Sometimes life gives you more than you can handle, and things become shattered, leaving shards of the heart everywhere.
Time comes along to sweep up the pieces of what's left behind.
	Torn apart, but never far from the other's mind, the attraction becomes hard to ignore.
Hurdles overcome, lovers reunite and become stronger than ever before.

**If you think the people in those pictures look an awful lot like Abigail Spencer and Forbes March from All My Children, you're right. Ms.
Spencer looks exactly how I've always pictured Marissa, and Mr. March suits Chris quite nicely.  I've also been told that Dr. Erica Weiss bears a striking resemblance to Andrea Parker and that Commander Jeyelar Darre looks an awful lot Michael Weiss.**