The alarm sounded, she turned it off, and just like she did every morning, she lay in bed, staring at the ceiling but not quite awake. Every morning was the same routine, one that she had started six months ago. Without even having to think about it, she knew it had been six months to the day. She had been almost looking forward to it, even without realizing it, because she had set this date subconsciously in her mind as the day she was going to move on.
Six months ago today, her lover had left her for another. They had been together almost a year, and she had never found a reason to think things weren't working out between them. He had been more experienced than she had been when it came to love making, but she thought that even there everything had been fine. The note she found on the empty coffee table told her otherwise.
Emily- You just don't have the passion that I need. Perhaps you should find yourself someone else, someone with less desire and excitement in their lives. That would suit you best.
She stared at the note for hours, trying to believe someone could say such things. Yes, she hadn't known as much as he did, and she didn't always enjoy it as much as he wanted her to, but there was something inside her that knew had he been better skilled her pleasure might have been that much more. Maybe if she had been more willing, he would have developed more patience, and together they would have grown to be better, more passionate lovers, but none of that mattered anymore. He had left, and she was still here.
She read the note every day. It was one of only three things of his that she had kept. The note, an old shirt he had left behind, and the first toy he bought for her.