He had put a ring on her finger and was obviously seeing another girl. He had begun calling her that the year they got serious and she was furious. Only he ever had, she reflected back over five ago. Staring at him all she could think of was how long it had been since someone had called her Hope. 'I can't believe it's you,' Aidan murmured, his voice quieted by surprise, 'so this is where you've been hiding.' It was corny, Promise reflected, but it had stuck. If he could just figure out what Heaven liked he could knock her socks off in their first meeting and get a leg up in his pursuit. Girls were always flattered if you knew what was just on their mind and what was closest to their heart. If he could get her to trust him, which didn't appear to be very hard task, perhaps he could convince her to meet him at one in person.

He began studying her profile trying to determine her favorite haunts and eateries. Even if they lived on opposite sides the most it could take to see each other was an hour tops. Looking at her profile again he was surprised to notice that their cities were relatively close to one another. The reply was simple but welcome and he hurried to type a response back.

One challenge for another only seems fair. Eager to read her response he brought it up quickly and read: Had she responded? His face brightened at the declaration: 'Sipofheaven has emailed you!'.

Jumping onto his computer Haruko hurried to check his email.

Celadonian Tales Vol by Walter Shuler