She shifted her weight a bit between left and right as Gavin's warm body touched against her. Though only their hips were in contact, she could feel the heat radiating from him, could almost sense where every part of his body was without looking behind her to confirm. She held her breath for a moment as a wave of goosebumps ran over her skin, and she had to remind herself to breathe. What he said made sense.. but how he said it made her feel.. strange. Her body leaned into his a little and she caught the scent of his breath mixing with Grey's lingering in the air.. but it was more than that. She could smell the long day's work on him, even as his body was cool and dry.<br/><br/>"I.. I read that somewhere once." She said absently as she looked over her shoulder and up to him. He made her feel so small, and yet with him here she felt.. safe almost. If Grey reared or got spooked by her gentle petting, she knew Gavin would be able to calm him. She stepped just inside the pen as Gavin opened the gate, new scents filling her senses and she tried not to get lost in them. How many times had she wanted to be this close to a horse and was pulled away just before she could touch? She giggled nervously as she looked beneath the horse and saw the obvious excitement. She'd heard once or twice of how girls had taken such massive things, and really, she couldn't understand how, though as she touched this brilliant and beautiful beast, she could see the draw, even if she didn't know the physical semantics of such an act.<br/><br/>She swallowed hard and stayed near Grey's front, "I.. I'll make sure I don't get too close.. w.. would it be better if you were in here too?" She asked, her voice shaking audibly, both from excitement and fright that Grey would 'shift toward' her. She tried to flash a smile and cooed gently to the horse. "Shh.. hey big guy, you don't mind if I pet you now do you?" Although she had such a limited experience with animals of any sort, she started to feel comfortable with this one. "There ya go.. I'm just going to look at you a bit.. Not going to hurt you one iota big guy." She went on like this, speaking to the animal more out of nerves than anything else before she slipped away, barely running her hand past his front haunches. She blushed a bit as she came out and jumped up and down. She was so excited she could barely contain it. Despite the earlier reaction to the hug, she felt the urge to give him another, but she held back and instead gave him a friendly punch in the shoulder. "Thank yous!" She squealed, and then in a slightly more understandable tone, "I'd hug you.. but well.. I don't think you like them so much." She flushed again and lowered her eyes. "So.. the dogs next?" She said, trying to change the subject.. "Or dinner first?"