Love In The Wild West

The horses were beautiful. There were about two dozen of them, each more handsome than the last. Their fur was sleek, but it did not have the sort of artificial sleekness that comes from years of grooming. These horses were also not slender or skinny like the horses Lila had seen before. No, these beasts were a great deal fitter than those animals. They had rippling muscles underneath their fur, and their manes were long and majestic. Lila could already just imagine what it would be like to ride these and watch the mane flow out behind them. She almost wanted to watch them run as much as she wanted to ride them.

“They are incredible!” said Lila.

“You think so?” said Kurt. “The thing about horses like these is that you can not just go for the most expensive options. You need to be a little more conservative about a lot of aspects. You need to firstly be sure that they are healthy, but also that they have not been overfed. You also need to be sure that they have not been pampered too much their whole lives. A lot of really expensive horses cost so much because so much expense has been put into giving them cushy lives. These horses are not at all like that. These are working animals, animals that you can actually put to work in a ranch or a farm. However, you obviously can not go really cheap either. Really cheap horses would not have been fed or kept well. A good horse that is workable needs a specific environment. They need plenty of feed, but not refined or processed feed which is what the more expensive animals are given. They need a comfortable place to sleep and plenty of rest, but that does not mean that they should be pampered and made to sleep in veritable palaces. I really hope that I was able to find the balance. The happy medium of horses that are raised well but not too well that they become useless is a rather difficult one to find.

“I think you were able to find that balance,” said Lila. “I mean, I do not have a lot of actual experience with these horses but I do think that these are the best horses that you can get, at least as far as practicality goes. This is just based on theory, of course. “

“Sometimes theory is important too,” said Kurt. “With all that you’ve read up on horses and ranches, you might just be able to fill in all of the gaps in my knowledge about the subject. I really do hope that I was able to find the balance, but the fact that you think these horses are worthwhile does a lot to improve my confidence about the subject.”

“Really?” asked Lila.

“Yes, of course,” said Kurt. “Why are you so surprised.”

“I do not know,” said Lila. “I think… I think maybe it’s just because I am not used to people thinking so highly of me. I mean, it’s nice that you think this way, do not get me wrong, but I really feel like a lot of people think I am useless. It might have a lot to do with my job where I am just someone that pushes buttons all day, I do not have any real authority. It’s nice, though. It’s nice that you think that my opinion is worth something.”

“It really is worth a lot,” said Kurt. “I mean, I would not even have had this idea to offer horse riding at my hotel if it had not been for you. In fact, I think that it is fair to say that this was your idea completely. I should hire you to work here, I think that would be a great thing for my hotel!”

Lila laughed and said, “I think I’d like that. Now, what do you think we should do? How should we approach this? We want people to be interested but we need a little time before we can offer them the riding lessons, right?”

“Yes,” said Kurt. “We need a bit of time, but I think that we can afford to take a lot of time as well. We do not need to rush things. It’s pretty hot outside right now, and people are not going to want to suffer this heat. I know that this is the real cowboy life right here, and that being out in the sun is something that every cowboy needs to get used to, but these are spoiled city folk that we are talking about right now. I do not think that they are going to want to get their hands so dirty.”

“You are right,” said Lila. “So what do you say? Should we start telling people that they can begin riding lessons at… let’s say seven in the evening?”

“That sounds absolutely perfect,” said Kurt with a smile. “I am going to be offering the riding lessons myself. I do not think that I would be able to do this on a regular basis because I have so many other hotels to manage and so many other things to do with my other business ventures and such, but just for today I thought that if the owner of the place was the one offering the riding lessons more people might be inclined to sign up.”

“I think you are right,” said Lila. “That would be a great way for us to get people to sign up. I think we should start telling people about the riding lessons right after lunch. Can you get some flyers printed? They do not have to be fancy, just a few flyers that mention horse riding lessons and mention that you are going to be the one teaching people to ride.”

“Yes,” said Kurt. “I think that is going to be a very good idea. I can have someone make something a little artistic in an hour or so, and then I will get them printed. So we are going to start marketing this after lunch?”

“Yes,” said Lila, “after everyone is relaxed. People generally do not do much in the afternoon while they are on vacation, do they? They prefer to just sit in their rooms and relax, or sit in the bars or restaurants and have a drink or some coffee. I think this is a good time to advertise the horse riding lessons because people are usually deciding what to do during the evening at this time. We can easily go up to people and suggest the horse riding lessons. If we get enough people, mob mentality will start to have an effect and we will have more people than we know what to do with!”

“That does sound lovely,” said Kurt. “Shall we have lunch together?”

“Oh,” said Lila, her heart suddenly feeling very heavy. “I… I really want to, but I am here with my friend, you see. She is the one that brought me here, and she has no idea about the crazy few hours I have spent with you. I really need to catch her up to all of this, and I really need to make her understand why this is important to me.”

“Of course,” said Kurt. “I understand completely, do not worry about it. I… I do not want to feel like I am being too clingy or anything, but would you like to have dinner instead?”

Lila brightened up immediately and said, “Oh yes! I would like that very much! We can have dinner after the horse riding lessons. I think that would be a great idea.”

Kurt smiled at Lila and said, “Brilliant. I can not wait until this evening. I will see you after lunch, then, we can put these flyers up and start marketing this thing together.”

“I can not wait either!” said Lila. “I will meet you in the annex of the hotel after about an hour. What do you say?”

“I say yes,” said Kurt, and he strolled off. Lila watched him leave and couldn’t help but check his ass out. It was a deliciously firm ass, she could see that through his jeans. She sighed and realized that she really did not mind watching him walk away. It was like watching a movie star of some kind, someone that had all eyes on him at all times.

Lila shook herself out of her reverie and headed up to her room as quickly as she could. She had so many things to tell Louise, she couldn’t wait to get started.