Dawn Across The Craze

A short story, about 3500 words. Fair warning: it's a relationship story: NO erotic content.
Dawn and Tarik have had a long-range relationship---an interstellar one, with days or weeks passing between messages. Tarik is determined that it is finally time to meet in person. Dawn, however, has a secret: the two are much farther apart than mere light-years can measure.