Oh well, I misunderstood you then...thought you were talking about them drifting apart after a much longer time in contact...like together from '94 to '06. Sorry, wasn't following you. Point is, whether you or I have it exactly right, it was only a couple of years that they had kept in touch. The differences in what we remember aren't significant, IMO.
Seriously, I leave this thread for a couple of hours, and come back to find things are happening at high speed.