Shawn listed to everything making sure to keep eye contact with her eyes. A lot of what she said made sense As he had come to expect and the fact that she was honest and not into sugar coating the situation was inspiring. He Found himself nodding to most of what she said and her ideas of the future with a few very minor addendum's. As it was late and they had been on a busy couple of days he found his eye lids slightly heavy. His smile stayed on his face. "I think that's a great Idea. I would add that we try and hide the boat as a back up just in case we need to relocate and speaking of I would think that we have a second land home like a RV camper just in case and keep it hidden as well. Keeping the boat and camper with a weeks worth of water and full on fuel. A fire place would be perfect. We could cook and stay warm without having to rely on gas. I'm not sure how munch we might be able to grow other then potatoes in a area with such a short warm period. The main issue is how we go about finding a spot without becoming a target and without loosing the boat as a fall back point. We should sit and spend a day trying to find a spot. Maybe hit a library and grab a few atlases. I have here some water charts but they don't really give the land layout. I don't want to settle on an area and find out its a hill, or not close to a river."

Her next comment froze Shawn like the shower. He was More attentive and leaned forward resting his forearms on his thighs. Shawn felt his face get a little red as he spoke. "I reccon I'm not for sure on what to call us. I know my feelings for you are true enough. I would think that we are more then friends. You are dear to me and I do love you. Its more then my girlfriend. Could we be lovers? Simple and pure emotion? I always thought that the term being used just to explain only the physical was kinda trashy. When writers and hallmark use the word love to only describe the emotional connection between two people. You don't say the word love to a relative inferring the physical. So I think that's were I would place my feelings to you when I say that I love you. Its the Emotional connection when I see you or when you smile at me." He got a little redder in the face. "Course I'm not saying that I don't find you attractive, because I do." he looks down at your hand in his and rubs the back of it with his thumb. "I really do."