More than two years have passed since it became their story.  He was once just a friend of her bestfriend. 

I'm here. I read that last message for the 5th time and note the time it was sent. I look immediately at my watch and see that it's already 5:37PM. I'm already about 40 minutes late and this traffic jam is not helping me one bit.

It only lasted for a few seconds, but in those seconds I felt alive, more alive than I ever felt in my life. So alive that I aware of everything around me, but most especially I felt…her. The ear-splitting cheers from the fans around us slowly faded into a lull of silence. All I could hear was her whispered prayer of gratitude

××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××× I have loved you for a thousand years, I'll love you for a thousand more.