Welcome Here {Coal}

[Torrie]

Torrie glanced at her watch from her shower. It was almost 1:20, which meant Damen would be here soon. She jumped out of the shower, wrapping her deep cream towel around her dripping body. With her feet being wet and ceramic on the ground, she slipped, loosing her balance slightly. She threw her hair up in a pony tail to dry, grabbing the clothes on her queen sized bed. She quickly slipped into them before running down the stairs and grabbing a coke from her full fridge. She quickly rooted through and found some mac and cheese left overs. Her austrailian sheperd, Lucious, strode out of the spare bedroom stretching out his muscles innocently. Torrie rolled her eyes. Lucious had a habit of going into the living room, where he was not allowed, but acting as if he had just come from a nice nap in the spare room. She smiled as she began quickly eating her mac and cheese. She jumped as she felt her cell vibrate in her pocket. She flipped it open.

Hey Damen. You know you can call me at home. Okay, where are you? Take a left, then two rights. Yep. My road zigzags a bit, but we are hard to miss. Okay see you in twenty.

She hung up. Okay so he was going to be ten minutes late, but hey that was normal.

[C.oal]

Humming the song in her head from the radio that wa snow turned off, she pulle dinto the driveway of the farm and looked at the sign for a moment and drove on.Excited, she pulled the truck to a stop and went to find Torrie.Walking to the barn slowly, taking it all in, she called out softly,
Torrie?
Instead she got a nicker.Looking down the isle, she saw a handsome bay stick its head over the stall and look at her with ears pricked.Smooching to her, she walked back outside and leaned against her truck waiting.

[Torrie]

Torrie was just finishing up her 'lunch' as Lucious started barking furiously. Torrie jumped slightly, surprised by the breaking silence. She glanced out her kitchen window to be greeted by a truck she had never seen before. Puzzled she went to slip on her shoes, passing the calendar.

Right, Casey was coming by.

She said out loud. She looked at Lucious, before grabbing a lead rope for him. She clasped it around his neck before opening the door.

Hey Casey! Glad you could make it. Don't worry, this is Lucious, he won't bite.

She walked closer to Casey, extending her hand for Casey to shake.

Okay, you can come on in. Damen said he would be about ten minutes. Can I intrest you in a drink?

She walked towards the door, allowing Casey to go in first. She took the leadrope off of Lucious, letting him run around outside for a while. She turned around closing the door behind her. She glanced at her house from this angle. It looked half decent. Her mom had been over lately to help her clean it, so it wasn't cluttered.

[C.oal]

Jumping slightly at another voice, she looked behind herself and saw Torrie walking towards her with a dog.Smiling, she looked at the dog and smiled while she listened to Torrie.Nodding, she shook her hand softly and said ,
Sure.I got all day.
Walking into the house, she slipped her boots off at the door and walked into the kitchen slowly.Standing their awkwardly, she said slowly,
So, is thier anything you about the horse hes bringing.

[Torrie]

She walked into the den and came back with a print off of a photo. It was of a beautiful black thoroughbred. She handed it to Casey.

Here he is. This is the stallion he is bringing. His name is Red Baron. He won about twenty thousand in races.

She walked over to counter where a big black photo album was. She brought it back to Casey, flipping to a bookmarked page.

This was me and him after he won his first race. That's Damens brother, his dad, and him.

She pointed to the corresponding people. Again Lucious's barking came, but this time it was at the door. She glanced out the window, seeing a horse trailer and ford pull into the drive.

Damen's here.

She left the album on the table before beckoning Casey to follow her out the door. She waved to Damen before telling Lucious that it was okay. She waited until Casey was beside her to do the introducing.

Casey, this is Damen King, Damen this is Casey. Now, did you bring Baron?

She asked excitedly. She loved that stallion almost as much as she loved Deputy.


Damen smiled at Torrie as he saw her, and nodded a greeting to Casey as he scrambled out of his truck. He extended his gloved hand to Casey to shake. He glanced at the trailer as it rattled with the stallions anticipation to get out.

Yep, He's in the trailer and begging to come out, so i'm going to get him.

He disappeared behind the trailer before reappearing with the black brute.

[C.oal]

As she looked at the picture she felt sure she wanted him, but a nice view of the real him would be better of course.Sighing, she heard Torrie`s dog bark some more and looked out the window to see the rusted trailer pull up.Smiling as she thought of the stallion, she walked out the door with her and shut it.Letting the gravel crunch loudly, she introduced herself and shook his hand waiting.Seeing the black stag come around the corner, she gaped.A mentality pushed ot to stop drooling but she couldn`t.Walking near him, she hesitated and said,
May I?

[Torrie]

Damen smiled to Casey as the stud settled. He could tell that there was something that Baron liked about her because he had calmed quite quickly. The black stallion stood quietly while Damen went to get the stud chain. Although Baron never needed it, he always carried it just in case.


Sure you can. He's perfect and is quite careful where he puts his feet. How about you bring him into Torrie's indoor ring.


He handed off the beauty to the waiting hand and stepped back. He waited until the both of them were well ahead before slipping back into the trailer for a saddle and bridle.