Around this time, I had made my second handle (Anthea James), and Ted remarked that since I liked to flirt so much, he'd make a handle just for me to flirt with (Montel Zandar). By the end of two months, I'd come to know so much about Ted, and felt I could talk to him about just about anything (and did). I cared for him more than I dared admit. I was putting a lot of my own emotion and feelings into Anthea (who, by this time was married to Montel), not knowing that Ted was doing the same with Montel. The funniest thing was, people THOUGHT we WERE dating IRL, and kept asking us about it. We kept saying, "no, it's just IC" and we'd laugh about it in PMland.
Around the time of his birthday, Ted had a medical emergency. It was at that point I realized that I wouldn't be so worried about him if I didn't care for him. I breathed a sigh of relief when I found out that he was going to be all right, but then was faced with the fact that I cared deeply about him, but for all I knew he cared less than beans about me in that way. As for us getting together, we have Katrina to thank. Our little "Cupid" set the wheels in motion, and before you knew it...