"You say that every time. You've got to be getting used to it by now," Cooper yelled back. The pair had made three hops so far. Pendleton to Pilot Roc..., Pilot rock to Heppner, and Heppner to Condon. They had spent the night in Condon, topping off the tanks with the cached fuel Cooper knew would be there and lifted off for Kent midmorning. Cooper had wanted to have full daylight for this last stretch. It was the last, and the most dangerous of the legs.They crossed the John Day river at Chisholm. "OK, But only a littlebit" Rumor is that you were teaming up with Jessica or something." Oh that," I said. I decided that unlike Jess, I was not going to outher. I wasn't sure if she was out of the closet anyway. "We played somedrinking game together. Amber got jealous that I was getting close withone of her friends." Did you talk with Fay?" Yeah. We're done. That was a pipe-dream of mine."Cindy laughed. "You have certainly been bringing the drama with you allweek." I know," I said. "It's. While she was sitting idle and getting bored, as there was heavy traffic, I tried to spice things up by gently tickling her in the waist. She was surprised and she too started ticking me and teasing me. Then we put on party songs and groove to the rhythm to my surprise, she was too an EDM fan like me. Finally, we stop at a Chinese fast food center to grab some food for dinner and eat in the car.After this, I said I will have to leave early tomorrow as I was going back to Hyderabad by car, so I. "Now, your children persist in telling the other students that you are on a round the world voyage." She saw the grins. "You are? I mean ... really?" As soon as school is out we will be sailing through the Canal and over to Hawaii ... unless we go to New Zealand. We intend to explore the Galapagos on the way." What an adventure! But ... what about school?" I think we've done a fairly good job, so far. How are they doing in school?" They seem bored." How are their tests?" Straight A's." Their.