Little Love Story #3: "Fifty Cents"

Once upon a time, there was a girl who avoided any kind of romance fiction, because she was certain it was all just make-believe and never happened in the real world. She loved video games, though, and one of her favorite games had the sweetest love story she'd ever heard. Even though she claimed to hate romance, she couldn't resist the beauty of the story, and she thought of it often. Several months after she heard the story for the first time, a very special man gave her a very special gift, and the words he said to her were so much like those from her favorite love story that it made the girl feel like the fair heroine of her own great adventure. She learned that day that romance isn't about the happy ending, but about the epic moments that make one's heart soar. It's a lesson she'll never forget.