His grin was just as big. He saluted and held out his hand. "When I couldn't find you at the VOQ I knew I could eventually find you here. Good to see ...ou again, Colonel." Not really. I'm just Colonel until I return to my Battalion. Then I revert to Major. I've been on extended leave due to an injury and the rank doesn't revert until I'm fully returned."We left the chapel and walked about the campus more. The Major pointed out a few changes since last I was here. We talked about some of the. Steph was prettya little popular with the stoner's in school, she dressed like a hippy, wore a little makeup, average build, probably "b" breasts and a bigger ass than my sister. Sara answered the door, Steph was carrying a few bags of chips for the night, said her usually hello to me, "jock", "burnout" I said, but that was common for her, nothing mean, just the truth. Neither of us thought any more or less of each other because of it, it was just the way we came to say hello. They walked past. ” “More work?” Jenn inquired, “What does she have to do? Fuck you?” I looked at Jenn. “Well dear,” I replied, “It’s time you and your friends realized that to pass college level courses, you have to either do the course work, or keep the professor happy.” Jenn looked at me with a shocked look. “Don’t tell me you don’t know this,” I remarked. “We both know how this works. You've been coming in here showing me practically everything you've got just to get whatever it is that you want and I have. They stopped around noon at a saddle between the peak they just passed and the next one ahead on their trail.Josh and Molly sheltered at the edge of the trees where they had a little protection from the wind but were still in the sunlight. They rested while their MREs reheated. They took a nice long lunch break. It was needed after the 3,600 foot climb up the mountain. Josh knew they weren't going to do the usual ten or twelve miles that day. Making it to the top of the mountain was damned.