Ten Inch Hero Page #2

Who's Fuzzy?

He's just an online friend.

A guy.

Oh, I...hope he's a guy.

We agreed not to exchange any identifying information.

So basically he could be Charles Manson with a laptop?

Bingo!

No, Fuzzy is good.

His presence feels peaceful, don't you sense it?

Yeah, I sense something.

What? Maybe I do.

Just follow where your soul leads, Jen.

Thank you.

Bye, Trucker.

Bye.

Did I say anything stupid?

Doesn't it worry you?

I mean, you don't know anything about him

...or her...or even it!

You know, he's just somebody I can talk to.

And I know it's crazy, but...I feel really close to him.

Do you think he's your soulmate?

Would that be so bad?

No, but...

...what happens when "he" wants to meet?

Well, we've been e-knowing him for almost a year, and it hasn't come up.

A year?!

Jen, what do you guys talk about if you don't talk about each other?

Everything else?

I mean, we talk about music, and books, the war in Irak...

...his dog, my cat...

You know, I just told him that I started working with a future famous artist.

Well, let's not get carried away...

It must be such a trick to look at the ocean and know you can draw it.

Are your parents artistic?

Yeah, my mom's really good.

So maybe you'll have a super-talented kid one day.

I already do.

I was 15.

I had....four younger brothers.

Got one of 'em who was still in diapers...

There was no way my mom was gonna let me keep her.

I never met the couple, but...

I spoke to the wife on the phone once.

She said their names were Lisa and Noah, and...

that they wanted to name her Julia.

She asked if that was okay with me.

I thought that was really considerate, you know?

She promised to stay in touch,

to send pictures...

That's nice.

And she did, for about two years.

Then it just stopped.

The last pictures I saw were of Julia's second birthday.

Just like that?

Nothing for...six years...

Then I saw this!

I was reading this article about gifted kids.

In the back they have some pictures of the art students of Santa Cruz, look!

There she is.

Okay, I mean...she kinda looks like you and...

she's the right age, but-

Jen, I'm not whacked.

Okay, look, they list her name.

- Julia! Julia Miller! And, she's artistic.

- Yeah, but-

So I got on the Net and I looked up Millers in Santa Cruz.

There was a million of them, but there was only one under the name "Noah".

That was the husband's name.

So, I waited until the middle of the day, and I called the number.

And I got the voice mail, and...they were on it!

"This is Noah...and Julia."

Like that.

Jen, it's them!

What are you gonna do?

I don't know.

Some days it's enough to know that she's happy and healthy and...

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