Lila stared blankly at the television with unfocused eyes. The aging news anchor was droning on about the local prison, where one of the convicts had escaped earlier that afternoon. A manhunt had been called, but they had lost his trail hours ago. Lila heard none of this, lost in her own thoughts. She shot an irritated glance sideways at her girlfriend, Kate. They were in their early twenties, fit, attractive… Lila couldn’t fathom how their lives had become so boring so quickly.
For years, they had maintained the kind of spontaneous, romantic relationship that couples dreamed about, never suspecting that they too would fall into the dull rut of married couples. Now, Lila had to nearly grovel for sex, a humiliating experience, made even worse by the fact that she was almost alway rejected. Not two hours ago, Kate had once again pushed her away. Now Lila sat huffily on the couch, while Kate played Candy Crush on the opposite end.
“I’m going to bed,” Lila said, swinging her long legs to the floor.
“Night,” Kate said distractedly, not lifting her eyes from the screen.