That very day they were out cutting hay in the cornfield when Parker came across a large portion of the field destroyed. The soil was loosened to a far extent. It was like a place where something heavy had crashed into.

"What the hell!" Parker cried in alarm.

"What's it dad?" Julianna called out as herself and Dacha came running to his side. "Oh my God!" she screamed. "In the name of everything that's good, whatever happened here?"

"Oh, that..." Dacha began, "there was uh-something, something like a beast here in the night. Was destroying the plants when I came along and frightened it off."

"A beast?" asked Parker, confusion in his face.

"Yes. One like the ones you have in the barn, maybe a bit smaller. It was dark around I couldn't see exactly what it was."

"Might have been the sound that woke me up, dad," said Julianna.
"Perhaps," her dad replied with a distant look on his face.

"Sorry it destroyed your crops," said Dacha uneasily.

"It's okay. Must have been the coyotes at it again. Seen a few around here before. Lucky thing you came around at the time you came."

With that, they went about their work for the day.

So they lived for some days, Julianna and Dacha rapidly growing affection for each other. Dacha was much of a helping hand on the farm as he was strong and of much vigour.

One fateful day, Julianna excitedly barged into Dacha's room without knocking and met him topless. Something caught her eyes as she was about to apologize.

"My God!" she exclaimed with surprise written all over her face. "You have no belly button."

"Bellybutton?" Dacha asked perplexed.

"Yeah, you're supposed to have it right there." She pointed at his lower tummy.

"Oh, bellybutton. Yeah, I was just born that way, you know."

"Strange though," Julianna muttered. "Never seen nothing like that except in a movie once. Kyle XY it was called. "Well, sorry for barging into you, Dach, I came to tell you it's time for dinner.

She then left the room still thinking about the absence of the bellybutton. "Amazing things do happen this days, don't they?" And then the whole scene passed out of her head as swiftly as it came.

Julianna was very good at horse riding but Dacha sucked at it. He wasn't even keen about it but Julianna insisted on teaching him.

They were out in the open fields one afternoon on one of their now frequent horse riding lessons. Both of them were sitting on a horse with Julianna holding the reins and going slowly.

"I think I may be getting the hang of it," said Dacha. "Let me try."

"You sure about that? You might get us thrown off," Julianna teased.

"Just give me the reins and I'll show you how good I am."

Julianna looked at him unsure. "Fine. It's all yours."

Dacha took it from her and the horse gave a yelp but went silent again.

"I guess he knows it's a rookie holding the reins," laughed Julianna.

The horse continued to walk on slowly as before. Then Dacha gave it a little kick, spurring him to go faster. The horse brayed, raised its forelimbs upward into the air and down the couple went toppling over, Julianna falling upon Dacha. The incident was so funny it made them laugh so hard.
They just laid there facing each other after they had quieted down. Julianna leaned forward towards Dacha and kissed his lips, placing her hand on his chest. Something didn't feel right.
"Are you that shocked that your heart skipped ten beats?" Julianna asked breaking the kiss. "I can't feel it beating."
"Uh, yeah, I guess the fall and the kiss took me by surprise, said Dacha standing up.

Just then Parker called them into the house.