Elijah smiles, "Fourteen point eight nine" he tells her, showing her the timer. "Good job, love" he says leaning over to kiss her.

She kisses him back, then walks Secret out. "Did you want to practice anything?" She asks, hoping she isn't making him feel left out.

Elijah shook his head, "I'm going to help out with the mustang round up this year. You can come with if you'd like too?"

"Sure. I won't be in the way, right?" She asks, hopping off of Secret and leading the mare out of the barn. "Because, no if i'm gonna be a problem for you and the other guys." She puts Secret in the cross-ties and untacks her quickly. Dakota does an extra good job of grooming the mare out, she'd done good. Dakota pops the cooler onto Secret, and leads her into her stall, feeds her breakfast, and kisses Eli. "I have to head to class. I don't know about school anymore.... It's just taking up time for me, if i'm being honest..."

Elijah smiles, "You won't be in the way, no worries" he tells her. He looks over at her and dismounts Whisper. "It's your choice, but I think you should think it over for a few days first, to be sure that this is the decision you wish to make" he tells her.

" 'Kay." She mutters, putting the tack away and checking on Secret one more time. She kisses Eli and heads out of the barn and to her first class. School passed in a blur. A dull, sleepy blur. By the end of it, Dakota was definitely ready to drop out. She groaned to herself as she flopped into the bed.

Elijah put Whisper away before heading to his own classes.

(Gtg)

Elijah got back to the dorms after his classes.

"Hey, love." She said, still laying on the bed and satring at the ceiling.