Who else is watching Season 2? It's so cool!

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Fabian's POV

Something's... off with Joy. She dances differantly.

And yeah, some people would just wave that away. But at the dance, she was so sweet, like she wanted to just dance in the corner, in our own little seperate world. But at the benefit? It was more... "I don't care who watches." And we didn't even talk, so it was awkward.

How could it be awkward?

I just didn't get it. It was as if she was an entirely differant person.

"So where are we going?" I asked the next morning.

"We're going to Park Place Stables!"

"What?"

"It's this amazing place that can give beginners and advanced horseback riders offers to ride on the beach." Nina explained, smiling.

She looked so beautiful when she smiled. Woah, where'd that thought come from? Shaking it off, I said, "Sounds great," and took Joy's hand. But not because I needed to remind myself why I liked her or anything. Not at all.

Anyway, we all practicaly scarfed down our food, before hopping in the car and try to figure out where Park Place Stables was.

Nina knew, so of course we expected her to drive.

I guess Jerome as tired, because he didn't put up much of a fight- Patricia stepped right in and made sure Nina had the shiny silver car keys.

The minutes ticked by in silence. We couldn't even listen to music because we couldn't decide on a station- half of us were for country, half for pop. And when we tried to mix the two together...? Let's just say that murder was a definit option.

Anyway, it wasn't very long before she pulled up to our destination.

The stables were a creamy light brown, with all kinds of horses sticking there heads out of small windows. Everything looked so neat and orderly- the freshly mowed acres and acres of green lawn, polished wood structure, and freshly groomed animals (including the small dog, tied loosly to a post).

I'd rode a horse before, and so had Nina, but everyone else didn't really have any experience.

I think the others caught on pretty quickly, except for Amber- she said that there was no way she was going to sit on a dirty old leather seat so high up.

After a few encouraging words from Alphie and Nina, some threats from Patricia ("I know where you keep your make-up," "Your new Gucci dress depends on it," ect.) we managed to pry her onto the horse. After that, we kept a slow, steady pace.

The weather was nice, and the dog was barking distantly, so things were pretty "romantic."

I held Joy's hand- mostly because she wanted me to, because it just felt so odd. To me, it was more comfortable to have both hands on the saddle.

Some things Joy just... didn't understand. If I could, I would just open up her head, pour the knowledge in and seal it back up.

But, unfortunatly, I couldn't, so I just remembered the spark I'd felt at the dance.

We finished off the few laps around the fenced- in area and saw a woman waiting at the barn, who obviously worked there.

She had blonde hair with brown streaks in it and was wearing some average clothes, jeans and a t-shirt, and she had a straw hat on her head. Her nose was slightly sunburnt and she was leaning casually on the bottom part of the door.

"Hello," Her face broke into a smile when we stopped in front of her. "I'm Ellie, and you must be the Anubis students?"

We nodded, and she made a big speech about the history of Park Place Stables. Everyone had zoned out when Ellie finally stopped for a breath and took us inside.

The horses there were gorgeous. My favorite was Dewdrop- a soft brown one with a white exclamation point on his nozzle.

"Can you believe this, Fabes?" Joy asked sweetly.

No, I can't, I felt like sighing.

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