original_post:_3/21/2003________________ Back to the "present" in the storyline, because we're about to jump forward in time in the flashback. I decided to do a time jump to not have to show all of the dating time with Max and Rae. The College Years was really to show how they got together, and why they ended up splitting, with some added character bonuses thrown in there. Devoting any time to the middle two years would have dragged down the story, which was already taking about a year to tell.