Chapter 173 : knowing. I feel lead to Clio; not simply drawn, but lead. I know that we are meant to be together. I know. For a long time, I resisted what were, I now think, God's gentle attempts at pushing me towards her. Initially, I refused to consider Clio as a romantic possibility simply because we had met online. I have always been such a computer geek, you see; getting into a relationship with someone whom I had met online was the last thing that I wanted to do. I never wanted to play into that sort of stereotype. I am shy and there was a time when I found it easier to talk to people online than IRL, but I always told myself, with a nervous laugh, that no matter how introverted I was, no matter how lonely I got, I would never "stoop" to dating someone whom I'd met online. Through my stubborn refusal to embody to a greater degree the stereotype that I already unavoidably was, I turned away from the voice inside that told me that Clio might be exactly what I had always wanted, the one that I needed, the girl meant for me. >>  chapter 175  >>