(if you look its actually like its hanging on to the horses back) "oh thanks, honestly i forgot." Sam said. He had been so caught up in all the work he had forgotten that he was now 18 years old. "happy birthday to me, i guess." He chuckled. Once everybody had chatted and milled around, Sam turned to Ellie. "any more kids signed up?" he asked lightly.

(Ah, ok, in that case its perfect! ^-^)
"7 more." She said quietly. "I'm not sure how the pricing will work, but we should have a few more by tonight, but some might just show up unannounced," She smiled, "It won't be the complete amount, but it should just under half, depending on what you want the prices to be." She said with a shrug.

"ok. why don't you decide onn the prices." Sam said, pulling out his phone. Sam sighed. he read an E-mail from his Father saying:

"well, looks likr we have a sixth of the amount payed for." He said and showed Ellie his phone, feeling slightly glum.

Ellie nodded and started to look thoughtful again, trying to thing of any pricing. She took her attention away from her mind from a minuet and slightly leaned up to look at Sam's phone screen. He had just gotten 1k, and he looked sad? "Whats wrong?" She asked slowly. "This makes us one step closer, isn't that good?" She questioned with furrowed brows before remembering he had said a similar thing happened every year. "Sam, my offer still stands. We can still go out and do something, and your friends are here anyway," She offered again, giving a very faint smile.

"nothing, it's just i havent seen my Dad in 5 years.." He said. "and those notes are written by his secretary. but hey, 1k closer!" he said with a little more enthusiasm."yeah, ok. where though?" he said in response to her offer on the birthday outing.

"Anywhere you want," She said with a grin, "Bowling, pizza, anywhere you deem fun!" She cooed lightly with smile. "You guys have worked hard today, so that can't go unrewarded anyway, now can it?" She questioned with a small chuckle.

"ummm...lets just go have dinner somewhere." he concluded, smiling slightly.

(really sorry its short i need to go!"

(Totally fine! :D)
"Dinner it is then," She said softly, mirroring his smile. "What time do you want to go out? I'd assume your friends would want to go get changed and showered." She shrugged lightly, taking a glance at his three friends who seemed to be exhausted.

"yeah..maybe 7?" he said. Sam himself would need to have a wash, as he was cobvered in sweat and mud and paint and bits of grass. not exactly tidy. "i'll go tell them to go get ready, and ill see you at 7 then." he said, smiling and walking over to tell Will, Jack and Suzie. they all agreed to meet here and they went home to clean themselves up.

"Seven sounds fine." She said with a curt nod before turning away towards the living accommodations, going to knock on Aaron's door. He opened it after a few moments, looking very tired. Aaron had grown up around the little pony as well, so while he didn't do very much the night before, he was probably up all light worrying. "Is he-" He started, only to be cut off. "He's fine." She promised with a small smile. "Anyway, I'm not going to be here tonight, so I need you to do evening yard and keep an eye on all the horses for me." She stated more than asked. "Why, where are you going?" He questioned. "It's Sams birthday- some of us are going out." Ellie informed him after a moment. She knew he was about to say something so didn't give him the chance, "You look tired, and I need you to stay here, please?" She pleaded before she got a yes. She thanked him before walking back to the barn. She had to exercise her horses before she could go anywhere, so tacked Astra up and ponied Frost along behind her on a short hack.