He waited for me to reply. It suddenly hit me. He called me that because he can see that I have never change from ten years ago. Come to think of it, it does make a hell lot of sense. I compared 'new' Caroline with the 'old' Yukari. They didn't have much difference. They both loved the guy that left her for his own dreams. Never will she forget that.

I sat there, thinking over all the decisions I have made for the past ten years. I had a flashback of the day he left for Paris.

He walked coolly towards Arashi and Miwako. They were there to say farewell. The photo shoot won't start until two hours later. It was an excuse. I was hiding behind the huge pillar only a few meters away from them. I overheard their conversation. 'Caroline called my cell yesterday night and told me that she had a photo shoot that starts twenty minutes later. She needs to get ready. She apologizes for not being able to come.'

'Well, I better be going now…' then his beautiful blue eyes sparkle a little under the ray of light. Then he shot a smile towards my direction. Then his mouth made up the words 'I LOVE YOU' silently. I looked behind me and realize that he knew I was there all the time standing. Big drops of tears blurred my vision. I closed my eyes.

'Who's there, George?' Arashi asked when he saw George doing what he just did and I quickly dogged behind the pillar again.

'Oh, it's nothing...' he paused and then said very loudly as if wanting me to hear very clearly while stealing a glance towards my direction. 'Tell Yukari that I'll be back someday...it's a promise.' this time our eyes met and he looked straight at me. After a few seconds, he boarded the ship.

After standing there for quite sometime, listening intently while the ship went away, buzzing all the time and Miwako's cries of good-bye, I still didn't manage to calm myself down. It was ridiculous. I started running and bumped into many people on the way out but I didn't care. I couldn't stop the tears from flowing uncontrollably. It just kept coming out. I stopped after a five-mile run and looked up. I found myself standing outside of George's apartment. There was little butterfly keychain hanging out of his mailbox.

I walked towards it, sobbing and then attempted to pull it out from the mailbox. Put it wouldn't come out. There was something attached to it. I opened the mailbox and saw that the keychain was stuck onto a small package. On top of it was big letters written roughly, indicating that the package was for me.

I opened it slowly and gently. By that time, I already calmed down. The theme color of the wrapper was blue. There was a blue rose and some little blue butterflies that flied around it at the right-bottom corner of the package. It was beautiful. When I opened the lid of the package, I saw the butterfly ring that George made for me last time.

Right beside it was a key with a note attached to it. There was an address written on it and was signed by George. Those lay on a soft layer of cotton in the box. The sight of the ring got me kneeling on my knees, holding the package close to me. I cried silent tears. Then questions started to pop up in my mind. How did he know that I'm going to come along and check his mailbox after he left? What if I didn't come by at all? Actually I already knew the answer. He was sure that I'd come by at some point.

I wondered why I didn't want to go to the address written on the piece of paper. I still have that box with me. From that day onwards, I wore the butterfly ring on my third finger and never took it off ever since. I wore it to whatever places I went. I guess it was comforting, and besides, it's very beautiful. But then Hiroyuki didn't really like it that I wore that instead of my engagement ring. So I stopped wearing it since we got engaged.

I never get to answer Isabella's question and at last, after waiting for two hours, he left me there thinking. It stayed in my mind all night and I found it hard to sleep. The worst thing is, I've got myself involved in this wedding I never wanted to happen. I have to find a way to get out of it. But then I learned something today and I was sure of it. I can never let go now.

A/N So? How was it? Do you want more? If you do...R&R- XP