Mia did her best not to cry in front of Jake. She was angry and disappointed, but she didn't let her emotions show in her face. She didn't want to argue, not then, not there. Her nails dug on her palms as she tightened her fists inside the pockets of her coat.
-I'm going home. - she announced coldly.- I'm tired.
Jake kissed her goodbye, ignoring the pain he had caused her, thinking everything was alright. Mia wrapped her neck with a thick scarf, burrowing her face in it. The face bite her forehead, but she had forgotten her gloves. She walked briskly back home, letting the tears escape. Jake and her had been dating for some months, they had never really talked about it, it just happened. Mia had never thought about going out with someone else, she loved Jake and didn't think her love could be split. She had thought Jake had the same opinion, until that night.
It had all started like a normal date, dinner at a restaurant after a walk around the city. Over dinner they discussed lots of things, among them open relationships. Jake seemed to be strangely okay with them, explaining Mia that human nature called for polyamory, telling her that monogamy was not natural. She let it slip, she didn't agree with him, but she didn't want to discuss it any further. When they left the restaurant, and as they looked for a place to have a drink, Jake continued with the topic.
-Mia, there is something I wanted to ask you.- he said, stopping at the light of a lamp post.
-What?- she could feel the cold wind on her warm cheeks.
-What would you think of having an open relationship?
Those last words still resounded inside her head as she walked back home. She didn't want that, she didn't want to share him with anyone else, and she certainly wouldn't go looking for someone else. "No, no, no" she thought, each "no" an energetic step. She understood Jake, in a way, but she knew she wouldn't be comfortable. And she took a decision, just because she didn't want it, it didn't mean Jake couldn't have it. She had to set him free, she had to beak up with him, it was the only way.
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