They had forded one river and had lost a lot of time in working out how to do it. Jim estimated that they had made it to the vicinity of Wetumpka by t...e time they stopped for supper.They all were so pooped that they ate their MREs without complaint or Tabasco sauce. The weather looked so good that they decided to sleep on or in the Humvees and not bother with tents. Jim and Susan were satisfied with a good-night-kiss that night; neither one really missed their usual nightly tumble. Not knowing. ) There was a neighborhood girl (her name was Janine) that Mike thought was cute, while I was getting interested in Mike's developing sister, JoAnn. She and Janine were about the same age (11), and although Janine was probably the prettier of the two -- she had ivory skin, long, dark hair and a pert little nose -- there was something about JoAnn that grabbed me. Maybe it was those big, flirtatious eyes that peered up at you, making you wonder what was on her mind. I found myself thinking about. I suppose because we’ve never had one, we’ve never missed it. Now we’re here in Torquay, in a caravan, for a whole week just seems totally unreal.“I think I’ll try out the shower,” Jenny said out of the blue.I looked at her as she sat looking out the window as the waves lapped up the beach, “Okay sweetie, I think I’ll walk up to the shop next to reception and see if we can buy a bottle of wine and some goodies.”“What about dinner?”“We’ll go out for dinner, find a local pub and have a nice. It was knowing that whatever happened was all right and that from that moment forward we would be together and our lives had changed forever. We didn’t need to say it. It was just what was happening and it was already beyond our control. I jokingly asked Trish if she had enjoyed her massage. She replied by asking how she could possibly repay me. I reminded her that she had already cut my hair and that the deal was done. But then I confessed that I had to see her again, and soon. It was then.