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“You're welcome.”

I kissed her once more before Sid knocked on the bedroom door, letting me know that the food had arrived.

Science should have an explanation, but in my complete ignorance, all I could say was that waking up next to someone you were growing more attached to and giving more of yourself to each day felt like being in a private paradise. All the anguish and sadness of the last few hours had faded, and I could only gaze at Veronica’s peaceful face as she slept beside me.

I never thought I could feel so good with someone in my bed.

I never considered waking up with someone next to me.

The sun began to appear between the curtain and the alarm clock rang, making Veronica turn around suddenly to turn off the alarm. When she returned to her original position, her eyes were still heavy, but she smiled when she saw me awake.

“Good morning, Ken.”

I smiled and let my fingers wrap around hers, bringing them to my lips.

“Good morning, Roni.”

“We need to go to practice…” She whispered, stating the obvious.

“I know...” But neither of us moved to get out of bed.

Genuine happiness overcame me when she pressed her lips to mine. It was a calm, good morning kiss, but it was also intense with the secret wish that we could stay there forever.

At that moment, I felt horrible for letting something from Delilah affect me so much, I shouldn't give so much power to a person who only hurt me. Especially when there was someone who was so different and who was doing a lot for me now.

I kissed her neck, hearing her sighs spread throughout my room. The firm hands felt me vigorously, covering every part of me. Grabbing me by the hair, Veronica made me see the darkness of the night reflected in her eyes, revealing a singular truth.

“I want to look at you…” I declared. “I just want to look at you…”

She smiled and let our intertwined legs rest between us while I just stood there: admiring the girl I once swore I hated more than anyone in the universe, but who, when I needed someone, was the one there taking care of me.

“Do you think we have a future?” The question escaped me faster than I could register.

“I hope so, Kendra. I no longer want to be in a world where you are not mine.”

I felt my cheeks burning a little.

“I'm not an object to be owned by someone.” I joked.

“Oh, shut up!” Veronica complained, kissing me and letting our desires be exposed there. Slipping between us, until we both put our hands down. With my eyes aligned, letting her fingers invade my panties while I did the same to her. It was surreal to feel her at the same time as she fucked me with her fingers.

There was something dangerous about the two of us together. The competition we had in the championships brought us here, the search for excellence made us rivals enough to become completely obsessed with always being ahead of everyone, but, mainly, of each other. And with all that, Veronica became the only one I would accept being in front of me. As she was now, with her legs shaking as she bit her own mouth to control her moans.

I leaned forward and brought my lips to her lobe, biting it carefully until I felt her pleasure flow between my fingers, leaving her stunned for a moment. However, we were talking about Veronica and she was the type who always finished something she started, so she soon started thrusting into me again and, while the palm of her hand massaged my clitoris, I also came undone for her.

“Morning sex is one of the eighth wonders of the world, right…” Roni commented quietly, giving me one last peck.

Veronica got up and looked for her own clothes.

“Sexwith youis one of the eighth wonders of the world.” I declared honestly. I loved how she knew how to touch me and how she took me to the limit. Never in my life had I found someone as good in bed with me as she was. Our chemistry was unreal.

Her eyes returned to me and she smiled. I thought she would say something, but she just continued to get ready and I ended up doing the same. My problems would continue to exist, I just needed to try to purge some of them in training and the others in bed with Veronica.

I had dropped my body to the floor as I felt sweat dripping from every available pore. The training was killing me, but today was Halloween night and there was nothing that would make me give up on having a good night, where I wanted to get drunk and forget about the world around me.

Some might call it irresponsibility, I called it self-care. Because I would collapse if I went another weekend without partying or living like the nineteen-year-old girl that I was.

“Hey, are you alive?” I felt someone lightly tapping my foot, so I moved my arm away from my eyes and saw Kendra there, looking just as worn out as I was.