The closer he tried to get to her, the further away she seemed – an irony he was not able to understand.  But, there were many facets of their relationship that confused him.

            Since he was a child, he had developed a knack for fixing things.  Those that knew him often joked that it was his calling in life.  But no matter how hard he tried, there was one thing he was unable to repair.  You see, no one had ever told him that people are “unfixable.”  Or that in the process of trying – you may lose a piece of yourself.