"What are these?" She asks, picking one up.

"Open them" he instructs gently. One of the gifts was a small model version of her horse, one he had custom made, with the mare's name engraved on the bottom. The second gift was a small locket necklace, with both their initals on it. When she opend it she could see a photo from the first day they were dating. The last gift was a pair of slippers, since his dog tore up the last pair not long ago.

She giggled, surprised at the last gift. "I love you." She said, turning around and kissing him. She yawned again and took his hand, along with the necklace.

Elijah smiles, holding her close. "Let's get ready for bed ya? Tomorrow will be a big day, first day of school and all"

"Sure." She says, pulling him to the bed. She wraps her leg over his, and lays her head back on his chest. " 'Night, babe." She says, kissing him passionately. She sighs and falls asleep quickly.

Elijah woke the next day. He slowly got up, not wanting to disturb Dakota. He admired her sleeping face before gently shaking her shoulder. "Wake up Love, school starts in half an hour" he tells her, going to the bathroom and getting ready.

Dakota sits up. "No. Come back here." She mutters, rubbing her eyes. "Oh, shit. A HALF HOUR?!" She asks, finally registering what he had said. She jumped out of the bed and snatched clothes before carelessly changing in the middle of the room. "Oh. My bad, Eli..." She says quickly, pulling on her sweatshirt, "I didn't think." She grabbed Secret's halter and leadrope, pulling Elijah out the door. "Will you have lunch with me later, babe?" She asks while walking to the elevator.

Elijah nods, "does twelve work? For lunch?" he asks, wondering what time to meet back with her

"Yes, noon works." She says, kissing him quickly, "I have to get to biology. Love you!" She starts briskly walking toward a colder classroom with assigned seats and a very tired looking teacher. "Everyone, take your seats and pull out a notebook along with a pencil." He instructs the sleepy class of 29 students. She grabs her notebook and pencil, copying down what the teacher was projecting onto the screen. After a very long hour, she sighed and packed up her supplies. The homework has been quickly passed out and she finished it easily, hoping homework would be this beneath her the whole year.

Elijah smiles and nods before heading to his own class, animal anatomy. He sat down and took notes.