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Author's Notes:Based on a true story, well half of it. The other half is fiction. This snippet though at least is based of a true story. I'll write the rest soon, I just need time, which is a commodity nowadays. I mostly write into my other journal now, which is a bit more private. But I know I have some readers here, as it is open to the public. And I wanted to share this story, at least the first part of it, for those who still reads this book of Ani. Anyways Enjoy, please comment and feel free to write constructive criticism.

------"Technically, we met on the internet, specifically GaiaOnline" He says, as he wraps his arm around her neck, resting it on her shoulder. She snuggles into him as he smiles at her. A smile, that contains a glow of content but you can see in his eyes that there were struggles along the way that they had to have overcome. She looks up at him.

------"Nu-uh, that's not true," she sticks up her pointer finger, waving as if she was saying 'no, no, no'.

------"Really?" he says, looking at her. "I'd like to think we did."

------"We were introduced by a mutual friend, Leona, she's one of my best friends." She looks at us. "She's also his childhood friend." She looks back at him with a confused look, "Have you forgotten?"

------"Well we were introduced briefly." He scratches his head, trying to remember the events she describes. "I don't think it counts, because it was through a phone call while Leona was visiting me here in NY. Yeah, it was like back in 07 I think, when they still had flip phones. Leona was with her on the phone, and she was like 'oh why don't you say hi to Jess' and then she gave me the phone."

------"Yeah I wasn't expecting that too. She used to tell me all sorts of stories about him and what not. And I always knew, that I was going to be with this boy someday. I even told her. Its one of these weird premonition thingies I have. I'll let you continue on though." she says nuzzling into him, closing her eyes.

------"Anyways, we talked for like a brief few minutes or so. She sounded cute through the pho-"

------"Excuse me? 'sounded cute', whatchu you mean I 'sounded cute'" she interrupts, pouting. You can hear the sass in her words.

------"Bb, ples, you sound wonderful and amazing. You are beautiful." He says, as if he is typing the short words through text. He kisses her forehead nonetheless.

------Bb is a term of endearment that they use with each other. It came from his lazy way of texting. Rather than, typing babe, or bae, due to the fact that he refuses to go with the conformities of modern day couples. He shortened it to two consonants of Bb, pronounced bee/bee. She didn't mind and started using it herself. It was first said however, when he took Italian during his sophomore year in college. He needed it for his language requirement, and she was Italian, herself. As one of his teachers said, "what better way to learn a language, through tongues", implying a sexual innuendo. The word "Abita" a 3rd person conjugation translating as "resides" or "lives" suddenly comes to him as "A-bb" and he has been saying it since. She thinks its cute of him.

------She places her finger over her cheeks as if she was hiding her non-existent blush. "O, thank you Bb, you are wonderful and amazing urself." She kisses him on the cheek, "Anyways go on."

------"Thank you, so yeah, where was I." He ponders for a bit, but then he remembers quickly. "We talked a bit on the phone, it was nothing special really. It was just ;hi' and 'nice to talk to you' type conversations. I wouldn't really get to see her face until two years later afterwards through Tinychat, so I really wouldn't say that I 'met' her via mutual friend. We hadn't really started talking until the summer of 08. I think we just finished eighth grade, and were going to high school. Yeah I know, we've been together for a long long time. And its weird You guys probably have lots of questions, but I'm pretty sure we'll answer them as we continue on. We were kids, but yet somehow through this infamous time of promiscuity and one night stand, we stayed with each other despite the distance, cycles, and other struggles."

------"Thanks to you I've come to hate that word 'cycles'" she cringes as she says it. "I guess we'll elaborate more on it later on. Anyways you guys are about to embark in this crazy adventure through fantasy and through the real world as well."

------"Like that time when I went to Lon-"

------She interrupts him yet again, this time placing her pointer finger on his lips, "Sssshh no spoilers damnit, we're still in the beginning."