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Part I: The Beginning
"I just can't do this anymore...I don't think it's gonna work."
I felt my heart hit the floor. How could she say that to me? After all, we had been dating for over a year.
"But...but why? I thought we got along fine! You never showed any indication that there were any problems," I stammered quickly. I was trying really hard not to lose my cool. Lindsay was perfect. She was smart, funny, witty, and goofy in all the right ways. She wasn't built like a model, but she had a beautiful face, and she was round in all the right places. She had wavy red hair that perfectly matched her pale, freckled skin and framed her bright green eyes. Nobody would put her in their "Top 5," but believe me; she turned every head when she wanted to.
"Have you not even been paying close enough attention to me to notice?" she quipped. "You seriously haven't noticed me being more assertive lately?" Her inflection on that word sent a cold chill through me, and I had no idea why. "All my life, I've been so meek. Quiet. But you have slowly and steadily irritated me to the point that I asserted myself. I got a little taste of power...and I loved it. And...I plan to exercise it...a lot. Someone like you just won't mesh with that."
"Wait, let me get this straight." I was almost choking out the words. "You just want to be more assertive, and somehow I get in the way of that? I don't understand. We can fix this, whatever's wrong."
"No, it's not that I want to be more assertive. It's that I want control. Complete control. And, yes, frankly you get in the way of that. You can't be anything but strong and domineering, and I don't need or want that anymore."
"I can change that!" I replied with haste. "You want the power, you got it! Just let's not jump into...or, eh, out of something so quickly."
"You really think you can handle the new me?" she prodded. "There are certain things I want; things that I need in order to be happy." She sauntered over to me like some kind of leopardess stalking her prey. "Look me in the eye and tell me that you agree I call the shots from now on. Tell me that you'll accept whatever makes me happy. If you can do that, I'll give you another shot."
"Whatever you want, baby," I conceded. "I just want you in my life, Lindsay. That's all I need."