I made a decision. I couldn't leave Kevin. Not when we had hit it off so well. I telephoned my sister. I stayed with her, and found a job for the rest of the summer.
Then, instead of returning home to my parents, I lived at my sister's place and attended school.

All this time, Kevin and I dated, and after graduation, we were married.
Kevin eventually fulfilled his dream, and became a pilot.

I still think he is the handsomest guy I've ever known.

 He insists that the poem is a kind of magic, that brought us together.

 

for the Third Story

 

 

 

copyright 2002 Trish S.