Another year passed and the only time I got in touch with her was during her birthday in April 2005. No roses, no chocolate, not even a phone call...just a text message saying happy birthday. She did the same on my b-day. From what I recall she had been dating too, and one of her new bf turned out to be a double-dating loser from college.
This year was a silent one and there was no contact. One night I was having a gathering at my place over the world cup match and my house was full of buddies. Out of the blue, I felt I missed her a lot & walked into my bedroom and decided to call her. She seemed to be delighted with the phone call, but I made it a 1 minute call to ask her if she wanted to get over a coffee. I don 't think that she expected someone who's 3 hours away by plane would fly to have a coffee with her. The next afternoon I was at Starbucks talking with a different person, more mature yet deep inside the same cute, flirty, teasing lady. She asked me about my love life and I told her honestly...

She also said that she hasn't found "the one" yet and that she's ready for a family, especially after getting her dream job.
A month ago she was relocated to my country and she called to tell me that. When she arrived here I called to welcome her but decided not to see her immediately. Last weekend I invited her to dinner which she gladly accepted. After that we went for drinks with really old friends that we knew since college days. All of this was pretty tough on me but somehow I was confident deep inside that things are going in a good direction. Late at night before driving back she offered to stay at her place and in a casual-funny way she insinuated that I take the couch while she took the bedroom. I have no idea if it was a bad/wrong thing to do but I did take her offer and did end up taking the couch. however, I have to say that it was the worst night of my life!

to be continued ...

By Marlboro.