For the next four days, Lonely-Heart and her online/telephone boyfriend continue to speak to each other through IM�s and phone calls. Single-Parent has told her a little about his children, and she wants to meet the daughter living at home, whom is known as Miss Sensitive-Soul, and is in the middle of her teenage years. Oi, Vai!! (Yeah, I checked, it�s spelled right!) The longer they spend talking to each other, the more they both feel that comfortable, I-feel-like-I�ve-known-you-forever feeling. Lonely-Heart and Single-Parent speak as if they�ve always been a part of each others lives. The conversations flow, from one subject to another. Sometimes serious issues, like their faith, and values, and other times, they talk of favorite foods, music, movies, and hobbies. Single-Parent tells her all the things she�s longed to hear. Both of them being Couch-Potatoes, they begin to plan for a future that has a lot of sit-down time and mostly involving eating. (Did I mention that Single-Parent is a member of the Big-Handsome-Man tribe?) And so they hope and dream and plan for that first meeting.
Lonely-Heart is a very sensitive woman, who tries to think of others and their needs. Oh, don�t get me wrong, she�s selfish when she needs to be, but mostly, others come first in her priorities. Knowing that Sensitive-Soul might be feeling a little wary of her Dad�s new friend, she composes a short introductory email and sends it on its way. A short time later, she receives a reply from Sensitive-Soul, who thanks her for being so understanding, and hopes that they will meet soon. Ah, this thrills Lonely-Heart to the core of her being. She has made a good first impression on the family of her beau. The next day at The Workplace, Lonely-Heart has a long phone conversation with Single-Parent. They both whisper sweet words to each other, and say that they miss each other. It�s funny that these two miss each other, isn�t it? After all, they�ve never seen each other in person, never touched, never looked into each others eyes; but the feelings seem to be there. And the end of her shift at The Workplace, Lonely-heart travels home. Did I mention that she lives with Her Mother and Two Cats? No matter, that might all change soon.
As is her habit, after eating her evening meal, Lonely-Heart settles herself in front of her computer, hoping to hear from someone special. What�s this? Sensitive-Soul is online and wants to chat. Lonely-Heart types in some opening lines, and tells Sensitive-Soul that she may ask anything she wishes, and her answers will be given in complete honesty. One thing that Lonely-Heart cannot abide is lying. Now withholding of information, is a different story. You don�t have to answer every question that is asked of you. There is the Rule of Evading the Question. This is accomplished by posing another question to the other person, or performing a Quick Change of Subject. The Art of Evasion is something that one has to learn to perform well, as it is not an inherited trait. Living at Home with a Parent, one learns this early on. To get back to the subject, (see how well I did that?) Sensitive-Soul and Lonely-heart spend hours sending questions back and forth. Little bits of information are exchanged, and humor is shared. Lonely-Heart loves humor in all its forms. Knowing that she doesn�t want to wait any longer to meet these wonderful people, she proposes a surprise trip to the land of the North to visit the next day. She will of course bring along a Fat-Girl-in-Training to act as chaperone. Her niece, Tall-and-Slim, is visiting her and would love to take a road trip. After chatting with Sensitive-Soul about this, Lonely-Heart realizes that a surprise might not be in order, so she asks her to have Single-Parent call as soon as he can. Discussing the trip before hand, and getting permission from him to invade his castle is on her mind as she waits for his phone call. As happens often, people disappear from chat sessions without notice, and not logging off. This leaves the other Chatters at a loss. Where did they go? Was something misunderstood between them? After all, voice inflection and facial movements are not allowed during an online chat. Lonely-Heart had made a connection for Tall-and-Slim and Sensitive-Soul to chat also, and Sensitive-Soul went �poof� from both chats. They both waited for her return, while Lonely-Heart listened for the phone to ring. The time drew late, and they both went to bed.....