Although we lived in the same town, I had never met her before. My friend introduced us and later that night I found out that she had just broken up w...th her boyfriend about a week ago. After few drinks he relaxed, so I asked her if I might have any chance with her. She just giggled and said "Maybe."I was wondering what could make the "maybe" into "yes" and as I discovered, the answer wasn't so hard to find. I just poured us another drink and let her relax bit more. When it felt like the right. "I find that hard to believe," he retorts."Fine then," I say. "Catch me if you can."I set off through the park, not at full pelt, but pretty quick, and I'mlaughing, which slows me anyway. He takes a moment to register what'shappening, so I get a reasonable head start. I of course want him tocatch me, but I'm not going to make it easy for him. I figure that thisis probably a fair analogy for my life right now rather than just therace. After making him work for it over a couple of hundred metres. When they found out what we'd snagged and the fact that she was still alive things started happening in a hurry. Well, in a hurry for a sea rescue. We had twelve guys coming down ropes from two big Sikorsky sky cranes within the hour. A doctor gave her a full going-over even though she was still unconscious. He wanted that I. V. bag! A team of the Coasties attached that sub to one of their sky cranes and off they flew. As I watched them fly off in the night I yelled out "WELL, FUCK YOU TOO!"We. ”“Oh, poo! You and Kara are really that serious?”“Yes. It’s only because of the crazy series of events that I have the freedom to do this with you. I guess in a sense you could thank Jennifer. She’ll be here in about a month, by the way.”“Wait. Jennifer is coming to visit? Are you two getting back together?”“No. That’s not happening. She’s coming so we can talk this whole thing through. I hope when we’re done talking we can be friends, but before you ask, no, I have no intention of sleeping.