Bradley loved Veronica, and he hated it. He hated his attraction to her arrogance. Mostly, though, he hated that she hated him.

Veronica hated lots of boys: she valued her spitefulness; but she especially hated Bradley.

They circled each other in ever-decreasing orbits, their gravitational forces growing, like doomed planets.

This story is based on a title suggested by Jonas Funk.