Chapter 4: Meeting Her Prince Charming...

So now... Little Cathie was not a small girl anymore.. she's 17 yrs old now... she's no longer Little Cathie.. she's simply Cathie... and so, now the story of Cathie begins..

It all started when after she went back to her hometown after her 'O Level'.. her heart had mended and she had forgiven Ven and Jawa.. she was thinking of going to the US to further her study... but then she met her prince charming.. Let's call him Papi.. Papi was Cathie's brother's friend.. she often heard about Papi from her brother.. Papi was a quite guy.. a very nice guy...

One day, Cathie was going out with her brother and cousins to play billiard.. but then the party number was odd, so they needed to find another person to make it even.. and Cathie didnt know why, but she asked her brother to ask Papi to join them.. and so Papi joined them...

Cathie, being a friendly girl, tried to talk to Papi.. but he was a shy guy... he just smiled and kept a distance from Cathie.. and so there was nothing special during their 1st meeting..

After that, it was a long holiday (it was December)... Cathie was bored sitting at home.. all her drivers had gone to their respective hometowns.. Cathie complained to her mom on how bored it was.. when suddenly her mom asked her.. 'why dont you ask Papi to go out with you?'... and so that was the 1st time Cathie called her prince charming.. and off they went to watch a movie.. and then they got closer and closer since that day.. Papi called her at home.. and vice versa..

Then they met again for another date... this time it was to Dufan (an amusement park in Jakarta).. they went with Cathie's families and cousins.. two days after that, Papi went back to Singapore for his O Level..

Early morning on the day that Papi was supposed to go to Singapore, Cathie and Papi met again... this time they went to Bogor, just the two of them.. it was a wonderful journey.. at that time, Cathie felt that she could grow to love this man, but sadly, he needed to go to Singapore.. and so she didnt dare to hope.. but before Papi went away, he promised to call her..

and so he did.. he called her from Singapore... and on the 3rd of January 2001.. he asked her to become his girlfriend... and Cathie accepted him with joy... at that time, they had Long Distance relationship with Papi in Singapore and Cathie was in Jakarta.. but Cathie thought.. "i want to make this work"... so she tried to go to Singapore.. to meet him.. and she did...

and it was a memorable holiday... when Papi picked her up at the airport, he brought her a rose.. he was a romantic... and when they reached his apartment, she found out that he had prepared a special room for her .. and in the middle of the bed, there was this giant gift for her birthday.. he gave her two cute soft toys (Cathie loveeessss soft toys).. and another gift, just to say that he loved her.. a necklace with a heart pendant... it was a sweet gesture... Cathie was touched.. and she began to fall in love.. at least she thought so...

With the thought of 'and they live happily ever after' in her mind, Cathie asked Papi to go to the US together with her... with Papi still doing his 'O Level' examinations, Cathie took care of everything.. she went to an agent t get all the information they needed.. and choose the universities for them... but it wasnt meant to be.. they couldnt get into the university they chose, just because Papi used a fake certificate =p.. and in the end, they decided to go to Melbourne... and they did.. it all went smoothly...

Papi's sister was already in Melbourne that time, so she helped to take care of the things in Melbourne, such as apartment and such.. so when Cathie and Papi went to Melbourne, they already had a guide there... and so they went to Melbourne together for the next 6 years.. 6 happy years together...