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around charming guy, Brianne. I would really like to see him again. I honestly didn’t want it to end.”               Brianne squealed a little again. The noise made her shake her head. God, she needed to stop. . “Oh, that’s great sweetie. I was hoping it would work. I heard that Ethan was just like you and I hoped it would work. You both really seemed to need someone. This could be it for you Anna! Really!”
    “It was just coffee,” she said again, rolling her eyes.
    She and Brianne spoke for a bit longer. Their conversations were mundane and about work and friends. It was really enjoyable. Usually Anna wasn’t much for chatter, but both were in a great mood and yes, this time she enjoyed it. There was a lot to talk about. Sometimes idle chatter was something that got the unusual off of her mind. It had a good purpose.
    Her mind was on the handsome, charming Ethan almost constantly for the next day. He was just the whole package. On the surface, he was gorgeous. He had that strong jawbone and the light stubble. It peppered his face, so adorable. His deep brown eyes were so gorgeous and seemed so intelligent. There was something wonderful going on behind them.  He was thin, but not bony. He had a lean, defined muscle. The man was utterly gorgeous and she had to admit it. She had never been so attracted to a man in her life.
    He was also so witty and charming. The banter had been fun. She felt that he was a match for her when it came to intelligence and talk. Nothing that they said was idle. He had great intelligence. She supposed that was obvious, being that he was a teacher. They also had a lot in common. That meant a lot to her.
    Anna honestly had high hopes. It was not something she could usually say about dating and men. The whole idea never gave her high hopes, but not because she was bitter or anything. She was just a logical person and it hadn’t fit into the equation that much. Not that she was saying Ethan was “it” or her “soulmate” or anything like that, but it was kind of nice to go on a date and actually feel like there was a prospect.
    The rest of the day was boring. She was not working that day, so she had errands to run. She went to the store, cleaned up,  and blah, blah, blah... Life could be very eventless at times, but who said that boring was always a bad thing? People took for granted how nice it was to be without obligation. She did not have to do anything and it was good. At night, she watched a movie she’d been meaning to see. It was very interesting. Drowsy, she fell asleep shortly afterward.
    Her dreams returned to that awful room. It was a small room with wooden walls. Now, as an adult, she knew that she was in an apartment building. There were two windows, but they were pasted over with black construction paper. The pair of women stayed close to the wall, and the man was in the center. He looked at everyone in the room with a strange emotion, one that she didn’t entirely understand. The man looked right at her. His clear blue eyes pierced into her soul and scared her to death. She took a deep breath and tried her best to look away. All she wanted to do was look away.
    She forcefully looked away and across the room. There were so many other children. Boys and girls, they were of all races, shapes and sizes. They looked absolutely terrified and most of them stared at the man, captivated by his terrifying eyes. One looked at her. He looked at her with soft, brown eyes that conveyed gentleness and intelligence. They seemed to sparkle amber in the light, even though they were much softer underneath.
    Those were Ethan’s handsome, soft, brown eyes. They were not on the grown man she had gone on a date with, however, but on a young boy. He looked at her deeply, as thoug he was trying to get into her soul and see what was there. He looked at her deeply, earnestly trying to express something to her.
    “It’s time, my children,” the man started, drawing her attention