[i]”Lighten up James, it’s just a cave. Of course I’ll go with you to the cave. But shouldn’t we wait for Owen first? He said he wanted to hang out with us today,” Ana said. [/i]

“Ya, I guess we should wait for Owen. And it’s not just a cave Ana; it’s [i]my[/i] cave. It’s the cave that [i]I found.[/i]”

With that final comment, Ana motioned for James to follow her. Together they walked back to her house. As James proceeded through Ana’s kitchen, Ana told James to stay put for a second as she went to change. In a minute, Ana was back out the door with a baby blue tank top and a pair of shorts (which were [i]really[/i] short; perhaps they were [i]too[/i] short for a 13-year-old.).

“We have to wait for Owen, so do you want to ride the horses? We finished training them last week. They’ll be ready for shows soon,” said Ana as James followed her towards the stables.

James walked into the stables and was taken aback by the sheer number of horses. They were at least 10 different horses, all different colors and shapes and sizes. They were majestic beasts, but terrifying to say the least. He knew Ana had trained them (and he didn’t doubt her), but James didn’t like any animal but a dog. Dogs, after all, were domesticated and small; horses were not. His fear was not going to stop him from getting on the horse, however. He couldn’t look wimpy in front of Ana.

“So which one am I going to ride?” asked James.

Ana pointed to a large, brown horse that was named Kyle and brought it out of the stables and into the pasture. James was just about to mount the horse, but Owen thankfully arrived and saved James from riding one of these things for another day.

“Hey guys! I’m not ruining anything am I?” yelled Owen. [i]Owen knew James liked Ana but always had to put little hints in to try and get Ana to figure out.[/i] “What are you doing anyways?”

“I was about to ride one of Ana’s horses,—this one is Kyle by the way—but since you’re here, we can start our adventure. Instead of digging today I thought that we could take a break and explore a cave that I found in the forest. I know you think my nature path is silly and all, but Ana is up for it, so what do you say?”