Category: Dating and Relationship

Nicole spent a lot of time with Paul over the next few weeks. She learned that Paul’s mom had been very young when she became pregnant after a brief fling with Paul Senior. She’d left Paul with his dad when he was only a year old, and returned to Puerto Rico where she was from. Paul’s aunt Ivy, his dad’s older sister, had brought him up. She was a spry white-haired woman in her 70s who lived alone in a small apartment just across the street. Paul’s dad had never married, choosing instead to immerse himself in his work.

When her classes started, Nicole felt as though there were so many things to do but so little time to do it all. She lived for the evenings when she could finally see Paul. They would meet for coffee most days before she had to dash off to her dance class with Cindy. Some evenings when she didn’t have a class he would take her out to dinner. On weekends they would go for long drives to some of his favorite places and after a month of his company, Nicole was beginning to fall in love.