Elijah nods, "I should turn out Whisper too" he says giving her a kiss before they went their separate ways. Elijah went over to Whisper's barn, taking the stallion up and leading him to an empty round pen.

Once Secret was fully groomed and tacked, Dakota swung up onto the prancing mare. "Easy. Just a couple runs." She said with a smile. As dakota approahed the alley, she saw the barrels already set up from the last rider. She held the prancing horse in before letting all of the mare's power come out in a gunshot of speed. Dakota expertly directed the excited mare around the barrels and looked at the arena clock. 15.78 seconds. A new record. She let Secret run a couple more, never breaking the first record, though getting close to it. Dakota loped, then jogged out Secret. She groomed the mare afterwards thoroughly before putting the cooler on her horse and feeding her some treats. "Love ya, girl!" Dakota called, walking to change into non-horse smelling clothes.

Elijah lunged Whisper for about an hour before reeling him back in and walking him back to the crossties. He then sprayed him down with the hose and removed the excess water before drying him off and leading him back to his stall and putting his blanket on.

Dakota quickly changed in her dorm, barely making it to class. The school day flew by in a blur. She was glad she didn't have any homework, or else she might have killed someone. She walked back to the barn, and fed Secret her dinner. She nickered happily at Dakota while she got the grain and hay, plopping them both into their feeders. She texted Elijah. Hey babe. You heading back to the dorm soon? She put her hpone in her pocket and pat the mare's nose before walking out of the stall and locking it. Dakota walked out of the barn and to her dorm. She flopped onto the bed, not hungry for the second night in a row.

Elijah had attended his own classes. As his phone buzzed he pulled it out. It was from Dakota. He responded with a yup, on my waybefore pocketing the device. He arrived back at the dorms not much later.,

"Hey, handsome." Dakota said as Elijah walked into the dorm. "Secret and I did a 15.78 second run. She nearly knocked over the second barrel, though, so we'll need to work on that. How was your day?"

"It was good, being a teacher assistant is exhausting" he says, hugging her

She wrapped her arms around him and kissed along his neck to his jaw, then finally his lips. "You're so damn cute. Y'know that?" She said, kissing him with passion.

Elijah pouts cutely, "Am I just cute? Not handsome?" He asks, kissing her back.

"How about all of the above?" She suggested, pushing him onto the bed.