as she head out of the room to the car, she knew Mala would catch up with ease. One getting to the large suv Jasper used her foot to open the door and seat Pearl down in the passenger seat, buckling the woman up before she headed to the other side to start the car. Turning the heat up and the heated seats on to make sure Pearl stayed comfortable and fell asleep. Going back to help her daughter finish cleaning up.<br/><br/>When they got back to their apartment Mala was squirming, she had stayed quiet the entire car ride not wanting to wake Pearl up, but she had so many questions. When they got into the house Jasper took a moment to think about her plan “Mala, you can go play video games. As many as you want as long as you want. I’m going to take care of Pearl” Mala nodded as she went to the large tv a d started picking out a game.<br/><br/>Jasper sighed as she walled into her bed room, planning on giving Pearl her bed to sleep in for a couple days. It was bigger and softer, but Jasper was faced with an awkward moment, undressing Pearl to get her comfortable. Shaking her head she just told herself to go into mom mode, setting Pearl down on the bed she quickly grabbed a pair of sweats and a t-shirt, sitting Pearl up she leaned the woman into her as she worked, she kept her mind focused on the task trying not to think about how good it felt to hold Pearl, how sweet she smelt or how soft her skin felt. What did she taste like? Jerking her head Jasper quickly went a out changing Pearl clothes , Jasper paused for a moment she noticed all the old scares that marred Pearl skin, Jasper even found herself running her fingers along the bigger ones, she knew all to well the world as cruel to people with different skins. Sighing softly she focused on getting the large pair of sweat pants on Pearl, tying to knot to help them stay on. Once the shirt was on Jasper set up tucking the woman in and leaving the room.<br/><br/>Making sure to leave the door open a crack in case Pearl woke up. Jasper would sleep on the couch since the spare bed would be to small for her anyway. Hopefully Pearl would wake up soon, Mala wouldn’t sleep well till she knew Pearl was okay and sadly neither would Jasper. But Jasper would have several questions for Pearl when the woman woke up and they could find themselves alone for a few minutes.