Andrew watched as she spoke.  He could tell she wanted to get information about his life...something he also wanted.  He saw her running her feet into the grass.  he slipped his shoes off and did the same,  He sipped his wine and focused on her question.  "Only two...and both of those ended in heartaches.  The first was during high school.  We were together for about a year.  She was named Melody.  She was nice, But when we graduated, I went to University and she went to study abroad.  I never saw her again.  But that didn't hurt quite as much.  The second one on the other hand..."<br/><br/>He took another sip of wine, he was obviously dredging up some painful memories.  "I had just gotten out of University and I started my first job...I was a teller at a Barclay's bank branch in Sheffield and I met her.  Her name was Taylor...she seemed super nice.  She was a little older than I...and we seemed to get along fine.  I started dating her...And she kept always telling me how nice I was...how kind I was...how good I smelled and on.  meanwhile I tried to be a good partner for her.  I remember, I worked a bunch of overtime one week and I saved up my money and I went to a jewllers and I bought her this tiny gold necklace with a pearl pendant.  She told me she liked it...wore it once...then she claimed the gold made her break out.  We never made love...but we were about to...Then one night I was going to surprise her at her flat...and I saw this other guy coming out.  She told me that I wasn't "man enough"...but she thanked me for the necklace...she gave it to her neice as a Christmas Present.  I swore off women for a long time after that...I had almost given up on love...until I met you"