Well Met

How was I supposed to fill the holes in his heart left by so much loss?

Why do you want to see happy couples? I’m still in the ice cream and brownies and booze phase of my breakup, you know. This could set me back weeks.”

Recently, I learned something very important about my lovely Emma. Something tragic.” He paused here for emphasis. “She told me she had never before been wooed.” He pressed a dramatic hand to his heart. “Can you imagine something so terrible?”

Yes, I could. Nuclear war. Sad kittens. The rumored worldwide chocolate shortage. But for the sake of argument I kept my mouth shut and let him keep talking

What was I doing here? Taking advice from a random piece of paper in my Chinese takeout? This was crazy

Seemed like a lot to wish for at once, but it was my birthday. Birthday wishes were allowed to be lofty.

dead are held in such high esteem that we only remember the good things, and we not only forgive their faults but we forget them.

Will you start this new life with me, for a year and a day? Not as Captain Blackthorne and Emma. But as you and me. Simon and Emily.”

Maybe Simon and I weren’t meant to be, but if saying something to Chris could help him in some way, it was worth it. Fixing things was what I did, after all.

But this was the first time I’d felt this: a sense of peace. Of protectiveness. The sense that this was the guy, and he was going to take care of me.

But the other greeting we’ll be using a lot at Faire is ‘well met,’ which can be a simple ‘nice to meet you,’ but it can also mean you’re particularly pleased to see that particular person at that particular time.