They had come together for a brief, surprising moment then gone their separate ways---to opposite sides of the country. Although the possibility of "more" was intriguing, the challenges were even greater. Their wanting was constrained by mutual timidity---a stifling fear of the unknown coupled with a determined unwillingness to risk relational failure. If the promise of that first moment, on a crowded Music City dance floor, was to overcome that stubborn reluctance something new would be required---perhaps something as unlikely as a dose of October boldness.