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Ellie smirked and placed a few kisses across Sierra’s chest. “Oh, I plan to do a lot more of this tonight. If you agree, I also think we should skip our classes tomorrow, so we don’t have to put clothes on until it’s time for the anti-Christ to return.”

“I think I can make that work.” Sierra didn’t have anything big happening in her classes scheduled for the next day, but even if she did, she probably wouldn’t care. Naked time with Ellie was much more important.

“In that case…” Ellie rolled back on top of Sierra and kissed her as if it was the first time all over again.

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They spent the rest of the night into the early morning hours exploring each other with their hands and mouths. When they could barely keep their eyes open, they drifted to sleep in each other’s arms.

When Sierra awoke to the feeling of Ellie kissing her neck, she checked her phone and was surprised to see how late they had slept in. Luckily, they hadn’t slept into the afternoon, so they had time for at least one more round before they would have to get dressed and leave the room to prepare for Teresa’s arrival.

“If you’re going to do that, you better follow through,” Sierra said as she pulled Ellie on top of her.

Ellie smirked down at her. “You don’t have to worry about that. Ialwaysfollow through.”

Sierra brought her hands into Ellie’s hair to encourage her lips to meet Sierra’s in another perfect kiss. She was so distracted by Ellie’s hand sneaking down her side, she didn’t hear her dorm room door open.

What she did hear was Teresa’s raised voice asking, “What the fuck is going on here?”

Ellie scrambled off of Sierra and pulled the comforter over herself. Sierra did the same as she thought about what to say. “Teresa, this is my…” she hesitated before saying the word girlfriend, because they had never actually defined what this was. She had no doubt that they were on the same page with how they felt about each other, but she wasn’t sure whether or not Ellie was okay with putting a label on it.

Ellie held the comforter over her body with one hand and reached the other out toward Teresa. “I’m her girlfriend, Ellie. I would say it’s nice to meet you, but unfortunately, I’ve heard too much about you, and I don’t like to lie.”

When Sierra giggled at Ellie’s response, Teresa glared at her. “I’ll ask you again… what thefuckis going on here?”

Sierra shrugged. With Ellie beside her, Teresa wasn’t able to scare her the way she usually did. “Youweren’t supposed to be back until this afternoon, so I had my girlfriend stay over last night. This ismyroom too. You’ve had guys over to do this exact same thing plenty of times.”

“Yeah,guys.I’m not stinking up the room with my disgusting lifestyle.”

Those words sounded more like something Teresa’s dad would say than her own, but Sierra was done making excuses for her. “You didn’t seem to mind thislifestylewhenyouwere the one on top of me.”

She hoped that visual didn’t upset Ellie, but the way she chuckled told Sierra it didn’t.

Teresa glowered at both of them. “Don’t act like you're not the one with the problem. You’ve been obsessed with me from the moment we met. You manipulated me into your bed and convinced yourself I loved you when I really just felt sorry for you. You’re nothing but a…”

“Shut your fucking mouth,” Ellie interrupted, “before I do it for you.”

Sierra smiled at Ellie and kissed her cheek. “Thanks, babe, but I got this.” She narrowed her eyes when she looked back at Teresa. “You can say whatever you want to make yourself feel better, but the truth is, you fell in love with me, but you didn’t have the guts to follow through. Instead of admitting that something happened between us, you’ve spent this whole year making me your personal punching bag. You got with guys and rubbed it in my face. You gaslit me to make me feel like I was the crazy one. You treated me like complete shit. And I just put up with it, because I really thought I loved you. But I’ve come to realize that you never deserved me, and by ending thingsbetween us, you did me the biggest favor of my life. Oh, also, you’re kind of interrupting another round of super hot sex with my girlfriend, so you should probably leave.”

Teresa looked like there was so much she wanted to say, but instead, she huffed and stormed out of the room.

The room was silent for a few seconds before Ellie broke into a fit of laughter. When she stopped laughing, she brought herself into the same position she had been in before they were rudely interrupted. “I think you should know that was the hottest fucking thing I’ve ever seen. I’m so turned on right now.”

Sierra lifted an eyebrow. “Maybe you should do something about that.”

Ellie smirked back at her. “Don’t worry. I plan on it.”

Chapter 31

Ellie

After some last minute planning and a lot of discussions, Ellie and Sierra had decided to stay in Pennsylvania for Spring Break. They had rented a tiny cottage by a lake for three nights, and while most of their teammates would have scoffed at the idea of staying in cool Pennsylvania over somewhere tropical and warm, Ellie couldn’t wait. She was about to have three full days away with Sierra with no interruptions, sneaking around, or studying. Nothing sounded more perfect than that. The only responsibility they would have was working out, but working out with her biggest competition was a pretty good deal.

“Have I mentioned how excited I am for this?” Sierra squeezed Ellie’s hand and bounced up and down in the passenger seat.

In the week since telling off Teresa, Ellie could see a visible change in Sierra. She appeared lighter as if a huge weight had been lifted off her shoulders, and Ellie loved seeing it.

Speaking of that big, scary L word, Ellie had also realized, with no doubt in her mind, that she loved the girl sitting next to her. She had no idea when she would tell her since she didn’t want to scare her off so early in their relationship, but she knew these feelings were real, and it was getting harder and harder to hold them in.

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