She grabbed Charlie, gave him a kiss and told him to begood for me. Then finally she went out the door. (Jeesh you'd think I'dnever watched a kid befo...e.)With them finally gone I turned to Charlie and said, "So Kiddo what yawant to do?" I wanna play cars. You wanna play wit me?" he asked."Sure," I told him, "let's get you garage set up."I took him by the hand and we went in to the living room. We played carsfor about an hour before he started to loose interest. It was a lot offun. It brought. Brandon was a good looking guy and we hit it off in right away I thought, what the hell, he'd make a perfect chick cruising buddy after hours. So I suggested that we become roomies and take a student apartment near campus so we could get some serious partying done. That's when he fessed up. He said that he knew what I expected, that I wanted a wingman who would know when to help out and when not to, but that he wasn't that guy. Brandon told me that he thought I was cool and that we would. So after a quick chat, our instructor handed around the test paper and we set to. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting and I finished quite quickly. I waited outside for the gang to finish and then we headed off to the pub. Every one was a great mood now that the exam was over, but one by one people started to drift away so by last orders there was only Kevin, Dave and Danny left with me and by now I was well away, most of the guys having bought me at least one drink during the evening.We all. The current was holding it in place, I just needed to offset that balance. After I managed to pull the other end far enough upstream, the other end, trapping him, swung around the boulder and he and the branch floated away. Then the news I, and everyone else, wanted to hear, “The branch came free, I don’t understand, but the branch is floating down now, and I am getting my foot loose. I … thought I … was dead.”Whether I lasted to midnight or not, now this felt good.Then, what I was waiting.