"Are you sure...?" He asked, breathing heavily.

"Yes..." Veronica replied, "I want you..."

Stu grabbed a condom from the pocket of his jeans that were down at his ankles.

He rolled it onto himself and asked Veronica once more, "We can stop if you want..."

"Stu," Veronica said, "Don't stop... I want to..."

Stu nodded and took a deep breath before proceeding.

Veronica gasped slightly, gripping the sheets tightly and arching her back like a cat.

It was clear to her then that Stu was definitely bigger than Billy was...

One of Stu's arms kept him propped up above Veronica, their chests nearly touching. The other made its way to her hand, which he gripped gently.

"Are you okay...?" He asked.

Veronica nodded, "I'm amazing... Please keep going..."

A half an hour later

Veronica ended up being on top for the majority of the moment, once they tired themselves out Veronica laid down on Stu's bare chest.

Doing it with Stu was way different than with Billy. Stu seemed to actually care how Veronica was feeling, Billy didn't.

Stu was careful and gentle and he checked in to see if she was feeling okay.

Stu looked at the clock on his nightstand, "Ronnie, Billy's been gone a while... I should probably go look for him, yeah?"

Veronica nodded with a yawn as Stu lifted her off of him and laid her down in his bed.

He pulled his pants back up and threw his sweater back on, leaning over to give Veronica a kiss on the cheek. "Stay here, I'll be right back..."

Then he left the room.

-

Veronica stayed in his bed and slept. It wasn't until about an hour later that she heard a sound, it sounded like a window opening. She shot up immediately.

She pulled her underwear up and threw on a random sweater that was on the ground.

She cautiously entered the hallway, there wasn't anyone there. Floorboards creaked.

Veronica ran into the kitchen and grabbed a knife.

Then the phone rang.

She quickly ran over to it and picked it up, "Hello? Who's there?"

"Veronica?"

It was Stu's voice.

"Veronica, are you okay? I found Billy, we're coming back." Stu said, Veronica heard floorboards creek once more.

"Stu! Stu, I think someones in the house..." Veronica said, whispering into the phone.

Stu's voice immediately went panicky, "Veronica, we're coming just hold on."

Veronica heard footsteps and dropped the phone with a gasp.

She spun around and saw a figure, it appeared to be a man, wearing a ski-mask.

"Mickey...?" She questioned, the figure bolted at her.

As he did, she punched him across the face and he fell backwards. Veronica ran towards the door but found herself getting pulled back by the intruder.

"NO!" She screamed trying to push him away, he shoved her to the floor and pinned her down, trying to choke her.

She used her foot to kick him off of her then crawled over to him, hearing Stu's voice yelling her name over the phone in a panic.

Not again... I can't do this again! I don't want to be the victim, that's not who I am! This needs to end... I can't do this...

Her breathing grew intense as she felt a panic attack arise.

Veronica crawled on top of the man and raised the knife in the air, then plunged it into the intruder's chest.

You'd think she'd stop there but it continued, tears streaming down her face as she did so, repeatedly plunging the knife into the man's chest.

The door slammed open, Veronica stopped with the knife in mid-air. Billy and Stu looked down at her in horror and shock.

The PTSD from the incidents in High School and college triggered a psychotic breakdown. She was going through it again... Her mind couldn't take it... She'd over-done it, but the blame didn't completely fall on her...


"Veronica...?"

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