I couldn't stop myself from saying, "Celeste, I love you." Her eyes got teary, and she barely whispered, "It really doesn't work that way." She kissed...me then, with the gentle kiss. I heard her. As our lips parted, she added, "I love you, too." I was having a hard time seeing through all the water in my eyes, so I bravely asked, "Will you be stopping me?" Her eyes were wide with joy as she shook her head no. She didn't stop me. Not that night, or the next. --- History tells us how 2016 was a. I see you have your night cross countries complete so you'll be ready for the examiner."The student used the checklist and went through each item this time. I felt a lot better when he started the aircraft and waited for the operating temps to come up to normal. He called his fight plan in and then called for taxi instructions. We were in Jacksonville quickly, where he had wisely asked to park in front of operations to let a passenger out. Janet had my telephone number and said she would be. We slept soundly, then, after a ‘Denny’s’ breakfast, went to get our gear.We ended up getting two, 200 foot sections of rappelling rope. It came with all of the accessories and harnesses that would make it possible to climb or rappel, using just the rope if I had to.We did familiarize ourselves with the climbing and rappelling procedures on their little indoor rappelling tower. We also got a 4 pulley setup so that Bob and Greg could pull me up if everything turned to shit.I was very relieved. She started down the side walk when the young brunette exited her house and walked down the steps of her front porch. The girls made eye contact once again and smiled. “Hi,” the young brunette said.“Hi…. I’m new here so…” Jessica shyly replied.“Yeah, I saw you moving in yesterday. I’m Amanda.” “I’m Jessica. I’m going to Macgregor. My mom just said follow the side walk this way. “I’m going there too. It’s just a few blocks away.”The two girls walked along the sidewalk together. Amanda was about.