[ WP ] Every night you must wind up your heart with a key on a necklace . After a one night stand , you wake to find the key missing and a note by your bed .

A fumbling hand reached towards the alarm clock shrieking from the nightstand. After a few failed attempts, the hand made contact with the snooze button. John pulled his comforter back over his head and collapsed into his pillow. 
 
 
 `` Hey, you up yet?'' John reached out, but felt only more pillows. `` Damnit,'' he groaned. With a soft sigh, John sat up to properly massage his temples. `` Please tell me I got her number at least.'' 
 
 
 John, with half a grin, combed through his cellphone's contact list under the letter `` M''. Instinctively, he reached for his neck. 
 
 
 `` What the?'' The cellphone dropped to the floor with a thud. `` Shit, shit, SHIT!'' With one hand glued to where his necklace should have been resting on his chest, safely holding his means of survival, John threw the sheets off his bed and scanned the room. 
 
 
 That is when John found the note. A small yellow slip of paper sat almost hidden by the knocked over alarm clock. 
 
 
 > John, 
 > I am sorry I left before you woke up, but I wanted you to know that I had an absolutely wonderful time with you last night! I'll be back soon! 
 > Melissa 
 > PS: Check under your pillow: ) 
 
 
 `` Oh, thank God.'' John dove onto his bed. Searching wildly underneath every pillow he could find, his fingers came into contact with cold metal. 
 
 
 John grasped the necklace in both hands and closed his eyes to try and slow his breathing. He unravelled the chain and held his most prized possession in his hand - an old, brass key. John moved his right hand under his left breast, tracing the outline of a hidden keyhole where his heart should be. John inserted the key, but it would not turn. 
 
 
 `` Mornin' Sunshine!'' said Melissa as she entered the room, two steaming coffees in hand. 
 
 
 `` What the Hell is going on?! Where is my key?'' John stood, pulling out the mismatched key as he did so. 
 
 
 `` I have it and I gave you the key to mine in return.'' Though she tried, Melissa could not hold back her smile. `` C'mon, you could n't have thought you were the only one!'' 

