Need to Prove

Seeing Ashlee's excitement made Dylan's smile widen. "Of course... couldn't let you miss it." He stifled a yawn before looking at his watch. "If we go back to bed now, we can get a couple hours in before we gotta do chores..." He looked back to the colt as Copper was cleaning him off and getting to know him. "Or we can stay til he stands up and nurses." 

Sparky chuckled as he stood outside the stall, washing his hands in a bucket. "Might be a little while yet." 

Dylan still looked at Ashlee. If they stayed, there was a good chance that going back to bed simply wouldn't be worth it. His smile evolved into a crooked grin. "I'm prolly gonna stay," he admitted. "Been a while since I pulled an all-nighter anyway."


Hal managed a smile as he tried to get past his embarrassment. He knew he just needed to forget this and move on. Otherwise it would continually bug him. Sam was nice, she didn't think anything of it, and he probably felt way more stupid than what she thought of him. At least...he hoped so. In all reality, this was totally out of character for him, which made it all the more irritating. Were his social anxieties getting worse or did it just go back to the simple, and silly, fact that he still wasn't used to hanging out with a woman? No matter the reasons, it couldn't get much worse than this, so he might as well move forward. 

"Good." He took a bite of his food and nodded. "We'll have to go to the lake sometime. I've got a couple extra poles and I think you'd have fun." He quirked a little grin. "And this way I'll have the upper hand for once. I need to prove I'm not always an idiot." 


Hearing Ryan call them knuckleheads, Leo and Miles exchanged smirks and rolled their eyes. They wouldn't have it any other way, though. 

Hunter returned her kiss and smiled, nodding at her suggestion. "I didn't know if you'd be able to break at all, so this is fine." He wrapped his ankles around her legs to lock her in front of him, his eyes dancing. "But I need one more kiss." 

Stealing another quick kiss, he released her and retrieved the little sack he'd brought. "I just grabbed some burgers and fries. Hope that's alright." He pulled out one of the wrapped burgers for her and a container of french fries. "If you need to work and eat, that's fine. I'll just hang out here a while then leave you be." 

He stayed sitting on the workbench as he unwrapped his own burger. "Oh, and, you want me to pick you up tonight or is Eli bringing you to the race?"