A witless bet...

"You.. You are Veronica's boyfriend that she was talking about?" Alonzo stuttered.

Veronica glared at him with red eyes and replied, "Yes.. Bennie.. I mean Reuben is the boyfriend I was talking about who is my love, life, heartbeat.. Everything.."

"But how.. how could that be possible? Aren't both of you some kind of moral enemies? Don't you guys always fight each other?" Alonzo continued stuttering still trying to grasp everything which were happening around him.

Chuckling at Alonzo's question, Reuben fell the biggest bomb on him when he spoke, "Well, we're not any enemy but the most affectionate lovers, Alonzo.. And about fighting... We don't fight, we just bicker.. which is very much necessary to keep a relationship healthy."