Snippet #2412062

It turns out Danielle had been going in the wrong direction the whole time. Landon spun her around and off they went. He answered her questions and her jaw dropped slightly. "TWENTY HORSES?!" She couldn't believe his family had so many horses! She tried to imagine what it was like to be surrounded by so many horses at once. She knew the feeling when they entered the barn. "Wow." That was all she could say. Seeing all the horses made her happy, and she sighed as if in relief. Danielle went in the stable and smiled at the completely brown horse. She step towards the horse and Landon grabbed the halter. Landon introduced the horse as Dusty, and Danielle started petting the horse. "Hi there, Dusty." She turned her attention to Landon. "No problem, as long as you don't just dump Zodiac or Mirage on me." Her smile was small. She wouldn't mind taking care of his horse, but she didn't want to have all the responsibility. After all, it wasn't hers.

Danielle looked around, noticing the barn hands for the first time. They were busy at work and paying no attention to them, luckily. She turned her attention back to Landon. "So, did you come here often last year or..what's the deal?" She continued to pet Dusty. She wondered how often Landon had come here last year, or how often he didn't come. He had to come by some considering he knew Dusty was gentle, which she was. Perhaps he missed his horses and came to the barns to spend time with the other horses. Her coat was so soft and silky between Danielle's fingers. The feeling was familiar, but not exact. She took a sip of her hot chocolate which was about half full now and almost warm.

"Hey, do you know what time is it?" Danielle thought it must have been close to curfew. Dinner seemed so long ago, and she figured everything the two had done together had taken a rather large bite out of their free time. She didn't want the night to end, but she knew it was going to soon. Anyways, there was always tomorrow. Landon had invited her to stop by his band practice, which Danielle doubted she would go to, but who knew? She just might, depending on how hectic tomorrow was.