By the time Chicago was 'in the dry, ' lessons had been learned and errors corrected with new ideas. The dimensional lumber home became the house of t...e future and, in a few years, the law of the land.Brick homes of the time were an entirely different animal, but soon a brick facing over frame construction became the coming thing.It was down to logs arriving at the mill on sailing ships ... locally built and manned ... bring timber to the mill, pick up lumber and head for Chicago ... and. She pulled back. I suspected she decided she was not interested in me romantically, but for some reason we kept talking. We openly resolved to become friends, and that is what we did. Great friends. Friends who can talk about anything, who share everything. Friends who cannot wait for the next email or text, who smile in a goofy way when one arrives. Through ups and downs, joys and disappointments, we were friends. And we loved each other. Sure, there were reasons never to have reached that. "Not feeling so good today, Professor?" I asked innocently."I think I picked somethin' up on Atlantis. My gut ain't feelin' sogreat this mornin'." Have a seat, hun, I'll get you something that'll help," I said as Istood and walked over to the food dispenser. I placed an order andplaced the tray down in front of her."Here, hun. Granny's tried and true remedy for morning sickness," I saidas I sat back down. Professor Samuels looked surprised, but immediatelylooked down to her plate of weak tea. I was sure she would seek out lesbian ones. I saw how it turned her on.Things settled down a bit over the next week or so. I didn’t want to push it. The other thing that excited me was her reaction to the guy peeving at her in the sex shop. There was no doubt that it had affected her. We had a long weekend coming up. It meant she wouldn’t be working Saturday and I wouldn’t be working Monday. I suggested we head down to the coast as it appeared the weather would be quite warm. She agreed so I.