One more question

"Why do you love Max?" Chloe asked Victoria with a stern look.

"Chloe!"

"Max, you heard her little speech when we caught her and what a majority of it sounded like." Chloe explained to the shorter girl while not losing eye contact with the blonde, "I just want to make sure she actually loves you, like Rachel and I do, and doesn't just want to use you as stress relief. How about it, Victoria? Why do you love Max?"

Victoria took a deep breath, wiping the tears away from her eyes as she made eye contact with Chloe. "Well," she began nervously, looking over to Max before staring at Chloe again, "you already know that I find Max beautiful and physically attractive."

"Oh, we know."

Victoria gulped as she continued. "However, I think that Max is also beautiful on the inside as well. She's kind, she's fun, she's considerate. Hell! The fact she jumped through time like five or six times to save my ungrateful sorry ass from getting skunked proves that."

"Let me see if I can help with this." Rachel said as she got up and put a hand gently on Victoria's shoulder. "You said earlier that, if you had time powers, you would go back and make sure that you were nicer to Max; making sure that Chloe and I remained together while she claimed you as her own. Let's pretend, for the sake of argument, you were able to do just that. Me and Chloe are our own happy couple in this scenario, and Max is available just for you. What would you do differently? How would you treat her?"

Victoria turned pink as she looked over to Max briefly before turning back to the other towel clad girls. "I..." She began, "I would stand up for her more and make sure nobody messed with her. I would make sure that I would be there for her when she needs me the most. I would be a shoulder for her to cry on, the clown that makes her laugh after a bad day, and the friend that she needs because I would know that she'd be the same for me."

"I'd treat her like the goddess I know she is." Victoria continued, "She asks for a new camera? I'd get her the most expensive one on the market. She asks for a back rub? I'd take up classes on how to give spa-level massages. She asks for me not to go through all that trouble for her? I'd double down and break my back even more. I would literally give up everything but my own freaking name if it made her happy."

"I'd worship the ground she walks upon." Victoria continued, "I'd cherish every second we had together like it was our last day on Earth. I don't think I could ever find the strength to live without her in my life. Hell! I'm not sure if I'd even want to live without her in my life! I..." The blonde looked over to Max as her voice quivered, "I love her that much."

Max put a hand to her mouth, her eyes wide and watery at everything she heard while Rachel smiled and nodded as she backed away.

Chloe raised an eyebrow as she stared intently into Victoria's eyes...