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“What does my bruised ankle have to do with it?”

“That I can just leave you here to fend for yourself back to the dorm...”

“You wouldn't dare!” She exclaimed, indignant. I smiled.

“No, but it's good to keep quiet and not doubt my driving skills, bitch.”

Veronica looked at me in the way that most instigated me: defiantly. But she remained silent, allowing me to get the car out of the parking space and start driving around the campus.

“Are you going to class?” The question took me by surprise.

“I should, but it depends...” I stared at her for a second before returning to pay attention on the road.

“I can't go back to class, so I was thinking about just staying cool for today.”

“Are you giving me some kind of invitation, Veronica Torres?” I asked, teasing her. “Because it's good to do it soon, we're already arriving at our dorm.”

There was a second of silence until I parked in front of where we lived.

“Spend the day with me in the room? Please?” Her sly voice and her eyes blinking rapidly made her look like the damn Puss in Boots.

It was impossible to deny the request.

We both went downstairs and I helped her up to her room. We left her things in the room and I needed a shower before anything else. I ran to the bathroom and in a few minutes I was back in Veronica's company.

I found her in her room, in her pajamas and under the covers.

“Wow, how lazy...” I mocked.

“I took a muscle relaxant, I'm a little sleepy.”

“You know we shouldn't take these things.”

She gave me a look.

“I'm in pain, Kendra. Give me a break...”

“Your pain is not muscular, don't be stupid.” She huffed, turning her back to me as she pulled the blanket until it covered her head. “Do you want me to leave?”

“No… I just want you to be a pain in the ass.”

She was needy and in pain, I could understand that. In her place, I would be much worse. That's why I decided not to razz her anymore. I just lay down next to her, putting myself under the covers too, taking advantage of the mild day to do so.

Veronica slowly turned around.

“I'm in pain, but I want your company.”

I smiled, letting my fingers pull the strands of hair back a little, freeing her face. She was always beautiful, but ever since I kissed her, it seemed like her beauty was being exalted even more in my eyes.

“It's okay, I understand.”

She leaned up and pressed her lips to mine for a few moments.

“How is it possible that I feel so good about you in such a short time?” Veronica asked in an almost rhetorical way. “In a short time I went from ‘I want to kill you, you frigid bitch’ to‘hm, please stay with me all afternoon, because I'm very needy today’”.

A laugh escaped me at her revelation.

“I think it's because I fucked you well, but in any case, I'm happy to keep you company.”