I plopped down on the sofa that I was moving after putting it in the place that Eleanor had shown me.

"God! my back!" I grumbled and massaged my back. "It won't be the same again."

I glared at Eleanor as I saw her walking to me with a tray in her hand, giggling as she saw me, although I was drooling at the sight of her from inside. She looked like a goddess. Her hair was shorter than before and had been pulled back into a loose ponytail. A few strands had framed her flawless bright face that was stunning even with only a lip gloss on. She looked so sexy in her short light green summer dress that was barely covering her thighs and chest.

I fucking loved that dress. I knew it would fit her greatly the moment I chose it.

"Yeah, laugh now." I grunted and then smirked devilishly. "It's you who should massage my back at night when I can't sleep from the pain. Though I prefer you kiss it better."

"Oh, don't be such a baby. Are you not a great football player?" she rolled her eyes sarcastically while sitting down beside me, handing me a mug of coffee. She looked around with a wide satisfied grin. "Besides, look around. The living room seems much more spacious and beautiful this way."

I looked, and sure it was as she said. The light was coming through the tall window, pouring down on the now redecorated living room that looked much better than before. The soft wind that was coming from the balcony doors was moving the long white curtains that looked so soothing next to the green pots around them.

The big apartment was my parents' gift for graduation. It was summer and we had finally moved to Miami to start our university in a week.

Yes, our.

As I had predicted, Eleanor easily was accepted into my university as well. She was going to study psychology as she had dreamed. We had worked a lot for that though. We studied so much. Even Chase was studying a lot with us. We had a table back in our high school library that was most of the time occupied by me, Eleanor, Chase, Mia, and Miller.

A lot of things happened after Eleanor's mother got discharged from the hospital. Maggie found a job as an accountant in Jax's hotel after a month. But Eleanor refused to work less until she paid me back to the last penny that I had spent for her. Then she began to work half-time.

That girl is stubborn as hell.

She got so brighter and more relaxed when the weight of taking care of her family was taken from her shoulders. The shadow that always had been clouding her eyes and her face was finally removed.

We won the state tournament as well in the spring. Chase and I both had taken offers from NFL teams to join them. But we refused. I still wanted to study business. In the last months that I had helped Jax, I had gotten slightly interested in the field. Eleanor had suggested I study business while playing football for university and leave the decision of what field to continue for after graduation and I was fine with it.

It was the night of our championship that that special event of my life happened. It was that night that finally after a long time of craving I finally claimed Eleanor for myself. And Fuck! It truly worth waiting for.

That perfect night she became mine completely and I will be damned to ever let her go. I was on cloud fucking nine when we finally were one.

At remembering the night, I pulled Eleanor more to my side. She looked up at me while sipping her coffee. "What is it in that mind of yours?" she asked with raised eyebrows.

"Oh, nothing." I smirked and caressed her bare thigh. "I was just thinking about the night that I claimed you for the first time."

"Oh." is all that she said before she looked away an adorable blush crept into her cheeks.

Fuck, I love that girl with all my being.

I caressed her skin, feeling my sweatpants become tight. I leaned toward her ear and lightly nibbled on her earlobe, making her squirm and bit back a moan.

"Shall we go to bed and repeat that night again?" I whispered in her ear seductively.

She let out a breath that she was holding and then wiggled out of my hold. She jumped to her feet and quickly step away from me, smoothing down her dress.

"Oh, no we won't." she said firmly and crossed her arms she did nothing to decrease my lust because of the cleavage she showed me.

She realized my lustful stare at her chest and huffed before storming toward our bedroom. "You perv." she yelled as she disappeared into the bedroom. "Get up and get ready. We should do grocery shopping."

I rolled my eyes before grunting and getting up. I walked toward our bedroom whining for her but my voice caught in my throat and I froze in my place as I saw the goddess in front of me. I licked my suddenly dry lips as I saw her pulling off her dress from that heavenly body of hers, leaving her in her white panties and bra.

I walked behind her silently and wrapped my arms around her waist. She jumped in my arms frightened and let out a sudden yelp.

"Chris, Wha...Ah," her sentence was unfinished as I began to kiss and suck on her bare collarbone while running my hands up and down on the soft skin of her sides. She tilted her head to the side, giving me more access to her neck while moaning my name.

I turned her around in my arms and attacked her lips while slowly pushing her back to the bed. She let out a squeal as the back of her knees hit the bed and she fell backward on her back into the soft mattress.

I'm sure I was looking like a predator while crawling on top of her, devouring her body with my dilated eyes. Her face was flushed and her eyes were full of lust as I peeled off my white t-shirt, letting her feast on the sight of my toned and muscled chest and abs, making me smirk proudly.

She was my girl.

"I think we can go shipping a little later." she said as she licked her lips and reached up to touch my skin.

I buried my head into the crook of her neck and kissed her lightly, making her arch her back. "Of course, we can." I grunted next to her ear as I felt her delicate hand on my hot skin. "First, let me show you how much I love you, babe."

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I watched Eleanor contently as we walked down the street from the supermarket. It was dusk and the streets were so busy. She was looking around with sparkling happy eyes full of wonder. Her hand was laced with mine, and she was swaying it absentmindedly.

I was fucking enjoy it.

She was glowing like an angel, wearing a blue sundress. Her hair was bouncing slightly around her and was a bit messy because of the soft wind that was blowing. I tightened my hold on the grocery bags in my other hand.

Fuck! Why was she so tempting? I wanted to take her back to bed again and maybe tie her to keep her there.

"We should go look for jobs from tomorrow." she said, bringing me out of my dirty thoughts.

I noticed we had entered a small park that was near the building of our apartment.

"We will." I answered. "But don't trouble that pretty little head of yours. I want you to rest for a while before working."

