Damn, I was floating, in love with everybody, and everything was just beautiful. I felt like I was in some god-damned Disney movie and started looking...for the talking mice and birds and shit like that. Fuuuuck. How come no one had turned me on to this shit before? I was going to have to have a serious talk with my dealer when I got back home... or earth… or where ever… “How you feeling? “ she asked. “Amazing.” I think I said, or maybe I just smiled. Truth was, I was burning up. It was summer. Louise is like me and regards the raft makers with skepticism. She's used to the big riverboats and the idea of going down a river on a raft of logs doesn't inspire confidence in her either.We just got everything back in the wagons when we were told to unload everything again to balance the load on the rafts. We were also told that we would be removing the wheels from the wagons to make them less top heavy. Several of the men grumbled that it would be easier to just to drive the wagons there,. That was nice She found it and almost had to sit down because it felt almost too good. But she knew Sidney was watching and she didn't want to frighten him. It was time to go into the shower. As she was starting to turn the water on she waited just a few moments and then she heard the squeak of the floorboard in the young people's bedroom. That must be Sidney. He must be at the door and peeping through the keyhole. She turned on the shower, adjusted the water to the right temperature, and. Of course, things got even more awkward - for Lamont, anyway — when he found that I was holding on too tightly for him to get free easily. I kept smiling just the same as before and cocked my head to one side quizzically as he pulled and yanked without trying to let it be seen that I had him trapped. After a few more seconds or that, he stopped trying and I let go.As Lamont stepped away, I saw a look in his eyes that told me I had achieved a partial victory already with at least one team.