Is Friendship Everlasting?

The first three Tablets of Gilgamesh have encouraged me to keep on reading with interest, even though at first I thought it was going to be very slow and boring. It starts very detailed describing everything several times, which made my reading easier. This is just the introduction of the book and it has been pretty active, something I didn't really expect to find.

This first part is mainly introducing the characters; the main character is Gilgamesh which is the King of Uruk, "Gilgamesh is the ruler, the strongest of all, the terror."(pg.9). Another important character is Enkidu, he was born in the wild and he is very strong as well, another one is Ninsun, she is the "All-knowing" mother of Gilgamesh. Shamhat is a harlot of Uruk. She has an important position at the beginnig, she has to bring Enkidu to Uruk for Gigamesh to meet, and challenge him. Before they arrived, Gilgamesh had a strange dream, that a meteorite had fallen, and that he couldn't rise it, his mother interpreted the dream as if the meteorite was a companion that would never abandon him. when Enkidu first meets with Gilgamesh, they confront themselves, but they end up hugging and kissing; this was the companion Ninsun was talking about.

They learned many things together and they made a proposal to kill Huwawa, a very dangerous creature everyone was scared of, "Huwawa's mouth is fire, his roar is the floodwater; he breathes and there is death."(pg.16) and also to cut the cedar. Gilgamesh was very excited because even if he died, he would still be remembered, "My fame will be secure to all my sons."(pg.17). They both go to Ninsun's palace to tell her about this, she is afraid of this, and offers the god fragrances, and other things.

When I finished reading these Tablets, I have some question: Will both of them be courageous enough to go to the forest and try killing the Huwawa? If they do, will they be able to get rid of him? Will there be fires or floods? What will happen with Enkindu's and Gilgamesh's friendship? Will Gilgamesh be able to survive in the forest?