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Noah Got It Bad
NoahLast night's kiss had gone on extra-long. Noah could see he was making progress in breaking through Roni's defenses. He understood why she was still hesitant to go any further. He wasn't without worry either. The possibility that something could go wrong was too real. But there was no way he couldn't try. It was a huge risk but one he felt was absolutely worth the reward should it all work out, and he was certain it would.For now, he'd take what she would give him, knowing they had somewhat of an unspoken agreement. Getting her life back to what it used to be was important to her, and he'd respect that. She did say she wanted to deal with that first before making any major changes in her life. So he'd be content knowing she wasn't considering anyone else either. Most importantly, although she set down the law that she would handle Kratz and there would be no ass kicking should he ever show up again, she did once again mention she had no interest in reconciling with the guy, not
Noah This Changed Everything
VeronicaEven though their routine had changed a little this week because of Noah's extra training, once home in the evenings, everything was blissfully the same. Noah flipped through the channels as Veronica lay on the sofa, resting her head on his lap, playing with his phone. She still couldn't believe the amount of things she could do with it. Noah had even showed her an app that she could use to start her car. It was unreal.She resized the picture she'd taken that weekend of the guys while they were completely engrossed in their game. It was so cute; they all looked like their actual lives depended on whatever it was they were concentrating so hard on. The app she was playing with would let her add thoughts over their heads. She was in the middle of adding thoughts above Noah's head when she hit something and the screen switched over to an incoming text—from Rita.Veronica's stomach did that weird thing it'd done just about anytime there'd been mention of Rita—the same thing it
Noah Getting Her Life Back
The next morning, Veronica made it a point to be up earlier than the norm. Noah was usually up before her even now that she'd gone back to work, because of his early morning runs. But today, Veronica wanted to spend as little time with him as possible before she left.She was just filling her commuter mug with coffee when he walked in the back door. He wore the usual dark gray hooded sweatshirt he wore every morning. He stopped quickly at the sight of her, taking his earpiece out of his ear and pulling his hood back. "Hey." His smile was so sincere her insides warmed. "You're up. How you feeling?"She returned the smile, attempting to do what she'd decided after a long night of soul-searching and arguing with that little voice of reason, which so often won, but hadn't been winning lately. Noah was one of the best things that had happened to her. Her mother often spoke of people being brought into your life for a reason. He'd been there when she needed him most, but she'd confused thi
Noah Changes
Veronica texted Derek back, agreeing to meet him at a fast-food burger joint. Normally she headed straight home after work to grab something to eat, change, and get some things done around the house before heading out to the gym. But today she could skip that. She'd eat with Derek then head home and get ready for the gym.Changes—she was already making them, and she felt empowered by it: first Nellie, now this. Today was turning out even better than she'd hoped.As tempted as she was to ask Derek to elaborate more on Noah's "drug trafficking," she didn't want to make this about Noah. She was, after all, doing this in part to break free of what was beginning to feel like a hold Noah had on her.All in all the dinner went quite well with Derek insisting they should do this more often. Veronica agreed, and Derek said he'd text her again soon. They never did get to the topic of their relationship remaining a friendly one, but she intended to bring it up the second there was any mention
Noah Once a Loser Always a Loser
The rest of the week continued with Veronica determined to stick with her plan. One way or another she would overcome what was beginning to feel like an obsession. As soon as she got a chance to, she'd talk to Nellie about this. Nellie was always so wonderful about helping her to see things in a clearer light.Deciding that her time after work and before she went to the gym would be her time now, she scheduled something for that timeslot every day that week. Tuesday, she went for sushi with her coworker Sylvia, who had raved more than once about the new place that had recently opened up. So Veronica hit her up, and Sylvia agreed to go with her after work. That evening, she managed to cut the goodnight kiss down to half the time they'd spent on it the night before, but it was still just as sizzling.Wednesday and Thursday, she spent with Derek, but she hadn't planned it that way. Wednesday she agreed to meet him for pizza after work. It was going fine until he asked about the hickey s
Noah WTF?
Noah went through his usual fight-day rituals Friday. He skipped his morning run, had a hearty breakfast, drank tons of water throughout the day. Since the gym would be a mess with the all-day radio broadcasting as it had been last week, he stayed home for the day.He never really got nervous before a fight, and he wasn't at all worried about tonight's fight. Jack and Abel never liked overconfidence, but Gio seemed to be with Noah on this. He was just as confident that Noah had this. With all the radio broadcasting going on at the gym, his friends wouldn't be spending all day there either. They were both stopping by Noah's around lunch time, which meant Noah would have to triple the pasta he was planning on having for lunch. He'd just finished preparing it when they arrived."Smells good," Gio said as he made himself comfortable at the table.Noah did the host thing and served his friends while they went over strategy. Abel reminded him for the hundredth time of the things he'd real
Noah You Believe Me Right?
"Roni." He hesitated, not sure if he'd be opening a can a worms. In the last few days, he'd decided even if it hadn't been said, he and Roni were in a relationship. No matter what she said or how much she put off making it official, what was happening between them now was very real. He felt it every night when they said goodnight, and he knew she did too. There was no denying it, and like he'd told her before, if she had seen the picture of Rita wrapped around him, she deserved an explanation.She was looking at him now a bit confused, but the nervous smile was still there. "What is it?""Did you, uh ... Did you by chance see the picture Rita texted me this week?" The smile was gone instantly, and he knew then that she had. He hurried to her. "Why didn't you tell me? I would've explained."She shook her head, avoiding his eyes, but he saw the pained look on her face, and he took her hand."Look, she jumped on my bike just as I was leaving Gio's uncle's house. She told Hector to tak
Noah Stay With Me Tonight
~QUINTANILLA VS MACHADO~The banner alone was enough to unnerve her as they reached 5th Street. Roni felt it the moment she walked into the gym with Noah. He took her hand as they walked through the already gathering crowd. A herd of would-be groupies eyeballed her as they walked by them, and they all happily wished Noah luck. Roni looked right back at all of them and smiled sweetly. Noah was making a statement, and now so was she. The decision about moving forward and giving a relationship with Noah a fair try was becoming clearer.Nothing made her happier than being with him, and who cared if she didn't have a million friends or other things going on? Who said she had to have that all set up before she moved things along with Noah? She could do both at the same time. There were just a few things she wanted to get straight with him.She'd been tempted to return Derek's texts all day but hadn't. He apologized again for having dropped such a load on her about Noah. Since she hadn't r
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