Crane White 17, Bittersweet 7: Two Weeks

[tanager]

Name: Tanya
Title: Two Weeks
Colors: Crane White #17 (We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon), Bittersweet #7 (the way things were)
Supplies and Styles: Pastels (smoke and mirrors), Acrylic, Feathers, Fabric, Beading Wire, Glitter (Jeff Buckley - I Want Someone Badly), Miniature
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG-13
Notes: I appreciate all comments, including criticism. I don’t have more planned in this universe.


“Brian’s cheating on you,” her best friend blurts after fidgeting all lunch, trying to drop the bombshell gently.

Oh.

Monica blinks, suppressing a one-shouldered shrug, as Kelly rushes in with disaster relief. “You deserve so much better than that asshole…” She hadn’t known, but she’s not surprised. Brian hasn’t been with her.

Yesterday, she gave them two more weeks, tops. They never fight. Warmth and laughter faded into coexistence, occasional banter, mutually convenient lies.

She was supposed to have a ‘romantic’ dinner with Brian tonight. She will.

She might as well make the most of two weeks of enjoyable sex.

Comments

[kay_brooke]

Interesting. It's...pretty practical, I guess, seeing as Monica already knows the relationship is doomed anyway. Might as well get what she can out of it and move on.

[tanager]

Thanks for reading! Yeah, Monica certainly has a different perspective on relationships than most.

[bookblather]

...welp, Monica seems... practical. I would be really interested to learn more about her; I feel like there's a whole story behind why and how she is this way. Still, this is a really interesting little short.

[tanager]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm sorry Monica hasn't shown me more about herself. :(