Author's Note: Here's chapter 11! Read and review please!

Chapter 11: In the Fields & Lessons

Last week I got myself a job finally. I now officially work at Destiny Island Stables. It'll be nice working there since I'm very fond of horses. I got dressed into warm clothing and then set off for the stables. For once, I was looking forward to working. It was a kind of long walk, but I didn't have a choice. I didn't have a car and I can't have one until I go off to college. I finally arrived at the stable after a 30-minute walk through the town. My boss was over by an appaloosa. I walked over to her.

" Um, excuse me, I'm here for work." I introduced myself.

" You must be Kairi. I'm Aerith. I'll be your boss while you help me work with the horses. Your payment is $6 an hour."

" Great, so where do you want me to start?"

" Well, Tommy, DJ, and Paullina need a bit of a washing. Be careful though, Tommy's a baby, so you may have trouble with him. DJ is kind of wild, and Paullina is probably the only one you wont have trouble with." Aerith pointed to three brown horses.

" Okay, and thanks Aerith."

I went over to the supplies and pulled out a scrubber, soap and filled a bucket up with water. I also grabbed a sponge, and a brush. I took all of the supplies over to where the brown horses were. The first one that I was going to clean was Tommy. I guess what Aerith meant when she said he was a baby; I think she meant he was just a young one because he looked kind of big for a foal. I dipped the scrubber into the water and scraped some soap onto it. I let Tommy sniff me a bit and his bath began. I don't know why Aerith said I would have trouble with him. Oh well, I continued to scrub him and then rinsed him with a hose. I gave him a brush and then moved onto DJ. DJ, I was nervous about, but for some reason, he just kept on sniffing all over my clothes. I figured this would be the perfect time to bathe him. I saw DJ's nose go into my pocket and he pulled out an apple. I then just remembered that I brought an apple to snack on and he ate it. I laughed and finished bathing him. I had no trouble bathing Paullina, so her bath was done pretty quickly.

I walked over to Aerith as soon as I was finished and she then gave me a job to rake some hay for Brooke, Manny, and Monique. I walked over and got a rake. I then headed over to where three black horses were. I heard someone else over near Brooke, so I guessed that was her owner. I just went on to feeding Manny and Monique. I glanced at Brooke. She was a beautiful horse. I wonder who owned her. I went back to feeding hay. I saw a person as he pet Brooke. It was Sora! I pretended not to notice him, but it didn't work out like I had planned it.

" Kairi? I didn't know you had a horse." Sora looked surprised.

" I don't. I just work here. You have a horse?"

" Yeah. Her name's Brooke." Sora rubbed the side of her neck. " My grandfather found her as a foal right before he died and passed her onto me."

" That's sweet." I had to get back to work before Aerith caught me talking and not working.

" I'll see you later." Sora said to me.

I went back to work. I worked for another 4 ½ hours and then I was done for the day. I went back into the fields to see if Sora was still there. He was still there. He was feeding Brooke a few carrots. I didn't have to be home, so I decided to walk over and join him. Dang, Sora has a good sense of hearing! I guess he heard me 'cause he turned around. I waved to him and then he grinned. I walked over to the horse and began to pet her. Brooke sniffed me all over the face.

" She likes you." Sora laughed.

" She's a pretty horse." I continued to pet her.

" You want to feed her?" Sora asked as he handed me a carrot.

" Sure." I walked up to Brook and let her chomp on the carrot. " Quite a chomper."

" Well, I have to take he into the stable. Reese is waiting."

" Who's Reese?" I asked.

" Brooke's daughter. She was just born a month ago." I followed Sora into the stable and saw a baby, black foal prancing over to Brooke when she was in.

" Aww, how cute." I cooed. I went over and pet the foal. " So, how often do you come here?"

" Once a week. It's real nice to bond with the horses. That's another thing people don't know about me. I'm more than just a Blitzball player. I'm into singing, baking, horses, drama, and a lot of other things. And what I was going to say the other night was that, Kairi, I…" Sora began to say something.

" You, what?"

" I would…like to hang out with you more." Sora did a goofy grin.

" No problem. We can hang out whenever you like." I grinned too.

" Hey, I'd also like to learn how to dance."

" I can teach you. I took dance from 2nd to 7th grade."

" Really? Thanks! So, I'll come to your place at about…7?"

" 7 sounds great." I agreed.

I turned around and waved to Sora as I walked towards my neighborhood. I looked at the clock and it read, 4pm. I had three hours to get ready for tonight. I wonder what kind of dance he wanted to learn. I took a shower that night. I put on my pretty pink dress and dancing shoes. By 7, Sora came over with just the same clothing on as earlier. My mom was gone, so we had the living room to ourselves. We walked in and sat on the couch. I asked Sora what kind of dance he wanted to learn. He said he wanted to learn how to do a waltz. I blushed when he said that. My mom taught dance before he current job, so I used the music she would use to teach people my age at her dancing class.

" Okay, first off, you might want to wear smaller shoes in case you step on my foot." I began teaching. Sora just took off his shoes since he didn't have any others. I decided to take my shoes off too.

" Now what?" Sora asked.

" Okay, now you put one of your hands on my waist." I said as I moved one of his arms to my waist. " Then, I'll take your other hand, and put my other hand on your shoulder." We were in a waltz position. " Now, we just dance." Sora tried to dance, but he wasn't doing bad for a first try. " Good."

" Thanks."

" Now, we try something harder. When I pull away, keep your hand in mine. I'll twirl, and just make sure that my other hand lands in yours." I pulled away, twirled, and landed into Sora.

" Did I do it?"

" Yeah. You're a fast learner. Now, we try them both." I made the music go faster.

" Both?" Sora freaked out.

" Just do what you did before." We got into a waltz position and began dancing faster than before. I then did the pull away thing and landed perfectly. " Very nice, Sora."

" Thanks. Hey, I'll see you tomorrow at school, okay?"

" Yeah." I nodded.

" Thanks for the lessons." Sora said as he walked out.

" Your welcome."

Yes! My first dance with Sora! It happened today! I hope it happens at the prom too, that is, if he asks me to the prom. Although, something tells me that what he said today about what he tried to tell me at the party wasn't true.

Author's Note: Sorry, if that wasn't the best chapter. I decided I'm not going to stick with 5 chapters per month because I'm short on ideas, so next chapter will be end of November or beginning of December. Review please!