Veronica's POV

The place was suddenly very hot and I felt claustrophobic. I opened my eyes as I got ready to throw off my sheets but stopped dead in my tracts. There was a warm body next to me. I almost screamed but my body tensed further when the hands that was wrapped around my waist tightened. The bugle that pressed against my back made it abundantly clear that it was a man.

At that point my brain registered what was happening. I sighed in relief as I realized it was Anthony. Slowly, I removed his hand and got up. The room was dark except for the tiny Rays of light bouncing off my wall mirror. I quickly picked up his jersey and covered my naked skin.

Walking into the bathroom I smiled as I brushed my teeth. Last night was one of the best nights of my life. I think it was a record seeing that he made love to me nearly three times. I'm surprised he had the energy to go that long. Shaking my head I rinsed my mouth and washed my face.

Okay, it was time to go make some breakfast. I searched quietly for my underwear and slipped them on before heading out and closing the door. Without making a sound I walked towards the stairs. I passed Carol's room on my way down and I halted my steps.

I wanted to see if she was still asleep and whether Brian was still here. I heard shouting last night but I was too wrapped up in bliss to care. Now that morning was here I felt guilty for not coming and checking sooner.

I gently pushed the door and peaked in. The lights were still on and immediately I spotted them. They were curled up on the bed fast asleep. I smiled as I saw Carol's hair tousled across her face and her mouth slightly opened. The way she slept was so cute.

I closed the door behind me when I saw that they were sleeping. At least they made up.

I headed downstairs and started making breakfast. I got the eggs and pancakes out, I put some coffee on for the boys and then I made sure that there was orange juice in the fridge. When I had all I needed I started my task of making breakfast. The ringing of my phone a few minutes later had me jumping. I quickly grabbed it and answered, forgetting to check the callers ID.

"Hello?" I sing songed.

"Veronica hi." I froze in my spot as I recognized my father's voice.

"Dad?!" I asked slowly, clearly confused.

"Yes it's me. Did you get my present?"

Anger started to boil inside me as I heard his question. The nerve of this man.

"Wow, of course. Of course you don't call to ask how I'm doing or how I've been or even to say happy belated birthday and to apologize for not being here." I said angrily.

"Do you know that mom flew all the way from Toronto to visit me?! She left her busy schedule to visit her only girl child... And what do you do?! You ignore me and my calls to fly to some stupid island with one of your many whores."

"Veronica!" My dad shouted angrily.

"No, I'm not done. You didn't even have your assistant call me. No! You waited for a whole three days to pass before you acknowledged that you had a daughter." I had started shouting but now I felt defeated and made no move to stop the tears that were flowing from my face.

"Veronica sweety. I'm sorry, I know I haven't been there for you lately but I make every effort to ensure that you don't go a day starving. I ensure that you have a good education and I provide everything you need. What more do you want from me?"

"I want you dad. Just your presence is enough, not your money or your fancy stuff, just you. Is that too much to ask?"

I heard giggling in the background and knew that I had lost my father's attention. I groaned loudly and shut the phone off. When he called back shortly after I ignored the call. He didn't call back after that. I rolled my eyes and slammed my fists on the sink and winced at the pain.

At least now I had a perfectly good reason to cry.

"Is everything alright?"

I jumped once more and turned around at the voice. Carol was rubbing her eyes and trying to suppress a yawn at the same time. I laughed through my tears and she smiled at me.

"Yes I'm fine. I just slammed my fists against the sink." I rubbed at the pained area.

Carol padded her feet into the kitchen and grabbed a cup of coffee. "Is that why you were yelling at your dad?" She didn't make eye contact but I couldn't stop my face from heating up.

I knew there was no way I could hide anything from her. I sighed and sat down.

"My dad called and I lost it."

She took the seat opposite me and held the cup between her hands as though to warm her fingers. I looked at my best friend as she was distracted by her task. I wanted to laugh but I didn't. She was so focused on stealing some of the heat that I could see her face filled with determination. Her tongue was partially sticking out at the side and her brows were furrowed as though her eyes were the source of the heat.

When she pulled her hands away and took a sip of her coffee she looked up at me. I laughed then, when I saw the guilty look in her eyes when she realized she wasn't paying attention.

