."Charles, are you ok? You must of knocked yourself out on a beam over there. You got a pretty nasty bump. Wanna go to the doctor?" What happened?" I ...sk, groggily realizing I'm back with the team in the basement."I came down here to check on some cables and I found you lying on the floor. Dude, who's Lucy? You seemed like you knew her pretty well." laughing to himself."No one!" I reply curtly. Was it a dream? Did it happen at all? Or was it just the shock of the beam and my fantasies? Snapping. "You're not from around here, are you?" I could see his shoulders shake in quiet laughter. "Oh, my. Oh, my. That's the best I've heard it put in ages. Well done, lad. You've surprised me." He reached down into the shadows and picked up something long. He held it out. "Here. Take it. It's a good staff and should serve you well. It's a bit heavier, a bit longer than your old one, but I'm certain that you'll grow into it soon enough."I took it and thanked him. I didn't say a word about his somehow. Yeah. I guess I knew, at some level, you in fact really did love me.’ I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t even move. I was petrified of doing or saying the wrong thing that would cause Albert to quit speaking and I knew he had to go on, because I knew, intuitively, I knew as a woman knows, he had more to say. ‘I’ve never made love with a woman. Come to think of it, I’ve never really made love, though I always thought I knew what love is.’ ‘I’m a virgin,’ I blurted out. Albert was quite for a moment or. ”We all walked out with Taylor and Kat as they got into Taylor’s car to head back north to Sacramento. There were more kisses and hugs, and then they were gone.As they disappeared from view, Mindy asked, “What now?”I assessed the weekend for a moment. Doug, Kent, and Heather had left first thing in the morning, as had Mitch and Tali.I suggested, “Head back to the condo? We do all have jobs up there.”Margo pulled me, “One last swim – skinny-dipping, please.” I was not hard to convince, nor was.