{sob} Beautiful. You wrote the heartbreak of their love-affair-that-never was so well. The last line was so perfect, so Fanny, so innocent and idealistic and unable to budge even the slightest bit from the truth. I want them both to bend a little (like the song from "Beauty and the Beast" goes, Barely even friends/Then somebody bends unexpectedly) and see the worth in each other's virtues and inspire change where they are weak...and then fall into each other's arms and live happily ever after. Why can't they just do as I say?? :D