I like tequila; it relaxes my inhibitions. It can be fun and dangerous.” I smile to myself and down the shot. I slide up to Rick and give him a kis..., pushing my tequila tongue into his mouth. He responds with his own tongue. I break the kiss and ask, “Are you ready to go home now?” Rick replies, “Not yet. I haven’t managed to track down Kenny. We need to find him, say hello and thank him for having us over. After that, we can disappear into the night.” Slightly disappointed that we’re not. Ninety agonising minutes later after Maria had stopped to rest on more than ten occasions and after she had repeatedly refused our attempts to have her give it away and try again in the morning my brave battling never-give-up sister finally managed to get her right foot alongside her left.Charlotte was immediately by her side and kissing her lightly on the lips. "One hundred and seven minutes Maria, you are truly inspirational. 14-years-old and able to produce that sort of effort, strength,. Almost humming to himself in revelry, Ponkert affectionately patted the huge varicose neck of his mount. The animal tilted its monstrous head sideways to glance at him with dull, flat-grey eyes, then turned its vision back to the path."Such unresponsiveness! A kingdom of wealth is within our reach and you don't even blink!" Ponkert chided the animal. "You, my friend, deserve a name to fit your apathy."Musing to himself, the Earthman dug into his historical memories and pulled a most fitting. " But I love you," he said."Well," I said, feeling like a heartless bitch, "I've told you all alongnot to get too involved with me as I did not want to get involvedemotionally." Is there someone else?" No," I replied wondering if I should lie that there was. This was allfeeling slightly strange to me as I had never had a man fall in lovewith me before and was far more used to ending relationships with women,or them ending relationships with me."Well, you've picked a very bad time to do this,.