<div class="floatleft"><div align="center">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/cdc1/04s7432n614occi4g.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Chloe Dawson</span></span></div></div><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… sitting in my condo and sipping my daily ration of wine after a bruising 14 hours at school and in my lab ... Mom's letter on the table smacked me upside the head ... pick it up and reread where she tells me I need to get back to being sociable ... that like all skills being social takes practice ... but who do I want to hang out with? …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… Kimmie? ... sure, why not ... um, assuming she doesn't hate my guts for what I did to her after what he did to me ... tired! ... but get out stationary and write a letter …</em></span></span><br/><br/><div align="center"><strong>‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾</strong></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear Kimmie,</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">I know, it's been over a year since we went our separate ways. But I can't stop thinking about you. Please bear with me while I try to write out how I feel.</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">When I first trapped Kevin and tried to change him, I was really only trying to get revenge for what he did to me and probably to other girls too. I hope you know I really liked him at the frat house when we first met. If he would have been nice about it, I'd probably have gone out with him and probably eventually slept with him too. But I don't do that on the first date and Kevin never gave us a chance by what he did with the Roofies and all that. Oh, I was really hurt and angry.</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">But after he came to live at my place and I guess decided he was going to go with the flow of the changes, I started to like him or her or whoever all over again. Kimmie turned out to be a really nice person and fun to be around. But I was so damn busy with school then that I decided I wanted to just dedicate my time to school and couldn't find time for anyone else. My mother finally had to call me and read me the riot act for going all non social. So I started thinking about who I might like to see outside of my lab and classes and yours was the first and last name to pop into my head.</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">So what I guess I'm saying, I'd like to go out on a date with you. Just to catch up and all that but also to see if we still get along. I mean, that conversation the night after you got home from your first day back at work was like incredible. You're smart and self-aware and that's what I really liked about you even after all the changes I put you through. You came out wonderful and charming.</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Most sincerely,</span></span><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>— Chloe</em></span></span><br/><br/><div align="center"><strong>‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾</strong></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… address the envelope to Caoimhe Clarkson, ℅ Crabtree and Welch ... I don't even know where she lives ... I'll drop it in the mail on my way school in the morning …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… my dreams are calmer than usual ... and no flying monkeys either …</em></span></span>