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what are you going to do about it?”
    Gulping the last of her cookie, Ari shrugged. “I don’t see what’s so wrong with focusing on my career. I’m only twenty-eight.”
    Her sister sighed. “I was married with four children by the time I was twenty-eight. Cory had three long-term relationships by that time. There is more to life than work, Arwen.”
    Chuckling, Cory stood up and walked into the kitchen. “You know, this kind of thing never would have happened to the real Arwen.”
    Ari laughed. “No, she had Aragorn to defend her.”
    Jane cracked a smile. “How did you get stuck with such a fanciful name? Cory was born Corren, which she changed to Corrine, and I was given the name Jane. But you…”
    “Mom was reading Fellowship of the Rings when I was born. The last scene she read before they whisked her into the delivery room mentioned Arwen. I bet if I had been twins, the other would have been named Frodo.”
    “Or Frodette,” Cory offered, coming back with three mugs of milk.
    The conversation veered away from her dateless life for a while, and the three chatted like they normally would at their weekly get-togethers. Then Jane looked at her watch. “Oh! I need to get home. Tony has to be at work in an hour.” She turned her eyes on Ari, a speculative gleam in her eye. “So, let’s solve this little issue. I will grant that I never meet the kind of men you might fall for, but I will keep trying unless…”
    Ari started groaning, but sat up straight at the last word. “Unless?”
    “Watch it,” Cory stage-whispered. “Jane has something up her sleeve.”
    “Unless you promise to go on one date a month.” Jane stood up, satisfied, and drank the last of her milk before going into the kitchen and placing it in the sink.
    “No way!”
    Cory placed a hand on Ari’s knee, stopping any further exclamations. “A date a month when she never dates? That’s asking a lot, Jane. Even you don’t set her up that often.”
    “So? If she wants me to stop setting her up, she will set herself up.”
    Ari sent Cory a “help” through lips that would not make a sound. She could not imagine trying to line up monthly dates. Didn’t Jane get the memo? Arwen was clueless when it came to men. The few times she was actually around a guy she was attracted to, she lost all ability to think and came across as a ninny. This scenario had neurotic film written all over it. If they did it without clothes, Jay would be thrilled.
    Standing up, Cory walked over and stood next to Jane. At an inch over six feet, she was almost a foot taller, thus giving her the semblance of control. “What if she does it a different way?”
    “Meaning?” Jane asked, glancing at their little sister where she sat wrapped up in her terrycloth robe watching them with wide eyes.
    “Online dates. There are tons of online dating sites. She could meet guys there, weed out the idiots, get to know the others…”
    “Oh. Now that has promise,” Jane nodded, her eyes starting to twinkle. “Five of my friends met their husbands online.” Turning she grabbed a pen from Ari’s pen jar. Their mother had a pen jar in every room when they were growing up, and all three women did the same. It was one of their few homages to their mother. Walking back to her chair, she grabbed her purse, pulled out her notebook, and tore out a piece of paper. Scribbling something on it, she handed it to Ari.
    “These are the sites my friends used. Join them. I will want weekly updates!”
    Before Ari could agree or disagree, Jane was out the door.
    Chuckling, Cory walked over and looked at the list. “Well-known sites. You might as well do it, Ari. This should keep Jane at bay, plus who knows, maybe you will meet someone.”
    Ari smiled to herself. Cory was always sure to use gender-neutral comments when referring to someone she might end up with, unsure of whether she was hetero or homosexual. Except for one crazy night in college, Ari definitely liked guys. But she