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Amy brought the coffee out to Ty in hopes that maybe they could make amends, but he was all ready off working the horses. She set the coffee down on the ground and studied him. He was lunging Dharma a new filly who had come to them because of a mean streak she had and today she watched Ty and Dharma face off. Ty was sending her a message that was crystal clear that he was the alpha horse and he was not going to take anything from her. There was something in his stance though this morning there was an extra edge of authority and Dharma took notice. She did exactly as he told her to do and then she dropped her head and began to chew. Amy was mesmerized. Ty turned his back from her and Amy was mesmerized by the mystery of joining up. She beamed with pride and let her fingers fall on her locket. She left the coffee by Dharma's grooming box and then began the morning workouts.

The day went by quickly and Amy found Ty at the end.

"The new Pirates of the Caribbean is playing Soraya and Matt wanted us to go see it with them."

"Sure, right now?"

"Yea, we can get cleaned up it starts at four thirty."

"OK." Amy hurried off to the house to get ready. She found a turquoise silk camisole in her bag with a note pinned to it. "We've been requested at Pulse for eight o'clock tonight. Can you handle it?Casey." Amy sighed and felt the expensive silk. She thought about the guys' stares and the excitement of dancing so closely and the laughter. How could she say no? She slipped on the camisole and put on a pair of jeans and then found a black cardigan to tone down the top. She hurried down the stairs and saw Ty waiting he had on a pair of jeans and a green tee shirt that brought out his eyes. She grabbed his hand.

"Ready?" she asked.

"Yea, bye Lou," he yelled.

"Bye Lou," she yelled also.

Amy rested her head against Ty's shoulder during the movie and felt his hand stroking her hair, but she also felt his eyes ever glancing at his watch. She felt jealous of whatever he was watching the time for. She grabbed his head and kissed him on the lips aggressively.

"Amy," he whispered, pulling away. "What are you doing?"

"I don't know," she said confused. "I'm sorry."

He stroked her cheek. "The lights are going to come on," he whispered pressing a kiss on her lips. Amy realized the credits were rolling. They walked out of the theater and Amy saw Casey's car. She kissed Ty.

"I told Casey I'd go out with her."

"What about Soraya and Matt?"

"Matt's going to a frat party and Soraya's coming with me." Soraya raised an eyebrow at this comment. "All right? You have somewhere to be anyway, right," she challenged.

"Did I say that?"

"You didn't have to," said Amy taking her cardigan off slowly letting Ty take in the glimpses of her bare skin. "You didn't seem too interested in me."

Ty touched her face and kissed her. "Tomorrow night? Your choice of movie," he offered.

"Black Stallion," she said smiling.

"Deal. I'll call you. Have fun," he said kissing her lightly on the lips.

Amy took Soraya's hand. "Bye Matt," they called.

Soraya laughed as they got into the racy convertible and sped out of the parking lot.

"Soraya, Casey. Casey, Soraya."

"Nice to meet you,'' said Soraya.

"Don't say that," said Casey shifting the mustang into the next gear.

Soraya grasped Amy's hand and saw Amy laugh carelessly.

Soraya helped Amy set up for Lou's shower. It had been postponed from last week because of the rain, but now the sun was shining brightly and the grass was freshly cut. Everyone was running around trying to get things ready before Lou got there.

"Thanks for taking me out this week. I haven't had that much fun in awhile. Casey's crazy though."

Amy laughed shaking a piece of hair away from her face. "She is. She's so nice though."

Soraya folded the napkins ornately. She took a deep breath before she continued. "She's a little dangerous."

Amy shrugged. "Most college girls are, right. Come on Soraya you haven't exactly been Miss Cautious this week."

Soraya smiled. "I guess not, but you have to admit you take your life in your hands when you drive with her."

They both laughed. "Well, Ty actually decided he wanted to come out with us tonight."

"Really?" asked Soraya. "I can't wait to see Dillon and Ty's interaction."

Amy looked at her confused. "What do you mean?" Soraya went to explain when Scott's SUV pulled up and Lou got out. She had tears streaming down her face.

She squealed something that Amy couldn't understand before she hurried over and hugged everyone. Scott just laughed before heading over to the stables. Matt came over to say hi, but he couldn't handle the inundation of women and cooing. Amy sat by Lou's side taking down notes of who gave her what. She waited for Lou to get to hers and held her breath as Lou opened it.

"Amy," gasped Lou taking out the delicate pieces. She started crying as she got to the soft blanket with the horse silhouette. "It's beautiful. Thank you." She hugged Amy tightly.

"You're welcome."

Amy picked up the next gift and read the card. "This is from Ty," she said surprised that Ty had gotten Lou a gift.

Lou smiled as she undid the soft yellow paper. She lifted up the cover of the box and found a sterling picture frame inside. It had three frames that were joined. There was a picture of Amy and her mom and one of Lou and her mom. The center frame said 'For: Kylie or Nate and Lou.' Lou touched the pictures gingerly. She grabbed Amy's hand and saw the tears in Amy's eyes.

"Excuse me," said Amy once Lou was onto the last gift.

She walked over to the barn and tried uselessly to wipe away the rest of her tears. She saw Scott handing Ty a package which Ty quickly put into his truck.

"Thanks, Scott," he said.

"Hey," said Amy smiling. "What'd Scott give you?"

"Just some Equus magazines he's all done with."

"Which ones?" asked Amy, trying to peer into the truck.

"You've all ready read them."

"Oh," said Amy, trying to ignore Ty's odd behavior. "Want to go for a ride? I really wanted to take Rory for her first ride."

"I can't. I have to go," he said kissing her good bye. "I'll call you later."

Amy shook her head softly irritated with Ty's odd behavior. She walked back to the party. Lou was picking up some of the gifts.

"Is Ty staying for dinner?"

Amy had her arms folded across her chest. "Apparently not. He said he had something to do." Amy felt a tear slip down her cheek. "I need to go study."