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saddle…Sweet Jesus." He sounds disgusted. Justin hopes Dan isn't including him in his disgust, and wants to justify himself, to explain that he had wanted to be gentle, to ride

her without pushing her. But it seems weak, like he's trying for the otherSometimes You Just Know | Kate Sherwood
    man's approval. Which he is, but he doesn't want to seem like he is… Molly's voice breaks into his musings. "Justin, are you ready to go?
We've got a twenty-four hour hold on her, so we can talk in the car." She's
standing five feet away, and looking at him a little impatiently. She's come
to accept his sexual preferences, but he wonders sometimes…would she
be this inflexible if he was over here talking to a pretty girl rather than a
handsome guy?
Dan is already moving away, circling around Justin to get back to
whatever business he has with the owner. But Justin really doesn't want to
lose him again. "Dan…" he starts, and Dan pauses and looks back. Justin
really wishes he wasn't doing this in front of his mother. "Uh, are you
living around here?" They're about an hour from home, but it doesn't
really matter. Justin isn't sure what the distance would have to be in order
to discourage him from driving to see Dan; he isn't really sure there is
such a distance.
Dan gives him a cautious look. "Near Lexington…"
That's about an hour the other side of the Archer farm. That works.
Molly is giving Justin a bit of a look now, and he's dreading the
conversation on the way home, stuck with her in a pickup truck. He
charges on anyway. "Do you want to maybe get a drink sometime?"
There, he put it out there. He only has Carol's snide comments to make
him think that Dan's tastes even run to men, and now that he thinks about
it, she'd really just implied that men wanted him, not that he wanted them
back. And even if he is gay, what's Justin got that could interest him?
Especially if Carol was telling the truth about Dan's tastes. "Uh, you know,
I owe you a beer for your help with Magic…"
Dan stares at him for a moment. "The horse has been in the ribbons
seven times in eight events, with one first-place finish and two seconds.
He's sound and enthusiastic, and he's got the potential to go a lot further."
Dan takes a step closer and catches Justin's gaze, and for a moment it's just
them, no barn, no impatient owner, no eavesdropping mother. Dan's voice

is low as he says, "I think you owe me a lot more than just a beer." ThenSometimes You Just Know | Kate Sherwood
he smiles, but he doesn't drop his eyes, and Justin has no idea if he's joking, and doesn't really care.
    "Okay, absolutely, I owe you…." He's not sure how he would have finished the sentence if his mother hadn't been right there. He can't keep his eyes from cutting over towards her, and he sees Dan smirk a little. He realizes that Dan hadn't been totally immune to Molly's earlier comments, and that this little display was his way of getting back at her. At least, it was partly that. Justin still hopes that there's something genuine in the chemistry that Dan seems able to turn off and on at will.
    "So when do I get to collect?" Dan's smile is positively seductive now, and Justin's torn between his body's enthusiastic response and his brain's dismay at Dan putting up a mask, keeping them from actually getting to know each other.
    But there's time for that, maybe, and hopefully Dan will relax when he doesn't have an audience. "Uh, how about tonight? We could meet somewhere in Lexington, or I could pick you up…"
    "Nah, tonight's no good…I'm gonna be working real late. And I've got plans tomorrow…" Justin can almost feel Dan pulling away. "You know what, why don't you give me your number, and I can call you when things settle down a little." Justin sees Molly shift in the background, and figures that this is the final touch of Dan's revenge plan. Molly might not have liked seeing her son pick up in front of her, but she sure as hell doesn't want to see her son get rejected. And