February the fourteenth. (He wrote me today.)
"So I would choose to be with you; as if the choice were mine to make. But you can make decisions too, and you can have this heart to break." - Billy Joel
She opens her Mailingprogram, not really expecting anything special to arrive, maybe just some Junkmails, she probably would look through them. (They literally once made advertising for losing weight with a pregnant woman before and after giving birth.)
It was late afternoon and sometimes, she believed, you could smell spring coming these days. Gillian always uses these last few minutes, before heading home, to sort everything out: To look some things up, finish reports or any other kind of paperwork that would lay on her desk; wanting her handprint on them.
Lost in thoughts- that's when she sees his name as an ardressor in one of the Mails.
"Dr. Cal Lightman" it reads, the title giving nothing away. She clicks on the mail to open it out of curiosity.
Part 1: The Basics
Try to do it unexpected and as soon as possible!
Part 2: Doing it!
Don't think too much about it.
Part 3: Just let your heart guide you and please make sure she understands, Dad!
Gill,
I want you to come over tonight.