p style="line-height: 200%;"strongThis story is still going to be kind of slow, but you do see some romance blossom a little bit. The next few chapters will have more juice to it. :) I hope you all enjoy it!/strong/p
p style="line-height: 200%;""Hello?" The door opened up to a tall man with a square chin, black hair, a red baseball hat, mustard yellow plaid shirt, and overalls on. His eyes where a deep gorgeous blue and it felt as if you could dive into them like you could dive into the ocean. He seemed to be older then Heather but not by much. Heather was taken back by this man. He seemed intimidating. "What do you need?" Heather looked into his eyes to see he was concerned. Hunter looked around, noticing that all the towns' people were watching this show. "Come on in."/p
p style="line-height: 200%;"Her fragile spirit wanted to run, but her heart told her she was safe, she was sound; she was okay to go into the barn with this man. She walked in looking around to see happy animals like cow, sheep, goats, and horses. She had never seen such happy animals./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""I'm Hunter. I sell animals here in Lost Valley. How can I help you?" Hunter wiped his hand on a rag sticking out of his pocket before reaching out to shake her hand./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""Oh, yes…" Heather reaches into her skirt pocket and pulls out the burlap sack full of coins. She watches out of the corner of her eye seeing that this man is already growing inpatient. "My father sent me to buy a cow from you." She hands over the sack to him./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""Alright." Hunter walked over to a big white cow with black spots. She looked sweet, and youthful. "Here you go. What would you like to name her?"/p
p style="line-height: 200%;""Um…" Heather reached up brushing her hand up against the bridge of the cows' nose. "Annabelle."/p
p style="line-height: 200%;""Well congrats on your new cow." Hunter gave her a gentle smile before turning around and getting back to work./p
p style="line-height: 200%;"Heather led the cow out of Hunter's barn, heading towards home. Once they arrive home, Heather takes the cow towards the barn but stops and lets the cow graze. As the cow is grazing Heather brushes her hand all along the cow, and humming soft, sweet, melodies to it. Annabelle nuzzles Heather, and Heather nuzzles back. They go back and forth showing affection to each other in some way when Heather hears:/p
p style="line-height: 200%;""You know if you keep that up the cow will be in love with you by the end of today?" Hunter has that gentle smile spread across his face once more./p
p style="line-height: 200%;"Heather smiles back. "That's a good thing ain't it?"/p
p style="line-height: 200%;"They both laugh at this as Hunter walks closer placing his hand on the cow, rubbing that one spot./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""Hello there. I'm Luke, this young gal's father." Luke reaches out, and is greeted by Hunter's hand. They shake hands, as Heather's mother comes up right behind Luke. "And this is my wife Quinn." Hunter tips his hat to her./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""I'm Hunter. I'm the one who sold the cow to you. I was just coming to make sure the cow made it home safely."/p
p style="line-height: 200%;""Well, while you're here, would you like to join us for dinner? My wife and daughter will do all the cooking." Hunter looks over at Heather, and nods his head./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""I would love too." With that my father placed his arm around Hunter's shoulders and led him off to do something or other./p
p style="line-height: 200%;"When supper time came around Heather had just finished taking the roasted duck out of the oven. She placed it on the table, and with the duck, the glazed carrots, rice, and a fruit salad; it should be more than enough to feed everyone with enough left over for Heather to eat while she works out in the fields. Heather goes outside and calls everyone in, including her mother who was supposed to be back with water a long time ago./p
p style="line-height: 200%;"Once everyone was seated they prayed, and began to dig in. Of course Hunter was served first, then it was Luke, then Quinn, and at last Heather. "This meal is amazing! I haven't ever eaten anything this amazing!" Hunter seemed excited which Heather never thought was possible, judging by his face./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""Well thank you." Quinn gave him a gentle smile before they both returned to eating./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""My wife is the best cook in the world." Heather would role her eyes to this comment, especially since her mother doesn't even cook, but she knew that if she rolled her eyes, she would get a whooping as soon as Hunter leaves, and she definitely did not want that./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""I'll say." Hunter stated/p
p style="line-height: 200%;"The rest of the meal was spent with small talk about where they had moved from, how they decided to move to Lost Valley, and what their plans are with the land. Heather knew all the answers, so she spaced out until it was time to clean up. Her and her mother quickly cleaned all the dishes and put away the leftovers while Luke talked to Hunter at the table. Once the dishes where done Hunter decided it was time to go. Luke walked him out the door, quickly, and eagerly. Once Hunter was gone, the family went to bed, ending their first day in their new home./p
