We made small talk during dinner, and just talked about our hike and their family homestead here on the lake. It was really raining heavily now, and a... times, the sound of the rain hitting the tin roof was almost deafening. Following dinner, Joan excused herself to go to the bathroom, and I continued to sit at the dinner table, chatting with our hosts. After Joan left the table, William spoke up and said, “You know Ed, you and Joan are not like a lot of white people we’ve met. Most folks around. While kissing we were just lingering on each other’s faces. After that, we just gave a tight hug to each other and we both we just not able to leave. We literally stood in that pose for around 3-4 minutes. Eventually, we let go of ourselves and got back to our room. This thing continued just for 2 days but on the 3rd day, something magical happened. We went to the room in the morning itself not able to control our feelings. At that time no one was present at the internship room. She just to me. For the 1000th time, she asked herself why she was doing this. Leslie treated her like crap. She never would have put up with this sort of behavior from her girlfriends, or boyfriends. And when you got right down to it, she didn't even like Leslie that much. She was a Senior, and Leslie was a Freshman, for God's sake. Plus the black haired girl had a way of talking and acting that made Connie feel like a total moron. Leslie had all sorts of other problems Connie realized, the anger building up. Congratulations gentlemen."Dale gave the room and company rankings but I was so caught up in my own euphoria that I wasn't listening. Carter came over, shook my hand and told me he expected me to improve again in the third quarter. I congratulated him on his class ranking and his promotion. That was the first time I ever saw emotion from Smitty. He got a little misty-eyed and shook my hand again.I later learned that room 3 C ranked fifth among the twenty rooms and Company C came in second.