"It's okay, it's not like I was telling you my problems or anything." I said sarcastically.

"Oh my gosh Roni I'm so sorry. You were saying?"

"It's okay, I'm not mad."

"I'm fully focused now. What happened?" I laughed and started telling her the conversation.

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The boys left half an hour ago and I was still slightly pondering the interaction between Carr and Brian. For some reason they spent the entire morning giving each other knowing stares and smiles as they looked at me.

Was I too loud last night? I asked myself but I knew I wasn't. I ignored my thoughts as Carr came into my room.

"So we literally have four more days before we have to go back to school." She said as she sat on the edge of my bed.

She was wearing a blue shorts and matching tank top that had Mickey Mouse characters on them. I smiled at her choice of clothing. I had chosen to wear my slacks and a tank top but they were plain grey.

"Yeah I know. I'm kinda excited. We get to see all our friends and party and... sleepovers." I clapped my hands together and giggled girlishly at the thought. I've really missed school.

"Yeah." She said absentmindedly.

"Hey, aren't you glad?"

"Yeah."

I shook my head and laid on my pillow. Carr made no move to join me, instead she just started playing with the sheets.

"What's on your mind?" I asked softly as concern filled me. "Is it about Brian?"

She looked up at me stunned and I continued. "I heard you yelling last night."

"Oh... No we're fine. I was just thinking about something."

I turned my head to the side so I could face her properly and placed my hand underneath my pillow. "What are you thinking about?"

"Life..." She sighed and 'X' her feet. "I wish life was different."

"How different?"

"I don't know. Just... Different." She grabbed the other pillow and hugged it while bracing against the wall.

We sat in silence for a few minutes. Her staring off into space and me staring at the ceiling. I knew something was wrong with her but I couldn't figure it out. I mean one minute she was happy and fooling around with me and then the next she just stared into space with a sad look in her eyes.

Every time I tried to pry information out of her she would put up this wall. We don't ever keep secrets from each other and we never ever fight but since the other night something changed between us. Yes I was surprised when I walked in on her and that girl. The sight of them in that position caught me off guard.

Carr had her head thrown back in ecstasy and her hands were in the girl's hair, like she was enjoying herself. The thing that had me up to this day perplexed was the fact that I got so angry and flipped out. But I didn't get angry because of what I saw, I got angry because she was doing what she did with someone else.

I mean I'm not a lesbian or anything so I'm really confused as to why I reacted that way. To make matters worse she caught me naked in the kitchen and the way her eyes wandered down my body caused me to become excited. I knew my face flushed bright red and my nipples were insanely hard. I was so embarrassed when she looked shocked at me because I knew she was aware of how turned on her gaze made me.

I took a deep breath and tried to clear my mind of her but instead I thought back to last night when we were watching the movie. I knew she was staring at me like she wanted to ask something but I refused to say anything and just let her talk, she didn't. Then when we were fighting and I picked her off of me she held on and for some reason I was turned on.

It didn't help that her heart was beating so fast and her breathing was ragged. I had placed her on the floor but still she held on to me and honestly... I didn't want her to let go. Somehow my brain stopped working because before I knew it, my lips were near her ears and I was acting all seductive as I got lost in her sweet scent.

I opened my eyes as my breathing got more and more out of control. When they accidentally travelled to Carr's I found her watching me intently as she bit her lips. In that moment... I wanted nothing more than to have my teeth marks replace hers.

All my life I was plagued with what was right and what was wrong. All my life everything that I learnt was straight and precise and I always followed the rules... But for once I wanted to forget about it. I wanted to ignore the fact that we had to be one way and not the other, that we had to choose one path and ignore the next. I wanted to be free to explore the forbidden paths and be bad, even if it was just once. I opened my eyes as determination flooded my consciousness.

You know what! To hell with this.

I gave in to my darkest desires and sat up so that we were face to face with each other. I saw her eyes widen as my face slowly moved towards hers and my eyes never left hers as I leaned in closer. Her eyes shifted towards my lips and I smiled as she sucked in a breath.

What on earth was I doing?

I closed my eyes as our lips connected.