It was early and I was too damn tired. My eyes were barely open, but the memories from the night before already burned in My head. A flash of red... the beginning of a welt. It would sting tomorrow. I smiled, tomorrow... the big day.

I had so much in store for her, things she had no idea about and things she wouldn't want to know about and maybe even some little things she would want to know about. I rolled over and realized she was gone.