The girls in the group were quite understanding about the situation, and the guys certainly didn't blame Teddy once they got a good look at me. But st...ill, some of the gamer boys couldn't help but bitch about missed time and even Teddy himself seemed a little worried that he wasn't keeping up with his friends' character advancement. I knew Teddy's nerd-side was still in there somewhere, and I hadn't been giving it room to really breathe.So I resolved to make a greater effort to give Teddy time. I thought for a minute I would be able to relax, but nope. Still, Some of the best memories of my life are from then and 38 years later I still have my best friend. Putting some of it down on electronic paper left me in a good mood the entire next day which is rare for me.Part of that is learned behavior when you just accept life sucks and prepare for the worst then you can be pleasantly surprised. Which I’ve found beats the hell out of having hope and then getting it crushed out of you time. He called Harold and Callie over and showed them where they would be staying for the next five hours of their trip. He showed them where food and water was, and told them what to do in case of an emergency. Harold and Callie thanked the Sergeant and his crew for their help. Callie started to lie down, while Sergeant Reese closed the helicopter door, and led his men forward to their seating area. Callie had a glint in her eye when she said to Harold, ‘You better make that a very big check.’ ‘I. What Sam really wanted to ask was actually cut down fairly instantly when she brought up the idea of liking him. He wasn't rude about it, but he made it abundantly clear that he was in love with someone else, and that it just wouldn't be fair to Sam.After that, not much more was said or heard on Sam's end, and she just sat there, deflated and defeated that yet another handsome decent guy passed on her in favour of some other lame chick. And then he had to go and say that Tori was the one he was.