Sherlyn sat in the stands watching her college team practice Soccer with an another team.

She saw Ardeth running around the field, she blushed remembering their makeout session in Johan's farmhouse. After that day they made out a few times in his car but stopped before things got intense. She smiled thinking about how she much she loathed him a few months back and how it's totally different now.

Loud noises interrupted her thoughts making her look towards the source of noise.

She watched the rival team players say something to Ardeth's team members making them furious. There was a heated exchange of words that Sherlyn was confused about what's going on in the field, since she wasn't able to hear it.

She watched a guy say something to Ardeth, and Ardeth punch him on his face, there by starting a brawl in the field.

Sherlyn was shocked and scared looking at the turn of events.

"Boys stop." Mr.Broughton, The College Soccer coach shouted at the top of his voice stopping them from fighting.

Mr.Broughton said something to Ardeth, and he marched towards the dressing rooms, punching the wall on his way.

"Ardeth..." Sherlyn called softly, as she watched Ardeth sitting on a bench near the dressing rooms.

"What?" Ardeth yelled making Sherlyn flinch. "I am sorry." He sighed.

"I wanted to check whether you are ok." Sherlyn said walking in slow steps towards Ardeth.

"Except for the cut on my hand, I am okay." Ardeth said showing his hand that he wrapped with his kerchief.

Sherlyn took a seat beside him and unwrapped the kerchief.

"It looks bad." Sherlyn said as she brought out the first-aid kit from her bag, and began to do the first-aid in silence.

"Nathan was making mean remarks, and was abusing our teammates, I lost my temper when he spoke badly about Brian's wife, so I punched him." Ardeth said as Sherlyn continued to wrap the gauge around his knuckles.

Sherlyn heard from Marcie, that Brian Lopez, Johan's teammate was married to Hailey Carson, their classmate, who was also his childhood sweetheart.

"Hmm." Sherlyn nodded as she finished the first aid.

"What? Are you not going to say anything?"

"What should I say?" Sherlyn asked looking at Ardeth.

"That I did wrong...blah..blah..." Ardeth said and Sherlyn smiled.

Sherlyn shook her head, "Nathan is at fault to bad-mouth Hailey, he has no right to talk about someone's personal matters. He is wrong in his place."

"Does that mean I am right?"

"I didn't say so." Sherlyn shrugged, "Nathan is wrong, but that doesn't mean you have to hurt him physically, now that makes you an equally bad person in the eyes of the world."

"I don't give a fuck about what people think about me." Ardeth gritted.

"Ardeth, sometimes what people think do matter." Sherlyn said softly, "They would think that it was you who is at the fault, because you punched him. They didn't hear what Nathan said but saw what you did. I really am proud of you for taking a stand for Brian but Physical abuse is a big No."

"What should I do now? Go and apologize to him?" Ardeth said sarcastically.

"Yes."

"Sorry?" Ardeth asked looking at Sherlyn with a are-you-serious look.

"There's nothing wrong in apologizing, besides the one who forgives is the strongest." Sherlyn shrugged.

"I am not going to apologise to that fucker, let people go to fucking hell." Ardeth snorted standing up.

"I just gave my opinion, since you asked me for, the rest is up to you." Sherlyn said as she zipped up her bag. "I will be in the stands." She said and walked away, pecking his forehead briefly.

Ardeth walked onto the Soccer field where Johan was talking to Brian and other teammates, Nathan was sitting on the chair near the boundary line, with an ice pack pressed against his jaw.

"Ardeth, are you ok mate?" Brian was the first one to rush to his side.

"Yeah, I am good." Ardeth smiled.

"Thanks for standing up for me and Hailey." Brian gave a man hug.

"Don't mention it mate." Ardeth patted.

"Ardeth, where are you going?" Johan asked as he watched Ardeth walk in the direction of Nathan's camp.

"To have a word with Nathan." Ardeth answered.

"Are you trying get yourself suspended?" Johan scolded trying to stop him, as Ardeth continued walking towards Nathan.

"Ardeth, don't..." Johan warned as he stood infront of Nathan, who stood up from his seat.

"I am sorry, man." Ardeth said to Nathan, shocking everyone. "I shouldn't have punched you, but what you did is wrong, we have no right to bring family into the game. I am really sorry for hurting you." He apologized.

"I.. I am sorry, I shouldn't have said that, I am really feel ashamed of my behavior." Nathan said to Ardeth.

"If there is anyone to whom you should apologise then that's Brian." Ardeth said giving a man hug to Nathan.

"Sure man, I will." Nathan said patting Ardeth on his back after they shook their hands.

