George and Janny were also busy. George was taking a few refresher classes for his job and Janny was going to be helping at the hospital she did volun...eer work at. I decided then that if Dar wanted to go, I would get a ride and take him with me or just stay home. He was much more important right now than being a cheer leader. He almost died so I could keep the nearest thing I ever had to a brother, so he came first. That decided, I walked up to him and told him about the tryouts. He got excited. Mai uski family se mila or sahiba ke baare m jassi se pucha. Jassi ne bola raat ko milvata hu. Shaam ko khana khakar mai or jassi chat pr sone chle gye. Or baaki ghr wale bhi so gye. Gao mai log jldi so jaate h. 11 bhe tk pira gao sunsaan sa lg rha tha. Jassi mujhse bola chl bhai milvata hu tujhe. Or hum chato ki diwar kudte hue 4 ghr chodkr sahiba ke ghr ki chat pr phuch gaye or wha chobare se niche aate hi bheso ka kmra tha or usi mai ek bhuse (chara) ka kmra tha. Hum wha phuche hi the ki. All the way!”And for the rest of the day, until we reached the base camp, I stayed behind him. Every time he started to lag behind, I would ask about his health, his horse’s health, his saddle, etc. I made sure that he knew I was behind him. I didn’t know if he was an alcoholic or an addict. Either way, I wanted somebody keeping an eye on him all the time. Even if he didn’t have a substance issue going on, I didn’t want him wandering off, never to be seen again.Getting the base camp set up was. Just like from the pictures.“I’m gonna spend so much of my time out here,” I said gleefully.“Ya, no doubt eh,” he replied, “it is pretty nice. So you’ve got free rein here. Use whatever you want, come and go as you please, make yourself comfortable. Only thing I ask is that you clean up after yourself. Other than that, throw on your bathing suit and lounge wherever.”Giddy with excitement, I went into my room and got changed into my two-piece thong bikini bathing suit. It was a dark blue set.