Jade walked down main street, just leaving from a violin lesson with her newest student, Henry Mills. struggling to walk in her new boots. She was a strong woman, could handle anything life threw at her, but there were two things she couldn't handle…breaking in new boots, and men.

"Jade…Jade, please, stop!" Curious to see who it was, she turned around. Evan Gilt ran up to her. It made her feel flattered some guy actually ran to her, let alone one who looked to be under the age of 40.

He stopped two feet away from her, catching his breath.

"Wow, he is one hell of a good looking guy, I wonder if he's related to Mr. Gold?" Jade studied him quickly, trying to get in a look while he was getting air. He had thick dark hair, going in many directions. Very dark eyes, nearly like Mr. Gold's, from a few feet away, they looked almost so black you had to be very close to realize they were a dark mahogany brown, his iris's nearly blended into black. He had such a strong jaw line, and a nice mouth. His nose was slightly broken, he had to be at least six feet tall, he nearly toward over Jade by a head. He had a similar paleness to Mr. Gold, judging by his tone, he was in the sun hardly ever. She looked at his tight, toned arms, slightly indicating through his sleeves he had to be in very good shape.

He looked at her, then realized he was just staring.

"I am so sorry, Jade," he blushed, then laughed. He handed her a small diamond stud. Jade put her hand up to her right ear, feeling her earlobe…no earring!

"I.." he began. "when you went to the shop for the first time, I noticed the next day it was sitting on the floor. Iv'e been trying to find you…I looked all over town." Jade was a sucker for words like that, it was her weakness to hear a man speak of how he would go through such depths to find her.

"Am I coming off as a stalker…I didn't mean to…your earring looked very valuable and I assumed you were looking for it. My uncle said you were wearing them."

"No…your fine…but, your uncle?"

"Yes." It dawned on him, she was new in town, she didn't know his association to Mr. Gold like everyone else.

"Mr. Gold", he replied" Jade smiled.

"So…that's why there are two good looking men in that shop…your related." Evan didn't want to correct her, he was basking in her flattery.

"Good god…she is so pretty, so sweet…what I'd give to spend an hour with her. She's probably taken. What would she want with me anyway?" He ran his fingers through his hair.

"Eh, heh, yeah…well, there you go, I hope you didn't rip your home apart for it." Jade had a sad look on her face.

"What is the matter," he asked.

"I just realized," she said as she put in her earring, then smiling. "Iv'e been wearing one earring the whole week!" They shared a laugh.

"What are you doing right now, I was about to have some coffee, if you wanted to join me?" Evan looked at her, unintentional pleading in his eyes. Jade remembered her problem…with herself.

"Id love to Evan…but I have a lot of organizing to do, and I was thinking of going on a hike, there's only three hours of sun left, then I have to write a lesson plan down for my new student…sorry." Evan tried to hide his disappointment.

"That's ok. Another time will work. Glad I found you though." There seemed to be hidden context in his last five words.

"Well thank you, Evan. I appreciate this very much. She gave him a smile before turning around the corner.

At The shop

Mr. Gold looked up when door ball rang. Evan looked grim. Mr. Gold was curious but he didn't ask. It wasn't his nature to ask so many questions.

"Got anything for me to do before I leave, Uncle?" Evan sighed. He had intentions to get coffee, but he felt so shot down and un wanted he just came back to the shop.

"No Evan. Thanks for asking." Evan saw his uncle handling that chipped cup. He always wanted to know what was the story behind that broken cup, but Mr. Gold would never tell him. Evan noticed his uncle was a little down in the dumps as well. Not a good day for the two, lonely , lovesick men.