"Close your mouth, Johan." Ardeth smirked as he watched Johan look at him in shock. "And I am ditching the practice session today." He informed and walked away.

"Hi." Ardeth waved his hand at Sherlyn, who was leaning against his car in the parking lot. In response to it Sherlyn kissed him, it was a deep and sweet kiss. Ardeth wrapped his arms around Sherlyn supporting her as she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him down to her level as he pressed her against his car in the empty parking lot.

"What was that for?" Ardeth gasped once she stepped back from him.

"I thought kiss buddies don't need reasons to kiss eachother." Sherlyn said throwing her bag in the back seat of Ardeth's car and settled herself in the passenger seat.

"Right." Ardeth grinned as he got behind the wheel.

"Since, you got out of the field early, do you have any plans?" Sherlyn asked.

Ardeth shook her head in No, "Do you have any?"

"I could take you to this amazing Mexican restaurant, Nick and I discovered last week, My treat." Sherlyn said smiling brightly.

"Umm... I have a better idea." Ardeth said with an evil glint in his eyes, "Cook for me."

"Paprika." Sherlyn asked as she stirred the sauce.

"Here." Ardeth said grabbing Paprika from the top shelf. "It smells delicious." He said placing his chin on Sherlyn's shoulder as she added the ingredients.

"It's my family recipe." Sherlyn said trying to ignore Ardeth's hands dancing on her waist or his warm kisses on her now exposed shoulder.

"How long it's going to take?" Ardeth asked tugging her blouse a little down.

"I need to bake it, it should be ready in few minutes." Sherlyn said placing the dish in the oven, and setting the timer. "We have to wait for the timer to go off."

"Great, cause I could hardly wait." Ardeth said lifting Sherlyn and making her sit on the kitchen island.

"What are you doing?" Sherlyn squealed.

"Something I was dying to do." Ardeth said as he kissed Sherlyn, stopping her from speaking further.

"That's my favourite blouse." Sherlyn cried as Ardeth hurriedly opened her white floral blouse making the buttons fly. Before she could protest, Ardeth began to kiss down her cleavage making her forget about everything but the hot, half naked man infront of her.

Sherlyn let out a moan as Ardeth lowered her bra and latched his mouth onto her nipple, as he continued to tease her, with his mouth, making Sherlyn dig her nails into his back. He continued teasing her his mouth giving unwavered attention to both her nipples as his hands, busy playing with her breasts.

Ardeth tugged at her pants as he continued to kiss and tease her.

"Ardeth, no..." Sherlyn gasped breaking the kiss, pushing him away slightly.

"Why? Did I do something wrong?" Ardeth asked with a confused look.

"Nick can be home at any minute, it would be embarassing if he catch us in an inappropriate position." Sherlyn blushed.

"In that case darling, Nick messaged me earlier saying that he won't be home until tonight." Ardeth said a smile creeping in his face as he pulled his phone from his pocket and showed the message to Sherlyn.

"I guess we can continue where we stopped." Ardeth asked kissing Sherlyn's neck.

"No." Sherlyn laughed pushing him away as the timer went off.

"Fucking Oven." Ardeth cursed as Sherlyn pulled out the dish.

"Dinner's ready." She announced taking out the plates.

"Great." Ardeth sighed and walked to the dining table.

"The food was great, the best I had, better than Marianne's." Ardeth said as he did the dishes.

"Thank you." Sherlyn said as she placed the plates in the cupboard after drying them.

"Let's watch a movie?" Ardeth asked wiping his hands with kitchen towel.

"I have to go home." Sherlyn said looking at the clock.

"Come on, one more hour please." Ardeth requested.

"No, I spent two hours with you, have to go home."

"Where did the time fly?" Ardeth complained making Sherlyn laugh. "Half an hour." He negotiated.

"Nope." Sherlyn said fixing her dress.

"Fifteen minutes." Ardeth announced caging Sherlyn in his arms. "No excuses."

"What? No..." Sherlyn shook her head as she ran to the door laughing, as Ardeth tried to catch her.

"I won." Sherlyn laughed as she got hold of the door knob, but before she could pull open the door, the door opened from the other side with a force that sent Sherlyn stumbling down.

Ardeth caught Sherlyn before she could hit the ground, and pulled her up.

"Are you ok?" Ardeth asked as he helped Sherlyn get back on her feet.

Sherlyn nodded smoothening her dress.

Ardeth and Sherlyn turned around when they heard the moans of ecstacy, and clothes being ripped and the scene infront of them made them freeze in shock.

"Nick." Sherlyn whispered with her mouth hung open.

"Collin?" Ardeth called looking at his Soccer team Goalie, whose arms were wrapped around Nick.