She glared up at me. "No!" she stated stubbornly. "I won't let you pay for everything. We are living together so we should pay together."

"Okay, okay!" I said with a mocked surrender. "But you won't work your ass off. We don't need to pay for the house and we have lots of saving from working in Jax's hotel. We are good. Plus, I have already talked with someone that I knew from working for Jax. He has two positions for me and Chase in his office."

I frowned as I mentioned Chase while we walked to a bench and sat down. "I wonder why the fuck Chase has not called since noon." I said. "He said he will come to see us when he was done with his apartment. Will you come with me to check up on him? His flat is only 10 minutes away from ours."

I looked at Eleanor and saw her biting on her bottom lip, trying to suppress her laughter. "What?" I asked and raised an eyebrow.

"Nothing." she giggled. "But I don't think Chase would appreciate you going to his flat tonight. And I'm sure you don't like to see your best friend naked and in action. Ew!"

"What the fuck do you mean?" I asked utterly confused.

That fucker was depressed as hell because Mia hadn't come with him to Miami. I should have dealt with his sorry depressed ass for two months because he couldn't convince his girlfriend to come with him.

And now, was she fucking another girl? I really didn't expect him to forget Mia that fast. He was utterly in love with that girl to the point he was considering going back to Ohio because of her.

"Mia arrived here around noon." answered Eleanor and my eyes widened. "I'm sure Chase won't let her leave their bedroom for a while. Well, Mia didn't answer any of my calls after she arrived at the door of his flat. So, I just assume."

"Shit!" I said and ran a hand through my hair. "Well, that was a surprise."

"Yeah," nodded Eleanor and giggled. "She was a crying mess since their fight a week ago. I was surprised as well when she announced she was coming. It was obvious she wasn't able to stay away from Chase for even a day. She loves him so dearly."

"Well, I'm happy." I sighed. "Chase was like a wild dog since we boarded the plane yesterday."

I looked back at Eleanor when I didn't hear her response and found her looking at a family in front of us with a sad smile on her lips. They were a man and a woman, a teenage boy and a little girl, all talking and laughing.

I slipped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her to my side. "Hey," I said softly, knowing that she was missing her family.

"I'm okay." she said and wiped her eyes. "I just missed them already. It's hard a bit to be away from them after 18 years."

"Do you want to go back?" I asked feeling guilty. She was that far away from her family because of me. "We can go back home. They are lots of universities ..."

"No! No!" she shook her head quickly, cutting me off. "I like it here." she said and looked around the park fondly. "I always wished to travel to Florida one day. And now here I am and it's amazing. It's like a wish coming true. Plus I couldn't stay with my family forever. I will be 19 in a week."

I kissed her temple and smiled down at her. "I'm sure David will take care of them now." I said. "He is a good man. You don't have to worry."

"Yeah," she said. "I'm happy he is with mom."

David was Maggie's manager in the finance department. He was a single father who had a teenage daughter himself. They began dating three months after Maggie began to work, and two weeks before our departure to Miami, and over a family dinner that I was present as well, they announced that they were going to marry soon.

We were all happy. David was a good man and a true father figure. Even Liam warmed up to him after a month of him dating Maggie and now he was looking at David as a true father.

"Oh, and don't forget that we should go back in a month's time for Jax and Emmy's wedding," I grimaced, remembering Jax threatening me to show up at his wedding or he would certainly kill me.

"Oh, yes." squealed Eleanor happily. "Your mother is over the moon. Not only she is planning a wedding, but also is so excited about becoming a grandmother."

And sure mom was overjoyed when we found out that Jax and Emmy were expecting a month ago. Because Emmy's mother has died, she relied on mom for guidance and etc during her pregnancy and mom was so happy to be her mother figure.

As I said once, mom always wanted a daughter.

"Fuck!" I said as excitement bubbled into my stomach. "I'm becoming an uncle. Can you believe this? I hope if it's a boy, he gets his looks from me, handsome and charming. He will be a loser if he gets his father's appearance."

"So humble." scoffed Eleanor and rolled her eyes. "We don't know if it's a he, and plus, you and Jax look exactly like each other. Don't be so absurd."

I huffed but pulled her into my side more as she began to giggle beautifully. I sighed and kissed the crown of her head as she laid her head on my chest and we silently watched the graying peaceful surrounding.

Everything was perfect. I knew it wouldn't stay that way forever and we would face difficulties. But I was sure that Eleanor and I would get past every hard situation together as we have done before.

We loved each other so much and no matter what the future would bring us, we would face it together. For the time being, everything was perfect and I was going to enjoy it to the fullest and work to keep it that way forever.

I would look ahead to the future and all I could see was Eleanor and how much we truly were happy together as a family. I had even planned some things. I was going to propose to her at Christmas and we would be got married the next summer at home.

And maybe I soon could hold my own baby.

God! The thought would make me so excited.

"Chris?" I looked down when I heard Eleanor's soft voice.

"yes, angel?" I asked as I caressed her hair.

"I love you." she said softly.

My heart fluttered like every time she would utter those magical words. I bent my head a bit and kissed her hair.

"I love you too, babe." I mumbled, my lips lightly touching her hair before I pulled away and put my chin on top of her head. "I love you so much and I'm so happy to have you."

And I truly meant each word. When I was looking at the past, I was thanking myself to go after her when I found out about her life in the hospital and the problem that I had caused her. I was so happy that I decided to grow up and help her.

Never in thousand years, I would imagine that facing the trouble that I had caused could bring me that much peace and happiness. Never in million years, I would imagine that the shy girl at school who I hated to the core would turn out to be my one true love.

Never in million years I would have thought one thing can turn my life upside down

And that one thing was,

Consequences of actions

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