"Coincidence" by Delta (an248969@anon.penet.fi). The narrator is seated on a nearly full jetliner, dressed in a scruffy manner, waiting for takeoff, when - who to his wondering eyes should appear to take the seat next to him but his ex-girlfriend. Ex-very-close-girlfriend. Hence the title. Lisa appears not to recognize the former lover seated next to her, but the conversation coincidentally brings back memories of things past. Hence the title. The story consists mostly of the narrator's recollections of their good times together before they broke up somewhat bitterly. While he ruminates, he debates within himself whether or not to disclose his identity to her.

This story contains hot sex, but it also contains much more than mere graphic descriptions. The playful banter of the lovers adds to our reading enjoyment, as does our knowledge that these two broke up and our anticipation that they might be reunited. The narrator even has a philosophy of life - that coincidences don't just happen; they represent the Universe speaking to us. Is he going to tell her who he is? Or does she already know; and maybe those coincidences aren't so coincidental after all. As they say, everything happens for a purpose....

Here's an interesting aside: Just before I read this story, I was preparing my lesson plan for a presentation on Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken." Coincidence? I hardly think so.