We bought her from a close friend then spent a couple years putting her back into shape." Mike told him. "Well she sure is a beaut... from what I could see. I'd like to get a closer look at her sometime if you don't mind?" Ed inquired. "Stop by anytime. The wife and I will be here all week on vacation. You can drop by and I'll give you the nickel tour." Mike answered. "I think I'll take you up on your offer," he replied. "I love old. Of them all, only Ed interested me. In my current mood I wasn't sure that I wanted to see him either.Ed's parking lot was empty, even the van was gone. I parked the cruiser near the door, so that loading the tools of my trade would be easier. I wished that I had planned better. If I had, I could have taken a blanket off the bed to use as a wrapper for the long guns.I remembered that since it was almost winter, I would need more blankets, so I restarted the cruiser. I drove the two or three. I didn’t understand what it meant.Then I got a call from my friends to come to their PG as they were starting to binge and watch the serial ‘Friends’ on Netflix, for the nth time. I threw the bottle, kept the paper in my pocket, and left.Once, I reached their PG, we were watching the episode where Joey had feelings for Rachel. This got us into a discussion. Do we as friends have feelings for each other?Pooja said that it was obvious we might have at least a crush on someone in the group at one. So I matched her speed, upping the tempo. Shortly after she increased her speed, puffing with new exertion. I, in turn, quickened the pace. Looking to my side, I saw her quickly look at me. Smiling, she upped the pace again. At this point my body was pushing its limits. Reluctantly I slowed to cool down. She turned to me, smiling broadly, and thanked me for the competition, but warned me, "Next time don't take on a competitive rower." I laughed and declared myself beat. So then, I thought, what.