Stretching my arms over my head, I winced when I felt sweet tingling down there. The memories of what happened before I slept rushed through my mind and I smiled, my eyes still closed.

After a moment, I felt a light touch on my cheeks. Opening my eyes, I found Adam staring at me from my side, his head propped on his elbow and his gaze intense.

I could feel the heat crawling up my neck. Thankfully, I slipped into his T-shirt before sleeping otherwise it would have been more awkward to face him in my state of nakedness.

He didn't say anything. Instead, just kept looking at me while caressing my cheeks.

He is going to mess up. Isn't he?

He's probably gonna say it was all a mistake. Or it's complicated and I won't understand.

Or it just happened in the heat of passion and we should forget about it.

I waited for him to speak something and when he finally opened his mouth, I braced myself for the worse heartache ever.

"I think I am falling in love with you." he whispered and placed his forehead against mine, our breaths mingling with each other.

My heart swelled up at his confession and my eyes started to moisten. Did he really just confess that he was falling in love with me?

Am I dreaming?

Please don't wake me up if I am.

"Ad-" Before I could say anything, he kissed me again. Not a passionate kiss but a kiss full of love, emotions and promises. His hand was still holding my jaw, so gently as if I would crack if he use any more strength.

We finally pulled apart to breathe. He lay back on the bed and I rolled over, wrapping my arm around his torso and resting my head on his chest, listening to his heartbeat.

"I think I am dreaming." I said and I heard him chuckle. I slapped his chest after realizing that he was making fun of my cringe worthy sentence.

His amused expressions turned serious when our eyes met once again. Lowering his head, he placed another kiss on the tip of my nose.

I still couldn't believe it was happening. I was in his arms, without the air of awkwardness or embarrassment around us.

"We just have two hours before the last round." he said and looked towards the clock, his chest rising up and down.

Two hours. That means we can have another round of-

Pull your mind out of gutter Alicia. Stop being a horny mess.

"What are you thinking?" he said and I blushed hard.

"Um.. I.. Well." I smiled and then sliding my leg to other side of his torso, straddled him.

"I think there is something we can do in this free time." I said and then leaned down to place a passionate kiss on his lips. His bulge once again teased my sensitive flesh while his hands run up and down my thigh.

...

We are late.

Fuck! We are late.

"It's okay Alicia, don't worry." Adam said from behind me as we rushed past the corridor, ignoring the pain in between my legs.

If we thought we would be ready on time, we were wrong. After the lovemaking session in the bed, he pulled me up in his arms bridal style and took me to the bathroom.

But before he could leave me on the counter, something came over me and I once again pulled him in for a kiss, all the while trailing my hands down his body in a teasing manner. He groaned before pressing me against the wall and wrapping my legs around his torso. In short, I never thought taking a shower can be so much fun.

"You... You are the reason we are late." I said while running towards the main entrance of the hall.

He chuckled behind me and said, "If you think you can make me feel guilty then you are wrong. I can happily skip this stupid competition if it means we can have another round."

My feet stopped after hearing his words and I weighed both options.

"You are seriously considering my offer?" he grinned at me and then pulling my hand in his, took me towards the hall.

As soon as we stepped inside, I cursed under my breath. The quiz had been started and they were on the seventh question.

We rushed forwards and requested the authorities to let us take part, even though it was clear that we were going to lose. There were only eight questions left out of fifteen and Victoria High had already given four correct answers.

After our persistence, they finally let us in. "We are going to lose. Aren't we?" I said to Adam and he told me to stay calm.

"You are supposed to complete the following equation." the man said and a chemical equation appeared on the screen.

Adam was the first one to complete and balance the equation and that's how we got the first question right. The next two were physics numerical which I solved first and thus adding two more correct questions in our team.

After four more questions, the score was at a very complicated stage. Team Victoria High and our team had six points to us each while Team Roseville was lagging behind us.

The last question appeared on the screen that was a Calculus question. I looked towards Adam in hope but he was just staring at the screen without doing anything.

"Solve it. I won't get the right answer." I said to him, nudging his shoulder.

"Yes you will." he said and handed me the paper. Trying my best to solve the question, I finally got the answer, though I didn't know if it was correct or not.

Looking at Adam doubtfully, I spoke up and gave my answer. With crossed fingers, I waited for the host to say something. He heard my answer, beat about the bush for some time and then finally declared my answer right.

Jumping on my seat, I once again hugged Adam and this time, he returned my hug by wrapping his arms around me and pulling me closer.

...

"I can't believe we won the trophy." I said as I looked at the trophy seated peacefully in the back seat of my car.

"I can't believe I won you." he joked and I blushed once again.

Turning my face away from him, I reminisced all the memories of today morning. My whole body felt weird, wonderfully weird, as if I weren't a girl anymore. I had grown into a woman, a woman who just had sex with the man she love.

I wonder if Dad or my friends could sense it by my face.

Stupid. It's not like I have a post-it attached to my forehead saying I have lost my virginity.

I was lost in my thoughts when I felt Adam's hand wrapping around my own. Turning towards him, I flashed him a toothy grin and rested my head against his arm.

"Someone looks quite happy." he teased, kissing my hand that was laced with his own.

"Well, someone won the title of Braniac 2019." I shrugged and drew circles over his thigh.

"Really? So the reason of someone's smile is this trophy? Not the fact that she had um.. You know." he stammered, a pink spot appearing on his tanned cheek.

"Aww. Is someone blushing?" I cooed him, pinching his cheek.

"Did you just pinch me?" he glared at me.

Biting my cheeks, I nodded. "Yep."

"Do you want me to stop in a deserted corner and teach you some lessons?" he raised his eyebrows, causing me to let out a gasp.

The whole drive went just like that, with our playful arguments and not-so-subtle flirting. I felt happy, so happy that I couldn't explain in words. I didn't have any doubt that I was in love with him. I couldn't have, because my heart knew, my mind knew, my body knew. I knew.

The car stopped in front of our houses and we stepped outside.

"Thanks for the ride." he said, leaning towards me. He first looked around to check whether there was anybody around us and when the coast was clear, he captured my lips and gave me a long, lingering kiss.

That night, I couldn't sleep because of the giddy feeling in my stomach so I spent the rest of the night looking at his pictures in my phone.

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