"This is stupid man. I don't see why you would go all the way to another country when you don't even know if this girl is real."
Chris looked at his friend, who was sitting on the couch. "I don't expect you to understand. You've never been in love."
The man on the couch threw his hands up in the air. "Neither have you! You just think you love this "girl." For all you know, this could be a creepy old man who is just leading you on," he said, clearly exasperated. There was just no talking to Chris when he was like this.
Chris paused in the act of packing his bags and looked at his friend. "Josh, please, can't you just support me for once?"
"I do support you Chris. When you started writing, who helped you? Me. I have always supported you, and you're my bro. I don't want to see your heart broke again."
"Just trust me. I know she's real. She even sent me a picture." Leaning over, he dug in his suitcase for a few seconds and pulled out a piece of paper. Sitting down on the couch, he showed the picture to Josh.
The woman in the picture looked to be about 5'4", give or take a few inches. Her body was slender, with curves in all the right places. She had a camera hung around her slender neck and a bag slung over one shoulder. Her long hair was the color of warm honey and her eyes were the color of a story sky. Josh had to admit, she was beautiful. But, any photograph can be faked.
"How do you know that's really her?" Josh asked.
"I just do. And I'm going to prove it to you. My flight is tomorrow and when I get there I'll call you and let you talk to her," he said standing up and resuming his packing.
"Alright man," Josh said, standing up and heading to the door. "I guess if you prove me wrong then I'll apologize. Until then, I think this is just too good to be true."
With that final statement, he left the house. When Josh left, Chris finished his packing and sat down at his computer. Logging on to MSN, he checked his friends list and saw that she wasn't online.
"Too bad," he thought to himself. "I was hoping to talk to her."
He decided to look through some of their old conversations instead. As he opened the last message, he smiled as he saw her picture pop up on his screen. He never got tired of looking at her.
Pulling up their conversation from about a week ago, he began to read.
β’ arawr103 says: Hey handsome. How's it going? I hope you remember what today is ;)
β’ chris123 says: Hey sweetie. Of course I remember. :) Today is our two year anniversary. (: We met exactly two years ago today. The best thing that ever happened to me
β’ arawr1says: Same here! You are the most important person in my life. I love you so much. So I know what you can get me ;)
β’ chris123 says: And just what would that be?
β’ arawr103 says: Well, I bought you something *sneaky face ;)*
β’ chris123 says: Oh really now? What did you buy me?
β’ arawr103 says:.....A plane ticket.......
β’ chris123 says: A plane ticket? O.o What for?
β’ arawr103 says: Well, if you want to...it's so you can come down here.....with me
β’ chris123 says: .............
β’ arawr103 says: I understand if you don't want to...:/
β’ chris123 says: Of course I want to! I was just shocked that's all. Are you serious baby?! That would be amazing! When is it for?
β’ arawr103 says: Really? You really want to? :)
β’ chris123 says: Well yeah! That would be amazing
β’ arawr103 says: I'm so glad you think so :) I thought you might not want to. It's a one way ticket. You can live with me if you want, then you won't waste money if you decide you don't want to stay here
β’ chris123 says: That's great baby <3 I can't wait. When does my flight leave?
β’ arawr103 says: I mailed it a few days ago so your ticket should be there soon. Your flight leaves in 3 days. I'm so happy that you're actually excited about it. I can't wait to finally see you in Australia. You're going to love the kangaroos :D
β’ chris123 says: I am so excited. I can't wait to see you. The first thing you're going to get is a big kiss ;)
β’ arawr103 says: Good. That's exactly what I want :) I have to go now babe I have a photo shoot in about 30 minutes and I need to prepare for it.
When he finished reading the conversation, he smiled real big. His flight left in 3 hours, and he couldn't wait. He was dying to see her. He knew for a fact that he loved her. Even thought he had never met her, he could just tell that she was the one.