Author: Kat
Title: paved paradise
Story: In the Heart
Colors: Admin yellow 5 (This is my past catching up with me.)
Supplies and Materials: Graffiti (Lilith Fair Village Stage: Honest Mistake, Antigone Rising), canvas, brush (balkanize), stain (No problem is so formidable that you can't walk away from it. - Charles M. Schulz), glitter (Mentality), novelty beads (Big Yellow Taxi, Counting Crows
Word Count: 151
Rating: PG
Summary: Melanie tells Nathan she wants out.
Warnings: none.
Notes: none.


"I can't do this anymore."

Melanie blurted it out as soon as Nathan picked up the phone. She had to get it out immediately, or she wouldn't be able...

There was a long pause, then Nathan asked, "What?" His voice was oddly gentle, and she loved him for that.

"This," she told him, knowing it was imprecise, not particularly able to care. Her heart was banging in her chest. "Us. Aaron. All of it."

Nathan drew in a sharp breath. "Mel... what are you saying?"

Oh, God, he was going to make her spell it out. Melanie took a deep breath, her throat hurting. "I want a divorce."

He was silent for a beat, then another. She swallowed around the block in her throat and waited.

"Okay," he said, at last.

Just that. Okay. Just like that.

Melanie exhaled. Just like that.

"Okay," she replied, and wished she felt more certainty.