Marathon

Chapter 15

** time skip 3 weeks, the day before opening night for Heathers**

Veronica crept into the house at 11:30 pm. She had just finished her last rehearsal for Heathers. It had been a long grueling day of fine tuning and prepping for the big night.

"Babe?" She called softly into the quiet house. There was no reply. She knew Robert probably wasn't awake so she slipped off her shoes and walked as softly as she could into the bedroom. Sure enough Robert was snoring away in bed. He had been going to bed pretty early lately because he usually had clients at 5 am. How he did that everyday, she would never know.

After changing into one of her fiancé's t-shirts and slipping off her leggings, she crawled into bed. Robert was sleeping on his back so she laid her head on his chest and wrapped her free arm around his torso. Instinctively, he wrapped both arms around her and held her close. Veronica smiled and nestled into the bed as deep as she could and fell asleep.

The next morning, She woke up to an empty bed. Today was different than usual however, because on Robert's pillow was a note and on her nightstand was a huge bouquet of flowers. Veronica picked up the note and read the carefully thought out words that Robert had written

Good morning my love!

Today is a huge day and I could not be more proud of you. I know how hard this has been and I know all of the long hours you've put in to make this show a success. You are going to be amazing tonight and I absolutely cannot wait to see you kill it on that stage. I love you more than words will ever express. I'm not sure if you'll be home at 2 but that's when I'll be home. If I see you then you can disregard this next part. If I don't see you, then I'll tell you that, again, I'm so proud of you and that I love you!

See you tonight!

Love always, Robert

She held the letter close to her heart and took a deep breath. It was opening night! Normally, opening nights don't scare her but because she hadn't done a show in 3 years, she was incredibly nervous. She sat on the bed and looked around before deciding that she needed to get out of the house. Naturally, she decided that she was going to go to the gym and not only surprise Robert at work, but also get a good workout in and hopefully expel some of her nervous energy.

They gym wasn't too packed when she got there so she was able to find a parking spot really quick. She grabbed her gym bag, got out of the car and headed inside. Robert was standing at the counter talking to a client. He looked really good in his gym clothes. Veronica stood in the doorway admiring him for who knows how long, until someone cleared their throat next to her. She whipped her head to the side to see her fiancé smirking at her.

"Enjoying the view?"

"Always." He gave her a quick kiss.

"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be practicing or something?"

"I have too much energy. I need to work out."

"Well, I could help you with that energy if you want."

"Absolutely not. No quickies anywhere near your job"

"Come on! please?"

"No! Now leave me alone. I need to work out."

"Can I watch?"

"You're such a creep! Don't you have clients?"

"I have a break."

"Well go do something else. You're going to distract me with your face and I can't have that."

"Oh really?"