Learning the Basics {Jason & Jake}

[Kristy Learing]

Jason smiled at her and nodded towards the rack that had a large amount of dusty saddles, "Take one of those saddles and put it over there" he says, pointing to a saddle stand, "and i'll get you some soap and water" he says smiling.

[Grace Mills]

Grace smiled and nodded when he told her what to do. She went to pick up the saddle but judged the weight wrong. She sighed and picked it up that time and carried it over to where Jason told her to. She put it down with a smile and looked up at him. "Wow some of those are heavier than you think."

[Jason Smith]

Jason smiled at her and laughed as he came back with three sponges two for soap and water and another to polish with and nodded, "well when your tired yes they can feel pretty heavy. Just be happy your not lugging a western saddle, those things are so goddamn heavy" he says laughing.

[Grace Mills]

Grace smiled and laughed when he said the western saddles were heavy. When he had the sponges she smiled and said "Yeah, alright babe so what do we do with these?" She smiled and laughed this could be where she makes him smile and have fun.

[Jason Smith]

Jason smiled and looked at her, "get them damp and soapy...But not to wet or it'll ruin the saddles" he explains and then shows her how to just get the sponges slightly wet and then get them soapy. Then he showed her to move the sponge in circles on the saddle.

[Grace Mills]

She watched him and then tried to do it herself. She didn't know if she was doing it right so she looked up at him and said "Like this?"

[Jason Smith]

Jason nodded he hadnt smiled yet but his mood was lightening up a little, "yes perfect babe" he says and just the slightest hint of a smile pulled at the corners of his mouth.

[Grace Mills]

Grace smiled when he told her that it was perfect. She continued to clean off the saddle but he wasn't really talkative right then. She smiled to herself and got some of the bubbles from the bucket in her hand and blew it toward him with a mischievous smile on her face.

[Jason Smith]

Jason suddenly felt cool air and bubbles on his face and looked at her surprised. He smiled a little and then grabbed some himself and blew them at her, he laughed for her benefit. He just wasnt in a great mood anymore, Jake had really pissed him off.

[Grace Mills]

Grace smiled when he looked at her surprised when he blew some back at her. She laughed but she could tell that he was still in a really bad mood. She just sat back down in silence and finished up cleaning off the saddle. She knew that nothing she could do would pull him out of his mood so she just decided to let him be in a bad mood the rest of the day.

[Jason Smith]

Jason sighed and finished his saddle and got started with another and was almost done by the time she finally finished with her first. This made him smile a little bit as he looked at her and watched her work.

[Grace Mills]

Grace finally finished her saddle and saw that Jason was almost done with his second one. She sighed to herself as she got up to take that one back and get another one. She started again and looked up at Jason and saw him watching her, she just gave a small smile and started again.

[Jason Smith]

Jason sighed and shook his head, "grace thats enough...I just wanted to show you" he says placing his hand on hers.

[Grace Mills]

Grace smiled and nodded her head. When he put his hand on hers she moved it so that their fingers were intertwined together.

[Jason Smith]

Jason looked down at there hands together, his was larger and rougher than hers. Years of riding did that, but when he touched her it was as soft and gentle as if he were carrying a baby. He smiled slightly at her again.