Chapter 1
We sat in silence, looking anywhere but at each other. The only noise was the car's engine and the brush of his jeans as he pushed down harder on the accelerator. I can't remember what we were even arguing about now. It was just a little thing. It was always the little things these days.
He pulled up to his house and we both got out, slamming our doors then shooting each other an evil as we walked through the front door.
Our arguments never used to be so quiet. There used to be shouting, insults, tears and apologies. Then there would be passionate make up sex. The kind that makes you glad you made up; sometimes glad you even had the fight in the first place. Now there was no shouting. There were no tears. There were definitely no apologies.
Instead, we just went to bed, skipped the actual fight, and had sex. It wasn't passionate, it was just a way to tire us out and help us sleep. As anger had a way of keeping you up at night.
He got on top in the familiar position we knew would work. After a few breath-filled minutes, we were done. Then we lay close to each other, the fight was over for tonight.
I could hear him snoring next to me. He usually fell asleep before me. I lay with my eyes open thinking about how it used to be.
We had been together for just over five years, and we used to be such a happy couple. Now the happiness seemed to have faded, but we were still together. We had moments of laughter and playfulness, but they seemed almost overshadowed by our bickering.
We had mastered the domestic row while being out in public with no one even noticing there was something wrong.
I drifted off to sleep a few minutes later with only one thought to comfort me. Tomorrow was Monday, and we had work. I didn't particularly look forward to going to work, but I looked forward to the company. I looked forward to seeing my colleague and best friend, Alice.
A/N Can you tell who it is yet? hehe
I thought I would put this up a bit in advance to see what kind of a reaction I get. Obviously if you like it so far then let me know!