p style="line-height: 200%;"strongHope you all enjoyed it!/strong/p
p style="line-height: 200%;""Hello?" The door opened up to a tall man with a square chin, black hair, a red baseball hat, mustard yellow plaid shirt, and overalls on. His eyes where a deep gorgeous blue and it felt as if you could dive into them like you could dive into the ocean. He seemed to be older then Heather but not by much. Heather was taken back by this man. He seemed intimidating. "What do you need?" Heather looked into his eyes to see he was concerned. Hunter looked around, noticing that all the towns' people were watching this show. "Come on in."/p
p style="line-height: 200%;"Her fragile spirit wanted to run, but her heart told her she was safe, she was sound; she was okay to go into the barn with this man. She walked in looking around to see happy animals like cow, sheep, goats, and horses. She had never seen such happy animals./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""I'm Hunter. I sell animals here in Lost Valley. How can I help you?" Hunter wiped his hand on a rag sticking out of his pocket before reaching out to shake her hand./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""Oh, yes…" Heather reaches into her skirt pocket and pulls out the burlap sack full of coins. She watches out of the corner of her eye seeing that this man is already growing inpatient. "My father sent me to buy a cow from you." She hands over the sack to him./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""Alright." Hunter walked over to a big white cow with black spots. She looked sweet, and youthful. "Here you go. What would you like to name her?"/p
p style="line-height: 200%;""Um…" Heather reached up brushing her hand up against the bridge of the cows' nose. "Annabelle."/p
p style="line-height: 200%;""Well congrats on your new cow." Hunter gave her a gentle smile before turning around and getting back to work./p
p style="line-height: 200%;"Heather led the cow out of Hunter's barn, heading towards home. Once they arrive home, Heather takes the cow towards the barn but stops and lets the cow graze. As the cow is grazing Heather brushes her hand all along the cow, and humming soft, sweet, melodies to it. Annabelle nuzzles Heather, and Heather nuzzles back. They go back and forth showing affection to each other in some way when Heather hears:/p
p style="line-height: 200%;""You know if you keep that up the cow will be in love with you by the end of today?" Hunter has that gentle smile spread across his face once more./p
p style="line-height: 200%;"Heather smiles back. "That's a good thing ain't it?"/p
p style="line-height: 200%;"They both laugh at this as Hunter walks closer placing his hand on the cow, rubbing that one spot./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""Hello there. I'm Luke, this young gal's father." Luke reaches out, and is greeted by Hunter's hand. They shake hands, as Heather's mother comes up right behind Luke. "And this is my wife Quinn." Hunter tips his hat to her./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""I'm Hunter. I'm the one who sold the cow to you. I was just coming to make sure the cow made it home safely."/p
p style="line-height: 200%;""Well, while you're here, would you like to join us for dinner? My wife and daughter will do all the cooking." Hunter looks over at Heather, and nods his head./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""I would love too." With that my father placed his arm around Hunter's shoulders and led him off to do something or other./p
p style="line-height: 200%;"When supper time came around Heather had just finished taking the roasted duck out of the oven. She placed it on the table, and with the duck, the glazed carrots, rice, and a fruit salad; it should be more than enough to feed everyone with enough left over for Heather to eat while she works out in the fields. Heather goes outside and calls everyone in, including her mother who was supposed to be back with water a long time ago./p
p style="line-height: 200%;"Once everyone was seated they prayed, and began to dig in. Of course Hunter was served first, then it was Luke, then Quinn, and at last Heather. "This meal is amazing! I haven't ever eaten anything this amazing!" Hunter seemed excited which Heather never thought was possible, judging by his face./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""Well thank you." Quinn gave him a gentle smile before they both returned to eating./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""My wife is the best cook in the world." Heather would role her eyes to this comment, especially since her mother doesn't even cook, but she knew that if she rolled her eyes, she would get a whooping as soon as Hunter leaves, and she definitely did not want that./p
p style="line-height: 200%;""I'll say." Hunter stated/p
p style="line-height: 200%;"The rest of the meal was spent with small talk about where they had moved from, how they decided to move to Lost Valley, and what their plans are with the land. Heather knew all the answers, so she spaced out until it was time to clean up. Her and her mother quickly cleaned all the dishes and put away the leftovers while Luke talked to Hunter at the table. Once the dishes where done Hunter decided it was time to go. Luke walked him out the door, quickly, and eagerly. Once Hunter was gone, the family went to bed, ending their first day in their new home./p
p style="line-height: 200%;"strongHope you all enjoyed it!/strong/p