Many days/evenings were filled with Craig and dancing through life. They laughed and joked and flirted and adored each other. He was just always so upbeat and lively that it was infectious.

But the day came when he witnessed her serious/logical self. He didn't know how to deal with that person. She had things she wanted to be serious about and would get anxious over. There was no one that held her to a higher standard than she did herself.

Craig soon got bored with that side of her and disappeared. The calls stopped and she didn't see him for weeks.

Then one day he was there in front of her. He told her he came back to see what she was up to...and she knew he was checking on her mood. She seemed to be more relaxed so he started hanging around again.

He said that he figured that he would probably be in and out of her way for a while. He really was drawn to her but he needed to go off and do other things every now and then. He hoped it wouldn't always be that way and one day they would both have more time and attention for each other.

She found him amusing and irritating at the same time. He irritated her when she wanted to be serious about some things and he just wanted to always be joking around or just avoiding serious issues. She wasn't sure she could handle that all day, every day. And she knew he couldn't handle her all day, every day the way she was. Yet, mostly, she did adore him.

Then, a time came when she had to move a little farther away for more schooling. He wasn't interested in that, he told her. He would keep in touch. He didn't. Then, one day, she received some newspaper clippings from a friend. They were of Craig. He was in a play. She was terribly happy for him becuz it was what he loved to do. The last clipping, though, showed a picture of one of the female cast members. It announced her engagement to Craig.

Her knees buckled under her. She stared at the picture for a long time. She didn't recognize the girl. This was so very unexpected. Or was it? How could she ever REALLY believe that she and Craig would always be in and out of each other's lives, or ever be able to make it work on a constant basis?

She moved back to town on the day of his wedding. She knew it was his wedding day. She wanted to go...and she didn't want to go. It was like attending a funeral. She just needed to make sure it was dead. But the ceremony was closed to invitation only. A friend of hers had told her that Craig's bride-to-be wanted it that way to keep HER away. That means Craig had talked about her.

She saw the wedding picture in the paper. And she read where he had joined the Air Force. The Air Force. Something she never imagined he would ever do.

A month later, early one morning, she received a phone call from Craig. He told her how on the morning of his wedding he had gone to the park and was flying a kite...waiting for her to come find him and stop him. When she didn't find him, he decided it was meant for him to marry Connie. He joined the Air Force becuz he felt he needed to learn some discipline and be able to support his wife. Now, he was feeling he made a mistake. He wanted her. He wanted to leave Connie and he wanted her.

She sat and listened...and her heart was breaking. She still loved him. She still adored him. Then she heard herself telling him that he needed to stay with Connie and make it work. There had obviously been something strong there for him to ask Connie to marry him...he had never even talked about it with her. He must really love Connie deeply. He was just having a difficult time getting used to all the new things he had done...marriage, Air Force, moving to the other side of the country.

He listened and when she was done he said, "You may be right, but I still feel like we have another chapter left." He hung up and she never heard from him again.