" Carlos has hit it on the head," I confirmed. "Water is life. The Columbia river, and other river systems in this country and around the world will b...come important to those who are left, particularly in areas like ours. Water will let us grow food crops and raise animals. We can hope that the river will continue to provide us with power to provide us with lights and run our tools and equipment." That means we should take some steps to make sure that there are people around after the event. .. Arrian looked at Helen hopping that it was a joke. It wasn't. Helen nodded to Kailynn to get off the bed and move over to a chair in the corner of the room. Arrian still hadn't completely reacted to Helen's movements.Helen startled Arrian by pushing him onto his back. She leaned down and kissed Arrian again. Slowly their kiss grew in passion, and Arrian, for the moment forgot they had an audience. Helen grabbed his hands and placed them on her breasts. She moaned at the feel of his strong. I don’t want to go into details right now, but suffice it to say that your leaving really affected me. You had shown me that I was worthy of being loved, that I was deserving of love. You made me feel like a woman, a person, and that was something I hadn’t felt before."You see, I was adopted because my mother didn’t want me. My adopted parents weren’t the best either. They had their own kids and they got preferential treatment while I was more in the way than anything. Anyway, I thought that. " and realized it was almost strait vodka with very little orange juice. I just smiled and acted as if I didnt notice. Someone said we should build a fire as it was starting to get dark and we didnt want to go inside.So Chase and I set about gathering some wood and left the girls to chat. After a few awkward minutes Chase asked "Are you alright with what happened?" "Sure" I replied "We are here arent we?"He laughed and so did I as the ice was finaly broken on the subject.You know Chase.