A modern romance

I 'met' Christie early on Friday evening in an Internet __________ room.

She was American, and I was completely __________ by her.

We began emailing each other immediately. The first few days of our __________ were wonderful,

and although it felt __________ we already knew each other,

there were still lots of things to __________.

As the days became weeks, I realised I was __________ in love with her.

Soon we found that we were spending a __________ on phone bills, and so we decided that we had to meet.

She was at college and couldn't __________ to come to England, so I flew to New York.

It was incredibly romantic. As I walked into the arrivals __________ at Kennedy Airport

our eyes __________,

and even though we had never exchanged photographs we immediately __________ each other.

We just walked and talked for a week. Our relationship felt perfect, but we both knew that if it was going to __________,

one of us would need to __________ the idea of moving to the other side of the world.

In the end we tearfully decided that it was not possible, and we __________.

We still write and talk on the phone from time to time, and I think __________ Christie as one of my dearest friends.