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Date Posted: 21:57:09 10/23/06 Mon
Author: Reese
Subject: Inside
In reply to: Braden 's message, "Inside" on 21:56:49 10/23/06 Mon

(She would have been content to lay there all night with him, watching the stars and listening to his strong heart beat beside her. He kept her warm, made her feel safe and brought out emotions in her that she rarely felt for anyone.. and she found that she didn't mind in the least. The longer she was with him, the less she felt that accompanying fear or repulsion at her feelings for him. For the longest time she lay there, feeling herself growing sleepy with the relaxing effect of him holding her.. but then he spoke and she felt herself growing alert again. Lifting her head, she looked over at him, smiling as he kissed her cheek and got to his feet, taking his hand and getting up herself.) There's more? (She asked a little incredulously as she helped him tuck their picnic into the basket and fold up the blanket, carrying the items over so that he could affix them to Zephy's saddle, wondering what he had in store for them.. and when she heard the soft plod of heavier horses and the creak of wagon wheels, she stepped out from behind Gypsy and peered around him to take in the sight of the hayride wagon. A laugh escaped him as memories assaulted her.. of the many times she and Keegan had partaken in a fall hayride.. a way to be together and his way of catering to her fearful fascination of horses.. a fascination that she now found wasn't so fearful. For a moment, her features softened as she remembered the way Keegan had always found a way to stick hay down her shirt, or down her pants, and she could swear she heard his laughter as she looked at the massive clydesdales. For a moment, her heart constricted as she remembered her brother, and she couldn't say a word, but then she looked over at Braden and though emotions swam in her eyes, it was a soft smile that she offered him.) He told you.. didn't he.. (She said softly, so immensely touched that he would not only honor her brother's memory by allowing her to feel these memories.. but that he would want to carry on this tradition with her. It was almost as though Keegan were standing there with her, holding her hand and telling her that he loved her.. by remaining so strong and vibant in her memories. She pulled the corner of her lips in between her teeth as she looked over at the horses and then back at Braden, then she slowly crossed the distance between them, reaching up on her tiptoes and hugging him. Though she had done so outside the car earlier, this time it was with a lot more emotion, and it might not have been gratitude that she was conveying this time.. he had touched her so deeply that she didn't have words to convey what she was feeling, so she showed him.)

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