Chapter One
Phoenix stared at the letter in his hands, all saying everything he wanted to say...
Dear Maya,
I hope you don't hate me for not writing in a year, but I guess you could say that guilt caught up with me and I didn't want to face writing to you. It's inevitable that I miss you, that I love you, that I was too cowardly to run after you and face you.
I'm sorry.
I really am.
Love,
Your Nick
...and he stuffed it into his dresser drawer. He would never send that. Never. Instead, he wrote everything he really thought he should say and put that in the mailbox instead.
Dear Maya,
How long has it been since I wrote? A year? Yes, the last one was me explaining how I missed you... and how I lost my job. Now, now. I'm a fine pianist and poker player now, and I'm doing fine. Trucy... well let's just say if she found out there was a woman I was writing to, that it wouldn't go over so well.
Apollo is doing fine as well... Don't worry about us. We're doing fine.
How's Pearls? Still channeling like the talented little girl she is... I guess she's not even a little girl anymore. I hope all's well.
-Phoenix
Maya stared at the letter and smiled, and stared at the letter she was prepared to send him. Wait, check that. She stared at the letter she wanted to send him, but knew it would probably ruin their friendship if Nick ever found out.
Dear Nick,
I'm happy for you. And I'd be thrilled to meet your daughter if I ever got the chance!
Yeah, Pearl is still ranting about the "special someones we are destined to be" even at the age she is... even though I do love you, it's all so silly.
I guess it doesn't really matter, though. I'm stuck in Kurain, and I can't just abandon Pearly... I know it sounds really selfish, because I know you have better things to do, but just once...could you visit us?
Love,
Maya
Maya shook her head and put it between a couple of pages in one of her books. How silly I am, she thought, to think he would ever feel the same way. And so, despite her reluctance to do so, she wrote what Nick would want to hear.
Dear Nick,
All is well over here, and I'm glad to hear it. I will admit that I was beginning to worry a little about you guys over there. Well, I'm sure the court misses you... are you sure you don't want to retry the bar exam? You know, I never really pictured you as a piano sort of guy, are you sure about that one? How are you in poker?
Pearl is fine. She's growing up to be a very pretty woman, and she has never forgotten about you and what you've done for her, and me.
I'm really happy for you.
Everything is fine here!
From,
Maya
Author's Note: Well there's my first chapter! Hope everyone reads and enjoys! Reviews and comments are appreciated, and I read every single one of them. :)